Carnival of Space 564

1. Blasting News – Jeff Bezos’ Amazon has saved ‘The Expanse’

2. Blasting News – Alan Bean explored the moon and then told the story in paint

3. Blasting News – Jeff Bezos made another announcement at ISDC

4. The Hill – Guess who’s unhappy about Elon Musk’s SpaceX

5. Blasting News – Bill Nelson touts his space shuttle junket in Senate digital ad

6. Universe Today – What are the Chances that the Next Generation LSST Could Find New Planets in the Solar System?

7. Universe Today – Planets on Parade: Saturn at Opposition 2018

8. Universe Today – This is What Happens When a Black Hole Gobbles up a Star

9. Nextbigfuture – A ‘self-eating’ rocket engine which could place small satellites in orbit more easily and more affordably is under development at universities in Scotland and Ukraine.

Engineers from the University of Glasgow and Oles Honchar Dnipro National University in Ukraine discuss how they have built, fired, and for the first time throttled up and down an ‘autophage’ engine which could change how small satellites are sent into space.

10. Nextbigfuture – SpaceX has had three months of successful tests of prototype internet satellites

11. Nextbigfuture – SpaceX delays sending tourists on lunar orbital trip to 2019 or later