This week’s episode was hard to bring into focus because every time I thought I knew the story lineup, something new came out demanding to be included. In the end, some of that stuff is just going to wait. For instance, news came out earlier today, March 20, that the Dark Energy Survey Instrument has found evidence that Dark Energy varies over time… which no one thought could or would be the case. This isn’t a “for certain” thing, and I’ll be covering this in depth next week.
There was also news coming out of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference about the lack of NASA budget, future mission plans, and more… and that also didn’t make it into this episode.
What did make it in? We have science from LPSC, and a deep dive into the science, successes, and failures of the recent CLPS missions to the Moon. We also do a round-up of the latest news from the launch pad, and even news of a new, ancient crater found here on Earth!