Space satellites that fire harpoons and nets, radio observatory beyond the Moon starts its mission, and could we live on Mars?

Pick o' the podcasts:

Main engine cutoff: An interview with a company developing harpoon and nets for capturing spacecraft

365 days of astronomy podcast: Could we live on Mars?

Spacepod: Using art to explain the universe

Planetary Radio: Seeking killer space apps

From the video store:

How big do black  holes get?


 Follow the journey of a ripple in space-time. 

Ride with the Curiosity rover as it explores teal ridge on Mars. 

How Rocket Labs is planning to make it's Electron rocket re-useable:

Watch as Boeing's Starliner space capsule is attached to its booster:

Reading material:

Radio telescope above the Moon's far side begins hunting for signals from the Big Bang

Long live Jupiter's Great Red Spot, empress of storms!

Martian dust storms create towers of dust 80km high

NASA to buy seat on commercial space mission

Interstellar comet 21/Borisov grows a vast tail

Oxygen and water showcase Mars, Europa mysteries and struggles