Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches http://www.spacevidcast.com Making Space Commonplace Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:27:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Making Space Commonplace Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no Making Space Commonplace Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches http://www.spacevidcast.com/svcrss.png http://www.spacevidcast.com STS 134 epic Downloadables http://www.spacevidcast.com/2011/05/15/sts-134-epic-downloadables/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2011/05/15/sts-134-epic-downloadables/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 16:10:53 +0000 Jeffrey Alles http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=5362 STS-134: The Final Flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour

After decades in service to NASA, Space Shuttle Endeavour embarks on her last flight, STS-134.
As always, Spacevidcast will bring you the best launch coverage and keep you updated throughout the mission. Much more epic content is on it’s way, stay tuned!

To download the content, right click and select “Save as…” (or “Download Linked File As,” or “Save Link As”) and save them to your computer.

Last updated: 2011.05.31 02:59 UTC
20GB of content is on it’s way!

Documents
Anything and everything you want to know about the last mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour.

NASA Press Kit
Space Shuttle Endeavour Fact Sheet
NASA Flight Summary and Info Sheet
NASA TV Schedule (Current as of 2011.05.31 02:59 UTC) (XLS) (PDF)
Remaining Missions Fact Sheet
Shuttle Launch Weather Criteria
Shuttle Launch Wall Chart

Flight Data Files
Everything runs on checklists these days, especially Space Shuttle Missions. Now you can get the same checklists the Astronauts use.

Flight Plan
Ascent Checklist
EVA Checklist
Orbital Operations
PDRS Operations Checklist
Photo & TV Checklist
Post Insertion Checklist
Shuttle/ISS Rendezvous Checklist
Entry Checklist

Execute Packages
The day’s agenda, in space.

Flight Day 2 Execute Package
Flight Day 3 Execute Package
Flight Day 4 Execute Package
Flight Day 5 Execute Package
Flight Day 6 Execute Package
Flight Day 7 Execute Package
Flight Day 8 Execute Package
Flight Day 9 Execute Package
Flight Day 10 Execute Package
Flight Day 11 Execute Package
Flight Day 12 Execute Package
Flight Day 13 Execute Package
Flight Day 14 Execute Package
Flight Day 15 Execute Package
Flight Day 16 Execute Package

Video
Animations and footage from STS-134

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02)
AMS NASA Now Minute
Educational Message from Commander Kelly
Crew Countdown Rehersal
Crew Training
Crew Profile
Endeavours Retrospective
Endeavours Final Voyage
Educational Message from Flight Engineer Fuestel
Legacy of Endeavour
Meet the Crew
EVA 3 Overview
EVA 4 Overview
Rollout of the vehicle stack
Scrub Announcement, 29 April 2011
Scrub Explanation, 29 April 2011
Spacewalk (EVA) Training
STORRM
Arrival of the External Tank


Spacevidcast epic only content:
-IMG, AUD, DOC PLACEHOLD

Posters
We can’t have a space flight without some posters, can we?

STS 134 Popup (High Resolution Print, 138.7MB) (Low Resolution Print, 83KB)
STS 134 Poster (High Resolution Print, 88.1MB) (Low Resolution Print, 156KB)

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2011/05/15/sts-134-epic-downloadables/feed/ 1 STS-134: The Final Flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour - After decades in service to NASA, Space Shuttle Endeavour embarks on her last flight, STS-134. As always, Spacevidcast will bring you the best launch coverage and keep you updated throughout the ... STS-134: The Final Flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour After decades in service to NASA, Space Shuttle Endeavour embarks on her last flight, STS-134. As always, Spacevidcast will bring you the best launch coverage and keep you updated throughout the mission. Much more epic content is on it's way, stay tuned! To download the content, right click and select "Save as..." (or "Download Linked File As," or "Save Link As") and save them to your computer. Last updated: 2011.05.31 02:59 UTC 20GB of content is on it's way! Documents Anything and everything you want to know about the last mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour. NASA Press Kit Space Shuttle Endeavour Fact Sheet NASA Flight Summary and Info Sheet NASA TV Schedule (Current as of 2011.05.31 02:59 UTC) (XLS) (PDF) Remaining Missions Fact Sheet Shuttle Launch Weather Criteria Shuttle Launch Wall Chart Flight Data Files Everything runs on checklists these days, especially Space Shuttle Missions. Now you can get the same checklists the Astronauts use. Flight Plan Ascent Checklist EVA Checklist Orbital Operations PDRS Operations Checklist Photo & TV Checklist Post Insertion Checklist Shuttle/ISS Rendezvous Checklist Entry Checklist Execute Packages The day's agenda, in space. Flight Day 2 Execute Package Flight Day 3 Execute Package Flight Day 4 Execute Package Flight Day 5 Execute Package Flight Day 6 Execute Package Flight Day 7 Execute Package Flight Day 8 Execute Package Flight Day 9 Execute Package Flight Day 10 Execute Package Flight Day 11 Execute Package Flight Day 12 Execute Package Flight Day 13 Execute Package Flight Day 14 Execute Package Flight Day 15 Execute Package Flight Day 16 Execute Package Video Animations and footage from STS-134 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) AMS NASA Now Minute Educational Message from Commander Kelly Crew Countdown Rehersal Crew Training Crew Profile Endeavours Retrospective Endeavours Final Voyage Educational Message from Flight Engineer Fuestel Legacy of Endeavour Meet the Crew EVA 3 Overview EVA 4 Overview Rollout of the vehicle stack Scrub Announcement, 29 April 2011 Scrub Explanation, 29 April 2011 Spacewalk (EVA) Training STORRM Arrival of the External Tank Spacevidcast epic only content: -IMG, AUD, DOC PLACEHOLD Posters We can’t have a space flight without some posters, can we? STS 134 Popup (High Resolution Print, 138.7MB) (Low Resolution Print, 83KB) STS 134 Poster (High Resolution Print, 88.1MB) (Low Resolution Print, 156KB) Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no GOES-P Launch http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/03/07/goes-p-launch/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/03/07/goes-p-launch/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:02:14 +0000 Jason Rhian http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=3220 Although the wind had died down from a few nights before when Discovery rolled out to the launch pad – it was still very cold. The United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket was primed and ready as was the GOES-P satellite which was poised to pro vide far greater data regarding destructive weather patterns. This night’s skies however were of a variety that pilots have dubbed – ‘severe-clear’ in other words there wasn’t a single cloud in the icy sky.

[Image Courtesy of Alan Walters]

To the left of the steaming Delta was SpaceX’s Falcon-9, poised for flight and looking pristine after tests that have moved along very well for the upstart company’s latest effort.

The scene took on a surreal beauty as the last rays of sunlight bathed the launch towers in a red-orange glow, while all around wildlife scurried this way and that. All of the little elements, the cold air, the other rocket on the launch pad and the critters roaming or flying about – defined the magic that is happening at almost every moment at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Hold – the first sign that there might be trouble. Flight managers kicked the launch back a half an hour to 6:47 p.m. Then another 10 minute hold. I was starting to get a bad feeling, that those high-level winds would cause a scrub for this evening. However, flight managers are a steely bunch and although conservative they unleashed the primal fury of the Delta IV rocket with its GOES-P payload at 6:57 p.m. the ground trembled and the eyes watered as the blinding light let the world know that the mission was on its way.

[Image Courtesy of Alan Walters]

As the plume grew longer and longer, the time came for SRB separation and the twin solid rocket motors slipped away from the roaring rocket, forming tumbling points of light as they returned to earth. The vehicle was now merely a point of light and its thinning plume formed a graceful exclamation point around the planet Mars. Tired, cold and in desperate need of a restroom, my fellow journalists and I headed back onto the bus, confident that NASA could add yet another success to its track record.



]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/03/07/goes-p-launch/feed/ 0 Although the wind had died down from a few nights before when Discovery rolled out to the launch pad – it was still very cold. The United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket was primed and ready as was the GOES-P satellite which was poised to pro vide f... Although the wind had died down from a few nights before when Discovery rolled out to the launch pad – it was still very cold. The United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket was primed and ready as was the GOES-P satellite which was poised to pro vide far greater data regarding destructive weather patterns. This night’s skies however were of a variety that pilots have dubbed – ‘severe-clear’ in other words there wasn’t a single cloud in the icy sky. [Image Courtesy of Alan Walters] To the left of the steaming Delta was SpaceX’s Falcon-9, poised for flight and looking pristine after tests that have moved along very well for the upstart company’s latest effort. The scene took on a surreal beauty as the last rays of sunlight bathed the launch towers in a red-orange glow, while all around wildlife scurried this way and that. All of the little elements, the cold air, the other rocket on the launch pad and the critters roaming or flying about – defined the magic that is happening at almost every moment at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Hold – the first sign that there might be trouble. Flight managers kicked the launch back a half an hour to 6:47 p.m. Then another 10 minute hold. I was starting to get a bad feeling, that those high-level winds would cause a scrub for this evening. However, flight managers are a steely bunch and although conservative they unleashed the primal fury of the Delta IV rocket with its GOES-P payload at 6:57 p.m. the ground trembled and the eyes watered as the blinding light let the world know that the mission was on its way. [Image Courtesy of Alan Walters] As the plume grew longer and longer, the time came for SRB separation and the twin solid rocket motors slipped away from the roaring rocket, forming tumbling points of light as they returned to earth. The vehicle was now merely a point of light and its thinning plume formed a graceful exclamation point around the planet Mars. Tired, cold and in desperate need of a restroom, my fellow journalists and I headed back onto the bus, confident that NASA could add yet another success to its track record. flowplayer("player", "http://www.spacevidcast.com/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf",{ clip: { autoPlay: false, scaling: 'fit' }, canvas: { backgroundColor: '#000000', backgroundGradient: 'none' } }); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no SpaceUp Ignite Talk – "Space is Boring" http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/03/01/spaceup-ignite-talk-space-is-boring/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/03/01/spaceup-ignite-talk-space-is-boring/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:18:41 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=3200 A SpaceUp Ignite talk about how NASA makes Space Boring and why it really isn’t. Presented on 02/27/2010. Spacevidcast epic subscribers also get to download the raw PDF file as well as watch a version of the video with just the PDF and audio under it, which is a bit easier to follow.



]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/03/01/spaceup-ignite-talk-space-is-boring/feed/ 27 A SpaceUp Ignite talk about how NASA makes Space Boring and why it really isn't. Presented on 02/27/2010. Spacevidcast epic subscribers also get to download the raw PDF file as well as watch a version of the video with just the PDF and audio under it, A SpaceUp Ignite talk about how NASA makes Space Boring and why it really isn't. Presented on 02/27/2010. Spacevidcast epic subscribers also get to download the raw PDF file as well as watch a version of the video with just the PDF and audio under it, which is a bit easier to follow. flowplayer("player", "http://www.spacevidcast.com/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf",{ clip: { autoPlay: false, scaling: 'fit' }, canvas: { backgroundColor: '#000000', backgroundGradient: 'none' } }); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no Post show, show, pre show, live show? – 3.07 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/21/post-show-show-pre-show-live-show/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/21/post-show-show-pre-show-live-show/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:39:27 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=3146 A very different Spacevidcast. We have no post show this time and instead the entire show has no timeline, no pre-defined stories and is basically just made up on the spot. Just like a regular post show! Since there is no post show, we’ll work on scanning in some of the goodies we showed you and post those for epic members to download. The show picture is in no way related, but I thought the red bat phone was cool.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/21/post-show-show-pre-show-live-show/feed/ 5 NASA, Sonic Wake, Sun Dog, SDO, STS-130, SpaceUp, Falcon 9, SpaceX, Spacevidcast A very different Spacevidcast. We have no post show this time and instead the entire show has no timeline, no pre-defined stories and is basically just made up on the spot. Just like a regular post show! Since there is no post show, A very different Spacevidcast. We have no post show this time and instead the entire show has no timeline, no pre-defined stories and is basically just made up on the spot. Just like a regular post show! Since there is no post show, we'll work on scanning in some of the goodies we showed you and post those for epic members to download. The show picture is in no way related, but I thought the red bat phone was cool. Spacevidcast no 33:38 STS-130 launches, SDO Launches, TwitPic from Space and more! – 3.06 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/14/sts-130-launches-sdo-launches-twitpic-from-space-and-more-3-06/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/14/sts-130-launches-sdo-launches-twitpic-from-space-and-more-3-06/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:05:11 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=3064 Wow do we have a lot of launches and news this week! STS-130 has launched and Astronauts have been taking TwitPics from space! SDO IS GO! Well, it was go and has launched. New home video of challenger and did the X PRIZE Foundation sponsor an asteroid?

STS-130 launch video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OQdTjOJjq4
SDO Launch – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIBr3wlL4X8
SDO Info – http://bit.ly/306Sun
New Challenger Video – http://bit.ly/306Video
Awesome Asteroid – http://bit.ly/306Dino

And don’t forget that Spacevidcast epic is what helps bring you the show week after week! http://www.spacevidcast.com/epic

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/14/sts-130-launches-sdo-launches-twitpic-from-space-and-more-3-06/feed/ 19 Wow do we have a lot of launches and news this week! STS-130 has launched and Astronauts have been taking TwitPics from space! SDO IS GO! Well, it was go and has launched. New home video of challenger and did the X PRIZE Foundation sponsor an asteroid? Wow do we have a lot of launches and news this week! STS-130 has launched and Astronauts have been taking TwitPics from space! SDO IS GO! Well, it was go and has launched. New home video of challenger and did the X PRIZE Foundation sponsor an asteroid? STS-130 launch video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OQdTjOJjq4 SDO Launch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIBr3wlL4X8 SDO Info - http://bit.ly/306Sun New Challenger Video - http://bit.ly/306Video Awesome Asteroid - http://bit.ly/306Dino And don't forget that Spacevidcast epic is what helps bring you the show week after week! http://www.spacevidcast.com/epic flowplayer("div.player", "http://www.spacevidcast.com/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf",{ clip: { scaling: 'fit' }, canvas: { backgroundColor: '#000000', backgroundGradient: 'none' } }); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no The last shuttle launch at night – STS-130 – 02/08/2010 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/09/the-last-shuttle-launch-at-night-sts-130-02082010/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/09/the-last-shuttle-launch-at-night-sts-130-02082010/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:14:07 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=3023 For the juicy stuff jump to 00:10:00 in to the video.

This is one of only 5 space shuttle missions remaining. This is the final night launch of any space shuttle mission and second to last mission for Space Shuttle Endeavour or OV-105. Very clean launch. The video is from L-11 minutes to external tank separation. There are a few glitches in this video, my apologies. Working on finding a cleaner version with the cool ascent graphics still.

