Episode 135
Shuttle Blankets and Space Burials
Sending your remains skyward, and a space repair reminscent of Apollo 13...
Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists · Richard Hollingham, Sue Nelson
October 8, 202358m 34s
Show Notes
A Shuttle emergency you may not have heard of, sending your DNA into space, and a scientist studying the samples from asteroid Bennu. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet Natural History Museum meteorites curator, Natasha Vasiliki Almeida, and talk to Celestis founder, Charles Chafer, about sending your remains into space. Plus Sue chats to Jean Wright about sewing the blankets for the Space Shuttle, and a space repair reminiscent of Apollo 13. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
Jean WrightSew SistersBennumeteoriteasteroidSpace BlanketCelestisCharles ChaferNatasha Vasiliki AlmeidaDNAspace burial