Monthly Archives: September 2016

Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Sept.12.2016

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

1. Monday, Sept. 12, 2016: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): No show as am at AIAA Space 2016.

2. Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016: 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT) No show as am at AIAA Space 2016.

4. Friday, Sept. 16, 2016: 9:30-11AM PDT; (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30 AM – 1 PM CDT) No show due to AIAA Space 2016.

5. Sunday, Sept. 18 2016: 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT): For today I will archive and play the taped interviews from AIAA Space 2016. This will include my visit to the Woodward lab with John Hunt regarding Dr. Jim Woodward‘s work on the Mach Thrusters. The program will be available as soon as you see it on the website as an archived program and in your podcast download.

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, Exoplanets

Video: Discussion of the earth-scale planet found orbiting Proxima Centauri

The discovery of an Earth scale planet in the habitable zone of our nearest star, Proxima Centauri was recent big news. Here is a video of a SETI Institute panel discussion of the finding: A Terrestrial Exoplanet at Proxima Centauri | SETI Institute. The video starts with Guillem Anglada, who led the group that made the discovery, giving an overview of their finding.

Here is the video caption:

Dr. Anglada will discuss the new paper he is first author in reporting the presence of a 1.3 Earth mass exoplanet in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri. This finding was reported in Nature on Thursday 25 Aug 2016.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/…
Dr. Anglada will particpate remotely, and Dr. Franck Marchis of the SETI Institute will host a local panel to discuss the implications of the finding. “Our little world will never seem the same again”.

Solar Sci-Fi, Space TV

Videos: Star Trek’s 50th anniversary

50 years ago today the first episode of Star Trek was broadcast on network TV. Here is a documentary from the Smithsonian about the Star Trek show and cultural phenomenon:

[ Update: See also this new Smithsonian program (its embedding is disabled) about Star Trek and the technologies that it has inspired.]

Fan made versions of Star Trek have greatly improved in production quality and story making over the years. This is especially true of the Star Trek Continues series, whose episodes often include recognizable professional actors.

Here are some episodes in the Star Trek Continues video collection, including Embracing the Winds, just released this week: