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This nonpartisan briefing, hosted by UAPDF provided members with valuable insights into the scientific significance, national security relevance, and innovation potential of UAP-related data.Participants included:• Dr. Avi Loeb, PhD – Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University; Principal Investigator, Galileo Project; Founding Director, Harvard's Black Hole Initiative.• Dr. Eric Davis, PhD – • Dr. Avi Loeb, PhD – Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University; Principal Investigator, Galileo Project; Founding Director, Harvard's Black Hole Initiative.• Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, U.S. Navy (ret.), PhD – UAPDF Advisory Board Member; Former NOAA Administrator; Former Oceanographer of the Navy; PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.• Christopher Mellon – UAPDF Board Member; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; Former Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.• Kirk McConnell – UAPDF Advisory Board Member; Former Senior Professional Staff Member, Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees.• Dr. Anna Brady-Estevez, PhD – Founding Partner, American DeepTech; Former SBA Innovation Advisor; Kauffman Fellow.• Mike Gold – President, Civil and International Space, Redwire; Member of the NASA UAP Independent Study Team; Former NASA Associate Administrator for Space Policy and Partnerships; Former Acting Associate Administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations, and Senior Advisor the Administrator for International and Legal Affairs; Former Vice President for Civil Space, MAXAR Technologies; Former Director of DC Operations and Business Growth, Bigelow Aerospace; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School.• Luis Elizondo – UAPDF Board Member; Former Head, Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP); Former DoD Intelligence Official.Book Ryan on CAMEO at: https://bit.ly/3kwz3DOPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/somewhereskiesByMeACoffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQPayPal: Sprague51@hotmail.comDiscord: https://discord.gg/NTkmuwyB4FBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ryansprague.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/SomewhereSkiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/somewhereskiespod/Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryansprague51Order Ryan's new book: https://a.co/d/4KNQnM4Order Ryan's older book: https://amzn.to/3PmydYCStore: http://tee.pub/lic/ULZAy7IY12URead Ryan's articles at: https://medium.com/@ryan-sprague51Opening Theme Song by SeptembryoCopyright © 2025 Ryan Sprague. All rights reservedSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jess and Trisha talk through some romance news and then dive into our first book club book of the year. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you'll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Big sigh to this situation about a (very correctly) cancelled book [New York Times] A little of the very basic background on the Amazon boycott [CNN] Just search Ali Hazelwood on socials to learn how great she is! Books Discussed Love Buzz by Neely Tubati Alexander A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna Oathbound by Tracy Deonn Even if The Sky is Falling edited by Taj McCoy Just Playing House by Farah Heron I'll Come Back for You by Charish Reid Let us know what you're reading, what you're thinking, and what you're thinking about what you're reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astronomy Daily | Space News: S04E65In this engaging episode of Astronomy Daily, host Steve Dunkley, alongside his witty digital companion Hallie, brings you the latest cosmic updates and intriguing stories from the Astronomy Daily newsletter. From the aftermath of the Athena lunar landing to groundbreaking developments in 3D printing for space exploration, this episode is filled with insights that will captivate your imagination about the future of humanity in space.Highlights:- Athena's Lunar Landing Update: Dive into the details of the recent Athena lunar landing attempt, where the lander faced challenges due to a failed altimeter. Discover how the mission team managed to gather valuable data despite the setbacks and what this means for future lunar explorations.- 3D Printing for Space Pioneers: Explore the revolutionary role of 3D printing in creating habitats on the Moon and Mars. Learn how engineers are developing techniques to utilize local regolith as a primary material for construction, paving the way for sustainable human presence beyond Earth.- Saturn's Moon Count Soars: Celebrate the astonishing discovery of 128 new moons around Saturn, bringing its total to a staggering 274. Understand the implications of this finding and how it reshapes our knowledge of Saturn's complex satellite system.- NASA's Budget Cuts and Future Missions: Unpack the potential ramifications of impending budget cuts at NASA, which could jeopardize ongoing and future missions across the solar system. Hear insights from experts on the possible impacts on NASA's science initiatives and international space leadership.- The Role of Doge in NASA Restructuring: Get the scoop on how the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), led by Elon Musk, is influencing NASA's operational landscape, including layoffs and restructuring initiatives that could reshape the agency's future.For more cosmic updates, visit our website at astronomydaily.io. Join our community on social media by searching for #AstroDailyPod on Facebook, X, YouTubeMusic, TikTok, and our new Instagram account! Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.Thank you for tuning in. This is Steve signing off. Until next time, keep looking up and stay curious about the wonders of our universe.00:00 - Welcome to Astronomy Daily podcast for March 17, 202501:33 - Already, 3D printing in space is underway on the International Space station08:48 - 3D printers could help astronauts make sustainable products from natural resources09:39 - The privately built Athena spacecraft attempted a soft landing on the moon last week16:44 - NASA preparing for substantial budget cuts that could force cancellation of several missions20:46 - Official recognition of 128 new Saturnian moons brings total count to 274✍️ Episode ReferencesAthena Lunar Landing Insights[Intuitive Machines](https://www.intuitivemachines.com/)3D Printing in Space Research[NASA 3D Printing](https://www.nasa.gov/3dprinting)Saturn's Moons Discovery[International Astronomical Union](https://www.iau.org/)NASA Budget Update[NASA Budget](https://www.nasa.gov/budget)Astronomy Daily[Astronomy Daily](http://www.astronomydaily.io/)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news--5648921/support.

Powerful storms are raging through the southern US this weekend with at least 35 people now confirmed dead.President Trump signs an executive order to minimize operations at eight federal agencies, and makes a move to quickly deport Venezuelan gang members. That effort was quickly blocked by a federal judge.The Department of Education hangs in the balance. Hear from two guests on what's next for America's education system.How does the idea of "life's purpose" play into how long we live, and what does the latest medical research have to say? NTD's Brendon Fallon, host of vital signs, has details.And, astronauts aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule meet a light blue alien—and other friendly faces—after arriving at the International Space station. Plus details on how two of them are headed home after an unexpected 9-month stay in orbit.

Join us for a unique look at solving huge problems in our businesses, by bringing diverse thinking people together, with founder and president of International Space Alliance, Martina Dimoska. In this episode, Harrison and Martina discuss how bringing multiple perspectives together, in any context, provides a well-rounded viewpoint that produces growth, development and long-term, broad-reaching success.   Resources: Living Water Resources https://www.consultlivingwater.com/resources Martina Dimoska LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinadimoska/ Instagram: @astro_smarta International Space Alliance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/internationalspacealliance/ International Space Alliance Website: https://internationalspacealliance.com/ Martina's latest TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD4Z8-_7328&t=1s  Martina's latest AIAA Diverse Dozen Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1010&v=pPrLMIX8akg&feature=youtu.be

Boeing's Starliner mission to the International Space station has not been their finest moment. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore first travelled to the station in early June aboard a Boeing Starliner spacecraft for what was expected to be a week-long test mission. But issues with helium leaks and malfunctioning thrusters forced NASA to decide Starliner's problems were not well enough understood for the space agency to allow Williams and Wilmore to return to Earth on it. Jason Rabinovitch is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. Before that he worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for more than six years

In today's episode, we explore the latest discoveries in lunar volcanism, the unique phenomena awaiting astronauts at the moon's south pole, and the arrival of a new crew at the International Space Station. Join us for an in-depth look at these exciting developments in Space exploration!*Recent volcanism on discovered on the Moon Scientists have discovered evidence of volcanism on the lunar surface as recently as 125 million years ago. *The Strange phenomena people will see at Moon's south pole When astronauts return to the Moon's surface as part of the Artemis 3 mission to the Lunar south pole, they'll experience a very different environment to that which the Apollo astronauts witnessed more than half a century ago. *A new crew arrives at the International Space Station The Russian Soyuz MS-26 capsule has successfully docked with the International Space station just three hours after its launch aboard a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. *The Science Report Study shows up to 19% of dementia cases could be linked to vision problems. Over 52 million tonnes of plastic dumped into the environment every year. The growing amount of incorrect AI generated data being generated. Alex on Tech: are the new iPhone 16s worth it?  www.spacetimewithstuartgary.comwww.bitesz.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

