Episode 420: An Embarrassment of Richards
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audio
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Education
Science
Publication Date |
Sep 28, 2022
Episode Duration |
01:05:07

This episode contains: All three of us come together on a Monday morning to mostly talk about DART and Andor. Devon tried to burn down his backyard while Steven’s wife came home from a work trip with Covid. Ben has gotten his fourth Covid vaccination.

This Week in Space: NASA is hitting an asteroid with a space ship. NASA's DART mission hits asteroid in first-ever planetary defense test. After 10 months flying in space, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) -- the world's first planetary defense technology demonstration -- successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency's first attempt to move an asteroid in space.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220927095429.htm

https://www.space.com/nasa-dart-asteroid-impact-preview

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dart/in-depth/

Steven also notes the new images of Neptune taking by the James Webb Telescope.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/stunning-nasa-james-webb-telescope-image-reveals-neptunes-delicate-rings/ar-AA125IQG

Science Fiction: We discuss the new Disney Plus Star Wars TV Show: Andor. It’s really good. Steven thinks Devon needs to give it a watch. We also talk about the other Star franchise with Lower Decks. We talk about how the conspiracy theorists on Lower Decks reference one of the most gruesome episodes of TNG:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/one-of-our-favorite-st-the-next-generation-episodes-aired-29-years-ago/

We end with Steven’s review of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

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