The Space Show – Today’s your chance to be a guest

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If you think you would make a good guest for The Space Show, today is your chance to convince David to have you on – Twitter / SpaceShow:

Guest auditions for being on The Space Show today,12 PM PDT; 3PM EDT. Listen @ http://www.thespaceshow.com . Join in: 1-866-687-7223

More details from the weekly newsletter:

Based on the success of our first “So You Want To Be A Space Show Guest” program last year, those of you wanting to be a guest on The Space Show can call in and you will have about ten minutes to tell us why you should be a guest, talk about your subject, etc. Based on listener responses to what you have to say, we will invite those callers back as guests that the listeners want to hear. Be prepared. To accommodate as many callers as possible, please keep your call to about ten minutes.

Space Policy

Space policy roundup – Oct.20.13

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A selection of space policy related items:

Update: A post-shutdown roundup – Space Politics

Amateur/Student Satellite, Space Radio

AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news

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Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.

ANS 293 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – October 19, 2013:
* Cutoff Dates for AMSAT Space Symposium Quickly Approaching
* AMSAT Symposium – VUCC/WAS Card Checking
* CAMSAT (AMSAT China) DX Party
* Hams in Space Team Appearing at the ARRL Midwest Division Convention
* New Satellite Operator on an Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico
* The ARRL Centennial QSO Party Includes Satellite Operation
* ARRL Reinvents Newsletter for Teachers and Instructors

Space Arts

Space artwork goes for nearly $4M

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Christies just had an auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art and it included the piece Böcklin’s Tomb (copied from ‘Floating Cities’ 1981 by Chris Foss) by Glenn Brown. Brown is known for taking existing work and embellishing it. This piece is a variation on Floating Cities by well known illustrator Chris Foss, who has done many space science fiction works.

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Böcklin’s Tomb (copied from ‘Floating Cities’ 1981 by Chris Foss)

It’s not exactly my idea of realistic space art but it definitely is space themed. It made a big impression on the person who purchased it for $3.8M.

Update: An article about the sale: Christie’s Sells View of a Space Station for $3.8 Million – WSJ.com

Update Jan.9.14: Brown sells another work derived from another sci-fi artist: How a Science Fiction Book Cover Became a $5.7 Million Painting- io9