Liftoff 81: Lasers Are the Best

From a Californian satellite and the retirement of the Delta II to Hayabusa and Opportunity updates, it's been a busy couple of weeks. Plus, a review of Hulu's *The First.*

From a Californian satellite and the retirement of the Delta II to Hayabusa and Opportunity updates, it's been a busy couple of weeks. Plus, a review of Hulu's The First.

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Links and Show Notes Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Silent Opportunity Mars Rover Spotted from Space (Photo) Brown announces California plan to launch satellite to track climate change - SFChronicle.com Trump administration sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100 - The Washington Post NASA Launching Advanced Laser to Measure Earth’s Changing Ice | NASA Watch the end of an era as the last flight of a Delta II takes off - The Verge Leftover Delta 2 rocket to go on display at Kennedy Space Center – Spaceflight Now Engineers say goodbye to society-changing Delta 2 rocket – Spaceflight Now What It Feels Like To Get Hit By Falling Space Junk Ungeniused - Relay FM Military’s primary launch provider picks Blue Origin’s new engine for future rocket - The Verge Japan successfully lands two small rovers on asteroid Ryugu - SpaceFlight Insider Hayabusa2 Lands Two Rovers on Asteroid Ryugu - The New York Times HAYABUSA2@JAXA on Twitter: "Rover-1B succeeded in shooting a movie on Ryugu’s surface! The movie has 15 frames captured on September 23, 2018 from 10:34 - 11:48 JST. Enjoy ‘standing’ on the surface of this asteroid! [6/6]… https://t.co/UzMGiDzFO2" Meet Yusaku Maezawa, the first private passenger to take SpaceX’s BFR around the moon | TechCrunch Watch The First Online at Hulu