Canadian astronaut and space musician extraordinaire Chris Hadfield was interviewed on Wednesday on CBC Radio: Best of Q: Chris Hadfield offers Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth | Q with Jian Ghomeshi – CBC Radio (includes ~24 minute audio).
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Sci-Tech: Update from General Fusion
NextBigFuture.com points to an update from General Fusion, the Canadian nuclear fusion venture partially funded by Jeff Bezos that is aiming to produce net energy by 2018 from its innovative approach to fusion power: General Fusion – CT2013, Kobe, Japan – September 25, 2013 (pdf).
Beyond earth orbit space science missions in 2014
Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society gives a preview of major space science missions in the coming year: What’s up in planetary missions in 2014 – The Planetary Society.
She includes a link to thisinteresting infographic from Olaf Frohn that displays current space science missions:
Credit: Olaf Frohn
What’s Up in the Solar System diagram by Olaf Frohn (updated for January 2014)
A diagram, updated once a month, of active space missions traveling beyond
Earth orbit. Contains links to past diagrams.
Space history artifact news in 2013 + A rocketplane in 1931
A review of news about some historic space artifacts in the past year: Rocket engines and retired shuttles: 2013, the year in space history artifacts – collectSPACE
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Here’s an interesting account of what the author believes was the first rocket powered vehicle demonstration in the US: The First American Rocket Flight Was an Advertising Stunt – io9 – Jan.1.14
Copenhagen Suborbitals: Interview with spacesuit maker Cameron Smith
Here’s an interview with Cameron Smith, who is collaborating with Copenhagen Suborbitals on a spacesuit for their future manned flights: Voices 2014: Cameron Smith: Space Travel Can Be For Everyone – archaeologist and anthropology professor at Portland State University – Willamette Week.