The Time Travelling Robots in Space

On Time Traveling Robots in Space #72, We discuss why no one came to a certain party, what kind of help for the holidays a robot provided and a new form of propulsion.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Professor Hawking tries to prove time travel by sending out invitations for a party four years ago

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/10488058/Professor-Hawking-tries-to-prove-time-travel-by-sending-out-invitations-for-party-four-years-ago.html

*  A rabbi and a robot walk into a Hanukkah party…

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57614291-1/a-rabbi-and-a-robot-walk-into-a-hanukkah-party../

* Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture touts its new rocket engine

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-space-venture-touts-its-new-rocket-2D11687371

* Our Audible.com pick; The Expedition: Expedition, Book 1 by Loren Robinson

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-Expedition-Audiobook/B002V5CSRK/ref=a_search_c4_2_5_srImg?qid=1386894121&sr=2-5

* Our entertainment pick;

Almost Human episode "Blood Brothers"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H7U0DJ4?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00H7U0DJ4&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Space 1999 episode “Black Sun”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DYPZ9A4?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00DYPZ9A4&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Largest ever photo of the night sky

http://petapixel.com/2011/05/04/amateur-photographer-shoots-largest-ever-photo-of-the-night-sky/

http://skysurvey.org/blog/2011/2/17/for-all-the-nights-stars

http://media.skysurvey.org/interactive360/index.html

* And the question of the week...

If you had a robot sidekick, what would its name be? and what would it do?

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #71, We discuss what Star Trek, Doctor Who and Superman all got wrong.  Lethal autonomous weapons systems and what we should do about them.  What India has to prove.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Seven of the silliest time-travel concepts ever

http://www.livescience.com/40727-time-travel-concepts-in-science-fiction.html

*  Will the U.N. Ban “Killer Robots”?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/11/20/will_the_u_n_ban_killer_robots.html

* Poor countries want space programs more than the rich ones

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/poor-countries-want-space-programs-more-than-rich-ones-do/

* Our Audible.com pick; An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything - written and narrated by Chris Hadfield

http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoirs/An-Astronauts-Guide-to-Life-on-Earth-Audiobook/B00G9QR048/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1384999351&sr=1-1

* Our entertainment pick;

Almost Human

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F56XZ24?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00F56XZ24&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

58 Sci-fi Short Films

http://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1qu1vi/best_scifi_short_films/

Abe

http://vimeo.com/64114843

* And the question of the week...

If every country had autonomous killer robots now, who would use them first?

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #70, with special guest host Matt Stein we discuss how Logan will get inside himself, what humans will still be able to do in the future, the star that will be blasting off.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Bryan Singer Speaks On The Time Travel Elements Of X-Men: Days Of Future Past

http://www.flicksandbits.com/2013/11/02/bryan-singer-speaks-on-the-time-travel-elements-of-x-men-days-of-future-past-reveals-basic-synopsis/59787/

*  The jobs that robots will never steal from us

http://io9.com/these-are-the-jobs-that-robots-will-never-steal-from-us-1459020102

* Lady Gaga Headed To Outer Space For Performance

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/lady-gaga-outer-space_n_4226939.html

* Our Audible.com pick; Out of Time: A Time Travel Novella

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Out-of-Time-Audiobook/B00F57TNFG/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1383787417&sr=1-1

* Our entertainment pick;

Jedi Junkies

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NVOVKS?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B003NVOVKS&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Pacific Rim

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FEN000S?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00FEN000S&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Futurama: Benders Big Score

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UZDO62?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B000UZDO62&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

* And the question of the week...

What science fiction franchise would you like to see a documentary made about it’s fans and why?

