Podcasts about Mars Desert Research Station

Recién retornada de su misión, charlamos con la investigadora leonesa Jennifer García Carrizo para pormenorizar su experiencia como parte del proyecto científico "Hypatia II". Junto a otras seis compañeras, esta joven científica acaba de pasar quince días en la Mars Desert Research Station, en un lugar perdido del desierto de Utah (Estados Unidos), donde se ha simulado una estancia en Marte para investigar el comportamiento del cuerpo humano y su adaptación al terreno en una situación de tales características.

Right now there are seven women on Mars... kind of. The women of Hypatia Mars started out as a small group of friends from Catalonia who wanted to work together tp advance space science and women in STEM. Today they're on their second analog mission at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, testing systems and equipment, doing multidisciplinary research, and continuously working to reach out to girls and young women about what their careers are like.Thanks to our guests in this episode:  Carla Conejo Gonzalez, Co-Founder of Hypatia Mars  Dr. Ariadna Ferrés, Commander of Hypatia II  Dr. Estel Blay, Scientist Hypatia II Sign up here for the monthly AirSpace newsletterTake our listener survey at s.si.edu/airspace2025Find the transcript here.AirSpace is created by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum with generous support from Lockheed-Martin

Ashton interviews Sergii Iakymov, director of Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah. Sergii also talks about his recent mission at HERA -- NASA's human exploration research analog. https://www.nasa.gov/mission/hera/ https://mdrs.marssociety.org/

Diane has been to Mars. That is, she crewed the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. It was there she turned her attention to Dark Sky advocacy. Diane is a lecturer in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. Lucky for Pittsburgh, Diane is helping to guide the city's street light conversion to LED by, among other things, convincing astronauts aboard the ISS to take photos of Pittsburgh before, during, and after the conversion. Diane Turnshek bonus fun fact: the Dung Beetle uses the light of the Milky way to roll its little ball of dung in a straight line. Diane has earned an International Dark Sky Association's Defender Award. She has given over one hundred light pollution talks including one for TEDxPittsburgh, curated a series of space art galleries, and founded the Pennsylvania Chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association. In 2019, she edited the genre anthology Triangulation: Dark Skies with twenty-one starry night short stories. She has been interviewed by the New York Times, PBS News Hour, NPR Morning Edition, Canada One Radio, Chinese Global Television Network and 50 more news outlets. She hosted a Dark Skies Conference at CMU and is co-running the 9th International Artificial Light at Night Conference in Calgary, Canada in August of 2023. Her research focuses on measuring the light of cities with drones, aircraft, satellites and astronauts aboard the ISS. 

Nueve científicas catalanas, incluida la bióloga Carla Conejo González, se embarcan en la misión Hypatia 1, en la Mars Desert Research Station, simulando condiciones marcianas en el desierto de Utah. Financiado por la Generalitat, la Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera y la Fundació Banc Sabadell, el equipo se aísla durante dos semanas, gestionando recursos como agua y alimentos deshidratados. Conejo, como oficial ejecutiva y bióloga, estudia el ciclo de sueño y vigilia, abordando desafíos fundamentales para la NASA en la planificación de misiones a Marte. Una iniciativa emocionante que recrea las condiciones de una auténtica exploración marciana.#Hypatia1#Conbdesalud#porfinduermo#podcastenfemenino#podcastenespañol

We have a new podcast! It's called Universe Of Art, and it features conversations with artists who use science to bring their creations to the next level. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.    A See-Through Squid Success Story Adult octopuses have about 500 million neurons, which is about as many neurons as a dog. Typically, more neurons means a more intelligent and complex creature. But it's a bit more complicated than that. Unlike dogs, or even humans, octopuses' neurons aren't concentrated in their brains—they're spread out through their bodies and into their arms and suckers, more like a “distributed” mind. (Scientists still haven't quite figured out exactly why this is.) And that's just the tip of the iceberg, in terms of unanswered cephalopod questions. Now, researchers have successfully bred a line of albino squid that were first engineered using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, creating a see-through squid. Their unique transparency allows scientists to more easily study their neural structure, and a whole lot more. SciFri experiences manager Diana Plasker talks with Joshua Rosenthal, senior scientist at the University of Chicago's Marine Biological Laboratory, based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, about this see-through squid success story. When Eye-Grabbing Results Just Don't Pan Out You know the feeling — you see a headline in the paper or get an alert on your phone about a big scientific breakthrough that has the potential to really change things. But then, not much happens, or that news turns out to be much less significant than the headlines made it seem. Journalists are partially to blame for this phenomenon. But another guilty culprit is also the scientific journals, and the researchers who try to make their own work seem more significant than the data really supports in order to get published. Armin Alaedini, an assistant professor of medical sciences at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, recently co-authored a commentary on this topic published in The American Journal of Medicine. He joins Ira and Ivan Oransky — co-founder of Retraction Watch and a medical journalism professor and Distinguished Writer In Residence at New York University — to talk about the tangled world of scientific publishing and the factors that drive inflated claims in publications.     How Art Can Help Treat Dementia And Trauma We might intrinsically know that engaging with and making art is good for us in some way. But now, scientists have much more evidence to support this, thanks in part to a relatively new field called neuroaesthetics, which studies the effects that artistic experiences have on the brain. A new book called Your Brain On Art: How The Arts Transform Us, dives into that research, and it turns out the benefits of the arts go far beyond elevating everyday life; they're now being used as part of healthcare treatments to address conditions like dementia and trauma. Universe of Art host D. Peterschmidt sits down with the authors of the book, Susan Magsamen, executive director of the International Arts + Mind Lab at the Pederson Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and Ivy Ross, vice president of design for hardware products at Google, to talk about what we can learn from neuroaesthetic studies, the benefits of a daily arts practice, and the kinds of art they both like making.   Testing Mars Rovers In Utah's Red Desert Take a 20-minute drive down Cow Dung Road, outside of Hanksville, Utah, and you'll stumble across the Mars Desert Research Station. This cluster of white buildings—webbed together by a series of covered walkways—looks a little alien, as does the red, desolate landscape that surrounds it. “The ground has this crust that you puncture through, and it makes you feel like your footprints are going to be there for a thousand years,” said Sam Craven, a senior leading the Brigham Young University team here for the University Rover Challenge. “Very bleak and dry, but very beautiful also.” This remote chunk of Utah is a Mars analogue, one of roughly a dozen locations on Earth researchers use to test equipment, train astronauts and search for clues to inform the search for life on other planets. While deployed at the station, visiting scientists live in total isolation and don mock space suits before they venture outside. To read the rest, visit sciencefriday.com.   To stay updated on all-things-science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters. Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is SUNDAY, June 18  Planning a stay at a WV State Park? Check out the great dining options nearby...WVU's Robotics Team places No. 1 at an international event--Let's go, Mountaineers!...and, speaking of robots, troops undergo high-tech field training in Almost Heaven…on today's daily304. #1 – From WV STATE PARKS – There's plenty to do at West Virginia state parks and forests, from hiking, biking and fishing to swimming, horseback riding and more. But what to do after you've worked up a big appetite? Satisfy your rumbling tummy with a delicious meal from a local eatery! If you're staying at a lodge park, you can always enjoy a hearty meal served at the park restaurant. (Check the calendar for upcoming special Farm-to-Table Dinners at the lodge parks.) In the meantime, here are a few other options you'll want to check out. Rent a historic CCC cabin at Babcock State Park and rest assured your dining options will be plentiful in the area. Take a drive over to the lodge at Hawks Nest State Park where you can dine while enjoying a stunning view of the New River Gorge. As you head into the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, you'll find lots of great dining options in the area.  Read more: https://wvstateparks.com/foodie-travel-guide-to-west-virginia-state-parks/   #2 – From WVU TODAY – It's official: The West Virginia University robotics team is the best in the world. Team Mountaineers topped dozens of other teams from 10 countries in a competition to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers during the 2023 University Rover Challenge held May 31-June 3 at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah. The student-led, cross-disciplinary team comprises more than 75 undergraduate students and five graduate student mentors from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. “This win is also the fruit of six years of hard work by hundreds of WVU students, including those who are currently here and who have graduated, those who have been to Utah and who have stayed back, those who boldly proposed new ideas and those who were quietly making sure everything worked perfectly,” said  Yu Gu, team faculty adviser and mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor.  Read more: https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2023/06/05/wvu-robotics-team-wins-international-mars-rover-challenge   #3 – From WV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT –  If you're a fan of action movies, you'd be pleased to know that some real-life military training exercises happened in West Virginia recently.  The Civil-Military Innovation Institute hosted a military field training exercise and experimentation event, known as Driving Innovation in Realistic Training Days 23-001, in partnership with the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command and the 101st Airborne Division. It was held at CMI2's Adaptive Experimentation Facility in Fola, West Virginia, which is actually a repurposed coal mining facility.  The event allowed soldiers to participate in and lead the development and field testing of emerging tactics and technology while bolstering their operational skill sets through challenging, realistic exercises. The event was designed to emulate future operational environments the soldiers could experience in an age of intensifying technology and threats. In short, it was a chance for soldiers to have fun, learn some new skills, and prepare for whatever the future might bring them. Although West Virginia may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of defense companies, recent events show that the state has a lot to offer. With its world-class military training facilities, strategic location, and business-friendly environment, West Virginia is an ideal location for defense companies that want to develop new tactics and technologies and work closely with the military.  Read more: https://westvirginia.gov/robots-in-yes-west-virginia-say-what/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Brittany Zimmerman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Yummet. Brittany is the CEO of a globally recognized organization with a diverse team of over 300 graduate-level experts hailing from over 50 countries. This organization has bridged the gap between space technology and terrestrial applications by bringing advanced solutions to meet the needs of humanity on earth. By mimicking the natural process of mother nature, Yummet's innovative, proven, and patent-pending technological approach breaks down waste, disassembles the molecules, and rebuilds them into valuable resources, minerals, soils, water, and clean air - just as nature does. In doing this they produce the strongest, most net-negative concrete ever tested made entirely from waste. They produce biochar that serves as a sustainable alternative to synthetic fertilizers, restoring soil health and purifying water. They desalinate water and treat waste water with no production of brine or other waste products. They produce Green hydrogen at costs that rival dirty hydrogen, providing an alternative to fossil fuels. Ms. Zimmerman was selected early in her career as the Youngest National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Principal Investigator. She served as Principal Investigator (PI) for three NASA Programs. She served as Program Manager and Lead Engineer for the NASA Integrated water Recovery Assembly (IRA) designed to reclaim water from planetary surface habitats for NASA. As Lead Systems Engineer for the Brine Processor Assembly (BPA), currently on the International Space Station, Ms. Zimmerman spent years designing, analyzing, testing, and managing programs that utilize membrane distillation for water recovery during on-orbit and planetary surface operations. This includes her role as Program Manager and Lead Engineer for the Boeing Starliner Humidity Control System (HCS) ammonia testing campaign, and her role as a PI, Lead Engineer, and Inventor of the NASA Condensate Separator for Microgravity Conditions (COSMIC). Ms. Zimmerman's role as Lead Engineering Analyst for the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) RAIDER program showcased her strength at mathematical analysis of thermal and fluid solutions. She has supported the development of the environmental control and life support systems (ECLSS) for a single person spacecraft and has been instrumental in the design of many extreme environment United States Department of Defense (DoD) ECLSS solutions. Ms. Zimmerman earned her B.S. of Mechanical Engineering in 2011, followed by an M.S. in Space Studies focused on bioregenerative physical-chemical hybrid life support systems for long-duration spaceflight. Ms. Zimmerman specialized in the ecology of closed environments and biospherics, for which she designed the greenhouse module for the NASA Inflatable Lunar/Martian Habitat (ILMH). Ms. Zimmerman has been a crew member on several analog Mars missions, including a mission to the Mars Desert Research Station, as an officer of Mission 171. She served in the ILMH, leading Crew 3, the first all-female crew. Her background also includes rocket design, robotic launch systems, and high-altitude ballooning. Achievements: • Patented the most sustainable concrete ever tested • Exceeded $85 Million in Awarded Grants • Youngest NASA Principal Investigator • Principal Investigator for 3 NASA Programs • Patents and/or technologies developed for the ISS, spacesuits, spacecraft, U.S. Department of Defense, Artemis Program returning human's to the Moon, habitats for Mars, and private space industry life support systems. • 20 Under 35 Awardee from the Space and Satellites Professional International • 2020 Promise Award recipient identifying her as a leader in the space industry • Future Space Leader Awardee • Analog Astronaut: Commanding Crew 3 in Inflatable Lunar/Martian Habitat • Analog Astronaut: Mission 171, Mars Desert Research Station https://www.yummet.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Dianne McGrath, a sustainability expert, TEDx speaker, and prior candidate for the Mars One mission. Utilizing her diverse skill set, Dr. McGrath is committed to refining our approach to the sustainability of resources on a global scale. Dr. McGrath joins us to touch on topics such as: The importance of being mindful of the materials we use to package products. The environmental impact of food waste. What her research consisted of at the Mars Desert Research Station. How circular economies can play a role in innovating sustainable communities? Offer: This episode is sponsored by Viome. Use the code GENIUS to get an extra $20 off on Health Intelligence Test. Check it out now: Viome What is the future of sustainability? Can we solve the world's problems from outer space? Tune in now to find out more! You can learn about Dr. McGrath and her work by clicking here. Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

In January 2022 Agnieszka Pokrywka spent two weeks in the Utah desert in a simulator designed to provide an analog of a Martian settlement as part of a multi-disciplinary crew. The mission occurred under the auspices of The Mars Society and took place at the Mars Desert Research Station. In this episode she describes the application process, her arrival in Utah, the simulation itself, the work the crew did to stay alive, a medical emergency captured by The Guardian newspaper, and what happened afterwards. She talks about the lessons she learned, and about the ways in which the experience caused her to rethink her ideas of community and culture.

In this episode of UEN Homeroom, Matt and Dani are joined by Shannon Rupert from the Mars Society and Jen Carver Hunter. They share great ways teachers can take advantage of learning opportunities involving the Mars Desert Research Station, right here in Utah!PDTV Spaceward BoundStem in 30Civil Air PatrolSTEM Action Center NASA Newsletter

In diesem Kollektiv Podcast mit Astrophysiker Dr. Norbert Frischauf (ESA, CERN, SPACETEC PARTNERS) beleuchten wir viele Space-Highlights des Jahres 2022. Eine Vorschau über die wichtigsten Ereignisse der NASA, ESA und anderen Weltraumorganisationen weltweit. In dieser Folge beginnen wir mit EXOMars, einer Mission bei der es darum geht, Material vom Mars zurück zu uns auf die Erde zu bringen. Wir sprechen in diesem Podcast aber auch über ARTEMIS - die Mission, die die Amerikaner erneut auf den Mond bringen wird sowie die Ideen der beiden privatwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen SpaceX, Blue Origin und Virgin Galactic von Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos und Sir Richard Branson. Achja und die Filmempfehlungen eines echten Astrophysikers gibt es im Anschluss auch noch für euch! Unten sind die Kapitel mit Timecodes markiert. Ihr könnt einfach darauf klicken und ihr landet beim Thema eurer Wahl. Mehr Science & Future Beiträge findet ihr auf http://www.kollektiv-magazin.com und auf http://www.kollektiv-podcast.com Diesen Podcast gibt es auch als kostenloses Audioangebot auf Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts und vielen weiteren Plattformen. Mehr Informationen dazu unter http://www.kollektiv-podcast.com Wir bedanken uns bei NASA, dem NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER sowie der ESA und SpaceX, Blue Origin und Virgin Galactic für das hier gezeigte, zur Verfügung gestellte Videomaterial für Unterrichtszwecke. #educational #jameswebb #spacetelescope #wissenschaft 00:26 Vorstellung Dr. Norbert Frischauf und ExoMars Mission 03:20 Wozu braucht man einen weiteren Mars-Rover genau? 05:33 Norberts persönliche Erfahrung in der Mars Desert Research Station 08:04 Wie ist es im Weltall zu leben - und warum wollen wir dorthin? 12:56 Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse der Raumfahrt im Gesundheitsbereich 15:19 So beginnt der kommerzielle Weltraumtourismus Schrittweise 17:10 DART - Planetary Defense Mission - Ablenkung von Asteroiden 19:48 ARTEMIS - Nachfolger der Apollo-Mission - mit der NASA zum Mond 22:56 Astronauten der NASA, die auf den Mond reisen werden / Heldeninszenierung 27:23 SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic - die privaten Raumfahrtpläne 2022 32:32 Wissenschaftliche Basis für den "Warp-Drive" von Star Trek 34:00 James Webb Space Telescope - wann kommen die ersten Bilder? 36:00 Filmempfehlungen eines Astrophysikers zum Jahr 2022 Interessante Links: NASA Budget für 2022: https://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html NASA Exomars Mission https://exploration.esa.int/web/mars/-/45084-exomars-rover Blue Origin New Glenn Rakete https://www.blueorigin.com/new-glenn Musik zu Beginn: (Creative Commons) Music: Savfk - Revolutions Link: https://youtu.be/iNSXHOGnF-UMusic provided by: xEpic Journey EINE PRODUKTION DES KOLLEKTIV MAGAZIN © 2022

Tiffany O'Donnell talks to Kellie Gerardi, a bioastronautics researcher with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS). She has flown multiple parabolic research campaigns here on Earth, and will soon fly to space as a Payload Specialist on a dedicated research mission with Virgin Galactic. Kellie's work as a science communicator has attracted hundreds of thousands of fans on social media. She serves on the Defense Council for the Truman National Security Project and on the Board of Directors for The Explorers Club, whose esteemed flag she carried during a crew rotation at the Mars Desert Research Station. Kellie also holds a leadership role in Global Mission Operations at Palantir Technologies. She is the author of  Not Necessarily Rocket Science and the upcoming children's picture book series LUNA MUNA. Kellie lives in Jupiter, FL, with her husband Steven and their daughter Delta V.On today's episode, Kellie talks about her inspiring journey to make her dreams come true and the importance of being your biggest cheerleader. Check out Kellie on TikTok.Follow Women Lead Change on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn and visit wlcglobal.org for more information. Own It! from Women Lead Change is sponsored by Iowa State University's Ivy College of Business. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7V9VAGJQC2YLA&source=url)

