“...For All Mankind”- News Of The Week With Jason Cousineau.

Jason Cousineau and Eric Fisk | November 21st, 2020

Jason Cousineau and Eric Fisk catch up on "Space News" from the past month, including the launch of SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station, more water on The Moon than previously thought, and an Asteroid that's worth more than all the combined economies on Earth. What should these news stories mean for the future of humanity? What are the moral and ethical dilemmas of human space exploration and space-based industry?

But first, Jay and Eric discuss an image that was posted on "Paranormal Hauntings" and a life-changing experience with a local photographer.

This episode is dedicated to our new listeners, Crystal Rios and Crain Harmony from the group "Paranormal Hauntings," and Misty Lockheart from Lockheart Photography.

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Show Notes and Links

From Crain Harmony in the Facebook Group "Paranormal Hauntings."

CNN: Watch astronauts arrive at International Space Station The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center with four astronauts on board safely docked with the International Space Station.

New York Times: There’s Water and Ice on the Moon, and in More Places Than NASA Thought Future astronauts seeking water on the moon may not need to go into the most treacherous craters in its polar regions to find it.

Mining: "NASA finds rare metal asteroid worth more than global economy"

NASA’s Hubble Telescope has obtained images of an asteroid so rich in metals that its worth puts our global economy to shame. Think $10,000 quadrillion ($10,000,000,000,000,000,000), compared to the world’s economy, which was worth about $142 trillion in 2019. The rare heavy-metal object, called “16 Psyche,” is one of the largest celestial bodies in the Solar System’s main asteroid belt, orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. It’s located at roughly 370 million km (230 million miles) from Earth and measures 226 km (140 miles) across.

16 Psyche was actually discovered in 1852, but this is the first time scientists can get a closer look. What makes it special is that, unlike most asteroids that are either rocky or icy, 16 Psyche is made almost entirely of iron and nickel, a study published this week in The Planetary Science Journal shows. Tracy Becker, a planetary scientist and author of the paper, says the asteroid is likely the leftover core of a planet that never properly formed because it was hit by objects in our solar system and effectively lost its mantle and crust.