This week, the guys record a short episode. Just kidding! The guys cover a range of topics, from Buzz Aldrin's call for a presidential commitment to humans on Mars and a space technology smuggling ring bust in Texas. We also see the return of Listener Submitted Topics, the results of the favorite planet vote, and an announcement about the eclipse that you won't want to miss.

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Listener Submitted Topic

What about an episode on commercial contracts to design the living comforts for space modules and habitats?

IKEA designers spend a week inside a Mars simulation

NASA NextSTEP program

Latest from Washington

Rogers and Cooper argue that Space Corps will solve DoD space problems

America’s future is both commercial and traditional

Space News Highlight of the Week

Buzz says US should pivot back to the Moon

International News

Plano man admits illegally smuggling U.S. space technology to China, Russia

Latest in Tech

Spotlight on the Ninth Planet

EVIDENCE FOR A DISTANT GIANT PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Coming Soon to Space

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