No space news as the director and producer of "Orphans of Apollo", Michael Potter joins us for this latest epicsode! Buy the DVD here: www.tinyurl.com
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Last week JAXA had a huge success in safely landing its Hayabusa craft in Australia. But before we go in to that, lets back up and talk a bit about what Hayabusa is and how we got to this point.On May 9th, 2003 at 4:23 UTC the Japanese solid fueled rocket M-5 launched from the Uchinoura Space Center. Aboard was a little spacecraft designed to do something no other vehicle had done before. It would approach an asteroid, hover, take a sample and return the sample safely to Earth. Hayabusa would not land but rather touch the surface with its sample capturing device and then move away, so we're not to call it a lander.Four ion engines kept the petal to the metal for 2 years straight and in 2005 the craft rendezvoused with the asteroid Itokawa. That asteriod was actually not its initial target. Originally Hayabusa was supposed to land on the asteroid 4660 Nereus, but a faulty M-5 rocket forced a delay which pushed the asteroid out of our reach. But that's not where the trouble started or ended.Even prior to the launch there were some problems. The non-lander was to deploy a small rover designed by NASA and developed by JPL on to the surface of the asteroid, but was cancelled due to budget reasons. Minus 2 points US. Then in 2002 JAXA needed to re-check the O-rings of their rocket as it was found to be made of a different material than was specified, and thus the launch was pushed the launch back to 2003. Finally after it did take off the Hayabusa spacecraft got slammed with a <b>...</b>
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In the news: the final Space Shuttle mission has been pushed back to 2011, NASA is releasing a new game that looks pretty awesome and a Google Lunar X PRIZE team update.Joining us live in studio is MoonBot challenger Team Tater Tot. We talk about what the MoonBots challenge is, how they got involved and where they want to the the future of space flight to go.
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In tradition of not wanting a launch (or live show) to end in the number 13, this episode has been re-named to SVC-12M. Why that numbering system? Well, we explain it in the open of the show! A lot of amazing stuff is happening within America's Space Programs on the 50th anniversary of JFK's iconic moon landing speech we talk about people stuck in the past of Apollo and some of the advantages of moving forward with companies like SpaceX. After the break we have some awesome video from Endeavour's solid rocket booster cameras as well as a Soyuz station flyaround with the Space Shuttle stuff attached to the International Space Station For more details on each story covered in this episode, visit the wiki article: wiki.spacevidcast.com and remember that if you would like to get your hands on the Spacevidcast After Dark SVCAD-12M episode you can sign up for Spacevidcast epic to get your hands on that and other amazing content. www.spacevidcast.com
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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.
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On our 100th live show we have special guest Andrew Chaikin who is a very well known author for his books detailing the space program. ;Chaikin is best known as the author of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, widely regarded as the definitive account of the moon missions. First published in 1994, this acclaimed work was the main basis for Tom Hanks' 12-part HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, which won the Emmy for best miniseries in 1998. Chaikin spent eight years writing and researching A Man on the Moon, including over 150 hours of personal interviews with 23 of the 24 lunar astronauts (Apollo 13's Jack Swigert was already deceased). Apollo moonwalker Gene Cernan said of the book, "I've been there. Chaikin took me back." A new edition of the book, with a new afterword for the 50th anniversary of the space age, was published by Penguin in 2007. You can find Andrew online at
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STS-127 launches, Falcon 1 Flight 5 launches, the 40th anniversary of the Apollo XI launch, MARS500 wraps up its first round. Our main guest tonight is Jason Dunn of the Google Lunar X PRIZE team Omega Envoy. He talks about this student run attempt to put rovers on the moon and win 20 million in cold hard cash!
