61. New Year, Same Space
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Going to space isn't easy. Neither are the politics that go into it. Jack and Newton break down the missions to space and beyond in terms anyone can understand in this weekly show about spac...
It's a new year, and the Ad Astra guys are back with a new episode all about what to look forward to this year. Amid a partial government sh...

With a little help from friend of the show, Zoe Aldrich, Jack and Newton attempt to make a good news episode about climate change. But after...

We back, baby! Jack and Newton return from a long Summer to discuss recent news in space policy and technology. Topics range from Congressio...

Summer 2018 has been a busy time for the Ad Astra team. Starting in September, the show will be back to its regular biweekly episodes. There...
Candidate for Congress, Chris Hearsey, is an aerospace executive, scientist, and all around space enthusiast who has decided to vie for a ch...

With two special guests from the Humans to Mars Summit in early May, Jack and Newton explore the future of exploration of the Red Planet. As...

Space Corps comes back and so does Blue Origin's rocket. Galilean moons and FAA regulations. This week is chock full of shenanigans, from ou...

Back from their bye week, the guys are talking about TESS, NASA authorizations, and a new space policy directive from the National Space Cou...

Who knew running a space podcast could cause such a commotion? An awesome budget for NASA, while a major project gets a delay. A new shipmen...

Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin. We promise we aren't becoming that kind of podcast. But the general theme is that nothing matters until it matter...

A super space policy focus doesn't keep us from talking SCIENCE in this week's episode. Of course, the Trump Administration is making some m...

LightSail2, Congressional testimony, James Webb delayed, and planetary annihilation 4 light years away. Busy week back in action for your ho...

With the launch of the second biggest rocket ever, a special panel discussion about the Falcon Heavy is on the docket for today. Listen to t...

The Trump Administration has released their skinny budget for FY 2019. Did they just copy and paste last years budget request? What happens...

Falcon Heavy launched, and it was glorious. Need we say more? Yes we do. Listen in to hear our immediate reactions to the launch of the seco...

The State of the Union wasn't quite what everyone expected. Here is a brief episode to give you the State of Space Policy. Purchase the bran...

Government shutdown, budgets, aerospace commissions, lunar x-prizes, and of course, SpaceX. A short episode, but full of all the space polic...
The Celeste Project: Celeste is a collaboration between MIT, UC Berkeley, Harvard, Julia Computing, Intel, and NERSC (the DoE's supercomputi...

NASA looking over commercial Earth Science data, NASA Administrator hopeful Jim Bridenstine begins to feel some pressure, and 'what spacecra...

2018 is going to be an exciting year for space. From budget discussions to major policy proposals, new rocketships to old favorites visiting...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and nothing else in this week's episode! It's no surprise that Jack has seen the movie 4 times already, but Newton...

Newton is back from Ethiopia and the guys do what they do best! Trump lays out a national security strategy, there's another crew change up...

As Newton gets some much deserved rest, Jason Callahan of the Planetary Society joins the team to cover some big news in space policy. Are w...

Late night, lightnight round of news. Major policy discussions mounting in Washington and worldwide, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy's maybe-probably...

Short episode! The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence gets a neoliberal bent, James Webb (Space Telescope)'s little brother gets a pro...

This week, the guys highlight the launch of JPSS-1 and where space enthusiasts should go for Black Friday deals! They also dive into future...

Bridenstine moves on to full Senate, Space Corps is no more, rocket launches, and a couple big things going on in the tech world. Newton and...
Bridenstine moves on to a full committee vote, a climate report shakes up the country (and internet), and our favorite future space station...

Jim Bridenstine gets ready to jump the first hoop towards Administrator. Plus, some news about upcoming events in space, commercial spacecra...

What are you waiting for? Join us on Capitol Hill for some Planetary Society events. Oh, and check out this week's episode, featuring commit...

The Last Jedi reactions, NASA working with Russia, one of the biggest astrophysical events we've ever observed, SpaceX making the news (AGAI...

The National Space Council's inaugural meeting, proposed changes to commercial space regulators, the schedule slip for James Webb Space Tele...

Space agencies abound! Elon Musk makes us all excited for space again, yet...we've heard this spiel before. Lockheed Martin announces a land...

Australia hosts IAC and announces their space program. Bill Nye gets famous (again). And we all forgot to die on Saturday. All this and more...

Northrop Grumman just bought a whole lotta rockets, Cassini bids adieu, and the guys have a great conversation with Emily Calandrelli; the N...

Carl Sagan is an inspiration to us all. This week, they guys bring in Ingrid Ockert, a PhD student at Princeton University and an expert in...

The guys talk about Jim Bridenstine's place in the Climate Change Denier's Alignment System. They then put the spotlight on Peggy Whitson an...

This week, the guys tackle...the Eclipse. Jack and Newton are joined by friends of the show, and fellow Planetary Society members, Tom, Gerr...

This week, Jack and Newton speak with Casey Dreier, Director of Space Policy for the Planetary Society, about why we want to go to Mars and...

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 commi...

This week, the fellas cover some big updates on previous stories, while touching on some new ones. Space Corps makes a return, as does the N...

THIS WEEK, THE GUYS TACKLE THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE. Ha. Just kidding. Jack and Newton cover the latest and greatest in space, including the Ma...

This week, Jack and Newton cover the latest news on the future of JPSS and the National Space Council, answer a listener-submitted query on...

Links: Latest from Washington Mike Pence gives a vague speech, touches things that say DO NOT TOUCH Text of Pence's speech Space News Highli...

This week, Jack and Newton talk about the latest House appropriations bill for NASA and the announcement about the new National Space Counci...

Slow space news week? We got you covered. This week, the guys cover the latest news, including SpaceX flying twice in one weekend, NASA (not...

Announcing a brand new show for the Elemental.fm podcast network! The Straight Up podcast is an unbiased source of news in today's Internet...

This week, the guys welcome all of our new followers from Awesome Con (hi everyone!) with an episode all about new exoplanets, the AWESOME B...

This week, Jack and Newton talk infrastructure, Outer Space Treaty, and why everyone dislikes Ted Cruz. They also touch on fires in space, I...

This week, Jack and Newton are joined by comedienne and special guest Rubi Nicholas! They talk about the importance of studying humor for mi...