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2 episodes with nasa administrator bill nelson
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Like most kids growing up in Ottawa during the late 80s, I was captivated by the mysteries of the skies. Whether it was watching The Christmas Martian that bizarre French Canadian film with an alien who looked like it raided a bargain bin for its costume or devouring every UFO book I could get my hands on, I was hooked. Those crisp winter nights, bundled against the cold and staring at the stars, turned my curiosity into a lifelong fascination with the unexplained. Now, as I watch reports of massive six-foot drones appearing nightly over New Jersey since late November 2024, those childhood mysteries feel more relevant than ever. The situation has evolved from curiosity to crisis. Through 2023 and 2024, a series of congressional hearings thrust UAPs once simply called UFOs into mainstream discourse. But why the name change? Is it a bid to rebrand the phenomenon, shedding its tabloid associations for a more scientific veneer? Or perhaps it's an attempt to obscure the familiarity of the term, sidestepping decades of public skepticism and intrigue. Whatever the reason, these recent drone sightings over New Jersey's Picatinny Arsenal and other sensitive sites have sparked unprecedented action. The FAA's implementation of temporary flight restrictions across 23 New Jersey cities until January 17th, followed by similar bans in 29 New York locations, shows how seriously officials are taking these incidents. We're not just telling stories around campfires anymore we're watching nations scramble to understand phenomena that challenge our fundamental assumptions about what's possible in our skies. How Nations Chase the Unknown Japan's 2020 Defense Ministry guidelines for UAP reporting marked a turning point. As Dr. Gallaudet's testimony confirms, their coordination with U.S. forces in the Pacific demonstrates how seriously they're taking these incidents. What started as scattered reports has evolved into formal protocols for tracking and investigating unexplained phenomena in some of the world's busiest airspace. France stands unique with GEIPAN, their space agency's dedicated UAP research unit. While other nations played catch-up, French researchers methodically built what's likely the most comprehensive public database of atmospheric anomalies. They're not hunting aliens they're documenting patterns and seeking natural explanations for the truly puzzling cases. Brazil's transparency offers a compelling model. Their Air Force's declassification of 1980s UFO files included the documented "Night of the UFOs" on May 19, 1986 a case where multiple aircraft over São Paulo encountered objects that disrupted air traffic. While questions remain unanswered, Brazil's willingness to release primary sources sets a standard other nations could follow. China and Russia view UAPs through the prism of technological and military rivalry. While both nations maintain official research programs, details remain classified, making international cooperation nearly impossible. Their approach reflects broader concerns about technological superiority and national security implications of these phenomena. Science Steps Up: Breaking New Ground October 2023 marked a watershed moment when NASA released its first public report on UAPs. The space agency's findings, while not confirming extraterrestrial origins, legitimized scientific study of these phenomena. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson's briefing emphasized the need for better data collection methods, acknowledging that current space and atmospheric monitoring systems might miss crucial details. The 16-member NASA panel, led by astrophysicist David Spergel, called for rigorous scientific methods in UAP research. Their recommendation for multi-sensor approaches combining optical, infrared, and radar data - could help distinguish between natural phenomena, human-made objects, and truly unexplained occurrences. Harvard University's Galileo Project and other academic initiatives are now pioneering open scientific r...
NASA also chose American aerospace company Boeing to serve as a possible partner in its Artemis program. But the company's Starliner rocket has faced major delays and difficulties during past test flights.美国宇航局还选择美国航空航天公司波音作为其阿尔忒弥斯计划的可能合作伙伴。但该公司的 Starliner 火箭在过去的试飞中遇到了严重的延误和困难。 In the last one, Starliner successfully transported two American astronauts – Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams – to the ISS in early June. The two were expected to stay in space for only a week. But ongoing technical issues with the Starliner spacecraft prevented a return trip. 在最后一艘中，Starliner 于 6 月初成功将两名美国宇航员——布奇·威尔莫尔和苏尼·威廉姆斯——运送到国际空间站。两人预计仅在太空停留一周。但 Starliner 航天器持续存在的技术问题阻止了返程。 NASA recently decided to have Starliner return to Earth without the astronauts. The plan is for Wilmore and Williams to return home from the ISS in February on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. 美国宇航局最近决定让星际客机在没有宇航员的情况下返回地球。威尔莫尔和威廉姆斯计划于 2 月份乘坐 SpaceX Dragon 飞船从国际空间站返回家园。Before SpaceX's latest mission, several Starship rockets exploded during the test flights. The last non-exploding test happened in June. During that flight, SpaceX reported some damage to heat-resisting tiles on the outside of Starship. But improvements made since then appeared to have succeeded. 在 SpaceX 执行最新任务之前，几枚 Starship 火箭在试飞期间发生爆炸。最后一次非爆炸测试发生在六月。在那次飞行中，SpaceX 报告称，星际飞船外部的耐热瓷砖出现了一些损坏。但此后所做的改进似乎取得了成功。 After Sunday's flight, SpaceX chief Elon Musk said the rockets appeared to be generally in good condition, with just minor warping of some outer engine parts from intense heat. He noted that those parts could be fixed easily. 周日的飞行结束后，SpaceX 首席执行官埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 表示，火箭似乎总体状况良好，只是一些外部发动机部件因高温而出现轻微变形。他指出这些部件可以很容易地修复。Musk is also chief of the social media service X. On the service, he expressed excitement when the Starship booster rocket returned to the launch area and was “caught” by the structure. SpaceX calls the huge metal arms that capture and secure the booster rocket on land “chopsticks” because they move similarly to the eating instruments. 马斯克还是社交媒体服务 X 的负责人。在服务中，当 Starship 助推火箭返回发射区域并被结构“抓住”时，他表达了兴奋之情。SpaceX 将捕获并固定助推火箭在陆地上的巨大金属臂称为“筷子”，因为它们的移动方式与进食工具类似。“The tower has caught the rocket!!” Musk wrote in a message on X. “Big step towards making life multiplanetary was made today,” he added.“塔已经抓住了火箭！！”马斯克在 X 上的一条消息中写道。“今天朝着让生命多行星化迈出了一大步，”他补充说。The successful test flight was also praised on X by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Congratulations to @SpaceX on its successful booster catch and fifth Starship flight test today!” Nelson wrote. He added that “continued testing” will prepare NASA and its partners for a series of “bold missions” to come in the future. 成功的试飞也受到了 NASA 局长比尔·纳尔逊 （Bill Nelson） 在 X 上的赞扬。“祝贺 @SpaceX 今天成功成功进行助推器捕捉和第五次 Starship 飞行测试！”“纳尔逊写道。他补充说，“持续的测试”将使 NASA 及其合作伙伴为未来即将到来的一系列“大胆任务”做好准备。
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After another historic - and dangerous - summer, are we ready for hotter years to come? State officials couldn't have predicted it, but they chose the perfect day to unveil a draft of their Extreme Heat Action Plan. It was July 10, smack in the middle of a brutal heatwave of 90-degree-plus days. One speaker at the online event lost power at her home and had to make her presentation from her phone. Another presenter, Peter Chichetti of the Office of Emergency Management, spoke from the Emergency Operations Center, which was monitoring 36 tornado warnings, the most in the state's history. Mark Lowery of the Office of Climate Change noted that the hot and dangerous weather "will only become more frequent, severe and longer as the climate continues to warm." Next weekend marks the end of what was officially the most humid summer in our nation's history, a season punctuated by the constant drumbeat of meteorological records being broken. Last month was the hottest August ever recorded. Same for June. July 2024 tied with July 2023 as the hottest July ever, but this year's contained Earth's hottest recorded day on July 22. "These past two weeks have been particularly brutal," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said at the time. The ever-increasing heat is not only uncomfortable but dangerous. "Extreme heat has a deep public health impact," said Leo Bachinger of the Office of Climate Change. "It kills more people across the U.S. than any other extreme weather hazard." The state's projections show that, unless the world manages significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over the decades to come, days in which the heat index hits 130 degrees in our area are not out of the question by 2080. New York has launched an ambitious plan to reduce 85 percent of the state's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, from their 1990 levels. But even if that can be achieved, the state is going to get hotter, scientists say. The amount of suffering will depend on reducing emissions globally and mitigation locally. The state's Extreme Heat Action Plan outlines 49 steps over the next six years. Here's a closer look at six: No. 3: Extreme heat maps and capital projects A 90-degree day doesn't mean what it used to. "The thermostat doesn't reflect how our body experiences heat and how our bodies can deal with extreme heat," said Bachinger. If it's humid, the body has difficulty regulating its internal temperature because sweat doesn't evaporate into humid air as quickly. Hotter air can hold more moisture, making it more humid. That means global warming can lead to global humidity. The heat index, which considers air temperature and relative humidity, is a more accurate way to gauge what it feels like outside. There's also the Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature, measured by wrapping a thermometer in a wet sock, putting it outside and seeing how long it takes to dry. That measurement incorporates wind, air pressure and solar radiation, the latter of which can be affected by cloud cover. Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature, developed by the military to determine heat risks, hasn't caught on with the public. The Extreme Heat Action Plan recommends that both measures become a routine part of weather maps. It also recommends weather maps incorporating factors such as the Urban Heat Island effect. In heavily paved areas with little greenery, pavement and concrete absorb sunlight all day before releasing it at night. That can lead to drastically different temperatures between neighborhoods. "If we can understand where some of those concentrations of high heat are, and where some of those vulnerable communities are that have disproportionate exposure to extreme heat, we can make sure resources go where they're most needed," said Bachinger. No. 9: Support passive, resilient and safe cooling Air conditioning can be a lifesaver as temperatures soar, but it has drawbacks. The drain on the electrical grid increases the risk of blackouts and brownouts during heatwaves. The emissions gene...
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After nearly a decade, Boeing's Starliner is about to embark on its first-ever crewed flight. The CFT is scheduled to lift off as soon as tonight. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the milestone, the role of commercial space in the space agency's outlook, and more.
After nearly a decade, Boeing's Starliner is about to embark on its first-ever crewed flight. The CFT is scheduled to lift off as soon as tonight. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the milestone, the role of commercial space in the space agency's outlook, and more.
On Friday, China launched it's Chang'e-6 mission carrying a probe to the far side of the moon to gather samples and bring them back to Earth. If successful, it would be a first, for ANY country. The race to get astronauts back on the moon is in full swing. The US has serious competition. China wants to put astronauts on the moon by 2030. Other countries are in the race, too.If the U.S. stays on schedule it will get humans back on the moon before anyone else, as part of NASA's Artemis program. That's a big if. But NASA is making progress.The space agency's making a bit of a bet, and mostly relying on private companies, mainly Elon Musk's SpaceX .With limited resources and facing a more crowded field, it's unclear if the U.S. will dominate space as it once did.Host Scott Detrow talks to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson about what he is doing to try to keep the U.S. at the front of the race back to the moon.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Boeing subsidiary Millennium Space Systems has secured a $413 million dollar contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA). NASA Administrator Bill Nelson asks the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee to pass a pending domestic supplemental appropriations bill that includes money to build a deorbit vehicle for the International Space Station. Astroscale Holdings has been approved by the Tokyo Stock Exchange to list the company's shares on the Growth Market of the TSE, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Tuana Yazici, Chair & CEO of Tuana Group, and the non-profit AeroAI Global Solutions. You can connect with Tuana on LinkedIn and learn more about her program on the website. Selected Reading Boeing subsidiary to power space defense FAA Learning Period to Get Another Extension – SpacePolicyOnline.com Nelson Pleads With Congress to Fund ISS Deorbit Vehicle – SpacePolicyOnline.com Portal Press Release Astroscale Obtains Approval to List on Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market Blue Skies Space raises £2M to open up access to satellite data - Tech.eu ATLAS Space Operations to Support Blue Origin's Blue Ring DarkSky-1 Mission Umbra Advances to Phase II of the DARPA DRIFT Program Exolaunch Successfully Deploys NASA's ACS3 Satellite- Business Wire GovExec Announces the Founding Underwriters for The GovExec Space Project Breaking news! The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) Telescope Site Completion Ceremony Holds T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 7 AM Hour: Larry O'Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - DR. KEVIN ROBERTS - president of Heritage Foundation on the antisemitism on college campuses and Ukraine funding priorities in Congress. SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/KevinRobertsTX Bill Nelson, professional idiot in charge of NASA, thinks the far side of the moon is "dark" implying that's why we're not going there for that reason. In case you're wondering why weren't not back on the moon yet WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - JULIE KELLY - publisher of the Substack "Declassified with Julie Kelly" and author of "January 6: How Democrats Used the Capitol Protest to Launch a War on Terror Against the Political Right" WEBSITE: DECLASSIFIED WITH JULIE KELLY - SUBSTACK: https://www.declassified.live/ SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2 JULIE KELLY: DOJ and Judge Chutkan, Not Trump, to Blame for "Delay" in J6 Case Julie Kelly
