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Sep 2021
43m 32s

159: Fun Stuff in Science

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NASA has published information about its work with AR, VR and getting sleepy while in a self-driving car. Jason and Stephen talk through the reports, then get into the breaking news of NASA's two new mission directorates.

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Inspiration4 - Crew Makes Evening Splashdown, Completing World’s First All-Civilian Orbital Mission to Space
NASA Lab Studies Sleepiness and Use of Automated Systems | NASA
NASA’s Artemis Rover to Land Near Nobile Region of Moon’s South Pole | NASA
The Moon Crater Where NASA Will Send Its Viper Rover - The New York Times
Nine Ways We Use AR and VR on the ISS | NASA
NASA Leadership Positions Agency for Future | NASA
NASA to split leadership of its human spaceflight program | Ars Technica
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