The Everyday Spacer blog hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
Carnival of Space #332 – Everyday Spacer
The Everyday Spacer blog hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
Monthly Archives: December 2013
The Space Show this week
Here’s the schedule for guests and topics on The Space Show this week:
1. Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome back BRUCE PITTMAN for commercial space updates, perspectives and more.
2. CLASSROOM: Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): We welcome back DR. JIM LOGAN AND DR. JOHN JURIST to discuss human spaceflight and space radiation for Mars and deep space HSF. Prior to this Classroom program, Dr. Jurist will post a special radiation PPT on both The Space Show Blog & The Classroom blog (see website newsletter for URLs). We will be referring to some of these slides during our program but we will not be going through the PPT slide by slide. This PPT is for information and educational purposes.
3. Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PST (11:30- 1 PM CST, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EST): We welcome back DR. JASON CASSIBRY [Univ. of Alabama at Huntsville] for updates on his fusion work and more.
4. Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST). OPEN LINES AND 2014 SPACE PREDICTION SHOW. All space & stem comments welcome. Also, call in with your space industry predictions for 2104. This is our first ever New Years prediction show! Be a part of it!
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 policy roundup – Dec.16.13 [Update]
A selection of space policy/politics items:
- Space Policy Events for the Week of December 16-20, 2013
- Opinion: Don’t gut NASA space missions – CNN.com
- Export control reform process is wrapping up – Space Politics
- Florida must stay in commercial space game – Orlando Sentinel/Bradenton Herald
- How Will Space Commuters Navigate A Thicket Of Air Traffic? – Popular Science
- China’s Space Agenda – Forbes
- China’s space program and the moon: Should the United States collaborate on missions? – Slate.com
- Iran claims 2nd launch of monkey into space and back – CNN.com
Update:
- Destination Unknown | Collections | The Washington Post – Links to Joel Achenbach’s series on govt and commercial space projects and policies in the US.
- Darpa Wants Sensors To Find Low-Orbiting Debris – Aviation Week
- China Plans 2017 Lunar Sample-Return Mission – Aviation Week
- ANALYSIS: Lunar success marks China’s rise as next space power – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
- NASA Hopes To Utilize China’s Lunar Landing For Science – redOrbit
Update 2:
Watching Chang’e 3 come in for its landing
Here’s a cool video from the Chang’e 3 spacecraft as it came in for a landing on the Moon: Amazing Chang’e 3 descent video – The Planetary Society
http://youtu.be/TaQTSTrbT3w
Planet Hunters – 3 years of citizen scientist exoplanet searches & discoveries
The citizen science Planet Hunters program celebrates three years of searching and (occasionally) finding exoplanets: 3 Years of Hunting Planets – Planet Hunters
Three years ago we weren’t sure if would even find planets, today we have lots of candidates and even some confirmed planets of our very own. Here’s a poster to celebrate: the Planet Hunters avatar made up of the almost-200,000 names of our registered users. Happy Birthday everyone!
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