On Episode 60 of This Week In Space (opens in new tab), Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik recruit Jeff Greason, our favorite interstellar propulsion advocate and resident genius, to talk about how humanity will eventually travel (and live) beyond our solar system.
The technologies to reach another star may be closer than you think, at least, with robotic probes. Tune in to hear why humanity will need to grow not just into an interplanetary species, but into an interstellar one as well!
Also, this week: Scientists catch a star in the act of swallowing its own planet, NASA and scientists square off over New Horizons probe, and environmentalists sue the FAA over SpaceX’s Starship program.
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Space news of the week
- Devouring the stars (opens in new tab)
- New Horizons debate (opens in new tab)
- Environmentalists vs SpaceX (opens in new tab)
- Full-flower lunar eclipse (opens in new tab)
- Eta Aquarid meteor shower (opens in new tab)
- Tau Zero Foundation (opens in new tab)
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This Week in Space (opens in new tab) covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What’s happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars?
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Host of This Week In Space on TWiT
Host of This Week In Space on TWiT
Rod Pyle (opens in new tab) is an author, journalist, television producer and Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine (opens in new tab). He has written 18 books (opens in new tab) on space history, exploration, and development, including Space 2.0, Innovation the NASA Way, Interplanetary Robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Amazing Stories of the Space Age, First On the Moon, and Destination Mars
In a previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for The History Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He also worked in visual effects on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, as well as various sci-fi TV pilots. His most recent TV credit was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe’s iconic book The Right Stuff.
This Week In Space co-host
This Week In Space co-host
Responsible for Space.com’s editorial vision, Tariq Malik has been the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com since 2019 and has covered space news and science for 18 years. He joined the Space.com team in 2001, first as an intern and soon after as a full-time spaceflight reporter covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night sky. He became Space.com’s managing editor in 2009. As on-air talent has presented space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR and others.
Tariq is an Eagle Scout (yes, he earned the Space Exploration merit badge), a Space Camp veteran (4 times as a kid, once as an adult), and has taken the ultimate “vomit comet” ride while reporting on zero-gravity fires. Before joining Space.com, he served as a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering city and education beats. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University.
