Astro Ben Podcast

Andy Aldrin is the President of the Aldrin Family Foundation, a charity dedicated to harnessing the inspiration of space to ignite a passion for STEAM education in students of all ages and backgrounds.

In this episode, Ben and Andy talk about the Aldrin Family Foundation, why they have teamed up with the University of Sunderland (in the UK), what it was like growing up with Buzz as a father and the future of Space tourism!

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OUTLINE:

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00:17 Spaced Ventures www.spacedventures.com

00:41 Andy Aldrin Introduction

01:23 New Years resolution/thoughts

03:15 Artemis 1 & Starship

05:25 Polaris Dawn & Space Tourism

06:20 Launch cost

10:38 Buzz Aldrin as a father

13:00 Aldrin Family Foundation (AFF)

15:09 Space Tourism and access to space

22:04 The night sky

22:36 AFF origin

27:47 Why Sunderland?

28:50 Differences between UK and US students

34:33 Wrap up and socials

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Jared Isaacman is an American entrepreneur, pilot, philanthropist, and commercial astronaut. He is the founder, CEO of Draken International and Shift4 Payments. As well as being commander of the iconic inspiration 4 mission last year, Jared will command the Polaris Dawn mission, the first private spaceflight in a series of missions named the Polaris Program which starts early next year.

In this episode, Ben and Jared discuss the upcoming Polaris missions, his entrepreneurial journey and his relationship with SpaceX.

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OUTLINE:

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0:16 Spaced Ventures

00:40 Jared Isaacman

01:22 The importance of reflection

02:52 Shift 4 Payments

05:22 Where did Jared's passion for space start?

07:42 Telling board about space dreams

10:18 Hand over business responsibility when in space?

12:08 Inspiration 4 success

15:08 When did SpaceX conversation start?

17:20 Polaris Dawn conception

18:35 Timing for Polaris Dawn

23:34 What to look for in a crew?

25:15 Upcoming Polaris missions

26:40 Moon & Mars

28:02 Family Life

29:44 Advice to budding space entrepreneurs

34:00 Wrap up and socials

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Website: https://polarisprogram.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rookisaacman & https://twitter.com/polarisprogram

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polarisprogram/

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Dr Brian Keating is a Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe's oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn about the origin and evolution of the universe. Keating is a writer and podcaster and the best-selling author of one of Amazon Editors' 'Best Non-fiction Books of All Time", Losing the Nobel Prize.

In this episode, Ben and Brian discuss "losing the Nobel prize", how young scientists need to be wary of confirmation bias, the importance of science communication and why we should all look up at the stars!

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OUTLINE:

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00:37 Introduction to Dr Brian Keating

01:40 Losing the Nobel Prize

09:40 What is the James Webb Space Telescope telling us?

13:55 Potential of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

17:50 "Into The Impossible" Podcast - subscribe on Apple

24:50 Eric Weinstein & The Portal - Geometric Unity

31:10 Current area's of research and what Brian would do with a "blank cheque"?

36:50 What Ben would/should do to promote the podcast!

39:00 Wrap Up and socials

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Website: https://briankeating.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrBrianKeating/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/losingthenobelprize/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating

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Julie McEnery is the Project Scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. In this role, she is the scientific lead of a NASA Astrophysics flagship mission that will study the expansion history of the Universe, the evolution of cosmic structure and perform a statistical census of planets around other stars. Her scientific research focuses on the study of extreme high energy transients and the development of the ground and space based observatories needed to pursue this. She is the senior scientist for high energy astrophysics at Goddard Space Flight Center, and co-director of the Joint Space Sciences Center between Goddard and the University of Maryland.

In this episode, Ben and Julie discuss the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, it's timeline and how it compares to the JWST 'Instead of seeing deep, seeing wide'.

