Jake and Anthony drink a beer that has been to space, discuss the recently-announced New Frontiers finalists, and propose their own flagship-class missions. Huge thanks to Ninkasi Brewing Company for powering this episode! Beers Ninkasi Brewing - Ground Control 2017 Ground Control (2017) - Ninkasi Brewing Company - Untappd Ninkasi Space Program - Home Topics Future Planetary Exploration: Proposed New Frontiers Missions NASA Invests in Concept Development for Missions to Comet, Saturn Moon | NASA Dragonfly Dragonfly: A Proposal to Explore Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon, via Quadcopter - YouTube Picks SPACE 1: We're Going To Space : Planet Money : NPR Amazon.com: Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space eBook: John W Young, James R. Hansen: Kindle Store Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter

Note: Please listen to Episode 3 before listening to this podcast! A companion podcast to follow Episode 3. Jake tells the story of Polynesian Celestial Navigation. Originally produced for a class in sound design but published here for your enjoyment. Covert art courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope (NASA/ESA/Hubble)

Jake tells us the story of Chinese spaceflight, and Anthony gets us ready for their future in space. Beers Mad Elf (2017) - Tröegs Independent Brewing - Untappd Walt Wit - Philadelphia Brewing Company - Untappd Pennsylvania Pale Ale - Philadelphia Brewing Company - Untappd Tsingtao - Tsingtao Brewery - Untappd Topics Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) | Twitter ChinaSpaceflight (@cnspaceflight) | Twitter Qian Xuesen documentary - YouTube Long March (rocket family) - Wikipedia China sets out long-term space transportation roadmap including a nuclear space shuttle Why China’s Long March 5 is crucial to its space ambitions China progressing with work on new medium, heavy and super-heavy Long March launch vehicles China aims for first sea launch in 2018, will develop low cost space launches and reusable space plane ESA and Chinese astronauts train together / Astronauts / Human Spaceflight / Our Activities / ESA Picks Space Shuttle Decision, 1965-1972 (History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 1) by T. A. Heppenheimer History of the Space Shuttle, Volume Two: Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981 by T. A. Heppenheimer How far they'll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation | The Planetary Society Journal of the Polynesian Society: Re-learning A Vanishing Art, By B. R. Finney Et Al., P 41-90 Looking for the 10 minute bonus podcast? It follows this episode in your podcast feed. Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter

Anthony and Jake dive into Gravitational Wave astronomy, salute a passing interstellar traveler, and pour one out for a lost rock legend. Beers 100th Meridian Organic Amber Lager - Mill Street Brewery - Untappd HopDevil IPA - Victory Brewing Company - Untappd Topics Facts | LIGO Lab | Caltech A fourth gravitational wave has been detected - The Verge Astronomers detect gravitational waves from two neutron stars colliding - The Verge Jets and Debris from a Neutron Star Collision - YouTube First LIGO/Virgo detection of a binary neutron star merger (GW170817) - YouTube Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System | University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy Small Asteroid or Comet ‘Visits’ from Beyond the Solar System | NASA “What if it were a red dwarf instead?” By Tony Dunn Picks Mastcam-Z Blog Taming Liquid Hydrogen by Virginia P. Dawson & Mark D. Bowles | Free PDF from NASA History Taming Liquid Hydrogen by Virginia P. Dawson & Mark D. Bowles | iBooks Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter

Anthony and Jake unpack the National Space Council’s inaugural meeting, SpaceX’s BFR update from IAC, and the future of Falcon Heavy. Beers Vital IPA - Victory Brewing Company - Untappd Pumpkineater (2017) - Howe Sound Brewing - Untappd Topics Making Life Multiplanetary - YouTube National Space Council calls for human return to the moon - SpaceNews.com We choose to go to the Moon and do the other things | The Planetary Society Picks SkySafari 5 | Professional Astronomy Telescope Control Software for iOS Astrospheric Astronaut Scott Kelly on the devastating effects of a year in space Amazon.com: Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery eBook: Scott Kelly: Kindle Store Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter