Podcasts about Lunar Gateway

While politicians focus on Climate Change and Marxist Class Warfare, there are real threats in the Cosmos to our civilization. Join us as we explore the Lunar Programs that may provide the much needed barrier between Humanity and Oblivion. 

The White House recently released its budget for FY 2026, which has led to significant concerns at NASA as it recommends significant cuts to international programs, education, and research. In addition, many of these cuts call for the cancellation of key elements of NASA's Artemis Program and its plans for sending crewed missions to Mars. This includes the Space Launch System (SLS), the Orion spacecraft, and the Lunar Gateway.

It's time for Rod and Tariq to catch up on headlines... and space dad jokes! We're going to update you on the ever-slimming NASA budget, the latest news on the Voyager spacecraft, what's up with the SLS, Orion capsule, and Artemis programs? SpaceX's 9th Starship test flight, AliBaba in orbit, and the end of the universe. And more space jokes than ever for you to choke on. Gilmore Space Launch Attempt: Gilmore Space's Ares rocket experienced a payload fairing separation on the pad before launch. NASA Budget Cuts & Artemis Program: Proposed budget cuts threaten NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), Orion capsule, and Lunar Gateway, sparking debate about the future of the Artemis program and a potential shift towards commercial solutions. Voyager 1 Thrusters: After 21 years of inactivity, Voyager 1 successfully fired its backup thrusters, ensuring continued communication from interstellar space. NASA Advisory Groups React: NASA advisory groups, including the Mars Exploration Program Advisory Group, expressed concern over budget cuts and their potential to hinder U.S. leadership in space exploration. Texas MARS Act: Texas Senator John Cornyn proposed allocating $1 billion for modernizing the Johnson Space Center. Intuitive Machines Update: Intuitive Machines plans to return to the moon in Q1 2026 with Intuitive Machines 3, having identified and addressed the causes of previous landing failures. SpaceX Starship Update: Elon Musk will provide an update on SpaceX's Mars plans before the next Starship test flight, frlight 9, addressing challenges like refueling the vehicle in space. The End of the Universe: Astrophysicists predict the universe's end, or "heat death", will occur sooner than previously thought, approximately 10 to the power of 78 years from now. China's Orbital Computing Sats: China launched its first 12 orbital computing satellites, part of a planned 2,800-satellite constellation designed to shift power-hungry computing and AI capabilities off-planet. Starlink Profitability: SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet business has generated $11.8 billion in revenue in 2024, surpassing its space transportation business. VIPER Lunar Rover: NASA may be working to save the VIPER lunar prospecting rover mission, which was previously canceled due to lander delays. Solar Flare Activity: The sun has unleashed a strong solar flare, an X2.7 magnitude, with the potential for increased auroras on Earth. Auroras on Mars: Perseverance rover images reveal the first visible light auroras on Mars from the planet's surface. Virgin Galactic Update: Virgin Galactic plans to launch its new Spaceship Delta fleet in early 2026 and resume ticket sales, with prices increases to come. Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

It's time for Rod and Tariq to catch up on headlines... and space dad jokes! We're going to update you on the ever-slimming NASA budget, the latest news on the Voyager spacecraft, what's up with the SLS, Orion capsule, and Artemis programs? SpaceX's 9th Starship test flight, AliBaba in orbit, and the end of the universe. And more space jokes than ever for you to choke on. Gilmore Space Launch Attempt: Gilmore Space's Ares rocket experienced a payload fairing separation on the pad before launch. NASA Budget Cuts & Artemis Program: Proposed budget cuts threaten NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), Orion capsule, and Lunar Gateway, sparking debate about the future of the Artemis program and a potential shift towards commercial solutions. Voyager 1 Thrusters: After 21 years of inactivity, Voyager 1 successfully fired its backup thrusters, ensuring continued communication from interstellar space. NASA Advisory Groups React: NASA advisory groups, including the Mars Exploration Program Advisory Group, expressed concern over budget cuts and their potential to hinder U.S. leadership in space exploration. Texas MARS Act: Texas Senator John Cornyn proposed allocating $1 billion for modernizing the Johnson Space Center. Intuitive Machines Update: Intuitive Machines plans to return to the moon in Q1 2026 with Intuitive Machines 3, having identified and addressed the causes of previous landing failures. SpaceX Starship Update: Elon Musk will provide an update on SpaceX's Mars plans before the next Starship test flight, frlight 9, addressing challenges like refueling the vehicle in space. The End of the Universe: Astrophysicists predict the universe's end, or "heat death", will occur sooner than previously thought, approximately 10 to the power of 78 years from now. China's Orbital Computing Sats: China launched its first 12 orbital computing satellites, part of a planned 2,800-satellite constellation designed to shift power-hungry computing and AI capabilities off-planet. Starlink Profitability: SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet business has generated $11.8 billion in revenue in 2024, surpassing its space transportation business. VIPER Lunar Rover: NASA may be working to save the VIPER lunar prospecting rover mission, which was previously canceled due to lander delays. Solar Flare Activity: The sun has unleashed a strong solar flare, an X2.7 magnitude, with the potential for increased auroras on Earth. Auroras on Mars: Perseverance rover images reveal the first visible light auroras on Mars from the planet's surface. Virgin Galactic Update: Virgin Galactic plans to launch its new Spaceship Delta fleet in early 2026 and resume ticket sales, with prices increases to come. Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