Unless you've been living under a big red Martian rock, you've likely heard that NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble. The robotic program has its roots in the 1960s, when NASA started thinking about sending robots to fetch Mars soil even before Mariner 4's first flyby of the planet. The Russians pondered it as well, as the Chinese and Japanese are today. The problem? It's really hard, with multiple spacecraft, possibly on different launches, rendezvousing around the Red Planet to accomplish. And then there are the concerns about the safety of returning possible pathogens to Earth (that said, I could use an extra tentacle). But the showstopper, as usual, is cost—and NASA's not happy. We invited the original Space Ace reporter, Leonard David, to join the discussion. Headlines: NASA gives green light to Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered helicopter mission to Saturn's moon Titan, set to launch in 2028 and arrive in 2034 New images from the Perseverance rover reveal the crash site of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, showing scattered debris and broken rotor blades NASA continues to study the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, which experienced more erosion than expected during the Artemis 1 mission, raising concerns for future crewed missions Main Topic: Mars Sample Return Mission Leonard David expresses frustration with NASA's recent announcement of significant cost increases and delays for the Mars Sample Return mission NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stated that the current estimated cost of $11 billion is too high and called for innovative ideas from industry and academia to reduce costs and accelerate the timeline They discuss the scientific importance of returning Martian samples to Earth but question whether the current approach is the most effective way to search for life on Mars Leonard suggests that advancements in miniaturized instruments could allow for more comprehensive life detection experiments directly on the Martian surface, reducing the need for sample return The conversation touches on the potential for international collaboration and competition in Mars exploration, with China, Japan, and Russia planning their own missions Rod highlights the critical role of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Mars exploration and expresses concern about the potential loss of expertise if the MSR mission is scaled back or cancelled The TWiS crew concludes by emphasizing the need for a clear, sustainable strategy for Mars exploration that balances scientific objectives, technological capabilities, and budgetary realities Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guest: Leonard David Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: wix.com/studio
Unless you've been living under a big red Martian rock, you've likely heard that NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble. The robotic program has its roots in the 1960s, when NASA started thinking about sending robots to fetch Mars soil even before Mariner 4's first flyby of the planet. The Russians pondered it as well, as the Chinese and Japanese are today. The problem? It's really hard, with multiple spacecraft, possibly on different launches, rendezvousing around the Red Planet to accomplish. And then there are the concerns about the safety of returning possible pathogens to Earth (that said, I could use an extra tentacle). But the showstopper, as usual, is cost—and NASA's not happy. We invited the original Space Ace reporter, Leonard David, to join the discussion. Headlines: NASA gives green light to Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered helicopter mission to Saturn's moon Titan, set to launch in 2028 and arrive in 2034 New images from the Perseverance rover reveal the crash site of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, showing scattered debris and broken rotor blades NASA continues to study the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, which experienced more erosion than expected during the Artemis 1 mission, raising concerns for future crewed missions Main Topic: Mars Sample Return Mission Leonard David expresses frustration with NASA's recent announcement of significant cost increases and delays for the Mars Sample Return mission NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stated that the current estimated cost of $11 billion is too high and called for innovative ideas from industry and academia to reduce costs and accelerate the timeline They discuss the scientific importance of returning Martian samples to Earth but question whether the current approach is the most effective way to search for life on Mars Leonard suggests that advancements in miniaturized instruments could allow for more comprehensive life detection experiments directly on the Martian surface, reducing the need for sample return The conversation touches on the potential for international collaboration and competition in Mars exploration, with China, Japan, and Russia planning their own missions Rod highlights the critical role of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Mars exploration and expresses concern about the potential loss of expertise if the MSR mission is scaled back or cancelled The TWiS crew concludes by emphasizing the need for a clear, sustainable strategy for Mars exploration that balances scientific objectives, technological capabilities, and budgetary realities Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guest: Leonard David Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: wix.com/studio
Unless you've been living under a big red Martian rock, you've likely heard that NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble. The robotic program has its roots in the 1960s, when NASA started thinking about sending robots to fetch Mars soil even before Mariner 4's first flyby of the planet. The Russians pondered it as well, as the Chinese and Japanese are today. The problem? It's really hard, with multiple spacecraft, possibly on different launches, rendezvousing around the Red Planet to accomplish. And then there are the concerns about the safety of returning possible pathogens to Earth (that said, I could use an extra tentacle). But the showstopper, as usual, is cost—and NASA's not happy. We invited the original Space Ace reporter, Leonard David, to join the discussion. Headlines: NASA gives green light to Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered helicopter mission to Saturn's moon Titan, set to launch in 2028 and arrive in 2034 New images from the Perseverance rover reveal the crash site of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, showing scattered debris and broken rotor blades NASA continues to study the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, which experienced more erosion than expected during the Artemis 1 mission, raising concerns for future crewed missions Main Topic: Mars Sample Return Mission Leonard David expresses frustration with NASA's recent announcement of significant cost increases and delays for the Mars Sample Return mission NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stated that the current estimated cost of $11 billion is too high and called for innovative ideas from industry and academia to reduce costs and accelerate the timeline They discuss the scientific importance of returning Martian samples to Earth but question whether the current approach is the most effective way to search for life on Mars Leonard suggests that advancements in miniaturized instruments could allow for more comprehensive life detection experiments directly on the Martian surface, reducing the need for sample return The conversation touches on the potential for international collaboration and competition in Mars exploration, with China, Japan, and Russia planning their own missions Rod highlights the critical role of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Mars exploration and expresses concern about the potential loss of expertise if the MSR mission is scaled back or cancelled The TWiS crew concludes by emphasizing the need for a clear, sustainable strategy for Mars exploration that balances scientific objectives, technological capabilities, and budgetary realities Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guest: Leonard David Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: wix.com/studio
