The Moon is not “done”, there are lots of things to learn and mysteries to solve about our nearest celestial neighbor: Revisiting the Moon – NYTimes.com.
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A diverse group of people will discuss personal space travel in a discussion panel at the New Yorker Festival on Sunday Oct. 12th : New Yorker Festival – Fly Me To The Moon
Update: Here is a recent video about China’s Yutu rover on the Moon: China’s Yutu Rover Is Still Alive, Reports Say, As Lunar Panorama Released – Universe Today –
The guests and topics on The Space Show this week:
1. Monday, Sept. 8, 2014: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome Dr. KIM BINSTED and SIMON ENGLER to discuss the HI-SEAS program (http://hi-seas.org).
2. Tuesday, Sept. 9 , 2014:,7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome back DAN ADAMO to discuss his new research paper, “Range Safety Implications For Brownsville, Texas Launches To Earth Orbit“. You can download this paper by going to Downloads at www.spaceenterpriseinstitute.org. You need to complete the free registration to download papers from this excellent site.
3. Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, 9:30 -11 AM PDT (12;30-2 PM EDT; 11:30-1 PM CDT): We welcome back ROB GODWIN regarding his book with the late FRED ORDWAY, 2001: The Heritage And Legacy Of The Space Odyssey published by www.apogeeprime.com. .
4. Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). OPEN LINES. All space and STEM calls welcome. First time callers welcome.
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.
CogniMem Technologies Inc. is a Northern California based company that specializes in hardware devices for fast pattern recognition applications. Their technologies include the CogniMem™ CM1K neural network chip and modules with the chip. They also offer software for training, testing and implementation of the neural networks.
The CogniStix is one of their latest products:
CogniStix™ is a compact, low cost USB-powered Hardware Neural Network device. It contains the ideal module for simplifying the evaluation of the capabilities and performance of the CM1K for performing machine learning and pattern matching using the component classifiers RBF and KNN.
The CogniStix Evaluation Platform includes everything needed to get started. It has been designed for simplicity of deployment, speed and low-power consumption.
CogniStix can also be used by system integrators for rapid prototyping. This hardware accelerator can enhance new and/or existing product performance, and/or simplify application development, reducing time-to-market.
An announcement in my email says they are offering a special price on the CogniStix:
Add Artificial Intelligence to any application easily by using CogniStix.
The CogniStix Evaluation Platform comes with the CogniSoft SDK and three Demonstration Assets.
This video demonstrates the use of the
Find more video demos at CogniMem Technologies – YouTube.
Robert Zubrin gave the following talk this summer at NASA Ames Research Center on his Mars Direct plan, first proposed in the 1990s, for putting humans on the Red Planet at an affordable cost and in a finite time:
From the caption:
Achieving a human mission to Mars has been a fascination of humanity for some time. In the 1990s, Dr. Robert Zubrin proposed the “Mars Direct” mission architecture, using conventional rockets and Mars in-situ resources to establish a sustained human presence on Mars. Now, with the nation debating how to proceed with human space exploration, the “Mars Direct” plan is more relevant than ever: Can Americans reach the Red Planet in our time?
Robert Zubrin, formerly a staff engineer at Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver, is now president of his own company, Pioneer Astronautics. He is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and former Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Space Society. He is the founder of the Mars Society; an international organization dedicated to furthering the exploration and settlement of Mars by both public and private means.
The Director’s Colloquium Summer Series is presented by the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center as part of the Center’s 75th anniversary celebration.
The latest of the weekly NASA report on activities aboard the Int. Space Station:
