SPEXcast

SPEXcast sits down with Dexter Jagula from Skywatch. Skywatch is an API(Application Programming Interface) for easily accessing datasets from Earth sensing satellites. Their goal is to make scientific data easily accessible to developers to fuel scientific and commercial research. Check out our new website at spex.rit.edu

SPEXcast speaks with Dr. Terry Kucera, an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard, about solar science and how NASA observes the Sun with spacecrafts like the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories (STEREO). Explore the Sun on your own (in real time!) with https://helioviewer.org/ and stay up to date with NASA's continued solar studies on Twitter @NASASunEarth and @NASAGoddard

SPEXcast sits down with the Co-Founder of STEMN.com, a social network for engineers to collaborate and work on engineering challenges for the future

We also have new intro music courtesy of Nelson Scott. Check out his Soundcloud below!

https://soundcloud.com/thenelsonscott

SPEXcast sits down with Dustin Neill, an engineer at Lockheed Martin working on the Orion Crew Capsule. We discuss the Descent and Landing subsystem as well as the general capabilities and future missions for the Orion capsule.

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/index.html

We also have new intro music courtesy of Nelson Scott. Check out his Soundcloud below!

https://soundcloud.com/thenelsonscott

SPEXcast sits down to discuss SpaceX's big announcement from IAC, the Interplanetary Transport System. We break down the key points as well as highlight the challenges facing the colossal project. We also propose a few questions we still have after the announcement.

X-33/VentureStar-What really Happened?

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2006/01/x-33venturestar-what-really-happened/

Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-04/boeing-ceo-vows-to-beat-musk-to-mars-as-new-space-race-beckons

SpaceX and Elon Musk are announcing the details for their Mars rocket next week at the International Astronautical Congress. SPEXcast sits down to discuss the potential mission plan and challenges such a mission will endure. We also make our best prediction as to what exactly will be announced on Tuesday. Stay tuned for a post-announcement reaction episode!

Every few years, humans lob another multi-million dollar craft into space without any hope of returning to Earth. Why do we even bother?

SPEXcast sits down the the CEO of United Launch Alliance, Tory Bruno, to talk about the future of ULA, its next generation launch vehicle Vulcan, with its ACES upper stage, and the future of humans in space.

Phil, TJ, Augie, Drew, and Chris had the opportunity to speak with Canadian astronaut, pilot and engineer Commander Chris Hadfield about his experiences in space, and asked him a few questions about the past, present, and future of space exploration. A transcript of this episode is available here \\n https://www.csh.rit.edu/~tj/chrisHadfieldInterviewTranscript.txt

Phil and TJ debrief Augie who was live from Small Satellite Conference 2016. Augie was on the show floor for three days, attending sessions on the state of the small sat industry. We talk about the highlights from each day and the coolest things from the confernece.