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Education, General, SpaceCasts

Videos: TMRO.tv Space Pod short reports on black holes, Google Lunar XPRIZE, Insight Mars lander, NEXTStep tech

A new set of TMRO.tv Space Pod short reports on space news, technologies, and events:

TMRO Space Pods are crowd funded shows. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over tohttp://www.patreon.com/spacepod for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our weekly live show campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/tmro

* Black Holes: the hackers of the universe? – Space Pod 05/25/15

Are black holes the hackers of our universe? This week Ariel Waldman explores what makes black holes awesome and why they shouldn’t be given such a bad rap

* Lunar X Prize Extended and Space Experiments Return to Earth – Space Pod 05/26/15

The Deadline for winning the Google Lunar X Prize has been extended, but with a catch, and valuable experiments have returned to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon capsule including an innovative thruster.

* Mars and Beyond: The InSight mission probes the core of Mars – Space Pod 05/27/15

This week Lisa Stojanovski shares what she learnt from Bruce Banerdt, principal investigator of the InSight mission to Mars. This Pod was inspired by the special event Exploring Space: Mars and Beyond, presented by the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex in Canberra, Australia.

* Twelve NEXTStep Technologies for Deep Space – Space Pod 05/28/15

In this Space Pod, the 12 partners for NASA’s NEXTStep advanced technology program are discussed and how they could enable deep space exploration.

Activism, General, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – May.25.15

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

1. Monday, May 25, 2015: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT; 4-5:30 PM CDT): No show today due to the Memorial Day Holiday.

2. Tuesday, May 26, 2015:,7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome DR. MATTHEW MOYNIHAN regarding Polywell and fusion energy.

3. Friday, May 29, 2015; 9:30 -11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30-1 PM CDT):We welcome DR. IAN CRAWFORD from the UK, Dr. Haym Benaroya, and Dr. John Jurist to discuss Dr. Crawford’s recent paper on lunar resources, “Lunar Resources: A Review” I will upload a copy of this paper to The Space Show blog on Thursday in advance of this program. .

4. Sunday, May 31, 2015: 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT): OPEN LINES. All space, STEM topics 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.

General, SpaceCasts

Videos: TMRO Space Pod reports on KSC mods, Comet hitchhiking, X-15 and X-37B, & animal astros

More TMRO.tv Space Pod short reports.

TMRO Space Pods are crowd funded shows. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over tohttp://www.patreon.com/spacepod for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our weekly live show campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/tmro

* NASA is Maximizing Kennedy Space Center, and an update on the Progress Failure – Space Pod 05/14/15

Space Mike gives an update on the failed Progress 27-M resupply ship as well as an innovative plan by NASA to maximize launches from Kennedy Space Center.

* Hitchhiking On A Comet – Space Pod 05/18/15

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy may want to add a chapter on how to catch a ride on a comet. Ariel Waldman talks about the Comet Hitchhiker, one of the projects to emerge from NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a program dedicated to turning science fiction into science fact.

* Secrets of the X-37B Revealed – SpacePod 05/19/15

Space Mike talks about the upcoming fourth flight of the X-37B unmanned spaceplane, and some of the details that have emerged about the mission and its payloads.

*Animal Astronauts: A brief history of animal spaceflight – Space Pod 05/20/15

Lisa Stojanovski talks about how animal astronauts helped us advance human spaceflight. Animal astronauts also helped us learn how fish swim in space, how jellyfish sense gravity and that cockroaches can give birth in space!

* Spaceplanes Part 3: The X-15 – Space Pod 05/21/15

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Carnival of Space #406 – Links Through Space

The Links Through Space blog hosts the latest Carnival of Space.

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Video: TMRO 8.16 – Crowdfunding your next space project

The latest live TMRO.tv show is now available in the achive: Crowdfunding your next space project – TMRO –

This week we talk to SpaceUP Foundation CEO Chris Radcliff and COO Jesse Clark about their new Kickstarter campaign to fund 5 SpaceUP unconferences. We also chat about what it will take for YOU to start your own Kickstarter campaign for that nifty space idea you have but need funds to make in to a reality. You can view the “How to ruin a Kickstarter” blog post we talked about here: http://globalspin.com/2013/06/how-to-ruin-a-kickstarter/

In Space News:
Proton Launch and Issues
SpaceX gets certified to launch NASA science missions
Brightman steps down from station flight
Russia delays ISS crew rotation flights
US House bill cuts more commercial crew funding

TMRO Space Pods are crowd funded shows. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/spacepod for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our weekly live show campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/tmro