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Episode 59: Fastest Fireworks
- This week in SF history
- May 28, 1971: launch of Mars 3
- Might have been found by HiRISE (jpl.nasa.gov)
- Prop-M rover (HT @TurkosiCsaba: youtube.com)
- Spaceflight news
- Japanese company plans for orbital reentry fireworks for 2020 Olympics (core77.com) (star-ale.com)
- Osiris-Rex arrives in Florida (spacenews.com)
- Lockheed Martin’s outlines plan for 2028 Mars mission (spaceflightinsider.com)
- Flight 24 capable of re-flight (twitter.com/elonmusk)
- Want to use as life leader (twitter.com/elonmusk)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- Chris Van Der Meyer (@vanilla_chief): story on vacuum metalized materials (booktwo.org)