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Bob Zimmerman<\/a> reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor<\/a> radio program. See the iTunes free Podcast<\/a> for links to the latest shows.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 04\/16\/13 Fourth Hour <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Putting its money where its mouth is: Russia under Vladimir Putin has announced\u00a0a big financial boost<\/a>\u00a0from its government to its semi-private space industry.\u00a0 Want to go to Mars? You better get in line. Dennis Tito\u2019s project already has\u00a0hundreds of volunteers.<\/a>\u00a0 I still have doubts that this non-private company can pull this off by 2018, but only by 2018. Given a bit more time and research, the obstacles for sending two humans on a fly-by of Mars can easily be overcome. Alan Boyle\u00a0has some more information<\/a>\u00a0on SpaceShipTwo\u2019s most recent test flight, and the rumors concerning the ship\u2019s first powered flight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thursday 04\/18\/13 Batchelor Fourth Hour<\/strong>
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Bob talked about the postponement of the first launch of the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. He also discussed the discovery by the Kepler\u00a0 space telescope\u00a0 of near earth-size planets orbiting a distant start<\/p>\n

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This weeks Hotel Mars<\/a><\/strong> segment:<\/p>\n

Guests: Haym Benaroya<\/a>, author, Turning Dust to Gold: Building the Future on Earth and Mars<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. See the iTunes free Podcast for links to the latest shows. Tuesday 04\/16\/13 Fourth Hour Putting its money where its mouth is: Russia under Vladimir Putin has announced\u00a0a big financial boost\u00a0from its government … Continue reading Space on the John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman & Hotel Mars<\/span> →<\/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":[3,2,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-general","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-si","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=85","url_meta":{"origin":1754,"position":0},"title":"John Batchelor Show: Hotel Mars + Bob Zimmerman [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"During this week's Hotel Mars segment on\u00a0John Batchelor radio program, Gerald Nordley talked with Batchelor and David Livingston \"about Kepler Space Telescope extrasolar planet discoveries, the habitable zone, Earthlike planets, the Kepler naming and identification system and more\": John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 1-16-13 - Thespaceshow's Blog. === Bob\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Activism"","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2215,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2215","url_meta":{"origin":1754,"position":1},"title":"Space on the John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman & Hotel Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. 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