Category Archives: General

The Space Show this week – Apr.13.15

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

1. Monday, April 13, 2015: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT; 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome ERIK CONWAY, the JPL Historian regarding his new book, Exploration and Engineering: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for Mars (New Series in NASA History).

2. Tuesday, April 14,, 2015:,7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome back RAND SIMBERG for his take on space news and policy events of recent times.

3. Friday, April 17, 2015; 9:30 -11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30-1 PM CDT): We welcome back DR. CHRIS IMPEY regarding his new book Beyond: Our Future In Space.

4. Sunday, April 19, 2015: 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT): We welcome DR. JOHN JURIST AND KOBI HUDSON regarding the recent ATK 5 Segment booster test and Kobi’s ISS project.

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: Badass space probes + Nations launching satellites + TripleLux-B expt on the ISS

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Three new TMRO SpacePod short video reports:

* What’s the most badass space probe? – TMRO

Ariel Waldman asks what your favorite most badass space probe is and discusses why you should keep an eye out for Hayabusa 2.

* Satellites and the Path to Space – TMRO

In commemoration of Yuri Gagarin being the first human to space, Michael Clark pays tribute to the nations who first accomplished the extremely difficult task of launching a satellite into space.

* TripleLux-B Experiment on ISS – Space Pod 04/08/15

This week astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti performed the TripleLux-B Experiment on the International Space Station. What do all of those words mean? TMRO Science Correspondent Lisa Stojanovski explains.

General

Carnival of Space #400 – Urban Astronomer

April 7, 2015 TopSpacer

The Urban Astronomer hosts the latest Carnival of Space.

General, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Apr.6.15

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

SPECIAL TIME: 1. Monday, April 6, 2015: 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT; 2-3:30 PM CDT): We welcome CAP SAUCIER to discuss her new book, Explore The Cosmos Like Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Her book is unique in that the author combines current information about the universe, astrophysics and information about Neil deGrasse Tyson for an information packed book on space science.

2. Tuesday, March 31,, 2015:,7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome back CHRIS CARBERRY, Executive Director of Explore Mars. Chris has much to update and share with us for this visit to The Space Show.

3. Friday, April 10, 2015; 9:30 -11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30-1 PM CDT): We welcome back ANTHONY YOUNG on spacesuits and his recent Space Review article on the subject. .

4. Sunday, April 12, 2015: 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT): We welcome SONIA VAN METER to the show. Ms. Van Meter is one of the Mars One 100 finalists. She will be with us to discuss Mars One and her wanting to do the one way trip to Mars.

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.