The Space Show this week

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Here’s the guest list for The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome DR. PAUL DAVIES to the show to discuss his contribution to the book Starship Century and his science work at Arizona State University..

2. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome back BOB ZIMMERMAN to discuss the hot space topics of the day.

3. Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PDT (11:30- 1 PM CDT, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EDT): We welcome DR. JOHN CRAMER for his contribution to the book Starship Century and his work in experimental and theoretical physics at the University of Washington.

4. Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome DR. TOM GOODWIN AND DR. MICHAEL SCHMIDT to discuss their work in the area of personal space medicine (see http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11306-013-0556-3) .

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.

Space Arts, Space participation

The Dream Rocket Project – Wrapping a Saturn V with artwork

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This article gives an update on the The Dream Rocket Project and their plan to wrap the Saturn V rocket at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama with artwork panels created by people (mostly children) from around the world for an exhibition in 2015: Washburn professor dreams big with hopes to wrap a rocket in artwork – CJOnline.com.

They are raising money for the project in a Kickstarter campaign. Currently they have $3,829 pledged towards a $12,100 goal with 17 days left.

Science and Technology

Sci-Tech: Australian scramjet test to launch soon in Norway

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Guy Norris at AvWeek has an extended post about the Australian SCRAMSPACE 1 scramjet hypersonic propulsion project run by the Centre for Hypersonics at the University of Queensland, Australia : Hypersonic Countdown – On Space/Aviation Week

An Australian team is here at the Andøya Rocket Range near the top of Norway, north of the Arctic Circle, in the final preparation stages for launching Scramspace – one of the most novel air-breathing hypersonic free-flight experiments ever undertaken.

Over the next few days the University of Queensland (UQ)-led team will send the Scramjet-based Access-to-Space Systems (Scramspace) vehicle rocketing out of the atmosphere high over the Norwegian Sea. The $12.9 million ($14 million Aus) three-year research project will culminate when the scramjet-powered craft powers back down through the atmosphere at a speed close to Mach 8. Hurtling to a watery grave at around 2.4 km/second, Scramspace will pass through the experimental altitude zone between 19 and 16 miles in just over 2 seconds.

Here are some recent UQ articles about the project:

You can find on line updates on the project at ScramspaceOne (ScramspaceOne) on Twitter.

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Here are a couple of short videos recently posted about the project: