Episode description

NASA Scientist and X-Ray Expert Dr. Martin Weisskopf joins the 2100 to discuss the launch of the IXPE. On Dec. 9, NASA will launch the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE, spacecraft, which seeks to understand phenomena such as black holes and neutron stars. 

Media professionals Crystal Gaines and Candace Johnson join the program to give their perspective on space.

Music by Rory Lynch

Mix of Gil-Scott Heron's Whitey On the Moon and Beach House's Space Song done by Jason Peters