Category Archives: SpaceCasts

Activism, Space books, SpaceCasts

Author Mary Roach on The Space Show on Thursday evening

An announcement from The Space Show:

Author Mary Roach is back, Thursday, May 30, 2013 @ 7PM PDT

Dear Listener: I would like to call your attention to a special Space Show program scheduled for Thursday evening, May 30, 7-8PM PDT with author Mary Roach. Mary was last on The Space Show with her very successful and popular books “Packing for Mars” and “Stiff.” Mary is back with her new hit book and best seller, “Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal.” In addition to Mary telling us about Gulp, we will extrapolate to related topics for eating and digesting on the way to Mars, on Mars, food for Mars, and more. Mary Roach is not only very well informed with her science but she is funny, she goes where most authors would not dream of going, she is articulate, and if you have never heard her before or had a chance to ask her a question, trust me on this, you are in for sheer delight plus a first rate education on our topics. Mary is with us for just an hour so callers, keep it tight. Let’s make room for everyone who wants to talk with Mary Roach. If you have any questions about this special Space Show program for Thursday evening, May 30, 7-8PM PDT, please email me. Thanks. Sincerely, Dr. David Livingston

Sincerely,

Dr. David Livingston

Activism, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week

The guests on The Space Show this week include:

1. Monday, May 27, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): No show today for the Memorial Day holiday.

2. Tuesday, May 28, 2013 2013, 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): MICHELLE EVANS returns to discuss her new book, “The X-15 Rocket Plane. For more information, see www.amazon.com/The-X-15-Rocket-Plane-Outward/dp/0803228406/ref=onegiantlea20.

3. Friday, May 31: , 2013, 9:30-11 AM PST (11:30- 1 PM CST, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EST): We welcome back DON BEATIE to discuss his book, “No Stone Unturned, A Life Without Bound.” I have two copies to give away to the first two listeners asking questions for this program. See www.amazon.com/No-Stone-Unturned-Without-Bounds/dp/1926837185/ref=onegiantlea20.

4. Sunday, June 2, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST). DR. BILL ROWE returns with the latest on his medical research and human spaceflight. Visit his website for more information, www.femsinspace.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.

General, SpaceCasts

Spacevidcast Live 6.14 – Does SciFi help SciFact?

The latest episode of Spacevidcast‘s live show is now available: For the space geek in all of usDoes SciFi help SciFact? –  Spacevidcast

Caption:

In Space News we take a peek at the recent Vega and Delta IV launches, the SpaceX fairing test in slow-mo and an upcoming announcement from Planetary Resources.

Main topic of the show looks at the role of Science Fiction on Science Fact. Does the loft ideas and sometimes bad science in SciFi help or hurt when it comes to discovering the real thing?

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Exoplanets, General, SpaceCasts

Space on the John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman & Hotel Mars, May 21-23, 2013

Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. See the iTunes free Podcast for links to the latest shows.

Tuesday 05/21/13 Batchelor Hour 4 : Science and politics:

  1.  Climate scientists are forced to revise their climate models because of lack of warming for 15 years.
  2. Democratic senator blames Republicans for Oklahoma tornado, caused by global warming.

Thursday: Space:

  1. Mice and gerbils die on Russian 30 day biology spaceflight.
  2. The impact of a 100 pound meteorite on the Moon produced the brightest flash on record.
  3. Opportunity now has the American record for the longest travel on another planet.
  4. Great Britain gets its first official astronaut.
  5. Scaled Composites blows up a SpaceShipTwo engine on purpose during testing.

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William  (Bill) Borucki, Principle Investigator for the Kepler Space Telescope, talked with Batchelor and David Livingston during the latest Mars Hotel segment. They discussed the status of Kepler after the loss of its reaction wheel and about the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF):  John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 5-22-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog.