Buzz Aldrin and Other Martians

He walked with Neil Armstrong on the moon, but that may not be his greatest legacy. Buzz Aldrin was joined by other space stars at the recent Humans To Mars Summit. Bill Nye returns with his sense of awe turned up to eleven by the images of Jupiter returned by Juno. Casey Dreier finds good and bad news for science in the White House’s proposed 2018 budget. And there’s a lively night sky to explore in this week’s What’s Up segment.

Related Links:

• Buzz Aldrin
• Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, United Arab Republics
• NASA Planetary Sciences Division
• SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Paragon Space Development Corporation
• NSF Office of International Science and Engineering
• NASA's 2018 budget request is here, and we broke down the details
• Explore Mars
• Humans to Mars 2017 Webcast

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This week's question:

What star has the largest proper motion?

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Last week's question:

What is the name of the US mission that will slam a spacecraft into an asteroid in the 2020s as a kinetic impactor demonstration mission? It will be a test of our ability to change the path of a Near Earth Object.

Answer:

The answer will be revealed next week.

Question from the week before:

What Near Earth Asteroid will the Hayabusa 2 mission visit and return samples from?

Answer:

Hayabusa 2 is headed for asteroid 162173 Ryugu.