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OUTLINE:

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00:16 Spaced Ventures 00:42 Introduction to Dr Julie Mc Enery 01:25 Working for NASA 03:15 How did Julie start her fascination with space? 04:30 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST) - what is it? 07:34 Importance of 'Nancy Grace' name 08:34 'Mother of Hubble' 09:06 Timeline for launch 10:33 'Day in the life' - current build stage (as of 2022) 12:33 Impact of JWST 13:50 'Instead of seeing deep, seeing wide' 15:07 Dark Energy and Dark Matter 19:53 Predictions about findings from NGRST/short puppy disturbance 🐶 22:19 NGRST searching for Exoplanets 28:30 Direct images of planets similar to our own! 29:08 Falcon Heavy launch/things to watch out for 31:40 Advice to young scientists and engineers Wrap up and socials 33:44 Wrap up and socials

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASARoman

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Jeremy Schiel is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Orbit Fab and a leading entrepreneur in the growing in-space economy. Spacecraft are no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab delivers the fuel and other materials that are required, where and when they are needed, to enable business models never before thought possible.

In this episode, Ben and Jeremy discuss getting to orbit in year 1, the challenges of "building an empire" and why we should hope for a Mc Donalds in space!

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OUTLINE:

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00:19 Spaced Ventures

00:40 Jeremy Schiel is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Orbit Fab

01:20 Where does the name "Orbit Fab" come from?

02:00 How Jeremy met his co-founder Daniel Faber and started Orbit Fab

02:52 Space conference

03:50 Gas Stations in Space!

04:39 Types of refuelling

05:50 Getting to Orbit

08:19 RAFTI (Rapid Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface)

12:08 Launch Provider

13:13 Minimising Spacejunk

15:20 Technical challenges of Orbit Fab

16:58 Fundraising

20:55 Partnership with Astroscale

22:10 Why Orbit Fab UK?

24:00 Orbit Fab 2023 - what to expect?

27:30 CONFERS

29:10 Opportunities for innovation

33:34 Advice to entrepreneur's

35:40 Long term aspirations for Orbit Fab

36:47

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Website: https://www.orbitfab.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrbitFab

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrbitFab/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbitfab/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orbitfab/

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Stephen Bassett is a political activist, Disclosure advocate and the executive director of Paradigm Research Group (PRG) founded in 1996 to end a government imposed embargo on the truth behind extraterrestrial related phenomena. He has spoken to audiences around the world about the implications of "Disclosure" - the formal confirmation by heads of state of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.

In this episode, Ben and Stephen discuss how Stephen's lobbying contributed to Hilary Clinton using the term "UAP" instead of "UFO" in the Presidential race 2016 and are we heading towards "Disclosure"?!

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OUTLINE:

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00:41 Introduction to Stephen Bassett

01:28 What does the US government know about extra terrestrials?

07:00 Who knows what?!

11:30 Why a truth embargo?

20:53 UFO's vs UAP's

27:32 Paradigm Research Group - how it has evolved

33:16 Pentagon Announcement

37:17 When will "Disclosure" happen?

43:18 Print Media Archive https://paradigmresearchgroup.org/media-archive/

46:34 Wrap up and socials

Follow Stephen Bassett

Website: www.paradigmresearchgroup.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBassett

Discussed pending bill in the U.S. Congress: sections 703, 704 and 705 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4503/text

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Dr. Doug Corrigan is a physicist, biochemist, and molecular biologist, and is the author of the book "The Author of Light." As a Graduate Fellow, he worked with NASA on microgravity experiments that flew aboard the Space Shuttle. Later in his career, Dr. Corrigan launched a biotech company that developed tools to help the pharmaceutical industry discover new antiviral drugs. He is an avid innovator, and has developed award-winning concepts for new medical devices, 3D printing technologies, cellular assays, nanotechnologies, sensors, and new materials.

In this episode Ben and Doug discuss the properties of light, the existence of God and poly molecular health.

