Today In Space

WELCOME TO THE SHOW! On this week's episode, Alex talks about fighting the fear of not knowing. From Martian rocks looking like mermaids & squirrels, to people who deny the moon landings happened & the supposed 15 days of darkness - Alex goes over how to deal with these hoaxes. Thanks to the listeners who asked for this topic! I hope it helps and that you enjoy! SPACE LINKS:

• "Bizarre Mars photos: Signs of life, or signs the Internet has lost its mind?" - CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/28/tech/mars-photos-alien-life/index.html?sr=cnnitw
• Moon Landing Deniers - An appropriate response to Harassment, Thank you Buzz! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wcrkxOgzhU
• 15 Days of Darkness - The Beauty of Mixing facts with Lies http://m.snopes.com/15-days-darkness-november/
• "Mars Will NOT Be As Big As The Moon In The Night Sky" - Jason Major http://lightsinthedark.com/2015/08/06/mars-will-not-be-as-big-as-the-moon-in-the-night-sky/

BELT OF LOGIC: A quick list of Websites & Scientists to follow online

• SPACE SCIENTISTS
  • Carolyn Porco (@carolynporco)
  • Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer)
  • Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla)
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson)

• SPACE WEBSITES
  • NASA.GOV
  • SPACE.COM
  • SPACEFLIGHTINSIDER.COM
  • UNIVERSETODAY.COM

AND REMEMBER - MOST IMPORTANTLY - HAVE SMART FRIENDS! I can be your one of many - https://twitter.com/ELGR3CO

SUPPLEMENTAL EPISODE Alex talks about life, searching for jobs & how quickly things can change in just a week. He also thinks out loud about how living on a spacecraft for 6-8 months would be like. He discusses the potential problems mentally, spiritually & inter-personally. He then talks about the potential of putting humans in stasis, or in this case Torpor Hibernation. Prepare to think deeply about whether you're ready for a trip to Mars...or hear a person think out loud for 50 minutes. NEW TO PODCASTING? No Problem! We've Put together a quick "Beginner's Guide" to get you started & subscribed on iphone, android & Computers! CLICK HERE TO GET SUBSCRIBED! Don't forget to Check out our Soundcloud Account! We've started putting up all our music there - including all of the Lightning Round Mixes! Thanks for listening! SPACE LINKS:

• Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat For Human Stasis To Mars https://www.nasa.gov/content/torpor-inducing-transfer-habitat-for-human-stasis-to-mars/#.Vd87fM4b482
• 2014 Symposium Presentation by SpaceWorks (2014) https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/NIAC_Torpor_Habitat_for_Human_Stasis.pdf
• The MARS 500 Experiment outside of Moscow, Russia - in photos http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2098717_2321032,00.html
• "Sleeper spaceship could carry first humans to Mars in hibernation state" http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/tech/innovation/mars-hibernation-flight/

Weekly Update

Tonight's show brings you "What's New" this week, On Earth, In Orbit & in OuterSpace! Alex talks about searching for jobs, 3D printing in Space, the old & new Manufacturing and the possibility of cyro-volcanoes on Pluto!

ENJOY!

New to Podcasting? No problem! We've put together a quick "Beginner's Guide" to get you started & subscribed on iPhone, Android & Computers! CLICK HERE TO GET SUBSCRIBED! Check out our SoundCloud Account! Check out "Where all Spacecraft Go to Die" - we talk about it in this week's show! We've put up all of Today In Space's Music & Sounds SPACE LINKS: ON EARTH:

• 3D Printing in the Vacuum of Space http://3dprint.com/88301/3d-printing-in-vacuum-space/
• Made In Space - Website http://www.madeinspace.us/

IN ORBIT:

• HTV-5 Launch and Info http://www.space.com/30300-japan-launches-space-station-cargo-ship.html
• Progress M-26M Joins the Spacecraft Cemetery @ Point Nemo http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/iss/russian-progress-m-26m-spacecraft-falls-into-the-pacific-ocean/

IN OUTERSPACE:

• Cryovolcanos on Pluto? http://www.americaspace.com/?p=85386&utm_content=bufferb95fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
• The Astrophysical Journal - "ON THE PROVENANCE OF PLUTO'S NITROGEN (N2)" by Kelsi N. Singer and S. Alan Stern 2015 ApJ 808 L50 http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/808/2/L50/

SUPPLEMENTAL EPISODE

Alex talks about watching the Perseid Meteor Showers this week, going to northern Maine and Space Lettuce! Oh, and he goes on a rant about Light Pollution too.

Enjoy!

New to Podcasting? No problem! We've put together a quick "Beginner's Guide" to get you started & subscribed on iPhone, Android & Computers! CLICK HERE TO GET SUBSCRIBED! Check out our SoundCloud Account! We've put up all of Today In Space's Music & Sounds SPACE LINKS:

• Perseid Meteor Showers http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/08/10/perseids_2015_how_to_watch_the_best_meteors_shower_of_the_year.html
• The International Space Station
  • Russian Cosmonaut duo does repairs for ISS on 188th SpaceWalk https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/08/10/cosmonauts-complete-russian-spacewalk/
  • Space Lettuce: Grown, Harvested & Eaten for the first time...in Space! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtAK-FBtXU

SUPPLEMENTAL EPISODE:

Alex & the Assistant tackle some interesting topics - from the struggles of coaching & leading to sex in space.

