191. The Paperwork of Space with Scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

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Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week on Fortunately, Fi and Jane chat to space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock. The Sky at Night Presenter discusses multigenerational voyages, the power of the moon and she also ponders why Jane's food tastes better after a few hours in the fridge. Before Maggie arrives there is an apology seminar and a new way to tell someone to take it easy. Get in touch: [email protected]

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.6	So what, written in the column?
0:06.7	It's about Elon Musk's space station, actually.
0:09.2	Oh, is it? Is it? Okay.
0:10.8	Well, it's about Boca Chico, which is the town in Texas
0:15.3	that is next to where he has got his SpaceX headquarters,
0:20.9	where they then manage to get planning permission
0:25.2	to launch the rockets from.
0:26.9	So there's a retirement complex in Boca Chico,
0:30.4	which obviously people bought their retirement homes
0:34.1	before the rockets started launching.
0:36.3	And now the residents are asked to leave their bungalows
0:39.3	when there's a rocket launch, because the disturbance is so great
0:44.8	that all of the items in their house
0:47.2	can shatter and cause injury.
0:49.6	And what kind of a retirement is that?
0:51.7	There's a astonishing story of just money, just like,
0:54.6	I'm building a rocket launch stuff here.
0:58.3	But what's the costissate? Location, location.
1:01.1	Location, location.
1:03.2	Welcome to the fortunately podcast with Fiengène,
1:06.4	now available on the actual radio.
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