Activism, Education, Events

First Annual Space Symposium of Lompoc, California

Vandenberg Air Force Base on the coast of California is the primary spaceport for US rockets launching payloads into polar orbits. Lompoc lies next to Vandenberg and David Tekaat of the Lompoc Senior’s Club tells me about the First Annual Space Symposium in Lompoc, set for October 9-12:

Our First Annual Space Symposium will be at the Dick Dewees Senior Center. ( 50 “Space Company” Exhibits per day + speeches by exhibitors.)

“Everyone Welcome. 400 people Expected per day. Be One Of The 400 People”

“If you are a high school student, college student, someone interested in working in the space industry, or if you are just interested in space exploration, Please be sure to come.”

Tuesday – Friday, 9 – 12 October 2018, 9:30 – 4:30 PM, Address: 1120 West Ocean Ave, Lompoc, CA ( Corner of Ocean Ave & ” R ” street )
Suggested donation of at least $1.00, no membership required, no membership dues.

They are looking for exhibitors and of particular interest are those who would like to display their models of spacecraft and rockets.

We would like to invite your “Space Company” to be an exhibitor at our symposium. Perhaps your sales & human resource departments would be especially interested. Besides inviting other “Space Companies” (about 600) to the symposium, I will be inviting high school & college students, and anyone else who wants to work in the space industry. Also the general public whom are interested in space exploration.

Venue address: Dick Dewees Community & Senior Center
1120 West Ocean Ave
Lompoc, CA, 93436

Mail application to: Lompoc, CA, First Annual Space Symposium
C/O David Tekaat, Lompoc Senior’s Club
184 Village Circle Drive
Lompoc, CA, 93436

The event proceeds will go towards support for the Senior Center and towards development of an Interactive Space Center For Youth.

Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Sept.3.2018

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Sept. 3, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): No show due to Labor Day Holiday

2. Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome back Dr. Pat Hynes to discuss the upcoming International Symposium on Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS 2018) in Las Cruces, NM.

3. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 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, Sept. 7 2018; 9:30 am -11 am PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT): We welcome Sandra Erwin, National Security writer and journalist with Space News.

5. SPECIAL TIME: Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018: 6-7 pm PDT; 8-9 pm CDT; 9-10 pm EDT. We welcome back Dr. Bruce Jakosky regarding his recently published paper on the challenges of terraforming Mars.

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.

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Activism, SpaceCasts, The Moon

Video: TMRO Orbit 11.34 – “Masten’s Lunar Ambitions”

The latest episode of TMRO:Space is now available on line: Masten’s Lunar Ambitions – Orbit 11.34 – TMRO

Dave Masten of Masten Space Systems joins SpaceMike to talk about his current fleet of vehicle and plans to do more than just flags and footprints on the moon. Interview begins at 17:08

Space news topics covered:

  • OSIRIS-REx and New Horizons’ targets are in sight
  • Leak at ISS detected
  • Our Solar System Is Nothing Special

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Mars, Rockets, Space Systems

Videos: The Nexø II story + The Mars Helicopter + Commercial Crew test flights + Dream Chaser update

More videos:

** The full story of the Nexø II mission August 2018 – Highlights of the recent rocket launch by the all-volunteer Copenhagen Suborbital group:

On August 4th 2018 we successfully launched the Nexø II rocket. Nexø II is Copenhagen Suborbitals most advanced rocket to date. In this video we show you the complete story will all the highlights of the mission. Enjoy! 

** Mars Helicopter – 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention – J. Bob Balaram of NASA JPL reports on the Mars Helicopter, which will travel to the Red Planet on the  Mars 2020  rover mission when it launches in July 2020:

** NASA Commercial Crew: The Flight Tests – A brief item about the initial test flights by Boeing and SpaceX of the systems for taking crews to the International Space Station

** SpaceX Cargo Dragon leaves the ISS –

** Dream Chaser Space Vehicle update from Sierra Nevada on preparations for first ISS cargo flight in 2020:

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Astronomy

Videos: Night sky highlights for September 2018

Check out the preview of the coming month’s night sky at NASA JPL’s What’s Up for September 2018:

Outstanding views of the planets. Spot Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars with the naked eye. Then, set your sights beyond the solar system and take a late summertime road-trip of the constellations along the Milky Way. For star parties and astronomy events near you, visit https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/ .

The Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute provides another preview: Tonight’s Sky: September 2018 : 

In September, your binoculars will reveal the rusty surface of Mars, iconic rings of Saturn, the waxing Moon—and the comet Giacobini-Zinner, which passes through the constellation of Auriga. “Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at http://hubblesite.org/videos/science

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Everyone can participate in space