Urban Astronomer hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
Carnival of Space #565 – Urban Astronomer
Base11 Space Challenge: $1M prize for a student team whose liquid-fueled rocket reaches 100km
The non-profit organization Base 11 led by Landon Taylor has organized a rocketry competition for university students that is offering a $1M cash prize:
The Base11 Space Challenge is a $1 million+ prize for a student-led university team to design, build, and launch a liquid-propelled, single-stage rocket to an altitude of 100 kilometers (the Karman Line) by December 30, 2021. Annual competitions and prizes mark milestone achievements in the process including design of the liquid-fuel rocket, static testing of the engine, and smaller pop-up innovation challenges to be announced. The biggest purse, which is fully funded, is the $1 million prize for launching the rocket to the edge of space.
The mission behind the Base 11 Space Challenge is to dramatically increase the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) talent in the United States with greater representation and inclusion of women and minorities, while empowering the future workforce with the education and skill-training necessary for jobs in the aerospace and related industries.
This video gives an overview of the program:
And a video of the debut event held for the program last week:
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The Space Show this week – June.11.2018
The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:
1. Monday, June11, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): Barry DiGregorio returns as our gust regarding more on Mars and astrobiology.
2. Tuesday, June 12, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome back George Lordos of the award winning MIT Mars design project previously discussed on a Hotel Mars program.
3. Wednesday, June 13, 2018: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.
4. Friday, June 15 2018; 9:30 am – 11 am PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT): We welcome David Hook back to the program to discuss drone flight rules and NASA’s tech development of viable supersonic transports.
5. Sunday, June 17, 2018: 12-1:30 pm PDT; 2-3:30 pm CDT; 3-4:30 pm EDT. No show today due to Father’s Day.
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.
Videos: TMRO Orbit 11.12 – “Humanity amongst the starts with Isaac Arthur” + TMRO Science: Bionic Future
Here is the latest episode of the TMRO.tv weekly Space program: Humanity amongst the stars with Isaac Arthur – Orbit 11.12 – TMRO:
Futurist Isaac Arthur joins the cast of TMRO to talk about humanities future amongst the stars as well as living in a simulation, faster than light communication and galactic intelligence.
Updates on launches and space news:
Launches:
Falcon 9 Launches SES-12
Long March 3A Launches Fengyun -2H
Soyuz Launches new Space Station Crew
Space News:
Curiosity Confirms Complex Organics on Mars
Northrop Grumman completes Orbital ATK acquisition
Pluto Has Sand Dunes, But They’re Made of Methane
TMRO is viewer supported:
TMRO shows are crowd funded. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for funding levels, goals and all of our different rewards!
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And here is the latest TMRO.tv Science program: Our bionic future – Discovery 1.06 – TMRO
Lisa, Jade and Athena discuss the past and future of prosthetic enhancements to the human body. How advanced have they become? Should we be upgrading ourselves past normal human limits? Leave your comments below and continue the conversation!
News:
Bubble curtains saving the world!?
New link between fat, energy and diabetes
Living longer lives with bacteria in our gut?!
Green tea could prevent strokes and heart attacks
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Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS update – June.9.2019
Here is the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station:
The 3 new crew members launched on Wednesday arrived on Friday at the ISS. Here are highlights of the rendezvous and docking:
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