Nancy Vermeulen is a Commercial Pilot Instructor, Master's in Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, commanded a Mars simulation in Utah, and participated in the 2008 ESA astronaut selections. Bringing the universe closer to people and vice versa is her personal mission. For that reason, Nancy was the first in Europe to put together a non-governmental training program to prepare potential astronauts for private space flights. The kick-off was in 2011 when Nancy gave training to a future private astronaut from Virgin Galactic. In 2018 she founded the "Space Training Academy".Nancy was the commander and chief organizer of the Mars simulation mission "MDRS90". She initiated this project, submitted it to Mars Society - NASA and obtained permission to lead a team on a "Mars Simulation Mission" at the "Mars Desert Research Station" in Utah, U.S.A. During the mission, she learned how to conduct science experiments during a mission and what to do in an emergency.As a scientist, Nancy has conducted research at the University of Antwerp (Biomedical Physics) and at the Technical University of Delft (new technologies for greener air traffic). For the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium / Solar-Terrestrial Center of Excellence, Nancy Vermeulen collaborated on a new instrument to measure climate change from space. She also teaches physics and mathematics.As a child, Nancy already knew what she wanted to be: "Spaceman". In her spare time, she worked at the Public Observatory and the Planetarium of Antwerp. She completed her academic study Physics and Astronomy at the University of Antwerp magna cum laude / with great distinction. Nancy Vermeulen is a Master of Science in Physics.Learn more about Nancy Vermeulen at NancyVermeulen.be

Sorry, folks. You won't find Paul Bakken on social media. You will find him running around the LunAres habitat repairing, improving and applying his years of analog astronaut experience to our mission in the LunAres Research Station!  We've been beyond grateful that Paul's been selected as one of our crew mates- in addition to his extensive background in law, community service, and analog missions, Paul happens to be an incredible chef! After enjoying this conversation with Paul, you will have a perfect understanding of what a mission generalist does, and then you'll find yourself asking, “where can I find a mission generalist to help me in my everyday life?!?!”      “I like fixing things and feeding people. It's what I enjoy doing at home, so it's a natural fit for me to do it here at LunAres.”  -Paul Bakken from the Casual Space Podcast    About Paul  Paul Bakken is a native Minnesotan, husband of 28 years and a father of three children. He has served his community as an elected official for over 18 years. He serves on the Board of Directors for his local distribution cooperative. Other community experience and volunteering includes Boy Scouts, where he has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, and service as an officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard.    Bakken earned a B.A. in Political Science and Classics from St. Olaf College and a M.A. from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Paul has also earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, and has completed the FEMA/ EMI Integrated Emergency Management Course.    When he's not baking up amazing food for analog astronauts, Bakken enjoys reading science fiction and tinkering. He has a long-standing interest in the exploration of space, and particularly in our exploration of the Moon and Mars. As an analog astronaut, he has served as Commander of two crew rotations at the Mars Desert Research Station, or MDRS, and as Executive Officer for NEPTUNE, a five-day underwater research mission. He's also served as the Operations Officer for Selene I, a fourteen-day lunar analog research mission at HI-SEAS. He's currently enjoying his new title of Mission Generalist on the LunAresX Sensoria mission in Pila Poland at the LunAres Research Station.   

 Dr. Shawna Pandya MD, is a scientist-astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM, physician, aquanaut, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, and pilot-in-training. Dr. Pandya is also the VP of Immersive Medicine with the virtual reality healthcare company, Luxsonic Technologies, Director of the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)/PoSSUM Space Medicine Group, Chief Instructor of the IIAS/PoSSUM Operational Space Medicine course, Director of Medical Research at Orbital Assembly Construction (a company building the world's first rotating space station providing the first artificial gravity habitat), clinical lecturer at the University of Alberta, podcast host with the World Extreme Medicine's WEMCast series, Primary Investigator (PI) for the Shad Canada-Blue Origin student micro-gravity competition, member of the ASCEND 2021 Guiding Coalition, Life Sciences Team Lead for the Association of Spaceflight Professionals, sesional lecturer for the “Technology and the Future of Medicine,” course at the University of Alberta, and Fellow of the Explorers' Club. Dr. Pandya also serves as medical advisor to several space, medical and technology companies, including Mission: Space Food, Gennesys and Aquanauta, as well as the Jasper Dark Sky Festival Advisory Committee. Dr. Pandya holds a Bsc degree in neuroscience from University of Alberta, a MSc in Space Studies from International Space University, an MD from University of Alberta, and a certification in entrepreneurship from the Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University. Dr. Pandya is currently completing a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine (Academy of Wilderness Medicine), was granted an Honorary Fellowship in Extreme and Wilderness Medicine by the World Extreme Medicine organization in 2021, and was one of 50 physicians selected to attend the 2021 European Space Agency Space Medicine Physician Training Course. Dr. Pandya was named one of the Women's Executive Network's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in 2021, and a Canadian Space Agency Space Ambassador in 2021. Dr. Pandya was part of the first crew to test a commercial spacesuit in zero-gravity in 2015. Dr. Pandya earned her aquanaut designation during the 2019 NEPTUNE (Nautical Experiments in Physiology, Technology and Underwater Exploration) mission. She previously served as Commander during a 2020 tour at the Mars Desert Research Station. Her expeditions were captured in the Land Rover short, released with the Apollo 11: First Steps film. She previously interned at ESA's European Astronaut Center and NASA's Johnson Space Center. Dr. Pandya's publications include book chapters on space spin-offs for medical benefit, psychological resilience in long-duration spaceflight, and reproduction and sexuality in long-duration spaceflight. In 2019, Dr. Pandya's career and trajectory were captured at the Ontario Science Center's “Canadian Women in Space,” exhibit, where Dr. Pandya is permanently exhibited alongside Dr. Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman in space (and Dr. Pandya's idol growing up). 

2020 December 19 AIAA LA LV Space Architecture Gathering Simulators and Simulations Part 1 (Event Information: https://conta.cc/38UVePz)00:00:00 Prof. Madhu Thangavelu (Introduction – Part 1) 00:10:17 Prof. Bernard Foing – Advanced Projects, European Space Agency 00:30:50 Mr. Keelan Garde & Mr. Daniel Lin – CRADLE Simulator, Lucerne Valley 00:46:45 Ms. Jackelynne Silva-Martinez– Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) at JSC 01:01:10 Dr. Pascal Lee – Mars Institute 01:18:50 Mr. Henk Rogers – Chairman PISCES, Founder International MoonBase Alliance 01:33:45 Dr. Angelo Vermeulen - SEADS Network 01:49:20 Dr. Robert Zubrin – Mars Society, Mars Desert Research Station 02:03:45 Dr. Barbara Imhof – Liquifer, Vienna 02:18:30 Prof. Garrett Reisman, Astronaut, Q&A with Prof. Madhu Thangavelu 02:36:20 Dr. Michaela Musilova – HISEAS Hawaii 02:49:00 Panel Discussion 03:23:35 Fin - Part 1 RSVP & Information: https://conta.cc/38UVePz Blog & Archive: https://engage.aiaa.org/losangeles-lasvegas/viewdocument/december-19-2020-aiaa-la-lv-spac https://aiaa-lalv.org/december-19-2020-aiaa-la-lv-space-architecture-gathering/

Janet Biggs Photo Régis Figarol Janet Biggs is an interdisciplinary artist known for her immersive work in video, film and performance. Biggs’ work focuses on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations, navigating the territory between art, science and technology. Her work has taken her into areas of conflict and to Mars (as a member of crews at the Mars Desert Research Station and Mars Academy USA). Biggs has worked with institutions from NOAA to NASA and CERN. She has collaborated with high energy nuclear physicists, mathematicians, neuroscientists, Arctic explorers, aerospace engineers, astrophysicists and a robot named Shimon. Last year, Biggs sent a project up to the International Space Station as part of MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative. Biggs has had solo exhibitions and film screenings at the Museos de Tenerife; Neuberger Museum of Art; SCAD Museum of Art; Blaffer Art Museum; Musee d'art contemporain de Montréal; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; among others. Her work and research have been supported by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Reviews of her work have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, ArtForum, ARTNews, Art in America, and many others. Biggs is a member of the New Museum’s cultural incubator, NEW INC with the support of Science Sandbox. She works with Cristin Tierney Gallery, CONNERSMITH, Galerie Analix Forever and Hyphen-Hub. Learn more on Instagram. Here is a link to RSVP for the April 8th performance discussed n the interview: https://www.cristintierney.com/events/26/ The books mentioned in the interview are Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire, the biggest ideas in science from Quanta, Edited by Thomas Lin, The Sublimity of Document, Cinema as Diorama by Scott MacDonald, and Women Artists, The Linda Nochlin Reader, edited by Maura Reilly. "Singular Value Decomposition" announcement for upcoming July 8th performance. "A Step On the Sun," 2012. Four-channel HD video installation with sound. "Weighing Life Without a Scale," 2018. Three-channel HD video installation with sound.

