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Recent space news is all weird: Elon Musk's questionable podcast appearance, NASA looking into selling naming rights on its hardware, and a leak on the ISS.
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Links and Show Notes NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Takes First Picture of Distant Rock It Will Visit - The New York Times The Air Force is determining ‘the appropriate process’ for Elon Musk smoking pot - The Verge Joe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk - YouTube SpaceX BFR Interplanetary Spaceship To Have First 'Hopping' Tests In Late 2019 Orion's third flight will haul two pieces of a space station to lunar orbit | The Planetary Society NASA updates Lunar Gateway plans – NASASpaceFlight.com Watch NASA test Orion's parachutes by dropping it from a plane Product placement may help power NASA’s next big space mission - The Verge Bradley Chubb's Gameday Jacket Chubb's endorsement deal means candy bars and a dope jacket | Mile High Sports Ungeniused #60: The Cola Wars and New Coke - Relay FM Ungeniused #61: The Coca-Cola Company - Relay FM ((Charles Fishman)) on Twitter: Eye of Florence via GOES16 Kristen Walbolt on Twitter: Florence Rainfall NASA on Twitter: Trouble Brewing in the Atlantic NASA on Twitter: Florence from ISS Leak detected on International Space Station, crew in no danger - SpaceFlight Insider How was the exact location of the recent ISS air leak found? - SpaceFlight Insider Russian space chief vows to find “full name” of technician who caused ISS leak | Ars Technica News | Martian Skies Clearing over Opportunity Rover NASA says it wants to save the Mars Opportunity rover, but some close to the mission doubt it - The Verge