The science team of the citizen science project Galaxy Zoo answered questions from viewers this week on their Google+ Hangout: Live Chat: Galactic Rings, Secular Evolution and The Good Old Days – Galaxy Zoo
Monthly Archives: February 2013
NEOs and Asteroid 2012 DA14 on Hotel Mars this week
Dr. Don Yeomans of the NASA JPL Near-Earth Object Program joined David Livingston on the Hotel Mars segment this week of the John Batchelor show to talk about Near Earth Objects and Asteroid 2012 DA14: The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 2-6-13 « Thespaceshow’s Blog.
Debut of Chris Hadfield/Ed Robertson’s “I.S.S.” song
Here’s the debut of the song “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)”, co-written and co-performed by Chris Hadfield on the International Space Station and Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies fame: Astronaut And Rocker Pen First Earth-Space Duet : The Two-Way – NPR.
NASA budget/authorization + Wayne White and space law
A couple of space policy and budget items:
- NASA reauthorization not likely to make major policy changes – Space Politics
- Sequestration for the Perplexed and Minor Corrections – Future Planetary Exploration – Feb.5.13
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Moonandback has posted videos of an interview with space advocate and lawyer Wayne White. In part one he “talks about the new area of space law and space policy; how he is involved in writing a set of statutes to serve the promotion of commercial activity and facilitation of human settlement, to specify real property and mining rights and the authority of private operators in outer space; and goes into detail regarding how salvage law might work”: Wayne White – Space Law and Policy – Moonandback
In part two he “goes into specifics on how salvage could work, discusses the philosophy behind real property rights in space and dissects the U.S. relationship with international space treaties.” : Wayne White – Salvage, Property Rights and Treaties -Moonandback
Video: “New Visions for Space”
Here is a video of the “New Visions for Space” Google hangout event (see earlier post) held earlier this week on Feb. 6th. The goal was to
feature young voices from NASA Academy, Yuri’s Night, AIAA Young Professionals Committee, The Moon Society and others to talk about how exciting all of the new developments in space are, and how all of us are making a real difference in our space future.
Participants included:
The BIL Conference – Carter Gibson (Moderator)
The Moon Society – Ken Murphy (Organizer)
Liftport – Michael Laine (Co-Organizer)
Yuri’s Night – Brice Russ
Starstryder – Pamela Gay
SEDS – Michael Zwach
NASA Academy – Will Pomerantz
ISU-USA – Laura Burns
AIAA YPC – Alison Lauderbach