THIS WEEK, THE GUYS TACKLE THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE. Ha. Just kidding. Jack and Newton cover the latest and greatest in space, including the Mars Exploration Program, UN COPUOS's June meeting, and the new NASA budget proposed by the Senate.

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Latest from Washington

Louis Friedman points out further problems facing NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

NASA is happy with Commercial Crew schedules

Jeff Bezos gets an Instagram, shows off New Glenn factory

DoD gets new advisory committee

Donald Rumsfeld’s Space Commission Report

Space News Highlight of the Week

Senate picks $19.5B for NASA’s FY18 budget

International News

Summer Update on COPUOS long-term sustainability guidelines

Secure World Foundation publishes a fact sheet about these guidelines

Latest in Tech

Sierra Nevada to launch Dream Chaser atop Atlas 5 rocket in 2020

Mishap to delay launch of NASA communications satellite

Coming Soon to Space

Astronomy On Tap

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