Category Archives: Activism

Activism, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week

The schedule for The Space Show this week:
1. Monday, April 1, 2013: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome DR. ROBERT SACKHEIM commercial space insights, progress & more. See website newsletter for details at www.thespaceshow.com/newsletterfinal.htm.

2. Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): No show this evening. See Thursday schedule instead.

3. Thursday, April 4, 2013:, 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5::30 PM CDT). We welcome back ELIZABETH (LIZ)KENNICK for Teachers In Space updates.

4. Friday, April 5, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT, 11:30AM-1PM CDT): We welcome back DR. JOAN VERNIKOS to discuss the human factors aspects of the Inspiration Mars flyby mission recently announced.

5. Sunday, April 7, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT, 3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT. We welcome back CHRIS CARBERY, Executive Director of Explore Mars to discuss the upcoming Humans 2 Mars Program and their recent next generation Mars survey poll which is on the Explore Mars website, www.exploremars.org.

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.

Activism, History

Video: Rocket Mountain College Astronaut Panel, March 22, 2013

The Space Show posts audio and video recordings of a space panel discussion event  held on Friday, March 22nd at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana: Rocky Mtn. College Astronaut Panel 2, Friday Afternoon, 3-22-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

The panel included Dr. John Jurist, Dr. Harrison Schmitt, Walter Cunningham, and Dr. Loren Acton. The video caption includes the following description of the event:

We welcomed our panel members and the live Rocky Mountain College student, professor, and community audience to our afternoon 1 hour 34 minute panel in which we focused on human spaceflight, the Saturn V, the Saturn 1B, and the Space Shuttle, along with space science, risk taking, and what each panel member thought was most valuable for scientific reasons in the solar system. We took many audience questions on a wide ranging group of topics including why spend money on space, especially in this difficult economy, solar cells, Boy Scouts and space, and what it was like to walk on the Moon

Activism, Space Systems, SpaceCasts

Spacevidcast 6.09: XCOR’s new piston rocket engine

Spacevidcast posts the latest live episode, which included guest Andrew Nelson from XCOR Aerospace who talked about the tests of their piston rocket engine, the Lynx suborbital spaceplane and other topics: XCOR’s new Piston Rocket Engine – 6.09 – Spacevidcast

Activism, Contests and Games

Google Lunar X PRIZE summit + Inspiration Mars is an inspirational effort

Perhaps we will find out next week if any of the Google Lunar X PRIZE teams actually have the funding to buy a rocket ride to the Moon; time is getting short to get there in time : GLXP Update: Big Summit Set for Next Week – Parabolic Arc

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Jim Banke believes Inspiration Mars is well worth getting inspired about: My advice: Get inspired by Inspiration Mars – Orbital Inclinations.