Podcasts about mars exploration program

She says she still has more to check off of her Bucket List but this week's guest:Has been flying an airplane since she was 15She is an Aerospace and Mechanical EngineerShe is the former Manager of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA and the first woman to manage a NASA programShe was the only woman among 2,000 engineers who had an engineering degree at Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)She is an authorAnd she has an Asteroid named after her (we didn't even get to this!)

Dr. Michael Meyer has been the lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program for over 25 years. He tells us what the possibility of life on the red planet would mean for science and our understanding of the universe.

A wonders of the natural world episode! Julia shoots off some fun facts about Mars that you may not know, and talks a little bit about the Mars Exploration program! Meanwhile Shea gets anxious about evil martians coming to Earth like in the movie Life and Apollo 11. If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, send us an email at thewitching.podcast@gmail.com! If you would like to sponsor a future episode, fill out the form linked below! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkTOV6u-vijKze_3CCuyOSEigfaa0aFA_3HMhJyXXWGzoMqA/viewform Sources below: https://www.littlehouseofscience.com/20_fascinating__fun_science_facts_planet_mars https://mars.nasa.gov/#mars_exploration_program/1 https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/mars2020/ https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9105/biggest-moments-on-mars-nasas-perseverance-rover-2021-year-in-review/

Continuing our theme of technology, we welcome Rachel Hopkin (@Rakishi) to the technecast! Placed within the context of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, Rachel's podcast essay examines the human instinct to anthropomorphise the technology in our lives, and through a close analysis of Human Robot Interaction in the film Silent Running (Trumbull, 1972), she explores how the narrative framing of Robots and AI on screen not only reflect and encourage this instinct, but also foster a cyclical conversation between Science Fiction, science reality and the society which produces and absorbs them both. Rachel Hopkin is a first year, full-time, TECHNĒ funded PhD in Screenwriting in the Media Arts Department at Royal Holloway. Her project explores screened representations of love between humans and robots within the context of the socio-ethical impact of Human Robot Interaction. Original art by Hannah Desai. Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com Thanks very much to Rachel for speaking with us and sharing her research, and to techne for their ongoing support! We'd love to hear what you think of this episode - you can tweet us at @technecast. Please consider rating, reviewing and sharing this podcast so we can continue to share the incredible research that our guests are doing. If you would like to submit an abstract for an episode of the technecast, please get in touch with us at technecaster@gmail.com Thanks for listening! See you next time, where we embark on our new theme of 'materials'.

Dr James Darling says that understanding the deep history of planets and satellites in our solar system could help unveil secrets in the history of planet Earth. He takes John Worsey through his research in planetary geology in this episode of Life Solved.James explains how scientists are combining data sources and sharing information to put a rocket under space innovation. He also tells how technical advancement and open-source data is fuelling an international surge in tech development.From challenging long-held beliefs, to developing theories about the possibilities of life on Mars, the University of Portsmouth team have exciting insight into a new era of space exploration, and it's training its gaze right back here on earth! Points of Interest: Dr James Darling, Reader in Earth and Planetary Materials. https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/james-darling Understanding the past geology of the moon's crust: https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/evidence-of-extensive-lunar-crust-formation-in-impact-melt-sheets-4330-myr-ago(35cbdb3b-159a-4c93-9fbe-25f639e55025).html Secrets of moon rock: https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/preservation-of-primordial-signatures-of-water-in-highlyshocked-ancient-lunar-rocks(6fce0431-9912-4e5f-bc78-9fcb3da90ff7).html NASA's Mars Exploration Program: https://mars.nasa.gov/science/goals/ European Space Agency – What other planets can tell us about earth: http://www.esa.inthttp://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/How_Venus_and_Mars_can_teach_us_about_Earth Follow our latest research - https://www.port.ac.uk/research Solve Magazine- port.ac.uk/solve https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/magazines/solve-magazine Portsmouth Social Media LinksFacebook - facebook.com/universityofportsmouthInstagram -instagram.com/portsmouthuni/Twitter - twitter.com/portsmouthuniLinkedIn - linkedin.com/school/university-of-portsmouth/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As NASA embarks on a journey to return samples from Mars, the Mars Program faces a challenge maintaining a diverse portfolio of spacecraft alongside the cost of its flagship missions. Planetary Scientist and MAVEN Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky chaired the Mars Architecture Strategy Working Group and was tasked with helping NASA figure out how to solve it. He joins Jake to talk about how we can keep exploring the whole planet while focusing so many resources into samples.We talk Mars Exploration Program at NASAThe MASWG ReportSpaceNews coverage of the MASWG reportFollow Bruce JakosksyBruce's Profile at University of ColoradoFollow Jake & WeMartiansWeMartians.comPatreon (https://www.wemartians.com/support)WeMartians Shop (shop.wemartians.com)Mailing List (https://wemartians.com/signup)Twitter (@we_martians)Jake’s Twitter (@JakeOnOrbit)Off-Nominal PodcastIngenuity First Flight Commemorative Mug now available!Celebrate the first flight of the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity with this commemorative coffee mug, now available in the WeMartians Shop.Sticker Packs now available!Head over to the WeMartians shop and pick up our new Sticker Pack, featuring stickers of WeMartians, Off-Nominal, the JPL Parachute and Perseverance's wheel!