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OUTLINE:

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00:22 This weeks sponsor Spaced Ventures

00:54 Dr Doug Corrigan

01:58 Fascination with the cosmos

03:57 The Author of Light: Did God reveal his identity in the physics of light (You can buy Doug's book here) https://www.amazon.com/Author-Light-Reveal-Identity-Physics/dp/B08KH97THM/

09:15 The Big Bang

12:56 Pushback from Academia about God in Science?

15:47 Bio tech company

18:02 Polymolecular Health

25:20 Experience with NASA

34:24 Twitter

36:14 Wrap up and socials

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Website: https://sciencewithdrdoug.com/

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Aurora is a research scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC/Caltech and also works as a scientist on the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Aurora is primarily an observational astronomer and her research interests include exoplanets atmospheres and brown dwarfs.

In this episode Ben and Aurora discuss nervous launch moments, the difference between a red and a brown dwarf and what it means to get "JWST time"!

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OUTLINE:

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00:19 Spaced Ventures - Invest in companies like Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc

01:22 Introduction to Aurora Kesseli

2:02 Artemis 1

04:00 NASA Exoplanet Archive

04:48 The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

08:24 NASA Exoplanet Archive secrecy?

09:49 What are Brown Dwarfs?

12:28 Day in the life of Aurora

14:12 Space telescopes!

15:45 Where to point JWST?

18:40 How does JWST work?

20:32 Earth 2.0

26:08 Outreach

28:58 Favourite Sci-Fi and predicting the future

33:34 Wrap up and socials

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Website: www.aurorakesseli.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_kess

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Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast, His wide research interests have focused on the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure of matter.

In this episode, Ben and Lawrence discuss the "known unknowns" of the universe, the Origin's Project and is there comfort in not knowing the answers to life's big questions?

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OUTLINE:

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00:00 Intro and Spaced Ventures

00:57 Lawrence Krauss

02:29 What we should be asking about the universe in 2022? "The Known Unknowns" preorder here

07:14 Cosmogony - "how the universe started" buy "A Universe from Nothing" here

10:22 A universe from nothing

12:30 Lawrence's background - did it shape his current views?

13:48 The Origin's Project

16:30 Big Questions

17:38 Kip Thorne

18:54 Private companies involvement with Space

23:10 Big Experiments with unlimited budget

25:28 UAP's

27:00 Likelihood's of "anything"

28:30 The Physics of Star Trek

30:08 Where did Lawrence's passion for space come from?

31:25 Wrap up and socials

Follow Lawrence Krauss

Website - https://www.lawrencemkrauss.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceMKrauss/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/LKrauss1

Substack - https://lawrencekrauss.substack.com/

Origins Project - https://originsproject.org/events/

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Bailey is an experienced system engineer with a history of working in mechanical engineering in the space industry. Bailey does a lot of STEM outreach and is also an accomplished "analogue astronaut" with plans to do more missions next year. Bailey is a Rubik's Cube ambassador and has solved a Rubik's cube with ZeroG!

In this episode, Ben and Bailey discuss trusting in yourself and your equipment, why we are all Jedi force wielders and why are Rubik's cubes so cool in space!

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OUTLINE:

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01:03 Spaced Ventures

01:26 Introducing Bailey 'ninjaneergirl'

02:30 How Bailey got into space?

04:04 Paragon

04:31 Axiom

05:30 Space suits for space tourists?

06:19 Making space suits suitable for all

07:34 Analogue Astronauts - hi seas https://www.hi-seas.org/

10:19 Main function of analogues

12:25 What makes hi seas so good

13:20 No phone in analogue!

14:25 Analogue at sea!

16:20 Scuba Diving Vs Spacewalks

18:25 Rubik's cube

20:31 Why is Rubik's so cool in space?

23:00 Inspiring the next generation

24:50 SpaceKind http://www.spacekind.org/

29:25 Jedi force wielders!

31:39 Overview Effect

33:35 Bailey's aspirations for the future

36:25 Wrap up and socials

Follow Bailey Burns:

Website - www.aspacestory.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ninjaneergirl/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ninjaneergirl

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