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Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) successfully tested ESA and NASA make MEJI for MARS STS-127: A Porch In Space Street view of the Moon? Guinness wants you in space
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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
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A traveling art exhibition featuring 73 works by some of America's leading artists has been organized by the Smithsonian Institution to honor NASA's 50th birthday. "NASA | ART" opened Oct. 25 at the Art League of Bonita Springs in Bonita Springs, Fla. The exhibition remained there until Jan. 19, 2009, then travel to 10 other museums through 2011. The show was put together by NASA and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, in cooperation with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Exhibition descriptions and tour schedules are available at: www.sites.si.edu
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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 - www.cgpublishing.com Apollo 12 NASA Mission Reports Vol 1 - www.apogeespacebooks.com Apollo 12 NASA Mission Reports Vol 2 - www.apogeespacebooks.com
Beautiful images, beautiful launches and awesome new features on your SpacePod for June 30th, 2010 Lets take a look at some stunning images, shall we? We start or journey with an amazing picture taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter or LRO. With the Wide Angle Camera pointed at Earth, the LRO team took this awesome view of our home planet. The top right of the picture at around 2:00 is the North Pole. You can also see Japan and Australia from here. I think I see a desktop wallpaper being generated out of this. Oh wait, we already did that. Head over to the Wallpapers, Ringtones and Downloads section of Spacevidcast to grab that one. Here is an amazing shot of an F-15 in the sky. What makes this space related? If you look at the bottom of the picture you can make out both Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Launch Pads, 39A and B. These images were taken by John Peltier and look just... WAIT... IS THAT A SHUTTLE LAUNCHING? Yes, if I'm not mistaken that's Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-132. If you look veeeery closely you can see the Spacevidcast media tent. OK, maybe not. These photos are just too good for desktop wallpapers, these are for framing. And if you want to get your own print copy you can do that at the URL on your screen. Prices start at around $8.00 US and I think this would make a great addition to your space gallery. We've all seen the Falcon 9 launch video before, but most sites, including our own only had low quality SD from the launch itself that buffered and <b>...</b>
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Elon Musk takes out the trash. Gwynne Shotwell says "awesome" a lot, indicating she's one of us now ;)
I had a great day today helping SVC with the installation of their 10' C-Band DIsh, I chose the BSC621 LNB to have the choice of C-Band and/or ku Band. The NASA channels at 72ºw were popping in with a strong 60% signal quality on my Trimax satellite meter. We used the USB DVB receiver (for now, they still have plans for a Set top HD box) and we were also getting a good 60% signal quality there. Again it took some time to configure the software and we gave out a LOUD shout when we finally got the Space Shuttle on the Pad in stunning HD quality. To say Ben was smiling would be the understatement of the year. I was so happy I left for home. A GREAT day in satellite and with friends! Peter S Bain www.psbsatellite.com
Join the Space Frontier Foundation in honoring the winners of the NewSpace Awards at the NewSpace 2010 Awards Gala. This star-studded event will feature steely-eyed rocket men, futuristic thinkers, and space enthusiasts from all over the world. The NewSpace Awards aim to recognize outstanding achievements toward advancing NewSpace and opening the space frontier. The awards are voted on by the Space Frontier Foundation Board and presented at the annual NewSpace Conference Gala. Miles O'Brien Spaceflightnow.com Art Dula Heinlein Prize Benjamin Higginbotham Spacevidcast Duncan Jones Director, Moon Dave Masten President and CEO, Masten Aerospace
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News: successful docking of the Jules Verne ATV with the ISS, XCOR trying to make LYNX a reality, the ISS crew swapping out next Thursday, STS-124 mission getting delayed, 8000 Space/NASA employees to lose jobs. Show: Virgin Galactic's Spaceship 2.
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It's been almost 42 years since the first Americans set foot on the moon, but each time the US sends an astronaut into space, it's no less breathtaking an event to witness. Via its web site, Spacevidcast makes available the wonder of each launch while providing a wealth of other space-related news and events to its audience. "We do things like cover space shuttle launches in high definition, something that even NASA doesn't do," explains Benjamin Higginbothom, Executive Producer and Owner of Spacevidcast. "So when you go to our web site, you can get an actual 1280 X 720p streaming version of a space shuttle launch, or anything we can get our hands on in high definition. We cover any rocket launches. We have live weekly shows. We've got space pods. We have a ton of media that we throw at you, and we give you a ton of resources and tools to say, 'Hey, this is really cool'. We build on online community and engage with people with Twitter, Facebook, IRC realtime chat and bring it all into the show live." This combination of live video and web hosting requires significant computing resources. During a shuttle launch, the viewership will be larger than CNN and MSNBC combined, and the entire audience will be accessing the feed through Spacevidcast's web site. Consequently, Spacevidcast needs a hosting solution that scales up for big events such as a shuttle launch but scales back down once those events conclude. When it outgrew its initial provider, Spacevidcast decided to take <b>...</b>
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.
On Sunday, May 18th, 2008 PSB Satellite came to our house to install two different satellite dishes. We recorded him putting up and configuring the cooler of the two, the motorized Traxis dish. PSB is a fantastic resource on all things satellite and you can get more information on how to purchase a setup like ours at www.psbsatellite.com. If you're just an enthusiest and want to learn more about free-to-air satellite check out the forums he helps run at http
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In this very casual epicsode of Spacevidcast we chat about the NASA lunar base getting scaled back, Orion getting scaled back and completely fail at explaining ESA's Vega. After the break we take a look at STS-125 with a quick preview video.
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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 - bit.ly India searches for Vyomanauts - bit.ly Spaceport America Tarmac - bit.ly Final STS Patch - bit.ly TiME (Titan Mare Explorer) - bit.ly
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Live Show 4.03 Special thanks to the Vlogbrothers Hank and John for their epically awesome efforts to promote the assets of JDubST!
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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.
See the launch itself at 9:00 in to the video. Space Shuttle Atlantis on a beautiful fall day. From T-9 to MECO
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Alas, we tried a new HD capture technique that miserably failed. This is the backup low res-copy. We'll see if we can't work out a better system next week.
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NASA intern Adam Kimberlin joins us live via Skype to chat about space power and propulsion work that NASA is doing. Can't do much in space if we can't power or move the craft!
In this January 23rd edition of Spacevidcast Live we chat about the new space race, if it matters and who cares?
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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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NASA intern Adam Kimberlin joins us live via Skype to chat about space power and propulsion work that NASA is doing. Can't do much in space if we can't power or move the craft!
