The PBS Nova science program has this episode about the February 15th meteor event over Chelyabinsk, Russia: Video: Meteor Strike | Watch NOVA Online | PBS Video – Mar.27.13
Watch Meteor Strike on PBS. See more from NOVA.
The PBS Nova science program has this episode about the February 15th meteor event over Chelyabinsk, Russia: Video: Meteor Strike | Watch NOVA Online | PBS Video – Mar.27.13
Watch Meteor Strike on PBS. See more from NOVA.
Perhaps we will find out next week if any of the Google Lunar X PRIZE teams actually have the funding to buy a rocket ride to the Moon; time is getting short to get there in time : GLXP Update: Big Summit Set for Next Week – Parabolic Arc
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Jim Banke believes Inspiration Mars is well worth getting inspired about: My advice: Get inspired by Inspiration Mars – Orbital Inclinations.
Bob Zimmerman spoke on the John Batchelor Show on the Thursday program about the following topics:
1. Three astronauts on the way to ISS.
2. Musk confirms that SpaceX will do tests of a powered return of its first stage on future Falcon 9 launches.
3. Sequestration and big science (see the post on Behind-the-Black)
4. The ice ages and CO2: In the past temperature changes caused changes in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, rather than CO2 causing changes to the climate’s temperature.
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Alan Hale of The Earthrise Institute and co-discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp in 1995, talked on the Hotel Mars segment of the John Batchelor Show on Wednesday about Comet PANSTARRS and other comets in the sky this year: The John Batchelor Show “Hotel Mars,” Wednesday, 3-27-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog.
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Bruce Cordell of 21st Century Waves spoke on the Space Show on Friday about “space trends for 2013 and the coming period of Ebullience for grand space projects” : Dr. Bruce Cordell, Friday, 3-29-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog
That big odd looking rock on the front porch might be valuable meteorite: Asteroid used as ham press by Spanish farmer worth $5.3 million – NY Daily News
Jeff Foust discusses the effects of sequestration on NASA’s budget, and the commercial crew program in particular : Sequestration’s effects on commercial crew, and planning for FY14 – Space Politics
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Bill Nye, aka the Science Guy and and the CEO of the Planetary Society, thanks members and other space science fans “for helping to restore $223 million back to NASA’s planetary exploration program”.