Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – May.27.2019

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, May 27, 2019; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): No show for today. Monday is for special and timely programs only. Also, this is Memorial Day in the United States.

2. Tuesday, May 28, 2019; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): We welcome noted author James Donovan for his new book, Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11.

3. Wednesday, Wednesday, May 29 2019: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.

4. Friday, May 31, 2019; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am-1 pm CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): We welcome Dr. Greg Matloff and C. Bangs, authors of the award winning book, Stellar Engineering, which looks at the possibilities of advanced civilizations building enormous structures in space.

5. Sunday, June 2, 2019; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome Gideon Marcus of Galactic Journeys. This program will be a walk through space history and time like none other.

Recent shows:

** Fri, 05/24/2019 – Dr. Gilbert Levin and Dr. Patricia Ann Straat  talked about the “Viking Labeled Release experiment, life detection on Mar, the book, From Mars With Love, by Dr. Straat and more”.

** Mars Hotel/The Space Show – Wed, 05/22/2019 – John Batchelor & Dr. David Livingston talked with William Harwood of CBS News about “Jeff Bezos and the Blue Moon Lander project, his recent press conference & returning to the Moon”.

** The Space Show – Tue, 05/21/2019 – Dr. Philip Metzger discussed “starting space industrialization, establishing Cislunar transportation, lunar development, asteroid development, thinking big, Mars and more”.

** Sun, 05/19/2019 – Emily Carney talked about Space Hipsters, which she co-founded, “and lots more regarding space programs, education, outreach, policy, and getting young women interested in space”.

** Tue, 05/14/2019: Dr. Robert Zubrin talked about his new book, The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility and about “the Gateway, lunar return, Mars, policy, China, Pell Grant funding and more”.

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.

The Space Show - David Livingston
The Space Show – David Livingston

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Space Policy

Space policy roundup – May.27.2019

A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest:

Webcasts:

** Mars Hotel/The Space Show – Wed, 05/22/2019 – John Batchelor & Dr. David Livingston talked with William Harwood of CBS News about “Jeff Bezos and the Blue Moon Lander project, his recent press conference & returning to the Moon”.

** National Space Society Space Settlement Interview with Voice of America – National Space Society –

On the Science Edition of Voice of America Press Conference USA, host Rick Pantaleo discusses the possibilities of life in space with Mark Hopkins and Al Globus of the National Space Society (30 minutes).

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Amateur/Student Satellite, Education, Space Systems

Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – May.26.2019

A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat / SmallSat projects and programs:

** RWASAT, Rwanda’s first satellite, is a CubeSat developed with the University of Tokyo and is set to launch in July.

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Credits: Space in Africa

** UAE MeznSat is a CubeSat in development by the UAE Space Agency, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK),. The 3U CubeSat will study the Earth’s atmosphere. The launch is expected at the end of 2019. Preliminary design for UAE’s MeznSat 3U CubeSat under review – SatellitePro ME

… AURAK students are designing and building the satellite to collect and analyse data about carbon dioxide and methane levels in the atmosphere above the UAE. The students are utilising Masdar Institute’s facilities during the satellites design and construction.

MeznSat is to be launched in late 2019 from a site in Japan, in coordination with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Once in orbit, the satellite will use a visible camera as well as a shortwave infrared spectrometer to measure the abundance and distribution of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. A team of students will monitor, process, and analyze the data sent from the satellite at a ground station in the UAE.

More at MeznSat: A CubeSat for Greenhouse GasesMonitoring and Algal Blooms prediction, Abdul-Halim Jallad et al, SmallSat Conference 2018 (pdf)

** AMSAT news on student and amateur CubeSat/smallsat projects: ANS-146 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin

  • Dollar-for-Dollar Match on your ARISS Donation Thru June 17, 2019
  • Keith Pugh, W5IU SK
  • AMSAT Journal Call for Photos
  • ANS Asks For Stories About Your Hamvention-AMSAT Experience
  • AMSAT Payload on ESEO Activated
  • ARISS/SAREX Teacher wins AIAA Achievement Award
  • Call for Nominations – AMSAT Board of Directors
  • AMSAT Golf Fundraising is Underway!
  • ESEO Mission Hampered by Anomaly
  • ARRL Updates TQSL Data for New Satellites
  • ARISS Hamvention Forum Slides Available for Download
  • ARISS SSTV Planned Over Russia for Moscow Aviation Institute
  • Upcoming Satellite Operations
  • ARISS News
  • Satellite Shorts from All Over

General CubeSat/SmallSat info:

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Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – May.26.2019

The latest episode of NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Use NASA’s Spot the Station to get updates on when the ISS will fly over your location:

**  Expedition 59 – CSA In-Flight Event with Astronaut David Saint-Jacques C2 – Montreal May 24, 2019 –

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 59 Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency discussed research and technological breakthroughs aboard the orbital laboratory during an in-flight question and answer session May 24 with innovators and technology devotees gathered at a conference in Montreal, Canada. Saint-Jacques is the final month of six-and-a-half month mission on the complex.

** NASA Administrator Speaks at Florida Institute of Technology Event:

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Outpost in Orbit:
A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station

Space Policy

Space policy roundup – May.24.2019

A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest:

Webcasts:

** NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Lunar Gateway Power, Propulsion | NASA

NASA announces the first partnership of its kind with MAXAR Technologies to power the future lunar orbiting station. For more information visit NASA.gov/moontomars

** The Space Show – Tue, 05/21/2019 – Dr. Philip Metzger discussed “starting space industrialization, establishing Cislunar transportation, lunar development, asteroid development, thinking big, Mars and more”.

** Talking with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine | The Planetary Society

The former Oklahoma congressman and Navy aviator stepped into the leadership role barely a year ago. Now he wants to see humans back on the Moon by 2024 as a vital stepping stone to Mars. Join us for a wide-ranging conversation about this ambitious plan and much more. Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts continues the countdown to launch of LightSail 2 before he takes us across the heavens in What’s Up.

** Episode #3 – Artemis, Blue Moon, Planet Definition, & more – MarsTalk – Mars Society podcast hosted by Christopher Tarantola, joined by James Burk & Lucinda Offer

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