Frontier Space

This month's episode dives into the details of water ice mining near-Earth object (NEO) asteroids with Dr. Andrew Rivkin, lead asteroid researcher from John Hopkins, to learn about how hydrated NEOs can enable the ecosystem, technologies, and humans beyond planet Earth with a focus on the search, quantity, accessibility, and implications of NEOs.

Key topics discussed include asteroid classes, carbonaceous asteroids, size and H2O mass estimates in NEOs, infrared spectroscopy, limitations of Earth and space telescopes, James Webb on imaging asteroids, water-based propulsion, and water ice asteroid mining vs. lunar ice mining 

Andy's 2018 Paper: How Many Hydrated NEO's are there?, https://bit.ly/2ZCwKV8

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2.4kg Thermasat boils H2O into steam for propulsion: https://bit.ly/37B1yKD

New Cubesat Uses Hydros with Water Electrolysis Propulsion for Thrust: https://bit.ly/3kagvbs

A dialogue with Egbert Edelbroek, CEO at SpaceBorn United, on the mission to enable human reproduction in space, Mars, and beyond Earth. At the heart of the conversation is SpaceBorn's Lotus mission to launch and operate an embryo incubator by 2025 onboard a recoverable biosatellite on a five-day conception mission.

We explore the details and challenges involved with reproduction beyond Earth in orbit, Mars and in alternative gravity, assistant reproductive technologies(ART), and SpaceBorn's childbirth mission. Other topics include a vitro fertilisation (IVF), artificial wombs, cryogenic storage, Asgardia, digital space nation, space hotels, and tourism.

SpaceBorn United

https://spacebornunited.com/

Asgardia, the First Digital Space Nation

https://asgardia.space/en/

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Magnetic-Plasma fusion Rocket Propulsion to get to Mars 10X faster

https://bit.ly/3azXzyH

Dysregulated Mitochondria in Microgravity Key role in Astronaut Physiological Challenges

https://bit.ly/36L39NB

In this month's episode, we explore the significance of space colonization beyond Earth with Microbes first with Dr. Jose Lopez, a Molecular and Evolutionary biology Researcher at Nova South Eastern. The discussion includes perspective shifts from exploration and sterilization to colonization, fostering symbiosis and diversity of early microbial settlers and the symbiosis of nanotechnology and microbes to adapt and improve anaerobic properties, photosynthesis, and metabolisms of microbes, bacteria, and fungi in improving biological support capacity of Martian regolith. 

The dialogue includes simulating and testing optimal microbes including Gaian microbiomes, spore formers, extremophiles, cyanobacteria under Martian conditions to enhance nutrient uptake in the soil, and better condition the atmosphere of Mars. We discuss further researcher to enable Interplanetary Microbiome Engineering (IME) and the core technologies enabling early microbial settlements such as DNA sequencers, artificial microbial genomes, rife machines, underground sunken electrodes, as well as nanopore sequencers to match DNA electric currents and frequencies

Dr. Jose Lopez's 2019 Research Paper

Inevitable future: space colonization beyond Earth with microbes first

https://bit.ly/382kQcM

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Jupiter's Migration Paths that Potentially Caused the Runaway Greenhouse Effect on Venus

https://bit.ly/326TjDo

Nobel Prize winner says the universe has gone through multiple Big Bangs

https://bit.ly/2TMzX1B

For September's episode, we hear from Bill Stone, CEO and Founder at Stone Aerospace, a U.S.-based aerospace startup developing their Valkyrie cryobot, alien-hunting submarine, underwater UAV's, surface space bots, and more.

In pondering about the potential aphotic cellular lifeforms under the 20km ice shell of Europa, the smallest of 79 moons orbiting Jupiter, Bill provides a mission overview of the 300 kg Crybot, innovations such as the hot water laser drill system, and key challenges related to ice penetration, mobility, power, communication, and thermal constraints of the cryobot.

We dive into the technical design considerations for extraterrestrial life detection systems including devices such as fluorescent UV spectrometer, polarographic 3D microscopes, DNA sequencers, and the proposed National Europa Simulator.

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Nano-diamond Self-charging Batteries Could Disrupt Energy

In this month's episode, we hear from astropreneur Dr. Joel Sercel, Founder and CEO at Trans Astronautica, a startup developing synthetic asteroid tracking telescopes, asteroid mining spacecraft, rovers, lunar outpost, and propellant depot.

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Join us as we hear from our guest Jim Keravala, Cofounder and CEO at OffWorld, a startup developing a robotic workforce that plans to mine, manufacture, and build on the Moon, asteroids, LEO, Mars, and beyond.

Key topics of discussion include extraction, construction on the lunar surface, terrestrial mining, NASA Artemis, reinforcement learning and specs for spacebots, lunar dust, and building fabrication facilities at L1.

In the tenth episode, Fatema Hamdani, Co-founder and President at Hamdani Aerospace, and our host Kole discuss the technologies and innovations toward designing and operating Ultra-Long Endurance UAS on Earth and Mars. Key highlights include Earth observation applications, biomimicry, nuclear-powered solar cells, planetary atmosphere on flight, and more.

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Rust can reduce the weight or improve radiation shielding by 30%

Jupiter is so huge, the solar system almost had two suns

Erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event 360M yrs ago

Chime in to listen to a conversation with Dr. Scott Solomon, Evolutionary Biologist at Rice University, about our beliefs on the evolution of homo sapiens and biology on Mars. In this episode we discuss the following topics:

Guest: Dr. Scott Solomon, Evolutionary Biologist and Professor at Rice University

https://solomon.rice.edu/

TEDx Talk on Evolutionary Biology on Mars

Evolutionary Biology on Mars | Scott Solomon | TEDxUniversityofHouston

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ESA: Human Urine to Make Concrete on the Moon

Plan to Build One Starship a Week

Fruitfly-sized Nano cardboard could monitor resources on Mars

Elon Musk and SpaceX to Launch Next Gen of deep space telescopes