Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Oct.26.2020

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Oct. 26, 2020; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT: No special programming.

2. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT): We welcome back Christopher Richins of RBC Signals.

3. Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020: Hotel Mars TBA pre-recorded. See upcoming show menu on the home page for program details.

4. Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): No program for today.

5. Friday, Oct. 30, 2020; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am-1 pm CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): No program for today.

6. Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): OPEN LINES today. We want to hear from you. All calls welcome with space, science,tech topics. First time callers wanted.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday – Oct.25.2020 – Dr. Erik Seedhouse talked about “his recent two books. The first of which is a text book on the human factors [and we focused] on a few items such as microgravity, radiation and settlement issues for humans. His second book was a sci fi book which you will want to hear about.”

** Friday – Oct.23.2020 – Tory Bruno, CEO of ULA, discussed “many listener email questions and phone calls on a variety of ULA related topics”.

** Wednesday – Oct.21.2020 – Hotel Mars – Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “the ISS leak in the Russian Zvezda Service Module plus the possible ten year development plan for an atomic space tug“.

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** Tuesday – Oct.20.2020 – Amanda Dreeschler and Michael Livingston talked about “their highly acclaimed independent film [“We can’t go on“] produced during the most intense days of the pandemic lockdown in Los Angeles plus additional topics“.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

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Space policy roundup – Oct.26.2020

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):

International space

Webcasts:

** Sec. Elaine Chao on the future of commercial space travel – FOX5 Atlanta

** 2020 Free Market Forum – Hillsdale College – Panel 1: “Space” – Chairman: Roger Butters, Hillsdale College

  • “Foreign Relations in Space”, Steven L. Kwast, USAF Lt. Gen. (ret.)
  • “The Promise of Space Mining”, Joel C. Sercel, Founder, Trans Astronautica Corporation
  • “Space Econ”, Rand Simberg, Author, Safe Is Not an Option

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** E38 – Funding Space: Investment Developments and Commercialization Trends (with Karen Jones and Jason Rainbow) – Aerospace Corp – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS) 

** 86- Space Innovation, Dynamic Ground and OpenSpace – – Constellations Podcast – YouTube

** The Artemis Accords: Principles for a New Era in Space Exploration, Mike Gold, NASA HQ – FISO – July 1, 2020

** STMD Strategic Technology Plan: Advanced Propulsion – NASA Video

Hear directly from STMD’s Strategic Technology Plan managers on the goals and needs within their technology area. This video (and the corresponding PPT) about the Advanced Propulsion area is presented by Ronald J. Litchford, Ph.D, P.E., Principal Technologist for Propulsion.

** #NASAatHome Spaceport Series Episode 20: Gateway and Commercial Partnerships – NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

On this episode of the Spaceport Series we chat with NASA’s Gateway Deep Space Logistics’ element architect Dr. Jeffrey Smith, about how the Gateway is key to sustainable deep space exploration; and Mary Faller, Senior Mission Manager for NASA’s Launch Services Program discusses the commercial partnerships necessary to ensure Gateway’s success.

** The Space Show –  Oct. 23.2020 – – Tory Bruno, CEO of ULA, discussed “many listener email questions and phone calls on a variety of ULA related topics”.

** October 20, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

** October 23, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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Contests and Games, Education, Rocketry

Video: EUROC university student rocket competition underway in Portugal

The first European Rocketry Challenge (EUROC) inter-collegiate student rocketry competition is being held in Ponte de Sor, Portugal this week (October 21-25). EUROC is

the first university rocket launch competition in Europe, which seeks to stimulate engineering students to design, build and launch their own vehicles

EUROC was inspired by the Spaceport America Cup college rocketry competition held annually at Spaceport America in New Mexico.

The Copenhagen Suborbitals amateur rocket group is reporting on the competition among six teams:

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Videos: “Space to Ground” + Other ISS reports – Oct.23.2020

Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** ISS Expedition 63/Soyuz MS-16 Undocking Coverage – NASA Video

Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA and crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos undocked their Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Poisk module on the International Space Station. Upon landing, Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner will have completed a journey of 196 days in space conducting research and maintenance aboard the orbital outpost.

** Expedition 63 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan – NASA Video

Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA and crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos landed safely on Earth near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Oct. 22 after bidding farewell to their colleagues on the complex and undocking their Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Poisk module on the International Space Station. Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner completed a journey of 196 days in space conducting research and maintenance aboard the orbital outpost.

** Chris Cassidy – Space Station Scientist – NASA Johnson

On April 9, 2020, the Soyuz MS-16 lifted off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This launch kicked off NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy’s third trip to the International Space Station. Cassidy’s 196-day mission as Expedition 63 Commander of the space station was filled with milestones for space exploration as well as numerous science experiments helping benefit life back on Earth. Take a look at the science he enabled during his research-filled stay in microgravity aboard the world class laboratory in low-Earth orbit: https://go.nasa.gov/350lpAO Learn more about the research being conducted on station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

** 20 years of the International Space Station – BBC Sky at Night Magazine – YouTube

Former NASA astronaut and ISS veteran Jeff Williams reveals how the space station was constructed, what it’s like living and working on the Earth-orbiting laboratory, and gives his thoughts on the future of human spaceflight.

** Explore The International Space Station in Virtual Reality! | Mashable

Paul Raphäel, co-founder and creative director at Felix & Paul Studios, sat down with us to talk about the idea and process behind The ISS Experience.

More about the ISS Experience:

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History, Space Arts, Space films and videos

“Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future” film now available at Amazon Prime

The documentary, Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future, is now available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime.

What do the Golden Gate Bridge, the Chrysler Building, the film Citizen Kane, and America’s Space Program all have in common? They were touched by the hand of a wry-humored and slightly cantankerous artist named Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986).

His paintings of the Golden Gate Bridge convinced doubting San Franciscans that the bridge could be built. His designs for the Chrysler Building made it an art-deco masterpiece. As a special effects matte painter, he created the legendary Xanadu Castle for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane.

Even greater was Chesley’s impact through his space art. First published in Life Magazine in 1944, his visions of planets and galaxies, made before the advent of powerful telescopes and satellites, sowed all the seeds necessary for one of the most revolutionary chapters of our country: the United States Space Program. His iconic “Saturn As Seen From Titan” became known as “the painting that launched a thousand careers.” His space art graced the covers of countless science fiction magazines of the 1940’s and 50’s. Teaming up with rocket experts Willy Ley and Wernher von Braun, he co-authored a long series of influential books beginning with the best-seller, The Conquest of Space.  His evocative imagery fired the imaginations of a country looking to conquer the next frontier, and so the quest began!

Illustration of a Mars expedition landing site by Chesley Bonestell for Colliers Magazine, April 30, 1954.

Summoned by Hollywood producer George Pal, Chesley lent his talents to classics like Destination Moon and The War Of The Worlds. Television requested Chesley’s help with the series Men Into Space. Even today, you can see his influence on filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and many others.

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future compellingly reveals a nearly-forgotten artist whose mysterious, almost magical, ability to envision distant worlds inspired generations to reach for the stars. Often compared to a twentieth-century da Vinci, this first-ever film about Bonestell explores the life and works of an artist whose influence and timeless imagery are regarded by many as unparalleled. This documentary was produced by award-winning filmmaker Douglass M. Stewart, Jr. and Co-Produced by Ron Miller and Melvin Schuetz, authors of the Hugo Award-winning book, The Art of Chesley Bonestell.

See previous HS items about the film here and here.

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