There are hopes New Zealand can help lead the effort to clean up space.   Space Minister Judith Collins has announced we've joined a US-led multi-national space initiative: Operation Olympic Defender.  International space expert Maria Pozza told Ryan Bridge that as well as defence, it will see New Zealand contribute to reducing space debris.  She says in recent decades space junk has become a key issue, and sustainable use of space is becoming increasingly important.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we'll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guests today are Sara Kelley and David Thomas. T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A group of Irish engineering students are hoping for a stellar experience in Europe's premier competition for rocket design that brings together international university teams to advance space and aerospace technology. A team from University of Limerick have touched down at the Mach-24 Conference taking place in Spaceport Machrihanish, Argyll, Scotland until Sunday (July 14), where they will launch their new rocket, called Morrígu with an altitude of up to 3 kilometres. The UL Aeronautical Society (ULAS) launched a new High-Powered Rocketry (HiPR) division in late 2022. This initiative offers students opportunities to engage in the learning, building, and launching of rockets. The team consists of over 35 students from various disciplines, working on projects such as Sionna, Sionna 2, TVC, and Mach-24. The team's efforts span research-focused initiatives to competitive endeavours in international competitions. The Mach-24 conference is a premier university-centred conference organised by Discover Space UK which provides a platform for showcasing innovative rocket designs, such as ULAS HiPR's Morrígu. The event fosters collaboration, knowledge exchange, and competition among the brightest minds in the field, furthering advancements in aerospace technology. As part of a partnership, Atlantic Aviation Group (AAG) has made a contribution to the project to support the development and launch of Morrígu. The 100mm wide rocket has a max altitude of 3km, a 1kg deployable cansat (a mini-satellite), an AI-powered onboard camera, a 100mm body diameter and weighs 8 kilograms. Commenting, Susan Keating, Chief Commercial Officer of Atlantic Aviation Group, praised the "innovative and ambitious HiPR team." She added: "Their dedication to advancing aerospace engineering and providing hands-on experience to students aligns with our commitment to fostering the next generation of aviation and aerospace professionals. We look forward to seeing the team launch Morrígu and continuing their work into the future." Daire O'Sullivan, ULAS-HiPR captain, said: "We are extremely grateful to have Atlantic Aviation Group supporting ULAS HiPR. Through Mach-24 and our other projects, HiPR is creating opportunities and capabilities in space science and engineering for students in UL and nationwide. Partnering with AAG enables these ambitions and provides important exposure." See more stories here.

There are no drugstores halfway to Mars, so space exploration will only go as far as space medicine will take us. In this fascinating episode, OBJ Associate Managing Editor Richard Bilbao welcomes Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta, who joins UCF's College of Medicine as vice chair for aerospace medicine. 

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab has announced a new round of layoffs impacting about 8% of JPL's workforce. Viasat reported earned revenue of $1.1 billion for Q3 of fiscal year 2024, a 73% Year-over-Year increase. The Axiom 3 Mission crew undocked from the International Space station and began their journey home, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Greg Hodgin, CEO of ZC Institute.  You can connect with Greg on LinkedIn. Selected Reading JPL Workforce Update SpaceX Accused of Sexual Harassment as Fight With Ex-Employees Intensifies - Bloomberg Viasat Q3 FY2024 Financial Results Starfish Space announcement  Ax-3 Astronauts Undock in Dragon from Station for Earth Return SpaceX scrubs Starlink launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base – Spaceflight Now Trinity Capital Inc. Provides $20 Million Equipment Financing to Formlogic AWS Space Accelerator: India Breakthrough Prize Foundation Announces Student Winner Of Ninth Annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge Science Video Competition Record Year Detailed in ISS National Laboratory® Annual Report U.S. Southern Command Urges Space Conference Attendees to 'Think Big' Plans to ship human ashes, drink container to Moon spark legal debate | Reuters Former Microsoft And Dell Executive And U.S. Army Veteran, Tim Solms, Joins Slingshot Aerospace As CEO Humanity's most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch | Ars Technica T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.In today's programme: Nausea in pregnancy, scientists have solved why it happens and what we can do about it. Also, COP28 is over, but what was actually achieved And what science is revealing about the methods of great artists like Rembrandt. Plus Titans of Science returns, talking to leading scientists around the world, and today's relaunch features former astronaut and commander of the International Space station, Chris Hadfield.