It's time for Rod and Tariq to catch up on headlines... and space dad jokes! We're going to update you on the ever-slimming NASA budget, the latest news on the Voyager spacecraft, what's up with the SLS, Orion capsule, and Artemis programs? SpaceX's 9th Starship test flight, AliBaba in orbit, and the end of the universe. And more space jokes than ever for you to choke on. Gilmore Space Launch Attempt: Gilmore Space's Ares rocket experienced a payload fairing separation on the pad before launch. NASA Budget Cuts & Artemis Program: Proposed budget cuts threaten NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), Orion capsule, and Lunar Gateway, sparking debate about the future of the Artemis program and a potential shift towards commercial solutions. Voyager 1 Thrusters: After 21 years of inactivity, Voyager 1 successfully fired its backup thrusters, ensuring continued communication from interstellar space. NASA Advisory Groups React: NASA advisory groups, including the Mars Exploration Program Advisory Group, expressed concern over budget cuts and their potential to hinder U.S. leadership in space exploration. Texas MARS Act: Texas Senator John Cornyn proposed allocating $1 billion for modernizing the Johnson Space Center. Intuitive Machines Update: Intuitive Machines plans to return to the moon in Q1 2026 with Intuitive Machines 3, having identified and addressed the causes of previous landing failures. SpaceX Starship Update: Elon Musk will provide an update on SpaceX's Mars plans before the next Starship test flight, frlight 9, addressing challenges like refueling the vehicle in space. The End of the Universe: Astrophysicists predict the universe's end, or "heat death", will occur sooner than previously thought, approximately 10 to the power of 78 years from now. China's Orbital Computing Sats: China launched its first 12 orbital computing satellites, part of a planned 2,800-satellite constellation designed to shift power-hungry computing and AI capabilities off-planet. Starlink Profitability: SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet business has generated $11.8 billion in revenue in 2024, surpassing its space transportation business. VIPER Lunar Rover: NASA may be working to save the VIPER lunar prospecting rover mission, which was previously canceled due to lander delays. Solar Flare Activity: The sun has unleashed a strong solar flare, an X2.7 magnitude, with the potential for increased auroras on Earth. Auroras on Mars: Perseverance rover images reveal the first visible light auroras on Mars from the planet's surface. Virgin Galactic Update: Virgin Galactic plans to launch its new Spaceship Delta fleet in early 2026 and resume ticket sales, with prices increases to come. Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsor Links:Insta360 X5 Camera. To bag a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, head to store.insta360.com and use the promo code "spacetime", available for the first 30 standard package purchases only.This episode of SpaceTime delves into the latest revelations in the cosmos, exploring groundbreaking theories about dark matter and the future of lunar exploration.New Insights into Dark MatterAstronomers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding dark matter, revealing a potential new type of less massive dark matter at the center of the Milky Way. This study, published in Physical Review Letters, suggests that huge clouds of positively charged hydrogen may be linked to this elusive substance. The findings challenge existing models of dark matter, proposing that lighter particles may be responsible for unexplained chemical reactions observed in the galactic center.Lunar Gateway Space Station Takes ShapeIn an exciting development for lunar exploration, the first habitation module for the Lunar Gateway Space Station has arrived in the United States. Known as the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), this module will serve as a command hub for future missions to the Moon and Mars. We discuss the integration of HALO with the Power and Propulsion Element and the implications for the Artemis program.Space Junk Threatens the ISSWe also cover the alarming increase in space debris, as NASA is forced to maneuver the International Space Station to avoid a potential collision with fragments of a Chinese rocket. This ongoing issue highlights the growing challenges of maintaining a safe orbital environment for astronauts aboard the ISS.www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com✍️ Episode ReferencesPhysical Review Lettershttps://journals.aps.org/prl/NASA Lunar Gatewayhttps://www.nasa.gov/gatewayBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-space-astronomy--2458531/support.00:00 This is Space Time Series 28, Episode 58 for broadcast on 14 May 202500:54 New insights into dark matter in the Milky Way10:30 The Lunar Gateway Space Station's HALO module arrives17:15 Space junk threatens the International Space Station20:45 Science report: Insights into Earth's population growth and continental movement

Er der mon liv derude, og hvordan kan vi overhovedet finde det? Det er et af de helt store spørgsmål , ikke bare for rumnørder, men for alle mennesker på kloden. I denne episode sætter vi fokus på såkaldte biosignaturer – altså de tegn vi kan lede efter, som måske kan være spor efter liv. I vores eget solsystem leder vi fx efter liv i prøver der indsamles på Mars, men udenfor vores eget solsystem kan vi ikke ‘bare' sende robotter afsted for at indsamle prøver. Her er vores eneste mulighed at lede efter biosignaturer, fx ved at analysere lys der kommer ned til os igennem fjerne exoplaneters atmosfærer. Vi har haft besøg i studiet af Nanna Bach-Møller, der er post. doc på Niels Bohr Institutet på Københavns Universitet, og som især arbejder med at lave computersimulationer af atmosfærer for at finde biosignaturer. I de korte rumnyheder skal vi blandt andet tale SphereX, Proba-3 og de hårde nedskæringer hos NASA. Lyt med

It's all about returning to the Moon and protecting the Earth this time with Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham. Sue goes to Thales Alenia Space in Italy to see HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) - the first completed module for NASA's orbiting lunar space station, Gateway and a mock up of Europe's planned lunar IHAB module. We also hear about the ESA mission Vigil to improve space weather forecasts... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

It's all about returning to the Moon and protecting the Earth this time with Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham. Sue goes to Thales Alenia Space in Italy to see HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) - the first completed module for NASA's orbiting lunar space station, Gateway and a mock up of Europe's planned lunar IHAB module. We also hear about the ESA mission Vigil to improve space weather forecasts... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Preview: Colleague Bob Zimmerman comments on the unlikely success of the lunar Gateway project. More. 1956

I denne RumNyt ser vi på DOGEs kontroversielle gennemgang af NASA's budget, og dykker ned i de seneste rumfartnyheder, herunder opdagelsen af en potentielt beboelig exoplanet og en høj-energisk neutrino fanget i en ufærdig detektor. Desuden går vi i dybden med seneste nyt om Månen, inklusive kinesiske og amerikanske bemandede missioner, geologiske kortlægninger og spændende fund fra Apollo-månelandingerne. Og så slutter vi selvfølgelig episoden af med endnu en omgang Gæt En Rumlyd! LINKS NYHEDER DOGE gennemfører udgiftsgennemgang hos NASA (https://www.astronomy.com/science/doge-personnel-conducting-spending-review-at-nasa/) NASA's siger farvel til 10 procent af medarbejderne (https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/by-the-end-of-today-nasas-workforce-will-be-about-10-percent-smaller/) Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin afskediger 1.000 medarbejdere (https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-laying-off-1-000-employees-reports) Forskere bekræfter eksistensen af eksoplanet i beboelig zone (https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Researchers_confirm_existence_of_habitable_zone_exoplanet_999.html) En ufærdig detektor opdager neutrino med ekstrem høj energi (https://www.universetoday.com/170914/an-unfinished-detector-has-already-spotted-the-highest-energy-neutrino-ever-seen/) Livets byggesten i prøver fra Bennu (https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Lifes_building_blocks_in_Bennu_samples_999.html) Biodiversitet på Jorden kan måles fra rummet (https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Multinational_research_project_shows_how_life_on_Earth_can_be_measured_from_space_999.html) BONUS "Fly Me to the Moon" – Scarlett Johansson i film om Apolloprogrammet på Apple TV+ (https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/fly-me-to-the-moon/umc.cmc.7bwrikjdeik56bk49vlr7c1h6) GÆT EN RUMLYD Musiker og rumsonofikatør Klaus aka Maple Pools (https://linktr.ee/maplepools) MÅNEHISTORIER Blue Ghost 1 går i kredsløb om Månen, mens Resilience flyver forbi (https://spacenews.com/blue-ghost-1-enters-lunar-orbit-as-resilience-flies-by-the-moon/) Lunar Gateway-modul er klar til test i USA-transport (https://www.moondaily.com/reports/Lunar_Space_Station_Module_Prepares_for_US_Transport_Ahead_of_Artemis_IV_999.html) Kina navngiver rumdragt og månerover (https://www.space.com/china-names-spacesuit-moon-rover-wangyu-tansuo) Frygt for turistplyndringer får Månen på liste over truede steder (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/viden/frygt-turistplyndringer-faar-maanen-paa-liste-over-truede-steder) Månen størknede for 4,43 milliarder år siden (https://www.universetoday.com/170956/the-moon-solidified-4-43-billion-years-ago/) Et månekort over de bedste steder at tage prøver (https://www.universetoday.com/170868/a-lunar-map-for-the-best-places-to-get-samples/) Asteroide kunne ramme Månen i stedet for Jorden (https://bgr.com/science/city-killer-asteroid-could-strike-the-moon-instead-of-earth-reports-claim/) Månens episke Grand Canyons blev skåret ud på få minutter (https://www.astronomy.com/science/the-moons-epic-grand-canyons-were-gouged-out-in-minutes/)

