Today, you’ll learn about a super exciting space program, blasting off in a few months, that will take us back to the moon for the first time in 50 years, how the simple snap of your fingers actually involves some cool physics and the chemistry behind the skunky stank of cannabis.

To the Moon Artemis

Artemis-I
- https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
Artemis
- https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
Artemis Program
- https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
Around the Moon with NASA’s First Launch of SLS with Orion
- https://www.nasa.gov/feature/around-the-moon-with-nasa-s-first-launch-of-sls-with-orion
NASA Readies Rocket for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal
- https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-readies-rocket-for-artemis-i-wet-dress-rehearsal
The Artemis Plan
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf
Rocket Weight and Thrust
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_reference_guide_2022_web.pdf
NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad by Brendan Byrne
- https://www.npr.org/2022/03/18/1087417075/nasas-artemis-1-moon-rocket-reaches-the-launch-pad
NASA's Artemis program will land the first person of color on the moon by Ashley Strickland
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/world/nasa-artemis-person-of-color-crew-scn/index.html
NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket rolls out to the launch pad today and you can watch it live by Chelsea Gohd
- https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-megarocket-rollout-webcast
Why NASA’s new ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ is so incredible by Adam Mann
- https://www.livescience.com/megamoon-rocket-is-incredible
SpaceX Starship: Stunning Concept Art Reveals NASA’s New Lunar Lander by Mike Brown
- https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starship-nasa-new-concept-art
Inventions we use everyday that were actually created for space exploration by Josie Green
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/08/space-race-inventions-we-use-every-day-were-created-for-space-exploration/39580591/
How Heavy Is A School Bus? (Empty And Full) by Measuring Stuff
- https://measuringstuff.com/how-heavy-is-a-school-bus-empty-and-full/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20an%20empty%20school,the%20weight%20of%20the%20passengers.

Oh Snap!

New high-speed video reveals the physics of a finger snap by Emily Conover
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/finger-snap-physics-new-high-speed-video-thanos
The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping by Karen Hopkin
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-surprising-physics-of-finger-snapping/
The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction by Raghav Acharya, Elio J. Challita, Mark Ilton and M. Saad Bhamla
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0672
How a Single Finger Snap Became a Scientific Game-Changer by Cayla Mihalovich
- https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20220224/finger-snap-a-scientific-achievement
Snapping your fingers is a move worthy of a professional athlete by Elana Spivack
- https://www.popsci.com/science/finger-snapping-physics/

The Funky Skunk of Cannabis

Why does cannabis smell skunky? by John Arnst
- https://www.livescience.com/why-cannabis-smells-like-skunk
Great News, Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Cannabis Smells 'Skunky' by Carly Cassella
- https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-cannabis-smells-skunk-y-and-the-answer-could-hold-health-benefits
Here’s the chemistry behind marijuana’s skunky scent by Ariana Remmel
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/marijuana-skunk-smell-cannabis-pot-plant-chemistry

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Re-release: To the Moon Artemis, Oh Snap!, The Skunky Funk of Cannabis