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Activism, General, SpaceCasts

Spacevidcast 6.16: Is big government our best chance to explore the cosmos?

Spacevidcast posts their latest live program: Is Big Government our best chance to explore the cosmos? – Spacevidcast

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The wiki article for this episode can be found here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/6.16

In this episode we answer a viewer comment: Will Big Government be our only hope to get off this rock? Historically, that seems likely, but how much as NewSpace change the equation?

In Space News we look at the Planetary Resources Kickstarter, which you can pledge to here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1…, NRC is looking for your comments on Human Space Flight and we have a Wiki article helping to write a response here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/The_R…, a couple of awesome launches and Atlantis is just weeks away from being revealed in her new home.

Spacevidcast is a live 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! Tune in live each Saturday at 21:00 UTC / 2:00 pm PDT / 5:00pm EDT and be a part of the community that helps make our live shows amazing. Or simply subscribe to the Spacevidcast channel on YouTube and get your Space Geek on each week!

Space Music, Space Radio, SpaceCasts

Kronos Quartet talks about Sun Rings on Planetary Radio

The Kronos Quartet recently discussed on  Planetary Radio the Sun Rings musical venture they created with composer Terry Riley : Sun Rings: Music of the Spheres From the Kronos Quartet – The Planetary Society.

The work, which premiered in 2002, combines the Quartet’s instrumental playing with actual sounds from space recorded by Dr. Don Gurnett at the University of Iowa.

See the Sun Rings entry in the HobbySpace Space Music section for more about the work, which is continually being changed and .

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Activism, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – June.3.13

Here’s a list of the guests on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, June 3, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome back BRIAN SHIRO for Astronauts4Hire updates and call in reports from the Suborbital Research Conference underway in Broomfield, CO.

2. Tuesday, June 4 2013 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): No show, personal day.

3. Friday, June 7: , 2013, 9:30-11 AM PDT (11:30- 1 PM CDT, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EDT): We welcome back Dr. MADHU THANGAVELU for his thoughts on the recently announced human spaceflight Mars mission plus other reports and information.

4. Sunday, June 9, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). Our guest is DR. DMITRIY TSELIAKHOVICH, CEO and CTO of Escape Dynamics. For more information and their advanced propulsion work, visit their website at http://escapedynamics.com.

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.

Astronomy, Space participation, SpaceCasts

SciShow: Kickstarting a Space Telescope?!

As of mid-day June 2nd, the Planetary Resources crowdfunding campaign for a publicly accessible space telescope (see earlier post here) has reached over $650k and nearly 6700 backers in just 4 days in pursuit of its $1M goal: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone by Planetary Resources — Kickstarter.

Hank Green, who participated in the webcasts last week that introduced the campaign, has this video about the project: