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Spacevidcast 6.07: How you can help mine asteroids

The latest Spacevidcast program is now available on line: How you can help mine asteroids – 6.07 – Spacevidcast

In Space News we have SpaceX’s CRS-2 Mission to the International Space Station, Golden Spike Company video content, Curiosity Rover is back on Track and Soyuz will be trying a new short approach to the space station.

Isaac Stott of Stott Space joins us for a live Skype interview. We talk about who Stott Space is and how you can be involved in the NewSpace revolution.

Don’t let the conversation stop here! We continue our interview in Spacevidcast After Dark which is available to epic subscribers. Not a subscriber? Consider joining now for as little as $10/mo or $100/ye. Your membership not only gets you access to exclusive content, but it also helps to keep Spacevidcast broadcasting! Check out http://www.spacevidcast.com/epic for more information.

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Horizons Newsletter Jan/Feb 2013 with 4th part of Colliers Magazine space series

The AIAA Houston Section has released the latest  issue of the Horizons Newsletter is now on line.

January/February 2013 Issue
Volume 38, Number 4
(PDF: low resolution, 17.5MB; high resolution, 62.2MB)

It includes a wide range of articles on topics such as space Kickstarter projects, Science Fiction by Scientists,  andSarah Brightman’s planned trip to the ISS.

It also includes the fourth installment of the reproduction of the Colliers Magazine series on space from 1952-1954.  (See this previous posting about the third installment.)
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In addition to the Horizons team, the project includes Scott Lowther.

The fourth issue is described as follows:

February 28, 1953: World’s First Space Suit
Man’s Survival in Space, 10 Contributors & 3 Artists, edited by Cornelius Ryan
pp. 40-41
Picking the Men, pp. 42-48.

 

The Space Show this week

Here is the line up for The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, March 4, 2013: 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome the return of HENRY VANDERBILT to discuss the upcoming Space Access Conference, commercial and NewSpace.

2. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): We welcome the return of DR. HENRY HERTZFELD, Professor at GWU and the Space Policy Institute. Dr. Hertzfeld will be talking about commercial space and more.

3. Thursday, March 7, 2013:, 9:30-10:30 AM PST (12:30-1:30 PM EST. We welcome YONATON WINETRAUB, Founder and CTO of SpaceIL. Visit their website for more information: www.spaceil.com.

4. Friday, March 8, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PST (12:30-2 PM EST, 11:30AM-1PM CST): We welcome back DR. RYAN KOBRICK to discuss this year’s Yuri’s Night.

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5. The Friday, March 8, 2013 program from 12-1PM PST, (3-4 PM EST): We welcome back DR. NEIL deGRASSE TYSON to discuss his book “Space Chronicles” now released in paperback.

6. The Sunday, March 10, 2013 program from 9:30-11 AM PDT, (12:30-2 PM EDT): We welcome JOHN OEHLER to discuss his book “Aphrodesia: A novel of Suspense” and the role of smell and its relationship to space. For more information, visit his website, http://johnoehler.com.

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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.