Today's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out. 

A big thanks to Harry's for choosing to sponsor science content and allowing me to make a donation to Tasmanian Devil DFTD vaccine research. Consider picking up an awesome Razor. Several of my friends have asked me if it was worth it, and I said yes. Every single one came back to me and agreed after the fact. http://www.harrys.com/  Promo code: SMARTER

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Greg Woods PhD, ARCPA, FFSc(RCPA)

Professor | Immunology | School of Medicine | University of Tasmania http://www.utas.edu.au/medicine

Principal Research Fellow

Menzies Research Institute Tasmania | University of Tasmania | www.menzies.utas.edu.au

Cesar D. Tovar Lopez | Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Menzies Research Institute Tasmania

Alexandre Kreiss - UTAS

Jocelyn Darby - UTAS

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This week Space Mike discusses several new rockets being developed all over the world, from China, Russia, India, Europe, and the United States.

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Hey everyone, many apologies for the slow update! I was in the process of getting prepared for After Dark's release, then updating all of the mods I've released and somehow I forgot to push this bad boy out to you guys. This building is another pop culture reference to a show on USA television called MR ROBOT, highly recommended by my tastes as it hits that sweet spot like something that only Breaking Bad has done in the past.

Stay tuned for more updates, including some very major news in the not too distant future.

This week Space Mike discusses Boeing's new name name for the CST-100, as well as their construction progress at Kennedy Space Center. Also some new astronauts have traveled to the Space Station for a Crew Replacement.

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Goal: A simple, elegant tour of the Space Station that makes sense to Earth Bound Humans.

Scott reads tweets on the ISS! Tweet him and see if he replies! http://bit.ly/TwtStnTour

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A special thanks to Scott Kelly

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This week we explore our policy on no acronyms and make the case for eliminating their general usage when trying to explain aerospace to others.

In Space News we have:

* Secret China Launch

* Galileo launch o Soyuz

* Aerojet Rocketdyne bidding to buy ULA for $2bn

* Boeing renames CST-100 to ‘CST-100 Starliner’

* Firefly Space Systems tests rocket engine

* SpaceX released beautiful vidoes of Crew Dragon interior

* New Horizons starting data dump

This week we take a look at NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), where it came from and where it could be going.

In Space News we have:

* Proton Launches with AM8 Communications Satellite

* Two secret launches made by China

* Boeing rejects bid to buy United Launch Alliance

* Blue Origin announces commercial rocket pad in Florida

* NASA Delays crewed flight of Orion to 2023

* Virgin Galactic Announces More Capable LauncherOne

This week, Space Mike talks about some of the possible payloads for the Space Launch system. Including Orion, Asteroid Redirect, and the Exploration Augmentation Module.

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Mathematically impossible, in fact!

TMRO Chief Astronomer Jared Head explores the methods we use to tell the stories of a star's life.

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TMRO Chief Astronomer Jared Head gives you the rundown on how lunar eclipses occur and prepares you for the upcoming total lunar eclipse on Sept 27/28, 2015.

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In Part 2 of our analysis on possible Space Launch System payloads, Space Mike examines Lunar space stations, robots, and landers.

For more information check this goldmine: http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~fiso/arc...

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