Dr. Shawna Pandya talks about project PoSSUM, neuroscience, and search for space Medicine. Dr. Shawna is a scientist-astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM, physician, aquanaut, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, pilot-in-training, VP Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies, and Fellow of the Explorers' Club. She is also Director of the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)/PoSSUM Space Medicine Group, Chief Instructor of the IIAS/PoSSUM Operational Space Medicine course, Chair of Strategic Directives for the PoSSUM13, a clinical lecturer at the University of Alberta, a newly appointed podcast host with the World Extreme Medicine's WEMCast series, Primary Investigator (PI) for the Shad Canada-Blue Origin student microgravity competition, session organizer for ASCEND 2020, Life Sciences Team Lead for the Association of Spaceflight Professionals, and serves as medical advisor to several space companies, including Orbital Assembly Construction and Mission: Space Food. Dr. Pandya holds degrees in neuroscience (BSc Hons. Neuroscience, University of Alberta), space (MSc Space Studies, International Space University), and medicine (MD, University of Alberta), and certification in entrepreneurship (Graduate Studies Program, Singularity University). She is currently completing a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine (Academy of Wilderness Medicine), and was named one of the Women's Executive Network's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in 2020. Her publications include book chapters on space spin-offs for medical benefit, psychological resilience in long-duration spaceflight, and reproduction and sexuality in long-duration spaceflight. She previously interned at ESA's European Astronaut Center and NASA's Johnson Space Center. Dr. Pandya earned her aquanaut designation during the 2019 NEPTUNE (Nautical Experiments in Physiology, Technology, and Underwater Exploration) mission. She previously served as Commander during a 2020 tour at the Mars Desert Research Station. CONNECT WITH SHAWNA: ​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnapandya ​Twitter: https://twitter.com/shawnapandya​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.ShawnaPandya --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spaceexplr/support

“The worst problem is when people don’t know what they want to do and who they want to be. My advice to them is go back to your childhood because when you’re a kid you don’t have the mindset that’s from society or from your parents, Hey everyone, you’re quite a clean sheet of paper and you just explore the world – if you like something – you like something.” In this episode, we speak with Anastasiya Stepanova. She’s an engineer at the Institute of Biomedical Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences, a Space journalist, co-author of the book “I Wish You A Good Flight”, a test subject in first in the world female dry-immersion experiment at the Institute of biomedical problems, a Health and safety officer and crew journalist in the international project “Mars160” through which she’s spent 80 days at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah and 30 days at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on the uninhabited Devon island in Canada. She’s also spent 120 days in isolation as a Mission specialist in an international isolation experiment. And on top of those, she’s also a rescuer at the public search and rescue squad “SpasReserv” and an ambassador of the charity project Unity helping to send children’s dreams to space. We discuss: - How she ended up with such a unique career in the first place - The power of motivation and your “why” when facing challenges - The importance of following your passions without caving in to fear - How to discover what you should spend your time doing that’ll make work not just about money (what would make you feel fulfilled?) - so much more We hope you enjoy this episode (please forgive us for the quality of sound in this episode – Anastasiya was speaking to us from her car. We think it’s still very much worth your listen!)

Johannes Nordsteien Svensøy er lege med interesse for humanitært arbeid, katastrofemedisin, og romfartsmedisin. Han har flere ganger jobbet på den thai-burmesiske grensen, hvor han også har behandlet og forsket på en medisinsk kuriositet, nemlig penis injeksjoner med olje. Romfartsmedisin er heller ikke av det vanligste en lege kan drive med, og Johannes har vært med som medisinsk ansvarlig og nestkommanderende på Mars Desert Research Station (Crew 220) og nå engasjert i Project Possum i USA. Hør om alt dette og mer i denne episoden av Hennings Verden!Hvis du setter pris på podcasten, støtt meg gjerne på Patreon! Setter utrolig stor pris på det :)https://www.patreon.com/henningsverdenProject Possum:https://projectpossum.org/ Hennings Verden:https://www.instagram.com/henningsverden/ https://www.facebook.com/henningsverden/ https://www.henningsverden.com/ støtt Hennings Verden! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sheryl L. Bishop, Ph.D. is an Emeritus Professor at the UTMB. As an internationally recognized behavioral researcher in extreme environments, for the last 25 years Dr. Bishop has investigated human performance and group dynamics in extreme, unusual environments, involving deep cavers, mountain climbers, desert survival groups, polar expeditions, Antarctic winter-over groups and various simulations of isolated, confined environments for space, including a number of missions at remote habitats (e.g., Mars Desert Research Station, Utah, and FMARS and the Mars Project on Devon Island, Canada). Dr. Bishop is a founding member, Board of Trustee member and Senior Editor for the Journal of the Society of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, Contributing Editor for Life Sciences for Habitation (formerly the Journal of Life Support and Biospheric Sciences) and Review Editor for the Journal of Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine among numerous others. MAKING REMOTE WORK - is a limited series led by the ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN COMMUNITY and hosted by SKILLS FOR MARS. It is a public service video-podcast in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will host 20+ researchers and practitioners in the field of distributed work. They will share their insights and knowledge to support companies and employees who are making this transition. If you are interested in the Future of Work - consider subscribing to Skills for Mars: https://bit.ly/3cA2UF1 Support the Skills for Mars podcast? Please visit: https://www.skillsformars.com or https://www.patreon.com/skillsformars - LinkedIn @skills for mars - Facebook @skillsformars - Instagram @skillsformars - Twitter @skillsformars - TIMESTAMPS - 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:50 – Sheryl Bishop introduction 00:03:50 – Isolation & confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic 00:06:25 – How does a new lockdown affect us psychologically? 00:12:32 – Depression during Covid-19 00:17:14 – How to recognize the effects of isolation & confinement 00:20:12 – The long-term psychological effects of the pandemic 00:23:14 – Quick tips to deal with isolation & confinement 00:27:32 – Applying the research in extreme environments in organizations 00:30:20 – Building better “work from home” environments 00:35:48 – Work-family balance when working from home 00:43:04 – Building resilience for similar future situations 00:46:43 – Mindfulness & meditation to deal with stress 00:49:00 – Final thoughts Support this podcast

Annie Handmer is a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Science, in the School of History and Philosophy of Science. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy, with Honours in History and Philosophy of Science, also from the University of Sydney. Annie’s research focuses on science and technology studies and the sociology of science in extreme environments. Annie also tutors an undergraduate subject called ‘Science, Ethics, and Society’ at the University of Sydney. In addition to her academic studies, she is on the Advisory Council for the Space Industry Association of Australia, a member of the Space Generation Advisory Council and of the ‘Ethics and Human Rights in Space’ Project Group, the History of Science Society, the Australia and New Zealand Space Law Interest Group, the Aerospace Futures Committee, the Australian Youth Aerospace Association, and is also the host and creator of the Space Junk Podcast. Where to find me: Instagram / Twitter - @anniehandmer My podcast: The Space Junk Podcast online (https://thespacejunkpod.fireside.fm/) My videos: http://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceJunkPodcast Patreon (support the podcast): https://www.patreon.com/thespacejunkpod Resources Annie mentions: Future Problem Solving International: https://www.fpspi.org/ Space Generation Advisory Council: https://spacegeneration.org/ Mars Desert Research Station: http://mdrs.marssociety.org/ Zooniverse People-Powered Research: https://www.zooniverse.org/ https://spacenews.com/ Dylan O'Donnell Astrophotography: https://youtu.be/oorQAYe_KcM Alice Gorman: https://twitter.com/drspacejunk  

Elizabeth Howell is a space writer, science consultant and writing teacher based in Ottawa, Canada. She writes about space, science and astronauts, and has even BEEN an astronaut in a simulation on Mars!** Elizabeth writes hundreds a stories a year on the space business, from conferences, from live events and from my own home. You can see her work daily in places like Space.com, Forbes and SpaceQ. Elizabeth’s notable projects include: Elizabeth journeyed to Kazakhstan twice to report on two International Space Station launches: Expedition 56 and Expedition 58. She documented living on a “Mars” base for two weeks. And, Elizabeth attended three space shuttle launches (like this one), and talked to numerous astronauts about how to prepare for spaceflight.   *She participated in the Mars Desert Research Station. Run by the Mars Society- researchers go there for 2 weeks with isolated conditions to work and learn and adapt to the environment. She rocked the research. Not so much the cooking… About writing her latest book:  “Canada Arm and Collaboration” about the Canadian space program, and it will be published in October. It will be my 3rd book about science that will be out earlier this year… What really made the book easy to write form me- because book writing is terrible- it’s a lot of work and a lot of research- it was the result of 25 years of passion from the Apollo 13 movie just pouring out.  what I really wanted to highlight was the behind the scenes work the astronauts do.” – Elizabeth Howell from Casual Space  About the story behind the story: “The challenge is that there’s not very much coverage because there’s only about 6 of us (covering space) across the country (in Canada), so I’ve trying to attend as much as possible trying to tell the stories of both the astronauts from the launch, but they do all of these cool things on the ground that nobody talks about! They do underwater missions! They do geological field work! They do inspirational events for children! They have conversations with our Prime Minister! I like to be there and report when they are doing things in between (missions). About being a writer: “I was quite good at writing, it just seemed to come naturally to me. I had this ability to sit down and translate complex ideas into really cool stuff!”  About inspiring her students: “There are many ways to do something. If you want to be an astronaut, I tell students that I’ve gone and simulated being an astronaut, I’ve gotten a degree where I was studying astronaut behavior. I’ve written and talked to so many astronauts over the years, so I basically have come as close as I can!”    Where to find Elizabeth and her work: https://elizabethhowell.ca/ On Twitter: @Howellspace  Books:  https://elizabethhowell.ca/books/ The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More!   The Search of Life On Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time by Elizabeth Howell and Nicholas Booth  And  Canadarm and Collaboration: How Canada’s Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds

In this episode we talk to Dr. Shawna Pandya. Dr. Pandya is a scientist-astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM, physician, aquanaut, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, pilot-in-training, VP Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies and Fellow of the Explorers’ Club. She holds degrees in neuroscience, space, entrepreneurship and medicine, and is currently completing a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine. In 2015, Dr. Pandya completed scientist-astronaut candidate training with Project PoSSUM (Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) and was on the first crew to test a commercial spacesuit in zero-gravity. She has flown over 140 parabolas in microgravity to date. Dr. Pandya is the lead instructor for Project PoSSUM’s EVA 102: Operational Space Medicine course and Director for Project PoSSUM’s Space Medicine Group. Through Project PoSSUM, she completed hypobaric hypoxia training, centrifuge studies, aerobatic flight, basic and advanced emergency spacecraft egress and sea survival training, and high altitude noctilucent cloud research. Dr. Pandya also completed a tour at the Mars Desert Research Station analog in Utah, both as Commander and as Crew Health & Safety Officer. In 2019, Dr. Pandya attained her aquanaut designation during a 5-day underwater mission (NEPTUNE) at the Jules Underwater Lodge, completed the World Extreme Medicine Hyperbaric and Dive Medicine Course at Aquarius Reef Base, where NASA NEEMO missions take place, and was named a fellow of the Explorers’ Club. Her adventures were recently captured in the Land Rover short, released with the Apollo 11: First Steps film. --- 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/clayming-space/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/clayming-space/support

Anima is the Orion Spacecraft Simulations Lab Manager & xEMU Spacesuit Engineer at the NASA Johnson Space Center.  Anima recently moved to Texas after 20 years in California to pursue her dream to become a NASA astronaut. Her journey has been a long one, but always determined, driven, sometimes sacrificing, and never wavering. Her steadfast and unyielding approach has finally come to fruition with a formal astronaut application when NASA opened the applications and invited candidates to apply for a 30 day window in March.     Since she was a young child, Anima wanted to be an astronaut. Growing up in India, a clear path toward achieving her dream was just not available. So she moved, and made her own path towards the stars…  Anima came to the US as a software engineer in 2000. Becoming a U.S. Citizen was a 12 year endeavor. She just finished her 3rd Masters Degree.  Anima explains her MANY NASA adventures and endeavors, including looking for life on other planets (exoplanets), how Kepler worked, and Anima believes there is life in the universe and we are capable of finding it.    “I don’t want to die thinking, ‘what if I tried?’ I want to die with the satisfaction knowing I tried!. If I get selected (to be a NASA astronaut), I would be the happiest person on this Earth. It will be like my life has come full circle. All my life I’ve worked towards this goal, and it would be all worth it!”-Anima from Casual Space Podcast  Advice for young students and want-to-be astronauts: “I don’t know how far I will get, but I am enjoying the journey! Have a career you see yourself doing every day and enjoy it!”  About Anima:  Anima Patil-Sabale is an Aerospace, Software and Human Factors Engineer, currently working at NASA’s Johnson Space Center for Jacobs as Orion Spacecraft Simulations Lab Manager and xEMU Spacesuit Engineer. Prior to this she has worked on NASA’s Kepler Mission and in NASA’s Intelligence Systems Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center. She worked in the software industry for 14 years before coming to work for NASA.  Anima has a Master’s in Aerospace Engineering, Master’s in Space Studies - Human Factors, Master’s in Computer Applications and a BS in Physics.  While Anima aspires to be a NASA Astronaut and is preparing herself for the same, she is also a Scientist-Astronaut Candidate for commercial spaceflight research projects during her off-work hours. After selection and training, Anima has been participating in upper-atmospheric and bioastronautics research as a Scientist-Astronaut Candidate for Project PoSSUM. She has trained in the topics of Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Environment, Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing and Aerospace Cinematography, Spaceflight Simulation and Operations, Hypoxia Awareness and Mitigation, Spacesuit Operations, High-G Analog and Mitigation Methods, Introduction to Aerospace Physiology and Life Support Systems, and Celestial Navigation and Atmospheric Scattering. She has flown several parabolas aboard a Falcon 20 aircraft while participating in the testing of a commercial spacesuit in zero-G. She has also flown a high-altitude mission in a Mooney aircraft to study noctilucent clouds.    She has been in a 6-inch head-down tilt position for a NASA Simulated Microgravity Fluid Loading study.    She has spun in a centrifuge and experienced up to 6-G's as she contributed to a Federal Aviation Administration study.    Anima has been a Commander for NASA’s HERA VII in 2015, an analog mission to an asteroid.  In April 2018 she has been a Commander for a Martian Analog Mission at the Mars Desert Research Station. She has also been a First Tier Support Engineer for the Hi-SEAS Analog and Simulation missions since 2014. She has been participating and contributing towards the research required for long-duration space missions.   She is a certified scuba diver, and a student pilot (105 hours logged).   She has also completed the following trainings: Land and Sea Survival, Spacecraft Emergency Egress, Hypoxia Awareness and Mitigation, Spacesuit Operations, High-G Analog and Mitigation Method in addition to several others.    Anima loves working with the younger generation the most, to provide them the guidance she missed out on growing up. She is an Assistant Scout Master and a STEM-NOVA mentor for the BoyScouts of America. She is a NASA Girls Mentor and a NASA Speakers Bureau member. She’s also been a First Lego Robotics team coach. She has delivered several talks in the US and in India including a TEDx talk while she pursues her motto to Inspire, Guide and Motivate the younger generation.  Her work has been recognized and appreciated by people everywhere. She has received the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Women of Influence 2017 award and is a “Forty Woman Over Forty To Watch Out For” honoree. Rocket-women.com, Silicon Valley Business Journal, TriValley Journal are just a few of the several publications that have published a feature on Anima’s journey to share her story to inspire and motivate young and old, alike. Here is the rocket-women.com feature: https://rocket-women.com/2016/05/meet-a-rocket-woman-anima-patil-sabale-nasa/   She’s also a choreographer, dancer, singer, poet artist, and a model. But above all she is a Mom to her two handsome boys.    Learn More About Anima!   http://www.facebook.com/animpatilsabale http://www.animapatilsabale.com  Watch Anima’s Ted Talk!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZv9TBPrKp0  

Wykład towarzyszący XX Festiwalowi Nauki w Warszawie [2 października 2016] Mars to czwarta planeta Układu Słonecznego. Jedyna, na której potwierdzono ślady obecności wody. O osobliwościach geologicznych będących wynikiem jej działania na Czerwonej Planecie mówiła podczas XX Festiwalu Nauki planetolog dr Natalia Zalewska. Opowiedziała też o swojej wizycie w Mars Desert Research Station w USA, gdzie symulowane są warunki pobytu podobne do tych, z jakimi musiałaby się zmierzyć misja kolonizacyjna na Marsie. Marsa można dostrzec z Ziemi. „Na pewno ktoś widział, patrząc w gwiazdy, pomarańczowo święcącą planetę” – mówiła dr Zalewska. Nasz sąsiad jest jednak o połowę mniejszy od ziemskiego globu, w związku z czym jego siła przyciągania jest dużo mniejsza. Posiada dwa satelity: Phobos i Deimos. Ma rzadszą atmosferę od ziemskiej. „Kosmonauci, którzy by tam wylądowali, musieliby nosić skafandry jak na Księżycu” – tłumaczyła planetolog. Temperatury panujące na Czerwonej Planecie są bardzo zróżnicowane. Od oscylujących wokół minus stu kilkudziesięciu stopni Celsjusza do trzydziestu w okolicach równika. Na Marsie występuje też zjawisko pór roku. Jak mówiła dr Zalewska, o istnieniu wody na Czerwonej Planecie przypuszczano już pod koniec XIX w. Słynny włoski astronom Giovanni Schiaparelli dostrzegł na Marsie kanały (w rzeczywistości jasne i ciemne obszary, czyli tak zwane albeda), co pozwalało sądzić, że płyną tam rzeki. Potwierdzenie udało się uzyskać dzięki zdjęciom wykonanym w l. 70 XX w. przez sondy Viking 1 i Viking 2. Znacznie dokładniejszych fotografii dostarczyły na przełomie wieków sondy Mars Global Surveyor i Mars Express. Ostatnio dostarczone zdjęcia pokazały smugi na zboczach marsjańskich kraterów obecne między wiosną a wczesną jesienią. Przypuszcza się, że są one efektem działania wody lub solanki. „Solanka zamarza w niższych temperaturach, więc jest możliwość, że rozmarza jeszcze w minusowej temperaturze przy większym nasłonecznieniu” – wyjaśniała dr Zalewska. Na Marsie znajdują się także formy erozyjne podobne do ziemskich. Część z nich jest efektem działania wiatru, który wieje z bardzo dużą siłą mimo rzadkiej atmosfery. Niektóre jednak mogą być świadectwem rozsadzania skały przez lód. Jako jeden z przykładów planetolog wymieniła słynną twarz marsjańską. Jak mówiła, na zdjęciach w wysokiej rozdzielczości widać, że to zwykły ostaniec erozyjny lub pingo. „Czyli taka góra, która ma w środku rdzeń lodowy, porównywany z pingo w Kanadzie. Świadczyło by to o tym. że mamy lud pod powierzchnią Marsa” – zauważyła dr Zalewska. Planetolog mówiła też o przypuszczalnych śladach eksplozji metanu na Czerwonej Planecie. Pozostałościami po nich mogą być bardzo głębokie jamy, widoczne w okolicach kraterów Alba Patera i Alba Mons. „Na Syberii takie doły tworzą się przez rozmarzanie wiecznej zmarzliny, która w sobie zawiera metan, ten metan wybucha i tworzy kilkudziesięciometrowe okrągłe dziury” – opisywała planetolog źródła tych przypuszczeń. Na zdjęciach w wysokiej rozdzielczości można również dostrzec jęzory lodowe, podobne do ziemskich. „Prawdopodobnie na Marsie są lodowce, które byłyby zapasem wody dla przyszłych astronautów. Tylko że one są niestety nie białe, tylko przykurzone. Mars jest bardzo zapylony, są burze pyłowe” – mówiła dr Zalewska. Efektem działania wody mogą być też kulki o średnicy około 1 cm, które zostały sfotografowane przez łazik Curiosity. Jak wyjaśniła planetolog, za Ziemi podobne struktury powstają w wyniku przesączania przez piasek wody z dużą zawartością minerałów. Innym przykładem działania wody mogą być obiekty wyglądające jak otoczaki. „Nieraz państwo na pewno widzieli potok i otoczone kamienie w potoku. Tutaj są podobne struktury odnalezione” – opisywała planetolog.

