The latest video report on activities aboard the Int. Space Station in the past week:
Category Archives: SpaceCasts
Video: Seminar on “soft machine” approach to robotics
The latest SETI Institute seminar is titled “Refactoring Space Exploration with Soft Machines”:
Vytas SunSprial, NASA Ames/Stinger Ghaffrian
To understand how we control motion, we need to understand the physical mechanism being moved. Emerging theories of vertebrate physiology are overturning the traditional bone-centric model of the body in favor of a “tensegrity” model, in which the primary load paths are in the continuous tension network of the soft tissues. In this talk, I will discuss research and development at NASA Ames into dynamic tensegrity robots and how these “soft machines” may be controlled through biologically inspired methods. Along the way, I will talk about how the unique properties of tensegrity robots may enable new methods of planetary landing and exploration.
Alan Stern & Mystery Guest discuss Uwingu/Mars crater naming on The Space Show today
Dr. Alan Stern and a “mystery guest” will discuss Uwingu and their Mars Crater Naming campaign on The Space Show today:
Dr. Alan Stern on Uwingu with /mystery guest today, 12 pm PST; 3 pm EST, http://www.thespaceshow.com . Call us @ 1-866-687-7223
A magazine names a crater: Newsweek Names a Mars Crater – Newsweek. No, the IAU does not “control” the names of celestial bodies. They are one group proffering names for celestial bodies. If other people use and recognize a name for a celestial body or feature, then that is the name for that body or feature for those people regardless of what the IAU names it. The IAU cannot force anyone to use the name in their database.
More info in the earlier posting here: Name a Mars Crater at Uwingu.
Spacevidcast 7.06 – Will private space kill the Space Launch System?
Rick Boozer, author of The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé, was a guest on the latest episode of Spacevidcast:
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We chat with Rick Boozer, author of “The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé” about his latest article on Space.com. Our question: can the Space Launch System survive in a marketplace where private space can do it cheaper, faster and better? His original op-ed is here: http://www.space.com/24628-will-space…
In space news: SpaceX showed a little leg on their next mission, It’s future day, H-IIB lofts a weather satellite, Orbital is creating a new Minotaur-C rocket for the commercial market and Yuris night!
Special link, an IndieGoGo project to help save some old Astronomy plates and preserve unknown discoveries –http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ast…
Spacevidcast is a weekly show all about space and the comsos. Covering major events from NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, SpaceX and more, Spacevidcast is your weekly news and views show for every space geek! Featuring monthly live shows and weekly cosmic updates, get your Space Geek on right here! Don’t forget to subscribe.
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Virtual SpaceTV 3D – February 2014
Here is the latest episode of The Virtual SpaceTV 3D show with Amanda Bush. The programs are created by BINARY SPACE (www.binary-space.com) with story content from HobbySpace.com.
In this show, Amanda Bush talks about the following topics:
01:24 — 03:02 The ISS releases a Flock of Doves
03:03 — 04:06 Low cost Satellites multiplying
04:07 — 05:16 Google planning a Space Invasion?
05:17 — 07:08 Blue Origin powering up in West Texas
07:09 — 08:41 A lame lunar Rabbit and lots happening on Mars
Other Virtual SpaceTV 3D shows are available on the HobbySpace Youtube Channel.
These videos are intended as educational programs and as demonstrations of an experimental technique for generating animated presentations. The show was generated autonomously by software according to a text script. The project is described in the Virtual Producer whitepaper (Release 1.1, Oct.2013, pdf). For further information contact info@binary-space.com.