Outer Space News, Events & Ideas Links Page 1B *****

NASA has been quietly working on a Mars rover concept that looks like a Batmobile ~ http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-mars-rover-prototype-seadek-2017-5?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ScienceSelect&pt=385758&ct=Sailthru_BI_Newsletters&mt=8&utm_campaign=BI%20Science%202017-05-11&utm_term=Science%20Select%20-%20Engaged%2C%20Active%2C%20Passive%2C%20Disengaged

Robonaut 2 Maps The Way For Human Exploration ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCu1tKhU1Ig

ISS Update: Checking Out Robonaut 2 ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe1D-Mui0qk&t=30s

SpaceX is sending two people to the moon and back ~ https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=JAR-tBpOol8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAR-tBpOol8)

How Close Are We To Space Tourism? ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWKyTYEFVGY

You Don’t Even Want To Know About Bacteria On The Space Station ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRQFJgKS8uo

10 Simple Things You Cannot Do In Space ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGDtreWBhpE

NASA will destroy a $3.26 billion Saturn probe this summer to protect an alien water world (http://www.businessinsider.com/cassini-death-grand-finale-reason-2017-4?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ScienceSelect&pt=385758&ct=Sailthru_BI_Newsletters&mt=8&utm_campaign=BI%20Science%202017-04-06&utm_term=Science%20Select%20-%20Engaged%2C%20Active%2C%20Passive%2C%20Disengaged)

Northeastern puts NASA’s Valkyrie space robots through its paces ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onrSEUyIubM

New Rover Will Let Us Hear Mars for the First Time ~ http://www.xploration station.com/stories/New-Rover-Will-Let-Us-Hear-Mars-for-the-First-Time (http://www.xplorationstation.com/stories/New-Rover-Will-Let-Us-Hear-Mars-for-the-First-Time)

The New Space Race to the Moon between NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGYNMOa8bD0

Smoke and Fire with a 360 View of RS-25 Engine Test ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI_s-_lvz9A

Space Poop Challenge: NASA Calls for Better Spacesuit Potty Systems ~ http://www.space.com/34690-nasa-space-poop-challenge-for-spacesuit-potty.html?utm_source=notification

Space Poop Challenge ~ https://herox.com/SpacePoop

How Recycled Astronaut Pee Boosts Chances for Future Deep-Space Travel ~ http://www.space.com/34688-recycled-astronaut-pee-boosts-deep-space-travel.html

• How to Pee in Space (and What to Do If the Toilet (http://www.space.com/34681-how-to-pee-in-space.html)Breaks) (http://www.space.com/34681-how-to-pee-in-space.html) ******

Pooping in a Spacesuit Is As Complicated As It Sounds (http://www.livescience.com/57022-pooping-in-spacesuit-is-complicated.html?utm_source=notification) *

Nasa Challenges * Innovation: Making the Impossible an Option (https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/openinnovation) *****

• Rocket Engine News ***** (https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Force-ChicagoLand/pages/21490117/Rocket_Engine_News_******/)

• 'Impossible' Space Engine Might Actually Work, Study Suggests ***** (http://www.space.com/34672-impossible-space-engine-emdrive-test.html?utm_source=notification)

• EmDrive: Leaked Nasa paper reveals 'Star Trek' microwave thruster does work ***** (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/emdrive-leaked-nasa-paper-reveals-star-trek-microwave-thruster-does-work-1590244?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news&yptr=yahoo)

ORBCOMM-2 Full Launch Webcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4) *****

SpaceX’s Elon Musk geeks out over Mars interplanetary transport plan on Reddit (http://www.geekwire.com/2016/spacex-elon-musk-geeks-out-mars-reddit/?utm_source=GeekWire+Newsletters&utm_campaign=4806424fa6-science-space-email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4e93fc7dfd-4806424fa6-233745757&mc_cid=4806424fa6&mc_eid=bc0562e292) ******

Mars or Bust (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB7IYJRXP-I) ****

VSS Unity First Flight Test (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQrF-iaWlw) ****