Dr. Shawna Pandya is a citizen-scientist astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM, physician, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver and pilot-in-training. She holds degrees in neuroscience, space, entrepreneurship and medicine, and is currently completing a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine. In 2015, Dr. Pandya completed Scientist-Astronaut Candidate training with Project PoSSUM (Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) and was part of the first crew to test a commercial spacesuit in zero-gravity; her work with Project PoSSUM and Final Frontier Design was captured in the CBC Documentary, “We Are Canada.” She has continued to test commercial spacesuits with Project PoSSUM’s annual microgravity parabolic flight campaigns, and has completed over 100 parabolas in microgravity to date. Dr. Pandya is also the lead instructor for Project PoSSUM’s EVA 102: Space and Wilderness Medicine course. As part of Project PoSSUM, she also completed hypobaric hypoxia training, centrifuge studies, aerobatic flight, basic and advanced emergency spacecraft egress and sea survival training, and high altitude noctilucent cloud research. Dr. Pandya also completed a 2-week tour at the Mars Desert Research Station analog in Utah as the Crew Health and Safety Officer. She has recently been named as an ambassador for the PoSSUM 13, an initiative to make space opportunities and engagement more accessible to students, particularly girls and young women. She also serves as the Chair of Strategic Development for this initiative. Dr. Pandya will be attaining her aquanaut designation with a mission to the Jules Verne Underwater Lodge later this year and successfully completed the World Extreme Medicine Hyperbaric and Dive Medicine Course at Florida International University’s Aquarius Reef Base, where NASA NEEMO missions take place, attaining her Dive Medical Technician designation in the process. Her adventures and experiences were recently captured in the Land Rover short, released with the Apollo 11: First Steps film. In her spare time, Dr. Pandya practices Taekwondo (as a second-degree black belt) and Muay Thai. She is currently working towards her private pilot’s license and holds her accelerated free fall solo skydiving license and numerous SCUBA diving certifications. Dr. Pandya also sings and plays the piano.

FUTURE MARTIANS PODCAST Episode 10: Dianne Meets Kay 31 August 2018 Duration: 28:32 “We’ve always been explorers, that’s part of our nature.” In episode 10 of the Future Martians podcast, co-host Dianne McGrath introduces fellow Mars One astronaut candidate, Kay Radzik. Kay is from Reno, Nevada; and is an architect and on the management team for the Mars Desert Research Station. Dianne speaks with Kay about the Mars One mission, her motivations for applying for this one-way mission to Mars, and her philosophy on life before Mars. EPISODE TOPICS 00:00 Introduction 02:08 Kay’s background 04:04 Kay on her design experience and role as a place maker 06:23 Working as part of a team and the architect as a liaison 07:47 Advising and supporting the Mars Desert Research Station 09:15 Judging the University Rover Challenge 11:48 Speaking at public events about Mars analogues and Mars One 13:57 The critical role analogue training has in preparing astronauts for Mars 16:43 Committing to Mars and trusting the 99 other people shortlisted 17:44 Spending 6 months to prepare the astronaut application 20:13 Living to 130, condensation of time and maintaining momentum 22:00 The cruelty of humanity and trying not to dwell on the minutia 23:58 Continuing to live life fully while travelling more 27:25 Closing announcements. Links to topics mentioned in the podcast - Kay’s social media profile: Twitter: https://twitter.com/KayRadzik Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KayRadzik/ - Mars Society: http://www.marssociety.org/ - Mars Desert Research Station: http://mdrs.marssociety.org/about-the-mdrs/ - University Rover Challenge: http://urc.marssociety.org/ - The Planetary Society: http://www.planetary.org/ - TEDx Los Gatos - Kay Radzik: https://tedxlosgatos.net/speakers/kay-radzik/ Acknowledgements - The Future Martians 12-episode podcast series is part of National Science Week 2018. To find out what is happening for National Science Week in your area, go to: https://www.scienceweek.net.au - Thanks to Population of Mars for the fantastic soundtrack used for the Future Martians podcast. Hear more of Population of Mars’ music at: https://soundcloud.com/popofmars - Images sources Mars One and Bryan Versteeg. To learn more about the Mars One project, go to: https://www.mars-one.com. Closing stuff Catch up on earlier Future Martians podcast episodes, and follow Future Martians to hear them as they launch: - SoundCloud: @future_martians - iTunes: itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/futur…d1422572196?mt=2 - Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/future-m…with-the-mars100, - Blubrry: www.blubrry.com/futuremartians/, - Castbox: castbox.fm/vc/1392988 - Listen Notes: www.listennotes.com/c/1240e6029cc94…hosted-by-josh/ - Overcast: overcast.fm/itunes1422572196/future-martians - Podbean: www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/f7…-Martians-Podcast - Podtail: podtail.com/en/podcast/future-martians/ - TuneIn: tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Po…-Martians-p1147440/, and more! Follow hosts Josh and Dianne on social media and on their websites: JOSH RICHARDS Facebook: www.facebook.com/joshrichardsspacepirate/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/mighty_ginge/ Twitter: twitter.com/mighty_ginge Website: joshrichards.space DIANNE MCGRATH Facebook: www.facebook.com/Dianne.McGrath.A…onaut.Candidate/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/damcgrath/ Twitter: twitter.com/liteandportable Website: www.diannemcgrath.com.au. Thanks for listening to the Future Martians podcast!

FUTURE MARTIANS PODCAST Episode 5: Josh Meets Megan 15 August 2018 Duration: 23:18 "I want to go to Mars, but I’ll settle for the moon.” In episode 5 of the Future Martians podcast, co-host Josh Richards introduces fellow Mars One astronaut candidate, Megan Kane. Megan is from San Francisco, USA; and is an author, artist, designer, generalist and aspiring polymath. Josh speaks with Megan about the Mars One mission, her motivations for applying for this one-way mission to Mars, and her philosophy on life before Mars. EPISODE TOPICS 0:00 Introduction 01:37 How Megan became involved with Mars One 02:06 Space as a life-long passion 03:53 One-way: Megan’s favourite part of the Mars One project 04:00 How Megan first came across Mars One 05:33 Megan’s skill set 05:58 Mars as a gateway for exploration 06:46 Megan’s approach to preparing for Mars 07:48 Megan’s space flight experience and training 14:31 How everyday people can help support Mars missions 17:25 Megan’s bucket list 19:40 Where to follow Megan 20:36 Megan shares some final thoughts 22:24 Closing announcements. Links to topics mentioned in the podcast - Mars One: www.mars-one.com - NASA: https://www.nasa.gov - NASA 2020 Mars mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ - International Space University: http://www.isunet.edu - Space Camp: https://www.spacecamp.com - University of Texas: https://www.utexas.edu - Project Possum: http://projectpossum.org - HERA: https://www.nasa.gov/analogs/hera - HiSEAS: https://hi-seas.org - Mars Desert Research Station: http://mdrs.marssociety.org - International Astronautical Congress: http://www.iafastro.org/events/iac/ - Megan’s social media profile:  Website: https://www.megankane.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kanemeganm/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/megikane Acknowledgements o The Future Martians 12-episode podcast series is part of National Science Week 2018. To find out what is happening for National Science Week in your area, go to: https://www.scienceweek.net.au o Thanks to Population of Mars for the fantastic soundtrack used for the Future Martians podcast. Hear more of Population of Mars’ music at: https://soundcloud.com/popofmars o Images sources Mars One and Bryan Versteeg. To learn more about the Mars One project, go to: https://www.mars-one.com. Closing stuff Catch up on earlier Future Martians podcast episodes, and follow Future Martians to hear them as they launch: - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/future_martians - iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/future-martians/id1422572196?mt=2 - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/future-martians-interviews-with-the-mars100, - Blubrry: https://www.blubrry.com/futuremartians/, - Castbox: https://castbox.fm/vc/1392988 - Listen Notes: https://www.listennotes.com/c/1240e6029cc944d68afeb93c71348875/future-martians-hosted-by-josh/ - Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/f78k3-71f79/Future-Martians-Podcast - Podtail: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/future-martians/ - TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Future-Martians-p1147440/, and more! Follow hosts Josh and Dianne on social media and on their websites: JOSH RICHARDS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshrichardsspacepirate/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mighty_ginge/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mighty_ginge Website: http://joshrichards.space DIANNE MCGRATH Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dianne.McGrath.Astronaut.Candidate/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/damcgrath/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/liteandportable Website: http://www.diannemcgrath.com.au. Thanks for listening to the Future Martians podcast!

