NASA cuts, water mission and Skylab

Will China now get to the Moon first? NASA’s former head of science, Dr Thomas Zurbuchen, joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to discuss the implications of proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget. Richard visits satellite company SSTL to see an innovative European Space Agency mission, HydroGNSS, that uses satellite navigation signals to measure water from space. And authors Bruce McCandless III and Emily Carney share stories and songs from their new book, Star Bound, and talk Gemini, Skylab and an angry NASA memo.

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