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Activism, General, Living in Space

Bob Zimmerman on the John Batchelor Show, Tues. + John Strickland & Claude Piantodosi on the Space Show

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Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. See the iTunes free Podcast for links to the latest shows.

Here is the list of topics discussed on this week’s Tuesday show:

Segment 1: science and space:
1. Curiosity has experienced another computer glitch, this time to its BACKUP computer.
2. The collision of space junk to a Russian satellite never happened.
3. A Chinese scientist who worked for NASA has been arrested trying to flee the country.
4. After losing its federal earmark, Pan-STARRS gets private funding to survive and upgrade.
5. The Antares launch date has been set.

Segment 2: climate:
1. More fraud in climate science.
2. The person who published the climategate emails releases some more emails, and emails the world his reasons for doing so.

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On the Space Show on Tuesday, John Strickland talked about the National Space Society, the ISDC 2013 conference,  space settlement, space based solar power, launcher reusability and more: John Strickland, Tuesday, 3-19-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

On Monday, Dr. Claude Piantodosi talked on the show about his book, Mankind Beyond Earth, human spaceflight, Mars missions, radiation, and microgravity: Dr. Claude Piantadosi, Monday, 3-18-13 | Thespaceshow’s Blog.

General, Living in Space

Chris Hadfield gains a following in space

Canadian astronaut and ISS commander Chris Hadfield (Chris Hadfield (Cmdr_Hadfield) on Twitter) has become a star, so to speak, with his music, photography and outreach activities on the station: ISS commander is a station sensation – Florida Today.

Here are a couple of posts for St. Patrick’s Day:

Twitter / Cmdr_Hadfield:

Wearing the green – Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the International Space Station! pic.twitter.com/v0Kr9gpmsB

Twitter / Cmdr_Hadfield:

Galway, Ireland, in the afternoon sun. pic.twitter.com/CqhqgQgSzE

Activism, Living in Space, Simulators

Mars base simulation in Utah stays busy

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The Mars Society‘s Mars Desert Research Station remains very active after more than ten years and 126 mission teams: Volunteer crews chase their dreams in a desert Mars – PhotoBlog

Photographer Jim Urquhart describes his mission at MDRS with text and pictures: Mars in the desert – Photographers Blog.

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Activism, Living in Space

The Space Show: John Oehler and smells in space

On the Space Show on Sunday, John Oehler talked about his new book, “Aphrodesia” abd about “smell and smell issues relating to space”: John Oehler, Sunday, 3-10-13 | Thespaceshow’s Blog.

Activism, Living in Space

Astronaut panel to discuss the Overview Effect on a Google+ Hangout, March 5th

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zero2infinity is hosting a Google+ hangout event on Tuesday, Mar 5th, 3:00 pm EST – 3:30 pm: The overview effect: an Astronaut panel with zero2infinity – Google+

Join our astronaut panel live on google+ hangout! Ron Garan, Michael Lopez-Alegria and Jean-Francois Clervoy will hang out and speak about the perspective they gained in orbit. Moderated by Annelie Schoenmaker from zero2infinity.