{"id":10427,"date":"2015-04-21T01:21:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T05:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10427"},"modified":"2015-04-21T01:22:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T05:22:31","slug":"the-private-space-webseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10427","title":{"rendered":"The Private Space Webseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.privatespaceseries.com\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.privatespaceseries.com\/\">Private Space<\/a>\u00a0project, founded by\u00a0<a class=\"green-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/profile\/telsahy\" target=\"_blank\">Tamir ElSahy<\/a>,\u00a0aims to create a series of documentary films that explore<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>the intersections of government, entrepreneurs, and citizen scientists in space commercialization across the\u00a0U.S.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The project recently opened a crowd-funding campaign to complete at least 9 more episodes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/telsahy\/the-private-space-webseries\" target=\"_d\">The Private Space Webseries by Tamir ElSahy \u2014 Kickstarter<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sE8Dr600CTA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Three initial episodes\u00a0are available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UChzEXd1SGwvxz2lRcwJT_5A\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UChzEXd1SGwvxz2lRcwJT_5A\"><span data-scaytid=\"1\" data-scayt_word=\"LifeAssembled\">LifeAssembled<\/span> Studios &#8211; YouTube<\/a>. \u00a0The first &#8220;features an interview with California State Sen. Steve Knight, the lead author of California&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml;jsessionid=2753b30fe74d6bd254ec41d6a3e2?bill_id=201120120AB2243\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml;jsessionid=2753b30fe74d6bd254ec41d6a3e2?bill_id=201120120AB2243\"><em>Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act<\/em><\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibf_IKUGoyk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The second video features an interview with Dr. Lee Valentine, Chairman of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssi.org\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.ssi.org\">Space Studies Institute<\/a> and an early investor in <a id=\"xcor\" class=\"companies-mentioned\" href=\"https:\/\/app.newspaceglobal.com\/observer\/xcor\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/app.newspaceglobal.com\/observer\/xcor\"><span data-scaytid=\"2\" data-scayt_word=\"XCOR\">XCOR<\/span> Aerospace<\/a>, about commercial spaceflight:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/757d0KOLYxM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2m_GZ6iCob4\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2m_GZ6iCob4\">third video<\/a>\u00a0switches to a different type of private space activity &#8211; advanced amateur <span data-scaytid=\"3\" data-scayt_word=\"astrophotography\">astrophotography<\/span> &#8211; and includes an interview with <span data-scaytid=\"4\" data-scayt_word=\"astrophotographer\">astrophotographer<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caelumobservatory.com\/\" target=\"_d\" data-mce-=\"\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.caelumobservatory.com\/\">Adam Block<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2m_GZ6iCob4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Private Space\u00a0project, founded by\u00a0Tamir ElSahy,\u00a0aims to create a series of documentary films that explore the intersections of government, entrepreneurs, and citizen scientists in space commercialization across the\u00a0U.S. The project recently opened a crowd-funding campaign to complete at least 9 more episodes: The Private Space Webseries by Tamir ElSahy \u2014 Kickstarter\u00a0&#8211; Three initial episodes\u00a0are available at\u00a0LifeAssembled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10427\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Private Space Webseries<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,82,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-future","category-multiple-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Ib","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10886,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10886","url_meta":{"origin":10427,"position":0},"title":"Public Telescope: Private sector initiative aims to make a space observatory available for all","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Public Telescope\u00a0is a German private initiative\u00a0to develop, launch, and operate a space-based observatory that would be dedicated for the use of the general public, students, as well as professional astronomers. 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