  Summary In order to achieve our goals and fulfill our dreams, we often require to get out of our comfort zones and push our limits. In this episode of the Dream Achievers Podcast, Dr. Shawna Pandya shares her story and how she has pushed her limits to achieve a lot in her life at a young age. Dr. Pandya is a physician-surgeon, speaker, martial artist, citizen-scientist astronaut candidate with Projects PoSSUM & PHEnOM, and prime crew aquanaut with Project Poseidon. She holds degrees in in neuroscience (BSc Hons. Neuroscience, University of Alberta), space (MSc Space Studies, International Space University), entrepreneurship (Graduate Studies Program, Singularity University) and medicine (MD, University of Alberta), and is currently completing concurrent fellowships in Wilderness Medicine and Enhanced Surgical Skills (University of Saskatchewan). In 2015, Dr. Pandya successfully completed Scientist-Astronaut Candidate training with Project PoSSUM (Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) and was part of the first crew to test a commercial spacesuit in zero-gravity; her work with Project PoSSUM and Final Frontier Design was captured in the CBC Documentary, “We Are Canada.” As part of this involvement, she also completed slow onset hypobaric hypoxia training, centrifuge studies, aerobatic flight, and emergency spacecraft egress and sea survival training. In 2016, Dr. Pandya was named to the prime crew for Project Poseidon, which aims to further ocean and space exploration, while simultaneously setting a world record for “most days spent under the sea” at 100 days. Also in 2016, Dr. Pandya was named to the Project PHEnOM (Physiology, Health and Environmental Observations in Microgravity) Citizen-Scientist Astronaut Corps. As part of Projects Poseidon and PHEnOM, Dr. Pandya’s research will focus on resilience and human performance in extreme environments. Most recently, Dr. Pandya was appointed course instructor for Project PoSSUM’s EVA 101: Space and Wilderness Medicine, which ran its first iteration in Colorado in September 2017. To date, Dr. Pandya has completed over 100 parabolas in microgravity, Sea Survival, Land Survival and Emergency Spacecraft and Emergency Spacesuit Post-Landing Egress training, high altitude noctilucent cloud research in an unpressurized aircraft, as well as courses in spaceflight physiology and celestial navigation. In April 2018, Shawna completed her first Mars analog mission at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. In her spare time, Dr. Pandya is a professional speaker represented by the National Speakers Bureau, presenting on leadership, science, STEM, resilience, entrepreneurship and big ideas. Previous talks include closing keynote speaker at the Agency for the Science, Technology and Research as a guest of the Singapore government alongside Nobel Laureates and Harvard Faculty. She has also spoken at the University of Alberta’s Alumni Weekend Centennial Celebration, Telus Spark, Telus World of Science, Stanford University, TEDxEdmonton, schools, conferences and workshops as far and wide as India, Scotland and South Korea. Dr. Pandya serves as guest lecturer in the University of Alberta's Technology and the Future of Medicine course and spoke at TEDxUAlberta 2016 on “Success, Failure, Resilience and Pushing the Limits.” Dr. Pandya keynoted in former Canadian Prime Minister Rt Hon. Kim Campbell’s Peter Lougheed Leadership College Leadership Lecture Series in January 2017. These are just some of Dr. Pandya's accomplishments. With her hard work and attitude toward pushing her limits, nothing can stop her from accomplishing much more. Some day, we will hopefully see Dr. Pandya in Space and on the Mars! I highly encourage you to listen to this episode so you get motivated by Shawna's story and achievements. Success is inevitable as long as you do your best and take consistent action toward achieving what you put your focus on. Don't stop!

Energy analyst, David Blackmon explains why gas prices are going up. Muhammad Zaman of Boston Univ shares the dangerous world of counterfeit drugs. Mary Himmelstein of the Univ of Connecticut on the weight stigma men face. Sam Payne from The Appleseed shares a story. Joseph Dituri from the Mars Desert Research Station shares why Utah is similar to Mars. Author of "The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind" is with us to tell her story of studying mental illness and then battling it herself.

Join Mark Taylor and John Berger as they discuss everything from 3D printing to Spacex Falcon Heavy.Honorary Crew Member 'Dr Ryan Kobrick' answers your questions from the Mars Desert Research Station.The guys are joined by 'Dave Littmann' NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Project Manager for a chat. And last but by no means least, their Resident Astronomer 'Ross Hockham' returns to guide us through March skies and reveals the Object Of The Month for March.http://tgpnominal.weebly.com/podcasts

Ross Hockham joins Mark Taylor and John Berger to chat about Star Wars: The Last Jedi.Mark also catches up with Liz Springs at the Milton Keynes Odeon IMAX Last Jedi Premier Event.Ross returns in his official capacity as TGP NOMINAL's Resident Astronomer to advise us about what is happening in the sky for January.If you have questions that you want to ask Ryan Kobrick and the Mars Desert Research Station crew,then get in touch: GarbagePOD@virginmedia.comhttp://tgpnominal.weebly.com/podcasts

今週の講師は、極地建築家、村上祐資さんです。 学生時代、「月面に基地を建てる」という夢を抱き、東京大学の博士課程では「極地建築」を学んだ村上さん。現在は、火星での生活を疑似体験する国際的なプロジェクト「Mars160」の副隊長を務めています。 「極地の暮らしや建築に必要なものはなにか」南極やエベレスト、そして砂漠など、極地経験を重ねて見えてきたのは、思いがけない「答え」でした。 未来授業４時間目。テーマは『　空間の本質、人間の本質』 村上 祐資 / YUSUKE MURAKAMI 1978年生まれ。極地建築家。第50次日本南極地域観測隊 越冬隊員。日本火星協会フィールドマネージャー。Mars Desert Research Station Crew144 クルー。Mars Arctic 365 Mission Finalist（北極デヴォン島、2015-16）。HI-SEAS 4 Mission Finalist（マウナロア火山、2015-16）。宇宙の基地のありようを考えるため、南極やヒマラヤなど、極地とよばれる厳しい環境のなかで培われる美しい暮らし⸺極地建築のなかに身を置き、探検を続けている。これまでに昭和基地（南極、2008-10）やエベレストB.C.（ネパール、2010）、シシャパンマB.C.（チベット、2011）、Mars Desert Research Station（米ユタ、2014）、富士山測候所（日本、2010/11/12）、JAXA筑波宇宙センター 閉鎖環境適応訓練施設（日本、2004）などで暮らす。作家、写真家としても活動。子どものためのワークショップ〈秘密基地ヲ作ロウ。〉を主宰。主な美術作品に、極地のことば展（豊島区中央図書館、2015）、ありがとう祭（雪堂美術館、2014）、d.d.d.（ATSUKOBAROUH、2013）、Mission G（ICC、2009-10）など。現在プロジェクト「Mars160」に参加。 ウェブサイト：http://www.fieldnote.net/