Spacevidcast epic subscribers get even MORE! In addition to the above video if you have epic you can download the 1.65GB MPEG 2 file that came right off the satellite. That’s the raw 720p file, 60 frames per second at over 10Mbps! If that’s too much for your computer we have compressed it down to a much smaller 650MB h.264 HD file. Of course I couldn’t leave out the dramatic reading of the STS-130 Wikipedia article. That audio is also available for epic subscribers. Don’t have epic! Grab it now for as little as $8.33 a month!

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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/09/the-last-shuttle-launch-at-night-sts-130-02082010/feed/ 112 For the juicy stuff jump to 00:10:00 in to the video. This is one of only 5 space shuttle missions remaining. This is the final night launch of any space shuttle mission and second to last mission for Space Shuttle Endeavour or OV-105. For the juicy stuff jump to 00:10:00 in to the video. This is one of only 5 space shuttle missions remaining. This is the final night launch of any space shuttle mission and second to last mission for Space Shuttle Endeavour or OV-105. Very clean launch. The video is from L-11 minutes to external tank separation. There are a few glitches in this video, my apologies. Working on finding a cleaner version with the cool ascent graphics still. Spacevidcast epic subscribers get even MORE! In addition to the above video if you have epic you can download the 1.65GB MPEG 2 file that came right off the satellite. That's the raw 720p file, 60 frames per second at over 10Mbps! If that's too much for your computer we have compressed it down to a much smaller 650MB h.264 HD file. Of course I couldn't leave out the dramatic reading of the STS-130 Wikipedia article. That audio is also available for epic subscribers. Don't have epic! Grab it now for as little as $8.33 a month! This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','24','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('duration','125'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/STS130dramaticreading.mp3'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no NASA FY2011 and SpaceUp with Chris Radcliff – 3.05 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/06/nasa-fy2011-and-spaceup-with-chris-radcliff-3-05/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/06/nasa-fy2011-and-spaceup-with-chris-radcliff-3-05/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:02:19 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=3013 We talk about NASA’s proposed FY2011 budget with Chris Radcliff of SpaceUp as well as how to continue the conversation during SpaceUp.

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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/06/nasa-fy2011-and-spaceup-with-chris-radcliff-3-05/feed/ 17 NASA, FY2011, Budget, Constellation, Ares, Orion, Cancelled, Spacevidcast, SpaceUp We talk about NASA's proposed FY2011 budget with Chris Radcliff of SpaceUp as well as how to continue the conversation during SpaceUp. Javascript is required for this epic content var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast. We talk about NASA's proposed FY2011 budget with Chris Radcliff of SpaceUp as well as how to continue the conversation during SpaceUp. Javascript is required for this epic content var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/305Post.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast no 42:40 Reactions to NASA's Fiscal Year 2011 proposed budget http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/02/reactions-to-nasas-fiscal-year-2011-proposed-budget/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/02/reactions-to-nasas-fiscal-year-2011-proposed-budget/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:30:31 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=3008 This was an action packed press conference with programs getting slashed left and right. We show my reaction to some key points in the speech as well as the general reaction of Spacevidcasters around the world.

What do you think of this new proposed path for NASA? Good? Bad? Something else completely? Join us live this Friday at 0200 UTC to chat in person right here on Spacevidcast.com!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/02/reactions-to-nasas-fiscal-year-2011-proposed-budget/feed/ 139 NASA, FY2011, Budget, Constellation, Ares, Orion, Cancelled, Spacevidcast This was an action packed press conference with programs getting slashed left and right. We show my reaction to some key points in the speech as well as the general reaction of Spacevidcasters around the world. This was an action packed press conference with programs getting slashed left and right. We show my reaction to some key points in the speech as well as the general reaction of Spacevidcasters around the world. What do you think of this new proposed path for NASA? Good? Bad? Something else completely? Join us live this Friday at 0200 UTC to chat in person right here on Spacevidcast.com! Spacevidcast no 4:38 NASA Admin Charles Bolden to talk FY 2011 today, Feb 01, 2011 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/01/nasa-admin-charles-bolden-to-talk-fy-2011-today-feb-01-2011/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/01/nasa-admin-charles-bolden-to-talk-fy-2011-today-feb-01-2011/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:31:49 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2953 http://www.spacevidcast.com/epic]]> With rumors flying about the future of NASA’s Constellation program, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden should be able to shed some light on the agencies plans. At 3:00pm EST today NASA TV as well as Spacevidcast.com will carry Bolden’s conference where he will go over the budget.

For the 10 minute press conference clip subscribe to Spacevidcast epic at http://www.spacevidcast.com/epic

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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/02/01/nasa-admin-charles-bolden-to-talk-fy-2011-today-feb-01-2011/feed/ 8 NASA, FY11, Bolden, Constellation, Ares, Spacevidcast, HSF, Moon, Mars With rumors flying about the future of NASA's Constellation program, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden should be able to shed some light on the agencies plans. At 3:00pm EST today NASA TV as well as Spacevidcast. With rumors flying about the future of NASA's Constellation program, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden should be able to shed some light on the agencies plans. At 3:00pm EST today NASA TV as well as Spacevidcast.com will carry Bolden's conference where he will go over the budget. For the 10 minute press conference clip subscribe to Spacevidcast epic at http://www.spacevidcast.com/epic Spacevidcast no 2:52 The Future of NASA and WeWantOurFuture.org – 3.04 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/29/the-future-of-nasa-and-wewantourfuture-org-3-04/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/29/the-future-of-nasa-and-wewantourfuture-org-3-04/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:26:00 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2868 Rather than Space News we have Space Rumors: what will the future of NASA be under the Obama adminstration?

Speaking of the future, Brad Cheetham of WeWantOurFuture.org is on to discuss this project and how getting our youth interested in science and space can help NASA today.

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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/29/the-future-of-nasa-and-wewantourfuture-org-3-04/feed/ 35 NASA, Constellation, WeWantOurFuture.org, rumors, Space Shuttle Rather than Space News we have Space Rumors: what will the future of NASA be under the Obama adminstration? Speaking of the future, Brad Cheetham of WeWantOurFuture.org is on to discuss this project and how getting our youth interested in science and ... Rather than Space News we have Space Rumors: what will the future of NASA be under the Obama adminstration? Speaking of the future, Brad Cheetham of WeWantOurFuture.org is on to discuss this project and how getting our youth interested in science and space can help NASA today. This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/304Post.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('item','epic'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast no 33:18 State of the Union address may also give the state of NASA http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/27/state-of-the-union-address-may-also-give-the-state-of-nasa/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/27/state-of-the-union-address-may-also-give-the-state-of-nasa/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:02:20 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2858 President Obama will be giving his State of the Union Address later tonight. The space rumor mill is running at full speed with possible increases in NASA’s budget to not granting the extra billion dollars we thought NASA was going to get. Stay with the program of record or dump that in favor of a Jupiter 241 Stretched Heavy. We won’t know until tonight, but here are a few of the rumors we have been hearing.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/27/state-of-the-union-address-may-also-give-the-state-of-nasa/feed/ 9 NASA, Constellation, Obama, State of the Union, Human Space Flight, Jupiter DIRECT, Ares, Spacevidcast President Obama will be giving his State of the Union Address later tonight. The space rumor mill is running at full speed with possible increases in NASA's budget to not granting the extra billion dollars we thought NASA was going to get. President Obama will be giving his State of the Union Address later tonight. The space rumor mill is running at full speed with possible increases in NASA's budget to not granting the extra billion dollars we thought NASA was going to get. Stay with the program of record or dump that in favor of a Jupiter 241 Stretched Heavy. We won't know until tonight, but here are a few of the rumors we have been hearing. Spacevidcast no 2:56 Enter for a chance to visit NASA Mission Control during STS-130 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/26/enter-for-a-chance-to-visit-nasa-mission-control-during-sts-130/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/26/enter-for-a-chance-to-visit-nasa-mission-control-during-sts-130/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:26:15 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2850 100 very lucky Tweeple will have a chance to visit the heart of space shuttle operations: NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston, TX. During STS-130 (we hope) this JSC NASA Tweetup will allow 100 Tweeple to not only tour the MCC but also speak with astronauts, flight controllers and operators. Get your mouse ready, only 100 people are allowed in!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/26/enter-for-a-chance-to-visit-nasa-mission-control-during-sts-130/feed/ 11 NASA, JSC, STS-130, Astro_Mike, Twitter, Spacevidcast 100 very lucky Tweeple will have a chance to visit the heart of space shuttle operations: NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston, TX. During STS-130 (we hope) this JSC NASA Tweetup will allow 100 Tweeple to not only tour the MCC but also speak with a... 100 very lucky Tweeple will have a chance to visit the heart of space shuttle operations: NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston, TX. During STS-130 (we hope) this JSC NASA Tweetup will allow 100 Tweeple to not only tour the MCC but also speak with astronauts, flight controllers and operators. Get your mouse ready, only 100 people are allowed in! Spacevidcast no 2:43 Astronauts on the ISS can now surf the web! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/25/astronauts-on-the-iss-can-now-surf-the-web/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/25/astronauts-on-the-iss-can-now-surf-the-web/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:51:56 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2818 While an engineering marvel, up until now the International Space Station didn’t have a way to browse the Internet. Last week a softer update allowed astronauts to, you know, do Internet stuff!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/25/astronauts-on-the-iss-can-now-surf-the-web/feed/ 23 NASA, ISS, Internet, Moon, Mars, TCP/IP, RDC, Spacevidcast While an engineering marvel, up until now the International Space Station didn't have a way to browse the Internet. Last week a softer update allowed astronauts to, you know, do Internet stuff! While an engineering marvel, up until now the International Space Station didn't have a way to browse the Internet. Last week a softer update allowed astronauts to, you know, do Internet stuff! Spacevidcast no 3:11 Douglas Messier from ParabolicArc talks NewSpace – 3.03 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/22/douglas-messier-from-parabolicarc-talks-newspace-3-03/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/22/douglas-messier-from-parabolicarc-talks-newspace-3-03/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:45:55 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2784 We are joined by guest Douglas Messier from the site http://www.parabolicarc.com to talk about New Space, Human Space Flight and where the space program will go from here.

In the news we have:
Florida airport gets its Spaceport license: http://bit.ly/302spaceport
Yuri’s Night vidcasts!: http://bit.ly/303yuri
Phoenix is probably dead: http://bit.ly/303phoenix
China Spacelab, Tiangong-1: http://bit.ly/303spacelab

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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/22/douglas-messier-from-parabolicarc-talks-newspace-3-03/feed/ 7 NASA, Masten, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, XCOR, New Space, South Korea, India, China, ISS, Tiangong-1, Mars Phoenix, Floria, License, Spaceport, Spacevidcast We are joined by guest Douglas Messier from the site http://www.parabolicarc.com to talk about New Space, Human Space Flight and where the space program will go from here. In the news we have: Florida airport gets its Spaceport license: http://bit. We are joined by guest Douglas Messier from the site http://www.parabolicarc.com to talk about New Space, Human Space Flight and where the space program will go from here. In the news we have: Florida airport gets its Spaceport license: http://bit.ly/302spaceport Yuri's Night vidcasts!: http://bit.ly/303yuri Phoenix is probably dead: http://bit.ly/303phoenix China Spacelab, Tiangong-1: http://bit.ly/303spacelab epic will be available shortly. Hopefully in about a week. Until then just know that yes, we have the post show available for epic members. Get your subscription buying finger ready! This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/303Post.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('item','epic'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast no 48:24 Space Shuttle FIRE SALE! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/20/space-shuttle-fire-sale/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/20/space-shuttle-fire-sale/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:33:27 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2776 With the Space Transportation System winding down NASA is looking to sell the Space Shuttle. In 2008 the Government agency quoted a price of $42 Million to buy an orbiter. A couple of weeks ago that price was slashed!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/20/space-shuttle-fire-sale/feed/ 19 NASA, Space Shuttle, Orbiter, Sale, SSME, Smithsonian, Spacevidcast With the Space Transportation System winding down NASA is looking to sell the Space Shuttle. In 2008 the Government agency quoted a price of $42 Million to buy an orbiter. A couple of weeks ago that price was slashed! With the Space Transportation System winding down NASA is looking to sell the Space Shuttle. In 2008 the Government agency quoted a price of $42 Million to buy an orbiter. A couple of weeks ago that price was slashed! Spacevidcast no 2:24 Falcon 9 one step closer to launch http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/19/falcon-9-one-step-closer-to-launch/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/19/falcon-9-one-step-closer-to-launch/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:37:24 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2768 You can feel the excitement growing! The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is only a few months away from its inaugural launch. The company recently passed one of their final test milestones and is now getting ready to fully assemble all stages of the rocket on the pad at Cape Canaveral. What is the Falcon 9 and why does it matter? Watch on to find out!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/19/falcon-9-one-step-closer-to-launch/feed/ 16 SpaceX, NASA, ISS, Cape Canaveral, SLC-40, Falcon 9, Merlin, Dragon, Spacevidcast You can feel the excitement growing! The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is only a few months away from its inaugural launch. The company recently passed one of their final test milestones and is now getting ready to fully assemble all stages of the rocket on t... You can feel the excitement growing! The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is only a few months away from its inaugural launch. The company recently passed one of their final test milestones and is now getting ready to fully assemble all stages of the rocket on the pad at Cape Canaveral. What is the Falcon 9 and why does it matter? Watch on to find out! Spacevidcast no 2:16 A possible new launch vehicle for NASA? http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/18/a-possible-new-launch-vehicle-for-nasa/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/18/a-possible-new-launch-vehicle-for-nasa/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:20:06 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2760 With Constellation woefully over budget, what does that mean for the Ares I and Ares V rockets? If rumors are right, it could mean that the DIRECT team’s Jupiter 241 stretched heavy configuration will be NASA’s new launch vehicle of choice. Of course no one will really know until official announcements are made, and at this point it is all educated speculation.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/18/a-possible-new-launch-vehicle-for-nasa/feed/ 39 NASA, DIRECT, Jupiter, Rocket, Constellation, Ares I, Ares V, Budget, Spacevidcast With Constellation woefully over budget, what does that mean for the Ares I and Ares V rockets? If rumors are right, it could mean that the DIRECT team's Jupiter 241 stretched heavy configuration will be NASA's new launch vehicle of choice. With Constellation woefully over budget, what does that mean for the Ares I and Ares V rockets? If rumors are right, it could mean that the DIRECT team's Jupiter 241 stretched heavy configuration will be NASA's new launch vehicle of choice. Of course no one will really know until official announcements are made, and at this point it is all educated speculation. Spacevidcast no 2:02 FlyingJenny talks Space Tweeps with Space Geeks – 3.02 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/15/flyingjenny-talks-space-tweeps-with-space-geeks-3-02/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/15/flyingjenny-talks-space-tweeps-with-space-geeks-3-02/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:58:53 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2743 Space Tweep Society founder @FlyingJenny joins us for a live interview. We chat about what it is like to work on the space shuttle, show she started the Space Tweep Society, and if you’re a Spacevidcast epic subscriber you get to see 3 of her 6 dogs in the post show. COOL!

