In this June 19th edition of Spacevidcast Live we have the return of the Mars Hoax, the alternate launch abort system for Constellation, the first Zero G wedding (sorta), the launch of LRO/LCROSS and the groundbreaking of Spaceport America!


  1. KaiYves (Go LRO!) says:
    June 21, 2009 at 1:14 am

    I like the designs on your T-shirts.
    Am I the only one who dances to the calendar music? Edit: Apparently not…

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  2. Rick Boozer says:
    June 21, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    Cariann,

    Did anyone else (other than me) get your Georgia O’Keefe joke?

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    • cariann says:
      June 22, 2009 at 4:07 pm

      LOL Rick!! I’m guessing not… I just *HAD* to throw it in there!!
      I’m terrible, I know. Ben was just about kicking me under the desk that night. ;)
      -Cariann

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  3. Rick Boozer says:
    June 22, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    Ben,

    You’re right. It’s time to get beyond arguments about Ares vs Direct and go on to going back to the moon. Here’s a link to ULA’s plan for going back to the moon using only current EELVs. No super-big Ares V or Direct launcher needed!
    http://selenianboondocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/2008-7644-depot-document.pdf

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    • Rick Boozer says:
      June 22, 2009 at 1:31 pm

      Oh, forgot to mention, ULA specifies that their system could deliver an extra 10 metric tons of payload to the lunar surface than with a mission using Ares V and for much less cost.

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  4. Rick Boozer says:
    June 24, 2009 at 1:20 am

    Ben and Cariann, you’ve got to see this!

    Buzz Aldrin has made a rap video to commerate Apollo 11. Go here:
    http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0be5c681fc/buzz-aldrin-s-rocket-experience

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  5. KaiYves (Delta V) Go LRO! says:
    June 24, 2009 at 2:10 am

    I just saw that video. You have to see it to believe it.

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  6. KaiYves (Delta V) Go LRO! says:
    June 24, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    Do you guys subscribe to Smithsonian Magazine? Because I just got the July issue, and there’s a crowd shot of the Apollo 11 launch with a couple that looks a lot like you guys. (Seriously!)

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  7. TheShades says:
    June 25, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    Should Spaceport for VIRGIN galactic look like female genitalia? Esspecially when you can clearly see poeple entering and exiting?
    I was crying I was laughing so hard.

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    • Marcus says:
      June 26, 2009 at 5:21 pm

      Wow you really should watch less porn an more spacevidcast! :p

      I think it looks like a giant alien spaceship sitting on its “cornfield-ring”-like landing pad :)

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  8. Jeph (usn_skwerl/squirrel) says:
    June 28, 2009 at 2:50 am

    Definitely not hard to take the innocent thing and have it appear dirty. Do you REALLY think it was an oversight from Virgin? Heh.

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