ESA und NASA haben zum ersten Mal ihre Module der künftigen Mond-Raumstation Lunar Gateway gezeigt. Das Gateway soll als Basislager im All dienen, von dem aus Astronauten auf die Mondoberfläche absteigen werden. Stefan Troendle im Gespräch mit Uwe Gradwohl, SWR-Wissenschaftsredaktion

In this episode of the Space Industry podcast by satsearch our host Hywel Curtis spoke with Árisz Kecskés, Head of Business Development at Remred.Remred is a Hungarian high technology company that was founded as a spin-off of a highly experienced space research group.Remred has participated in a number of missions and programs including contributions for Lunar Gateway, Mars Sample Return, and the International Space Station, working with ESA, NASA, and many other organizations.Today, Remred's portfolio encompasses a full range of solutions from manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT), software development, ground and space equipment, and human spaceflight support. In the podcast we discussed:Remred's core areas of operation and expertiseRecent issues and weaknesses in the supply chain that Remred has encountered on projectsAdvice for suppliers on how they can maximize their chances of success in the modern industryInsights from Remred's work with satsearch on a recent major trade studyPredictions on how the space industry may evolve in years to come To find out more about Remred, take a look at the company's profile on satsearch https://satsearch.com/suppliers/remred.And if you would like to learn more about the space industry and our work at satsearch building the global marketplace for space, please join our newsletter https://satsearch.com/mailing-list.[Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/when-we-get-there License code: Y4KZEAESHXDHNYRA]

Vært: Henrik Heide Medvirkende: Sebastian Aristotelis I denne uges Transformator Nasa planlægger at bygge en permanent base ved Månens sydpol. Tidsplanen kan meget vel skride. Men planen i Artemis programmet er at sende den første bemandede mission afsted september 2025, hvor fire astronauter skal en tur rundt om Månen for at teste systemer og procedurer. Næste skridt er landing på Månens sydpol et år senere med Artemis 3. Og i 2028 skal Artemis 4 så levere og installere de første elementer til det internationale habitatmodul (I-Hab) på Lunar Gateway-stationen og gennemføre en bemandet månelanding. Men det er ikke kun raketten, der skal gøres skudklar. Også en solid og behagelig bolig til månekolonisterne skal rigges til. Den opgave har et par danske iværksættere arbejdet på i flere år. En flok ildsjæle fra Saga Space Architects har designet en lang række habitater, hvor den mest robuste udgave i et par måneder har fungeret som bolig for to "astronauter" 1000 km nord for Polarcirklen. Nu er firmaet klar med næste habitat, der fremfor en tur til Grønland skal sænkes ned til 30 meters dybde i havet, hvor fire astronauter skal leve og arbejde i 30 dage. I denne uges Transformator demonstrerer arkitekt og founder af Saga Sebastian Aristotelis både den store model til fire personer og den lille testmodel, han har testet alene på bunden af havnen. Links Se fotos af de to rumhabitater Se video af undervandstesten SAGA Space Architects

In dieser Episode kehren wir noch mal zum GSOC nach Oberpfaffenhofen zurück. Hier gibt es das Kontrollzentrum für das europäische Columbus-Modul an der Internationalen Raumstation ISS. Dieses Kontrollzentrum spielt eine wichtige Rolle bei einem kommenden Übergang: In Oberpfaffenhofen entsteht in den nächsten Jahren das HECC, das Human Exploration Control Center. Das wird das europäische Mondkontrollzentrum. Ich sprach mit Dr. Florian Sellmaier vom Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). Wir sprachen über das HECC, über das Lunar Gateway und weitere Entwicklungen in der bemannten Raumfahrt.

In this episode of SpaceTime, NASA's DaRT mission permanently alters an asteroid's orbit, construction progresses on the Lunar Gateway Space Station, and Blue Origin's 8th Space tourism mission is a success. Join us for these fascinating updates and more!00:00:00 - This is SpaceTime series 27, episode 108, for broadcast on 6 September 2024Carl Battams - NASA's DaRT mission changes the orbit and shape of asteroid Dimorphos00:12:30 - Construction continues on the new Lunar Gateway Space Station00:23:45 - Blue Origin's 8th Space tourism mission achieves success00:32:15 - September Skywatch: September Equinox, Cygnus X-1, and the Epsilon Perseids and Aurigids meteor showersFor more SpaceTime, visit our website at www.spacetimewithstuartgary.comwww.bitesz.comFor a commercial-free experience, become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/supportSponsor Links:NordPassProtonMail & Security (ditch gmail and outlook....use this instead. We do...)MalwarebytesNordVPN

En verder: waarom de Starliner-astronauten tot februari boven moeten blijven, Starship is te massief voor de Lunar Gateway en China gaat zoeken naar exoplaneten met zes optische ruimtetelescopen. Dit alles voor u opgewarmd en geserveerd door Nick Poelstra, Philippe Schoonejans en Herbert Blankesteijn. Links voor deze aflevering: Hoogste baan in 50 jaar voor bemande vluchthttps://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/when-it-comes-to-expanding-human-activity-in-space-polaris-dawn-is-the-real-deal/ China plant een ruimte-observatorium om te zoeken naar exoplaneten. https://spacenews.com/china-to-launch-earth-2-0-exoplanet-observatory-in-2028/  Autopsie van Peregrine: het was een heliumventiel, en ze wisten hethttps://www.space.com/peregrine-lunar-lander-failure-why  Salsa satelliet op het punt van guided re-entry, pas de tweede keer:https://www.space.com/satellite-salsa-reentry-september-8  https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Watching_Salsa_s_reentry_live_from_the_sky  Hoe de shuttles hebben mede bepaald dat SpaceX de Starliner satellieten terug haalt. https://www.space.com/space-shuttle-challenger-columbia-disasters-nasa-starliner-decision  Noorwegen opent SpacePort:https://spacenews.com/norwegian-spaceport-receives-government-license/  Eerste Static Fire gaat mis voor RFA op de Shetland eilanden:https://spacenews.com/rfa-first-stage-destroyed-in-static-fire-test/  Estec Opendag, registratie open voor mensen met een beperking, regulier opent op maandag 2 September: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC/ESA_Open_Days_2024 SpaceX Starship te groot voor Gateway:https://gizmodo.com/spacexs-starship-could-cause-nasas-lunar-gateway-to-lose-control-2000483167 https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/nasa-wants-clarity-on-orion-heat-shield-issue-before-stacking-artemis-ii-rocket/Super zonnestorm kan de wereld stoppen:https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240815-miyake-events-the-giant-solar-superstorms-that-could-rock-earth China's megaconstellaties en ruimtepuin regulering:https://spacenews.com/chinese-megaconstellation-launch-creates-field-of-space-debris/ https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/RBA1900/RBA1949-1/RAND_RBA1949-1.pdf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En verder: waarom de Starliner-astronauten tot februari boven moeten blijven, Starship is te massief voor de Lunar Gateway en China gaat zoeken naar exoplaneten met zes optische ruimtetelescopen. Dit alles voor u opgewarmd en geserveerd door Nick Poelstra, Philippe Schoonejans en Herbert Blankesteijn.

