Category Archives: Activism

The Space Show this week

The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Feb.18, 2013: 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome the return of DR. JOHN HUNTER to discuss impulse launch, rail guns, etc.

2. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): OPEN LINES. First time callers welcome. Space, science, and STEM topics welcome.

3. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013:, 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): We welcome back DR. JOHN LEWIS to discuss recent meteorite, asteroid passes and more. Dr. Lewis is a professor emeritus of planetary science at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Visit his blog at www.johnslewis.com.

4. Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PST (12:30-2 PM EST, 11:30AM-1PM CST): We welcome back ROD AND RANDA MILLIRON Interorbital Systems for updates

5. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013.,12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST): DR. DOUG PLATA joins us regarding space advocates/enthusiasts on taking action on their space ideas and theories.

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.

Space Show: Mars rock drilling on Hotel Mars + Lunar building webinar

Dr. Dorothy Oehler of NASA’s Johnson Space Center spoke on “Hotel Mars” this week with David Livingston and John Batchelor about Curiosity rover’s recent drilling operation and about “the process, the significance, possible findings, and pending analysis, plus the uniqueness of this incredible first time ever drilling operation”: John Batchelor “Hotel Mars,” Wednesday, 2-13-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

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On Sunday Feb. 17, 2013, 1-3 PM PST (4-6 PM EST, 3-5 PM CST),  DR. Haym Benaroya of Rutgers University will lead a webinar on the building of lunar structures on the Space Show: Space Show Webinar with Dr. Haym Benaroya, Dr. John Jurist, Sunday, 2-17-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

You can follow along with the presentation using this slides file: Short – Space Show Webinar on Lunar Structures Engineering 17 Feb 2013 (pptx).

Planetary Society Hangout: Earth-sized exoplanets in our neighborhood

In the latest Planetary Society Hangout (February 14, 2013), Emily Lakdawalla of the Society and Courtney Dressing of Harvard talked “about just how common Earth-sized exoplanets may be in our neighborhood”:  Planetary Society Weekly Hangout, Thu Feb 14 1200PT/2000UT: Courtney Dressing – The Planetary Society