Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Feb.8.2016

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Feb. 8, 2016: 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST; 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome back DR. ERIK SEEDHOUSE to discuss his new book on the Dragon capsule.

2. Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016,7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): We welcome back DR. JOHN BRANDENBURG for Part 2 of his Space Show program trilogy.

3. Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, 2016; 9:30-11AM PST; (12:30-2 PM EST; 11:30AM – 1 PM CST. We welcome back ANATOLY ZAK and for the first time DEBRA WERNER to discuss their Oct. 2015 article in Aerospace America on astronaut safety. The article is available online at …AA_Oct2015_MaximizingSafety_Feature1 (pdf).

4. Sunday, Feb. 14., 2016: 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST): We welcome back DR. MARK BRODWIN to discuss galaxies, galaxy formation, and new galaxy discoveries. Dr. Brodwin was a recent Hotel Mars guest on these subjects.

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, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO 9.04 – Where should we explore next?

The latest episode of TMRO.tv is now available on line: Where should we explore next? – TMRO

This week we ask, “Where in the solar system should we explore next? And should it be with humans, robots or both?”

News topics discussed:

* Eutelsat 3B launched via Proton
* Beidou launch on LongMarch 3C
* GPS 2F-12 launch via Atlas V
* Updates on the SLS Secondary Payloads and CubeQuest Challenge
* Big Game to air on the ISS
* Hills of water ice float on a nitrogen sea on Pluto
* Europe is investing in the Dreamchaser Space plane
* Cosmonauts : How Russia Won The Space Race documentary
* James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror fully assembled

TMRO is viewer supported:

TMRO Live Show are crowd funded. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our SpacePod campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/spacepod

Astronomy, Multiple media

Videos: Beautiful time-lapse imagery of earth and sky

Check out this wonderful time-lapse video from the project SKYGLOW, which includes great views of the night sky:  A Meteorite Explodes Over the Mojave in This Incredible Timelapse Video – Gizmodo  

A couple of other Skyglow videos:

 

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Asteroids & Comets, Future space, Space industry and microgravity R&D

Video: Asteroid mining – Nina Cooper – TEDxHarvardCollege

Harvard College astrophysics student Nina Hooper gives a TEDx talk on the potential of asteroid mining: Spotlight TEDx Talk: How asteroid mining could help us live in space – TEDx Innovations Blog  

Imagine a world with ubiquitous, affordable space travel, where getting in a spaceship is no stranger than getting in an airplane. Harvard undergraduate Nina Hooper, an astrophysics student, shows how mining asteroids for platinum could be the way to make space travel cheap and accessible to civilians.

Nina Hooper is a Harvard College student from Melbourne, Australia studying astrophysics. She loves traveling and adventure and is working towards what she believes is the ultimate adventure – going to space. She is also a private pilot, a songwriter and a major foodie. Nina intends to pursue a graduate degree in aerospace and astrospace engineering either in the US or UK.

Living in Space, Space Systems, SpaceCasts

Video: ‘Space to Ground’ report on the ISS – Feb.5.2016

The latest NASA “Space to Ground” report on activities related to the International Space Station:

Update: A TMRO Space Pod on ISS research: Why do we blow money on the International Space Station? – Space Pod 2/2/16 – TMRO

Former Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk chats to TMRO correspondent Lisa Stojanovski about how International Space Station research benefits Earth and how it can inspire the next generation of astronauts.

Everyone can participate in space