Jim Cantrell,  CEO of Vector Space Systems joins us again to talk about the history of New Space, its origins and where we are now. We also talk a bit about Vector and its agressive plan to launch more times in one year than the rest of the world combined.

 

In Space News:

ALMA Views Betelgeuse Directly

Roll-Out Solar Array Experiment (ROSA) Deploys on ISS

First Orbiting Supermassive Black Holes Discovered

Sounding Rocket Finally Creates Light Show

18 Months Later, Planet 9’s Hunt Is Inconclusive

 

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KubOS, An Operating System for CubeSats - Orbit 10.23Marshall Culpepper the CEO & Co-founder of KubOS joins us to talk about their operating system for CubeSats and how they are helping to spur the growth of the CubeSat market.In Space News:NICER is deployed on the International Space StationTianzhou-1 conducts undocking and redocking at Tiangong-2Updated Kepler catalog yields 219 more planets14 Year Old Satellite is out of controlESA selects LISA for gravity wave observatory in spaceTMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels.

Estevan Guzman one of the Astronomical Illustrator / Animators at Griffith Observatory joins us to talk about cosmic art created by science and its impact on the industry.

In Space News:

Was the “WOW! Signal” a Comet? Probably not…

Darpa selects XS-1 partner & X-37B gets a new launcher

China Tests “Spooky Action At A Distance” in Space

Asteroid Redirect winds down, Deep Space Gateway gains support

Hubble sees waltzing dwarf stars

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Fight For Space director Paul Hildebrandt joins us to talk about his documentary abou the US Space Program and how we lost our way from Apollo to Shuttle to today. You can watch the documentary at http://www.fightforspace.com

 

In Space News:

Cassini Survives Closest Brush With Saturn’s Rings

NASA announces 12 new Astronauts

Tabby’s Star Dims Again, As Predicted

ISS News - Cygnus, Dragon, and SCIENCE!

2 New Moons Around Jupiter Have Been Found

 

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CEO of WayPaver Foundation Michael Mealling joins us to talk about what they are doing to remove obstacles in the way of lunar exploration and settlement.

In Space News:

Rocket Lab launches 1st Electron rocket

Jupiter Surprises in First Juno Data Release

ISS News - A Spacewalk and a Homecoming

Third Detection of a Gravitational Wave

Spaceplane News - A Stratolaunch, A Dreamchaser, and a Unity

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Liam Kennedy, the creator of ISSAbove joins us on-station to talk about how simply knowing when to look up can have a huge impact on our ability to inspire.

 

In Space News:

Hubble spots moon around third largest dwarf planet

Engine Updates from Blue Origin & Aerojet Rocketdyne

Could the closest extrasolar planet be habitable?

Some Masten Space Updates

Puzzle of mysterious flashes coming from Earth solved

Government Accountability Office Looks at Commercial Crew

 

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Kevin DeBruin of fitrocketscientist.com joins us to talk about the upcoming NASA missions to the Jovian moon Europa. We also dive a bit into science outreach and how to best communicate your excitement for space to others.

 

In Space News:

James Webb Space Telescope  set to begin biggest tests yet

X-37B lands after 2 year mission

Waves of lava seen in Io’s largest volcanic crater

200th spacewalk completed at ISS

Potential “renegade” supermassive black hole spotted

First Space Launch System  mission will not have crew…..also tank damage

 

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Our planetary communications system was on the fritz this episode and the Earth based interview had some serious connection issues. We have opted to leave the interview intact as-aired but encourage you to hit up https://thomascheneyblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/space-law-at-the-un/ for more information on Space Law at the United Nations.

In Space News:* Vector Space launches first small rocket* SpaceShipTwo Completes Feathered Glide Flight* Cassini finds ring gap emptier than predicted* Reaction Engines Breaks Ground on New Test Facility* New survey hints at ancient origin for “Cold Spot” in our Universe* SOFIA confirms nearby star system is similar to ours

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Emory Stagmer joins us once again to talk about his patented invention: Reaction Spheres. This is a new way to orient spacecrafts beyond using traditional reaction wheels.

In Space News:

Next Pluto mission already in the works

Ukrainian Rocket to launch from Canada

Gravitational Wave testbed repurposed to find comet dust

Tianzhou paves way for Chinese Space Station

Peggy Whitson sets US space endurance record

GLXP Update: SpaceIL Delay & New Astrobotic Project

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Lisa Tatge, Subsystem Engineer on the Spacecraft Operations Team for the Cassini Mission to Saturn joins us for an incredible interview about the Cassini mission and it's upcoming Grand Finale.

Useful links:https://saturn.jpl.nasa.govhttps://twitter.com/CassiniSaturn

In Space News:* WFIRST set for 2025 Launch, $3.2Billion Budget* Commercial Crew Q1 Progress Updates * First Detailed Images of a Star’s Accretion Disk from ALMA* French Guiana to resume launches* The Event Horizon Telescope will soon produce an image

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