On February 18, 2021, the rover Perseverance and the small robotic helicopter Ingenuity landed on Mars as part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, led by the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. Newt’s guest is Dr. Adam Steltzner, Chief Engineer for the Mars 2020 Project, Perseverance Rover at JPL. He describes the mission and what we hope to achieve and discover next. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

On February 18, 2021, a team of women and men at NASA successfully landed the Perseverance Rover on the planet Mars. The Perseverance Rover and accompanying Ingenuity helicopter were launched from Earth on July 30, 2020 and touched down on the surface of Mars on February 18, 2021 at 3:55pm EST. The Mars 2020 mission was led by NASA's Mars Exploration Program and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The success of the Mars mission builds on the successes of previous American trailblazers like John Glenn, the first American to circle Earth's Orbit, which he circled three times in 1962, as well as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first humans to land on the moon, which they successfully completed aboard Apollo 11. Approximately 6 hours after landing, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. Even the mistakes and lessons learned from the Apollo 13 “Houston, we have a problem” mission have helped prepare us for the success of the Mars 2020 and 2021 mission. As a reminder, the Apollo 13 mission was the mission where the astronauts were not able to touch down on the moon because of oxygen and electrical power generation problems. However, the crew was still successful in returning to Earth, alive. The scenario which unfolded aboard the Apollo 13 mission was even turned into the 1995 adventure drama movie, “Apollo 13,” starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Ed Harris. This type of human achievement, ranging from Apollo 11 to Apollo 13 to the recent successful Mars 2020 mission, including the human-history shattering landing of the Perseverance Rover on the planet Mars is only possible when humans of all political parties, of all creeds and passions, from all walks of life, from all ethnic backgrounds, consider one another as friends and neighbors, without suspicion and mistrust, and collaborate together toward a common goal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/henry-gindt/support

American scientists are celebrating a big win this week. NASA made its first landing on Mars in nearly a decade. National Security correspondent Eric Philips interviewed the director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. He's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown to share what he learned. 

Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA's Mars Exploration Program that includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter drone

