Category Archives: Activism

Activism, General

The Space Show this week

The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, March 25, 2013: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome MICHAEL PAUL of the Penn State Lunar Lion – A Google Lunar X PRIZE Team, to discuss their GLXP entry.

2. Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome BOB ZIMMERMAN back to the show for space news updates and more.

3. Friday, March 29, 2013:, 9:30-11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT, 11;30 AM-1 PM CDT). We welcome DR. BRUCE CORDELL back to the show to discuss the latest regarding his Maslow Window research applicable to our space program now and in the future.

4. Sunday, March 31, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PDT, 3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT. There will be no Space Show today due to Easter Sunday.

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

A brief history of the British Interplanetary Society

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Kelvin Long provides a historical review of the British Interplanetary Society, one of the oldest space advocacy organizations: The British Interplanetary Society at 80 Years – Centauri Dreams.

He discusses some of the early technical studies put forth by members of the BIS including the BIS Moonship in 1939, the Megaroc man-carrying rocket proposal in 1946, and the Lunar Space-Suit in 1949.

When discussing the BIS, I always like to point out that the prestigious American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) can be traced back to the American Interplanetary Society. (See AIAA History.)

Activism, General, Space Science

John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman’s Thurs. report + Curiosity update on Hotel Mars

Bob Zimmerman spoke on the John Batchelor radio program on Thursday night (podcast) about the following topics:

  • Curiosity is out of safe mode, though communications in April will be very limited.
  • Jeff Bezos has recovered from the ocean floor two first stage engines from an Apollo Saturn 5 rocket.
  • The company that launches the Proton rocket commercially has lowered its prices.
  • Voyager 1 has almost? maybe? left the solar system.

(See the earlier post here about Bob’s Tuesday night report.)

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Dr. Ralph Milliken of Brown University talked with John Bachelor and  David Livingston on Wednesday during the weekly Hotel Mars segment about the Mars Curiosity rover and its drilling tests, about the building blocks for life, and about Mars organics: The John Batchelor Hotel Mars Show, Wednesday, 3-20-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog.