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The Space Show this week

A list of the programs planned for The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, April 8, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome DR. PHILIP METZGER of NASA KSC. Dr. Metzger will be discussing starting industry in space as he leads NASA’s lab that develops space mining robotics and resource utilization technologies. You can read the abstract of his paper on the subject at http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000236.

2. Tuesday, April 9, 2013 2013, 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST):  No Space Show today as I am going to a SF Giants game.

3. Friday, April 12, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PST (11:30- 1 PM CST, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EST): We welome back MARCIA SMITH to discuss NASA, the FY 2014 budget request, and sequestration. Check www.spacepolicyonline.com for more information.

4. Sunday, April 14, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST). No program today due to travel.

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.

Space Collecting, Space Science

Moroccan meteorite might have come from Mercury but more study needed

An achondrite meteorite found in southern Morocco has some features that hint at a Mercury origin but has other features that argue against it. So it’s origin remains uncertain: A meteorite mystery:  Could this stone be the first meteorite from Mercury ever found? WUSTL’s meteorite expert sifts the evidence – Washington University in St. Louis

Most meteorites are stony, he explains, and of the stony meteorites, almost all (90 percent) are what are called ordinary chondrites. These are pieces of small, unmelted asteroids that are uniform in composition throughout.

The achondrites, on the other hand are pieces of large asteroids or planets, ones at least 200 kilometers in diameter. These produced enough internal heat early in their history to partially melt and segregate into a metal core surrounded by a rocky exterior. Achondrites, which come from the crust or mantle of these differentiated bodies make up only 5 percent of the stony meteorites that have been found.

Education, Space Collecting

First annual Astronauts4Hire on line silent auction

Astronauts4Hire is holding their First Annual Online A4H Silent Auction

The funds raised from this year’s auction, which runs from Sunday, April 7th until Friday, April 12th, will be used to support A4H’s educational outreach program, furthering the A4H mission: “To increase the competitiveness of commercial astronaut candidates by providing skills training, facilitating forums for candidate communication, engaging the space research community, and inspiring the next generation.”

The auction is “held in conjunction with Yuri’s Night events across the globe”: 2013 A4H Silent Auction – Astronauts4Hire.

The items up for auction were generously donated by A4H friends, members, and partners, and range from collectible NASA spaceflight memorabilia, autographed books, and unique patches, to lifetime Associate memberships in Astronauts4Hire. We would like to thank everyone who donated an item for this year’s auction, for without you and our supporters, we would not be able to carry out the A4H mission.

 

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