Space Music, Space Radio, Space Science

OK Go go after the music in the Aurora Borealis

The band OK Go and a group of other artists went to northern Sweden to observe and incorporate the Aurora Borealis into a music video: OK Go and Collaborators Capture the ‘Sound’ of the Northern Lights – Wired Design/Wired.com.

This  included radio sounds created by the Aurora. For more about such “natural radio music”, see   the HobbySpace Natural Space Radio and Natural Space Music sections, which include links to Stephen McGreevy (mentioned in the article) and others involved in such activities.

Activism, DIY space, Rockets

Copenhagen Suborbitals: Capsule update

Copenhagen Suborbitals makes progress on the boilerplate test version of their capsule  design: Capsule Assembly, Cranes and Azerbaijan – Wired Science/Wired.com

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Space Science

A surprise meteorite in Connecticut and a fireball in Argentina

A Connecticut family had a celestial visitor drop in on them:  Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of a House in Connecticut – Universe Today

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In Argentina a fireball gave an added flare to a rock concert:  A suspected meteor flash briefly transforms night to day in Argentina – Cosmic Log

Space Policy

Space policy roundup

Congressional hearings on proposed NASA 2014 budget start this week:

A number of technical, financial and political hurdles must be overcome before NASA sends a probe to nudge an asteroid into lunar orbit.  To catch a planetoid – The Space Review.

Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has been talking at various events about the asteroid capture concept: Gerstenmaier Elucidates Asteroid Return Strategy – SpacePolicyOnline.com

Res Communis post the latest collection of space and aviation law, regulation and policy links: Library: A Round-up of Reading.

Update:  Marcia Smith reviews today’s Senate hearing: Stafford Argues for Moon as Next Human Spaceflight Destination – SpacePolicyOnline.com.

And Jon Goff of Altius Space gives his views on some of the testimony given: Hobgoblins – Selenian Boondocks.

Contests and Games, Education, Space Systems

The Great Moonbuggy Race attracts several hundred competitors

NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center this week will host the 20th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race ®, April 25 – 27, 2013: NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race draws international field of 600 competitors to Huntsville – al.com

Updates will be posted at NASA Marshall Center (MOONBUGGYRACE) on Twitter.

Here is a video from last year’s event:

 

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