German physicist and engineer Christiane Heinicke describes her one year stay with five other people in the HI-SEAS (Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) habitat by the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii (see previous posts here about HI-SEAS): My Year on “Mars” – Scientific American – Cut off from civilization, we were dependent on ourselves and on each … Continue reading A year on Mars on Mauna Loa
A sampling of recent space related podcasts: ** WeMartians | Follow humanity’s journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast Episode 13: Making Humans Multiplanetary (feat. Anthony Colangelo) – “Anthony Colangelo from the Main Engine Cut Off podcast joins me for Episode 13 as we continue our discussion on SpaceX’s Interplanetary Transport System.” WeMartians Podcast Episode 12: Mission to sMarts … Continue reading Space podcasts – Oct.11.2016
Here is a sampling of recent space related audio webcasts: ** Planetary Radio The Pale Red Dot: A Planet Called Proxima b – “The announcement was made just days ago. Co-discoverer Michael Endl tells us about the discovery of a roughly Earth-mass planet orbiting in the habitable zone of the closest star to our own” http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/280548375-theplanetarysociety-the-pale-red-dot-a-planet-called-proxima-b.mp3 Could … Continue reading A selection of recent space audio webcasts
With three days left, Mars Society is near but not yet over its crowdfunding target for the funding of a new “GreenHab” greenhouse facility at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah: Veggies on Mars – Help Rebuild the MDRS GreenHab – Indiegogo. The previous greenhouse was destroyed by fire. === At another Mars sim facility, six people recently entered an … Continue reading Mars Society not quite to crowdfunding target for GreenHab + 1 year Mars habitat sim starts in Hawaii with 6 volunteers
The guests and topics on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Sept. 8, 2014: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome Dr. KIM BINSTED and SIMON ENGLER to discuss the HI-SEAS program (http://hi-seas.org). 2. Tuesday, Sept. 9 , 2014:,7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome back … Continue reading The Space Show this week