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Not Because it’s Easy – Spacevidcast Live 6.17

First off, you can grab George’s book, “Not because it’s easy” on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Not-Because-Easy-George-Schellenger/dp/1300785144/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1371133187&sr=8-2 The ARKYD Kickstarter can be found here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0 The wiki article for this episode can be found here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/6.17 In Space News we have China’s Shenzhou-10 launch and docking, ATV-4 docking, sending your own message to space, Planetary Resources and [...]

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Is Big Government our best chance to explore the cosmos?

The wiki article for this episode can be found here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/6.16 In this episode we answer a viewer comment: Will Big Government be our only hope to get off this rock? Historically, that seems likely, but how much as NewSpace change the equation? In Space News we look at the Planetary Resources Kickstarter, which you [...]

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Crowdfunding your next Space Program

Want to build some LEGO spacecraft? Check out http://rebrickable.com/designer/StephenPakbaz which is the story we missed. Planetary Resources introduced a $1,000,000 kickstarter project and raised over 1/2 the funds required in 2 days! Does this mean that crowd funded space programs will start cropping up more often? In Space News we look at recent launches, radiation [...]

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Does SciFi help SciFact?

In Space News we take a peek at the recent Vega and Delta IV launches, the SpaceX fairing test in slow-mo and an upcoming announcement from Planetary Resources. Main topic of the show looks at the role of Science Fiction on Science Fact. Does the loft ideas and sometimes bad science in SciFi help or [...]

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Is Mars One a scam, fantasy or brilliant idea?

Mars One is looking to send humans on a one way trip to Mars for a reality TV show. They are taking applications and your money today. How will they get there? Don’t know. How will they survive? Don’t know that either. Is this a scam, poorly thought out fantasy or our best hope to [...]

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The cool kids work in Mojave

In Season 6 Episode 12 of Spacevidcast Live we take a look at all the NewSpace companies located in Mojave and what they are up to! Doug Messier of ParabolicArc.com walks us through that exciting area. In Space News we have Orbital nominally launching their Antares rocket, SpaceX Grasshopper jumps 250m and lands smoothly and [...]

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3D Printing Rocket Engine Contest – 6.11

NOW AVAILABLE: The Spacevidcast inspiration poster series Darlene from DIYROCKETS joins us to talk about a contest to create a 3D printed rocket engine. Jefrey from the Yuri’s Night Executive Team is in-studio to chat about YN2013 and where the team would like to take the parties in the future. Obama wants NASA to capture [...]

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AIAA LA NewSpace Panel

At the AIAA meeting in Los Angeles we have a panel of experts speaking on NewSpace. This is the prepared presentation section. If you would like to see the entire meetings including Q&A check out our Epic edition of this video. Spacevidcast Epic is $10/mo or $100/yr and gets you exclusive access to extra content, [...]

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Eyes on the Solar System – 6.10

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Doug Eliison joins us in-studio to talk about the amazing ‘Eyes on the Solar System’ application. Fans of Eyes will also get a sneak peek in to the future revision with a new gaming engine! In Space News we chat about SpaceX’s plans for reusability in 2013, Antares rolls out to [...]

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XCOR’s new Piston Rocket Engine – 6.09

In this live episode of Spacevidcast we talk with Andrew Nelson from XCOR Aerospace. Topic ranges from their newly tested piston rocket engine to the reusable Lynx suborbital spacecraft. In space news this week, and Atlas V launch, Antares gets a launch date, Saturn V F-1 engines recovered from the ocean floor, Soyuz makes a [...]