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #69...Would you re-live the worst day of your life?  He doesn't do mixed drinks.  It's going to be a party on the ISS.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Will Smith to Star in Selling Time

http://www.thewrap.com/will-smith-attached-star-foxs-supernatural-thriller-selling-time-exclusive/

* Make It a Double, One-Armed Robot Bartender

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-24/make-it-a-double-one-armed-robot-bartender

* Beer In Space: 11-Year-Old's Tiny Brewery Will Fly to Space Station

http://www.space.com/23141-space-beer-student-space-station-experiment.html

* Our Audible.com pick; The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-Naked-Sun-Audiobook/B002V1A966/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1383187019&sr=1-3

* Our entertainment pick;

Battlestar Galactica: Flight of the Phoenix

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MQUWPS?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B002MQUWPS&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

X-men: Days of Future Past Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2zYHWDZKo

Welcome to Night Vale: Episode 4 - PTA Meeting

http://nightvale.wikia.com/wiki/PTA_Meeting

* And the question of the week...

If you owned a brewery in space, what would be the name of your brew or brewery?

* The Time Traveling Robots in Space soundboard

http://www.soundboard.com/sb/thetimetravelingrobotsinspacepodcast

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #68...A record number of days in space revealed.  Should fully autonomous robots be given guns?  Who's getting ready to blast an asteroid.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

*Cosmonaut become worlds ‘longest’ time-traveler

http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/russian-cosmonaut-sergei-krikalev-becomes-time-travel-record-holder_885499.html* Why we really need to worry about robots

http://io9.com/must-read-an-faq-explaining-why-you-should-worry-about-1450233652

* Japan has a space cannon

http://rt.com/news/japan-asteroid-cannon-spacecraft-494/

* Our Audible.com pick; Dr. Wasserman's Time Chamber: Preventing Armageddon

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Dr-Wassermans-Time-Chamber-Audiobook/B002UZNEYW/ref=sr_1_9?qid=1381987259&sr=1-9#publisher-summary

* Our entertainment pick;

All of the evidence that time-travel exists

http://io9.com/all-the-evidence-that-time-travel-is-happening-all-arou-1446262029Cosmic Journeys: Solar Storms and Plasma Rockets

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CB3C3GI?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00CB3C3GI&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Doomsday Book

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00984659Y?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00984659Y&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20* And the question of the week...

If you were given the power to time-travel, but each time you jumped through time you ended up 10 feet above the ground once you got to your destination only to eventually fall. Would you do it? Why?

* Poo-Pourri

http://www.poopourri.com/t/2013-10-21/girls-dont-poop-poopourri-com/#.Um2C4O1Dt8EFor more information go to http://www.galacticnetcasts.com 

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #67...What was found after 46 years.  Would you rather have a human looking robot or one that looks like a machine?  Neil deGrasse Tyson's Gravity gripes.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Lost Doctor Who Episodes Have Been Recovered, Now Available on iTunes

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/10/lost-doctor-who-episodes-from-the-60s-now-available-on-itunes/* People Are Just As Superficial About Robots’ Looks As They Are About Humans’

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/10/people-are-just-as-superficial-about-robots-looks-as-they-are-about-humans/

* What Gravity Got Wrong

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/29012/neil-degrasse-tyson-gravity-facts-are-wrong

* Our Audible.com pick; Gravity by Tess Gerritsen

http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/Gravity-Audiobook/B007JX0ZTC/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1381365334&sr=1-1

* Our entertainment pick;

Ex Machina - Term Limitshttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LC8NY4?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B008LC8NY4&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Keloid (3 minute trailer for unmade film)

http://theverge.com/2013/10/4/4803870/visual-effects-studio-stuns-with-three-minute-clip-of-sci-fi-mech-film

Star Citizen

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game‎* And the question of the week...

If you could have your very own spaceship, what would it look like and what would you name it?