Unless you've been living under a big red Martian rock, you've likely heard that NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble. The robotic program has its roots in the 1960s, when NASA started thinking about sending robots to fetch Mars soil even before Mariner 4's first flyby of the planet. The Russians pondered it as well, as the Chinese and Japanese are today. The problem? It's really hard, with multiple spacecraft, possibly on different launches, rendezvousing around the Red Planet to accomplish. And then there are the concerns about the safety of returning possible pathogens to Earth (that said, I could use an extra tentacle). But the showstopper, as usual, is cost—and NASA's not happy. We invited the original Space Ace reporter, Leonard David, to join the discussion. Headlines: NASA gives green light to Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered helicopter mission to Saturn's moon Titan, set to launch in 2028 and arrive in 2034 New images from the Perseverance rover reveal the crash site of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, showing scattered debris and broken rotor blades NASA continues to study the Orion spacecraft's heat shield, which experienced more erosion than expected during the Artemis 1 mission, raising concerns for future crewed missions Main Topic: Mars Sample Return Mission Leonard David expresses frustration with NASA's recent announcement of significant cost increases and delays for the Mars Sample Return mission NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stated that the current estimated cost of $11 billion is too high and called for innovative ideas from industry and academia to reduce costs and accelerate the timeline They discuss the scientific importance of returning Martian samples to Earth but question whether the current approach is the most effective way to search for life on Mars Leonard suggests that advancements in miniaturized instruments could allow for more comprehensive life detection experiments directly on the Martian surface, reducing the need for sample return The conversation touches on the potential for international collaboration and competition in Mars exploration, with China, Japan, and Russia planning their own missions Rod highlights the critical role of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Mars exploration and expresses concern about the potential loss of expertise if the MSR mission is scaled back or cancelled The TWiS crew concludes by emphasizing the need for a clear, sustainable strategy for Mars exploration that balances scientific objectives, technological capabilities, and budgetary realities Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guest: Leonard David Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: wix.com/studio
Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) awarded a $444 million to support Digital Transformation, Acquisition, Modernization and Modification (DTAMM) for the US Space Force's Space Systems Command and Space Launch Deltas (SLDs) 30 and 45. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discussed the agency's goals for the benefit of humanity during the annual State of NASA. The SpaceX Dragon Capsule carrying Crew 7 has left the International Space Station, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Dr. William (Bill) J. McGann, CEO of Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi). You can connect with Bill on LinkedIn and find out more about QCi on their website. Selected Reading SAIC Receives $444 Million Contract to Provide System Modernization for Space Launch Ranges- Business Wire NASA to Highlight Artemis, US Space Leadership During Annual Address https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg NASA to Host Boeing Crew Flight Test Preview, News Conferences AFWERX, SpaceWERX announce Strategic Funding Increase selections at South by Southwest BlackSky secures back-to-back U.S. Air Force contracts - SpaceNews Stratolaunch Celebrates First Powered Flight of TA-1 Test Vehicle Ursa Major Hadley Engine Flies for the First Time Rhea Space, Founded by Johns Hopkins Alumni, Receives $750,000 NASA Grant China Space Station empowers aerospace industry of over $100 billion - CGTN New band of space inspectors work for a safe blast-off as British rocket industry flourishes MDA Rebrands to MDA Space - Via Satellite Volunteers build flying telescope to see total eclipse above the clouds - Vancouver Island Free Daily T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.
**Hosts:** Steve Dunkley and AI Assistant Hallie---**Episode Summary:**Blast off with Steve Dunkley and his digital co-pilot Hallie on this 26th February 2024 edition of Astronomy Daily. Today's episode is a celestial celebration as we discuss Odysseus' historic soft landing on the moon, marking a new era of lunar exploration. We also delve into the fiery reentry of the European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite and the anticipation surrounding Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. With a blend of humor and science, Steve and Hallie navigate the latest space news with the expertise of seasoned cosmic travelers.---**Featured Topics:**1. **Odysseus' Moon Landing:** A detailed look at the successful landing of the Odysseus lander near the lunar south pole, its significance for future moon missions, and the nail-biting moments leading up to this historic achievement.2. **ERS-2 Satellite Reentry:** An exploration of the natural reentry of the ERS-2 satellite, its nearly 30-year journey in space, and the aftermath of its descent back to Earth.3. **Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket:** Updates on the New Glenn rocket's progress as it approaches its inaugural launch, including the implications for Blue Origin's future in space exploration and its role in NASA's Artemis program.---**Notable Quotes:**- "What a triumph. Odysseus has taken the moon!" - Celebrating the successful landing of the Odysseus lander, as stated by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.- "The chances of being hit [by space debris] are so small... I'm in more danger crossing the road." - Steve Dunkley, putting the risks of satellite reentry into perspective.---**Additional Information:**For daily doses of space insights, subscribe to the Astronomy Daily newsletter at bitesz.com and spacenuts.io. Don't miss the chance to explore previous episodes of Astronomy Daily and the parent podcast, Space Nuts, with Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson.---**Next Episode Preview:**Next week, Steve and Hallie will return to the airwaves with more interstellar stories and galactic updates. Expect a journey through the latest space tech developments and the unfolding narrative of our universe's exploration.---**Closing Remarks:**Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Astronomy Daily. Remember, whether you're dodging satellites or gazing at the moon, the cosmos is a playground of wonder. Join us again as we continue to unravel the mysteries of the universe. Until next time, this is Steve Dunkley and AI Assistant Hallie, signing off.---**Host Sign-off:** Steve Dunkley: "Keep your eyes to the skies, and your hearts in the stars!" Hallie: "Farewell, fellow space travelers. Until our next cosmic rendezvous!
