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The Space Show this week – June.18.2018

June 18, 2018 TopSpacer

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, June 18, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): Mark Sundahl, Atty, returns to discuss commercial space law, property rights, etc.

2. Wednesday, June 13, 2018: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.

3. Thursday, June 21, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome back Dr. Haym Benarova for this special program.

4. Friday, June 22 2018; 9:30 am -11 am PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT): We welcome back Dr. John Brandenburg for his latest science fiction book, Morningstar Rising UFO Armageddon.

5. Sunday, June 24, 2018: 12-1:30 pm PDT; 2-3:30 pm CDT; 3-4:30 pm EDT. Dennis Wingo returns to do a special interview with me about commercial and NewSpace history.

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.

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Rocketry, Space Models

Video: BPS.space flies Falcon Heavy scale model rocket

June 18, 2018 TopSpacer

I recently posted about Joe Barnard adding thrust vector control and other advanced features to model rockets. The goal is to model not just the appearance of large rockets but how they take off and fly as well. This weekend, he successfully flew for the first time a model he built of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy, which involved separation of the two side cores and the in-flight firing start-up of the center core.

The side boosters executed a 20 degree roll program with a rate of 30dps, beginning at T+0.9. Initial pitch-over of the vehicle at launch was due to thrust inconsistencies between booster motors. Because of a low level coordinate transformation error in its flight software, the center core flew with poor stability, correcting roughly 20 degrees off axis for both pitch and yaw. Photos from the flight can be found here: https://bps.space/gallery/

Find out more about Barnard’s projects and rocket hardware at BPS.space.

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Rockets, Space industry

Video: Rocket Lab prepares for 3rd Electron launch from New Zealand

June 18, 2018 TopSpacer

The company Rocket Lab plans to launch an Electron rocket from the Mahia Peninsula on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island during a two week long launch window that opens on June 23rd. This will be the company’s third launch and, they hope, the second one to successfully put payloads into orbit. Here is a NZ TV news report on the company:

New Zealand has entered the space race. In just a few days, the Kiwis will launch their first commercial rocket, taking satellites into orbit. @MarkWBurrows #9News pic.twitter.com/n1jB05fuuG

— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) June 17, 2018

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Activism, Mars, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO Orbit 11.24 – “The different personalities of the JPL rovers”

June 17, 2018 TopSpacer

The latest TMRO.tv Space episode is now available on line: The different personalities of the JPL rovers – Orbit 11.24 – TMRO

JPL Science System Engineer Kim Steadman joins us to talk about some past, present and future missions that JPL has sent to Mars and beyond. We touch on Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, the upcoming Mars 2020 and the different personalities each rover has. We sprinkle a little Juno and Cassini in there for good measure as well.

Space new and launches:

Launches:
H-2A Rocket Launches IGS-Radar 6 Spy Satellite

Space News:
Opportunity LOS
SpaceX is planning even more facilities at KSC
Axiom Space Announces Private Astronaut Expeditions

TMRO is viewer supported:

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