There's a new rover on its way to the Red Planet! Will it find life on Mars? What makes it different from the others rovers? I've heard there was a helicopter involved? Come hang out with your favorite rocket scientists, Anna and Henna, to learn the answers to all these questions and more! Note: There's an error around 1:12 in the episode, it is mentioned that Mar's is 1% Oxygen, it is actually 1% air. Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Anna’s Sources: “Curiosity (Rover).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Aug. 2020, “Curiosity Rover Fact Sheet – NASA's Mars Exploration Program.” NASAfacts, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/resources/24891/curiosity-rover-fact-sheet/. “The Detective Aboard NASA's Perseverance Rover – NASA's Mars Exploration Program.” NASA, NASA, 26 May 2020, “Entry, Descent, and Landing Technologies.” NASA, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/entry-descent-landing/. “How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 1: Entry.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/articles/06221711-how-curiosity-land-part-1. “How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 2: Descent.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/articles/06290700-how-curiosity-land-part-2. “The Lander Structure.” NASA, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/spacecraft/entry-descent-and-landing-configuration/lander-structure/. “Mars 2020.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Aug. 2020 “Mars 2020/Persevenerance.” NASAfacts, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/files/mars2020/Mars2020_Fact_Sheet.pdf. “Mars Exploration Program.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Aug. 2020 “Mars Exploration Rover Mission: The Mission.” NASA, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/spacecraft_cruise.html “NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Gets Its Wheels and Air Brakes.” NASA, NASA, 3 Apr. 2020, “Overview.” NASA, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview “Helicopter Engine RPM And Rotorblade Pitch Management.” Redback Aviation, Publisher Name Rotorway International Publisher Logo, 5 June 2017, “Robotic Arm.” NASA, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/arm/. “WHAT IS TECHNORA?” Doyle Sails, www.doylesails.com/innovation/about-stratis/carbon-technora/technora. Wolchover, Natalie. “NASA Gives Up On Stuck Mars Rover Spirit.” Space.com, Space, 24 May 2011 Toyota Prius: “2016 Toyota Prius - Specs.” New, www.new-cars.com/2016/toyota/specs/prius.html. “Toyota Prius (2016) Dimensions & Drawings.” RSS, www.dimensions.com/element/toyota-prius-2016. Henna’s Sources: “AJ-60A.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 23 July 2020, “Centaur (Rocket Stage).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Aug. 2020 Greicius, Tony. “NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Scientists Train in the Nevada Desert.” NASA, NASA, 5 May 2020, Greicius, Tony. “Things Are Stacking up for NASA's Mars 2020 Spacecraft.” NASA, NASA, 18 Apr. 2019, “Propelling Perseverance: The Legacy of Viking Is Helping NASA Get to Mars.” The Space Review: Propelling Perseverance: The Legacy of Viking Is Helping NASA Get to Mars, “Landing Site.” NASA, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/science/landing-site/. Mustard, J.F., M. Adler, A. Allwood, D.S. Bass, D.W. Beaty, J.F. Bell III, W.B. Brinckerhoff, M. Carr, D.J. Des Marais, B. Drake, K.S. Edgett, J. Eigenbrode, L.T. Elkins-Tanton, J.A. Grant, S. M. Milkovich, D. Ming, C. Moore, S. Murchie, T.C. Onstott, S.W. Ruff, M.A. Sephton, A. Steele, A. Treiman (2013): Report of the Mars 2020 Science Definition Team, 154 pp., posted July, 2013, by the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) at http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports/MEP/Mars_2020_SDT_Report_Final.pdf. Williams, Matt. “Perseverance Went Into Safe Mode Shortly After Launch, But It's Fine.” Universe Today, 4 Aug. 2020, NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover VS Curiosity - What's New? What's Improved?, Everyday Astronaut, 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEO77UEFGT4. Tzinis, Irene. “About the Deep Space Network.” NASA, NASA, 30 Mar. 2020,

