NASA Artemis Mission Launches To The Moon, Science Behind Thanksgiving Meals. November 18, 2022, Part 2
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🗓️ 18 November 2022
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Summary
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and for many people, that means it’s time to start thinking about what will be on the menu for dinner that night. Many people will opt for a classic turkey: others, a vegetarian-focused meal. Regardless of the plan, preparing food for the holiday can take some planning, and there’s a lot of science that goes into it.
Cookbook author Kenji López-Alt thinks about the science behind cooking a lot. He’s the author of The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, and he lists Thanksgiving as his favorite holiday. That makes him the expert on all things brine, sides, and pie. López-Alt joins Ira from his home in Seattle, Washington, to answer questions about the science behind Thanksgiving foods.
NASA’s Massive Rocket Finally Launches To The Moon
Early Wednesday morning the Artemis 1 mission launched, the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Space Launch System—a massive rocket that NASA hopes will enable an eventual lunar landing. The uncrewed launch was a long time coming. Elements of the program have been under development for over a decade. If all goes according to plan, a second Artemis flight—this time, with crew—will take place in 2024, with a crewed lunar landing in 2025.
Another component of the program, a tiny spacecraft called Capstone, entered into lunar orbit several days prior to Artemis. It will test a complicated orbit planned for a potential lunar space station called Gateway, which would serve as a way station for astronauts moving between Earth and the Moon.
Ira talks with Jim Free, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development, and Brendan Byrne, space reporter for WMFE and host of the Are We There Yet podcast, about the test flight and what lies ahead for the Artemis program.
Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Science Friday, I'm my replato. |
| 0:02.2 | Later in the hour, we're tackling the science behind your Thanksgiving cooking. |
| 0:07.0 | Kenji Lopez Alt is going to join us and we want your questions about how do you science, chemistry, physics, whatever, to make your dinner better. |
| 0:15.4 | Or what have you discovered that is really science in action when you cook and you'd like to share it with us? |
| 0:21.6 | Our number is 844-724-8255-844-Sytalk, or you can tweet us at Sci-Fry. |
| 0:29.6 | But first, early Wednesday morning, the successful launch of the Artemis I rocket to orbit the moon. |
| 0:35.3 | 3, 2, 1, boosters in ignition, and liftoff of Artemis I. |
| 0:42.3 | We rise together, back to the moon, and beyond. |
| 0:50.0 | A big first step towards eventually putting people back on that grey lunar ground. |
| 0:54.9 | So, what lies ahead? |
| 0:57.4 | Joining me now is Brendan Burns, space reporter at WMFE in Orlando, and host of the RWE there yet, podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | Welcome back to Science Friday. |
| 1:07.0 | Glad to be here, Ira, thanks for having me. |
| 1:09.2 | Nice to have you. I imagine it was nuts at that launch, right? |
| 1:12.3 | I heard the shouting and the screaming. |
| 1:14.5 | It was bonkers. I keep telling people it was indescribable, which is a terrible thing for a reporter today, but it was incredible. |
| 1:21.4 | It was absolutely incredible. |
| 1:22.7 | Now, I know there were some tense moments just a few hours before the launch with a leaking valve. |
| 1:28.1 | I spoke with Jim Fri, he's an Assa's associate administrator for exploration systems development. |
| 1:34.1 | After the launch on Wednesday, and I got his view of the launch. |
| 1:37.7 | So, I was in the launch control center, which is actually pretty well protected. |
| 1:42.0 | The windows rattled, but talking to folks who were on the outside and seeing somebody's videos that folks took, |
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