This week in space: China looks to longer range space weapons and launches a secretive re-useable spacecraft, a big week for SpaceX, and for SpaceLabs, AND Arianespace launches a space tug-boat on its maiden flight.....

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 Pick o' the podcasts

Time Eat The Dogs podcast: The argument against human colonies in space

From the video store

Vega rocket launches maiden flight of a small satellite tug-boat 

SpaceX launches latest batch of Starlink satellites...

...and its SN6 prototype takes flight (video courtesy of NASAspaceflight.com.

New solid fuel booster gets a ground test:

Ignition! SLS booster static fire test. Two minute test.

Earth's rotation about to get a boost. pic.twitter.com/dig2WbVHPu

— Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) September 2, 2020

SpaceLab's Electron rocket returns to flight

A non-toxic fuel that works in chemical engines and ion drives the start of all-in-one rockets?

Reading material:

China looking at advanced, long range ASAT weapons to dominate space...

...fuelling Pentagon interest in similar weapons

...and China also launches a secretive reusable space vehicle

A vehicle for moving other satellites into new orbits

Extraterrestrial amino acids found in meteorite

Upgraded telescope shows the Sun's magnetic field structure in incredible detail

Survey finds the wealthy (and not just the super-duper-wealthy) are interested in taking Virgin Galactic flights

LIGO and Virgo detectors pick up massive gravitational wave source

People getting away from pandemic worries with microgravity flights!

Hematite found on the Moon's polar regions

When a 300 meter tsunami hit Norway