Join the Episode after party on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP SpaceX wants to build an offshore spaceport near Texas for Starship Mars rocket Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-mars-starship-offshore-launch-landing.html SpaceX's Mars-colonizing missions may not launch from terra firma. Elon Musk's space company is hiring "offshore operations engineers" to help develop floating spaceports for Starship, its next-gen transportation system designed to take people to and from the moon, Mars and anywhere on Earth they want to go. "SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports for Mars, moon & hypersonic travel around Earth," Musk said via Twitter Tuesday (June 16), in response to a tweet that drew attention to the SpaceX hiring notice. Musk also revealed some new details about the plan Tuesday. For example, a Twitter user asked if the offshore spaceports will be refurbished oil rigs, and if Starship passengers will be ferried out to them via Hyperloop, the vacuum-pod transportation idea that Musk proposed in 2012. The billionaire entrepreneur responded, "Pretty much." Musk also said that the offshore spaceports won't exactly hug the coastline. "We need to be far enough away so as not to bother heavily populated areas. The launch & landing are not subtle. But you could get within a few miles of the spaceport in a boat," he said in another Tuesday tweet. The landing he referenced is that of Super Heavy, the 31-engine first stage required to get the 100-passenger Starship off Earth's surface. Super Heavy will come back down to Earth for a vertical touchdown shortly after liftoff, the way first-stage boosters of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets do now. To date, just one Starship prototype has gotten off the ground: a stubby, single-engine craft called Starhopper, which made a few short test flights last year before being retired. But SpaceX is gearing up for an uncrewed test flight that will take the SN5 ("Serial No. 5") prototype about 500 feet (150 meters) into the South Texas skies, if all goes according to plan. SPACEX INTERNET SERVICE STARLINK ASKS FOR PEOPLE TO TRY IT OUT Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/spacex-starlink-beta-users-public-how-to-wifi-register-a9570596.html SpaceX has announced that it is looking for beta testers for its Starlink low-earth orbit internet service. There are currently 540 Starlink satellites in orbit. Eventually, they will form part of a 12,000-strong constellation to beam internet connectivity back to the planet. Users visiting the Starlink website will now find that it invites them to “Get updates on Starlink news and service availability in your area” and input their email and area code. When they do, they will receive an email stating: "Starlink is designed to deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable. Private beta testing is expected to begin later this summer, followed by public beta testing, starting with higher latitudes." "If you provided us with your zip code, you will be notified via email if beta testing opportunities become available in your area. In the meantime, we will continue to share with you updates about general service availability and upcoming Starlink launches." Elon Musk has previously described the device as a “UFO on a stick”. Perseverance: NASA's Mars 2020 rover Link: https://www.space.com/perseverance-mars-2020-rover.html NASA's next Mars rover won't just explore the Red Planet; it will, the space agency hopes, help a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so from now. Known as Perseverance, the upcoming rover will hunt for signs of habitable environments on Mars while searching for signs of past microbial life. The robotic traveler will also cache a series of samples that can be returned to Earth with a future mission. Perseverance is the centerpiece of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which is currently slated to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in July or August 2020, when Earth and Mars are positioned to require the least amount of power for interplanetary travel. It is scheduled to land on Feb. 18, 2021, with an initial mission duration of at least one Martian year, or 687 Earth-days. The car-sized rover is about 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide, and 7 feet tall (about 3 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, and 2.2 meters tall). At 2,314 lbs. (1,050 kilograms), Perseverance weighs less than a compact car. If photos and sketches of the Perseverance rover look familiar, that's because the robotic explorer is largely based off its predecessor, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover (November 26, 2011, 9:02 AM CST). Roughly 85% of the new rover's mass is based on this "heritage hardware." "The fact that so much of the hardware has already been designed — or even already exists — is a major advantage for this mission," Jim Watzin, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said in a statement. "It saves us money, time and most of all, reduces risk." Perseverance will seek out biosignatures from the past on a microbial scale. A ground-penetrating radar will be the first rover instrument to look under the surface of Mars, mapping layers of rock, water and ice up to 30 feet (10 m) deep. Mars 2020 launch slips three days. A launch vehicle processing "hiccup" has pushed back next month's launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission by three days. NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk revealed the delay in a presentation to a joint meeting of the National Academies' Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Space Studies Board June 9, SpaceNews reports. A crane pain ... Tory Bruno, ULA president and chief executive, said on Twitter that a problem with a crane used as part of launch vehicle processing caused the delay, an issue that has since been corrected. The delay pushed back the launch of Mars 2020 to July 20, with a two-hour window opening at 9:15am ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (submitted by whitenknave, Ken the Bin and JohnCarter17) Show Stuff Join the episode after party on Discord! 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Join the Episode after party on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP SpaceX wants to build an offshore spaceport near Texas for Starship Mars rocket Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-mars-starship-offshore-launch-landing.html SpaceX's Mars-colonizing missions may not launch from terra firma. Elon Musk's space company is hiring "offshore operations engineers" to help develop floating spaceports for Starship, its next-gen transportation system designed to take people to and from the moon, Mars and anywhere on Earth they want to go. "SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports for Mars, moon & hypersonic travel around Earth," Musk said via Twitter Tuesday (June 16), in response to a tweet that drew attention to the SpaceX hiring notice. Musk also revealed some new details about the plan Tuesday. For example, a Twitter user asked if the offshore spaceports will be refurbished oil rigs, and if Starship passengers will be ferried out to them via Hyperloop, the vacuum-pod transportation idea that Musk proposed in 2012. The billionaire entrepreneur responded, "Pretty