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This week, the guys welcome all of our new followers from Awesome Con (hi everyone!) with an episode all about new exoplanets, the AWESOME Bill Nye: Science Guy documentary, and how France is trying to make the planet great (again?).   Links: Latest from Washington Awesome Con NASA closing out Asteroid Redirect Mission Go see the Bill Nye documentary. Seriously. National Academies of Science just released a Planetary Protection report   Space News Highlight of the Week Kepler finds 219 new exoplanets   International News Emmanuel Macron wants to make our planet great again   Latest in Tech French startup raises $1.9M for SmallSat electric propulsion   Coming Soon to Space NASA Briefings on Total Solar Eclipse More info about the eclipse   Follow Ad Astra on Twitter at @AdAstra_Podcast, on Facebook, and subscribe to the mailing list for future updates and events!