{"podcast":{"title":"The Automated Daily - Space News Edition","slug":"the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666","podcast_index_feed_id":7305666,"rss_url":"https://theautomateddaily.com/space/feed.xml","website_url":"https://theautomateddaily.com","image_url":"https://cdn.theautomateddaily.com/static/edition-logos/space.jpg","author":"TrendTeller","episode_count":100,"summary":"Welcome to 'The Automated Daily - Space News Edition', your ultimate source for a streamlined and insightful daily news experience.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:26.180585+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666"},"episode":{"title":"NASA Moon Day Budget Protest & Falcon 9 California Launch Milestone - Space News (Jul 20, 2026)","slug":"nasa-moon-day-budget-protest-falcon-9-california-launch-milestone-space-news-jul-20-2026","published_at":"2026-07-20T13:26:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666/nasa-moon-day-budget-protest-falcon-9-california-launch-milestone-space-news-jul-20-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666","url":"https://theautomateddaily.com/episodes/2026-07-20-nasa-moon-day-budget-protest-falcon-9-california-launch-milestone","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.theautomateddaily.com/audio/space/2026-07-20/en/episode.mp3","summary":"Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Effortless AI design for presentations, websites, and more with Gamma - https://try.gamma.app/tad - Prezi: Create AI presentations fast - https://try.prezi.com/automated_daily - KrispCall: Agentic Cloud Telephony - https://try.krispcall.com/tad Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily Today's topics: NASA Moon Day Budget Protest - NASA employees and supporters are preparing a Moon Day protest in Washington, D.C., over proposed 2026 budget cuts. The demonstration highlights growing concern over the future of NASA science, Earth observation, and planetary missions. Falcon 9 California Launch Milestone - SpaceX is targeting another Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Vandenberg, a launch that would become California’s 50th orbital mission of 2026. The flight underscores the relentless pace of commercial activity in low Earth orbit. Starship Flight 13 Faces Uncertainty - SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 remains in a fluid state after a last-second abort during a previous attempt. The mission is expected to test updates and could debut next-generation V3 Starlink satellites when it finally flies. NGC 6563 Tonight In Sagittarius - Skywatchers have a late-night target in the faint planetary nebula NGC 6563 in Sagittarius. The object offers amateur astronomers a chance to observe the glowing shell of a dying Sun-like star as the Moon sets. Episode Transcript NASA Moon Day Budget Protest First, a striking story out of Washington. NASA employees and supporters are preparing a Moon Day protest to challenge steep proposed cuts in the 2026 budget request. The concern is not only the scale of the reductions, but the fear that NASA leadership could begin adapting to them before…","meta_description":"Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Effortless AI design for presentations, websites, and more with Gamma - https://try.gamma.app/…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":176,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666/episodes/nasa-moon-day-budget-protest-falcon-9-california-launch-milestone-space-news-jul-20-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666/nasa-moon-day-budget-protest-falcon-9-california-launch-milestone-space-news-jul-20-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}