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Scientists say climate change is accelerating, but their voices are getting drowned out. Might using the drier while doing laundry be counterintuitive, or helpful, in slowing climate change. We also dig into the effectiveness of traffic cameras and Gen Z's relationship with live sports. Lara Williams, David Fickling, Justin Fox, and Adam Minter join. Amy Morris hosts. Transcript: 00:01Speaker 1 You're listening to the Bloomberg Opinion podcast count US Saturdays at one and seven pm Eastern on Bloomberg dot Com, the iHeartRadio app and the Bloomberg Business App, or listen on demand wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Bloomberg Opinion. I'm Amy Morris. On this week's show, we'll look at what's better for the planet running the dryer or using a clothesline. The answer might surprise you. Plus, since the beginning of the pandemic, traffic deaths in the US have risen sharply. What will it take to get those numbers back down? And finally, if Taylor Swift can't bring gen Z to the NFL, who can? But we begin with the heat. The global temperature continues to rise and scientists are beside themselves. Officials from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say this past July was the hottest month for the Earth on record. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson certainly is self evident that the Earth is heating up. And what we find is that July of this year the temperatures are the hottest ever on record, and last month was the hottest September on record by far. This past June the warmest June ever recorded. Yeah, we're seeing the trend. Let's talk with Bloomberg opinion columnist Laura Williams, who covers climate change, and scientists are using some pretty unscientific language to describe the temperatures that they're seeing. If your column is any indication, Laura, what have you heard? Yeah, so we've had dobsmackingly bananas. We've had astounding, staggering and nerving, bewildering, flabber dusting, dusting, distrioting, dobsmacking. Scientists have been really, really surprised by the kind of the level of heat that we saw in September compared to previous records. It is a bit alarming that they seem so surprised by this because they've been calling attention to climate change and climate change issues and the effects for years. Why did this catch them so off guard? Yeah, it's just because it's half a degree celsius higher than the previous record in twenty twenty, and so when we see these records getting broken, they're not usually broken by that margin. And so it is a kind of market in Greece, and it looks like it could be. Some are saying an acceleration in the rate of global woman which would be worry. Yeah, I wondered was this an outlier, was just this is a one time thing. Is there's something that caused it specifically, or are we seeing an acceleration. It's going to just get hotter and hotter and hotter in the next few years. So that's something that scientists are debating. So there are two camps of scientists. The first camp and I spoke to sociologists and he'd kind of terms these guys accelerationists, and they are concerned that this is an acceleration. Basically, what we've seen, particularly this year, is there are these sulfur dioxide emissions which are comes from like crew like cruise ships and you know, ships like taking all our stuff across the oceans, and they've cleaned up their act and so we're seeing way fewer aerosols being emitted into the atmosphere. So that's a good thing for our health. But those aerosols have historically served to mass human induced climate change because they reflect the Sun's heats back into space, and so the fewer thing fewer of those that we have, the more solar radiation reaches the earth surface. The scientists that think that we've seen an acceleration point to that trend of you know, sulfur emissions going down, and point to the trend of you know, these these huge temperature records that we've seen over the past few months and say that it could be an acceleration. Now, I would argue that the other team of scientists, the observationists, are right in that this is just you know, it's a few data points, and there's there's lots of things that could be making this. You know, this the Earth a lot warmer right now, a lot of temporary things. So of the September that we've just seen was one point seventy five degrees celsius warmer than pre industrial temperatures. Now that's very scary. Number. One point two degrees celsius of that we know is down to US burning fossil fuels. The remaining zero point five degrees celsius or so is due to with a combination of different factors, and so it could be aerosols, but it should also be the fact that we are in an l Nino cason, which is a naturally occurring climate pattern that warms global temperatures. It should also be that, you know, there was this huge underwater volcano which held an immense plume of water vapor, which is a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere last year, and that would be enough to temporarily elevate global temperatures for a few years. It would be partly aerosols, and it should partly be the fact that we'll see we've got we've had reduced ice at the poles this year. So the more dark sea that's exposed, the more heat that's absorbed by the water. Oh, there's a lot there. Yeah. But no matter which side they're on, whether they believe that this is an acceleration or they believe this is just par for the course, the observationists, if you will, is there a new sense of urgency? Now? Well, I think that there's always a sense of urgency, and I you know, whether it's an acceleration or not, the overwhelming trend is that the Earth is just in warmer and that we are still not doing enough to combat that warming. And so if it weights people up and is a reminder that we actually need to, you know, take some severe action to stop this trend, then I guess that, yeah, there could be a call for a renewed sense of urgency. The urgency was needed all along, but yeah, I suppose that this would be a weight of call. We are talking with Bloomberg opinion columnist Laura Williams about the quote gob smackingly Banana's heat, as scientists describe it, and as it's listed in your column on the Bloomberg terminal. Laura, it was a great read, very interesting to see how they are using terms that you might you might hear among the laypersons such as myself, you don't usually expect to hear from people who study this for a loving What do they believe this could mean for the coming winter months. Are we going to see a milder than usual winter or because it's an extreme, where we going to see a colder winter. That's a good question, and I guess we'll find out when the data comes out, But I think for now, October is looking to be warmer than average. And I would say that with you know the fact that we're in an El Nino that tends to make things warmer. It actually tends to make parts of the world, So I think Europe might be might be CNA holder slightly tolder winter if their only pattern holds true. But I certainly wouldn't be surprised if we saw a warmer than average October and November. So there may be some disagreement about what these temperature trends are telling us right now among signs, but they do agree on one thing, and that there's an issue with political will. There isn't enough of it. Where does that stand? Yeah, so you know, I would say that the fissure between science and political will is huge. We need to be deterbinizing with farmer urgency. So according to the website the Climate Actioning Tractor, which takes stock of all of the promises and policies of countries around the world, and then not a single country in the world is taking action that's compatible with limiting warm into one point five degree celsius above pre industrial temperatures. The UK has rolled backs and that zero tardets. Germany's approved bringing toll fired power plants back in line over the winter. US oil production is running at an all time high. It's not really how you'd expect country is reacting to climate crisis to be acting. Is that in part because of the geopolitical climate that we are dealing with right now, what's going on in uk and now what's going on in the Middle East, and what it's going to mean for heating fuel being shipped out to those areas. Yeah, I think, I think definitely the geobilistal you know, environment is not helping. And we've also got a you know, really high inflation, which is you know, stretching people's wallets, and whether we like it or not, we have to admit that, you know, sometimes net zero action is going to cost people more in the in the short term. In the long term, you'd hope that it would, you know, eventually bills should come down. We rolled out renewables enough, but certainly in the short term we're feeling in our wallets. Have they been able to get any traction with this, to get the attention of those lawmakers and those leaders who would be able to take the lead on this, or are they being shouted down, if you will, or drowned out by what is going on in the rest of the world and the really urgent need in the rest of the world for things like heating fuel because of what's happening in Ukraine and Israel. For sure, I think that at the moment, it definitely feels like, you know, the scientists are being drowned out just because of the urgency of these other prices. It will be really interesting to see at COP twenty eight in Dubai in December, what kind of happens there, you know, whether we're able to kind of come around the table and re you know, set our sights on more ambitious climate action there and kind of you know, center ourselves around that, or whether indeed, you know, the under end conflicts kind of again makes it another kind of non event, all right, and we're going to watch it with you. Thank you so much, Laura for bringing us up to speed on this. Thank you very much for having me. Larah Williams a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. She covers climate change and coming up, we're going to continue this climate change conversation. We'll talk about what's better for the earth. Using a clothesline to dry your clothes or just run the dryer might surprise you. You're listening to Bloomberg Opinion. You're listening to the Bloomberg Opinion podcast. Catch us Saturdays at one and seven pm Eastern on Bloomberg dot Com. The iHeartRadio app and the Bloomberg Business app, or listen on demand wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to Bloomberg Opinion. I'm Amy Morris. Okay, what's better for the planet running your clothes dryer or hanging your clothes on a line outside? It might depend. We welcome Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling, who covers energy and commodities. David, thank you for taking the time with us. Your column starts with this intriguing thought when running the dryer maybe actually be better for the planet. And this is all about solar power changing how grids operate bring us up to speed. Yeah, sure, well, I mean this literally was a dilemma that confronted me a few weeks ago on a Saturday afternoon when I'd just done a load of laundry and it was a lovely day for putting laundry out on the line. It was a beautiful, bright, sunny spring day. I'm in Sydney, of course, so it's spring here at the moment. But then I am someone who regularly writes about energy, and so a thought occurred to me, which is, if the weather is so good for the sun drying clothes on the line. It's probably also very good for powering solar panels, and Australia is one of the most heavily solar rooftop solar dense places in the world. You know, per capital, we have more solar panels than any other country. And so of course what this means is, in the same weather conditions, you're actually going to have a surge of solar generation hitting the grid, which is possibly going to be too much for the grid. I had a look at the website of the grid operator and it turned out that at that point the price of electricity wholesale in the market was about minus seventy Australian dollars about minus fifty US dollars per per meguar tower. So it was a negative price there was. You know, normally, obviously you have to pay for electricity, but this was the opposite because there was so much solar hit hitting the grid at this point that they were essentially the market was prepared to pay people like me. Of course, I was not actually going to get any money from this because of the way bills are structured, but it was prepared to pay users to take the electricity off their hands. So this completely changes the calculus of it, because if you want to have strong grids, and if you want to have also a you know, a financially viable renewables sector paying into the grid, you actually you want to be running the dryer at the middle the middle of the day. You don't want to be putting the stuff on the line because you actually want these imbalances in the grid to sort themselves out. So the balance of power then in the most hyper local energy infrastructure within your own home hyper local, that's got to be a challenge because you have to pay attention to that. You have to pay attention to how much is hitting the grid. I mean, I should say hardly anyone is paying attention to this, and there's several reasons for that. I've actually I used to have pounds on my roof at my current place. I only moved in about nine months ago, so I don't actually have that at the moment, So it doesn't make any difference to my electricity costs. I pay the same tariff regardless of the time of day. That makes no difference at all. In addition, in almost every market that the wholesale price of electricity does not reflect the retail price of electricity, and the only extent to which it does is actually something that in a lot of markets is very anachronistic. I can get a I can get a an electricity tariff whereby it cost me less to run appliances at night. I get a cheap off peak tariff at night, and I'll get a on peak tariff, particularly you know, at the peak in the evening, it'll be the highest. Now, it's probably right that it's highest in the evening, but actually night is not really a time when you want to be making it cheaper to get electricity, because in places like Australia and other places. You know, California is actually the first market that really saw this, and we've seen it in Germany and other places as well. It's the middle of the day when the sun is shining most brightly and all those cellar panels are just pumping out electricity. That's actually the time when you really need to fix some of these imbalances that are happening in the grid. We are talking to Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling about how to manage power from the solar grid and how sometimes running the clothes dryer could be good for the planet. Okay, So David, would it be the up to the consumer to adjust that imbalance that you were describing, or is this just one of the growing pains that we're finding as more places are converting to more renewable sources of energy. Is this this part of it, it's not going to be really for the consumer to sort of out. It's a hard thing for the consumers. Sort of the easiest way you can you can fix it as a consumer, but this will only apply to fairly affluent consumers. Certainly people in Australia and California and Germany would apply. Is of course, to attach a solar to a battery to your solar system. The time the toughest time, well, the two to toughest times for grids at the moment, or of course, the middle of the day, which we were talking about, and the evening the sun goes down. Everyone gets home, they switch on appliances, air conditioning, televisions, you know, or manner of things, and of course the solar that was there in the middle of the day is no longer there within your own home home solars, you know, home system. If you attach a battery to it you can be charging it in the middle of the day and discharging it in the evening, and that that potentially works quite well. But across the you know, across grids as a whole, things much more ambitious need to be done than that, and it's and it's a significant problem. You know, we're seeing things like here in Australia, for instance, there is a very big pumped pumped hydro project being built at the moment, which essentially what happens is when there is too much electricity in the middle of the day, a load of water is pumped uphill to a lake high up on a mountain just sort of southwest of Sydney, and then during the evening, when all that electricity is needed, then the water goes down through turbines like a standard hydroectionri dam and it will do this day after day. And there are lots of places, I think in California the same thing applies. There are lots of places where pump hydro is being used. And of course batteries as well for dispatchable power will be you know, utility scale batteries will be more active. But I think one of the problems that we're facing over the coming years. Is that the speed with which households are installing are installing solar power is faster than the sort of utility scale storage solutions can catch up. And dispatchable power, of course, dispatchable power, by which I mean you can switch on and off, you know, with the flick of a switch, which of course is not the case with any renewable power, also not really the case with is not the case with nuclear either. With dispatchable power, you know, most of it is fossil fossil fired, and that's a real problem because of course we want to get rid of fossil fossil fire electricity right now. And so it sounds like the two big things that need to be resolved would be managing the storage issue, the battery, making sure that those can be not only a portable but easy to acquire and quickly charged. And the infrastructure as a whole. Yeah. I mean one other solution, of course, which is again a lot of this depends on having the right market settings in place, and regulators I think in many ways have been somewhat slow to catch up on some of these things because it is all changing so very fast. But of course one thing to bear in mind is is we're seeing surging cells of electric vehicles. Electric vehicles another thing that should be sucking up power in the middle of the day and potentially could be used to discharge electricity in the evening, but at the moment in most markets there is very little regulation that would allow people to do that, you know, so instead we're seeing things like in South Australia, one of the states in Australia which has a particularly high volume of solar. Basically, the grid operator can switch off rooftop solar panels when there is too much of it, which is something that's possibly necessary to stop to stop stress on the grid. But ideally you want to find ways to use it. You don't want to be reducing the amount of zero carbon power that you're producing. You want to be using it more productively. So we're seeing a lot of these teething pains at the moment. David, this is just fascinating. Thank you for taking the time with us today. No, it's lovely to talk. Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickleing covers energy and commodities. Don't forget We're available as a podcast on Apple, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. This is Bloomberg Opinion. You're listening to the Bloomberg Opinion podcast counts Saturdays at one in seven pm Eastern on Bloomberg dot Com, the iHeartRadio app and the Bloomberg Business App, or listen on demand wherever you get your podcasts. This is Bloomberg Opinion. I may you Morris Now. Since the beginning of the pandemic, traffic depths in the US have risen sharply, and during the high ight of the pandemic shutdown, speeding related accidents actually increased. At the time, Pamela Fisher of the Governor's Highway Safety Association explained, why fewer cars on the road, you should have fewer crashes. But the behaviors that were happening out there. People were seeing open highway, open roadways, local roads as well, not just on highways, and they were driving at really crazy speeds and engaging in other unsafe behaviors. Well, it hasn't improved much since then. Preliminary numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate forty six twenty people died in accidents involving motor vehicles in twenty twenty two. That's down just a bit from twenty twenty one, but still eighteen percent more than in twenty nineteen. Let's look at what's happening. Bloomberg opinion columnist Justin Fox covers Business and joins me, Now, Justin, you have voluminous amounts of data and some really nifty helpful charts to kind of guide us as to why all of this is happening. And you were even able to use this information to a limit. They some of the candidates for what is causing this? But what is the problem? Well, yeah, I mean when you bring this up that traffic fatalities are up in the US, and there's been a big jump since twenty nineteen, but they'd already started rising around I don't know, twenty fifteen or so. And a lot of times people will bring up smartphones or just the pandemic. But if you compare the US to other rich countries, I made a chart of the US, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and the UK. None of the rest of them have had this stall in the improvement in traffic fatalities like the US has. There In all those countries, they've kept going down. In the US, they stopped going down about a decade ago, and they've really gone up significantly over the past few years. So, okay, what's different about the US from these places? And one thing that's been brought up is we have these gigantic pickup trucks and SUVs that are you know, really safe if you're in them and get it in a a crash, but not so great for people in the other cars, and especially for pedestrians. I think there's some really big issues with the really high bumper pickups and SUVs being extreme pedestrian risk because they just you can't see what you're doing as well. So there's some research on that and the thought that maybe some percentage of the increase ten percent something like that is caused by the bigger trucks, and so that lame leaves Okay, well, what happened in the US since twenty nineteen that didn't happen in other places. And obviously it was this sort of national conflict rethinking argument about the role of the police, you know, especially in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Although obviously this discussion been going on for longer, you can sort of date it really coming to the fore to you know, Ferguson back in which I think was the end of two thousand and fourteen, and it if you look, you know, there aren't great national statistics on police stops for traffic violations. There's you know, there's a ole that the Bureau of Justice Statistics does and they're definitely down a little bit. But if you look at specific cities, it's pretty I mean, San Francisco is the champion in the San Francisco Chronicle was the first to report this a few weeks ago that traffic stops are down ninety four percent in San Francisco over the last eight years. But you find and Seattle is almost that much. You find a lot of other cities where they're down pretty significantly too. Now you ascribe some of this, at least to that sort of conflict between police and society what happened with the killing of George Floyd during the height of the pandemic. But could speed cameras, red light cameras, those types of traffic cameras also be a factor. Where you have an electronic eye versus a human eye keeping tabs on how we are on the highway right, those are much more common in most of these other countries that have had big, continued declines in traffic fatalities. We have some in the US, not many speed cameras outside a few big cities, a lot of red light cameras, but actually fewer than there were a decade ago. And that's something that there's been a lot of research done on over the years that especially the speed cameras seem to have a really pretty dramatic effect on reducing traffic fatalities. And it's I mean, I knew I've written about them before and I got lots of emails from people and I got them again now that just Americans hate this idea, and I think the one way to think about it is we also a lot of these other countries are kind of a little more reasonable about their speed limits, like Germany or something. You can drive really fast on the autobot in Germany. You just if you drive faster and you're allowed, you are likely to get in trouble. And I think the UK has been really the toughest on this and has had a really amazing decline in traffic fatalities. So yeah, it's like, Okay, we've dramatically cut back on the kind of traffic enforcement that we mostly do in the US, and at the same time, we're still really reluctant to embrace this other way of doing that has been pretty effective in other countries. It is, I mean, I will and I haven't checked if Kevin Newsom has signed it yet, but California has legislation that the Assembly and the Senate passed that would at least allow San Francisco and a few other cities to start experimenting with speed cameras, and I mean there aren't like New York has tons of both, and I think in general they have been shown to be pretty effective in making the city a lot safer than it used to be, although again New York has had a pretty big drop, you know, not like ninety percent, it's more like twenty or forty or something in enforcement and an increase in fatal accidents. And we are talking with Bloomberg opinion columnist Justin Fox about these sharp rise in traffic related deaths and what can be done about it. I want to get back to the speed camera, the red light camera situation, because you said something about how people just really aren't getting behind it. Anecdotally, I can tell you that when I would cover local news local traffic issues, local neighborhood issues in the Washington, DC area, If you are a driver a motorist, no, you are not crazy one hundred percent in love with those of the traffic cameras. But if you were in a neighborhood, you know, take that driver out of the car and put him in his living room with the kids who are outside playing in the yard. You want those traffic cameras in your neighborhood. I've talked to many people who are actually lobbying, petitioning to get a traffic camera in their neighborhood to slow people down, right, And that's like one reason why we have lots in New York City, because drivers are in the minority here and the people who are worried about getting hit by drivers are in the majority exactly. But that's just a really hard equation in a lot of the country. And I mean, I do think there's some history of the speed cameras being used by you know, small towns in Texas to nab people without adequate warning. And because Texas is one of the states that the legislatures outright banned them. I think there are nine states that have banned speed cameras and eight red light cameras, and then most states just don't have any law permitting them and therefore don't really have any But then they're like Maryland has tons. I don't know. I just think American motorists and I get it because so many people are so dependent on their cars to do everything in their lives. But American motorists are the most entitled people in the world. Like when they're thinking in car thought, sometimes when they get out of the car and realize, oh, I live in a neighborhood with that cars drive through, then they can change that. But just the knee jerk reaction from people, you know, I don't think the enforcement should be unreasonable, in the speed limit should be reasonable, but yeah, why not have automated enforcement rather? Because it has been shown pretty clearly. There was a really interesting, very recent study done using data from lyft and lift drivers in Florida where they could, because of lift's location data, tell exactly how fast the cars were going. They knew who all the drivers were, and black drivers were significantly who were driving the exact same speed as white