Living in Space, Space Systems

Video: ‘Space to Ground’ report on the ISS – Oct.2.15

The latest NASA report on activities related to the Int. Space Station:

Astronomy

Videos: October night sky + Blood Moon

Here is the NASA JPL preview of the night sky for October:

 

[ Update: Here’s another October night sky preview from TMRO.tv:

TMRO’s Chief Astronomer Jared Head takes a look at a few far off objects in the sky for October 2015.

TMRO Space Pods are crowd funded shows. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over tohttp://www.patreon.com/spacepod for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our weekly live show campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/tmro

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Johannes Jönsson pointed me to his video of the lunar eclipse earlier this week:

Multiple media, Space participation

SpaceVR seeks crowd-funding for immersive 3D live views from the ISS Cupola

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SpaceVR is a startup company developing

the world’s first virtual reality platform allowing users to #BeAnAstronaut and experience space firsthand from any mobile, desktop or virtual reality device. Through the use of 3D, 360-degree cameras, SpaceVR technology feeds livestream footage from the International Space Station’s (ISS) Cupola observatory module back to Earth so consumers can experience space travel in immersive 3D virtual reality. 

The company is currently in a crowd-funding campaign that has reached just over $70k towards a $100k goal and they have 7 days remaining: SpaceVR: Step into Space by SpaceVR — Kickstarter.

The Kickstarter funds would cover the costs for

flight certification, launch costs, and 2D 16K resolution footage that will be physically down-massed (returned from space) to Earth 2x per year.

Here is a video describing the project:

The goal is to use the Virtual Reality system to bring the space experience to many more people than those who have actually flown in space;

Being in space and looking down at the earth, astronauts are hit with an astounding reality: our planet is a tiny, fragile ball of life, “hanging in the void”, shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere. It’s a phenomenon known as the Overview Effect.

Space is the final frontier, and everybody should have a chance to be a part of exploring it and, in turn, being influenced by it—to experience the Overview Effect. There’s a lot of excitement about exploring space by the people, for the people, and we can’t do it without you. Together we can make the universe accessible to everyone, inspire the next generation of explorers and get people excited about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) fields.

The more supporters we have, the more cool virtual reality experiences we’ll be able to capture in space. And when we get there, you won’t just be a bystander to history; you’ll feel like an active participant, standing side by side with the astronauts. We will all be explorers together.

Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson enjoyed the Cupola module in person:

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Events, Space Settlement

New Worlds 2015 Conference, Oct.16-17, Austin, Texas

I wrote here back in August about the New Worlds 2015 conference sponsored by the New Worlds Institute to be held in Austin, Texas, October 16 & 17. Below is the latest info from the conference and includes the agenda of talks, panels, performances, etc.:

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Launching the Future

What will the first settlers need in order to actually live long, and prosper? What technologies, businesses, and cultural support systems will be required to allow these brave explorers to thrive on the new frontier? New Worlds 2015 and Lift Off! Concert will address these questions and more as the inaugural event in a series of social gatherings and conferences meant to engage the public, business world, and the scientific community in a constructive dialogue about not just how we get there, but how we stay.

Register now! 

Students: $15/day (with 2 day pass)

Professionals: $100/day (with 2 day pass)
*Includes complimentary access to the Lift Off! concert

‪#NewWorlds‬

Hosted by the New Worlds Institute, the two-day event will feature academic sessions with the world’s foremost experts in space medicine, space solar power, life extension, legislative policy, and the emerging space economy.

The New Worlds 2015 and Lift Off! Concert will be held at the Palmer Events Center on October 16-17 in Austin, TX.

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“New Worlds 2015 is an experiment. Our goal is to plant the seeds of a new and dynamic space culture that will begin to grow in the years ahead so those who will build the first human space colonies can be prepared when the ships are ready. It may sound crazy, just as 20 years before the Mayflower going across the ocean to start a new community in that New World sounded crazy. But it will also be incredibly fun.”

— Rick Tumlinson

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Register for the full two-day conference and use discount code NWSEPT15 for 20% off! All attendees of the New Worlds 2015 Conference receive free admission to Lift Off!