During Science Week we focus on the business of space and the new global race to put people on the Moon. The space economy is predicted to be worth $US1.8 trillion in ten years time and one of the first steps is the construction of a Lunar Gateway, serving as a pathway to Mars.So what are the likely benefits for us on earth from this re-energised space race? Peggy Hollinger, Space Industry Editor for the Financial TimesProfessor Anna Moore, Director of the ANU's Institute for SpaceRyan Brukardt, Senior Partner in Global Management Consulting at McKinsey and Co

After the first soft Moon landing from the US in over 50 years, Ken Kremer shares his excitement for Intuitive Machine's Odysseus lander, NASA's ongoing lunar ambitions, and his concerns over China stealing a lunar edge. Also UK Space Agency Head of Space Exploration, Libby Jackson on Artemis 2 and 3, Gateway and the all-British Axiom mission. Plus the decisions going into de-orbiting a satellite... (Image IM-1 lunar descent, courtesy Intuitive Machines). Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

After the first soft Moon landing from the US in over 50 years, Ken Kremer shares his excitement for Intuitive Machine's Odysseus lander, NASA's ongoing lunar ambitions, and his concerns over China stealing a lunar edge. Also UK Space Agency Head of Space Exploration, Libby Jackson on Artemis 2 and 3, Gateway and the all-British Axiom mission. Plus the decisions going into de-orbiting a satellite... (Image IM-1 lunar descent, courtesy Intuitive Machines). Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Conoce el modo en que los nuevos exploradores del espacio utilizarán Gateway para llegar a la Luna con la vista puesta en el viaje a Marte. Escucha además la anécdota de la gravedad cero de Hawking, la cultura espacial de la Torre Eiffel, y el desafío de este episodio. Escríbeme a laika.podcast@gmail.com / sígueme en instagram @laika.podcast

Conoce los detalles técnicos de la estación en órbita lunar que está construyendo el programa Artemis, llamada Gateway. Escucha además la anécdota del café sideral, la cultura espacial de Pablo Alborán, y el desafío de este episodio. Escríbeme a laika.podcast@gmail.com / sígueme en instagram @laika.podcast

