Space Policy

Space policy roundup – Oct.8.13

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Some space policy related items today:

Asteroids & Comets, Space Policy

Video: CBS 60 Minutes report on the asteroid threat

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Here is the full CBS 60 Minutes segment on asteroids that was shown on Sunday evening (see earlier post):

 

General, Rockets, SpaceCasts

Spacevidcast: “Cosmic Recap”

Spacevidcast posts a new Spacepod video update with a focus on the many recent rocket launches around the world:

General, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week

Here are the guests and topics for The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome Dr. Gil Levin back to the show to continue discussing the possibilities of life on Mars and new analysis of his Viking data.

2. Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): Open Lines. First time callers welcome. All space and STEM topics welcome.

3. Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PDT (11:30- 1 PM CDT, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EDT): We welcome back DENNIS WINGO to discuss important current development in space policy, commercial space, and more.

4. Sunday, Oct.13, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome author LEE BILLINGS to discuss his new book, Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Star Lee Billings is a journalist and author writing about the intersections of science, technology, and culture for Nature, Nautilus, New Scientist, Popular Mechanics, Scientific American, and many other publications.

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.

Future space, Space Models

“LEGO Space” – new book on modeling space hardware

The book LEGO Space by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard : Space Exploration Looks Even More Awesome in Lego – Wired Science

The bulk of Reid and Goddard’s book is devoted to a science-fiction exploration of mankind’s potential future among the stars. The Lego mining astronauts of tomorrow find themselves building moon and Mars bases, working with intelligent robots, constructing wormholes to distant worlds, and even battling evil aliens and mad scientists that have infiltrated their ranks. All of this is illustrated in detailed photographs of Lego brick spaceships and stations. There’s even instructions on how to build your own version of some of the vehicles.

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Two pages from LEGO Space.

 

Everyone can participate in space