Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO of SpaceX, gives a TEDx talk on STEM education: Engineering America: Gwynne Shotwell at TEDxChapmanU – YouTube
Some space policy for today:
Update: More policy items
Strap on your stereo glasses and watch the European ATV cargo module “Albert Einstein”, which was launched on June 6th, as it separates from the upper stage booster:
The latest NASA ScienceCast reports on combustion studies on the ISS:
Researchers experimenting with flames onboard the International Space Station have produced a strange, cool-burning form of fire that could help improve the efficiency of auto engines.
The Planetary Resources fund-raising for the ARKYD public access space telescope has reached 10,350 Backers and $916,582 pledged towards the $1,000,000 goal with 12 days to go. That’s a tremendous accomplishment for a space Kickstarter campaign but it actually seems a bit disappointing considering how fast the pledges were coming in during the first couple weeks. It looks like they will have to work hard just to make sure they reach the $1.0M goal, much less meet their $2M stretch goal to fund exoplanet searches.
Kickstarter campaigns often have a surge in the final few days as efforts intensify to meet the deadline. So it’s still likely they will beat the $1M goal and it will be interesting to see how far past it they get.
Follow their money raising rate at ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone by Planetary Resources :: Kicktraq.
The latest Spacevidcast show is now available online: Not Because it’s Easy – Spacevidcast Live 6.17 – Spacevidcast -
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First off, you can grab George’s book, “Not because it’s easy” on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Not-Because-Eas…
The ARKYD Kickstarter can be found here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1…
The wiki article for this episode can be found here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/6.17
In Space News we have China’s Shenzhou-10 launch and docking, ATV-4 docking, sending your own message to space, Planetary Resources and Congress has no love for NASA asteroid missions.
George Schellenger joins us to talk about his new book and gangs around in After Dark to also talk about Project Blue Pride.
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KONE Elevators of Finland has developed a super-strong, lightweight carbon fiber based cables that allow for much higher skyscrapers and are the first step towards fibers capable of space elevators: Lifts and skyscrapers: The other mile-high club: A new lightweight lift cable will let buildings soar ever upward – The Economist.
See also KONE UltraRope – The benchmark in high-rise technology and innovation
Brittany Manning points me to her excellent videos of space imagery combined with the words of Carl Sagan and the music of Daniel Hope:
The Space Show this week:
1. Monday, June 17, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome back KEVIN SLOA to discuss & update us on The Mars Society‘s University Rover Challenge for this year.
2. Tuesday, June 18 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): BRYCE RUSS is with us for a Yuri’s Night Wrap-up.
3. Friday, June 21, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PDT (11:30- 1 PM CDT, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EDT): We welcome ROB KELSO, Executive Director of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES).
4. Sunday, June 23, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome Dr Gil Levin from the Mars Viking Project and Arizona State.
See also:
/– The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
/– The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
/– The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs
The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.
Copenhagen Suborbitals posts a new video about their Sapphire guided rocket, which they plan to launch soon.
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The Sapphire team explains how the rocket is built and share details about the mission. Sapphire is Copenhagen Suborbitals first attempt to launch a active guided rocket.
Urban Astronomer hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
Ed Wright of Citizens in Space gives the background to various programs aimed at sending teachers and other educators into space and lays out his organization’s plans for the future: Teachers in Space: The Next Generation – CitizensInSpace.org.
Citizens in Space continues to expand and grow. We have not abandoned the original goals of Teachers in Space, nor have we “split” the program or transferred any part of the program to another organization. We still hope to enable a large number of teachers to fly in space and return to the classroom, along with people from every walk of life.
There are other organizations that have the goal of flying teachers in space. The Challenger Center for Space Science Education has acquired two seats on a Virgin Galactic flight for teachers. Virgin Galactic has also donated a seat to the Royal Air Force for a British teacher. So far, however, we are the only organization that has purchased a significant block of flights and initiated a training program for citizen astronauts. We hope we will not be alone much longer. Regardless of what other organizations do, however, our path is clear. As President Reagan said, our hopes and journeys will continue.
Dr. Stephen Perusich, Senior Scientist at Cella Energy, talks about the firm’s hydrogen storage technology: New Hydrogen Pellets Allow Better Fuel Storage and Radiation Protection – SpaceSafetyMagazine.com
A Massachusetts man found a rock by a river near his house that turned out to be ballast from a Soviet/Russian spacecraft, possibly the Mir space station:
Hollywood would have no shortage of space stories to tell if they followed the recommendations on this page: What classic space opera novel do you want to see on the big screen? – io9.com.
Moonandback has posted lots of videos from the recent National Space Society ISDC 2013 event in San Diego, including these three:
Bas Lansdorp of Mars One:
Asteroids session, Pt. 1:
Asteroid session, Pt.2:
Some recent space policy related posts:
Update: Res Communis posts the latest collection of space and aviation related law, regulation and policy links: Library: A Round-up of Reading.
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 167 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – June 16, 2013:
* HAM Video for the ISS Announced by ARISS
* AMSAT Videos from Dayton Hamvention
* AMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, now SK
* RECENT AMSAT AWARDS
* Fox-2 MPPT Team Selected In TI Design Contest
* AMSAT Field Day 2013 – One More Time
* Wilse Morgan WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
Musician and space advocate Fred Becker points me to his new website and to his page at the CD Baby Music Store, which offers his latest album – Arcology.
See and hear his other albums here.
Find also an entry for Fred in the HobbySpace Music section.
And here is one of Fred’s music videos:
Today is the 50th anniversary of the spaceflight of Valentina Tereshkova, the first women to go to space:
Video highlights of her trip to space:
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