Today In Space

On this episode, we review 2022 in Space & Podcast as we celebrate the coming of the New Year! There's lots of excitement to cover from the last year, and so much Space Progress to look forward to in 2023. We cover the most popular space missions of the year, the major themes of 2022, and what we learned about making science content this year. We also look forward to what we can expect in 2023 in Space & for the podcast! Thank you all for your constant and growing support - we wouldn't be here without you...

Here's to building a fantastic future - and continued progress in Space (and humanity)! Spread Love, Spread Science

Alex G. Orphanos

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Episode topics:

#space #rocket #podcast #artemis #people #learned #launch #spacex #moon #science #mission #3dprinting #year #episodes #progress #content #nasa #talk #ideas #tothemoon #spacetravel #spaceexploration #interstellar #nasaartemis #artemis2 #dearmooncrew #dearmoon #solarsystem #luna #spacecraft #technology #spacetechnology #engineer #starship #starshipspacex #spaceforce #stem #artists

On this episode, we take some time to discuss the annoucement surround dearMoon as we now know the crew selection!

These are exciting times for the abundant opportunities for civilians to go to Space. These are also dark and complex times, and some of the online STEM community offered criticism and comparisons to Mars One. To me, summoning the Mars One mission is like awarding someone the Darwin Award - for extreme cases only, and not to be given out lightly. Let's crack down this confusingly human response by discussing WHAT the dearMoon mission is and WHY its happening.

We'll then discuss WHO the lucky chosen 8 were to join Yusaku Maezawa around the Moon and back. And we will close with our collectiong of criticism, outrageous and justified. I will even share my thoughts on how I felt hearing that 8 people (one of which being a famous space content creator) are officially going to the moon! This is a great mission and these 9 crew members will have the journey of a lifetime! Our mission is to spread love and spread science - and that's where this podcast comes from! Let's be the best version of ourselves and fight through the challenges together - there is enough room in the universe for all of us.

Much love to each and every one of you! Happy Holidays - Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and live long and prosper

https://dearmoon.earth/

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On this episode. we are recording this on December 13th, 2022 on planet Earth as Artemis 1 has successfully returned to Earth after a 1.4 million mile journey.

- We have to discuss the newly attempted skip reentry done by Orion, and why it might be valuable for humans on Artemis 2.

- The first potential privately funded mission to land on the moon just launched on a Falcon 9 this part week.

- And I'd like to share my thoughts on SpaceX's latest Starlink application - The Starshield, which sounds like something out of a Marvel movie. A tool for the US Military for global surveillance. And it's up on SpaceX's website right now! This is Today In Space - thank you for joining us for episode 291! Let's get into the episode! We'd like to thank our sponsors: - Manscaped - Estes Rockets - AG3D Printing NASA Artemis 1 Return - Skip Reentry - Why is skipping on the atmosphere generally bad? - Why is it a valuable reentry technique? - Why wasn't it done before?

Artemis splashdown on Earth https://time.com/6240198/nasa-artemis-1-orion-reentry/

On December 11th, the day NASA returned the Orion Capsule from the Moon for the first time in half a century - in 1972, the final mission to the moon, Apollo 17, had just landed human beings for the last time since. iSpace Hakuto-R - What is it? - Delays to moon launch - What do they need to do?

iSpace - 1st commercial lunar lander ever? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaeljsheetz_early-this-morning-spacex-launched-ispace-activity-7007810164586127360-ql9W?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/11/spacex-launches-japanese-ispace-lunar-lander-first-mission.html https://ispace-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/EN_ispace_Release_20221130_Lander_Status_Update.pdf

SpaceX's Starshield - a National Defense Starlink variant. Good? Bad? Neutral? - We share out thoughts - tell us yours!

SpaceX's Starshield https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/05/spacex-unveils-starshield-a-military-variation-of-starlink-satellites.html https://www.spacex.com/starshield/

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Welcome to Today In Space the all things space podcast. I am your space science podcast host from the East coast Alex G Orphanos. We are recording this from Planet Earth as Artemis 1 travels the Moon, the date is December 5, 2022. Here's what we're talking about this week: In our last episode we reviewed the NASA Artemis 1 mission leading up to its first lunar flyby as it was on its way to enter DRO, a highly fuel efficient orbit around the moon. This episode we review Orions time at the moon in DRO, including the start of its trip back to earth using the moon as a slingshot on its second and final flyby of the moon. We'll review Flight days 10-20, including the 5 days in Distant Retrograde Orbit. We'll share interesting facts and observations from it's time there, including some of the incredible images and the flawless performance of both Orion and the ESA service module. We'd love to know your favorite moments from the mission so far. Send us a message on social media, comment, or email us at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you We'll close out this episode chatting about plans for the new year, as this first lunar trip in half a century has us excited about the future! I'll share a little about my process, tips, & challenges of planning for 2023.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/52530824918/ https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/0364_secondary_payloads_brochure_07282020_508_single_pages_for_web.pdf Flight day 10 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/25/flight-day-10-orion-enters-distant-retrograde-orbit/ Flight day 11 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/26/artemis-i-flight-day-11-orion-surpasses-apollo-13-record-distance-from-earth/ Flight day 12 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/27/flight-day-12-orion-star-trackers-tested/ Flight day 13 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/28/artemis-i-flight-day-13-orion-goes-the-max-distance/ Flight day 14 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/29/artemis-i-flight-day-14-deep-space-testing-continues/ Flight day 15 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/30/artemis-i-flight-day-15-team-polls-go-for-distant-retrograde-orbit-departure/ Flight day 16 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/12/01/artemis-i-flight-day-16-orion-successfully-completes-distant-retrograde-departure-burn/ Flight day 17 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/12/02/flight-day-17-orion-fine-tunes-trajectory-downlinks-data-continues-test-objectives/ Flight day 18 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/12/03/artemis-i-flight-day-18-orion-re-enters-lunar-sphere-of-influence/ Flight day 19 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/12/04/artemis-i-flight-day-19-orion-prepares-for-close-lunar-flyby-teams-examining-power-conditioning-issue/

Flight day 20 - https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/12/05/artemis-i-flight-day-20-orion-conducts-return-powered-flyby/

0:14 On today's episode of Today in Space... 3:44 Orion surpassed Apollo 13's record for farthest distance from earth by a human-rated spacecraft 7:20 What's different about the Artemis mission? 12:39 The importance (and overimportance) of having flight heritage on components in space 18:29 Sponsor Spotlight: Manscaped. 24:09 Today's space industry has changed. 26:34 What type of precautions are these Lunar landing sites going to be given so that they are left undisturbed? 32:00 NASA's first human-rated moon mission is coming back to earth. 38:37 What were the things about the mission that really excited you the most? Were there any images that really blew you away? 44:12 New Year's Prep: 2023 - How I plan for the chaos to be more present in life

On this weeks episode we are celebrating Thanksgiving and all of our thanks for this year in 2022. There's a lot to be thankful for - from the successful Artemis 1 mission underway to the influx of space progress we have with private and public companies. We can now look up the moon and KNOW we're involved in moon missions!!

We also share how our Wasp EVA in our new Bee suit to deal with the invasion of the alien wasps (check out our Halloween episode) helped us gain insights on two aspects of human space walks - astronaut gloves & how planning for EVAs is ESSENTIAL because we are just humans. Stress brains are dumb brains. Once I was in that bed room my brain went blank. Glad we had a plan ahead of time lol

I also share what I'm thankful for, especially everyone supporting the podcast in their own way. Thanks for all your support - here's to building a fantastic future!

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On this episode we are catching up on some Space News:

• NASA's Artemis 1 launch Nov 16th, 1 AM ET (2 hour launch window) - SLS & Orion just survived (?) Hurricane Nicole wind gusts at the safety limit!
• NASA reports their annual economic output is TRIPLE the agency's budget - @THESHEETZTWEETS via NBC
• We reveal the WINNER of the Estes Rockets Falcon 9 giveaway on Instagram!!!
• The Polaris Program is going forward and there's lots of human science and research, and we review some of them on this episode

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https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210024522

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace

https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/10/27/nasa-annual-economic-output-is-triple-its-budget-study.html

https://polarisprogram.com/science-research/

On this episode we dedicate an ENTIRE episode to the Falcon 9 - a rocket that in many ways has changed the future of humanity! We discuss why the rockets ENABLE access to space, and what the world was and might be without the Falcon 9.

From reusability to lower $$/kg to orbit, SpaceX's workhorse launch system has done many things in it's young life, with its 178 launches and only 32 boosters to date! The Falcon 9 has even changed the course of America's space program and is paving the way to interplanetary life for humanity!

We are also excited to announce our partnership with Estes Rockets to GIVEAWAY their NEW SpaceX licensed model rocket (1:100 scale) - YOU could win, by going to our Instagram page and 1) liking the post and 2) following both @todayinspacepod and @estesrockets. Look for multiple chances to enter for the random drawing sometime early next week!

Good luck - and thank you to Estes Rockets for partnering with us and offering one of their beautiful Falcon 9's to make this happen!

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Early days at Kwajalein and Falcon 1 https://twitter.com/spacextrip/status/1583842569897017344?s=46&t=w9rkG_ij2gIEYhsl_Urw7A https://www.spacexstats.xyz/#upcoming-next

On this episode, we have Space Storytime as Alex takes events from his life and adds a space-spin. For the past few weeks our home has been slowly invaded by wasps as summer turns to fall. We discuss how similar this "alien invasion" of wasps is to what might happen if ACTUAL aliens invaded. Consider this our Halloween episode, as this sci-fi horror turned reality has been consuming our lives the past two weeks. Alex uses all of his logic, strategy, and sci-fi knowledge to battle with the bees. We've learned more about wasps than we ever wanted to know...

