DIY space, Mars, Space Settlement

Video: Mars One announcement of Lockheed-Martin/SSTL spacecraft studies

Last  Tuesday the Mars One organization announced that they had contracted with Lockheed-Martin and Surrey Satellite (SSTL) for studies into development of an unmanned Mars orbiter and a lander spacecraft that would launch in the 2018 time frame. (See earlier post here.)

I made notes of the press conference webcast: Mars One contracts Lockheed-Martin and Surrey Satellite for Mars spacecraft studies – NewSpace Watch – Dec.10.13

A video of the press conference is now available:

http://youtu.be/TePLtbTzzZ0

Caption:

Mars One Press Conference: Lockheed Martin & SSTL selected for first Mission to Mars (10 Dec 2013, Washington DC) http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mar…

00:00 – 02:52 Introduction by Dr. Linda Billings
02:53 – 09:18 Statement by Bas Lansdorp, CEO Mars One
09:18 – 12:43 Statement by Ed Sedivy, Chief Engineer Civil Space Lockheed Martin
09:18 – 15:31 Statement by Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman SSTL
15:31 – 17:19 Statement by Suzanne Flinkenflögel, Director of Communications Mars One
17:19 – 21:21 Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign Video
21:21 – 23:13 Closing Statement by Bas Lansdorp
23:13 – 56:35 Questions from the press (online & offline) answered by the panel

Space Policy

Space policy roundup – Dec.13.13 [Update]

Today’s selection of space policy/politics related items:

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Update 2:

Activism, Mars, SpaceCasts

Mars Quarterly, Fall 2013 + Opportunity rover on Hotel Mars + Bob Zimmerman on Batchelor show

The Mars Society opens access to the latest issue of the  The Mars Quarterly (Fall 2013).

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Dr. William Farrand of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado talked with David Livingston and John Batchelor on this week’s Hotel Mars segment about the history of the Mars rover Opportunity and what it has been doing lately:  John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 12-11-13 –  Thespaceshow’s Blog

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Bob Zimmerman also spoke about various Mars topics and news from several other space related areas this week on the Batchelor show:

 

In Space Infrastructure, Space Policy

FISO: The Global Exploration Roadmap

The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pdf) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, ISECG and Global Exploration Roadmap, Kathy Laurini, NASA JSC, Dec.11.13.

Laurini describes the grand Global Exploration Roadmap (or framework or scenario or dreamlike hallucination) that NASA and 11 other global space agencies (International Space Exploration Coordination Group or ISECG)have laid out for their human space exploration plans for the next few decades:

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Science and Technology

Sci-Tech: The SeaOrbiter

Here’s an update on the SeaOrbiter project, which would create an ocean vessel parallel to a space station. The SeaOrbiter would travel the world’s ocean carrying out long term marine research in a semi-submersible structure with work areas both above and deep below the surface.  Underwater vehicles that can dock with the lower section would in turn go down to depths of 6000 meters : SeaOrbiter: Help Build This Space Station of the Sea – News Watch

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An overview of the project:

 

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