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On Episode 135 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rick Jenet of Expanding Frontiers about the space workforce.

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On Episode 134 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Ben Dickow about a magnificent, full-sized shuttle mockup, its history and future plans.

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On Episode 133 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Greg Autry on the progress of the Artemis moon program, space science, and the challenges posed by a fast-rising Chinese space program.

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On Episode 132 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Lynn Rothschild on how mushroom mycelia might be utilized as a Mars habitat-building resource.

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On Episode 131 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq tackle a question that rivals the meaning of life itself: which is better, Star Trek or Star Wars?

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On Episode 130 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Jim Bell about the Mars Sample Return program and VIPER mission to the moon.

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On Episode 129 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Pascal Lee about his Mars Simulation Base in the Arctic.

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On Episode 128 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about what's going on with Boeing's Starliner CST-100 spacecraft.

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On Episode 127 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Max Haot of VAST about his company's first space station.

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On Episode 126 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rosalba Perna about errant planets.

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On Episode 125 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq chat about the next 9 months in space.

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On Episode 124 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Czarina Salido about the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields.

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On Episode 123 of This Week In Space, Rod and guest host Isaac Arthur talk with astronomer Steve Fentress about the Perseids meteor shower.

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On Episode 122 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Dale Skran and Isaac Arthur about the realistic prospects for space settlement.

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On Episode 121 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq discuss a star about to go nova with astrophysicist Carlos Badenes.

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On Episode 120 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq dive into the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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On Episode 119 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with John Crassidis from the University of Buffalo about orbital debris and its dangers.

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On Episode 118 of This Week In Space, Rod and guest co-host Isaac Arthur talk with Alina Kiessling and Jason Rhodes of JPL about the concepts of dark matter and dark energy.

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On Episode 117 of This Week In Space, Rod and guest co-host Isaac Arthur talk with Evan Jensen of ICON Build about 3D printing habitats on the moon and one day Mars.

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On Episode 116 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with the team behind the Space and Things podcast.

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On Episode 115 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Alex Young of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center about the sun and solar activity cycles.

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On Episode 114 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the launches of Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Starship.

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On Episode 113 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Mike Wall, Space.com's Spaceflight Editor, about China’s upcoming Chang’e 6 mission.

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On Episode 112 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rob Manning, Chief Engineer Emeritus of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about Mars exploration and, in particular, Mars Sample Return.

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On Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with John Mulchaey, Director of the Carnegie Observatories, about the threat to completing two new giant astronomical observatories.
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