From Star Trek and the Borg, to Mark Watney and a duct-taped habitat - there are many connections with Space to be made. We made some serious lemondae from these life lemons! And don't worry, we share some Space News up front for those here for the latest in Orbital News.

Artemis 1 Launch Date: Novemver 14

https://spacenews.com/nasa-outlines-case-for-making-sole-source-sls-award-to-boeing-northrop-joint-venture/

NEW JWST Image: Pillars of Creation: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/052/01GF423GBQSK6ANC89NTFJW8VM

25th Annual Mars Society Conference: https://www.marssociety.org/conventions/2022/

Alex learns more about what it would be like to live in space, how to deal with extraterrestrial diplomacy, and how important duct tape will be for those surviving on the Moon and Mars. Hope you enjoy...

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On this episode there's SO much Space news to cover! We Lightning round through the orbital news of today: - DART mission results are in! How well did NASA do affecting the orbital period of the moonlet Dimorphos with its asteroid Didymos? - Teslabot was a controversial topic but thanks to everyone for the great feedback! I recap what I learned and shared my final thoughts on why this could be revolutionary (and controversial). - Hubble could EXTEND its lifetime thanks to SpaceX and Jared Isaacman with Polaris Dawn 2 - at no cost to NASA?? - The United Launch Alliance received their BE-4 engines for their Vulcan rocket from Blue Origin. - JWST shares more amazing pictures with a dual-star system Wolf-Rayet 140, including images with other telescopes/wavelengths overlayed to show us more of what is actually out there.

We close out the episode asking YOU about the true space existential question: "Are we alone?"

We want to know what you think and why! Email us at [email protected] or hit us up on social media!

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DART mission results - better than expected! https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1579895826071293952?s=20&t=9hOnvr6s3yGbH_ENysviKw

Hubble could have longer life thanks to SpaceX and Jared Isaacman https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/nasa-and-spacex-are-studying-a-hubble-telescope-boost-adding-15-to-20-years-of-life/

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-spacex-to-study-hubble-telescope-reboost-possibility

Blue Origin BE-4 engines make it to ULA to Vulcan Tory Bruno steps in as Standard Brian https://twitter.com/SpaceExplorerW/status/1580245486384320519?s=20&t=9hOnvr6s3yGbH_ENysviKw

JWST images that blow our mind https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/10/12/webb-reveals-shells-of-dust-surrounding-brilliant-binary-star-system/ https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/chandrawebb/

On this episode we talk about the DART mission AFTER impact and how the observed debris doesn't match any of our prediction models - and planetary scientists are loving it! We share part of a Twitter thread from @DrPhilTill all about how they expected the debris to act one way, and it did something else instead!

Teslabot Optimus was revealed on AI Day and we were shocked, excited, fascinated, and terrified all at the same time. We asked you on Instagram if you wanted us to chat Teslabot - and you voted YES!! So I share my intial thoughts and reactions after seeing it walk on stage for the first time, unassisted. THE FUTURE IS HERE

We close out with another segment of Space Walk & Talk, where I speak about discipline, leaning into your strengths, and working on your weaknesses - all traits I find myself looking up to Astronauts for. I also reflect on the podcast and how unplanned and uncontrollable the path has been to get here.

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00:30 What to expect this episode 03:12 How to support the podcast for free 04:20 AG3D printing 05:09 SnapCollar, a 3D printed idea success story! 06:16 Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code SPACE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod 07:44 DART mission impact! What happened?? 09:20 Views from DART impact, Hubble, JWST, ATLAS, and LICIACube 13:05 What are the debris filaments/spindles from impact? New science to be learned! 13:52 Dr. Phil Till twitter thread on impact and debris spindles 17:14 My thoughts on DART Mission impact, and the reason for dust "filaments'" 19:35 DART Question - Why wouldn't we just nuke an asteroid instead of DART? 24:24 Why DART is an amazing mission for the future of defending life across our solar system from deep impact. 22:54 Tesla Bot demo & thoughts 28:20 Teslabot is great for Software Engineers & Programmers 30:39 How I feel about Tesla Bot: the good, the bad, and the existential crisis 35:35 Share your worries with Tesla bot with us! And also what you love about it - email us at [email protected] 39:04 Space Walk & Talk - Learning who you are, improving your weaknesses, and leaning into your strengths. How Astronauts can teach us about life as human beings - being prepared and disciplined for performing when things get emotional

Tesla Bot reveal on AI Day 2022 https://youtu.be/ODSJsviD_SU?t=1023 Dr. Phil Metzger Twitter Thread on DART impact debris 'filaments' https://twitter.com/DrPhiltill/status/1574906378300399617?s=20&t=35swR2Al8ImvNV61r33dEw DART mission impact (onboard DART/DRACO camera) https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1574546758822084608?s=20&t=35swR2Al8ImvNV61r33dEw

DART Impact live reaction by me https://twitter.com/ELGR3CO/status/1574542063126958080?s=20&t=35swR2Al8ImvNV61r33dEw