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The Return of the Malik – The Wild Proposals on NASA’s Table – YouTube
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On Episode 173 of This Week In Space<\/a>, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik look back at the week in space news.<\/p>\n

We look at the passing of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell, potential re-tasking of NASA’s Juno probe from Jupiter to the interstellar interloper, 3I\/Atlas \u2014 Avi Loeb wants it, of course \u2014 the third launch of ULA’s Vulcan rocket, Artemis 2 lunar flyby updates, Virgin Galactic’s new spaceplane (can they ever make a profit?), a proposed Pluto orbiter \u2014 with a planned mission of 50 years \u2014 and much more, on This Week in Space!<\/p>\n

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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>\n

Join Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from 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

Host of This Week In Space on TWiT\"RodHost of This Week In Space on TWiTRod Pyle<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>Space author and historian<\/p>\n

Rod Pyle<\/a> is an author, journalist, television producer and Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine<\/a>. He has written 18 books<\/a> on space history, exploration, and development, including Space 2.0, Innovation the NASA Way, Interplanetary Robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Amazing Stories of the Space Age, First On the Moon, and Destination Mars<\/p>\n

In a previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for The History Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He also worked in visual effects on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, as well as various sci-fi TV pilots. His most recent TV credit was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe’s iconic book The Right Stuff.<\/p>\n

This Week In Space co-host\"TariqThis Week In Space co-hostTariq Malik<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Space.com Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n

Responsible for Space.com’s editorial vision, Tariq Malik has been the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com since 2019 and has covered space news and science for 18 years. He joined the Space.com team in 2001, first as an intern and soon after as a full-time spaceflight reporter covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night sky. He became Space.com’s managing editor in 2009. As on-air talent has presented space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR and others.<\/p>\n

Tariq is an Eagle Scout (yes, he earned the Space Exploration merit badge), a Space Camp veteran (4 times as a kid, once as an adult), and has taken the ultimate “vomit comet” ride while reporting on zero-gravity fires. Before joining Space.com, he served as a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering city and education beats. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University.<\/p>\n

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n