Amy Meinser and her new asteroid hunting space telescope, this week on Planetary Radio.

Welcome.

I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar

system and beyond.

The announcement from NASA came in June.

After years of advocacy, planning, proposals, and disappointment, the agency gave the green

light to what is now known as Neo-surveyor.

This relatively small infrared telescope will help us discover the thousands of big space

rocks that threaten our home world.

Amy will be here to tell us about the project she leads.

Later we'll hear again from the Planetary Society's chief scientist, Bruce Betts will

bring us another space trivia contest right after a scan of the current night sky and

a random space fact.

Happy 52nd lunar landing anniversary, everyone!

I'm recording this week's show on July 20th, and there's now yet another reason to

revere that date.

Hours ago, Jeff Bezos and three companions climbed aboard a capsule that sat atop one

of Blue Origins' new shepherd rockets.

Minutes later, that rocket carried them above the carbon line.

The black of space was above the blue of Earth below.

After four minutes of zero-g fun, the new space travelers experienced as much as five

G's of deceleration before setting down in the Texas desert at a gentle one mile an hour.

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