The latest episode of TMRO.TV Space is now available on line: Private Space and a resurgence of NASA with Rod Pyle – Orbit 12.09 –
Space historian and author Rod Pyle joins us once more to talk about settling our solar system via Space 2.0. We go in to the private space sector, NASA and the recent SLS/Orion announcements as well as some fun stories from Rod.
A space news report from TMRO:
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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:
1. Monday, March 18, 2019; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): No show for today. Monday is for special and timely programs only.
2. Tuesday, March 19, 2019; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): We welcome back Ed Wright who will talk some about the Space Access Conference but also tell us about the upcoming 50th special event for The Space Studies Institute.
3. Wednesday, March 20 2019; 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.
4. Thursday, March 21, 2019; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): We welcome back Henry Vanderbilt and Michael Wallis for Space Access Society event news and information including the upcoming Space Access 2019 Conference. Don’t miss it.
5. Friday, March 22, 2019; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am -1 pm CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): There is no show this Friday as we moved the program to Thursday evening.
6. Sunday, March 24, 2019; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome back Chris Carberry of Explore Mars, Inc. to discuss this years Human2Mars upcoming event.
Some recent shows:
** Fri, 03/15/2019 – 09:30 – David Shayler discussed “human spaceflight history, space stations, Gemini as a teaching mission, commercial space, humans to the Moon and Mars, orbital human spaceflight, the importance of a space future and more”.
** Tue, 03/12/2019 – Chris Blackerby, COO of Astroscale, talked about “removing space debris, business plans, effective development strategies, making a profit, risk, technology development, propulsion and more”.
** Sun, 03/10/2019 – Don Eyles talked “about his programming and software work on the Apollo lunar lander, , Sunburst and Luminary: An Apollo Memoir
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.
A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest:
Webcasts:
** “The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier” – U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing held on March 13, 2019. Witnesses included:
** Manned Space Flight Consultant Mike Rudolphi talks NASA budget | WHNT.com
** “Staging from Earth-Moon L-2 Orbits – Gateway or Tollbooth?“, David Dunham , Kinetx – FISO – March 13, 2019
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The latest TMRO.tv Space show is now available: Stories from a Mars rover specialist – Orbit 12.08
This week Dr Tanya Harrison joins us to talk about the science of Mars and her experiences working on various Mars missions such as Opportunity, Curiosity, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the upcoming Mars 2020 rover. We also talk about how Arizona State University is promoting collaboration between industry and academia through their NewSpace Initiative.
Here are recent TMRO space news reporst:
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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
A reminder for the upcoming Space Access 2019 meeting:
The Technology, Business, and Politics of
Radically Cheaper Space Transportation
at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, April 18-21
SA2019 Conference Presentations Schedule Now Online!
This presentations schedule represents 90% of the final SA2019 three-day program. Things have evolved toward our having three major focus areas over the three days of the program: On Thursday, we feature the current Entrepreneurial Revolution in Smallsat Launch. On Friday, the near-future transition to Reusable-Rocket Transport Networks in Cislunar Space. And on Saturday, the eventual transition to Getting There Faster: Advanced High-Energy Space Propulsion. Stay tuned for minor schedule tweaks, more detail on presentations start-time & duration, and a few final program additions in the coming weeks.
Space Access 2019 will be the next round of Space Access Society’s conference on the technology, business, and politics of radically cheaper space transportation, brought to you this year in cooperation with the Bay Area’s own Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society.
And it’s coming up fast! Five weeks from this Thursday SA2019 gets underway. The Marriott is ten miles from the San Jose Airport, 24 from Oakland – book your flights soon before fares go up. And there’s no guarantee the Marriott will honor our special $130 room rates after March 26th – our rate block is already sold out for Wednesday night, and Thursday-Saturday are going fast, so book your room soon also! Conference Registration also goes up after the 26th, from the current $180 advance rate for Regular membership to $220, other rates also rising. Register now, and join us!
Latest SA2019 info will be at http://space-access.org/updates/sa2019info.html