The ability to get around any city through an online map service is only possible thanks to satellites in space helping to guide us to our destination. Satellites are also crucial for world-wide communication and connection as well as monitoring weather and climate change. While all of this sounds amazing, our increased desire for more means that the number of satellites in orbit is expected to increase dramatically over the next few years. We already have over 10,000 satellites and over 100 trillion untracked pieces of old satellites in orbit. As the space above us gets more crowded, the challenge of satellites crashing into other objects orbiting the earth becomes topical. When two metal orbiting satellites crash, they can break up into tiny fragments of debris, creating a cloud of shiny space junk which reflects light back to Earth. Scientific modelling suggests that the darkest parts of our nights sky will become 7.5 percent brighter over the next decade in partly due to this broken satellite dust. So what can be done to make the mostly steel, titanium and aluminium satellites more sustainable and our night skies less bright? A team of Japanese researchers think they might have the answer after bringing back three different types of wood that were out on the International Space station for 290 days. Looking into wood as a possible satellite material, the researchers found that the pieces of Erman's birch, Japanese cherry and magnolia wood came back in almost perfect condition with no signs of rot or decomposition. Wood also completely burns up when re-entering the earths atmosphere so won't leave the space debris that metal satellites will. Usually on earth water and oxygen create the perfect environment for wood to rot or for bugs to live in the wood and damage it, but those don't occur in space. Based on it's strength and workability the scientists concluded that magnolia was the best wood for the job and now American and Japanese scientists are preparing to launch the world's first wooden artificial satellite next summer as an environmentally friendly alternative to the aluminium ones currently circling the Earth. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Plants by nature are designed to interact with light. Satellites can measure the light reflected by plants to detect grapevine diseases before they are visible to the human eye. Katie Gold, Assistant Professor of Grape Pathology, Susan Eckert Lynch Faculty Fellow, School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section of Cornell AgriTech is trailblazing remote disease detection with imaging spectroscopy also known as hyperspectral imaging. Imaging spectroscopy was developed by NASA to tell us what Mars was made out of. By turning satellites back on Earth, Katie and a team of scientists are learning how to use the light reflected back to manage grapevine viral and foliar diseases. Listen in to the end to get Katie's number one piece of advice on the importance of data management. Resources: Alyssa K. Whitcraft, University of Maryland Disease Triangle of Plant Pathology Gold Lab Katie Gold, Cornell University   Katie Gold - Twitter NASA AVIRIS (Airborne Visible and InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer) NASA Acres - applying satellite data solutions to the most pressing challenges facing U.S. agriculture NASA Emit Satellite NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Planet Labs References: Vineyard Team Programs: Juan Nevarez Memorial Scholarship - Donate SIP Certified – Show your care for the people and planet   Sustainable Ag Expo – The premiere winegrowing event of the year - $50 OFF with code PODCAST23 Sustainable Winegrowing On-Demand (Western SARE) – Learn at your own pace Vineyard Team – Become a Member Get More Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode on the latest science and research with the Sustainable Winegrowing Podcast. Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.   Transcript Craig Macmillan  0:00  With us today is Katie Gold, Assistant Professor of Grape Pathology at Cornell AgraTech campus of the Cornell University. Thanks for being on the show.   Katie Gold  0:08  Well, thanks for having me.   Craig Macmillan  0:09  Today, we're going to talk about some really cool technology. I've been interested in it for a long time, and I can't wait to get an update on what all is happening. There's some really exciting work being done on using remote sensing for the detection of plant diseases. Can you tell us a little bit about what that research is about what's going on in that field?   Katie Gold  0:25  Sure, what isn't going on in this field, it's a really exciting time to be here. So I guess to put into context, we're really at this precipice of an unprecedented era of agricultural monitoring. And this comes from the intersection of you know, hardware becoming accessible, the data analytics becoming accessible, but also investment, you know, a lot of talk of ag tech being the next big thing. And with that comes this interest in using these cool and novel data streams for disease detection. So my group specializes in plant disease sensing, it's our bread and butter to what we entirely focus on. And we specialize in a technology called imaging spectroscopy for disease detection. So this is also known as hyperspectral imaging. Imaging spectroscopy is the technical term. And this is a type of remote sensing that it differs from, you know, radio wave remote sensing, and it focuses on light in the visible to shortwave infrared range.   Craig Macmillan  1:13  Talk a little bit more about that. So when we talk about hyperspectral, we're looking outside of the range of radiation, essentially, that's not just light.   Katie Gold  1:24  So yes, and no. So hyperspectral is a word that describes how the light is being measured, kind of colloquially, we assigned to it more meaning that it actually has. That's why I often like to differentiate between it for explanation sake, what hyperspectral imaging is, when we talk about using it in the full vSphere range, these are all types of light, you know, it's all aspects of the electromagnetic radiation scale. But this spectrum of light that ranges from the visible to the shortwave infrared, this spans a range of about 2100 wavelengths. So to put that into context, we see visible light only. And this spans a range of wavelengths, that's about 300 nanometers, and went from about 450 to 750. So if you think about all the richness of radiation, the subtlety in differences in color that you see in everyday light, all of that comes from those subtle interactions of, you know, specific wavelengths of light hitting that stuff and bouncing back into our eye. So now imagine having seven times more wavelengths than that, you know, we have 2100, different wavelengths that we measure. And those wavelengths that are beyond the range that we can see the reason why we don't see them as they're less abundant, they're less emitted by our sun, but they're still present, and they still interact with the world. In particular, they interact very strongly with chemistry, such as environmental chemistry. So imaging spectroscopy was developed by NASA to tell us what Mars was made out of, then one day, they're like, let's turn this baby around and pointed at the Earth. And we discovered that it's quite applicable for vegetative spectroscopy. So telling us what vegetation is made of what the composition of the Earth is. And because plant disease impacts chemistry, so dramatically, plant physiology, chemistry, morphology, such a dramatic chaotic impact. It's a really excellent technology to use for early detection. So those subtle little changes that occur within a plant before it becomes diseased to the human eye, but it's undergoing that process of disease.   Craig Macmillan  3:12  Can you expand on that point? Exactly how does this work in terms of the changes in the plant that are being picked up by viewing certain wavelengths? What's the connection there?   Katie Gold  3:23  Consider the leaf, right. So plants are an amazing thing to remotely sense because they're designed by nature to interact with light. Now that's in contrast to skin right that's designed to keep light out plants are designed to have light go in and out, etcetera. So light will enter our atmosphere from the sun, and it will do one of three things when it encounters a plant, it'll be reflected back, it will be absorbed for photosynthesis, or it will be transmitted through the plant. And the wealth of that light is actually reflected back. And that reflected light can be detected by something as distantly placed as a satellite in orbit. And how that light is reflecting off a plant is determined by the health status of a plant. So a healthy leaf, right? It's going to be photosynthesizing. This means that it's going to be absorbing red and blue light for photosynthesis, it's going to have a lot of chlorophyll, it's going to be nice, bright and green, it's going to reflect back a lot of green light. And then it's going to reflect back near infrared light, because that is the sort of light that corresponds really well to the cellular structure of a leaf, right, so a nice healthy leaf is going to bounce back near infrared light. Now an unhealthy plant, it's not going to be photosynthesizing properly. So it's going to be absorbing less red and blue light. Therefore, it will be reflecting more of that red light back, it's not going to have a lot of chlorophyll. So it's going to reflect back less green light, and it's not as healthy. It's not as robust, so it will reflect back less near infrared light. So by looking at those subtle differences, and this is where we get back to that idea of hyperspectral. Right. hyperspectral is a word about how a sensor is measuring light. And hyperspectral means that a sensor is measuring light at such narrow intervals, that it's a near continuous data product. And this is in contrast to a multispectral sensor something Like NDVI that measures light in big chunks. The power is when you have continuous data, right? You could do more complex analyses you just have more to work with. And when you have discrete data, this is what makes hyperspectral sensors more powerful. It's how they're measuring the light, and often, that they're measuring more light that our eyes can see. But that's not necessarily a given hyperspectral sensors do not need to measure beyond the visible range, they can solely be focused on the visual visible range. Because once again, hyperspectral is a word about how the light is being measured. But we oftentimes kind of colloquially, so assign more value to it. But let's take that in combination, right. So you have a hyperspectral sensor that's measuring light and very, very narrow intervals near continuous data product, you're measuring seven times more wavelengths than the eye can see, combined together. That's how this works, right? So those subtle differences and those wavebands how they're reflecting both direct interactions with plant chemistry, you know, some certain wavelengths of light will hit nitrogen bonds go wackadoo and bounce back, all crazy. Otherwise, we're making indirect inferences, right, you know, plant disease as a chaotic impact of plant health that impacts lots of areas of the spectrum. So we're not directly measuring the chemical impact, right? We're not saying okay, well, nitrogen is down two sugars are up three starch XYZ, we're measuring that indirect impact.   Craig Macmillan  6:19  That's pretty amazing. And so...   Katie Gold  6:21  I think it's cool, right? Yeah.   Craig Macmillan  6:24  The idea here is that there are changes in the leaf that can be picked up and these other wave lengths that we wouldn't see until it's too late.   Katie Gold  6:34  Exactly.   Craig Macmillan  6:35  Okay. So it's a warning sign. That gives us a chance to change management.   Katie Gold  6:40  Ideally, so. Right, so it depends on with the scale at which you're operating. So now here comes another level, right. So if you're considering just that one individual plant, it's different from when you're considering the whole scale of a vineyard, right, you want your sensing to be right size to the intervention that you're going to take. So my group works with two types of diseases primarily, we work with grape vine viral diseases, as well as grape vine foliar diseases, for example, a grape vine downy mildew, which is an Erysiphe caused by a Erysiphe pathogen, and grapevine powdery mildew, which is caused by a fungal pathogen. Now the sort of intervention that you would take for those two diseases is very different, right? With a viral disease, the only treatment that you have is removal, there's no cure for being infected with the virus. Now, with a fungal pathogen or an Erysiphe pathogen like grape downy mildew. If you detect that early, there are fungicides you can use with kickback action. Or otherwise, you might change the sort of what sort of choice you might make a fungicide right. If you know there's an actual risk in this location, you might put your most heavy hitting fungicides there than in areas where there is no disease detected, or the risk is incredibly low, you might feel more comfortable relying on a biological, thereby reducing the impact. So given the sort of intervention, you would take, we want to right size, our sensing approach for it. So with grapevine viral diseases, when the intervention is so has such a vast financial impact, right removal, we want to be incredibly sure of our data. So we focused on high spectral resolution data products for that ones, where we have lots of wavelengths being measured with the most precise accuracy so that we can have high confidence in that result, right? We want to give that to someone and say, Hey, we are very confident this is undergoing asymptomatic infection. Now, on the other hand, with these foliar diseases, they change at such a rapid timescale that you're more benefited by having an early warning that may be less accurate, right? So you're saying, hey, this area of your vineyard is undergoing rapid change it might be due to disease might be because your kid drove a golf cart through the vineyard, however, we're warning you regardless, to send someone out there and take a look and make a decision as to what you might do. Ideally, we would have a high spectral resolution regardless, right? Because more spectrum or better, but the realities of the physics and the actual logistics of doing the sensing is that we don't get to do that we have to do a trade off with spectral spatial and temporal resolution. So if we want rapid return, high degrees of monitoring, and we want that high spatial resolution suitable for a vineyard, we lose our spectral resolution, so we lose our confidence in that result. But our hope is that by saying, Hey, this is a high area of change, and giving you that information very quickly, you can still make an intervention that will be yield successful response, right? You'll go out there and you're like, Oh, yep, that's downy mildew. Otherwise, like, I'm going to take my kid keys like he's out here, my vineyard again. Right? So it's, it's kind of work balancing, right. So we have the logistics of the real world to contend with in terms of using sensing to make to inform management intervention.   Craig Macmillan  9:36  This technology can be used or applied at a variety of distances if I understand everything from proximal like driving through a vineyard to satellite.   Katie Gold  9:48  Oh, yeah. And we've worked with everything.   Craig Macmillan  9:50  Yeah, yeah. And everything in between. I mean, could you fly over is a lot of companies that do NDVIs with flyover.   Katie Gold  9:55  You can use robots like we do.   We can use robots, there's all kinds of things we can do. Or what is a what is NDVI for the audience, even though that's not what we're talking about. You and I keep using it.   So NDVI stands for Normalized Difference vegetative index. It's a normalized difference between near infrared light reflecting and red light. And it is probably the most accurate measurement we have of how green something is. And it's quite a powerful tool. As you you know, we've been using NDVI for well over 50 years to measure how green the earth is from space. That's powerful. But the power of NDVI is also its downside. And that because it is so effective at telling you how green something is, it cannot tell you why something is green. Or it cannot tell you why something is not green, it's going to pick up on a whole range of subtle things that impact plant health.   Craig Macmillan  10:40  And whereas the kind of work that you're doing differs from that in that it's looking at different frequencies, and a higher resolution of frequencies.   Katie Gold  10:51  Exactly. So for the most part, we do use NDVI. But we use it more as a stepping stone, a filtering step rather than the kind of end all be all. Additionally to we use an index that's a cousin to NDVI called EDI, that is adjusted for blue light reflectance, which is very helpful in the vineyard because it helps you deal with the shadow effects. Given the trellising system Iin the vineyard. But yes, exactly. We, for the most part are looking at more narrow intervals of light than NDVI and ranges beyond what NDVI is measuring.   Craig Macmillan  11:22  What's the resolution from space?   Katie Gold  11:24  That's a great question.   Craig Macmillan  11:25  What's the pixel size?   Katie Gold  11:27  One of the commercial satellite products we work with has half a meter resolution from space.   Craig Macmillan  11:32  Wow.   Katie Gold  11:33  Yeah, 50 centimeters, which is amazing. Yeah, that was exactly my reaction. When I heard about it, it was like I didn't get my hands on this. But as I mentioned before, right, you know, if that resolution, we trade off the spectral resolution. So actually, that imagery only has four bands, that effectively is quite similar to an NDVI sensor, that we do have a little more flexibility, we can calculate different indices with it. So we use that data product, 50 centimeters, we use three meter data products from commercial sources. And then we're also looking towards the future, a lot of my lab is funded by NASA, in support of a future satellite that's going to be launched at the end of the decade, called surface biology and geology. And this is going to put a full range Hyperspectral Imager into space that will yield global coverage for the first time. So this satellite will have 30 meter resolution. And it will have that amazing spectral resolution about 10 day return. And that 30 meter spatial size. So again, kind of mixing and matching, you don't get to optimize all three resolutions at once. Unfortunately, maybe sometime in my career, I'll get to the point where I get to optimize exactly what I want, but I'm not there yet.   Craig Macmillan  12:41  And I hadn't thought about that. So there's also a there's a time lag between when the data comes in and when it can be used.   Katie Gold  12:48  Yes.   Craig Macmillan  12:48  What are those lags like?   