Possible Solution For STS-130 Payload Troubles: http://bit.ly/302delay
Mars Spirit rover future is uncertain: http://bit.ly/302Mars
ESA wants to keep ISS up and running until 2020: http://bit.ly/302iss
NASA’s mission to a Near Earth Object: http://bit.ly/302NEA
ISS urine troubles: http://bit.ly/302pee


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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/15/flyingjenny-talks-space-tweeps-with-space-geeks-3-02/feed/ 9 nasa, oms, frcs, space shuttle, space tweeps, tweetup, ksc, spacevidcast Space Tweep Society founder @FlyingJenny joins us for a live interview. We chat about what it is like to work on the space shuttle, show she started the Space Tweep Society, and if you're a Spacevidcast epic subscriber you get to see 3 of her 6 dogs in... Space Tweep Society founder @FlyingJenny joins us for a live interview. We chat about what it is like to work on the space shuttle, show she started the Space Tweep Society, and if you're a Spacevidcast epic subscriber you get to see 3 of her 6 dogs in the post show. COOL! Possible Solution For STS-130 Payload Troubles: http://bit.ly/302delay Mars Spirit rover future is uncertain: http://bit.ly/302Mars ESA wants to keep ISS up and running until 2020: http://bit.ly/302iss NASA's mission to a Near Earth Object: http://bit.ly/302NEA ISS urine troubles: http://bit.ly/302pee This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/302Post.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('item','epic'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast no 43:58 SELENE may have found astronauts their new lunar home http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/13/selene-may-have-found-astronauts-their-new-lunar-home/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/13/selene-may-have-found-astronauts-their-new-lunar-home/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:52:28 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2711 The JAXA lunar probe SELENE has found a potential location for our upcoming moon base. Why do we need to worry about where on the moon we’re putting our evil facility? Watch and find out!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/13/selene-may-have-found-astronauts-their-new-lunar-home/feed/ 14 JAXA, SELENE, Moon, Lava, Astronauts, Spacevidcast The JAXA lunar probe SELENE has found a potential location for our upcoming moon base. Why do we need to worry about where on the moon we're putting our evil facility? Watch and find out! The JAXA lunar probe SELENE has found a potential location for our upcoming moon base. Why do we need to worry about where on the moon we're putting our evil facility? Watch and find out! Spacevidcast no 1:53 Communications with Mars restored – MRO back online! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/12/communications-with-mars-restored-mro-back-online/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/12/communications-with-mars-restored-mro-back-online/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:07:11 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2685 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was offline for a good chunk of 2009, but as of mid December NASA was able to bring the Mars orbiting satellite back online.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/12/communications-with-mars-restored-mro-back-online/feed/ 8 Mars, MRO, Satellite, NASA, Spacevidcast The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was offline for a good chunk of 2009, but as of mid December NASA was able to bring the Mars orbiting satellite back online. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was offline for a good chunk of 2009, but as of mid December NASA was able to bring the Mars orbiting satellite back online. Spacevidcast no 1:57 Possible delays for STS-130 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/11/possible-delays-for-sts-130/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/11/possible-delays-for-sts-130/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:34:52 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2675 Due to hose issues with the Tranquility module, it is possible that STS-130 will be delayed from its February 7th launch date.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/11/possible-delays-for-sts-130/feed/ 11 NASA, ISS, Tranquility, Node 3, STS-130, Endeavour, Spacevidcast Due to hose issues with the Tranquility module, it is possible that STS-130 will be delayed from its February 7th launch date. Due to hose issues with the Tranquility module, it is possible that STS-130 will be delayed from its February 7th launch date. Spacevidcast no 2:09 A new year for Spacevidcast and New Space! – 3.01 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/08/a-new-year-for-spacevidcast-and-new-space/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/08/a-new-year-for-spacevidcast-and-new-space/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:00:18 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2652 epic is not ready quite yet, but it should be released in mid January if all goes well. Until then you'll have to wait for the post-show access.]]> Welcome to the first live show of 2010! New open, new graphics, no on-screen chat room (for better or for worse) and a ton of space news that we needed to catch up on! Spacevidcast epic is not ready quite yet, but it should be released in mid January if all goes well. Until then you’ll have to wait for the post-show access.

Show Links:
Starwalker Show – http://bit.ly/301sws
India searches for Vyomanauts – http://bit.ly/301india
Spaceport America Tarmac – http://bit.ly/301spa
Final STS Patch – http://bit.ly/301patch
TiME (Titan Mare Explorer) – http://bit.ly/301time


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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/08/a-new-year-for-spacevidcast-and-new-space/feed/ 18 Spacevidcast, Starwalker, Vyomanauts, TiME, Spaceport America Welcome to the first live show of 2010! New open, new graphics, no on-screen chat room (for better or for worse) and a ton of space news that we needed to catch up on! Spacevidcast epic is not ready quite yet, Welcome to the first live show of 2010! New open, new graphics, no on-screen chat room (for better or for worse) and a ton of space news that we needed to catch up on! Spacevidcast epic is not ready quite yet, but it should be released in mid January if all goes well. Until then you'll have to wait for the post-show access. Spacevidcast no 34:13 Douglas Mallette author of Turning Point – 2.38 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/12/18/douglas-mallette-author-of-turning-point-2-38/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/12/18/douglas-mallette-author-of-turning-point-2-38/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:41:48 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2519 What a fantastic interview to close out the year! Douglas Mallette is the author of “Turning Point” and joins us to talk about what we can do to better advocate space. What it we made not one but FOUR more Apollo sized space programs in the US? What impact does space have on our economy and quality of life?

Help start a new space UnConference!  SpaceUp needs your help to raise $2,000 before the first of the year! They are almost half way there now and every little bit helps.
http://spaceup.org/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chris-radcliff/spaceup-san-diego

In space news we had a couple of breaking items such as rumors of the Obama Administration shutting down the Ares I program and going with a ‘Heavy Lifter’ program. Ares V? Other? Real or just rumor?
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/12/exclusiveobama.html

XCOR won a contract with South Korea for sub orbital flights. They plan on being able to launch around the same time Virgin Galactic is slated to launch. Can they pull it off?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704238104574602492468293788.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Other misc news about rovers and landers we have on Mars. This is the last epicsode of 2009, enjoy!


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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/12/18/douglas-mallette-author-of-turning-point-2-38/feed/ 6 What a fantastic interview to close out the year! Douglas Mallette is the author of "Turning Point" and joins us to talk about what we can do to better advocate space. What it we made not one but FOUR more Apollo sized space programs in the US? What a fantastic interview to close out the year! Douglas Mallette is the author of "Turning Point" and joins us to talk about what we can do to better advocate space. What it we made not one but FOUR more Apollo sized space programs in the US? What impact does space have on our economy and quality of life? Help start a new space UnConference!  SpaceUp needs your help to raise $2,000 before the first of the year! They are almost half way there now and every little bit helps. http://spaceup.org/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chris-radcliff/spaceup-san-diego In space news we had a couple of breaking items such as rumors of the Obama Administration shutting down the Ares I program and going with a 'Heavy Lifter' program. Ares V? Other? Real or just rumor? http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/12/exclusiveobama.html XCOR won a contract with South Korea for sub orbital flights. They plan on being able to launch around the same time Virgin Galactic is slated to launch. Can they pull it off? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704238104574602492468293788.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Other misc news about rovers and landers we have on Mars. This is the last epicsode of 2009, enjoy! This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/238PostShow.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('item','epic'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no Lead FSW Engineer for NASA's LCROSS program, Emory Stagmer – 2.37 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/12/13/lead-fsw-engineer-for-nasas-lcross-program-emory-stagmer-2-37/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/12/13/lead-fsw-engineer-for-nasas-lcross-program-emory-stagmer-2-37/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:15:45 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2489 Spacevidcast’s own VAXHeadroom joins us for a live interview.  We cover things like programming a spacecraft with only a 100MHz processor, how he got involved in programming for spacecraft and go over general tech geekry. If you like tech and space this is ashow you won’t want to miss!

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Astronautics Book 1 – http://www.apogeespacebooks.com/Books/astronautics1.html

Astronautics Book 2 – http://www.apogeespacebooks.com/Books/astronautics2.html

Chromoscope – http://www.chromoscope.net

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/12/06/live-interview-with-author-ted-spitzmiller-2-36/feed/ 9 Ted Spitzmiller is the author of Astronautics 1 and 2 which are both available at ApogeeBooks.com. In epicsode 2.36 we talk about the new space plane being developed by the US Air Force, taking a peek at Chromoscope and check out the awesome Meteor Wat... Ted Spitzmiller is the author of Astronautics 1 and 2 which are both available at ApogeeBooks.com. In epicsode 2.36 we talk about the new space plane being developed by the US Air Force, taking a peek at Chromoscope and check out the awesome Meteor Watch commercial in the break! Astronautics Book 1 - http://www.apogeespacebooks.com/Books/astronautics1.html Astronautics Book 2 - http://www.apogeespacebooks.com/Books/astronautics2.html Chromoscope - http://www.chromoscope.net Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no Honoring AXII 40th anniversary with Robert Godwin – 2.35 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/13/spacevidcast-2-35-honoring-the-apollo-12-40th-anniversary-with-robert-godwin/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/13/spacevidcast-2-35-honoring-the-apollo-12-40th-anniversary-with-robert-godwin/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:26 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2442 Robert Godwin the author of “The NASA Mission Reports” joins us to talk about an upcoming release from Apogee Books. On the cusp of the Apollo 12 40th anniversary we look at the past, present and future of human space flight.

Apollo 12 40th Anniversary DVD – http://www.cgpublishing.com/Books/9781897421048.html

Apollo 12 NASA Mission Reports Vol 1 – http://www.apogeespacebooks.com/Books/Apollo12.html

Apollo 12 NASA Mission Reports Vol 2 – http://www.apogeespacebooks.com/Books/Apollo12b.html


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The only good article I found
A nice Q&A from NASA
Original PopSci article

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/12/2012-the-end-of-sanity/feed/ 7 2012, NASA, Doomsday, 12/21/2012, mayan, astrobiology, spacevidcast NASA's Sr. Scientist David Morrison is a breath of sane air in all of this 2012 madness.  As the person who sees and answers all inquiries to NASA's "Ask an Astrobiologist" he is having a rebuttal published. NASA's Sr. Scientist David Morrison is a breath of sane air in all of this 2012 madness.  As the person who sees and answers all inquiries to NASA's "Ask an Astrobiologist" he is having a rebuttal published.  He points out the absurdity in thinking a fictional planet, made up mind you by a scifi writer, will make it's orbit, which apparently only happens every 3,600 years will collide with Earth.  He also mentioned that the original "collide" date was sometimes in May of 2003?  Yeah.  When that didn't happen, they just moved the date up to coincide with the other, more popular dooms day 12/21/2012. The only good article I found A nice Q&A from NASA Original PopSci article Spacevidcast no 3:01 Damage to Ares 1-X booster and LC-39B – 09.11.10 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/10/damage-to-ares-1-x-booster-and-lc-39b-09-11-10/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/10/damage-to-ares-1-x-booster-and-lc-39b-09-11-10/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:04 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2418 While the Ares I-X was technically a success, there was a bit of damage to both the pad and solid rocket booster. According to NASASpaceFlight.com’s L2 section the vehicle actually was supposed to launch at a bit of an angle to help it clear the Fixed Service Structure or FSS.  The known downside of this was a couple of seconds of the massively hot Ares first stage exhaust hitting the FSS. While we were speculating about the apparent angle at liftoff during our live coverage, that was in fact planned but did damage pad 39B in the process.

NASASpaceFlight.com L2 Resources:

Ares I-X SRB additional pics – http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=19398.0

LC-39B additional pics – http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=19300.0

Underwater SRB pictures – http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=19283.0

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/10/damage-to-ares-1-x-booster-and-lc-39b-09-11-10/feed/ 4 Ares I-X, 39B, Launch, Rocket, SRB, Damage, NASA, Spaceflight, Spacevidcast While the Ares I-X was technically a success, there was a bit of damage to both the pad and solid rocket booster. According to NASASpaceFlight.com's L2 section the vehicle actually was supposed to launch at a bit of an angle to help it clear the Fixed ... While the Ares I-X was technically a success, there was a bit of damage to both the pad and solid rocket booster. According to NASASpaceFlight.com's L2 section the vehicle actually was supposed to launch at a bit of an angle to help it clear the Fixed Service Structure or FSS.  The known downside of this was a couple of seconds of the massively hot Ares first stage exhaust hitting the FSS. While we were speculating about the apparent angle at liftoff during our live coverage, that was in fact planned but did damage pad 39B in the process. NASASpaceFlight.com L2 Resources: Ares I-X SRB additional pics - http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=19398.0 LC-39B additional pics - http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=19300.0 Underwater SRB pictures - http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=19283.0 Spacevidcast no 2:12 Issues on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter – 09.11.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/09/issues-on-the-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-09-11-09/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/09/issues-on-the-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-09-11-09/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:07:01 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2411 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter or MRO seems to be having a few issues.  The $720 million dollar mission is on hold while scientists try and determine why the system keeps rebooting.  In fact the MRO has had 4 computer resets this year before NASA scientists put the spacecraft in to safe mode.  While in safe mode the spacecraft has its solar arrays tracking the sun and communications antennae pointed at Earth to allow additional communications and software uplinks.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/09/issues-on-the-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-09-11-09/feed/ 9 NASA, MRO, Mars, Orbiter, Issues, Spacevidcast The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter or MRO seems to be having a few issues.  The $720 million dollar mission is on hold while scientists try and determine why the system keeps rebooting.  In fact the MRO has had 4 computer resets this year before NASA scie... The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter or MRO seems to be having a few issues.  The $720 million dollar mission is on hold while scientists try and determine why the system keeps rebooting.  In fact the MRO has had 4 computer resets this year before NASA scientists put the spacecraft in to safe mode.  While in safe mode the spacecraft has its solar arrays tracking the sun and communications antennae pointed at Earth to allow additional communications and software uplinks. Spacevidcast no 4:09 Spacevidcast Live with SEDS guest Rick Hanton – 2.34 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/06/spacevidcast-live-with-seds-guest-rick-hanton-2-34/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/06/spacevidcast-live-with-seds-guest-rick-hanton-2-34/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:26:02 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2407 Technical issues prevented our live interview with Jerry Carr and that will be rescheduled for a future date and time. Spacevidcaster and SEDS member extraordinaire Rick Hanton saves the day talking about the upcoming SpaceVision 09 conference and a bit about how he got started in SEDS.