今週の講師は、極地建築家、村上祐資さんです。 村上さんは、第50次日本南極地域観測隊に越冬隊員として参加。南極に１５カ月滞在しました。また、JAXAでも、閉鎖環境に滞在するミッションを経験。 現在は、火星での生活を疑似体験する国際的なプロジェクト「Mars160」の副隊長を務めています。 もともと、東京大学の博士課程で「極地建築」を学び、 「生きるための建築」をテーマに、さまざまな極地での生活を経験してきた村上さん。 厳しい環境での暮らしや建築に、村上さんは何を見ているのでしょうか。 未来授業３時間目。テーマは『　極限に生きる　』 村上 祐資 / YUSUKE MURAKAMI 1978年生まれ。極地建築家。第50次日本南極地域観測隊 越冬隊員。日本火星協会フィールドマネージャー。Mars Desert Research Station Crew144 クルー。Mars Arctic 365 Mission Finalist（北極デヴォン島、2015-16）。HI-SEAS 4 Mission Finalist（マウナロア火山、2015-16）。宇宙の基地のありようを考えるため、南極やヒマラヤなど、極地とよばれる厳しい環境のなかで培われる美しい暮らし⸺極地建築のなかに身を置き、探検を続けている。これまでに昭和基地（南極、2008-10）やエベレストB.C.（ネパール、2010）、シシャパンマB.C.（チベット、2011）、Mars Desert Research Station（米ユタ、2014）、富士山測候所（日本、2010/11/12）、JAXA筑波宇宙センター 閉鎖環境適応訓練施設（日本、2004）などで暮らす。作家、写真家としても活動。子どものためのワークショップ〈秘密基地ヲ作ロウ。〉を主宰。主な美術作品に、極地のことば展（豊島区中央図書館、2015）、ありがとう祭（雪堂美術館、2014）、d.d.d.（ATSUKOBAROUH、2013）、Mission G（ICC、2009-10）など。現在プロジェクト「Mars160」に参加。 ウェブサイト：http://www.fieldnote.net/

今週の講師は、極地建築家、村上祐資さんです。 村上さんは、第50次日本南極地域観測隊に越冬隊員として参加。JAXA（ジャクサ、宇宙航空研究開発機構）でも、閉鎖環境に滞在するミッションを経験するなど、いわば「極地生活のプロ」ともいえる人物です。 そんな村上さんが、日本人して唯一参加しているのが、「Mars160」という国際的なプロジェクト。 火星に限りなく近い環境で生活するという過酷なミッションです。 未来授業２時間目。テーマは『　リアル火星生活　』 村上 祐資 / YUSUKE MURAKAMI 1978年生まれ。極地建築家。第50次日本南極地域観測隊 越冬隊員。日本火星協会フィールドマネージャー。Mars Desert Research Station Crew144 クルー。Mars Arctic 365 Mission Finalist（北極デヴォン島、2015-16）。HI-SEAS 4 Mission Finalist（マウナロア火山、2015-16）。宇宙の基地のありようを考えるため、南極やヒマラヤなど、極地とよばれる厳しい環境のなかで培われる美しい暮らし⸺極地建築のなかに身を置き、探検を続けている。これまでに昭和基地（南極、2008-10）やエベレストB.C.（ネパール、2010）、シシャパンマB.C.（チベット、2011）、Mars Desert Research Station（米ユタ、2014）、富士山測候所（日本、2010/11/12）、JAXA筑波宇宙センター 閉鎖環境適応訓練施設（日本、2004）などで暮らす。作家、写真家としても活動。子どものためのワークショップ〈秘密基地ヲ作ロウ。〉を主宰。主な美術作品に、極地のことば展（豊島区中央図書館、2015）、ありがとう祭（雪堂美術館、2014）、d.d.d.（ATSUKOBAROUH、2013）、Mission G（ICC、2009-10）など。現在プロジェクト「Mars160」に参加。 ウェブサイト：http://www.fieldnote.net/

今週の講師は、極地建築家、村上祐資さんです。 村上さんは、2009年、第50次日本南極地域観測隊に越冬隊員として参加。その後、JAXA（ジャクサ、宇宙航空研究開発機構）でも、閉鎖環境に滞在するミッションを経験するなど、いわば「極地生活のプロ」ともいえる人物です。 そんな村上さんが現在参加しているのが、「Mars160」という国際的なプロジェクト。 いったいどんなプロジェクトなんでしょうか。 未来授業１時間目。テーマは『　Mars160　』 村上 祐資 / YUSUKE MURAKAMI 1978年生まれ。極地建築家。第50次日本南極地域観測隊 越冬隊員。日本火星協会フィールドマネージャー。Mars Desert Research Station Crew144 クルー。Mars Arctic 365 Mission Finalist（北極デヴォン島、2015-16）。HI-SEAS 4 Mission Finalist（マウナロア火山、2015-16）。宇宙の基地のありようを考えるため、南極やヒマラヤなど、極地とよばれる厳しい環境のなかで培われる美しい暮らし⸺極地建築のなかに身を置き、探検を続けている。これまでに昭和基地（南極、2008-10）やエベレストB.C.（ネパール、2010）、シシャパンマB.C.（チベット、2011）、Mars Desert Research Station（米ユタ、2014）、富士山測候所（日本、2010/11/12）、JAXA筑波宇宙センター 閉鎖環境適応訓練施設（日本、2004）などで暮らす。作家、写真家としても活動。子どものためのワークショップ〈秘密基地ヲ作ロウ。〉を主宰。主な美術作品に、極地のことば展（豊島区中央図書館、2015）、ありがとう祭（雪堂美術館、2014）、d.d.d.（ATSUKOBAROUH、2013）、Mission G（ICC、2009-10）など。現在プロジェクト「Mars160」に参加。 ウェブサイト：http://www.fieldnote.net/

  Light Up the Sky with Stars Presenter: Diane Turnshek Lecturer, Author, & Astronomer How far do you have to travel to see the stars clearly? Join lecturer, author, and astronomer Diane Turnshek as she discusses how light pollution not only prevents us from living under a sky bright with stars, but also negatively impacts human health and the environment. Turnshek will examine how innovative science and technology can reverse this steady creep of sky glow, allowing us to view the same star-filled sky that all past generations did. Diane Turnshek is a lecturer in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. She has published hard science fiction with a focus on space colonization and first contact. Her love of both astronomy and science fiction led her to crew the Mars Desert Research Station near Bryce Canyon, Utah in 2012, where she turned her attention to dark sky advocacy. Her fight against light pollution has taken many forms, including giving a TEDxPittsburgh talk. Turnshek is also a 2015 Dark Sky Defender award recipient, recognized by the International Dark-Sky Association for her contribution to light pollution mitigation.   Recorded Monday, December 5, 2016 at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

I'll be the first to admit that my homemade rover didn't do the original justice and my color treatment was a better reflection of my Hollywood thinking than of the Martian landscape. What appealed to JPL was how I captured the tension of driving the rover across Gale, where every pebble can put years of training to the test. They were also impressed that I left my Curiosity outside Hanksville, Utah, not far from the Mars Desert Research Station, then controlled it and its cameras from a van several miles away. And they were amazed that my route for approaching the Mars Light almost perfectly mirrored their own. | Copyright 2016 by Stephen S. Power. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki; Jim Freund; Claire Benedek.

Forget heading home for the holidays, David Kutai Weiss '12 spent his winter break at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, simulating a visit to the Red Planet. For two weeks, the College of Charleston senior and his research colleagues lived in a tiny shelter in Utah in the middle of nowhere. Per simulation rules, going outside required them to don space suits and exit via an airlock. Travel across the desert could take place only on all-terrain vehicles, which are the closest equivalent to NASA Rovers. Maybe most taxing of all the rules, though, were the dietary restrictions: For the entire stay, Weiss and his crew could only eat dried food. One day, Weiss expects to make similar sacrifices during a real visit to Mars. As of Fall 2012, he'll begin a Ph. D. program in planetary geosciences at Brown University, with an ultimate goal of becoming an astronaut. At the College of Charleston, Weiss gained valuable preparatory experience for such an endeavor by lining up two summer internships with NASA and by taking a NASA mission design class taught by Professor Cass Runyon. During this class, Weiss and his College of Charleston classmates partnered with students in Alabama and France to design a hypothetical $800 million space mission. Their proposal was so good, Runyon gushes, judges were wondering if it was made not by students, but by professional scientists and engineers. Weiss credits the College of Charleston's geology department for giving him a strong science foundation as he pursues an advanced degree and his professional goals. Following his return from the Mars Desert Research Station, he was able to prepare maps at the College that pinpointed water sources in the desert and terrain that was friendly to Rovers. These same experiments, he explained, will likely be repeated by astronauts that land on Mars in the coming decades. And, if Weiss gets his way, he'll be among those pioneering men and women.

Stepping across the universe: Crew Commander Judah Epstein takes us up to Mars, as we consider human exploration and settlement beyond earth. Blog - Not A Drop To Drink Flght Of The Fused Monkeys The Rat And The Alley Cat Mars Desert Research Station  

On this episode,we have special guest Brian Shiro with us, who is an geophysicist who is currently stationed at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii. He discusses his role in the recent earthquakes and tsunami potentials that have come out of that. Then, it's on to his time on FMARS 2009 (Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station) and MDRS Crew 89 (Mars Desert Research Station), and what it would be like to spend some time on Mars. For more info on Brian, check out his blog: http://astronautforhire.com and for more on the PTWC, visit http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/ Host this week: Sawyer Rosenstein. Panel Members: Gina Herlihy and Mark Ratterman. Announcer: Russ Dale (@flight0001), Theme Composed by: Todd Cecilio (@negativereturn). Also a very special thanks to Jen Scheer (@flyingjenny) for designing the amazing Talking Space logo. Of course, a special thanks to you, the listener, for making this podcast a success! Remember to email us with questions or comments as text OR an .mp3. Send it to our email, talkingspaceonline@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/talkingspace and be sure now to become a fan of us at our Facebook page. Become a fan at http://bit.ly/talkingspacefb Show Recorded - Tuesday, 3/16/2010