FULL EPISODE: Back To The Moon - January 23, 2026
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What updates does Jesse Rogerson provide about NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission?
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What was the significance of the recent medical evacuation from the International Space Station?
Let's dive in.
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Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of Jesse Rogerson, a professor of astrophysics at York University. We are talking science news and we're going to talk his wheelhouse. Let's go into space and get some updates from our orbit and beyond. Jesse, welcome to the show.
Hey, David.
What unexpected findings were revealed in the flu transmission study?
It's always good to be here.
Artemis? Artemis.
Tell me about it. Okay, so this is a big deal. And for some reason, it feels like the news has not covered it. I watch the news. I don't know. Maybe that means that tells you how old I am. But the news is not really focusing on it yet.
What are rogue waves and why are they significant?
But the Artemis 2 rocket has rolled out to the launch pad. It's launching no earlier than February 2nd, but that's soon or shortly thereafter. And this is a mission that's going to the moon. It's the first time we've sent humans to the moon since 1972. Four astronauts are going to fly to the moon, one of which is a Canadian, the first person who's not American to fly to the moon. This is a big deal. Jeremy Hansen, our Canadian astronaut, is going to be flying there. I'm pretty pumped about this, and I have not heard enough talk about it.
Of all the reasons, the political stories of the day that are petty, that are disheartening, that are dysfunctional, that we hear about, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, talking about all the time. I'm glad we're covering them.
How have mosquitoes changed their feeding behavior and what is the cause?
But one of the great downsides is stories like this get buried. And this is a great disappointment to me because this is exciting. We're going back to the moon.
It's been decades, right? And so much great progress was made in the 70s, and then it just got put on the back burner for a variety of reasons. And this is like that exactly. It's a wholesome story. It's got really good science to do, really great engineering demonstrations to do. We have international collaboration between NASA and the CSA. We have our own Canadian, Jeremy Hansen.
What does the research say about the impact of workplace slights on employee morale?
We have the first woman to go, the first person of color to go. It's a great crew with a lot of experience. It's... We're going to fly high for like it's going to be like a two week mission, like a 10 day mission. And we're going to have a good 10 days of hopefully tons of coverage of it. But right now it's flying under the radar. I hope it starts, you know, getting traction in the mainstream.
Now, are they bringing, you know, technical scientific equipment to sequence the DNA and analyze the matter of the moon rocks to check if there is definitively cheese in them?
Yeah.
You know what the funny thing is, is that they're not actually landing.
How can adults successfully make lasting friendships?
So perhaps I should have said that. You know, I'm saying, but they're going to the moon to orbit the moon. So when this is part of the Artemis project.
So they won't know if it's cheese quite yet. No, I'm kidding. What kind of experiments will they be doing?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:26
2
What updates does Jesse Rogerson provide about NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission?
0:26–1:22
3
What was the significance of the recent medical evacuation from the International Space Station?
1:22–1:52
4
What unexpected findings were revealed in the flu transmission study?
1:52–2:09
5
What are rogue waves and why are they significant?
2:09–2:49
6
How have mosquitoes changed their feeding behavior and what is the cause?
2:49–3:16
7
What does the research say about the impact of workplace slights on employee morale?
3:16–3:54
8
How can adults successfully make lasting friendships?
3:54–1:20:08
Speakers
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