much." Musk also said that the offshore spaceports won't exactly hug the coastline. "We need to be far enough away so as not to bother heavily populated areas. The launch & landing are not subtle. But you could get within a few miles of the spaceport in a boat," he said in another Tuesday tweet. The landing he referenced is that of Super Heavy, the 31-engine first stage required to get the 100-passenger Starship off Earth's surface. Super Heavy will come back down to Earth for a vertical touchdown shortly after liftoff, the way first-stage boosters of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets do now. To date, just one Starship prototype has gotten off the ground: a stubby, single-engine craft called Starhopper, which made a few short test flights last year before being retired. But SpaceX is gearing up for an uncrewed test flight that will take the SN5 ("Serial No. 5") prototype about 500 feet (150 meters) into the South Texas skies, if all goes according to plan. SPACEX INTERNET SERVICE STARLINK ASKS FOR PEOPLE TO TRY IT OUT Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/spacex-starlink-beta-users-public-how-to-wifi-register-a9570596.html SpaceX has announced that it is looking for beta testers for its Starlink low-earth orbit internet service. There are currently 540 Starlink satellites in orbit. Eventually, they will form part of a 12,000-strong constellation to beam internet connectivity back to the planet. Users visiting the Starlink website will now find that it invites them to “Get updates on Starlink news and service availability in your area” and input their email and area code. When they do, they will receive an email stating: "Starlink is designed to deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable. Private beta testing is expected to begin later this summer, followed by public beta testing, starting with higher latitudes." "If you provided us with your zip code, you will be notified via email if beta testing opportunities become available in your area. In the meantime, we will continue to share with you updates about general service availability and upcoming Starlink launches." Elon Musk has previously described the device as a “UFO on a stick”. Perseverance: NASA's Mars 2020 rover Link: https://www.space.com/perseverance-mars-2020-rover.html NASA's next Mars rover won't just explore the Red Planet; it will, the space agency hopes, help a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so from now. Known as Perseverance, the upcoming rover will hunt for signs of habitable environments on Mars while searching for signs of past microbial life. The robotic traveler will also cache a series of samples that can be returned to Earth with a future mission. Perseverance is the centerpiece of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which is currently slated to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in July or August 2020, when Earth and Mars are positioned to require the least amount of power for interplanetary travel. It is scheduled to land on Feb. 18, 2021, with an initial mission duration of at least one Martian year, or 687 Earth-days. The car-sized rover is about 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide, and 7 feet tall (about 3 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, and 2.2 meters tall). At 2,314 lbs. (1,050 kilograms), Perseverance weighs less than a compact car. If photos and sketches of the Perseverance rover look familiar, that's because the robotic explorer is largely based off its predecessor, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover (November 26, 2011, 9:02 AM CST). Roughly 85% of the new rover's mass is based on this "heritage hardware." "The fact that so much of the hardware has already been designed — or even already exists — is a major advantage for this mission," Jim Watzin, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said in a statement. "It saves us money, time and most of all, reduces risk." Perseverance will seek out biosignatures from the past on a microbial scale. A ground-penetrating radar will be the first rover instrument to look under the surface of Mars, mapping layers of rock, water and ice up to 30 feet (10 m) deep. Mars 2020 launch slips three days. A launch vehicle processing "hiccup" has pushed back next month's launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission by three days. NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk revealed the delay in a presentation to a joint meeting of the National Academies' Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Space Studies Board June 9, SpaceNews reports. A crane pain ... Tory Bruno, ULA president and chief executive, said on Twitter that a problem with a crane used as part of launch vehicle processing caused the delay, an issue that has since been corrected. The delay pushed back the launch of Mars 2020 to July 20, with a two-hour window opening at 9:15am ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (submitted by whitenknave, Ken the Bin and JohnCarter17) Show Stuff Join the episode after party on Discord! 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We talk with planetary scientist and Lunar and Planetary Institute Director Louise Prockter, who co-led creation of a new report evaluating the performance of NASA's planetary science division. This comes five years after the release of the influential decadal survey. Given the massive budget cuts over the past few years, how did NASA do? Where do these reports come from and who puts them together? Why are they important? All will be answered in this month’s SPE!  We also look into the report-within-a-report on the status of the robotic Mars Exploration Program, and find some recommendations that appear to have been inspired by a 2017 Planetary Society report. More resources to explore this month’s topics are http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/space-policy-edition-29.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week, Jack and Newton speak with Casey Dreier, Director of Space Policy for the Planetary Society, about why we want to go to Mars and why the future of the Mars Exploration Program is in jeopardy. Space warfare remains a hot topic in Washington, while the smallsat boom continues to, well, boom around the world. SpaceX announces a November launch date for Falcon Heavy, and the guys are getting ready for an eclipse.   Links: Join the Planetary Society!!!   Listener Submitted Topic Robert Brockmeijer asks: Why do people think it would be easier to colonize Mars than to fix Earth? Casey Dreier’s Mars Op-Ed Mars In Retrograde White Paper The National Academies are meeting at the end of August to discuss the future of NASA’s planetary science programs     Latest from Washington Space War starts to become a clearer strategy   Space News Highlight of the Week SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is launching in November     International News Lithuanian company receives 3.2M Euros to commercialize its propulsion system   Latest in Tech Supercomputer, launched on a Falcon 9, will arrive at ISS on Wednesday Virgin Orbit gets another smallsat contract   Coming Soon to Space Tune in for our Great Ad Astra Livestream on August 20   Follow Ad Astra on Twitter at @AdAstra_Podcast, on Facebook, and subscribe to the mailing list for future updates and events!