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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/06/spacevidcast-live-with-seds-guest-rick-hanton-2-34/feed/ 2 Technical issues prevented our live interview with Jerry Carr and that will be rescheduled for a future date and time. Spacevidcaster and SEDS member extraordinaire Rick Hanton saves the day talking about the upcoming SpaceVision 09 conference and a bi... Technical issues prevented our live interview with Jerry Carr and that will be rescheduled for a future date and time. Spacevidcaster and SEDS member extraordinaire Rick Hanton saves the day talking about the upcoming SpaceVision 09 conference and a bit about how he got started in SEDS. This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/234Post.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('item','epic'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no The Space Elevator Competition – 09.11.03 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/03/the-space-elevator-competition-09-11-03/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/03/the-space-elevator-competition-09-11-03/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:01:53 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2400 Four years, three teams, 2 million dollars put up by NASA Centennial Challenges… Sound familiar?  ……  Just… it’s what some people are calling the next generation in space travel: The Space Elevator.

Since 2005 the competition has admittedly changed quite a bit, but the same principals are still in place.  How do we get a robot to climb a tether in a geosynchronous orbit in an efficient way while keeping the power source on the ground?  And once we have that robot, how do we make that tether able to be strong and light enough to handle such a “lofty” goal?

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/03/the-space-elevator-competition-09-11-03/feed/ 5 Space Elevator, NASA Centennial Challenges, Lasermotive, USST, KCSP, Spcevidcast Four years, three teams, 2 million dollars put up by NASA Centennial Challenges... Sound familiar?  ......  Just... it's what some people are calling the next generation in space travel: The Space Elevator. Four years, three teams, 2 million dollars put up by NASA Centennial Challenges... Sound familiar?  ......  Just... it's what some people are calling the next generation in space travel: The Space Elevator. Since 2005 the competition has admittedly changed quite a bit, but the same principals are still in place.  How do we get a robot to climb a tether in a geosynchronous orbit in an efficient way while keeping the power source on the ground?  And once we have that robot, how do we make that tether able to be strong and light enough to handle such a "lofty" goal? Spacevidcast no 2:36 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Winners – 09.11.02 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/02/2009-northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge-winners-09-11-02/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/02/2009-northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge-winners-09-11-02/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:57:39 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2394 Ok, so we’ve told you the basics on the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge and if you missed them you can head to our website and search for NGLLC.

But, what you haven’t heard is the unofficial, soon to be official outcomes.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/11/02/2009-northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge-winners-09-11-02/feed/ 1 NGLLC, Armadillo Aerospace, Masten, NASA, NGLLC, Northrop Grumman, Moon, Lander, Spacevidcast Ok, so we've told you the basics on the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge and if you missed them you can head to our website and search for NGLLC. But, what you haven't heard is the unofficial, soon to be official outcomes. Ok, so we've told you the basics on the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge and if you missed them you can head to our website and search for NGLLC. But, what you haven't heard is the unofficial, soon to be official outcomes. Spacevidcast no 3:25 Spacevidcast Live – Masten Space, Russia going for Mars and STS129 – 2.33 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/30/spacevidcast-live-masten-space-russia-going-for-mars-and-sts129-2-33/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/30/spacevidcast-live-masten-space-russia-going-for-mars-and-sts129-2-33/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:08:17 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2380 We chat with @mmealling about Masten Space’s additional day to compete in the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.


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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/30/spacevidcast-live-masten-space-russia-going-for-mars-and-sts129-2-33/feed/ 10 We chat with @mmealling about Masten Space's additional day to compete in the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360', We chat with @mmealling about Masten Space's additional day to compete in the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/233Post.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('item','epic'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM Flight Controller – 2.32 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/23/sy-liebergot-apollo-13-eecom-flight-controller-2-32/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/23/sy-liebergot-apollo-13-eecom-flight-controller-2-32/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:20:32 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2370 Sy Liebergot was the EECOM on duty when Apollo 13 called out ‘Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”. From that moment forward all eyes were on Sy to figure out what had happened to the crippled CSM. EECOM stands for Electrical, Environmental and Consumables Manager which means Sy was right in the thick of the problem!


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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/23/sy-liebergot-apollo-13-eecom-flight-controller-2-32/feed/ 5 Sy Liebergot was the EECOM on duty when Apollo 13 called out 'Houston, We've Had a Problem". From that moment forward all eyes were on Sy to figure out what had happened to the crippled CSM. EECOM stands for Electrical, Sy Liebergot was the EECOM on duty when Apollo 13 called out 'Houston, We've Had a Problem". From that moment forward all eyes were on Sy to figure out what had happened to the crippled CSM. EECOM stands for Electrical, Environmental and Consumables Manager which means Sy was right in the thick of the problem! This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/232Post.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('item','epic'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no SpaceX's Falcon 9 and SLC-40 – 09.10.19 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/19/spacexs-falcon-9-and-slc-40-09-10-19/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/19/spacexs-falcon-9-and-slc-40-09-10-19/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:29:48 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2366 Space Exploration Technologies or ‘SpaceX’ has already flown their single engine rocket, the Falcon 1, successfully twice. Now it’s time to move on to bigger and badder things: the rocket with 8 additional Merlin engines and aptly named Falcon 9. One of the biggest changes between the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, besides the engines, is the use of Florida’s Cape Canaveral as a launching location.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/19/spacexs-falcon-9-and-slc-40-09-10-19/feed/ 8 SpaceX, Space Exploration Technologies, SLC-40, LC-40, NASA, Rocket, Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Merlin, Dragon, Spacevidcast Space Exploration Technologies or 'SpaceX' has already flown their single engine rocket, the Falcon 1, successfully twice. Now it's time to move on to bigger and badder things: the rocket with 8 additional Merlin engines and aptly named Falcon 9. Space Exploration Technologies or 'SpaceX' has already flown their single engine rocket, the Falcon 1, successfully twice. Now it's time to move on to bigger and badder things: the rocket with 8 additional Merlin engines and aptly named Falcon 9. One of the biggest changes between the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, besides the engines, is the use of Florida's Cape Canaveral as a launching location. Spacevidcast no 2:06 Spacevidcast Live – Space News for the week of Oct 11, 2009 – 2.31 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/16/spacevidcast-live-space-news-for-the-week-of-oct-11-2009-2-31/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/16/spacevidcast-live-space-news-for-the-week-of-oct-11-2009-2-31/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:52:38 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2358 We cover space news for the week of October 11th to the 17th, 2009 in this live epicsode. We also talk a bit about cross contamination of planets.


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]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/16/spacevidcast-live-space-news-for-the-week-of-oct-11-2009-2-31/feed/ 10 We cover space news for the week of October 11th to the 17th, 2009 in this live epicsode. We also talk a bit about cross contamination of planets. This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player. We cover space news for the week of October 11th to the 17th, 2009 in this live epicsode. We also talk a bit about cross contamination of planets. This text will be replaced var so = new SWFObject('http://www.spacevidcast.com/mediaplayer/player.swf','mpl','640','360','9'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); so.addParam('wmode','opaque'); so.addVariable('file','http://spacevidcast.s3.amazonaws.com/Epic2010/231Post.mp4'); so.addVariable('image','http://184.106.153.88/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/epicpost.jpg'); so.addVariable('item','epic'); so.addVariable('controlbar','over'); so.write('mediaspace'); Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no NASA's 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge – 09.10.15 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/15/nasas-2009-regolith-excavation-challenge-09-10-15/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/15/nasas-2009-regolith-excavation-challenge-09-10-15/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:53:35 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2354 The jagged edges of what’s commonly referred to as lunar regolith, can create some serious issues when it comes to critical things for living on the moon, like keeping airlock seals tight or not ripping apart the lungs of astronauts. This stuff’s not all bad. If we can find a way to mine and collect the regolith we can utilize it to help build our future lunar colonies. We can possibly use it to provide shielding from meteorites, thermal extremes, radiation, both natural and man-made, and the blast effects of rockets landing and taking off. Oh, and the material contains He-3 which could, you know, solve the world’s energy crisis.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/15/nasas-2009-regolith-excavation-challenge-09-10-15/feed/ 4 NASA, Regolith, moon, lunar, moon dust, h3-3, Helium 3, Spacevidcast The jagged edges of what's commonly referred to as lunar regolith, can create some serious issues when it comes to critical things for living on the moon, like keeping airlock seals tight or not ripping apart the lungs of astronauts. The jagged edges of what's commonly referred to as lunar regolith, can create some serious issues when it comes to critical things for living on the moon, like keeping airlock seals tight or not ripping apart the lungs of astronauts. This stuff's not all bad. If we can find a way to mine and collect the regolith we can utilize it to help build our future lunar colonies. We can possibly use it to provide shielding from meteorites, thermal extremes, radiation, both natural and man-made, and the blast effects of rockets landing and taking off. Oh, and the material contains He-3 which could, you know, solve the world's energy crisis. Spacevidcast no 2:16 STS-129 Schedule could slip to 2010 – 09.10.14 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/14/sts-129-schedule-could-slip-to-2010-09-10-14/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/14/sts-129-schedule-could-slip-to-2010-09-10-14/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:15:13 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2348 We all know that NASA has had their issues with weather delaying some of the most recent STS missions, not to mention all kinds of other delays in the past as well… but this next potential delay is not due to any weather or technical issues…  but rather good old scheduling issues.  

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/14/sts-129-schedule-could-slip-to-2010-09-10-14/feed/ 4 NASA, STS-129, OV-104, Atlantis, Scheduling, Space Shuttle, Orbiter, Spacevidcast We all know that NASA has had their issues with weather delaying some of the most recent STS missions, not to mention all kinds of other delays in the past as well... but this next potential delay is not due to any weather or technical issues... We all know that NASA has had their issues with weather delaying some of the most recent STS missions, not to mention all kinds of other delays in the past as well... but this next potential delay is not due to any weather or technical issues...  but rather good old scheduling issues.   Spacevidcast no 2:16 ALICE Propellant – 09.10.12 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/12/alice-propellant-09-10-12/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/12/alice-propellant-09-10-12/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:40:08 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2342 Purdue, NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Pennsylvania State University are all working together on a new rocket propellant called ALICE. Not named for anyone’s girlfriend or mother, the name ALICE comes from what the propellant is made out of: frozen mixture of water and “nanoscale aluminum” powder.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/12/alice-propellant-09-10-12/feed/ 9 Alice, Aluminum, Al, 13, Rocket, Propellant, NASA, Purdue, Air Force, Penn State, Spacevidcast Purdue, NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Pennsylvania State University are all working together on a new rocket propellant called ALICE. Not named for anyone's girlfriend or mother, the name ALICE comes from what the propellant is... Purdue, NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Pennsylvania State University are all working together on a new rocket propellant called ALICE. Not named for anyone's girlfriend or mother, the name ALICE comes from what the propellant is made out of: frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder. Spacevidcast no 2:27 Winning with Rockets at the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge – 09.10.08 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/08/winning-with-rockets-at-the-2009-northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge-09-10-08/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/08/winning-with-rockets-at-the-2009-northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge-09-10-08/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:04:34 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2325 As if it wasn’t exciting enough, this year’s Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is getting more and more interesting each day! At the start of this competition season we had three teams competing… and now we have four: Armadillo Aerospace, Masten Space Systems, Unreasonable Rocket and the newcomer Bon Nova.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/08/winning-with-rockets-at-the-2009-northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge-09-10-08/feed/ 2 NGLLC, NGLLC09, Northrop Grumman, Lunar, Moon, NASA, X PRIZE, Spacevidcast As if it wasn't exciting enough, this year's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is getting more and more interesting each day! At the start of this competition season we had three teams competing... and now we have four: Armadillo Aerospace, As if it wasn't exciting enough, this year's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is getting more and more interesting each day! At the start of this competition season we had three teams competing... and now we have four: Armadillo Aerospace, Masten Space Systems, Unreasonable Rocket and the newcomer Bon Nova. Spacevidcast no 3:43 NASA's LRO and LCROSS Missions: Lunar Impact – 09.10.07 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/07/nasas-lro-and-lcross-missions-lunar-impact-09-10-07/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/07/nasas-lro-and-lcross-missions-lunar-impact-09-10-07/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:18:26 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2319 NASA, along with just about everyone else down here on Earth, is looking to see if there is water on the Moon. And not just random bits of ice on the surface, but really big quantities of water that we can use, should humans ever have a Lunar colony.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/07/nasas-lro-and-lcross-missions-lunar-impact-09-10-07/feed/ 9 NASA, LRO, LCROSS, Moon, Luna, Impact, H2O, Water, Colony, HSF, Spacevidcast NASA, along with just about everyone else down here on Earth, is looking to see if there is water on the Moon. And not just random bits of ice on the surface, but really big quantities of water that we can use, should humans ever have a Lunar colony. NASA, along with just about everyone else down here on Earth, is looking to see if there is water on the Moon. And not just random bits of ice on the surface, but really big quantities of water that we can use, should humans ever have a Lunar colony. Spacevidcast no 1:43 This week is the 10th annual World Space Week – 09.10.06 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/06/this-week-is-the-10th-annual-world-space-week-09-10-06/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/06/this-week-is-the-10th-annual-world-space-week-09-10-06/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:19:52 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2313 Did you know that October is the month where we celebrate World Blindness Awareness, Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness? October also means World Space Week.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/06/this-week-is-the-10th-annual-world-space-week-09-10-06/feed/ 2 October, Space, Hawaii, White House, Astronomy, Moon, SentForever.com, Guy Laliberté, LCROSS, Spacevidcast Did you know that October is the month where we celebrate World Blindness Awareness, Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness? October also means World Space Week. Did you know that October is the month where we celebrate World Blindness Awareness, Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness? October also means World Space Week. Spacevidcast no 2:11 Russia to restart space tourism to the ISS in 2012 – 10.09.05 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/05/russia-to-restart-space-tourism-to-the-iss-in-2012-10-09-05/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/05/russia-to-restart-space-tourism-to-the-iss-in-2012-10-09-05/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:52:22 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2307 It seems that we will be seeing a larger number and more frequent space tourists even sooner than most of us had previously thought. According to a Russian official who is connected to the Space Adventures Company, space tourists by the fist full should be going up in Soyuz spacecraft as soon as early 2012.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/10/05/russia-to-restart-space-tourism-to-the-iss-in-2012-10-09-05/feed/ 5 russia, soyuz, space, tourist, space adventures It seems that we will be seeing a larger number and more frequent space tourists even sooner than most of us had previously thought. According to a Russian official who is connected to the Space Adventures Company, It seems that we will be seeing a larger number and more frequent space tourists even sooner than most of us had previously thought. According to a Russian official who is connected to the Space Adventures Company, space tourists by the fist full should be going up in Soyuz spacecraft as soon as early 2012. Spacevidcast no 2:01 Spaceport America's runway is starting to take shape – 09.09.22 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/22/spaceport-americas-runway-is-starting-to-take-shape-09-09-22/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/22/spaceport-americas-runway-is-starting-to-take-shape-09-09-22/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:03:32 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2295 The 10,000 foot long, 200 foot wide runway for Spaceport America is beginning to take shape. Spaceport America will be the home to Virgin Galactic here in the USA and will allow for the next generation of private space travel companies to take off and land in just about any configuration.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/22/spaceport-americas-runway-is-starting-to-take-shape-09-09-22/feed/ 3 Spaceport, America, Space, Virgin Galactic, Runway, Spacevidcast The 10,000 foot long, 200 foot wide runway for Spaceport America is beginning to take shape. Spaceport America will be the home to Virgin Galactic here in the USA and will allow for the next generation of private space travel companies to take off and... The 10,000 foot long, 200 foot wide runway for Spaceport America is beginning to take shape. Spaceport America will be the home to Virgin Galactic here in the USA and will allow for the next generation of private space travel companies to take off and land in just about any configuration. Spacevidcast no 1:30 Buzz Lightyear has returned from the International Space Station http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/21/buzz-lightyear-has-returned-from-the-international-space-station/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/21/buzz-lightyear-has-returned-from-the-international-space-station/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:30:42 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2290 Disney’s Buzz Lightyear has returned from the International Space Station after a 15 month stay. Buzz’s mission doesn’t end there! Disney has been imagineering new and innovative ways to get kids excited about space, and Buzz will play a fundamental role in that vision.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/21/buzz-lightyear-has-returned-from-the-international-space-station/feed/ 5 NASA, Disney, Buzz Lightyear, ISS, STS-124, STS-128, Discovery, Space Shuttle, Spacevidcast Disney's Buzz Lightyear has returned from the International Space Station after a 15 month stay. Buzz's mission doesn't end there! Disney has been imagineering new and innovative ways to get kids excited about space, Disney's Buzz Lightyear has returned from the International Space Station after a 15 month stay. Buzz's mission doesn't end there! Disney has been imagineering new and innovative ways to get kids excited about space, and Buzz will play a fundamental role in that vision. Spacevidcast no 1:18 Masten Space 2009 NGLLC – 09.09.17 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/17/masten-space-2009-ngllc-09-09-17/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/17/masten-space-2009-ngllc-09-09-17/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:54:36 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2280 Masten Space is shaking things up a bit at the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. While they have not won anything yet their rocket nicknamed Xombie has performed extremely well. Masten may give Armadillo a run for their money. Literally!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/17/masten-space-2009-ngllc-09-09-17/feed/ 1 Masten, armadillo, NGLLC, Northrop Grumman, Lunar Lander, Challenge, NASA, X PRIZE, Spacevidcast Masten Space is shaking things up a bit at the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. While they have not won anything yet their rocket nicknamed Xombie has performed extremely well. Masten may give Armadillo a run for their money. Literally! Masten Space is shaking things up a bit at the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. While they have not won anything yet their rocket nicknamed Xombie has performed extremely well. Masten may give Armadillo a run for their money. Literally! Spacevidcast no 3:20 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft – 09.09.16 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/16/shuttle-carrier-aircraft-09-09-16/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/16/shuttle-carrier-aircraft-09-09-16/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:02:50 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2272 How does NASA get the space shuttle from California to Florida after it has landed at one of the alternate landing sites? They use the SCA of course!

