1. Tuesday, Oct.12, 2021; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT): We welcome back Dr. Ajay Kothari on thorium and going back to the Moon. Find his recent thorium Space Review article here.
2. Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021: Hotel Mars. No show this week.
3. Friday, Oct.15, 2021; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am-1 pm CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): Dr. Brian Green on his new book, Space Ethics [Amazon commission link].
4. Sunday, Oct.17.12, 2021; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): OPEN LINES. Everyone call us and share your space thoughts with us.
Some recent shows:
** Sunday, Oct.10.2021 – Emily Carney talked about “her blog series regarding space in the 70’s, blogging for the NSS plus other listener driven phone calls and emails“.
Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:
** Expedition 65 Video File Soyuz MS 19 Launch Docking HatchOpen – October 5, 2021 – NASA Video
Russian actress Yulia Peresild, Russian producer Klim Shipenko and veteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos launched Oct. 5 on the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a fast-track, two-orbit journey to the International Space Station. Peresild and Shipenko will be filming scenes for a movie while on board the outpost under a commercial agreement with Roscosmos. They will return to Earth Oct. 17 with station Flight Engineer Oleg Novitskiy while Shkaplerov remains on the complex through March 2022.
** Soyuz with film crew flies around space station in these amazing views – VideoFromSpace
The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying Russian actress Yulia Peresild, producer Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov flew around the International Space Station while over Africa and the Mediterranean Sea ahead of docking on Oct. 5, 2021. [Watch the Soyuz launch](https://www.space.com/russian-film-cr…)
** Expedition 65 Inflight with Fox Weather – October 6, 2021 – NASA Video
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei discussed living and working in space during an in-flight interview October 6 with the Fox Weather Network. Vande Hei is in the midst of a year-long mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.
** Watch SpaceX Crew Dragon approach space station in stunning flashback time-lapse – VideoFromSpace
The SpaceX CRS-23 Cargo Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Aug. 30, 2021. The spacecraft departed the orbital outpost today (Sept. 30), see the undocking here: https://www.space.com/spacex-dragon-c…
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is sharing scenes from life on board the International Space Station during his second mission “Alpha”. He shared this video on social media with the caption:
“Space workout anyone? The Advanced Resistive Exercise Device or ARED is called this for a reason, it uses pressurized air in two cylinders and complicated machinery to allow us to weightlift in space: squats, deadlifts, bench press, shoulder press, biceps curl, etc, we can do it all… but we do a lot of squats: these muscles don’t do much work during our normal day. We never skip exercise on the International Space Station. Every. Single. Day. I miss having a shower, and I miss the rain, and I miss fresh food, but secretly I also miss having a day without having to exercise. Don’t tell my flight surgeon!” …
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 (find previous space policy roundups here):
** A Peek into China’s Future Space Projects at the Zhuhai Airshow, The KZ-1A Rocket Returns to Flight – Dongfang Hour – YouTube
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com). This week, we discuss:
00:00 Introduction 01:04 4 Future Space Projects at Zhuhai 08:59 Major Launch Contracts
18:29 Spacecraft and Models Shown in the Exhibition
21:42 The Kuaizhou-1A Rocket Returns to Flight after a year-long absence
In this session of Space Cafè “Moriba’s Vox Populi 06” Dr. Moriba Jah talked about Environmental Protection, Climate Change, and their Correlation Pleiades with Orbital Space with
Prof. Joellen Russell, University Distinguished Professor of Biogeochemical Dynamics, and Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Integrative Science at the University of Arizona, Dr. Danielle Wood, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Assistant Professor (Joint) of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Imogen Napper, Expedition Scientist at National Geographic, Dr. Michael Webber, Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources at the University of Texas at Austin.
Moriba’s Vox Populi is a disruptor in the current growing ocean of webcasts! In the discussing they try to address …
** How India Developed World Class Rockets From Humble Beginnings. – Scott Manley
A deep dive into the recently released draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for public comment, detailing SpaceX’s future plans for Starbase and its environmental impacts to Boca Chica, and the surrounding area. Once approved, SpaceX can begin launching full stack Starships to orbit. If you’d like to submit your thoughts on the Assessment, comments may be submitted by email to SpaceXBocaChica@icf.com. The full EA draft can be found here: https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder…
1. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT): We welcome backDr. Robert Zubrin regarding the upcoming Mars Society Conference (Oct.14-17, 2021) and more.
3. Friday, Oct.8, 2021; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am-1 pm CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): No program today due to DML medical follow-up appointments.
4. Sunday, Oct.10, 2021; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome back Emily Carney, a NSS (National Space Society) blogger and journalist dealing with human spaceflight and more.
** Friday, Oct.1.2021 – Charles Chafer talked about “Celestis Memorial spaceflights, their multiple missions and destinations including the Moon and deep space, pets, and more“.
** ** What’s Up: October 2021 Skywatching Tips from NASA – NASA JPL
What are some skywatching highlights in October 2021? See several groupings of the Moon, planets, and stars at sunrise and sunset. Then get to know two bright stars that are part of a special group: along with a handful of others, they take turns with Polaris as North Star over thousands of years. Plus, Oct. 16 is International Observe the Moon Night! Details: https://moon.nasa.gov/observe Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/whats-up….
Crisp, clear October nights are full of celestial showpieces. Find Pegasus, the flying horse of Greek myth, to pinpoint dense globular star clusters and galaxies, and keep watching for space-based views of M15, NGC 7331, and the Andromeda Galaxy.