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #66...Did Time Cop have it right?   What we all agree is a stupid name!  Trash pickup around planet Earth.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* 10 Silliest Rules of Time Travel from Science Fiction

http://io9.com/10-silliest-rules-of-time-travel-from-science-fiction-1439696746* The Title Role in Neil Blomkamp's Chappie has gone to Sharlto Copley

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/09/28/hugh-jackman-cast-in-neill-blomkamps-new-sci-fi-robot-and-gangsters-movie-chappie

* Space Junk Cleanup Satellite Launching in 2018

http://www.space.com/23049-space-junk-satellite-swiss-space-plane.html

* Our Audible.com pick; The New Space Opera

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-New-Space-Opera-Audiobook/B00EAG1EK0/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1380768272&sr=1-8#publisher-summary

* Our entertainment pick;

Astroblast

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AT49BBQ?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00AT49BBQ&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

The Last Starfighter

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZJZQJC?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B004ZJZQJC&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Dislexicon

http://www.flashfictiononline.com/f20080401-dyslexicon-carl-frederick.html

* And the question of the week...

If you could get a chip implanted in your head that would allow you to communicate with any being (Earth or alien), but carried a 2% risk of permanent brain damage, would you get the implant?

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #65...Real science to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th.   What are fully autonomous weapons and who wants to ban them?  Hope about the final frontier returning to the small screen.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

*  Time travel IS possible, but only if you want to go to the future and not come back

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2420239/Professor-Brian-Cox-time-travel-IS-possible--want-to-future.html

*  Campaign To Stop “Killer Robots”

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130910/NEWS01/309100009/Nobel-laureate-brings-crusade-against-killer-robots-Shreveport

* Why Roberto Orci says Star Trek WILL return to TV

http://www.blastr.com/2013-9-25/heres-why-roberto-orci-says-star-trek-will-return-tv

* Our Audible.com pick; Herbert's Wormhole by Peter Nelson

http://www.audible.com/pd/Kids/Herberts-Wormhole-Audiobook/B002V0KLV0/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1380155173&sr=1-3#publisher-summary

* Our entertainment pick;

Better Off Ted - season 1, episode 2 "Heroes"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0025KVKBQ?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B0025KVKBQ&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Revenge of the Time-Traveling Robots from Outer Space

https://vimeo.com/6460213

Plants vs Zombies 2http://www.popcap.com/agegate.php?dst=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popcap.com%2Fplants-vs-zombies-2

* And the question of the week...

If you could build a killer robot, in what form would you want it to take? Human, dog, dinosaur, etc and why?

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #64...News that isn't excellent. An intracranial robot prototype.   One step closer to becoming V'ger.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

*  Reeves on Bill and Ted 3.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/bill-ted-3-is-being-overwhelmed-by-the-darkness-ke,102774/

*  Brain slug eats tumors.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57601622-76/tiny-maggot-like-bot-could-kill-hard-to-reach-brain-tumors/

* Voyager 1 Becomes First Man-Made Object to Reach Interstellar Space.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/voyager-left-solar-system/

* Our Audible.com pick; The Clockwork Man.

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-Clockwork-Man-audiobook/B00EZS1KZC/ref=cat_22267_c10_7_i

* Our entertainment pick;

FTL

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D7GNPO2?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00D7GNPO2&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0071R1DQU?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0071R1DQU&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LA0SNI?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B005LA0SNI&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

* And the question of the week...

Would you rather be on the Island of Dr. Moreau, be on the spaceship in War of the Worlds, or be in the futuristic society in the Time Machine?

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On Time Traveling Robots in Space #63...Was the 1950's that great? Debating the definition of a robot.  They're scarier because there's no where to run.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

*  Poll: What decade would you most like to time-travel back to?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57599406/poll-what-decade-would-you-most-like-to-time-travel-back-to/

*  67-year-old man singlehandedly builds giant robot.

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/09/04/67-year-old-man-singlehandedly-builds-giant-robot-inspiresterrifies-us/

*  First trailer for the new Robocop re-make released.

http://io9.com/first-trailer-robocop-trailer-shows-off-robocops-brand-1260308550

* 10 greatest space zombies of all time!

http://io9.com/top-10-greatest-space-zombies-of-all-time-1235550603

* Our Audible.com pick; Zombies vs Robots.

http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_5?asin=B00EQ8DP36&qid=1378344272&sr=1-5

* Our entertainment pick;

The World's End

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213663/

* And the question of the week...

What sci-fi theme song or music do you really dislike? why?

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