As the cost to launch a rocket into orbit has come down over the past decade, a slew of startups have joined the emerging space economy. But is there enough business for all these companies? And what's the broad economic case for space? In this episode of Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I'm chatting about those questions and more with Michael Sheetz.Michael is a space reporter for CNBC where he also writes the "Investing in Space" newsletter.In This Episode* The business case for space (1:05)* SpaceX, Blue Origin, and the other players in space (4:03)* How much demand is there for space services? (10:15)* To the Moon and Mars (13:59)Below is an edited transcript of our conversationThe business case for spaceJames Pethokoukis: How do private companies intend on making money in space over the next decade?Michael Sheetz: The first and foremost way is the tried-and-true way when it comes to making money in space, which is providing communications data and other services back to people here on Earth. You're talking about communication systems like Starlink, which are the next generation of communication services that have been around, from the geo-communication satellites of decades prior. That's the primary, immediate way that people are making money right now in space. The second way that people are making money in space is by launching satellites for other customers: You're talking about the rocket business, the transportation business. You see stuff like OTVs, or orbital transfer vehicles. That's a way to deliver stuff into space.Then there's a third kind of newer way, which is just microgravity research in general. That's coming to the fore really in the last decade as NASA has really opened up the International Space Station as a testbed for commercial technologies and not just NASA's own technologies. And a lot of companies see that as really just a first foray into that ground. Some of them are trying to do it in their own way by sending capsules into orbit and bringing them back, not going to a space station. The other way is by sending it to a space station, and there are actually four or five major projects underway in the United States to build private space stations in orbit. Those are companies that are either working together or building their own solo units, and they're all just kind of vying for a future in which you don't just have one giant space station, because the International Space Station is huge, but instead of the ISS, you have lots of these little space stations that people can sign agreements with. Say a pharmaceutical company wants to test out a new drug in orbit, they'll sign a research agreement with a company that's going to fly them up there, test it out, fly it back down. They might have astronauts on board. They might not.The other way — this is the other kind of nascent sector — is the lunar infrastructure world, and that's all very much a new space race, if you will, because there's a geopolitical element there. We've got India, we have China both firmly in that mix. China has been arguably one of the most successful at landing on the Moon in the last decade. And NASA, instead of trying to fly themselves to the Moon for these cargo missions and research, they've actually gone to companies and said, “Hey, bid on these contracts, deliver services to us. We'll put our payloads onto your spacecraft, your lander, your rover, and then get it down to the Moon and either get us back data or even return materials.” But mostly just, “Let's try to figure out if we can actually make use of the water that's believed to be on the surface of the Moon.” And that's a really big key point: The first round in terms of trying to make use of the Moon is all about, can we harvest the resources that are on the lunar surface?SpaceX, Blue Origin, and the other players in spaceMuch of the conversation among regular people, to the extent they're aware of really what's going on, what you've just described so wonderfully, is SpaceX. Maybe they've heard of Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin. How far behind is Blue Origin of SpaceX? Do we have a feel for where that company is?I, at this point, wouldn't even put it as really a competition, because SpaceX is very much in a league of their own. Blue Origin has so dramatically taken a different approach to development, very much more akin to the aerospace and defense contractors of the past. It's fascinating because both companies are actually very similar sizes in terms of personnel, but SpaceX has taken this approach of, let's just get one win after the other and try to just break things a little bit at a time and keep pushing further that way. Whereas Blue Origin is taking the route of, we want everything to work the first go, the first launch, the first landing on the Moon, all these other nuances in there. And so far, SpaceX's strategy has been dominant. Now, the United States is not looking at United Launch Alliance, one of the existing providers for rocket launches, as its primary source of both getting astronauts and satellites in orbit, they're looking to SpaceX. There's a flipping of the head that's happened in the last decade.In this next decade, and even just in the next three to five years, it's a really critical point in Blue Origin's history where the company has been around longer than SpaceX, albeit they took a very different approach at the beginning and have taken a very different approach in recent years as well. But they need to show not just for the customers that they signed contracts for—such as United Launch Alliance, delivering engines for them, or different contractors like NASA, providing services to the Moon—they need to show that they can start delivering on those contracts and start actually competing. Maybe not head to head right away, but at least start to get some actual performance and execution as opposed to basically at this point saying, “Here's our grand architecture of everything that we want happen over the next 100 years,” which would be amazing. I can totally see where Jeff's vision for people in research laboratories and living in Lagrange points and all these kinds of things could happen. But you have to make some first inroads, and they haven't yet done that. It's a one-horse race right now.Since we've been talking about those two companies: Are the goals the same but the strategies and timelines different or are they fundamentally trying to achieve different things?They very much have distinct missions when you just look at how they think about where they're going, the trajectory of the company, the trajectory of the space industry writ large. They do have very similar fundamental steps that they have to achieve to get towards those missions. When you look at one of their main products at Blue Origin, for example, with their New Glenn rocket, you still have to do the same basics of, fly a satellite to orbit, land it a couple times successfully, start reusing it and show that you can reuse it efficiently. Those are all things that Falcon 9 did and now SpaceX is going to have to do with Starship as well. They both have similar incremental steps, even if their broader mission targets aren't the same.I think one really interesting thing about where the space industry is at today is that it actually really isn't about just SpaceX versus Blue Origin, but it's also Rocket Lab. It's also Maxar. It's also Planet. There are all these different pieces of the broader architecture that are in the space economy and they're all kind of vying for different revenue streams within the space economy. But when we talk about SpaceX and Blue Origin, and I think we might be kind of oversimplifying the industry just into launch and basic transportation as opposed to what it really is in a lot of ways, which is infrastructure. And that's the kind of holistic approach, when you think about the companies that are players in that, where you start actually seeing Rocket Lab just did their 40th electron launch. Yeah, it's a small launch. No, it's not the same service as Falcon 9. But they've carved out a really important niche in that, and they're trying to use that to not just build a larger rocket, Neutron, but also build out a very strong space systems division and then provide services.Sort of like how SpaceX did with Starlink where they were like, “Look, we've got the rocket business down. Let's go find revenue sources.” The first one right off the bat was, “Let's get better internet service, broadband into hard-to-reach areas at low cost comparatively to years past, and we'll do it in a way that just really provides this holistic coverage: You can go anywhere in the world, plug it in, it will connect to one of our satellites.” As opposed to just the regional focus of past communication systems. I think one really important key aspect of where the industry is at today is the fact that there are all these different companies that may not have billionaire backers, but they have big investors behind them, they have big revenue coming in: Planet and Rocket Lab, we're talking about pulling over $100 million in revenue a year. That's not inconsequential. Maxar and the like and others are really trying to further establish themselves. I think of Iridium with their communication systems.There are all these different players that have their pieces of the overall industry. Some of them compete head-to-head, some of them don't. And I think that's where you start to see an industry that isn't at a little bit of, for lack of a better way of saying it, a single-fault failure situation, where if Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos loses interest in space or something worse happens to them, all of a sudden the US progress in space evaporates. That's not the case today, and I think that's the most actually exciting thing about where the broader space economy is at.How much demand is there for space services?Is there enough business for all these companies? Are there enough people who want to put things in space and do things in space to justify this archipelago of companies that you've just described, or do people talk about [how] there's going to need to be a shakeout? Or is it just that there's so much potential demand, boy, it is going to be hard to fulfill it all?I'll give an example to answer your first question, but I want to hit the second aspect of what you talked about first. There is going to be a shakeout right now, and I think there is a shakeout underway. We've seen a lot of M&A [merger and acquisition] activity this year. We've seen a couple bankruptcies. We've seen a couple of people get acquired for likely very little money, and that's because the free money of the past has gone away, especially in a high capital-intensive industry with high risk. Even as we're seeing now, Viasat, one of the most established players, had their crown jewel new satellite malfunction shortly after getting into orbit. Then the company they recently acquired, a UK company, Inmarsat, one of their recently launched satellites malfunctioned in orbit. So now Viasat has got two malfunctioning satellites that they're trying to deal with. This is a really high-risk business that we're talking about, and that opens up new potential for M&A, and it also opens up new opportunities as valuations have come down where companies that might not have been either competing with each other but could see each other as compatible are now starting to join forces effectively. And other companies that had a stronger position coming into this shakeout period are starting to take advantage of that, as well as investors who are behind those companies.This first thing that you talked about, and I'll give the example, I think the data communications world is the perfect example of, is there enough money and is there enough demand to go around for everybody? When you look at just purely broadband services, which actually there's quite a bit of variety within how you provide those services, which kind of customers you target, that realm has seen no shortage of demand. Every single company you talk to, whether it's a company that provides regional-focused broadband service to enterprises in one location or another company that goes after transatlantic flights and providing in-flight Wi-Fi, every single executive I talk to across that data communications business says, “We need more satellites and orbits so that we can provide more supply because there's more demand than we can provide.”And we're talking about what's already one of the most crowded parts of the space industry, from an established perspective, with multiple players around the world providing services all over the place. The fact that all of those guys are looking at this hockey stick from a demand perspective and all the different layers that they can provide service to — whether it's households, governments, businesses, shipping companies, whatever — that's where there's a lot of excitement around, this established market is even growing at a high rate, what about all these other little nascent markets? I'm not talking space tourism. That might be a fun place to watch that people always get excited about. It's one of the lowest revenue sources in the industry. I'm talking about the lunar infrastructure that I mentioned before. Remote sensing is one of the wildest frontiers in the last decade, and when you look at the varieties of companies that are competing and the customer capture that they're getting and the new applications that are coming out of that, it's absolutely wild. And so I think those new growing verticals are just showing that, yes, there's still demand, it's still growing.To the Moon and MarsAssuming that the US, NASA, we're going to go to the Moon, we're going to stay on the Moon, we're going to build stuff on the Moon, over the next 15 years will most of those rockets be NASA rockets taking people and stuff to the Moon, or SpaceX rockets?I don't even think it's just going to be SpaceX rockets. I think Starship definitely, if they continue to make progress… But mind you, it's been a little bit of a bumpy road in recent years. We have some reliability issues with the Raptor engines we've got to still work out. Albeit the first flight was called a success, I think rightfully so, but it's an incremental one and they still have a lot of steps to go. And when you go back to years past, just even flying humans on Starship, SpaceX has been very candid about saying, “Look, we want to do hundreds of these flights before we put people on this thing.” So maybe it's not Starship, at least in this decade, that's flying tons of people to the Moon. But you've got a workhorse in Falcon 9 that can deliver lunar payloads. It is going to deliver lunar payloads even in the next year.You've got a number of other rockets that are coming online to deliver services. NASA's own rocket, SLS, really isn't going to fly more than once a year at best. And that's pretty optimistic. I see that as lifting the biggest stuff that we need to try to get there, such as getting Orion and Lunar Gateway and all these other things. But really the core of it is, when we're talking about building infrastructure on the Moon in a way that you have a sustained presence, that's a group effort. This is not a single company, single agency doing that. That's something where you need the services of the likes of Firefly building their lunar lander, Astrobotic out of Pittsburgh building their lander. You need Rocket Lab to get Neutron flying. You want Relativity to have Terran R flying. You want this robust ecosystem of transportation devices sort of like we do of any other method of transportation here in the United States and globally, where it's not just one company that builds all the ships. Even in airlines, Boeing and Airbus dominate; however, they're two of a broader ecosystem of several other companies that have carved out niches for them making regional aircraft and stuff like that. And that's what's going to be needed to build that broader lunar infrastructure.I love the notion of going to Mars and colonizing Mars. What is your sense of other people in the space industry who don't work for SpaceX, what do they make of that goal that Elon Musk talks about? Do they view it as just Elon being Elon, these kind of huge aspirational goals? Or do they think this is something we can do as a space industry over the next quarter century?One of the most fascinating things, I think, is that you would get a huge variety of answers from people in the space industry on whether or not (1) they fundamentally agree with that premise that we should be doing it, what it should look like, etc., and (2) how we're going to make it happen if they're even in favor of doing so. And I think that's an amazing reflection of the different interests and the variety of folks who are in this industry, the inspiration that they take from the different missions of either their companies or agencies or projects that they're working on. I think at its core, it's something that still feels too far out to really put a pin in it because there's not a right way to do it currently and not an effective way to do it currently. And so it's something that, sort of like with the Moon and the Artemis Accords providing this new framework of cooperation and how we use resources and space, going to Mars, it's only really going to become a question of how should we be doing this once we're actually getting closer to doing it.I think a commercial company getting a lander on Mars is going to be a first start in that new era. But even that I don't see happening for another five to six years at least, and that's just maybe a small spacecraft. So that's a question I think is extremely open ended. But I do see us on this trajectory where it's not just the Moon, it's not just Mars, it's other planetary bodies, it's asteroids, it's all these other things of exploration where once we start getting into the realm — and you can look at any of the explorers of the past to kind of find your guide for how this happened, there were people who made that first foray into a new land and a new realm, and then after that we're like, “Okay, so we can do this. Cool. Now let's try to figure out what this should really look like and what establishing a settlement on another planet would really look like.”My short answer is, we're so far away from it in a realistic sense that I think what I would point people to now, with the fear of them losing interest in what space can really provide to the rest of humanity and the benefits it provides, that they should be looking at the current infrastructure that we have here on Earth and how it benefits us and makes our everyday lives better, one, and two, the real near-term possibilities of what the United States putting a presence on the Moon, China putting a presence on the Moon, India putting a presence on the Moon, what that looks like geopolitically, what that looks like from a resources standpoint, how we can compete in a way that's not leading to some sort of new conflict in space. That just seems like a place where things could escalate really quickly and poorly. As opposed to what's really happening right now is, in the next couple of years we're going to see more and more spacecraft landing on the Moon, and I think that's an exciting near-term future. What we do on Mars, what we do on asteroids, what we do elsewhere, it's going to be something down the road. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe

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On this episode, we review the Axiom 2 launch and docking to the ISS after riding up on Crew Dragon 'Freedom' and a brand new Falcon 9! (A rare sight these days). Lots of great 1sts on this mission, including a great crew of four that will spend 8 total days on station before returning to Earth for splashdown. We'll also share our thoughts on why the International Space Station really is the original 'gateway' for humanity post-cold war. And with the boom in New Space business and lower cost to access space, the Space Station will usher us into the age of commercial space stations and Artemis with the Lunar Gateway! But it didn't seem like that 10 years ago...alot has happened since then... Let us know what you think, and if you have any thoughts on how influencial the space station has been, and will continue to be in its final decade of service.  Email us at todayinspacepodcast@gmail.com SOURCES: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177567288/spacex-nasa-peggy-whitson-iss-international-space-station https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-station-astronaut-record-holders https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2023/05/17/spacex-launch-axiom-2-ready-private-astronauts-rocket/70207790007/ https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/07/26/who-is-emirati-astronaut-sultan-al-neyadi-2/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-6 https://www.britannica.com/topic/International-Space-Station  -------------------------- Here's to building a fantastic future - and continued progress in Space (and humanity)! Spread Love, Spread Science Alex G. Orphanos We'd like to thank our sponsors: • Caldera Lab • Manscaped • AG3D Printing Follow us: @todayinspacepod on Instagram/Twitter  @todayinspace on TikTok  /TodayInSpacePodcast on Facebook Support the podcast:  • Get 20% OFF at Caldera Lab - use code SPACE or go to calderalab.com/SPACE  • Get 20% OFF@manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code SPACE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod #sponsored  • Buy a 3D printed gift from our shop - ag3dprinting.etsy.com  • Get a free quote on your next 3D printing project at ag3d-printing.com  • Donate at todayinspace.net #space #rocket #podcast #people #spacex #moon #science #3dprinting #nasa #tothemoon #spacetravel #spaceexploration #aerospace #spacetechnology #engineer #alien #stem #listenable #iss #alienlife #astronomy #astrophysics (0:00) Introduction to today's episode.  (2:02) Today's Topic.  (3:17) The axiom 2 mission took off.  (5:26)The last time a Saudi astronaut went to space was in 1985.  (7:35)Peggy Whitson is dominating time in space, and it's a busy time.  (12:24)Blue Origin and the Elon Factor.   (14:23) What the International Space Station has already done as an example of humanity.  (16:06)It also provides in this next era a gateway for other nations to send their first astronauts.  (18:24)What we need more and more is people believing in something.  (20:41) The boom of progress in the space industry.   Timestamps generated by AI (otter.ai)

Episode Summary:Have you ever dreamed of seeing our planet Earth from above, stepping on the surface of the moon or travelling in time? In this episode we have the honour to speak with Andrea Vena, a Chief of Climate and Sustainability Officer at the European Space Agency. Mr. Vena tells us more about the era of new space economy and exploring further the solar system, meanwhile focusing on reaching and optimising the sustainable goal objectives. He shares with us about his sustainable role and approach based on the understanding that the climate and the scientific analysis of the possible evolution is deeply rooted on space data. Mr. Vena talks about the future outpost on and around the moon, the next international space station The Lunar Gateway, and preparing to study Mars in-depth, searching for the building blocks of life and how to sustain it on Earth.''Space is the space without boundaries'' Mr. Vena says. According to Mr. Vena the international collaboration in the space sectors is the way to progress in future. Listen to our episode and launch into space... 3... 2... 1... Liftoff!The Speaker:Andrea Vena is the Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer of the European Space Agency – ESA. He has over than thirty years of experience in the space sector both in industrial and institutional areas. He's married with three children.Graduated in Electronic Engineering, with a Master in Telecommunication Systems, he started his career in Italy as system engineer in Alenia Spazio, the space branch of Finmeccanica (today Leonardo), where he contributed to large space projects as the ESA Artemis Data Relay Satellite, and the ESA-NASA Cassini-Huygens mission, and then covered different managerial positions.In 2000, Andrea started his career at ESA by joining the Strategy Directorate. In 2006 he was appointed head of the Corporate Strategic Planning office, in charge of the Agency's strategic planning process, including the elaboration of the 10-year ESA Long-Term Plan and the management of Agency-level strategic risks. In 2016, he was appointed head of the Corporate Development Office, in charge of establishing a corporate strategy for the development of the organisation. Among his duties, Andrea was responsible for elaborating and coordinating the implementation of the ESA Strategic Plan including actions and activities needed to reach ESA development strategic objectives. He was in charge, among others, to define and deploy a knowledge management system across the organisation as well as to elaborate a corporate social responsibility policy and define actions needed to implement it at ESA.Follow European Space Agency's journey.Hosts: Farah Piriye & Elizabeth Zhivkova, ZEITGEIST19 FoundationFor sponsorship enquiries, comments, ideas and collaborations, email us at info@zeitgeist19.com Follow us on InstagramHelp us to continue our mission and to develop our podcast: Donate

Climate change is an "existential threat to everyone on spaceship Earth" according to NASA's deputy administrator Colonel Pam Melroy. She, and her boss Bill Nelson, are in New Zealand this week, meeting with space science and engineering students at the University of Auckland; the team at Rocket Lab who successfully launched Aotearoa's first lunar mission CAPSTONE which is now testing a new orbit around the moon for the Lunar Gateway.  They're due at Parliament on Wednesday morning, where five students are set to receive New Zealand Space Scholarships to undertake a programme at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Melroy spoke to Corin Dann.  