A quick correction to the video. While there are seats in the SCA, they don’t look anything like what you saw in that picture. That picture is related to the SCA but is on a different aircraft, Pathfinder, which flies in front of the SCA to check weather, airspace, etc.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/16/shuttle-carrier-aircraft-09-09-16/feed/ 5 SCA, Space Shuttle, NASA, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Boeing, 747, Spacevidcast How does NASA get the space shuttle from California to Florida after it has landed at one of the alternate landing sites? They use the SCA of course! A quick correction to the video. While there are seats in the SCA, How does NASA get the space shuttle from California to Florida after it has landed at one of the alternate landing sites? They use the SCA of course! A quick correction to the video. While there are seats in the SCA, they don't look anything like what you saw in that picture. That picture is related to the SCA but is on a different aircraft, Pathfinder, which flies in front of the SCA to check weather, airspace, etc. Spacevidcast no 2:20 2009 NGLLC, Armadillo and Scorpius – 09.09.14 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/14/2009-ngllc-armadillo-and-scorpius-09-09-14/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/14/2009-ngllc-armadillo-and-scorpius-09-09-14/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:42:31 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2246 The 2009 NGLLC is well underway and we already have a winner for the Level 2 prize, although we’re not quite sure who that will be yet.

In this daily we show the possible winner, Scorpius from Armadillo Aerospace and explain the contest itself.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/09/14/2009-ngllc-armadillo-and-scorpius-09-09-14/feed/ 8 NGLLC, X PRIZE, Armadillo, MOD, Spacevidcast The 2009 NGLLC is well underway and we already have a winner for the Level 2 prize, although we're not quite sure who that will be yet. In this daily we show the possible winner, Scorpius from Armadillo Aerospace and explain the contest itself. The 2009 NGLLC is well underway and we already have a winner for the Level 2 prize, although we're not quite sure who that will be yet. In this daily we show the possible winner, Scorpius from Armadillo Aerospace and explain the contest itself. Spacevidcast | X PRIZE Foundation no 8:49 Launch of STS-128 from T-9 minutes to MECO http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/29/launch-of-sts-128-from-t-9-minutes-to-meco/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/29/launch-of-sts-128-from-t-9-minutes-to-meco/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:22:19 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2239 This is the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-128. This is a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) where we’ll bring up an MPLM, or as many people are aware the C.O.L.B.E.R.T. module.

Key events:
00:10 – T-9 minutes and counting
01:41 – Orbiter access arm retraction
04:10 – APU start
05:24 – FInal test of flight control surfaces
05:38 – SSME gimble test
06:45 – Beanie cap retracted
08:08 T-1 minute and counting (good point to watch just the launch)
08:38 – GLS auto sequence start
08:57 – Sparklers
09:03 – SSME start
09:09 – SRB ignition & Liftoff
09:19 – Roll Program
09:47 – Max Q
10:11 – Throttle up
11:09 – SRB separation
17:35 – MECO
17:50 – External Tank separation

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/29/launch-of-sts-128-from-t-9-minutes-to-meco/feed/ 58 STS128, STS-128, Space Shuttle, Discovery, Launch, Spacevidcast This is the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-128. This is a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) where we'll bring up an MPLM, or as many people are aware the C.O.L.B.E.R.T. module. Key events: 00:10 - T-9 minutes and counting This is the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-128. This is a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) where we'll bring up an MPLM, or as many people are aware the C.O.L.B.E.R.T. module. Key events: 00:10 - T-9 minutes and counting 01:41 - Orbiter access arm retraction 04:10 - APU start 05:24 - FInal test of flight control surfaces 05:38 - SSME gimble test 06:45 - Beanie cap retracted 08:08 T-1 minute and counting (good point to watch just the launch) 08:38 - GLS auto sequence start 08:57 - Sparklers 09:03 - SSME start 09:09 - SRB ignition & Liftoff 09:19 - Roll Program 09:47 - Max Q 10:11 - Throttle up 11:09 - SRB separation 17:35 - MECO 17:50 - External Tank separation Spacevidcast no 18:39 Spacevidcast 2.28 – NASA clocks argument, STS-128 and space evangelism http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/28/spacevidcast-2-28-nasa-clocks-argument-sts-128-and-space-evangelism/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/28/spacevidcast-2-28-nasa-clocks-argument-sts-128-and-space-evangelism/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:30:12 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2225 Cariann and Benjamin get in to a bit of a debate about the need for NASA to have a T- and L- clock, we chat about the (hopefully) upcoming STS-128 launch and using that launch as a way to evangelize human space flight to others

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/28/spacevidcast-2-28-nasa-clocks-argument-sts-128-and-space-evangelism/feed/ 12 spacevidcast, nasa, clocks, t-, l-, sts-128, sts128 Cariann and Benjamin get in to a bit of a debate about the need for NASA to have a T- and L- clock, we chat about the (hopefully) upcoming STS-128 launch and using that launch as a way to evangelize human space flight to others Cariann and Benjamin get in to a bit of a debate about the need for NASA to have a T- and L- clock, we chat about the (hopefully) upcoming STS-128 launch and using that launch as a way to evangelize human space flight to others Spacevidcast no 34:48 The different NASA countdown clocks – 2009.08.27 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/27/the-different-nasa-countdown-clocks-2009-08-27/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/27/the-different-nasa-countdown-clocks-2009-08-27/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:16:25 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2217 We get a lot of questions in the live chat room asking “when is the shuttle going to launch” and confusion when people think it will launch in 20 minutes because that is what they see on the T- clock. This video attempts to explain the difference between the T- and L- clocks and let you know when the heck the shuttle is really going to launch!


]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/27/the-different-nasa-countdown-clocks-2009-08-27/feed/ 14 nasa, t-, l-, countdown, clocks, space shuttle, launch, spacevidcast We get a lot of questions in the live chat room asking "when is the shuttle going to launch" and confusion when people think it will launch in 20 minutes because that is what they see on the T- clock. This video attempts to explain the difference betwe... We get a lot of questions in the live chat room asking "when is the shuttle going to launch" and confusion when people think it will launch in 20 minutes because that is what they see on the T- clock. This video attempts to explain the difference between the T- and L- clocks and let you know when the heck the shuttle is really going to launch! Spacevidcast no 2:25 Space Shuttle External Tank – 26.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/26/space-shuttle-external-tank-26-08-09/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/26/space-shuttle-external-tank-26-08-09/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:51:21 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2209 The external tank is the big orange thing you see on the outside of the shuttle.  You know, the one the bat was napping on?  As the name inplies the tank holds the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/26/space-shuttle-external-tank-26-08-09/feed/ 25 STS128, STS119, STS-128, STS-119, External Tank, ET, NASA, Space Shuttle, Spacevidcast The external tank is the big orange thing you see on the outside of the shuttle.  You know, the one the bat was napping on?  As the name inplies the tank holds the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants. The external tank is the big orange thing you see on the outside of the shuttle.  You know, the one the bat was napping on?  As the name inplies the tank holds the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants. Spacevidcast no 1:44 Launch Attempt #1 for STS-128 – 25.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/25/launch-attempt-1-for-sts-128-25-08-09/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/25/launch-attempt-1-for-sts-128-25-08-09/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:31:37 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2200 Today was the first launch attempt for Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-128.  It scrubbed.  The next attempt is Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 05:05 UTC / GMT.

Here’s hoping the weather improves tomorrow! GO DISCOVERY!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/25/launch-attempt-1-for-sts-128-25-08-09/feed/ 20 STS-128, STS128, Discovery, Space Shuttle, Launch, Scrub, Spacevidcast Today was the first launch attempt for Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-128.  It scrubbed.  The next attempt is Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 05:05 UTC / GMT. Here's hoping the weather improves tomorrow! GO DISCOVERY! Today was the first launch attempt for Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-128.  It scrubbed.  The next attempt is Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 05:05 UTC / GMT. Here's hoping the weather improves tomorrow! GO DISCOVERY! Spacevidcast no 1:34 MissionClock iPhone App – 24.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/24/missionclock-iphone-app-25-08-09/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/24/missionclock-iphone-app-25-08-09/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:39:47 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2190 With the launch of STS-128 right around the corner we thought it would be cool to highlight one of our favorite space geek iPhone applications:  MissionClock.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/24/missionclock-iphone-app-25-08-09/feed/ 7 MissionClock, iPhone, iPod Touch, Apple, NASA, Launch, Countdown, Spacevidcast With the launch of STS-128 right around the corner we thought it would be cool to highlight one of our favorite space geek iPhone applications:  MissionClock. With the launch of STS-128 right around the corner we thought it would be cool to highlight one of our favorite space geek iPhone applications:  MissionClock. Spacevidcast no 2:17 Spacevidcast 2.27 with guest David R. Haslam http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/22/spacevidcast-2-27-with-guest-david-r-haslam/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/22/spacevidcast-2-27-with-guest-david-r-haslam/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:35:57 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2175 David Haslam is not only the author of “The Twitter Workbook” but is also an active member of The Mars Society. We have an incredible interview about all things human space flight.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/22/spacevidcast-2-27-with-guest-david-r-haslam/feed/ 11 Mars, NASA, HSF, The Twitter Workbook, Twitter, Spacevidcast David Haslam is not only the author of "The Twitter Workbook" but is also an active member of The Mars Society. We have an incredible interview about all things human space flight. David Haslam is not only the author of "The Twitter Workbook" but is also an active member of The Mars Society. We have an incredible interview about all things human space flight. Spacevidcast no 50:46 Space news from around the world – 20.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/20/space-news-from-around-the-world-20-08-09/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/20/space-news-from-around-the-world-20-08-09/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:31:08 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2157 South Korea’s window for their latest attempt on their first rocket launch closed as they scrubbed just 8 minutes before lift off.

Pakistan is also trying to get a satellite into space around April of 2011.

Germany is currently debating whether or not to try and secure expertise in the aerospace sector by launching an unmanned moon mission.

And earlier this week marked the 2,000th SOL for the Mars Spirit rover.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/20/space-news-from-around-the-world-20-08-09/feed/ 14 South Korea, Pakistan, Rocket, Launch, Satellite, Weather, Germany, Moon, Mars, Spirit, Rover, Spacevidcast South Korea's window for their latest attempt on their first rocket launch closed as they scrubbed just 8 minutes before lift off. Pakistan is also trying to get a satellite into space around April of 2011. South Korea's window for their latest attempt on their first rocket launch closed as they scrubbed just 8 minutes before lift off. Pakistan is also trying to get a satellite into space around April of 2011. Germany is currently debating whether or not to try and secure expertise in the aerospace sector by launching an unmanned moon mission. And earlier this week marked the 2,000th SOL for the Mars Spirit rover. Spacevidcast no 2:42 Shuttles and Hurricanes – 19.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/19/shuttles-and-hurricanes-19-08-09/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/19/shuttles-and-hurricanes-19-08-09/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:13:48 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2147 It usually takes a ton of planning and resources to roll the space shuttle out to the launch pad from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Then, once the shuttle makes it to the pad the work continues by adding the payload to the shuttle’s cargo bay.  Finally after weeks of prep time the Shuttle is ready for takeoff!