The Lightning Round Mix this week brings you the Space news in the style of Disco!

The Conversation: 00:00:00 - 00:28:11 3D Printing, Coaching & Leadership Challenges 00:23:11 - 00:37:10 Commercial Crew Adapter Part II & SpaceX CRS-7 00:37:10 - 00:51:44 Space Business Report by the Assistant 00:52:26 - 01:20:03 SEX...IN SPACE!!! 01:20:03 - 01:23:59 Lightning Round Mix: "The Tiny Blue Disco Ball" TOPICS: Commercial Crew Adapter - Part Deux!

1. https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2015/07/30/cst-100-docking-system-tested-with-ida-2/

Space Business Report - Astrotech Corporation

1. http://www.astrotechcorp.com/

Space Sex

1. https://omnireboot.com/2014/seeing-stars-sex-in-space/
2. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2007/02/do_astronauts_have_sex.html
3. PornHub IndieGoGo Campaign https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pornhub-space-program-sexploration#/story
4. Sex In Space Documentary - History Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSUEOXEdHIw

Weekly Update/ Lightning Round Welcome back! Alex brings a Weekly Update of what's up in Space this week. This includes Reboot the Suit, the UK Space Agency's New Plan, some space junk & another Pluto Update. This week's lightning round comes in at 175 bpm with some trap beats, some bass & a piano. Entitled "Where Spacecraft Go to Die..." New to Podcasting? Check out our "Beginner's Guide" to get you going & subscribed on iPhone, Android & Computer/Laptop! WHAT THE HELL IS A PODCAST?! ON EARTH:

1. Reboot the Suit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smithsonian/reboot-the-suit-bring-back-neil-armstrongs-spacesu/description
   • http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/248941
   • http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/living/smithsonian-armstrong-space-suit-kickstarter-feat/
2. Blue Moon this Friday - Look up! http://www.space.com/30083-blue-moon-full-moon-friday.html
3. The UK Space Agency's new National Space Strategy http://www.space.com/30042-uk-space-agency-national-strategy.html?cmpid=514648 A look at Tim Peake: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-britain-uks-first-official-astronaut-major-tim-peake-on-tweeting-like-chris-hadfield-and-missing-his-wife-and-sons-8623957.html Link to the UK Space Agency's Strategy Document https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/442462/Space_Environments_and_Human_Spaceflight_Strategyv2.pdf

IN ORBIT:

1. Space Junk & Mission Prep on the ISS - an Update: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/07/27/station-avoids-satellite-fragment-spacewalk-preps-start/
2. The $5 Trillion Dollar Asteroid that went by us the other day... http://www.space.com/30074-trillion-dollar-asteroid-2011-uw158-earth-flyby.html?cmpid=514648

PLUTO! ...AN UPDATE:

1. Color-Coded maps of Pluto & Charon http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkasprak/the-vader-crater#.qh0Alx4aD
2. Halo of Atmosphere on a Backlit Pluto as New Horizons Flies By http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150724

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SUPPLEMENTAL EPISODE Alex is back to bring you a Supplemental Episode on the topic - Humans In Outer Space. Are we still sending humans to space? Do we have plans to live on the Moon? How will NASA pick where to land humans on Mars? What does your host think about it? All of these, and more, answered in this episode! Enjoy! New to Podcasting? Check out our "Beginner's Guide" to get you going & subscribed on iPhone, Android & Computer/Laptop! What the hell is a podcast?!

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Also, don't forget to listen to "Pluto, the Misunderstood." by Today In Space! The Artists - Alexander G. Orphanos & John Mitchell Support us however you can! Either by playing it on Youtube/SoundCloud or purchasing on the many digital stores it's available on now! Thank you! TOPICS: Moon Village? New Head of ESA's plan to put humans on the Moon to test Human Planetary technologies & Science

A base on the far side of the Moon could house a telescope that could peer further into space (Credit: Science Photo Library)

Space Links:

1. http://io9.com/the-esas-new-head-just-dropped-a-proposal-to-build-a-vi-1718518756
2. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150712-should-we-build-a-village-on-the-moon?ocid=fbfut
3. More on Johann-Dietrich Wörner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkaNuSmmzuI

Image Credit: NASA/Pat Rawlings, SAIC

Humans on Mars? NASA takes step towards selecting landing site Space Links:

1. http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/selecting-landing-site-humans-mars-180955948/
2. http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/explorationzone2015/

PLUTO! Newest Images & Links

1. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150721-2
2. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/07/17/pluto_and_charon_more_close_ups.html
3. Pluto Globe http://astronomynow.com/2015/07/20/build-your-own-pluto/

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

IN ORBIT:

1. July 20th, 2015 - 46th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing & the first steps on the Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCt1BwWE2gA http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
2. Expedition 44 launches and docks to ISS successfully! https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/07/23/new-crew-joins-expedition-44-for-five-month-mission/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQbt2PfOvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJJExh5U77c

ON EARTH: SpaceX CRS-7 Mission Updates on failure of launch

1. http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=7543754
2. http://newsok.com/spacex-says-2-foot-strut-snapped-brought-down-rocket/article/feed/865242?custom_click=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newsok%2Fhome+%28NewsOK.com+RSS+-+Home%29

WEEKLY UPDATE/ LIGHTNING ROUND

On this week's episode, Alex talks about the crazy first week after the single was released & Sara comes on to give a live first reaction to the newest Pluto/Charon pictures from New Horizons. Alex also has a new "Lightning Round" for what's new in Space this week! Check it out at the end of the episode

Congratulations to the whole New Horizons team, NASA & to the American Space Program for such an amazing and successful mission that has only begun to amaze us!

NEW TO PODCASTING? Go to the "WHAT THE HELL IS A PODCAST?!" Page CLICK FOR MORE ON PLUTO FROM TODAY IN SpacE PICTURES FROM THE THIRD ZONE

Pluto & Charon in a Portrait just before New Horizons' final approach. July 11, "showing high-resolution black-and-white LORRI images colorized with Ralph data collected from the last rotation of Pluto." Image credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

PLUTO "taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface" Image Credit: NASA/APL/SwRI

CHARON "taken at approximately 6:30 a.m. EDT (10:30 UTC) on July 14, 2015, about 1.5 hours before closest approach to Pluto, from a range of 49,000 miles (79,000 kilometers)." Image Credit: NASA-JHUAPL-SwRI

PLUTO - Up close & Personal "The close-up image was taken about 1.5 hours before New Horizons closest approach to Pluto, when the craft was 47,800 miles (77,000 kilometers) from the surface of the planet." Image Credit: NASA-JHUAPL-SwRI

SPACE LINKS:

• http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
• https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/
• https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/07/13/new-crew-at-launch-site-cubesat-deployments-begin/
• http://qz.com/420267/how-a-bunch-of-government-space-geeks-at-nasa-won-the-internet/
• New Horizons Arrives at Pluto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfU2uxoFUw

Weekly Update/Single Release:

Album Artwork by Alex G. Orphanos

Purchase "Pluto, the Misunderstood" Available on Spotify NOW... Every play on Spotify helps support us! So play away! ...& on Google Play TOO! Alex brings you the Weekly Update for July 9th, 2015 & John comes back for the Making of "Pluto, the Misunderstood.". Alex talks about the ISS Orbital boost, Expedition 44 Launch, New Horizons & Boston.

You can purchase "Pluto, the Misunderstood." from the Space Store by either clicking the button above or going to the Space Store in the menu! The song will be available in almost all digital music stores over the next coming days & weeks.

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Check out the Podcast episode that paved the way to the single from Alex's rant to start the episode! Click on the image to go to the episode! Also, check out the NASA Social Episodes from my trip to Johns Hopkins APL - where the New Horizons spacecraft was built & the team runs operations for the mission!

Click to go to NASA Social Episode 1

Click to go to NASA Social Episode 2

Click the image to go to NASA Social Episode 3

SPACE LINKS:

• ISS Blog https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/07/09/crew-heads-to-launch-site-friday-first-commercial-crew-announced/
• First Commercial Crew Members Chosen By NASA http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/crew/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-astronauts-for-first-us-commercial-spaceflights-0
• NASA Comes to Boston https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea-three-if-by-space-nasa-visits-boston

WEEKLY UPDATE

EXPLICIT Language

June 26th - July 2nd, 2015

Happy Independence Day to all Americans! Alex brings you the Weekly Update for what's happened in space since the last episode.

From the SpaceX CRS-7 failure to Asteroid day, and the record for longest time in space by ANY HUMAN being broken - You'll find out.

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What the hell is a Podcast?! Space Links: SpaceX CRS-7 (Mishap) Links:

• SpaceX - "CRS-7 Launch Update" http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/06/28/crs-7-launch-update
• NASA - "Frequently Asked Questions on the Loss of SpaceX CRS-7" http://www.nasa.gov/feature/frequently-asked-questions-on-the-loss-of-spacex-crs-7
• Video of CRS-7 launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efjf37ZPYz4

Asteroid Day

• Official Page for Asteroid Day - 100X Asteroid Declaration http://www.asteroidday.org/
• Planetary Society - "5 Steps to Preventing Asteroid Impact" http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bruce-betts/2015/0630-5-steps-to-preventing-asteroid-impact.html
• "11/24/14 - ASTEROIDS" - Today In Space Episode (oldie) http://www.todayinspace.net/today-in-space/2014/11/24/today-in-space-11242014?rq=asteroid

Gennady Padalka

• NASA - "A Moment with Gennady Padalka" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girHYV5KnZs
• NASA - "Preflight Interview: Gennady Padalka" http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition09/padalka_interview.html
• Daily Mail - "Russian cosmonaut sets record for spending the longest time in space: 803 day milestone could reveal how well humans cope with microgravity" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3146093/Russian-cosmonaut-sets-record-spending-longest-time-space-803-day-milestone-reveal-humans-cope-microgravity.html