Katie Gold  12:50  It depends. So with some of the NASA data that we work with, it can be quite lagged, because it's not designed for rapid response. It's designed for research grade, right? So it's assuming that you have time, and it's going through a processing stage, it's going through corrections, etc. And this process is not designed to be rapid, because it's not for rapid response. Otherwise, sometimes when we're working with commercial imagery that can be available. If we task it, it can be available to us within 24 hours. So that's if I say, Hey, make me an acquisition. And they do and then within 24 hours, I get my imagery in hand. Otherwise to there's a there's delays up to seven days. But for the most part, you can access commercial satellite imagery of a scene of your choosing, generally within 24 hours of about three meter resolution to half a meter resolution. That is if you're willing to pay not available from the space agencies.   Craig Macmillan  13:42  I want to go back to that space agency thing first or in a second. What talk to me about satellite, we've got all kinds of satellites flying around out there.   Oh, we do.   All kinds of who's doing what and where and how and what are they? And how long are they up there. And...   Katie Gold  13:58  Well, I'll talk a little bit about the satellites that my program is most obsessed with. We'll call it that. I'll first start with the commercial satellite imagery that we use. This comes from Planet Labs. They're a commercial provider, they're quite committed to supporting research usages, but we've been using their data for three years now. Both they're tasked imagery, which is half a meter resolution, as well as their planet scope data, which is three meter resolution. And we've been looking at this for grapevine downy mildew. Planet Labs, their whole thing is that they have constellation architecture of cube sets. So one of the reasons why satellites are the big thing right now they are what everyone's talking about, is because we're at this point of accessibility to satellite data that's facilitated by these advances in hardware design. So one the design of satellites you know, we now have little satellites called CubeSats that are the size of footballs maybe a little bit bigger.   Craig Macmillan  14:48  Oh, really?   Katie Gold  14:48  Yeah, yeah, they're cool. They're cute. You can actually like kids science fair projects can design a CubeSat now, fancy kid school projects, at least not not where I was. As well as constellation architecture. So this is instead of having one big satellite, the size of a bus, you have something like 10, CubeSat, that are all talking to each other and working together to generate your imagery. So that's how you're able to have far more rapid returns, instead of one thing circling around the planet, you have 10 of them circling a little bit off. So you're able to get imagery far more frequently at higher spatial resolution. And this is now you know, trickled down to agriculture. Of course, you know, what did the Department of Defense have X years ago, they've, I'm excited to see what will finally be declassified eventually, right. But this is why satellite imagery is such a heyday. But anyway, that's, that's the whole Planet Labs stick, they use CubeSats and constellation design. And that's how they're able to offer such high spatial resolution imagery.   Craig Macmillan  15:44  Just real quick, I want to try understand this, you have x units, and they're spaced apart from each other in their orbit.   Katie Gold  15:52  That's my understanding. So remember, I'm the plant pathologist here I just usethis stuff. So that's my understanding is that the physicists, you know, and NASA speak, they classify us into three categories. They've got applications, like myself, I use data for something, you have algorithms, which is like I study how to make satellite, talk to the world, right, like, make useful data out of satellite. And then there's hardware people, right, they design the satellite, that's their whole life. And I'm on the other side of the pipeline. So this is my understanding of how this works. But yes, they have slightly different orbits, but they talk to each other very, very like intimately so that the data products are unified.   Craig Macmillan  16:33  Got it. But there's also other satellites that you're getting information from data from.   Katie Gold  16:37  Yes, yeah. So now kind of going on to the other side of things. So Planet Labs has lesser spectral resolution, they have four to eight, maybe 10 bands is the most that you can get from them. We're looking towards NASA surface biology and geology data. And we use NASA's Avaris instrument suite, the family suite, that includes next generation, as well as brand new Avaris three, and this stands for the Airborne, Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer. Now, this is an aircraft mounted device, but this is the sort of sensor that we'll be going into space. Additionally, we're just starting to play around with data from the new NASA satellite called Emit. Emit is an imaging spectrometer that was initially designed to study dust emission. So like, tell us what the dust is made out of where it's coming from. But they've opened up the mask to allow its collection over other areas. And Emit has outstanding spectral resolution, and about 60 meter spatial resolution. It's based on the International Space.   Craig Macmillan  17:32  Station. It's located on the International Space Station?   Katie Gold  17:36  Yes, yeah. And that actually impacts how its imagery is collected. So if you take a look at a map of Emit collections, there are these stripes across the world. And that's because it's on the ISS. So it only collects imagery wherever the ISS goes. And that's a little bit different from this idea of constellation architecture, have these free living satellites floating through orbit and talking to each other.   Craig Macmillan  17:56  Are there other things like Landsat 7, Landsat 8?   Katie Gold  18:02  Oh, we're on Landsat 9 , baby!   Craig Macmillan  18:04  Oh, we're on Landsat 9 now. Cool.   Katie Gold  18:05  Yeah. Yeah, Landsat 9 was successfully launched. I'm really excited about its data.   Craig Macmillan  18:10  And it's coming in?   Katie Gold  18:11  Just to my understanding, yes, so we don't use Landsat and Sentinel data as much otherwise, our focus is on that spectral resolution, but Landsat 9 and its its partner from the European Space Agency's Sentinel 2, they're truly the workhorses of the agricultural monitoring industry. Without those two satellites, we would be in a very different place in this world.   Craig Macmillan  18:32  Right, exactly. Now, you said that your work is funded partially or all by NASA?   Katie Gold  18:37  Yes, partially.   Craig Macmillan  18:38  So partially, so what is the relationship there?   Katie Gold  18:40  So before I started with Cornell, I was hired by Cornell while I was still a graduate student, and as part of their support for my early career development, they sponsored a short postdoc for me a fellowship, they called it I got to stay with a faculty fellow feel better about myself at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where my graduate co advisor Phil Townsend had a relationship with so I spent nine months fully immersed in JPL. People think of JPL is like, you know, the rocket launchers, which they are, but they also study, you know, like some of those phase out and go out into the world. But some of the things they launched turn around and study the Earth, and they had the carbon and ecosystem cycling group there. So I was able to work with them, as well as the imaging spectroscopy group for nine months. And it completely changed my entire life just opened up the world to me about what was possible with NASA data, what was coming for potential use of NASA data. And it really changed the trajectory of my career. So I made connections, made friends got my first graduate student from JPL, that have truly defined my career path. So I work very closely with NASA, originating from that relationship, as well as I'm the pest and disease risk mitigation lead for the newly established domestic agriculture consortium called NASA Acres. So this is NASA's most recent investment in supporting domestic agriculture. Through this consortium we're funded to continue some of our research myself and my good colleague, Yu Jiang who's an engineer who builds me my robots. It's confounding our work continuously, as well as giving us the opportunity to try to expand our approach to other domains through interactions, one on one, collaborations with other researchers and importantly work with stakeholders. And this consortium, the Acres consortium is led by my colleague, Dr. Alyssa Woodcraft, based at the University of Maryland.   Craig Macmillan  20:20  Going back to some of the things that you mentioned earlier, and I think I just didn't ask the question at the time, how often does the satellite travel over any particular point on Earth?   Katie Gold  20:32  So it depends on the type of satellite design. Is it the big one satellite sort of design? Or is it constellation? Or the ISS, right? Like they think the ISS orbits every 90 minutes, something like that? So it really depends, but their satellites crossing us overhead every moment. I think at night, if you ever look up into the night sky, and you see a consistent light, just traveling across the world, not blinking. That's a satellite going overhead.   Craig Macmillan  20:59  Wow, that's amazing. Actually, are there applications for this technology on other crops?   Katie Gold  21:04  Oh, certainly. So yeah. Oh, absolutely. So the use of this technology for understanding vegetative chemistry was really trailblaze by the terrestrial ecologist, in particular, the forest ecologist because it's a, you know, it's how you study things at scale, unlike the vineyards would have nice paths between them for researchers like myself, and you know, us all to walk between forests are incredibly difficult to navigate, especially the ones in more remote locations. So for the past two decades, it really spear spearheaded and trailblaze this use, and then I work with vineyards for the most part, I'm a grape pathologist, I was hired to support the grape industry, they saw the research I was doing, they said, great, keep doing it in garpes. So I'm a reformed potato and vegetable pathologist, I like to say, but there's no reason at all why the work I'm doing isn't applicable to other crops. I just happened to be doing it in grape, and I happen to really adore working with the wine and grape industry.   Craig Macmillan  21:54  Yeah, yeah, absolutely. That, it totally makes sense. How is this translating are going to translate for growers into grower practices?   Katie Gold  22:02  That's a great question. So the idea is that by trailblazing these functionalities, eventually, we'll be able to partner with commercial industry to bring this to growers, right. We want these this utility to be adopted for management intervention. But there's only so much one academic lab alone can do and the my role in the world is to trailblaze the use cases and then to partner with private industry to bring it to the people at scale. But the hope is that, you know, I want every venue manager to be looking at aerial images of their vineyards. Every day, right? I have a vision of interactive dashboards, maps of informed risk. One day, I want to have live risk maps informed by remote sensing. And I want every vineyard manager to be as familiar with their aerial view of their vines as they are with that side view of their vines. Right. And I think we're getting there sooner than you realize we're really at the precipice of this unprecedented era of monitoring or monitoring ability, right? And I'm really excited about what it will hold for management.   Craig Macmillan  23:02  And so you must have cooperators I'm guessing.   Katie Gold  23:05  Oh, I do. Yes. I've wonderful cooperators.   Craig Macmillan  23:08  At this stage. It sounds like we're still kind of in a beta stage.   Katie Gold  23:13  Oh, yes, very much in the beta stage.   Craig Macmillan  23:15  So I'm guessing that you're looking at imagery and spotting areas that would suggest that there's some kind of a pathology problem, and then you're going on ground truthing it?   Katie Gold  23:27  So yes, and no, it's more of a testbed sort of case study. We have nine acres of pathology vineyards here at Cornell, Agrotech, and Geneva, New York. And then we do partner with cooperators. We have wonderful cooperators based out in California, as well as here in New York. But those are for more on testbed sort of thing. So we're not just monitoring vineyards, and like watching them and say, Ooh, the spot appears here. We're doing more of a case studies where we intentionally go out and ground truth, then build those links between the imagery because we're not quite there yet, in terms of having this whole thing automated, we're still building those algorithms building that functionality. Now we've established proof of concept. You know, we know this works. So we're working on the proof of practicality, right? Building robust pipelines, ones that are that are resilient to varying environmental geographic conditions, right, different crop varieties resilient to confounding abiotic stress, that one drives us nuts. So that's the stage that we're at, but our collaborators and our industry stakeholders who partner with us. Without them the sort of work I do just simply would not be possible. And I'm extremely grateful for their part.   Craig Macmillan  24:29  So what, what is next, what's next in the world of Katie Gold and in the world of hyperspectral plant pathology?   Katie Gold  24:34  What's next for me is in a week, I'm boarding an airplane to go to Europe for a jaunt. I'm giving two international keynotes at plant pathology conferences about methods but what I really see as next for me is I really want to see the tools that technologies the approach that my group is using, percolate through the domain of plant pathology. We're such a small discipline, there's only about 2000 of us Around the world, in plant pathology, and you know, there's not even 10, great pathologist in this country, I can name every single one of them if you wanted me to. And I think I've got their number and my phone, really, I strongly believe we're at the precipice of such an exciting era in plant pathology, due to the availability of these imagery, these data streams, just simply an unprecedented era. And it will be a paradigm shift in how we ask and answer questions about Plant Pathology, because for the first time, we have accessible, accurate imagery that we can use to study plant disease at the scale at which it occurs in the field in real time. So I want to see these ideas percolate through the skill sets adopted, taken up and embraced and it we're seeing that start, you know, we're seeing that start, there's really excitement in plant pathology, about the use of remote sensing about GIS and that skill set in its value to our discipline. But I'd really like to see that expand. I think I am the first ever plant pathologist to receive funding from NASA Earth Science Division. When I started at JPL, they would introduce me as a disease ecologist, because no one had ever heard of plant pathology. And my wonderful colleague at JPL, Brian Pavlik, who's a JPL technologist, when we started working together, he had never once been into a vineyard. He didn't know about Plant Pathology, he was the one that called me a disease ecologist. And recently, I heard him explain the disease triangle to someone, which is, of course, the fundamental theory of plant pathology. And I was just so proud. But it also really represented this real excitement for me this embrace this acknowledgement of the challenges we face in plant pathology in these domains that otherwise have not heard of us, right and beyond the USDA, funding from NASA, just awareness from these other organizations, excitement from engineers, AI experts about solving plant disease problems. It's truly invigorating and exciting to me. That's where I see you going next. And I'm really excited about the future.   Craig Macmillan  26:51  There was one thing that you could say to grape growers on this topic, what would it be?   Katie Gold  26:58  Oh, that's such a great question. There's so much that I want to say.   Craig Macmillan  27:01  One thing, Katie.   Katie Gold  27:04  I would say your data is valuable and to be aware of how you keep track of your data, that the keeping track of your data, keeping your data organized, keeping, just having reproducible organized workflows will enable you to make the most out of these forthcoming technologies. It will enable you to calibrate it will enable you to train these technologies to work better for you, but your data is valuable, don't give it away to just anyone and to be aware of it.   Craig Macmillan  27:33  I agree wholeheartedly. And I think that applies everything from how much time it takes to leaf an acre of ground. And how much wood you are removing when you prune to when and how much water you're applying. Data is gold.   Katie Gold  27:49   Data is gold.   Craig Macmillan  27:50  It takes time and energy.   Katie Gold  27:52  Institutional knowledge. For example, my field research manager Dave Combs has been doing this job for over 25 years, I inherited him from my predecessor, and he trained our robot how to see disease in its imagery. And the goal of our robots is not to replace the expertise like Dave, but to preserve them right to preserve that 25 years of knowledge into a format that will live beyond any of us. So I see keeping track of your data keeping track of that knowledge you have, you know, you know, in your vineyard where a disease is going to show up first, you know your problem areas, keeping track of that in an organized manner, annotating your datasets. I'm starting to adopt GIS in a way just simply like, here are my field boundaries, even simply just taking notes on your in your data sets that are timed and dated. I think it's incredibly important.   Craig Macmillan  28:38  Where can people find out more about you and your work?   Katie Gold  28:41  Well, so you can visit my Web website or I've got a public Twitter page where you can see me retweet cool things that I think are cool. I tweet a lot about NASA I tweet a lot about Greek disease. If you want to see pictures of dying grapes come to my Twitter page, as well as Cornell regularly publishes things about me.   Craig Macmillan  28:57  Fantastic.   Katie Gold  28:58  So be sure to Google Katie Gold Cornell.   Cornell that's the key. Yeah, Katie go to Cornell or you might get an unwelcome surprise.   Craig Macmillan  29:04  And we have lots of links and stuff on the show page. So listeners you can go there. I want to thank our guest today.   Unknown Speaker  29:13  Thank you so much for having me, Craig. This has been wonderful.   Craig Macmillan  29:16  Had Katie Gould, Assistant Professor of rape pathology at Cornell agritech campus of Cornell University.    Nearly Perfect Transcription by https://otter.ai

