Liftoff

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Liftoff episodes

October 11, 201631: Imagine If This All Works
This fortnight, Stephen and Jason talk about Elon Musk's train to Mars.
This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes Robot or Not? | SpaceX (Episode 79) NASA Releases Photos of Hurricane Matthew Damage at Kennedy Space Center, Says It's Okay for Now NASA photos reveal only minor space center damage from Hurricane Matthew | Ars Technica Anomaly Updates | SpaceX SpaceX's Shotwell on Falcon 9 inquiry, discounts for reused rockets and Silicon Valley's test-and-fail ethos - SpaceNews.com Does SpaceX Really Think Someone Sniped Its Rocket? Blue Origin | New Shepard In-flight Escape Test SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System - YouTube SpaceX's plan to colonize Mars, explained - YouTube Barack Obama: America will take the giant leap to Mars - CNN.com Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars - Bloomberg 'Space Brain': Mars Explorers May Risk Neural Damage, Study Finds - NBC News The biggest lingering questions about SpaceX's Mars colonization plans - The Verge Elon Musk's ideas aren't enough to turn humanity into a multi-planet species - The Verge
41 min
September 26, 201630: Talking Kepler with Natalie Batalha
This week, Jason interviews Natalie Batalha, NASA's Kepler mission
project scientist, about the spacecraft, the K2 mission and some exoplanets found by the mission.
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Guest Starring:
Natalie Batalha
Links and Show Notes Officials target mid-October for first launch of upgraded Antares cargo rocket – Spaceflight Now NASA Antares Rocket Explosion - YouTube Elon Musk's Mars colonization plans: what we know so far - The Verge Natalie Batalha (@nbatalha) | Twitter Natalie Batalha | Space Science and Astrobiology at Ames Kepler: Home Page Liftoff #28: Exoplanets - Relay FM
54 min
September 13, 201629: Solar System Sawdust: OSIRIS-REx & Asteroids
OSIRIS-REx, NASA's asteroid sampling mission, recently launched. Live from the XOXO Festival, Jason and Stephen talk about the mission, its objectives and all about asteroids.
This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
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Links and Show Notes Jupiter’s North Pole Unlike Anything Encountered in Solar System | NASA Saturn's hexagon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SpaceX - Static Fire Anomaly - AMOS-6 - 09-01-2016 (Synced Audio) - YouTube Philae found! / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA OSIRIS-REx | NASA Ceres | NASA
44 min
August 30, 201628: Exoplanets
This fortnight, Jason and Stephen talk about exoplanets: what they are, how they're found and why they are important.
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Links and Show Notes NASA's Juno to Soar Closest to Jupiter This Saturday | NASA Juno's first Jupiter close approach successful; best JunoCam images yet to come | The Planetary Society Mock Mars Crew Will Return to Civilization Today, After 1 Year in Isolation Mars simulation ends after a year on Hawaiian mountain SES-10 Launching To Orbit On SpaceX’s Flight-Proven Falcon 9 Rocket SpaceX on Twitter: "First launch of flight-proven first stage will use CRS-8 booster that delivered Dragon to @Space_Station in April https://t.co/UsqWeNBEK2" An Interesting SETI Candidate in Hercules Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible ET Signal From Space | Observer Kardashev scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Proxima Centauri b: Have we just found Earth’s cousin right on our doorstep? | The Planetary Society Stop describing a planet as 'Earth-like' unless it really is 5 Ways to Find a Planet Ohio State Astronomy 141 Autumn 2009 Lecture Audio Podcasts
49 min
August 16, 201627: Party Like It's 1999 RQ36
This fortnight: Mission to Mars details are forming and NASA is looking at some new potential planetary missions.
This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
Links and Show Notes Apollo 11 Flight Plan Re-Issue by Reproduction IO — Kickstarter SpaceX has shipped its Mars engine to Texas for tests | Ars Technica Moon Express becomes first private company to get US approval for lunar mission | The Verge Venus May Once Have Been Habitable | NASA Buildup of unusual launcher begins for NASA’s asteroid sample return mission – Spaceflight Now Missions - OSIRIS-REx - NASA Science NASA Selects Six Companies to Develop Habitat Prototypes, Concepts | NASA News | NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Planetary Mission NASA might pick two Discovery missions, but at a price – Spaceflight Now NEOCam Psyche (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 16 Psyche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia NEOCam DAVINCI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lucy (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jupiter trojan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
37 min
August 02, 201626: The Journey to Mars
NASA's "Journey to Mars" plan is wide-reaching but a little light on details in places. Stephen and Jason dive into it and consider what it would mean if Elon Musk beats NASA to the Red Planet.
This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes
SpaceX test fires returned Falcon 9 booster at McGregor | NASASpaceFlight.com Five Years Post-Launch, Juno Is at a Turning Point | NASA Atlas V successfully launches NROL-61 reconnaissance satellite | NASASpaceFlight.com NASA's Journey to Mars | NASA Journey to Mars (PDF) Mars Exploration | NASA How Will NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission Help Humans Reach Mars? | NASA Liftoff #18: The SLS - Relay FM New government reports cast doubt on future of NASA's Mars spacecraft | The Verge U.S. GAO - NASA Human Space Exploration: Opportunity Nears to Reassess Launch Vehicle and Ground Systems Cost and Schedule U.S. GAO - Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Action Needed to Improve Visibility into Cost, Schedule, and Capacity to Resolve Technical Challenges Congressional committee says NASA’s Mars mission is in critical need of a plan | The Verge Will Elon Musk Reveal the Falcon X Rocket in Two Months? | Inverse NASA spells out support for SpaceX’s Red Dragon Mars mission – Spaceflight Now SpaceX Estimated to Spend $300 Million on Red Dragon Mars Mission
35 min
July 19, 201625: Mission Roundup
This fortnight, we catch up with New Horizons, Dawn and Mars 2020.
This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
Links and Show Notes These are the spectacular photos from last night’s SpaceX rocket launch and landing | The Verge SpaceX seeks approval for two additional landing pads on Space Coast - Orlando Sentinel How Do We Beam Pictures Back From Jupiter? It Takes A Village | FiveThirtyEight A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle? | Ars Technica 2016 Senior Review of Operating Missions | Missions - NASA Solar System Exploration New Horizons Receives Mission Extension to Kuiper Belt, Dawn to Remain | NASA 2014 MU69 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia New Horizons extended mission target selected | The Planetary Society One Year Later: New Horizons’ Top 10 Discoveries at Pluto | NASA Where is New Horizons now? NASA's Dawn spacecraft won't be leaving dwarf planet Ceres | The Verge Dawn Mission | News | Dawn Completes Primary Mission NASA's Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch - Mars 2020 Rover Mars 2020 Fact Sheet (PDF)
44 min
July 06, 201624: All Juno, All the Time
This fortnight, Jason and Stephen dive into Juno, NASA's current mission to Jupiter.
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Links and Show Notes Emily Lakdawalla on Twitter: "For 437 more days....but who's counting? https://t.co/LNtdYrdmur" Juno | NASA Jupiter Orbit Insertion Press Kit NASA’s dark materials | The Economist Juno Spacecraft to Carry Three Figurines to Jupiter | NASA Galileo (spacecraft) - Wikipedia Europa (moon) - Wikipedia GIF of Juno's gravity assists Juno Approach Movie of Jupiter and the Galilean Moons - YouTube NASA's Eyes: Eyes on Juno Juno Mission & Trajectory Design – Spaceflight 101 Juno (JUpiter Near-polar Orbiter) in Kerbal Space Program - YouTube 2010: Odyssey Two: Arthur C. Clarke - Amazon
38 min
June 21, 201623: Inside a Bendy Straw
This fortnight: China talks to the United Nations, Blue Origin plays with parachutes and a quick trip to Mercury.
This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
CuriosityStream: The world’s first, ad-free non fiction streaming service. Use the code RELAYFM to get two months free.
Links and Show Notes Stephen at Jason's desk Liftoff #10: The Solstice - Relay FM See the First Solstice Full Moon in More Than 50 Years Strawberry moon coincides with Summer Solstice for first time since 1967 Fire in the Hole: Studying How Flames Grow in Space | NASA NASA Ignites Fire Experiment Aboard Space Cargo Ship BEAM passes initial inspection; interior photos released - SpaceFlight Insider China opens space station to rest of the world with United Nations agreement | gbtimes.com United Nations and China agree to increased space cooperation Blue Origin safely launches and lands the New Shepard rocket for a fourth time | The Verge Replay of Flight 4 Live Webcast - YouTube Blue Origin test flight will purposefully deploy only two of three parachutes. Rocket Man — Belligerent Mars Elon Musk on Twitter: "Looks like early liquid oxygen depletion caused engine shutdown just above the deck https://t.co/Sa6uCkpknY" Elon Musk on Twitter: "Turns out the landing was not as fast we thought, but still hard enough to destroy the primary airframe and accordion the engines" Elon Musk on Twitter: "RUD = Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly :)" Mercury - Overview | Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration Mariner 10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia MESSENGER - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ESA Science & Technology: BepiColombo
49 min
June 07, 201622: Billionaires at a Conference
Jason and Stephen discuss recent interviews with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Rockets, AI, dying on Mars and more!
This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
CuriosityStream: The world’s first, ad-free nonfiction streaming service. Use the code RELAYFM to get two months free.
Links and Show Notes BEAM Open for the First Time | Space Station BEAM Opens Up For Checks | Space Station Video: BEAM welcomes first astronaut – Spaceflight Now How NASA’s New Horizons team pulled off the Pluto flyby | The Verge Code Conference | Media & Tech Conference | Recode | Vox Media Conferences Elon Musk | Full interview | Code Conference 2016 - YouTube Jeff Bezos vs. Peter Thiel and Donald Trump | Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon | Code Conference 2016 - YouTube About OpenAI The Oxford philosopher who gave Elon Musk the theory that we are all computer simulations — Quartz
56 min

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