Happy Thursday, space fans.
We have almost made it to the end of another space-filled week. And right off the bat, there's rocket launch drama.
Right now, the U.S. government is trying to find a way to launch commercial rockets from the ocean, off of sea-based launch pads, but this has sparked serious concern from experts who see this is a quick track to polluting our ocean with all kinds of new, large, and dangerous materials. Critics have said "our coasts deserve better," do you agree?
Beyond this eco rocket controversy, NASA is starting to look at what future moon bases might actually look like. How many astronauts does it take to run a lunar base? We don't yet know. SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 for the 36th time, a new record, and China is working on a new system that will give us early warnings about dangerous asteroids. And Europe's space agency has declared that its upcoming Rosalind Franklin rover will be looking for signs of ancient life on Mars in the minerals hiding in clay deposits leftover from the planet's long gone water.
Check out what's big in space below:
