<p>This fortnight: damage to the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, a Mars sample return proposal and the final two Mercury flights. </p>
 <h4>Links and Show Notes</h4>  <h5><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/science/cassini-grand-finale-saturn.html?mcubz=3&_r=0" target="_blank">Cassini Vanishes Into Saturn, Its Mission Celebrated and Mourned - The New York Times</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk4Bj9mtbAU" target="_blank">Goodbye Cassini - YouTube</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ&feature=share" target="_blank">How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster - YouTube</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/26/16360348/spacex-elon-musk-iac-mars-colonization-interplanetary-transport-system" target="_blank">What to expect from Elon Musk’s Mars colonization update this week - The Verge</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://twitter.com/ego_virgo/status/901099630473220096" target="_blank">EGO-Virgo on Twitter: "A very exciting LIGO-Virgo Observing run draws to a close on the 25th of August - https://t.co/GWJXORx4KJ https://t.co/ilUKoCUx3P"</a></h5><p>LIGO-Virgo</p>
 <h5><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/25/553594041/puerto-ricos-arecibo-radio-telescope-suffers-hurricane-damage?sc=tw&utm_content=buffer82e1e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="_blank">Puerto Rico's Arecibo Radio Telescope Suffers Hurricane Damage : The Two-Way : NPR</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://spacenews.com/nasa-proposes-rapid-mars-sample-return-architecture/" target="_blank">NASA proposes rapid Mars sample return architecture - SpaceNews.com</a></h5>

57: A Realistic View

Liftoff was a podcast about space, the universe, and everything. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the major developments as explained by enthusiastic space fans Stephen Hackett and Jason Snell. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.