And then a hurricane strikes the Florida coast.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/19/shuttles-and-hurricanes-19-08-09/feed/ 12 Shuttle, Hurricane, NASA, VAB, Spacevidcast It usually takes a ton of planning and resources to roll the space shuttle out to the launch pad from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Then, once the shuttle makes it to the pad the work continues by adding the payload to the shuttle's cargo bay. It usually takes a ton of planning and resources to roll the space shuttle out to the launch pad from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Then, once the shuttle makes it to the pad the work continues by adding the payload to the shuttle's cargo bay.  Finally after weeks of prep time the Shuttle is ready for takeoff! And then a hurricane strikes the Florida coast. Spacevidcast no 1:57 Beer in space! – 18.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/18/beer-in-space/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/18/beer-in-space/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:38:16 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2135 Dr Andrew Walsh, an astrochemist of James Cook University, has made it his mission to bring science “down to earth”.  And as any man worth his salt knows, beer fixes everything.  After much “research” the Dr has identified 12 mandatory components in the most basic of beer recipes and has already found 7 of them in space!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/18/beer-in-space/feed/ 21 Beer, Space, Spacevidcast Dr Andrew Walsh, an astrochemist of James Cook University, has made it his mission to bring science "down to earth".  And as any man worth his salt knows, beer fixes everything.  After much "research" the Dr has identified 12 mandatory components in th... Dr Andrew Walsh, an astrochemist of James Cook University, has made it his mission to bring science "down to earth".  And as any man worth his salt knows, beer fixes everything.  After much "research" the Dr has identified 12 mandatory components in the most basic of beer recipes and has already found 7 of them in space! Spacevidcast no 1:46 Space Fooooooooood! – 17.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/17/space-fooooooooood/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/17/space-fooooooooood/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:42:10 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2124 When you spend a ton of time away from home one of the things you may start to crave is “comfort food”. Well, when you are 55 million miles away from home, comfort food does not come easy.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/17/space-fooooooooood/feed/ 26 NASA, Mars, Food, Astronauts When you spend a ton of time away from home one of the things you may start to crave is "comfort food". Well, when you are 55 million miles away from home, comfort food does not come easy. When you spend a ton of time away from home one of the things you may start to crave is "comfort food". Well, when you are 55 million miles away from home, comfort food does not come easy. Spacevidcast no 1:57 Space for Sale – 13.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/13/space-for-sale/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/13/space-for-sale/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:46:37 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2107 On the back of the Perseids meteor shower, one of the worlds largest private meteor collections is going up for auction.  There are about 170 items in total, with an estimated overall value of $1.6 million dollars.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/13/space-for-sale/feed/ 7 Meteorite, Auction, Asteroid, Moon, Mars, Perseids, Robert Elliott, Hambleton, Vesta, Lake Murray, Spacevidcast On the back of the Perseids meteor shower, one of the worlds largest private meteor collections is going up for auction.  There are about 170 items in total, with an estimated overall value of $1.6 million dollars. On the back of the Perseids meteor shower, one of the worlds largest private meteor collections is going up for auction.  There are about 170 items in total, with an estimated overall value of $1.6 million dollars. Spacevidcast no 1:30 Lunar Bling, Bling – 12.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/12/lunar-bling-bling/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/12/lunar-bling-bling/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:31:59 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2085 Need a little spring in your step?  Well NASA and the Goodyear tire and rubber company have teamed up to bring you the very latest in lunar rover necessities.  Spring Tires.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/12/lunar-bling-bling/feed/ 18 Lunar, Rover, Moon, NASA, Goodyear, tires, Spacevidcast Need a little spring in your step?  Well NASA and the Goodyear tire and rubber company have teamed up to bring you the very latest in lunar rover necessities.  Spring Tires. Need a little spring in your step?  Well NASA and the Goodyear tire and rubber company have teamed up to bring you the very latest in lunar rover necessities.  Spring Tires. Spacevidcast no 1:16 Methane on Mars – 11.08.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/11/methane-on-mars-11-08-09/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/11/methane-on-mars-11-08-09/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:59:45 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2076 Our dailies are back! Still working out some kinks, but here is the first video: Methane on Mars. Some interesting stuff happening there.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/08/11/methane-on-mars-11-08-09/feed/ 16 ESA, Methane, Mars, Space, Life, Volcano Our dailies are back! Still working out some kinks, but here is the first video: Methane on Mars. Some interesting stuff happening there. Our dailies are back! Still working out some kinks, but here is the first video: Methane on Mars. Some interesting stuff happening there. Spacevidcast no 1:00 Why can't we destroy an asteroid headed for Earth? http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/07/28/why-cant-we-destroy-an-asteroid-headed-for-earth/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/07/28/why-cant-we-destroy-an-asteroid-headed-for-earth/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:40:11 +0000 Jeff Noe http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2012 In the movies we see asteroids destroyed all the time by drilling and nuking them or somehow splitting them apart right in the nick of time. This is not something can can really be done and in this Podcast we explain why.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/07/28/why-cant-we-destroy-an-asteroid-headed-for-earth/feed/ 7 Earth, Asteroid, ELE, Impact In the movies we see asteroids destroyed all the time by drilling and nuking them or somehow splitting them apart right in the nick of time. This is not something can can really be done and in this Podcast we explain why. In the movies we see asteroids destroyed all the time by drilling and nuking them or somehow splitting them apart right in the nick of time. This is not something can can really be done and in this Podcast we explain why. Jeff Noe no 2:54 Spacevidcast 2.20 – Guinness in space, JAXA Space Power, Ulysses is dead! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/07/03/spacevidcast-2-20-guiness-in-space-jaxa-space-power-ulysses-is-dead/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/07/03/spacevidcast-2-20-guiness-in-space-jaxa-space-power-ulysses-is-dead/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:51:09 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1738 In the news we have…

Stuck knob on Atlantis

JAXA aims for SBSP

Ulysses is Dead

The most powerful band in the world calls up the ISS

LRO\'s 1st images from the Moon

NKOTB

STS-127 Cleared for Launch

Guinness wants you in space

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/07/03/spacevidcast-2-20-guiness-in-space-jaxa-space-power-ulysses-is-dead/feed/ 24 Guinness, JAXA, SBSP, SSP, Ulysses, U2 In the news we have... Stuck knob on Atlantis JAXA aims for SBSP Ulysses is Dead The most powerful band in the world calls up the ISS LRO\'s 1st images from the Moon NKOTB STS-127 Cleared for Launch Guinness wants you in space In the news we have... Stuck knob on Atlantis JAXA aims for SBSP Ulysses is Dead The most powerful band in the world calls up the ISS LRO\'s 1st images from the Moon NKOTB STS-127 Cleared for Launch Guinness wants you in space Spacevidcast no 37:33 SeaLaunch Chapter 11, Obama and Kennedy, GUCP again and Ares vs Side Shuttle vs Direct – 2.19 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/26/sealaunch-chapter-11-obama-and-kennedy-gucp-again-and-ares-vs-side-shuttle-vs-direct-2-19/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/26/sealaunch-chapter-11-obama-and-kennedy-gucp-again-and-ares-vs-side-shuttle-vs-direct-2-19/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:10:04 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1698 In the news SeaLaunch files for Chapter 11, Obama is being compared to Kenney and GUCP leak checks on Endeavour.

Main topic is Ares vs the side mounted shuttle (plan B) vs DIRECT.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/26/sealaunch-chapter-11-obama-and-kennedy-gucp-again-and-ares-vs-side-shuttle-vs-direct-2-19/feed/ 30 SeaLaunch, Obama, GUCP, Endeavour, Ares, Side mount shuttle, Shuttle, DIRECT, Jupiter DIRECT In the news SeaLaunch files for Chapter 11, Obama is being compared to Kenney and GUCP leak checks on Endeavour. Main topic is Ares vs the side mounted shuttle (plan B) vs DIRECT. In the news SeaLaunch files for Chapter 11, Obama is being compared to Kenney and GUCP leak checks on Endeavour. Main topic is Ares vs the side mounted shuttle (plan B) vs DIRECT. Spacevidcast no 41:42 Mars Hoax, MLAS, Zero G wedding, LRO/LCROSS and Spaceport America – 2.18 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/20/mars-hoax-mlas-zero-g-wedding-lrolcross-and-spaceport-america-2-18/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/20/mars-hoax-mlas-zero-g-wedding-lrolcross-and-spaceport-america-2-18/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:34:28 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1681 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!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/20/mars-hoax-mlas-zero-g-wedding-lrolcross-and-spaceport-america-2-18/feed/ 13 Mars, Hoax, MLAS, Orion, Ares, Constellation, LRO, LCROSS, Atlas V, Spaceport, Spaceport America, Spacevidcast 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! 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! Spacevidcast no 34:07 News, news and more news – 2.17 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/14/news-news-and-more-news-2-17/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/14/news-news-and-more-news-2-17/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:02:43 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1629 In the news we have Fire, ESA’s creativity, 12 minute EVA, S. Korea Space Center, JAXA Impact, Stairway to Heaven and STS-127! Woah!

Some linkage:
Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences
SpaceFlight Now’s live STS-127 coverage
NASA’s Live UStream page
Spacevidcast’t STS-127 Twitter Page
Commander Mark Polansky’s Twitter Page

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/14/news-news-and-more-news-2-17/feed/ 9 ESA, NASA, JAXA, Space, Spacevidcast In the news we have Fire, ESA's creativity, 12 minute EVA, S. Korea Space Center, JAXA Impact, Stairway to Heaven and STS-127! Woah! Some linkage: Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences In the news we have Fire, ESA's creativity, 12 minute EVA, S. Korea Space Center, JAXA Impact, Stairway to Heaven and STS-127! Woah! Some linkage: Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences SpaceFlight Now's live STS-127 coverage NASA's Live UStream page Spacevidcast't STS-127 Twitter Page Commander Mark Polansky's Twitter Page Spacevidcast no 42:00 Spacevidcast – STS-125 Music Video, ISDC and AEXA – 2.16 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/07/spacevidcast-sts-125-music-video-isdc-and-aexa-216/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/07/spacevidcast-sts-125-music-video-isdc-and-aexa-216/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:05:53 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1605 We have a planet as big as the star it rotates around, Canada is sending a clown to space, STS-127 is close to launching and a live interview with Fernando De La Pena of Mexico’s newly (almost) formed space agency, AEXA.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/06/07/spacevidcast-sts-125-music-video-isdc-and-aexa-216/feed/ 7 Spacevidcast, NASA, STS-125, STS-127 STS125, STS127, AEXA, ISDC We have a planet as big as the star it rotates around, Canada is sending a clown to space, STS-127 is close to launching and a live interview with Fernando De La Pena of Mexico's newly (almost) formed space agency, AEXA. We have a planet as big as the star it rotates around, Canada is sending a clown to space, STS-127 is close to launching and a live interview with Fernando De La Pena of Mexico's newly (almost) formed space agency, AEXA. Spacevidcast no 45:57 Constellation cutbacks and STS-125 is ready to roll… again! 2.14 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/05/02/constellation-cutbacks-and-sts-125-is-ready-to-roll-again-214/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/05/02/constellation-cutbacks-and-sts-125-is-ready-to-roll-again-214/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 03:45:02 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1512 NASA’s Constellation Program needs to cut back on the Lunar base and the Orion Crew Capsule. Me miserably fail at updating you on a ESA Vega rocket test (with a bit of humor). STS-125 looks to be ready to launch, so we have an EPIC video from NASA highlighting their mission.

 

Moon Base

ORION

VEGA

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/05/02/constellation-cutbacks-and-sts-125-is-ready-to-roll-again-214/feed/ 3 NASA, Constellation, Delay, Shuttle, Spacevidcast NASA's Constellation Program needs to cut back on the Lunar base and the Orion Crew Capsule. Me miserably fail at updating you on a ESA Vega rocket test (with a bit of humor). STS-125 looks to be ready to launch, NASA's Constellation Program needs to cut back on the Lunar base and the Orion Crew Capsule. Me miserably fail at updating you on a ESA Vega rocket test (with a bit of humor). STS-125 looks to be ready to launch, so we have an EPIC video from NASA highlighting their mission.   Moon Base ORION VEGA Spacevidcast no 39:37 What is the point of the International Space Station anymore? http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/30/what-is-the-point-of-the-international-space-station-anymore/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/30/what-is-the-point-of-the-international-space-station-anymore/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:01:01 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1501 We explore the ISS and why we’re keeping this $130 Billion dollar structure around. With an additional $10 billion required to keep the ISS alive to 2020 should we think of taking that money and funneling it in to the Constellation Program?

We’re trying to go to ISDC 2009 and we need your help to make that happen! Consider being a bronze, silver, gold, platinum or unobtanium sponsor of the show! A very special thanks to all those who have already helped by donating whatever amount they are able. From $5.00 to $500.00 every dollar helps!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/30/what-is-the-point-of-the-international-space-station-anymore/feed/ 11 ISS, International Space Station, NASA, Shuttle, Constellation, Spacevidcast We explore the ISS and why we're keeping this $130 Billion dollar structure around. With an additional $10 billion required to keep the ISS alive to 2020 should we think of taking that money and funneling it in to the Constellation Program? We explore the ISS and why we're keeping this $130 Billion dollar structure around. With an additional $10 billion required to keep the ISS alive to 2020 should we think of taking that money and funneling it in to the Constellation Program? We're trying to go to ISDC 2009 and we need your help to make that happen! Consider being a bronze, silver, gold, platinum or unobtanium sponsor of the show! A very special thanks to all those who have already helped by donating whatever amount they are able. From $5.00 to $500.00 every dollar helps! Spacevidcast no 42:51 Marketing Space 2.0 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/29/marketing-space-20/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/29/marketing-space-20/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:01:03 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1495 NASA needs some marketing love. We ask the question if moving back to rockets was a wise move. Will the American public look at Constellation as Apollo 2.0? Could a giant marketing misstep be the end of the Constellation Program and all the wondrous science it could bring to us?

