Monthly Archives: June 2013

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:

Activism, Events, Space Systems

Icarus Interstellar Starship Congress – Kickstarter support

Icarus Interstellar is a “non-profit organization dedicated to achieving interstellar spaceflight by the end of the century”. They have organized a Kickstarter campaign to support a meeting this summer to discuss the gamut of issues related to deep space and interstellar spaceflight:

Imagine collectively experiencing the progressive thoughts and unencumbered designs of the world’s leading spacecraft designers, engineers, and astro-theorists. Picture for a moment, attending a forum where scientists, physicists, engineers, researchers, urban designers, representatives from international space programs and present-day commercial space operators, as well as popular and well-known interstellar speakers and space journalists share their visions for how the future of spaceflight and exploration may unfold.

This is the vision behind the Icarus Interstellar Starship Congress, to be held August 15-18, 2013, in Dallas, Texas. The aim is to bring together the interstellar community to foster discussion surrounding the development of deep space exploration within the next several decades, and how we may move humanity toward becoming an interstellar civilization.

More at Icarus Interstellar – Starship Congress 2013 Summit by Steve Summerford — Kickstarter.

Update June.3.13: I forgot to post their video: