The Space Show this week – Feb.2.15

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The guests and topics for The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Feb. 2, 2015: 2:00-3:30PM PST (5:00-& 6:30 PM EST, 4:00-5:30 PM CST): We welcome DR. CAMERON SMITH from Portland State University to discuss his “Interstellar Voyaging: An Evolutionary Transition” presentation which you can easily find on the web.

2. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015:,7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): We welcome back DENNIS WINGO to discuss his recent blog post, “The Quagmire of The Apollo Space Program“.

3. Friday, Feb. 6, 2015; 9:30 -11 AM PST (12:30-2 PM EST; 11:30-1 PM CST): We welcome PHIL PRESSEL to the show to discuss his work on the HEXAGON KH-9 Film Reconnaissance Camera 1966 to 1986. Please note that by Thursday evening, I will have uploaded Phil’s important Power Point presentation to The Space Show blog. You will need to follow along with this presentation as Phil will be referring to it during our Space Show program. ..

4. Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015: 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST): OPEN LINES. All space and STEM calls welcome as are first time callers.

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.

Contests and Games, Education, Space participation

Mission to Mars 2049: A family board game

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The crowd-sourcing campaign to fund production of the board game Mission to Mars 2049 has now exceeded its primary goal and is aiming for stretch goals: Mission to Mars 2049: A Family Board Game – Indiegogo.

Mission to Mars 2049 is a family board game that is set in the near future. In this game you are in control of a human colony settled on Mars (there can be up to four of them) and your objective is to build a water extraction station on top of the Martian Polar Ice Cape before any other player does. In order to do that, you will need to have a strategy for acquiring resources and building your colony faster than anyone else.

This video gives an overview of the game: