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The upcoming Asteroid Mining Industry – 6.02

We start this episode with Space News! NSS Kickstarter Campaign Dextre faux satellite repair Russia’s Lunar Plans Orion cracked In our main topic we take a look at the yet-to-be-realized space mining industry. Two companies are now looking to the stars for mining materials, Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources Finally we check out your [...]

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Can advertising dollars drive NewSpace? 6.01

Welcome to our first show of 2013! One of our goals is to double our active user base, and to help get us started the After Dark version of this episode is being made available for free here: Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel so you can get all the latest live and on-demand [...]

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A look back to 2012 and forward to 2013 – 5.20

In our last live show of 2012 we take a peek back at what what we predicted would happen and see how we did. Of course we can’t look backwards without looking forward, so we also take a mental journey in to 2013 and beyond. Have a comment? We love to hear from you, leave [...]

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The Golden Spike Company – 5.19

In Spacevidcast Live episode 5.19 we take a look at the announced ‘Golden Spike Company’, what it is and what it could mean for the private space sector. In Space News: Department of Defense is looking beyond ULA for its space launch needs Curiosity Rover Twin announced Atlas V cleared to launch X37B Spy Shuttle [...]

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Why is China stealing rocket information? 5.18

In this episode we ask why China appears to be stealing information from JAXA. With this revelation and their new space plane, what are their intensions with space flight? In Space News we look at the Sabre engine and how it may enable next generation space flight as well as Mach 5 air-flight. ESA and [...]

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Yes, Mars is important – 5.17

Felix Baumgartner made waves when he jumped from a very high altitude. He made even more waves when he explained why he felt that Mars exploration was a waste of tax dollars. We take a look at Mars and the cosmos and explain exactly why Felix isn’t seeing the whole picture. In our news we [...]

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It may not be the edge of space, but it sure is impressive! – 5.16

Red Bull claims that Felix Baumgartner jumped from the “edge of space”. We do our best to clarify where the edge of space really is. In Space News, Curiosity finds some shiny objects on Mars, a new planet is discovered in Earth’s back yard. ORBCOMM fails to deploy. And finally, a cool shot of meteor [...]

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The Space Shuttle’s Final Endeavour – 5.15

OV-105 or Space Shuttle Endeavour took one final mission, from the Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center. We take a quick peek at this amazing journey. In space news we have launch after launch after launch! A bunch of GPS satellites were delivered and of course SpaceX successfully sent the Dragon spaceship [...]

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In Space News we have the launch of an Atlas V carrying the Twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes. Falcon 9 performs a Wet Dress Rehearsal. ATK may no longer be making the Liberty rocket. Politics. Where do President Obama and Mitt Romney stand on space policy? Which will be better for space and where do [...]

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Who should be interested in the cosmos?

With a bunch of recent space news a lot of people have focused their attention on space and the cosmos. But is this extra attention good or bad for the industry? In addition to our main topic we also take a peek at the space news that has happened this last week as well as [...]

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