Special thanks for StarbucksDiva and QuarkSpin for donating to help us reach ISDC 2009. A very special thanks to Wolf Spirit for being a silver donor and UncleBrian for being our first gold donor! You guys all rock!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/29/marketing-space-20/feed/ 3 Space 2.0, Marketing, NASA, Spacevidcast NASA needs some marketing love. We ask the question if moving back to rockets was a wise move. Will the American public look at Constellation as Apollo 2.0? Could a giant marketing misstep be the end of the Constellation Program and all the wondrous... NASA needs some marketing love. We ask the question if moving back to rockets was a wise move. Will the American public look at Constellation as Apollo 2.0? Could a giant marketing misstep be the end of the Constellation Program and all the wondrous science it could bring to us? Special thanks for StarbucksDiva and QuarkSpin for donating to help us reach ISDC 2009. A very special thanks to Wolf Spirit for being a silver donor and UncleBrian for being our first gold donor! You guys all rock! Spacevidcast no 31:01 Jupiter DIRECT http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/28/jupiter-direct/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/28/jupiter-direct/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:01:41 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1492 Jeph explains a bit more about Jupiter DIRECT and why he believes it is better than Ares and the Constellation Program. Special thanks to StarbucksDiva and QuarkSpin for their donations and to WolfSpirit for being a silver donor.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/28/jupiter-direct/feed/ 9 Spacevidcast, Jupiter DIRECT, Jupiter, Direct, NASA, Constellation Jeph explains a bit more about Jupiter DIRECT and why he believes it is better than Ares and the Constellation Program. Special thanks to StarbucksDiva and QuarkSpin for their donations and to WolfSpirit for being a silver donor. Jeph explains a bit more about Jupiter DIRECT and why he believes it is better than Ares and the Constellation Program. Special thanks to StarbucksDiva and QuarkSpin for their donations and to WolfSpirit for being a silver donor. Spacevidcast no 17:13 Update on the Constellation Program – Cut or Delay http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/27/update-on-the-constellation-program-cut-or-delay/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/27/update-on-the-constellation-program-cut-or-delay/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:13:50 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1471 Jeph joins us on our first TalkShoe enabled Podcast. We talk about NASA’s Constellation Program and the need to either cut back or suffer delays.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/27/update-on-the-constellation-program-cut-or-delay/feed/ 2 NASA, Constellation, Delay, Shuttle, Spacevidcast Jeph joins us on our first TalkShoe enabled Podcast. We talk about NASA's Constellation Program and the need to either cut back or suffer delays. Jeph joins us on our first TalkShoe enabled Podcast. We talk about NASA's Constellation Program and the need to either cut back or suffer delays. Spacevidcast no 20:59 Interview with Tim Bailey of ISDC 2009 – 2.12 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/18/interview-with-tim-bailey-of-isdc-2009-212/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/18/interview-with-tim-bailey-of-isdc-2009-212/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:45:20 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1456 We have a live interview with Tim Bailey conference chair for the International Space Development Conference 2009.

You can register for ISDC 2009 here.
Tim’s Twitter – @tim846

C.O.L.B.E.R.T.

SPSB from PG&E

ISS extended life?

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/18/interview-with-tim-bailey-of-isdc-2009-212/feed/ 7 Spacevidcast, Tim Bailey, ISDC 2009, ISDC, NASA, ISS, Colbert We have a live interview with Tim Bailey conference chair for the International Space Development Conference 2009. You can register for ISDC 2009 here. Tim's Twitter - @tim846 C.O.L.B.E.R.T. SPSB from PG&E ISS extended life? We have a live interview with Tim Bailey conference chair for the International Space Development Conference 2009. You can register for ISDC 2009 here. Tim's Twitter - @tim846 C.O.L.B.E.R.T. SPSB from PG&E ISS extended life? Spacevidcast no 41:51 Interview with the Space Renaissance Initiative – 2.11 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/10/interview-with-the-space-renaissance-initiative-211/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/10/interview-with-the-space-renaissance-initiative-211/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:04:09 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1446 We interview Annie from spacerenaissance.org talking about making space accessible to everyone. In Space News we have Kepler shedding its dust cover, The 50th anniversary of the Mercury 7 and Expedition 18 lands safely.

Mercury 7 Announcement

Keppler\’s cover comes off

Expedition 18 

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/10/interview-with-the-space-renaissance-initiative-211/feed/ 1 Space Renaissance Initiative, SRI, NASA, Expedition 18, Kepler, Mercury 7, Solar Power, Economy, Spacevidcast We interview Annie from spacerenaissance.org talking about making space accessible to everyone. In Space News we have Kepler shedding its dust cover, The 50th anniversary of the Mercury 7 and Expedition 18 lands safely. Mercury 7 Announcement We interview Annie from spacerenaissance.org talking about making space accessible to everyone. In Space News we have Kepler shedding its dust cover, The 50th anniversary of the Mercury 7 and Expedition 18 lands safely. Mercury 7 Announcement Keppler\'s cover comes off Expedition 18  Spacevidcast no 27:06 Mars 500 and Miranda http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/09/mars-500-and-miranda/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/09/mars-500-and-miranda/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:52:50 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1439 6 grown men get locked in a cage for 100 days, How to pronounce the ESA and updates to Spacevidcast.com

ESA link

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/09/mars-500-and-miranda/feed/ 1 ESA, Mars, Mars 500, Spacevidcast, Miranda 6 grown men get locked in a cage for 100 days, How to pronounce the ESA and updates to Spacevidcast.com ESA link 6 grown men get locked in a cage for 100 days, How to pronounce the ESA and updates to Spacevidcast.com ESA link Spacevidcast no 12:04 North Korea Launch Failure http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/06/north-korea-launch-failure/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/06/north-korea-launch-failure/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:15:28 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1432 North Korea launched what is supposedly a communications satellite. Was it a test for an ICBM, was it an actual launch failure and what really happened over there? We have a lot more questions than answers on this daily Podcast.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/06/north-korea-launch-failure/feed/ 5 Spacevidcast, Launch, North Korea, Satellite North Korea launched what is supposedly a communications satellite. Was it a test for an ICBM, was it an actual launch failure and what really happened over there? We have a lot more questions than answers on this daily Podcast. North Korea launched what is supposedly a communications satellite. Was it a test for an ICBM, was it an actual launch failure and what really happened over there? We have a lot more questions than answers on this daily Podcast. Spacevidcast no 10:20 Moon Pie Eating Contest http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/05/moonpie-eating-contest/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/05/moonpie-eating-contest/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:14:34 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1414 Cariann and I square off to see who can eat a Mini Moon Pie faster. The X PRIZE Foundation had their contest not that long ago and Mike came out ahead. After this contest it is up to NASA Edge to see who can devour a Moon Pie at lightning speeds, then we square off at ISDC ’09. Who will be the winner: The X PRIZE Foundation, Spacevidcast or NASA Edge? Oh the suspense!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/05/moonpie-eating-contest/feed/ 14 MoonPie, NASA Edge, Spacevidcast, X PRIZE Foundation, GLXP Cariann and I square off to see who can eat a Mini Moon Pie faster. The X PRIZE Foundation had their contest not that long ago and Mike came out ahead. After this contest it is up to NASA Edge to see who can devour a Moon Pie at lightning speeds, Cariann and I square off to see who can eat a Mini Moon Pie faster. The X PRIZE Foundation had their contest not that long ago and Mike came out ahead. After this contest it is up to NASA Edge to see who can devour a Moon Pie at lightning speeds, then we square off at ISDC '09. Who will be the winner: The X PRIZE Foundation, Spacevidcast or NASA Edge? Oh the suspense! Spacevidcast no 4:59 STS-119 music video and Space 2.0 updates. 2.10 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/04/sts-119-music-video-and-space-20-updated/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/04/sts-119-music-video-and-space-20-updated/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:26:30 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1406 We open with a great STS-119 music video from Max-Q highlighting the best parts of Space Shuttle Discovery’s recent mission to the International Space Station. Come back with a a couple awesome updates from SpaceX and Virgin Galactic.

Also make sure to check out SpaceRenaissance.org. While the web site needs a little (ok a lot) of love, the basics ideas and concepts are interesting. Worth a good read.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/04/sts-119-music-video-and-space-20-updated/feed/ 13 Spacevidcast, NASA, STS-119, Discovery, Space Shuttle, Landing, White Knight 2, WK2, SpaceX, Falcon 9, Falcon 1 We open with a great STS-119 music video from Max-Q highlighting the best parts of Space Shuttle Discovery's recent mission to the International Space Station. Come back with a a couple awesome updates from SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. We open with a great STS-119 music video from Max-Q highlighting the best parts of Space Shuttle Discovery's recent mission to the International Space Station. Come back with a a couple awesome updates from SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. Also make sure to check out SpaceRenaissance.org. While the web site needs a little (ok a lot) of love, the basics ideas and concepts are interesting. Worth a good read. Spacevidcast no 34:43 Space Shuttle Discovery lands tomorrow! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/28/space-shuttle-discovery-lands-tomorrow/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/28/space-shuttle-discovery-lands-tomorrow/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:38:47 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1392 Space Shuttle Discovery lands tomorrow (well today in UTC time) and we will be covering it live!  Going to warn you here, this epicsode is a bit random, so, yeah.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/28/space-shuttle-discovery-lands-tomorrow/feed/ 2 Spacevidcast, NASA, Discovery, STS-119, Mission Madness, Landing Space Shuttle Discovery lands tomorrow (well today in UTC time) and we will be covering it live!  Going to warn you here, this epicsode is a bit random, so, yeah. Space Shuttle Discovery lands tomorrow (well today in UTC time) and we will be covering it live!  Going to warn you here, this epicsode is a bit random, so, yeah. Spacevidcast no 15:16 The Orbiters all look different! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/26/the-orbiters-all-look-different/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/26/the-orbiters-all-look-different/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:50:56 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1383 Cariann seems to think that the Space Orbiters (Space Shuttle for you n00bs out there) all look the same.  ALAS, they do not and OV-104 AKA Atlantis is by far the best Orbiter ever built, ever.  We also chat about undocking and fly-around, the hatch is still a hatch and Glenn sends in a question asking when the last Shuttle mission will be.  Beware, this is an intense EPICsode at its core, be prepared!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/26/the-orbiters-all-look-different/feed/ 2 Spacevidcast, NASA, Discovery, STS-119, OV-104, Atlantis, ISS, Flyaround Cariann seems to think that the Space Orbiters (Space Shuttle for you n00bs out there) all look the same.  ALAS, they do not and OV-104 AKA Atlantis is by far the best Orbiter ever built, ever.  We also chat about undocking and fly-around, Cariann seems to think that the Space Orbiters (Space Shuttle for you n00bs out there) all look the same.  ALAS, they do not and OV-104 AKA Atlantis is by far the best Orbiter ever built, ever.  We also chat about undocking and fly-around, the hatch is still a hatch and Glenn sends in a question asking when the last Shuttle mission will be.  Beware, this is an intense EPICsode at its core, be prepared! Spacevidcast no 13:24 Good Comm Explained http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/25/good-comm-explained/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/25/good-comm-explained/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:12:53 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1377 Good Comm is explained, Spacevidcasters help push Orion to the front runner on Mission Madness (well, almost) and Colbert may have a AstroToilet named after him.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/25/good-comm-explained/feed/ 2 Spacevidcast, NASA, Discovery, STS-119, Colbert, Orion, Mission Madness Good Comm is explained, Spacevidcasters help push Orion to the front runner on Mission Madness (well, almost) and Colbert may have a AstroToilet named after him. Good Comm is explained, Spacevidcasters help push Orion to the front runner on Mission Madness (well, almost) and Colbert may have a AstroToilet named after him. Spacevidcast no 15:26 Colbert wins Node 3, More Urine, Mission Madness http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/24/colbert-wins-node-3-more-urine-mission-madness/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/24/colbert-wins-node-3-more-urine-mission-madness/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:33:42 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1370 I NEED YOUR HELP!  We must make sure Orion beats Apollo 13!  Go vote now!!!

Colbert wins the title for Node 3 being attached to the ISS, although not yet approved by NASA.  We chat about more urine and of course NASA’s Mission Madness.  ORION MUST WIN!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/24/colbert-wins-node-3-more-urine-mission-madness/feed/ 3 Spacevidcast, NASA, Discovery, STS-119, Urine, Mission Madness, Colbert I NEED YOUR HELP!  We must make sure Orion beats Apollo 13!  Go vote now!!! Colbert wins the title for Node 3 being attached to the ISS, although not yet approved by NASA.  We chat about more urine and of course NASA's Mission Madness.  ORION MUST WIN! I NEED YOUR HELP!  We must make sure Orion beats Apollo 13!  Go vote now!!! Colbert wins the title for Node 3 being attached to the ISS, although not yet approved by NASA.  We chat about more urine and of course NASA's Mission Madness.  ORION MUST WIN! Spacevidcast no 13:24 A quick update on STS-119 and Urine Processing http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/23/a-quick-update-on-sts-119-and-urine-processing/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/23/a-quick-update-on-sts-119-and-urine-processing/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:13:56 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1362 Yes, we are just like a bunch of little children and giggle at the urine processing.  I have no idea why it is so funny, but something about the “CAUTION URINE” sticker I think makes us laugh.  Oh yeah, and EVA-3 is on its way too.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/23/a-quick-update-on-sts-119-and-urine-processing/feed/ 5 Spacevidcast, NASA, Discovery, STS-119, Urine Yes, we are just like a bunch of little children and giggle at the urine processing.  I have no idea why it is so funny, but something about the "CAUTION URINE" sticker I think makes us laugh.  Oh yeah, and EVA-3 is on its way too. Yes, we are just like a bunch of little children and giggle at the urine processing.  I have no idea why it is so funny, but something about the "CAUTION URINE" sticker I think makes us laugh.  Oh yeah, and EVA-3 is on its way too. Spacevidcast no 8:58 STS-119 first EVA — Good Comm — So say we all! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/20/sts-119-first-eva-good-comm-so-say-we-all/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/20/sts-119-first-eva-good-comm-so-say-we-all/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:10:54 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1356 The first EVA is complete and the S6 truss segment is in place.  All we can say is… Good Comm!

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/20/sts-119-first-eva-good-comm-so-say-we-all/feed/ 2 NASA, STS-119, EVA, Space Shuttle, Discovery, Good Comm The first EVA is complete and the S6 truss segment is in place.  All we can say is... Good Comm! The first EVA is complete and the S6 truss segment is in place.  All we can say is... Good Comm! Spacevidcast no 13:36 BORING! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/19/boring/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/19/boring/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:14:25 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1346 The STS-119 crew preps for their EVA later today and we ponder the question:  why are so many people bored with space travel today?