Lai arī Latvijai nav sava astronauta, mums ir lieliski inženieri, kuri jau šobrīd izstrādā iekārtas liela mēroga kosmosa projektiem gan tuvajā orbītā, gan Saules sistēmas vistālāko nostūru izpētei. Nesen raidījumā atskatījāmies uz 2022. gada notikumiem kosmosa jomā un daudz runājām par lielām misijām Saules sistēmā, šoreiz pievēršamies tālā kosmosa izpētei, runājam par to, ka Latvijas pētnieki palīdz tapt svarīgiem instrumentiem, kas ļaus iepazīt komētas noslēpumainajā Orta mākonī. Kas paveikts un kas vēl notiks, skaidro Tartu Universitātes asociētais profersors Andris Slavinskis, Ventspils Augstskolas lektors uzņēmuma "BitLake Technologies" līdzdibinātājs Jānis Šate. Latvijas uzņēmums “Allatherm” ir radījis unikālu tehnoloģiju - ksenona degvielas sūkni Latviju mēs parasti nesaucam par kosmosa industriju lielvalsti, tomēr pamazām arī šajā nozarē esam sākuši spert nozīmīgus soļus. Vietējais uzņēmums "Allatherm" ir radījis ksenona sūkni, kas nodrošinātu degvielu kosmosa stacijai. Šādu staciju jau pēc dažiem gadiem plānots palaist Mēness orbītā. Kāds ir bijis Latvijas ceļš līdz ksenona sūkņa izstrādei un cik nozīmīgs tas būs kosmosa staciju darbībā? Cilvēki, kuri cīnās par to, lai Latvijas kosmosa industrija attīstītos, ir savas jomas entuziasti un “deg” par to, ko viņi dara. Tā mūsu sarunā atklāj Artis Leilands - SIA “Allatherm” projektu inženieris. Pateicoties šādu entuziastisku cilvēku atbalstam un nenoliedzami savam darbam, uzņēmums “Allatherm” jau spējis pierādīt savu varēšanu kosmosa industrijā, un tuvākajos gados par tā paveikto mēs noteikti dzirdēsim vēl. “Allatherm” ir uzņēmums, kas galvenokārt izstrādā iekārtas siltuma aizvadīšanai prom no siltumavotiem, piemēram, datu centru serveriem. 2015. gadā “Allatherm” dibinājuši divi studiju laika draugi Igors Ušakovs un Donats Miškinis, un viņi interesējušies par to, kā zināšanas par kosmosa industriju pārvērst praktiski pielietojamos produktos. Šo gadu laikā “Allatherm” ir paplašinājies un ir gatavs šādu praktiski lietojamu produktu piedāvāt. Pēc Eiropas Kosmosa aģentūras pasūtījuma un sadarbībā ar vienu no Eiropas vadošajiem kosmosa industrijas uzņēmumiem Vācijā “Allatherm” ir radījis unikālu tehnoloģiju - ksenona degvielas sūkni. Šāds sūknis palīdzēs uzpildīt degvielu kosmosa stacijā “Lunar Gateway”, kas pēc dažiem gadiem riņķos ap Mēnesi un aizvietos šobrīd ap Zemi riņķojošo staciju. Jaunā kosmosa stacija darbosies ar elektriskajiem dzinējiem, un tiem nepieciešama degviela, kas ir ksenons. Kosmosā tiek pielietoti dažādi degvielu veidi, taču ksenona degvielas uzpilde līdz šim nekad nav izmēģināta. Par “Allatherm” darbību kopumā un tieši kosmosa jomā stāsta Artis Leilands. Pateicoties “Allatherm” tehnoloģijai, gan kosmosa stacija, gan arī satelīti varēs ilgāk pildīt savu misiju, jo tos būs iespējams atkārtoti uzpildīt ar degvielu. Un šis noteikti mūs mazās Latvijas milzīgais lēciens kosmosa industrijā.  

Subconscious Realms Episode 171 - Artemis Program/The Moon & Tuatha Dé Denan PT2 - Beyond Room 313 - Thomas Sheridan. Ladies & Gentlemen, on this Episode of Subconscious Realms we welcome back one of the most Fascinating Individuals this Community has & I'm talking the Elite of Elite. The Host & Creator of - Beyond Room 313, Sir Thomas Sheridan. Before we started recording, the conversation basically laid foundations for today's Mind-Blowing Episode. Seriously

With its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, Artemis 1 marked the successful completion of the first step in a new era of space travel to the moon. It comes 50 years after the last astronaut bounced along the lunar surface.Now, the goal is to make moon travel more routine and sustainable. Science reporter Ivan Semeniuk explains how NASA hopes to do this in the next decade, along with help from international partners like Canada, and what hurdles it'll have to overcome to make the entire Artemis program as successful as its predecessor Apollo.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

John and I welcomed back Anatoli Zak to discuss the possible Russian interest in rejoining the Lunar Gateway project. Anatoli had much to say about this and related topics during our 11 minute segment. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday,Nov. 9, 2022.

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Is Artemis truly the future of humans going to the Moon and a lunar gateway? Or is it simply a cover-up for traveling to moon bases already created, inhabited, and established!?! Dive in to find out more!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lockdown-universe/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lockdown-universe/support

In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain what would happen when an antimatter black hole collides with a regular black hole, I try to estimate when Starship is going to make an orbital launch, and wonder if there could be life around brown dwarf stars.

In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain what would happen when an antimatter black hole collides with a regular black hole, I try to estimate when Starship is going to make an orbital launch, and wonder if there could be life around brown dwarf stars.

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 85*Has James Webb already found some of the earliest galaxies in the universe?Astronomers are speculating that NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope may have already discovered the most distant and hence earliest galaxy in the universe.*New telescopes to see gravitational wave sourcesAustralia is about to get a new telescope array specifically designed to find the sources of gravitational waves generated by events such as neutron star collisions.*Planning continues on the Lunar Gateway space stationJapan has confirmed its participation in NASA's proposed new Lunar Gateway Space Station project.*The Science ReportNapping associated with higher risks for high blood pressure and stroke.Study shows vitamin D supplements don't lower the risk of breaking bones.How domestic cats manage to live together.Skeptic's guide to Uri Geller's alien invasionSpaceTime Series 25 Episode 86*Another Russian promise to leave the International Space StationRussia have again announced plans to quit the International Space Station sometime after 2024.*ExoMars launch date moved to 2028The European Space Agency's EXO-Mars mission to search for signs of past or present life on the red planet – which was to launch in a few weeks' time -- is now likely to fly in 2028 – ten years after it was first meant to fly.*The records continue to tumble for SpaceX and its Falcon 9 rocketSpaceX has set a new launch record with its latest Starlink satellite mission.*The Science ReportPlastic pollution stimulating bacterial growth in freshwater lakes.Teens who vape are more likely to try cannabis.Scientists develop a water-activated disposable paper battery.Alex on Tech: new software update for Windows ten users.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 87*NASA to send two more choppers to Mars for sample return mission.NASA says its Mars Ingenuity helicopter has been so successful, two more will be built and sent to the red planet to help with the planned sample return mission.*Top Secret Space Shuttle sets a recordThe clandestine X-37B space shuttle has shattered its own orbital mission duration record of 780 days in space.*China expands its space stationChina has launched the second module of its new Tiangong space station.*August SkywatchWe look at the giant star Antares, Barnard's star is the second nearest star system to the Sun, and the annual Perseids meteor shower.Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you…To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editions of the show, gain early access and bonus content, please visit https://bitesz.supercast.com/ . Premium version now available via Spotify and Apple Podcasts.For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://biteszhq.com #podcast #space #science #astronomy #news #spacetime

Die US-Raumfahrtbehörde NASA hat den kleinen Capstone-Satellit ins All geschickt. Er soll in einen langgezogenen Orbit um den Mond einschwenken - quasi als Vorhut für die Raumstation "Lunar Gateway". Die soll sowohl Landungen auf dem Mond als auch Flüge zum Mars möglich machen. Ein Gespräch mit dem ehemaligen Wissenschaftsastronauten Prof. Ulrich Walter.

