Category Archives: SpaceCasts

Space on the John Batchelor Show

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Bob Zimmerman recently reported on space news on the John Batchelor radio program:

Wed 9/4/13 Hr 3 JBS:
- Indian GSLV development problems
- Re-nationalization of the Russian space industry
- Hurricane shortage this summer
Fri 9/6/13 Hr 4 JBS:
- Losing contact with Deep Impact probe
- ATK’s five segment booster for SLS has fuel debonding problem
- Spacesuit problems on ISS
- Launches coming up for Orbital Sciences and SpaceX
- Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

On the latest episode of the Batchelor show’s weekly Hotel Mars segment with David Livingson, they talked with Pablo de Leon about the water leak problem with the NASA spacesuit on the ISS: The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 9-4-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

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Video: SciShow on 3 Big Discoveries Made by the ISS

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The SciShow‘s Hank Green talks about some benefits from the ISS:

We all know it’s awesome, and we could watch Chris Hadfield sing all day, but do you know about the awesome science that’s being done on the International Space Station? Hank explains three big discoveries made on the ISS that you should know about.

Rockets, SpaceCasts, The Moon

Minotaur V launch of lunar probe to be visible in wide area

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On Friday night at at approximately 11:27 p.m. EDT, Orbital Sciences will launch a five-stage Minotaur V rocket from the Wallops Island spaceport on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. It will send NASA’s LADEE science probe to orbit the Moon: Orbital Set to Launch NASA’s LADEE Lunar Orbiter Aboard Minotaur V Rocket.

The launch will be webcast on NASA TV but if you are in a region from South Carolina to Maine and inland as far as West Virginia, you may see at least a portion of the launch. Check the Launch visibility map.

Updates on the launch status can be found here: Minotaur Launch Report | Mission Status Center – Spaceflight Now.

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Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week

September 2, 2013 TopSpacer

Here’s the list of guests on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome back SIR MARTIN REES to discuss starships, extra-solar planets, SpaceX, quasars, etc. Sir Martin will be in California soon for the meeting celebrating the 50th anniversary of discovery of quasars and he will be talking about this as well.

2. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): ANATOLY ZAK is with us regarding the history of the Soviet & Russian space program and current Russian space program issues.

3. Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PDT (11:30- 1 PM CDT, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EDT): STAN KENNEDY and MAUREEN O”BRIEN are with us with updates for Oakman Aerospace, Inc. (oak-aero.com).

4. Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome ROB LOWE from the UK to discuss the space tourism company, ShipInSpace (www.parabolicarc.com/2013/08/26/shipinspace-announcement).

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.