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Interview with Dr Gay Jane P. Perez, Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology (DDG-SST), Republic of the Philippines - Office of the President - Philippine Space Agency.Dr. Perez serves as the Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology (DDG-SST) at the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). She is also a Professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology of the University of the Philippines Diliman.She was a postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2010-2011). She is a graduate of the National Institute of Physics at the University of the Philippines Diliman, from which she received Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics (2003), Master of Science (2005), and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (2009).Dr. Perez has led various programs on satellite development in the Philippines as well as other projects that utilized satellite and remotely sensed data for environmental applications and climate studies.Dr. Perez is a recipient of The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service (TOWNS) Award (2019) and is the first Filipino woman to receive the ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women (2018).Her research interests include Earth observation satellite product development, drought monitoring and forecasting, forest change detection, land cover/land use change, other satellite remote sensing applications for the environment, seasonal and climate prediction, climate change and variability, complex systems, and interdisciplinary applications of Physics.In this podcast, Dr Perez shared the latest developments at the Philippine Space Agency, and some of the highlights she presented at GSTC 2022 (Global Science and Technology Conference 2022). She touched on the efforts to build the downstream Space Technology infrastructure, including the challenges to ingest the immense volume of data gathered from satellites, and turned them into meaningful insights in applications ranging from hazard management to drought management.Dr Perez also gave the listeners a glimpse into the evolution of the Philippine upstream activities, including the launch of the first Philippine satellite Diwata 1 in 2016, to today's development of CubeSat(s) for research.Wrapping up the podcast, Dr Perez pointed to the importance of capacity building and international partnerships, echoing the words of many in this fast growing sector: “if you want to run fast, do it alone; if you want to run far, we need to do it together.”Recorded 10th February 2022, Singapore/Philippines Standard Time 11am. Interview as part of the ASITII International Space Bridge Series 2022 - Register interest at www.asitti.space

Sydney based HAM radio operator and examiner Binu N G explains about the amateur radio use… - ലോകമെങ്ങും പ്രചാരം കൂടിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഹോബിയാണ് ഹാം റേഡിയോ ഉപയോഗം. ദുരന്തമുഖങ്ങളിൽ കൈത്താങ്ങാകുന്ന ഹാം റേഡിയോ ഓപ്പറേറ്റർമാർക്ക്, ബഹിരാകാശ യാത്രികരുമായി വരെ സംസാരിക്കാനും കഴിയും. ഇതേക്കുറിച്ച് എസ് ബിഎസ് മലയാളത്തോട് സംസാരിക്കുകയാണ് സിഡ്നിയിൽ ഹാം റേഡിയോ ഓപ്പറേറ്ററും, ലൈസൻസിംഗ് എക്സാമിനറുമായ ബിനു എൻ ജി. അതു കേൾക്കാം, മുകളിലെ പ്ലേയറിൽ.

This episode was originally released a year ago, but due to technical difficulties has only resurfaced now! Wilson Cheung Wai Yin is the founder and director of Polar Research and Expedition Consultancy as well he is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), a Member of The Explorers Club and on the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Humanities & Social Sciences Expert Group...he's a graduate of the TEOS program where we studied together and you hear a lot about on this show. Wilson is a true renaissance person with a detailed professional skill set that covers just about anything one could imagine in the Air, on the Land, ice or below the sea. He guided everywhere you can imagine in the arctic and polar regions of the world, quite opposite of his native Hong Kong. In today's conversation we discuss his early nature experiences when growing up in Hong Kong, his experience in polar guiding, cross-cultural research in tourism and climate change, The role of citizen science in tourism, his plans to travel to space...yeah that's right I said space...and a whole lot more. Wilson's photography is on Instagram @polarwilson or contact him via his website www.preconsultancy.com/ Support the show via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transnaturalpod Twitter / Facebook / Medium @TRANSNATURALPOD / Blog Articles: https://transnatural-perspectives.med...  / Youtube One time Donation: Paypal.me/InternationalSuper Music by Fazerklang SFX: freesounds.org 00:08:07 from  From Polar guide to polar scientist 00:09:46 How Wilson's experience in Polar tourism exploration began in Antarctica 00:12:47 The role of Language and Skill in becoming a Polar Guide 00:13:52 Wilsons early nature experiences growing up in Hong Kong's British colonial period.  00:17:40 From failing entrance exams to representing his university on scholarship in Antarctica 00:24:45 Advantages and Disadvantages of pursuing a career in the Outdoors in Hong Kong 00:26:56 Working in “Paradise” a.k.a Antarctica as a Polar guide 00:28:51 Antarctica and the Asian Perspective (or lack of an Asian arctic exploration connection) 00:32:00 Antarctica as an International Space for Humankind 00:35:00 Antarctica as a place to influence peace 00:38:46 The Antarctica Treaty 00:42:05 Wilsons Polar Research 00:43:52 Growth of Chinese Tourism in Antarctica 00:49:28 Is it possible to avoid Disneyfication or McDonaldization of tourism Activity in Antarctica 00:53:30 The Need for arctic tourism & Citizen science Tourism in on Polar Tourism 00:59:56 Wilson climate and glacial melt research 01:10:24 Wilsons quest for a mountaineering world record 01:12:15 Researching on the Frontier of Discovery  01:16:45 Preparing for space travel and Moon Lab Construction 01:20:33 Outlook on a challenging Future and advice on achieving dreams and goals 01:25:45 Wilson's upcoming publications 01:25:00 Closing reflections --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnatural-perspectives/message

Join us on TechTime with Nathan Mumm this week on the show; we give you the first look at "Twitter Blue," and with this, does a new paradigm open to free social media services? Then YouTube suddenly dislikes the thumbs-down, while Elon Musk Sells about 930,000 Tesla Shares Worth $1.1 Billion. Next, a rare, original Apple-1 computer just sold, for how much? Gwen Way joins the show with a new Gadgets and Gear segment. Finally, we have our Pick of the Day Whiskey Tastings and Mike's Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by Stori-Coffee®.  On the Second Hour, From NASA's Perseverance rover to what is happening on the International Space station. Grab a pencil to keep track of our Technology Steals and Deals. Then what is happening in the Cyberworld with our scary segment, we call "Protect Yourself Today" Plus, you will not want to miss "This Week in Technology History" as we explore some Apple flair. "Welcome to TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go "Hummmm" Technology news of the week for November 13th through the 19th, 2021.Episode 74: Hour 1--- [Now on Today's Show]: Starts at 9:15--- [Top Stories in 5 Minutes]: Starts at 11:39Elon Musk Sells About 930,000 Tesla Shares Worth $1.1 Billion - https://tinyurl.com/4nzzhjxc YouTube gives dislikes the thumbs-down, hides public counts - https://tinyurl.com/chzyvkke A rare, original Apple-1 computer just sold at auction for an astounding $500,000 - https://tinyurl.com/4skn6ykf MoviePass may return in 2022 -  https://tinyurl.com/59mp57bn Steam Deck delayed to 2022 due to ongoing supply-chain disruptions - https://tinyurl.com/47xhrzwv --- [Pick of the Day - Whiskey Tasting Review]: Starts at 25:56Riff Distilling Kentucky Straight | 100 Proof | $45.00 --- [Gadgets and Gear]: Starts at 28:18Marvel Dice Throne review by Gwen Way--- [Technology Insider]: Starts at 40:53"Twitter Blue" options that people have been asking for now a “Premium Service” - https://tinyurl.com/4744s52w--- [Mike's Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 50:20--- [Pick of the Day]: Starts at 53:43Riff Distilling Kentucky Straight | 100 Proof | $45.00 Nathan: Thumbs Up  Mike: Thumbs UpEpisode 74: Hour 2 --- [Now on Today's Show]: Starts at 1:05:48--- [Steals and Deals]: Starts at 1:09:53Mike and Nathan share this week's best prices on technology items for the week. --- [Protect Yourself Today]: Starts at 1:20:28Breached Aruba Central using a stolen access key. FBI warns of Iranian hackers looking to buy US orgs' stolen data - https://tinyurl.com/mdryjhtv Telnyx is the latest VoIP provider hit with DDoS attacks - https://tinyurl.com/22v7pynd --- [What We Found on the Web]: Starts at 1:38:24Latest Astronaut Crew of Four Welcomed Aboard International Space StationNASA Mars rover roughs up a rock, peers at 'something no one's ever seen' --- [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 1:47:30November 10, 2001 - Apple ships the first iPod, the device that changed the course of both the music and technology industries. Podcorn: Podcast influencer marketplace The leading podcast marketplace. Connecting unique voices to unique brands for native advertising.

Oscar-ræset nærmer sig! Vi tager hul på den kommende Oscar-sæson med et lille kig på kategorien Best International film. Derudover er der catch-up på film og serier. Gensyn med Dune, Matrix i 4K, Escape Room filmene, Squid Game, Resident Alien og Box Office snak! http://www.ikassenshow.dk/2021/11/i-kassen-talks-15-internationalspace.html

In this episode, National Defense takes a look at the military's hunt for electric vehicles, how world leaders are collaborating on space security, and efforts to revamp strategic sealift capabilities.

Who owns celestial space?  Join Host Dawn Meyer on the international "Space Treaty" about the rules of going into space, to the moon and beyond.  

Our latest podcast episode takes you on a journey all the way to Kathmandu in Nepal.We speak with Sonika Manandhar, a Nepalese entrepreneur and former senior software developer for Microsoft, who's now a fintech founder committed to improving the lives of women small business owners in Nepal. Sonika is co-founder and CTO of Aeloi Technologies, an innovative social enterprise and fintech that uses digital tokens to facilitate affordable loans to Nepali small businesses that are working in a sustainable and climate-friendly fashion. Think things such as electric mini buses and sustainable agriculture. She also happens to be one of Nepal's highest flyers, almost literally, as she was selected to participate in International Space training at the Korean AeroSpace Research Institute. Not only that. Sonika was named a National Geographic Explorer for 2020, a UN Young Champion of the Earth in 2019, and she attended Singularity University where exponential thinking is cultivated. In this episode you'll hear:How Sonika is going about creating change when her customers have low literacy levelsHer advice for introvertsHow her use of digital tokens is helping to build trust between financiers and female-run businesses; and Her inspiring advice for women who want to start their own business.So come on this journey with us and enjoy this episode with the purposeful and pioneering Sonika Manandhar.Useful LinksSonika on LinkedInSonika on InstagramAeloi Technologies WebsiteSingularity University See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tonight, RocketLab get back to their fine art of launching satellites, what on (or above) Earth happened when the new Russian lab docked to the International Space station, and on that topic, Megan wants to know how safe the ISS is to live on?

Foundations of Amateur Radio You've heard me say that amateur radio is a thousand hobbies in one. It's not my idea, but it speaks to me in ways that are hard to articulate. Today I found a way that might give you an inkling just how vast this community is. One place where our community gathers is on-air, but it's not the only place. There are clubs, websites, email lists, video channels and other outlets all catering for different amateur radio users and their interests. One such place is the social media site Reddit. In the so-called amateurradio sub with currently over 88 thousand members, there is a lively community discussing many of the different aspects of our hobby. Over the past 24 hours, 23 posts were made in that single community. "Thanks, K-2722 hunters", was a photo about activating Carolina Beach State Park, as part of an activity called Parks on the Air, or POTA. To participate you can either go to a park, set-up your station and make contacts, or you can stay at home and listen out for people who are doing that. "It's not high-high, it's hee-hee", a meme around the sound that the Morse Code generates when you send the letter H followed by the letter I, commonly considered laughter. "Why don't scanners have FM radio?", a discussion around the perceived lack of FM mode on scanners. "Help with TYT MD-380 CPS", a question from an amateur who purchased a new radio and is looking for software to program it. "Portable on the Space Coast. QRP on a speaker wire antenna.", a video of an amateur making an activation in Florida and showing off their set-up. "Could not hit DMR repeater", an amateur sharing that they figured out that they couldn't hit a repeater because they had their radio set to low power and wanted to share that with the community. "Antenna advice part 2", asking about how to set-up antennas for dual use, how to amplify the signal, use rotators and what kind of coax to use. "ISS SSTV Aug 6-7 145.800 MHz FM", linking to a news item announcing slow scan television coming from the International Space station in August. "FT-3DR APRS message question", exploring the specifics on how Automatic Packet Reporting System or APRS messages are sent. Think of it as global distributed SMS via amateur radio. "Is it okay to leave a handheld radio on while it's on its battery charger 24/7?", with answers to the question that's puzzling one owner of a radio. "Extra test question", asking about how to learn for the test and wondering if the techniques needed are different when compared with obtaining the "tech" exam. "Just got my first radio! Now to prep for the test, but first a question about saving time after I pass it...", asking about how to register before the test to speed things along. And that's just over half way there. "Maldol TMH-21 / TMH-71 handhelds - any info?", asking about a new to them radio from around 2007. "2021 Berryville, VA (US) Hamfest - any reddit community members going?", looking for others going to the first hamfest in their region for a long time. "CB Radio is Going FM! Why is the FCC Doing It?", linking to a video that discusses the changes on how CB radio is getting another mode. "What is the 'right' way to learn morse?", the age-old question, one that I'm still am working through. "Sidetone distorted on QCX mini? How do I fix this? It gets better or worse when I move the radio around, but the problem doesn't go away. Anyone else's QCX do this?", with a video showing the issue. "Aluminium roof trim + HF dipole", with a question on what kind of effects might happen as a result of the combination of the two. "Never owned a Radio be for please help lol. I got 2 of these on the way any tips for beginners? [sic]", excited new owner looking for advice. "I finally got my qsl cards printed!", with pictures to show the artistic prowess involved. "Legality of transmitting digital data over FM audio", asking about the specifics on how data may or may not be transmitted in the United States. "It's no pie plate on a kayak, but you gotta work with what you have, right?", showing off a frying pan as a magnetic base. If it works, it's not silly at all. "Very New Here", asking about how to explore radio waves. Those 23 different posts are all about amateur radio, from one single community, on one day. Each post from someone finding their way in the community, discussing something that's important to them, sharing their experience and contributing to that community. Reddit alone has at least a dozen amateur related communities, covering electronics, specific radios, amateur software development and more. The thing about this hobby is that it's different things to different people. For some it's about getting on air and making noise, for others it's learning about whatever comes their way. This hobby is so vast because it touches so many aspects of life, it innovates, leads and contributes in ways that are often invisible and that's why it's so engrossing. What's your latest interest in this hobby and what keeps you coming back for more? I'm Onno VK6FLAB

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 82*New type of ancient massive explosion explains mystery starA massive explosion ten times more powerful than a supernova - known as a magneto-rotational hypernova -- could provide the power to produce one of the most mysterious stars in the galaxy.*The Milky Way's supermassive black hole has a snackAstronomers have come up with two possibilities to explain a sudden outburst of activity from the Milky Way's monster central black hole Sagittarius A*.*Virgin Galactic's fourth test flightVirgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson has undertaken a successful sub orbital ballistic test light aboard the company's VSS Unity rocket plane.*Metal fatigue or micrometeor impact the likely cause of an ongoing leak aboard the International space stationAn investigation by the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos says the ongoing air leaks on the Zvezda module of the International Space station were most likely caused by either metal fatigue or micrometeor impact.*The Science ReportA third of COVID-19 victims suffer long COVID.Climate change is making heatwaves more likely.A new species of iguanodon-like hadrosaur dinosaur discovered in Spain.Beijing turning the disputed South China Sea into a cesspool of feces.Skeptic's guide to intelligent design.For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ

New Zealand has become the latest signatory to an international space agreement, but has made clear its particular concern is about ensuring the sustainability of space mining. The Artemis Accords are a set of principles to guide space cooperation, and will support NASA's plans to return humans to the moon by 2024 and to launch a historic mission to Mars. The government says as one of only a few countries with space launch capability, New Zealand must take the responsibilities of kaitiakitanga of the space environment seriously, and ensure that minerals taken from the moon or elsewhere in space are used sustainably. Dr Peter Crabtree, the head of the New Zealand Space Agency speaks with Kathryn.

New Zealand has become the latest signatory to an international space agreement, but has made clear its particular concern is about ensuring the sustainability of space mining. The Artemis Accords are a set of principles to guide space cooperation, and will support NASA's plans to return humans to the moon by 2024 and to launch a historic mission to Mars. The government says as one of only a few countries with space launch capability, New Zealand must take the responsibilities of kaitiakitanga of the space environment seriously, and ensure that minerals taken from the moon or elsewhere in space are used sustainably. Dr Peter Crabtree, the head of the New Zealand Space Agency speaks with Kathryn.

There is an Amazon Experiment going on with your smart devices, there was a space crash on the International Space station, most Americans say they are good kissers, and someone mowed a bad word on a plot of lawn behind a person's backyard which they found out on Google Maps!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday, May 27, 2021 Hoover Institution, Stanford University   The project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, and the National Security Task Force the Hoover Institution hosts a conversation on Watch This Space: Beijing’s Push to Close Off Taiwan’s International Space and the U.S. Response on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 4:30 PM PT. As the World Health Assembly convenes amidst the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, it does so again without Taiwan’s participation. That the WHA would exclude Taiwan—whose democracy has deployed perhaps the world’s most effective response to COVID-19—puts into sharp relief the costs for populations around the globe of China’s broader attempt to close off Taiwan’s international space. On the occasion of the 74th WHA, it’s worth examining the impetus behind China’s campaign to isolate Taiwan, the threat that campaign poses to the stability fostered by the U.S. One China policy, and how the United States can respond to bolster Taiwan’s international space and maintain balance in the cross-Strait situation. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Alex Wong, an expert in East Asia & the Pacific National Security International Relations at Hudson Institute, a think tank and research center dedicated to nonpartisan analysis of US and international economic, security, and political issues. Alex Wong is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, with a focus U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region and the future of the Korean Peninsula. Kharis Templeman is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he manages the Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific, and a lecturer at Stanford’s Center for East Asian Studies. His areas of expertise include democratic transitions and consolidations, comparative parties and elections, and the politics of Taiwan. He is the editor (with Larry Diamond and Yun-han Chu) of Taiwan’s Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years (2016) and Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years (2020). His other peer-reviewed research has been published in Comparative Political Studies, Ethnopolitics, The Taiwan Journal of Democracy, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, and The APSA Annals of Comparative Democratization, along with several book chapters. Click the following link for more information about the Hoover Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region https://www.hoover.org/research-teams/hoover-institution-project-taiwan-indo-pacific-region   

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In this week's episode, Emeritus Professor Lindy McAllister speaks with Associate Professor Sally Hewat from the University of Newcastle. They discuss her international work in the Asia Pacific region. Sally is the 2021 Elizabeth Usher Memorial Award recipient. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future. We recognise that the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community.

In todays podcast we talk about the ISS. A space station so advanced i had to make a podcast about it. I'm very sorry if some parts of the podcast you stop understanding, it is because my software had a small issue but i will fix it

Have you ever wondered what cheese they eat on the ISS? Me too!

An interview with Robin McNeil,  Engineering and Ground segment Manager at Great South where he oversees the space programmes.  Robin is called the "Dish Master" at the Awarua Ground Stations located in Invercargill.  In the past he has worked for Thermo Cell and the International Telecommunications Union. Robin has an honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury and a  BA in English from Massey University. He is a Fellow of IPENZ (Interprofessional Education NZ), Senior Member of IEEE, and a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.In this interview, we are going to talk about Robin’s career journey and the importance of his ground station work at the bottom of the world in support of international space missions around the globe.Additional Resources:Spacecraft Operations by Uhlig, Thomas, Sellmaier, Florian, Schmidhuber, Michael (Eds.)Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder, SpaceBase Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0) If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through The Gift Trust or RSF Social Finance (for US charitable donations) and indicate "SpaceBase" gift account.

Alien Worlds was a science fiction/adventure omnibus—an anthology with the same characters set in the same universe, as opposed to an anthology of completely unrelated stories. The series was independently created, produced, and directed by Lee Hansen from 1979 to 1980. He produced 30 episodes covering 19 individual plotlines. Episodes were in standard 30-minute format, but story arcs were as long as 90 minutes. It's the mid-21st century and the International Space Authority (ISA) is the body which governs space exploration and development. Alien Worlds follows the adventures of ISA staff as they encounter strange cosmic mysteries. Some episodes take place aboard Starlab, an orbiting space station, while other episodes take place throughout the galaxy. All of the episodes are full of action. The series was written by Lee Hansen and Ron Thompson, with various co-writers, including Ken Ross, Jim Cook, Skip Press, Dudley Brown, Mike Hodel, and Babylon 5 writer J. Michael Stracynski. The full-symphonic soundtrack was written by Jim Kirk and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Alien Worlds was a science fiction/adventure omnibus—an anthology with the same characters set in the same universe, as opposed to an anthology of completely unrelated stories. The series was independently created, produced, and directed by Lee Hansen from 1979 to 1980. He produced 30 episodes covering 19 individual plotlines. Episodes were in standard 30-minute format, but story arcs were as long as 90 minutes. It's the mid-21st century and the International Space Authority (ISA) is the body which governs space exploration and development. Alien Worlds follows the adventures of ISA staff as they encounter strange cosmic mysteries. Some episodes take place aboard Starlab, an orbiting space station, while other episodes take place throughout the galaxy. All of the episodes are full of action. The series was written by Lee Hansen and Ron Thompson, with various co-writers, including Ken Ross, Jim Cook, Skip Press, Dudley Brown, Mike Hodel, and Babylon 5 writer J. Michael Stracynski. The full-symphonic soundtrack was written by Jim Kirk and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Alien Worlds was a science fiction/adventure omnibus—an anthology with the same characters set in the same universe, as opposed to an anthology of completely unrelated stories. The series was independently created, produced, and directed by Lee Hansen from 1979 to 1980. He produced 30 episodes covering 19 individual plotlines. Episodes were in standard 30-minute format, but story arcs were as long as 90 minutes. It's the mid-21st century and the International Space Authority (ISA) is the body which governs space exploration and development. Alien Worlds follows the adventures of ISA staff as they encounter strange cosmic mysteries. Some episodes take place aboard Starlab, an orbiting space station, while other episodes take place throughout the galaxy. All of the episodes are full of action. The series was written by Lee Hansen and Ron Thompson, with various co-writers, including Ken Ross, Jim Cook, Skip Press, Dudley Brown, Mike Hodel, and Babylon 5 writer J. Michael Stracynski. The full-symphonic soundtrack was written by Jim Kirk and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Namrata Goswami Discusses International Space Commerce On this edition of The Ex Terra podcast, Dr. Namrata Goswami discusses some of the international aspects of space commerce. Dr. Goswami is a strategic analyst and consultant on Great Power Politics, Space Policy, Alternate Futures, and Frameworks of Conflict Negotiation and Resolution. Dr. Goswami grew up in Northeast India. She completed her Ph.D. in international relations in 2005. In 2006, she launched her professional career in academic research, studying Great Power Politics, International relations, and ethnic conflicts. She has served as Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, and as a Fellow at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses. She continues her research on Great Power Politics in the realm of Grand Strategy as well as ethnic conflicts. She recently co-authored a new book with Peter Garretson titled "Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space". She was one of the presenters at the recent virtual AFWERX conference. In part one of a two-part series, Dr. Goswami talks with Ex Terra's Tom Patton about the relationships between spacefaring nations, how the U.S. should prepare for competition in space commerce, the implications of the establishment of the U.S. Space Force and other topics. The ExTerra mission is to explore and discuss the business of space, and its effect on the national and global economy as well as life on Earth.

Nothing lasts forever, not even unchallenged U.S. leadership in space. For a long time, U.S. astronauts have had to buy trips on Soviet launches to get to low earth orbit. But that's all changing. At this week's International Astronautical Congress in Washington, NASA is taking the opportunity to show off its exploration chops. Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard told Federal Drive with Tom Temin, that includes its plans to send a man and a women to the moon by 2024.