Disco Dave’s Blog post – http://blogs.discovery.com/space_disco/2009/03/of-rockets-launches-bats-and-boredom.html

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/19/boring/feed/ 7 NASA, STS-119, EVA, Space Shuttle, Discovery, Boring The STS-119 crew preps for their EVA later today and we ponder the question:  why are so many people bored with space travel today? Disco Dave's Blog post - http://blogs.discovery.com/space_disco/2009/03/of-rockets-launches-bats-and-boredom.html The STS-119 crew preps for their EVA later today and we ponder the question:  why are so many people bored with space travel today? Disco Dave's Blog post - http://blogs.discovery.com/space_disco/2009/03/of-rockets-launches-bats-and-boredom.html Spacevidcast no 20:50 Attack of the undead Twitter bat! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/18/attack-of-the-undead-twitter-bat/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/18/attack-of-the-undead-twitter-bat/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:37:11 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1341 It is confirmed, Brian the Bat is an undead Vampire who is now twittering and is out for vengeance against NASA! Discovery did her RPM and docked with the International Space Station. The crew can drink their pee again.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/18/attack-of-the-undead-twitter-bat/feed/ 2 Spacevidcast, NASA, STS-119, Brian, Bat, RPM, ISS, Docking It is confirmed, Brian the Bat is an undead Vampire who is now twittering and is out for vengeance against NASA! Discovery did her RPM and docked with the International Space Station. The crew can drink their pee again. It is confirmed, Brian the Bat is an undead Vampire who is now twittering and is out for vengeance against NASA! Discovery did her RPM and docked with the International Space Station. The crew can drink their pee again. Spacevidcast no 14:38 Taking your Space Cast to FULL POWER for FULL SCIENCE! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/17/taking-your-space-cast-to-full-power-for-full-science/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/17/taking-your-space-cast-to-full-power-for-full-science/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:19:36 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1329 Space Shuttle Discovery has launched and we cover Brian the Fruit Bat, more debris heading towards the space station and the really, really smooth flight Discovery has had thus far.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/17/taking-your-space-cast-to-full-power-for-full-science/feed/ 3 Spacevidcast, NASA, STS-119, Discovery, Space Shuttle, Debris, Launch, Science, Bat Space Shuttle Discovery has launched and we cover Brian the Fruit Bat, more debris heading towards the space station and the really, really smooth flight Discovery has had thus far. Space Shuttle Discovery has launched and we cover Brian the Fruit Bat, more debris heading towards the space station and the really, really smooth flight Discovery has had thus far. Spacevidcast no 14:04 Everything ISS – 2.09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/13/everything-iss-209/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/13/everything-iss-209/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:55:17 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1310 In this epISSode of Spacevidcast we talk about the emergency evacuation of the International Space Station, the new live webcam feed from the ISS as well as shooting down debris that could hit the station via a watergun.

ISS 911

ISS webcam

Super Soaker 50,000,000

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/13/everything-iss-209/feed/ 12 Spacevidcast, ISS, NASA, Meteor, Soyuz, Emergency, Space Station, STS-119 In this epISSode of Spacevidcast we talk about the emergency evacuation of the International Space Station, the new live webcam feed from the ISS as well as shooting down debris that could hit the station via a watergun. ISS 911 ISS webcam In this epISSode of Spacevidcast we talk about the emergency evacuation of the International Space Station, the new live webcam feed from the ISS as well as shooting down debris that could hit the station via a watergun. ISS 911 ISS webcam Super Soaker 50,000,000 Spacevidcast no 37:45 STS-119 launche….. HOLD HOLD HOLD! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/12/sts-119-launche-hold-hold-hold/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/12/sts-119-launche-hold-hold-hold/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:12:00 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1305 My gut was wrong! STS-119 not only didn’t launch today but probably won’t launch this week. Tune in for all the latest deets on what happened and where we go from here.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/12/sts-119-launche-hold-hold-hold/feed/ 3 STS-119, Spacevidcast, NASA, Space Shuttle, Discovery, Hold My gut was wrong! STS-119 not only didn't launch today but probably won't launch this week. Tune in for all the latest deets on what happened and where we go from here. My gut was wrong! STS-119 not only didn't launch today but probably won't launch this week. Tune in for all the latest deets on what happened and where we go from here. Spacevidcast no 18:18 STS-119 is ready to launch — We think http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/11/sts-119-is-ready-to-launch-we-think/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/11/sts-119-is-ready-to-launch-we-think/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:01:49 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1262 It is almost that time! Space Shuttle Discovery is geared up and ready to launch for the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/11/sts-119-is-ready-to-launch-we-think/feed/ 3 STS-119, Discovery, Space Shuttle, NASA, Spacevidcast It is almost that time! Space Shuttle Discovery is geared up and ready to launch for the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. It is almost that time! Space Shuttle Discovery is geared up and ready to launch for the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. Spacevidcast no 12:36 Naming Node 3 of the ISS, Colbert style! http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/10/naming-node-3-of-the-iss-colbert-style/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/10/naming-node-3-of-the-iss-colbert-style/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:02:52 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1256 NASA seems to be on a bit of a ‘name or stuff’ kick and the latest item that they are giving people a voice in is Node 3 of the International Space Station.  I hope Stephen Colbert doesn’t get wind of… OH NOES!

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html
Suggest your own name

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/10/naming-node-3-of-the-iss-colbert-style/feed/ 6 Colbert, Node 3, ISS, NASA, Spacevidcast NASA seems to be on a bit of a 'name or stuff' kick and the latest item that they are giving people a voice in is Node 3 of the International Space Station.  I hope Stephen Colbert doesn't get wind of... OH NOES! http://www.nasa. NASA seems to be on a bit of a 'name or stuff' kick and the latest item that they are giving people a voice in is Node 3 of the International Space Station.  I hope Stephen Colbert doesn't get wind of... OH NOES! http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html Suggest your own name Spacevidcast no 12:15 A bit about Kepler http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/08/a-bit-about-kepler/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/08/a-bit-about-kepler/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:11:21 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1228 In our first daily podcast we talk about the successful launch of Kepler aboard a Delta II rocket.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/08/a-bit-about-kepler/feed/ 13 Spacedicast, Kepler, Podcast, NASA, Telescope, Hubble, James Webb, JWST, HST In our first daily podcast we talk about the successful launch of Kepler aboard a Delta II rocket. In our first daily podcast we talk about the successful launch of Kepler aboard a Delta II rocket. Spacevidcast no 17:12 Launch of Kepler via Delta II Rocket on 03/07/09 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/07/launch-of-kepler-via-delta-ii-rocket-on-030709/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/07/launch-of-kepler-via-delta-ii-rocket-on-030709/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:07:28 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1219 The Kepler telescope launched aboard a Delta II rocket on March 3rd, 2009 at 3:49am UTC.

The Kepler Mission will use a space photometer developed by NASA to search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. It will observe the brightness of over 100,000 stars over 3.5 years to detect periodic transits of a star by its planets (the transit method). The mission is named in honor of Johannes Kepler.

Kepler is a mission under NASA’s Discovery Program of low-cost, focused science missions. NASA’s Ames Research Center is the home organization of the science principal investigator and is responsible for the ground system development, mission operations and science data analysis. Kepler mission development is managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. is responsible for developing the Kepler flight system.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/07/launch-of-kepler-via-delta-ii-rocket-on-030709/feed/ 8 Kepler, Launch, Rocket, NASA, Earth, Planets The Kepler Mission will use a space photometer developed by NASA to search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. It will observe the brightness of over 100,000 stars over 3.5 years to detect periodic transits of a star by its planets (the transi... The Kepler Mission will use a space photometer developed by NASA to search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. It will observe the brightness of over 100,000 stars over 3.5 years to detect periodic transits of a star by its planets (the transit method). The mission is named in honor of Johannes Kepler. NASA TV / Spacevidcast no 15:10 What impact will the economy have on space? 2.08 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/07/what-impact-will-the-economy-have-on-space-208/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/07/what-impact-will-the-economy-have-on-space-208/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:31:25 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1210 The world economy is in crisis! When the economy turns south people start getting rid of a lot of the extras they had in life, and business do the same. Will spending on what may think is a frivolous venture dry up? What happens to the new Space 2.0 companies if that happens?

In the news we have:
Obama supports NASA going back to the moon
China to build a space station
Robots helping form the new lunar colony
The launch of Kepler

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/03/07/what-impact-will-the-economy-have-on-space-208/feed/ 10 Spacevidcast, NASA, Obama, Economy, China, Moon, Constellation, Ares, Orion, Robots The world economy is in crisis! When the economy turns south people start getting rid of a lot of the extras they had in life, and business do the same. Will spending on what may think is a frivolous venture dry up? What happens to the new Space 2. The world economy is in crisis! When the economy turns south people start getting rid of a lot of the extras they had in life, and business do the same. Will spending on what may think is a frivolous venture dry up? What happens to the new Space 2.0 companies if that happens? Spacevidcast no 45:33 The end of the Space Shuttle era – 2.07 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/02/28/the-end-of-the-space-shuttle-era-207/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/02/28/the-end-of-the-space-shuttle-era-207/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:18:04 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=1184 We are fast approaching the end of an era.  NASA’s space shuttle program will be retiring and in its place will be the Constellation program.  Or will it?

 

OCO-noes!

N. Korea\’s \”space\” program

STS-119 date?

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/02/28/the-end-of-the-space-shuttle-era-207/feed/ 26 NASA, OCO, Space Shuttle, STS-119, North Korea We are fast approaching the end of an era.  NASA's space shuttle program will be retiring and in its place will be the Constellation program.  Or will it?   OCO-noes! N. Korea\'s \"space\" program STS-119 date? We are fast approaching the end of an era.  NASA's space shuttle program will be retiring and in its place will be the Constellation program.  Or will it?   OCO-noes! N. Korea\'s \"space\" program STS-119 date? Spacevidcast no 38:17 Looking to the future of space travel. 2009, 2010 and beyond! – 1.34 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/20/looking-to-the-future-of-space-travel-2009-2010-and-beyond-34/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/20/looking-to-the-future-of-space-travel-2009-2010-and-beyond-34/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:28:51 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=604 In the news we have OpenNASA, ESA & NASA teaming up and the selling of the space shuttles?

As we close out 2008 with our last show of the year, we take time to look ahead and make some predictions! Ok, and to poke a little fun at all that has happened this year too. All this and more on this awesometacular epicsode!

Show Links:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026863.500-us-and-europe-join-forces-for-future-mars-missions.html
http://www.opennasa.com/2008/12/14/“we-value-your-feedback”/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/3816862/Nasa-offers-retiring-space-shuttles-to-schools-and-museums.html

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/20/looking-to-the-future-of-space-travel-2009-2010-and-beyond-34/feed/ 11 NASA, ESA, Shuttle, 2009, STS-119, STS-125, XPRIZE, XCOR, Virgin Galactic, Armidillo Aerospace In the news we have OpenNASA, ESA & NASA teaming up and the selling of the space shuttles? As we close out 2008 with our last show of the year, we take time to look ahead and make some predictions! Ok, and to poke a little fun at all that has happene... In the news we have OpenNASA, ESA & NASA teaming up and the selling of the space shuttles? As we close out 2008 with our last show of the year, we take time to look ahead and make some predictions! Ok, and to poke a little fun at all that has happened this year too. All this and more on this awesometacular epicsode! Show Links: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026863.500-us-and-europe-join-forces-for-future-mars-missions.html http://www.opennasa.com/2008/12/14/“we-value-your-feedback”/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/3816862/Nasa-offers-retiring-space-shuttles-to-schools-and-museums.html SpaceVidcast no 29:59 Teddybears in space? – 1.33 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/12/teddybears-in-space-episode-033/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/12/teddybears-in-space-episode-033/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:46:04 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=601 Bears in space, Hubble Holiday Cards, and paper shuttles! All that and more drama than Desperate Housewives on this adventuresode of SpaceVidcast. And remember, we love to hear your comments! Post them here and we’ll continue the discussion in the coming weeks ahead.

Show Links:
http://io9.com/5100697/hubble-celebrates-the-holidays-with-cosmic-cards
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/holiday/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1091896/Out-world-British-teddy-bears…
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/photos-of-jaxas-origami-space-shuttles/
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2008/12/nasa-has-become.html

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/12/teddybears-in-space-episode-033/feed/ 2 Dr. Mike Griffin,ESA,Hubble,ISS,JAXA,NASA,Obama Bears in space, Hubble Holiday Cards, and paper shuttles! All that and more drama than Desperate Housewives on this adventuresode of SpaceVidcast. And remember, we love to hear your comments! Post them here and we'll continue the discussion in the c... Bears in space, Hubble Holiday Cards, and paper shuttles! All that and more drama than Desperate Housewives on this adventuresode of SpaceVidcast. And remember, we love to hear your comments! Post them here and we'll continue the discussion in the coming weeks ahead. Spacevidcast - Space News and Launches no Space: in the palm of our hand, or just out of reach? – 1.32 http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/05/iss-mars-and-space-in-the-palm-of-our-hand-or-just-out-of-reach-episode-032/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/05/iss-mars-and-space-in-the-palm-of-our-hand-or-just-out-of-reach-episode-032/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:30:31 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=593 Good times! We catch up with everything that has happened on STS-126 and discuss why no one seems to care what happens in space… until something goes wrong. Also if you are in grades 1-12, you have a chance to name the next Mars rover and maybe get to sign it too! All that and more on this weeks episode of SpaceVidcast!

Show Links:
http://gizmodo.com/5079556/happy-birthday-saturn-v-still-the-biggest-rocket-of-all
http://marsrovername.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10108815-52.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/Story?id=6358924&page=1
ISS Lost Toolbag – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vXdRUIZ_EM

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/12/05/iss-mars-and-space-in-the-palm-of-our-hand-or-just-out-of-reach-episode-032/feed/ 11 Saturn V, Ares V, Apollo, Mars, Mars Rover, NASA, ISS, Urine, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, tool bag, STS-126 Good times! We catch up with everything that has happened on STS-126 and discuss why no one seems to care what happens in space... until something goes wrong. Also if you are in grades 1-12, you have a chance to name the next Mars rover and maybe get ... Good times! We catch up with everything that has happened on STS-126 and discuss why no one seems to care what happens in space... until something goes wrong. Also if you are in grades 1-12, you have a chance to name the next Mars rover and maybe get to sign it too! All that and more on this weeks episode of SpaceVidcast! SpaceVidcast no 31:28 Google Lunar X PRIZE team inverview – LunaTrex http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/11/12/google-lunar-x-prize-team-inverview-lunatrex/ http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/11/12/google-lunar-x-prize-team-inverview-lunatrex/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:18:45 +0000 Benjamin Higginbotham http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=537 Interview with the Google Lunar X PRIZE team, LunaTrex at the 2008 X PRIZE Foundation’s Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. We chat about the issues in going to the moon and what LunaTrex thinks it will take to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

]]> http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/11/12/google-lunar-x-prize-team-inverview-lunatrex/feed/ 1 GLXP, NGLLC, LunaTrex, SpaceVidcast, Rockets, Moon Interview with the Google Lunar X PRIZE team, LunaTrex at the 2008 X PRIZE Foundation's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. We chat about the issues in going to the moon and what LunaTrex thinks it will take to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Interview with the Google Lunar X PRIZE team, LunaTrex at the 2008 X PRIZE Foundation's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. We chat about the issues in going to the moon and what LunaTrex thinks it will take to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE. SpaceVidcast no 23:50