THIS WEEK, THE GUYS TACKLE THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE. Ha. Just kidding. Jack and Newton cover the latest and greatest in space, including the Mars Exploration Program, UN COPUOS's June meeting, and the new NASA budget proposed by the Senate.   Links: Latest from Washington Louis Friedman points out further problems facing NASA’s Mars Exploration Program NASA is happy with Commercial Crew schedules Jeff Bezos gets an Instagram, shows off New Glenn factory DoD gets new advisory committee Donald Rumsfeld’s Space Commission Report   Space News Highlight of the Week Senate picks $19.5B for NASA’s FY18 budget   International News Summer Update on COPUOS long-term sustainability guidelines Secure World Foundation publishes a fact sheet about these guidelines   Latest in Tech Sierra Nevada to launch Dream Chaser atop Atlas 5 rocket in 2020 Mishap to delay launch of NASA communications satellite Coming Soon to Space Astronomy On Tap   Follow Ad Astra on Twitter at @AdAstra_Podcast, on Facebook, and subscribe to the mailing list for future updates and events!

It’s the starkly beautiful setting for the new film “The Martian,” and – just in time – NASA has announced that the Red Planet is more than a little damp, with liquid water occasionally oozing over its surface.  But Mars remains hostile terrain.  Mark Watney, the astronaut portrayed by Matt Damon, struggles to survive there. If he has a hard time, what chance does anyone else have? Find out how long you could last just eating Martian potatoes.  Also, author Andy Weir describes how he prevailed upon his readers to turn his serialized blog posts into a technically accurate thriller that inspired the film.   Plus, the NASA advisor to “The Martian” sorts the science from the fiction. And, how the discovery of water on Mars might change NASA’s game plan. Guests: Andy Weir – Author, “The Martian” James Green - Director, NASA’s Planetary Science Christopher Wanjek - Health and science reporter based in Baltimore, Maryland James Watzin – Director, NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

This Monday host ILONA EUROPA interviewed CORBY WASTE. Corby is a computer graphic artist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. He is senior mission artist for the Mars Exploration Program, although that's not an official title. His images of Mars mission spacecraft have appeared worldwide on the internet, in print, on TV and on numerous products including 70 foreign postage stamps. Since 1998 Corby has created many well-known images for the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Phoenix Mars Lander and Mars Science Laboratory projects, among others. (see Mars Art Headlines Poster) fourth-millennium.net/corby-waste-artist-bio.html Corby introduced ILona Europa to Scosha music. This Scottish pop-rock singer-songwriter Scosha lives in Glasgow, Scotland. She is amazingly talented with great vocals, . Way far above what you usually hear. She is now going through the process of getting her visa so she can move to LA which is her long term goal. She's 26, tall and beautiful and single and has a great Scottish accent. Even though Scosha won Best Pop Song at the 2012 Scottish New Music Awards she is still unsigned. She is on Facebook and quite active on Twitter and YouTube. youtube.com/scoshaonline OMG!!!!! ACCENT ON! with ILONA EUROPA is introducing a new SPORTS segment EVERY 4TH MONDAY of the month. My guest RICHARD LEMMO host of MAN CAVE SPORTS TALK is baaaaaack!!! with ILona Europa in LA TALK RADIO studio LIVE. .facebook.com/mcsportstalk?hc_location=stream Lets meet our new Accent ON! supporters - wonderful couple Sergey and Yelena Pinchuk who enjoy family life and working together. We will learn about health benefit of the products they believe in. myflpbiz.com/esuite/home/av88/ facebook.com/AloeGlobalBuzz For all your automotive needs check Accent ON! supporter facebook.com/allen.motors or call them at (805) 496 3370 ILONAEUROPA@ILONAEUROPACREATIVE.com ILONAeuropa@gmail.com

This Monday host ILONA EUROPA interviewed CORBY WASTE. Corby is a computer graphic artist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. He is senior mission artist for the Mars Exploration Program, although that's not an official title. His images of Mars mission spacecraft have appeared worldwide on the internet, in print, on TV and on numerous products including 70 foreign postage stamps. Since 1998 Corby has created many well-known images for the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Phoenix Mars Lander and Mars Science Laboratory projects, among others. (see Mars Art Headlines Poster) fourth-millennium.net/corby-waste-artist-bio.html Corby introduced ILona Europa to Scosha music. This Scottish pop-rock singer-songwriter Scosha lives in Glasgow, Scotland. She is amazingly talented with great vocals, . Way far above what you usually hear. She is now going through the process of getting her visa so she can move to LA which is her long term goal. She's 26, tall and beautiful and single and has a great Scottish accent. Even though Scosha won Best Pop Song at the 2012 Scottish New Music Awards she is still unsigned. She is on Facebook and quite active on Twitter and YouTube. youtube.com/scoshaonline OMG!!!!! ACCENT ON! with ILONA EUROPA is introducing a new SPORTS segment EVERY 4TH MONDAY of the month. My guest RICHARD LEMMO host of MAN CAVE SPORTS TALK is baaaaaack!!! with ILona Europa in LA TALK RADIO studio LIVE. .facebook.com/mcsportstalk?hc_location=stream Lets meet our new Accent ON! supporters - wonderful couple Sergey and Yelena Pinchuk who enjoy family life and working together. We will learn about health benefit of the products they believe in. myflpbiz.com/esuite/home/av88/ facebook.com/AloeGlobalBuzz For all your automotive needs check Accent ON! supporter facebook.com/allen.motors or call them at (805) 496 3370 ILONAEUROPA@ILONAEUROPACREATIVE.com ILONAeuropa@gmail.com

The Mars Science Laboratory will deliver the Curiosity rover to the surface of Mars at approximately 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6). Curiosity, carrying laboratory instruments to analyze samples of rocks, soil and atmosphere, will investigate whether Mars has ever offered environmental conditions favourable for microbial life. Participants are: -- Doug McCuistion, director, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters -- Michael Meyer, lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters -- John Grotzinger, MSL project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. -- Pete Theisinger, MSL project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena -- Jeff Norris, manager, planning and execution systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

After a long hiatus, Talking Space returns with a special look at the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), also known as Curiosity. Through Gene and Mark, both of whom were at the launch, we learn a little bit about Curiosty and its mission. We also hear from many members of the MSL team who give some facts and looks into Mars, the rover, and a day in the life both on Mars and for the team on Earth. Clips in this episode include: Michael Meyer: lead scientist Mars Exploration Program, John Grotzinger: project scientist, MSL, as well as others who were associated with individual experiments onboard the rover such as ChemMin, MASCAM, and SAM. For more on the MSL mission, visit the mission page at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ [Two images were inserted here. To view them, please visit http://talkingspaceonline.com] Host this week: Sawyer Rosenstein. Panel Members: Gene Mikulka and Mark Ratterman SPECIAL NOTE: Our regularly scheduled news shows return next week Show Recorded - 1/8/2012