Ep. 529 - GMMB Monday 17 Mar 2025

Dawn Addis was with us. The bill she authored, AB 303, addressing safety issues around Battery Energy Storage Systems is making its way through the legislative process. We also heard about the value of the Capitola wharf to the people in the area. With 200 miles of coastline in her district, she has several wharves. She taught us the word "chowsky." That is a combination of a chow and a husky.

As always, Mark Mozena had plenty about which to talk.

• After 9 months, Suni and Butch are coming back from the space station tomorrow. 
• Russia and China are currently practicing aggressive maneuvers and attacks in space to destroy satellites and disrupt capabilities 
• First private mission to Venus just had its heat shield installed at NASA Ames. The mission will launch next summer to study the clouds of Venus. 
• Early galaxies seem to have a preference rotate clockwise…strange preference and opens up a question of the origin of our universe including the bizarre theory that our universe is inside a blackhole
• Space Prom is this Friday - black tie event in DC

Michael Olson let us know the annual spring luncheon for the ag community is coming up. Among other things, they will announce the farmer of the year. He told of federal programs currently on hold, like the one funded by the USDA that connects local farmers to people in need of good food. Its future is uncertain. The ag community is also exploring legislation that would ensure we have foreign laborers to work in ag, similar to the bracero program of the past.