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[Agenda]

October 16, 2015
*Speakers subject to change
9:30 am — Opening Keynote: ‘I Am An Astronaut’

10:00 am — S.T.A.R. Talk: ‘The ISS, The First Step To The Frontier’

  • Robyn Gatens Deputy Director NASA, International Space Station

10:20 am — Session: ‘How To Settle The Moon’

  • Tom Moser, NASA Engineer for the Apollo Command Module
  • Patrick Gray, Director of Lunar Programs at Waypaver Labs

12:00 pm — S.T.A.R. Talk: ‘Island Hopping to Mars’

12:30 pm — Lunch Keynote: ‘The Sun Machine’

  • Dr. John Mankins, Former NASA Chief Technologist; World’s Top Space Solar Power Expert

1:30 pm —TBA

1:50 pm — Session: ‘How to Farm In Space’

  • John Adams, Deputy Director Biosphere 2; Closed Life Support System Expert
  • Jon Friedman, President and Co-Founder, Freight Farms

2:40 pm — S.T.A.R. Talk: ‘Space Medicine’

  • Dr. Jim Logan, Former NASA MD; Long Duration and Space Medicine Expert

3:00 pm — Break

3:20 pm — Session: ‘How To Settle Free Space’

4:40 pm — Student Awards: ‘The Next Generation’

5:30 pm — S.T.A.R. Talk: ‘Designing Space in Space’

6:00 pm — Closing Talk

8:00 pm — LIFT OFF! CONCERT

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In celebration of our quest toward preparing a vibrant spacefaring culture through STEAM SPACE Education, the LIFT OFF! benefit concert (tickets here) will be an exploration of sight and sound with a collection of some of the best masters of the flip-side, as we journey through a soundscape of Experimental, Dubstep, Glitch, Downtempo, and Electronic performances by:

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Arc Attack
 Using modified dual Tesla Coils to play musical notes through frequency modulation (watch: 2010 semi-final performance on America’s Got Talent), their visual wizardry combines additional homemade, high-tech instruments, guitar, bass, automated musical machines, live performers, a Faraday suit, and wielding electricity through the air, just how Nikola would’ve wanted.

The Nadis Warriors 
Birthed in the hills outside of the musical mecca of Austin, The Nadis Warriors shed the restrictions of commonplace stage shows to create performance experiences unlike any other. Spreading the Message of Healing and Love Through Textures and Rhythms That Vibrate Your Soul.

Bogtrotter
Deep liquid-laser textures, seamlessly colliding with heavy and hard hitting percussion, Bogtrotter has completed his evolution into a venomous, technologically powered force to be reckoned with.

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Register for the full two-day conference and use discount code NWSEPT15 for 20% off! All attendees of the New Worlds 2015 Conference receive free admission to Lift Off!

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October 17, 2015
*Speakers subject to change
10:00 am — Intro Talk: ‘Space Economy’

10:20 am — Keynote: ‘Mining the Sky’

  • Dr. John Lewis, Author, “Mining the Sky”; Asteroid Mining Expert

10:50 am — Session: ‘Crowdsourcing/funding Space Panel’

12:15 pm — S.T.A.R. Talk: ‘Economic History of Commercial Space Exploration’

12:30 pm — Lunch

1:30 pm — S.T.A.R. Talk: ‘Space Elevators’

  • Michael Laine, Top Expert on Space Elevators

1:50 pm — Session: ‘Infinite Canvas’

3:00 pm — Break

3:30 pm — Session: ‘Why Mars?’

5:20 pm — TBA

5:40 pm — Final Talk: ‘Gods and Rockets’

  • Rick Tumlinson, Founder of Orbital Outfitters; Co-Founder of the Space Frontier Foundation, Texas Space Alliance; Chairman of the Board at Deep Space Industries and the New Worlds Institute

6:00 pm — Conference End

7:00 pm — Closing Offsite Cocktail

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In a classroom right now are the innovators, scientists, artists, settlers and pioneers of new worlds. Where better to begin our future in space than with our children who will be the leading pioneers of this new human endeavor?

New Worlds 2015 will host a global ‘Cities in Space’ STEAM Competition focusing on the development of a sustainable settlement in Free Space, the Moon, or Mars, permitting the human race to survive and flourish into a long-term multigenerational spacefaring civilization. Colonies will be based upon a human population of 1,000 people where student teams will integrate engineering, science, architecture, and genuine innovation to create prototypes through video and 3D modeling.

Throughout the conference, competing students will have the opportunity to listen to speakers and connect with scientists, engineers, astronauts, NASA experts, and NewSpace leaders: 

The members and associates of the New Worlds Institute are dedicated to opening the space frontier in our lifetime for everyone. In support of greater STEAM communication in our schools and leading education communities, students can — through critical investigation — identify and pose solutions applicable to real world problems by studying and developing situations of lunar, Martian and Free Space settlement. 

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Register now using the 20% discount code ‘NWSEPT15’ to reserve your spot
at the first space conference devoted toward the human settlement of space!

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This time we go together.

This time we take it from no one.

This time we give it to everyone.

Everyone can participate in space