{"id":64654,"date":"2026-08-22T13:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/?guid=5c5377945b37b377e1feb204247cd8c4"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:24:12","slug":"this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-224-the-science-of-artemis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2026\/08\/22\/this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-224-the-science-of-artemis\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Space podcast: Episode 224 \u2014 The Science of Artemis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                            \n                            <article>\n                                <div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet ><div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oDSTF3Cr0Pw\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\/episodes\/224?autostart=false\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Episode 224 of This Week In Space<\/a>, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Rick Jenet are joined by Dr. David Kring to discuss the where, whys, and hows of the Artemis Program's lunar exploration plans.<\/p><p>It has been said that the Moon is a harsh mistress, and nowhere is this  more apparent than at the lunar south pole. That is, however, where the  Artemis program is headed, and we need to figure out how to best explore  the region. <\/p><p>Kring of the Universities Space Research  Association's Lunar and Planetary Institute joins us to explore the answers \u2014 and risks \u2014 that await us. <\/p><p><strong>Download or subscribe<\/strong> to this show at:<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\" >https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space<\/a>.<br><br>Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit\" >https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit<\/a> <\/p><h2 id=\"space-news-of-the-week\">Space news of the week<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/elliott.gwu.edu\/scott-pace\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Dr. Scott Pace<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"model-falcon-9\">Model Falcon 9!<\/h2><div  class=\"fancy-box\"><div class=\"fancy_box-title\">TOP TELESCOPE PICK:<\/div><div class=\"fancy_box_body\"><figure class=\"van-image-figure \"  ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img id=\"cbAPCR7Y6HkbgamUsCtVj5\" name=\"celestron top telescope.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"A Celestron telescope on a white background\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cbAPCR7Y6HkbgamUsCtVj5.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Celestron)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">Looking for a telescope to see planets and comets? 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You can <a href=\"https:\/\/estesrockets.com\/product\/002161-spacex-falcon-9\/\" >save 10% by using the code IN-COLLECTSPACE at checkout<\/a>, courtesy of our partners collectSPACE.com.<\/p><h2 id=\"about-this-week-in-space\">About This Week In Space<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\" >This Week in Space<\/a> covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars? <\/p><p>Join Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/\" >Space.com<\/a> as they tackle those questions and more each week on Friday afternoons. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcatcher.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/article>\n                            \n                        ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Episode 224 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Rick Jenet are joined by Dr. David Kring to discuss the where, whys, and hows of the Artemis Program&#8217;s lunar exploration plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2800,2805],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-space-movies-amp-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64731,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64654\/revisions\/64731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}