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In this episode, Jack and Newton discuss NASA's 2017 budget, the 2017 climate march, and delays in Exploration Mission 1. They also touch on China's plans for a manned space station and an impending problem with American manned spaceflight.

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Latest from Washington

House Science held a panel on astrobiology and the Search for Life

While the Senate has a hearing on something a little closer to home

Climate March on Washington

Crowds of 200,000 estimated

NASA receives more than $19.6 billion in 2017 omnibus spending bill

Space News Highlight of the Week

GAO Expects EM-1 to slip into 2019

NASA agrees

International News

China to begin construction of manned space station in 2019

Latest in Tech

NASA is running out of spacesuits

The space ethernet physical layer transceiver (SEPHY) project: a step towards reliable ethernet in space

Coming Soon to Space

Humans 2 Mars Summit

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