Activism, General, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week

The guests and topics for The Space Show this week:

. Monday, March 17, 2014, 2-3:30 PM PDT(5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome LEE HUTCHINSON to discuss the Columbia Rescue Mission that he recently wrote about: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/the-audacious-rescue-plan-that-might-have-saved-space-shuttle-columbia.

2. Tuesday, March 17, 2014:, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome Jeff Smith to tell us about the Space Expedition Corp (Spacexc.com) event at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles which he recently attended.

3. Friday, March 21, 2014, 9:30-11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30 AM-1 PM CDT): We welcome back GWYNNE SHOTWELL, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. Ms. Shotwell is with us for only the first hour. Please, one question/comment per listener & emails & phone calls must be short. .

4. Sunday, March 23, 2014, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome ANTHONY YOUNG regarding his Space Review articles on returning to the Moon, SLS, his book, The Saturn V F-1 Engine and much more.

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.

Science and Technology, Space participation

Video: Citizen science explained

Chandra Clarke explains what citizen science is all about in this recent TEDx talk: Citizen science explained – Citizen Science Center

History, Space Collecting

Bonhams space history auction

The New York auction house Bonhoms is holding an auction of US and Russian/Soviet space memorabilia and collectibles on April 8th:

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Mercury lithograph signed.

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Mercury era spacesuit

 

Space Policy

Space policy roundup – Mar.16.14

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Dennis Tito is wrong. SLS/Orion is a spaceship to nowhere, not even to Mars and back, because it is too grossly expensive : The Spaceship to Everywhere – Dennis Tito/Huffington Post.

Tito’s Inspiration Mars has morphed from an interesting demo of private space capabilities into a desperate excuse for NASA to justify SLS/Orion. Tito ignores the enormous development and annual program costs of SLS/Orion (and the enormous opportunity cost for the loss of what could have been done with that funding). He ignores the need to fund an improved upper stage for the SLS to make it capable of a Mars fly-by. He ignores the safety issues of flying people on just the second flight of the system – and to Mars no less. As noted here and here, Tito seems to listen only to Doug Cooke, who was a key member of the Mike Griffin cabal that created the Constellation fiasco and who helped convinced key Congresspersons to force SLS on NASA. All of this will leave Inspiration Mars as nothing but a bizarre footnote to the space developments of this era.

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Activism, General, SpaceCasts

Spacevidcast 7.08: Have we forgotten about the Moon?

Here’s the latest show from Spacevidcast:  Have we forgotten about the Moon? 7.08

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News stories:
MRO computer goes in to safe mode, Atlas V rocket gets a money back guarantee, Solid Motor Testing, Orion delayed and Cosmos rocks!

We explore the idea that maybe jumping from the Earth to Mars isn’t the right idea. Our Moon is a great source of inspiration and can provide awe and wonder to people on and off planet. Should someone be focusing more heavily on a Lunar colony than a Martian one?

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