In this week's questions and answers show, I explain how Starship will enable enormous space telescopes, if James Webb can look at Hubble, and if future astronomers will have any way of learning about the expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang. 00:00 Start 01:46 Could Starship be a telescope? 04:26 Can JWST see Hubble? 06:10 Will elliptical galaxies restart star formation? 08:00 Will future civilizations know about the Big Bang? 11:38 How will the Lunar Gateway change robotic space exploration? 14:34 Where are the flagship missions? 15:50 How does artificial gravity work in space? 16:55 How many useful gravitational lenses are there out there? 19:11 What lies beyond space? 20:10 Will we definitively prove life beyond Earth? 23:57 Could you use the Moon as a gravitational lens? 24:40 Can we look back in time somehow? 26:10 Are there good careers in astronomy? 29:19 Could we learn anything getting close to black holes? Want to be part of the questions show? Ask a short question on any video on my channel. I gather a bunch up each week and answer them here.

In this week's questions and answers show, I explain how Starship will enable enormous space telescopes, if James Webb can look at Hubble, and if future astronomers will have any way of learning about the expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang. 00:00 Start 01:46 Could Starship be a telescope? 04:26 Can JWST see Hubble? 06:10 Will elliptical galaxies restart star formation? 08:00 Will future civilizations know about the Big Bang? 11:38 How will the Lunar Gateway change robotic space exploration? 14:34 Where are the flagship missions? 15:50 How does artificial gravity work in space? 16:55 How many useful gravitational lenses are there out there? 19:11 What lies beyond space? 20:10 Will we definitively prove life beyond Earth? 23:57 Could you use the Moon as a gravitational lens? 24:40 Can we look back in time somehow? 26:10 Are there good careers in astronomy? 29:19 Could we learn anything getting close to black holes? Want to be part of the questions show? Ask a short question on any video on my channel. I gather a bunch up each week and answer them here.

Zudem: Delfine therapieren sich mit Kratzen. Impfen gegen Krebs. Und: Neuer Zugang zum Mond. (00:35) Affenpocken: Bisher verbreiteten sich diese Krankheit nur in seltenen Fällen über Afrika hinaus. Jetzt tritt sie auf einmal weltweit auf. Was steckt dahinter? (06:00) Delfinselbsttherapie: «Wenns juckt und brennt auf der Haut, greift der Mensch zur Salbe. Delfine machens ähnlich. Sie reiben sich an Korallen, um Hautkrankheiten zu behandeln und vorzubeugen. (13:25) Neue Krebstherapie: Wie kann man das Immunsystem von Krebskranken schärfen? Eine Genfer Forscherin beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit dieser Frage und hofft auf einen Durchbruch. (19:30) Eine bemannte Raumstation, die um den Mond kreist: Amerika und Europa treiben diese Pläne mit weiteren Partnern voran. Jetzt wird die beste Flugbahn des «Lunar Gateway» getestet.

With the first Artemis mission on the launchpad, Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham look ahead to the next footsteps on the Moon. They chat to Libby Jackson from the UK Space Agency about Gateway - "a one bed studio flat" in orbit around the Moon - and lunar SatNav. Plus, John Vrublevskis from Thales Alenia Space UK explains the challenge of getting oxygen out of Moon rocks. We also feature an interview - never before broadcast in full - with Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke. He talks about landing on the Moon, looking back at Earth and his faith... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

With the first Artemis mission on the launchpad, Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham look ahead to the next footsteps on the Moon. They chat to Libby Jackson from the UK Space Agency about Gateway - "a one bed studio flat" in orbit around the Moon - and lunar SatNav. Plus, John Vrublevskis from Thales Alenia Space UK explains the challenge of getting oxygen out of Moon rocks. We also feature an interview - never before broadcast in full - with Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke. He talks about landing on the Moon, looking back at Earth and his faith... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 42*Artemis 1 undergoes a full launch dress rehearsalTwo weeks after rolling out onto Space Launch complex 39B from the historic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida -- NASA's massive new Moon Rocket -- the Space Launch System or SLS -- is undergoing its long awaited three-day wet dress rehearsal.*NASA to purchase more lunar landersNASA's looking at more options for manned lunar lander craft to transfer people and supplies between the Lunar Gateway space station and the surface of the Moon.*Blue Origin launches its fourth space tourism flightBlue Origin has launched its fourth suborbital space tourism flight aboard one of the company's New Shepard rockets.*April SkyWatchWe look at our nearest neighbouring star system Alpha Centauri -- the iconic constellation Southern Cross -- and the annual Lyrids meteor shower this month on SkyWatch.Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you…To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editions of the show, gain early access and bonus content, please visit https://bitesz.supercast.com/ . Premium version now available via Spotify and Apple Podcasts.For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.comThis episode of SpaceTime is brought to you with the support of NordVPN…The world's leading VPN provider. Making your online data unreadable to others. Get our discount offer, plus one month free and special bonus gift. Plus you get to help support SpaceTime… visit https://nordvpn.com/stuartgary or use the coupon code STUARTGARY at checkout. Thank you…#astronomy #space #science #news 3podcast #spacetime #amateurastronomy

In this week's questions show, I tackle some challenging questions, like the ethics of sending humans to Mars, and whether it's better to focus on our efforts on Earth or on space exploration. Should we welcome a Carrington Event? Are there any serious competitors to SpaceX in the market right now? 00:00 Start 00:49 Is it ethical to send people to Mars? 04:01 Welcoming a Carrington Event? 07:07 Is Starship legitimate? 12:09 Should we spend money on space or Earth? 16:36 Is there a limit to gravitational assists? 19:46 Is there a use for small space telescopes? 22:04 Could something stand completely still? 23:24 Are there any serious contenders to SpaceX? 25:49 Will Mars have more asteroid strikes? 27:14 Will the Lunar Gateway be important? 30:58 Is it frustrating for mission name changes? 32:22 Could we ever accelerate at 1g? 33:33 Why do stars weigh so much? 35:11 Is something past the Great Attractor? Want to be part of the questions show? Ask a short question on any video on my channel. I gather a bunch up each week and answer them here.

In this week's questions show, I talk about why some missions go into orbit, and other missions make a direct landing on Mars. Is it a good idea for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch components for the Lunar Gateway? And how can we know if the Universe is finite or infinite? 00:00 Start 00:30 Why go into orbit when NASA goes straight for landing? 04:19 What about SpaceX launching the Lunar Gateway? 08:45 Is the Universe finite or infinite? 11:52 Would a big black hole event horizon look flat? 12:38 If I had $50 billion to spend on space 16:14 Do I own any space stocks? 18:04 Will there be a time when we can't see other galaxies? 21:24 Is it easier or harder to fly to the Moon now? 25:09 When will the first steps be on Mars? 30:58 Would a Moon city protect humanity? 35:46 Could we crash Mars into Pluto? 36:54 Will travel to the Moon/Mars ever be cheap? 39:24 Should we be improving Earth or Mars? 41:06 Which book series do I recommend people read first? 42:13 Will Perseverance hear the helicopter? 44:07 What technologies will improve the Earth in the future?