Category Archives: SpaceCasts

Activism, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week

Programs on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, July 29, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): No show as I am the designated driver for a friend undergoing sedated medical tests.

2. Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): OPEN LINES. All space and STEM calls welcome. First Time callers welcome.

3. Friday, August 2, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PDT (11:30- 1 PM CDT, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EDT): We welcome Australian space enthusiast Trent Waddington who came here for the NewSpace Conference and more. Trent will discuss the conference with us, space in Australia, and much more. Trent is also a Space Show listener and he frequently calls us or sends emails with comments/questions.

4. Sunday, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome back SARA HOWARD regarding her new Apollo and space history book, Mischief at Michoud.

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, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

Space on The John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman + Hotel Mars

In Bob Zimmerman‘s latest visit on the John Batchelor radio program, he spoke about the following topics:

Thurs 7/25/13 Hour 3 –  John Batchelor Show
1. The effort to fix Kepler does not look good.
2. Orion parachute drop test a success.
3. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon all show better than expected profits despite sequestration.
4. Hints that Congress is finally beginning to realize that commercial space is the way to go.

Bob also recorded a segment for an upcoming program, perhaps to be broadcast this weekend, in which he discussed the following topics:
1. The pale blue dot, as seen from Saturn and Mercury.
2. More climate fraud: the routine lowering of past climate data to make today’s temperatures seem hotter.
3. Pro-global warming scientists, called to testify by Barbara Boxer, are forced to admit the temperature stopped rising 10-15 years ago.
4. The explanation for why the climate hasn’t warmed these past 10 years: the heat is hiding!

[ Update:  This episode is available at Mon 7/29/13 Hr 3 Batchelor.]

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On Wednesday, David Livingston joined Batchelor for the latest episode of the weekly Hotel Mars segment. They talked with space law expert Michael Listner about the “legalities & issues regarding asteroid and resource mining in space”: John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 7-24-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

General, SpaceCasts

The John Bachelor Show : Space News from Bob Zimmerman

On Tuesday evening Bob Zimmerman gave his latest space news update on the John Batchelor radio program: Tues 7/23/13 Hr 3 – John Batchelor Show (podcast)

The topics included:

  1. Spacesuit soap opera: NASA still doesn’t know what caused the leak, and is rushing spare parts to Russia to try to get them on a Progress scheduled for launch Saturday.
  2. One of the salvaged Saturn 5 engines from the bottom of the Atlantic has been confirmed to come from Apollo 11.
  3. Boeing unveils the interior of its CST-100 manned capsule.
  4. SpaceX confirms that they will use their new upgraded engines on their first commercial launch of the Falcon 9 Sept 5.
  5. The continuing problems of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Activism, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week

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

1. Monday, July 22, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome back RICH GODWIN to talk about Zero Gravity Solutions & their new commercial space projects.

2. Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome back DR. DENNIS BUSHNELL, the Chief Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center. We will be discussing his excellent paper and space capability analysis, “Advanced-to-Revolutionary Space Technology Options – The Responsibly Imaginable,” at http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20130011698_2013011376.pdf.

3. Friday, July 2, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PDT (11:30- 1 PM CDT, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EDT): No show as I am at the NewSpace Conference.

4. Sunday, July 28, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome back DR.. Erik Seedhouse to discuss his new book, SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight A Reality. To purchase this book through Amazon, please us The Space Show/OGLF portal on our website.

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.

Mars, Simulators, SpaceCasts

Spacevidcast: Lacuna Passage – a Mars survival game

Spacevidcast latest Spacepod short program is about a new Mars based game seeking Kickstarter funding: Lacuna Passage – Spacevidcast

Lacuna Passage is a story-driven exploration and survival game set on Mars. Not only do you get to play a realistic game based on the red planet, but the only areas you are able to explore are those that have imagery from our martian satellites or rovers. The terrain and texture you will see is taken from actual pictures of Mars!

For details about the game, see Lacuna Passage by Random Seed Games — Kickstarter