drivers were significantly more likely to be pulled over. And yeah, with speed cameras, you don't have that. It's really it sort of Police jobs are the kinds of jobs that are hard to hire people for right now. I mean, across the economy, there's this big shortage of young people. I mean, there's lots of them doing it, but the demand, there's this big demand and supply mismatch of especially young people coming into non college degree requiring and police is one of them. And so there's this sort of overall issue. And I just think in a lot of cities people feel like, yeah, do I really want to be a cop? In San Francisco, it doesn't. They pay pretty well, but it doesn't seem like a high status job, and all the police cars are thirty years old, so I don't know. Justin it is a great column. I recommend everybody check it out. Thank you so much for taking the time with us. Thanks for having me. You're listening to Bloomberg Opinion. I n Amy Morris, it's the problem makes me. Actually, Taylor Swift isn't the problem for the NFL at all, but she might not be enough either because for the most part, gen Z couldn't care less about traditional sports. I want to talk about this now with Bloomberg opinion columnist Adam Mentor, he covers the Business of sports, and he joins us, Now, Adam, what will it take besides Taylor Swift for the NFL to win over gen Z? They've spent years worrying about this, and one of the things they're finding is that no matter what they do, overall, the interests of gen Z in their product and in other pro sports traditional sports products is declining. So they're looking and Taylor Swift, they hoped, would provide that a little bit of and temporarily she has, but once she's gone, they're looking for some way to fill that vacuum. So there was a little bit of a boost, but that didn't last. Where does this indifference come from? You know, if you grew up like I did, you sort of had your sports fandom passed on generationally. You watched the football game on Sunday with Grandpa or you watch it with dad, and then you went to school and everybody was talking about what they watched on Sunday with grandpa or dad or mom or whoever it was, and maybe that was inspiration to go and join the high school or elementary school football team. That's breaking down because everybody has their own screen at home now, and so you aren't getting what people who study this called generational fandom. It's not being passed on any more. People either have to find it on their own, they have to find their own way of embracing football, baseball, hockey, whatever it is, or they're just going to find other ways to entertain themselves. And increasingly that's the case. And it's a reason for panic for the NFL, the NHL, and all the major sports leagues. So does this also impact say, the NCAA and those leagues as well. Yes, and no. I mean yes in the sense that sure, you know you're gonna learn to watch Alabama with your parents who was an alum. But even so, you still have your own screen that you can sit on the couch and watch esports on. And we're finding that esports are incredibly popular for gen z, you know, roughly aged twenty six and younger. You know, then it used to be that way. If you're sitting on the couch and there's one TV in the house and it's tuned to the Alabama game, you're watching the Alabama game, not somebody playing you know, League of Legends, you know, with somebody else in Hong Kong. Is there a cultural or even economic impact that comes from the indifference. Right now, we're seeing, you know, huge media rights deals. For example, for the NFL. You know, the NFL is has just started this year a multi billion dollar deal. Amazon is paying a billion dollars a year to show Thursday Night NFL games. That deal is going to last for years. But you know gen Z is starting to age into its prime earning years. And you know the companies, the Googles, the ABC's, the espns, the ESPN, ABC are the same. You know, as they start projecting out what these media rights deals are going to be worth in five or ten years, they're going to look at these demographics and say, hey, wait a second. You know gen Z isn't as interested in this stuff as the millennials were or gen X was, and thus we're not going to pay as much. So it is a long term risk to their business models. I was going to ask, how do you win over the next generation, But it sounds like they don't really know. They haven't figured that part out yet. Yeah, I mean that's the thing they're struggling. One of the things that you hear the league say in the network say, well, we have to meet the fans where the fans are. Well, you know, that used to be at the one television in the living or more or at the stadium. It's not so easy now Now you have to meet them on TikTok. You know, you have to meet them on other social media sites. That gets harder. Who's going to create the content that attracts them? You know. One of the things that the NFL is doing is they're starting to hire influencers, gen z influencers, people who are popular, you know, on these social media service. Is it working? You know, I don't think anybody can say yet. You know, you're not going to see, certainly a Taylor Swift tight bump from a well known influencer on TikTok, you know, reflected in this week's TV ratings, but maybe long term you will. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adam Mentor covers the business of sports and that does it for this week's Bloomberg Opinion. We're produced by Eric Mullow, and you can find all of these columns on the Bloomberg Terminal. We're also available as a podcast on Apple, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Stay with us Today's top stories and global business headlines. Just ahead, I may me Morris. 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*) UN calls for $71M in urgent aid for Libya flood victims The United Nations is urgently seeking more than $71 million to assist those most in need after deadly flash floods swept Libya over the weekend. Hurricane-strength Storm Daniel slammed into Libya on September 10th, killing 11,300 people according to the Libyan Red Crescent. In a flash appeal on Thursday, the United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA said it expects the final body count to be much higher. *) 11 ex-cops convicted in Mexico over killing of 17 migrants near US border Eleven former police officers in Mexico have been found guilty in the murder of 17 migrants who were shot and burned near the United States border. The prosecutor's office said it had "managed to obtain a conviction" against 11 police officers charged with homicide, while another one was found guilty of abuse of office. The victims "lost their lives due to gunshot wounds and were subsequently incinerated", the prosecutor's statement read. *) Key Afghan-Pakistan border post reopens week after forces trade fire The Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has reopened to pedestrians and vehicles. This comes more than a week after it was closed following a gun-battle between frontier guards of the two neighbours. The border is a constant source of friction between the two nations, with Islamabad frequently complaining that Kabul has failed to secure its frontier. *) Zelenskyy expected to visit US as Congress debates $21B in aid In the latest in the Ukraine war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week. Zelenskyy's trip comes as Congress is debating providing as much as $21 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it fights against Russia. Biden has sought a package of $13 billion in additional military aid for Ukraine and $8 billion for humanitarian support. And finally… *) NASA to name UFO research head as panel urges more study NASA has said it is naming a new director of research into what the government calls "unidentified anomalous phenomenon" or UAP. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson made the announcement after an expert panel issued a report calling on the agency to increase its efforts to gather information on UAP – commonly called UFOs. The new director will also help NASA play a larger role in helping the Pentagon detect UFOs.
**Astronomy Daily Podcast - Series 2, Episode 44 with Tim Gibbs and AI Newsreader Hallie****Date:** Friday, 15th September 2023**Show Notes:**1. **NASA's New Role in UAP Research:** - NASA is appointing a director of UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) research.- The decision follows a recommendation from an independent study team.- The full report is available on NASA's website.- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson thanked the study team and emphasized NASA's commitment to exploring the unknown.- The new director will oversee NASA's scientific vision for UAP research, collaborate with other agencies, and apply AI and machine learning to search for anomalies.2. **International Space Station (ISS) Activities:**- Top priorities on September 13th included robotics, lab maintenance, and microbiology.- The Expedition 69 crew engaged in Earth Science Operations and Biomedical duties.- Astro B, a toaster-sized robotic helper, was activated inside the Kibble Laboratory Module.- Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA monitored the robotic activities.- NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio and ESA Flight Engineer Andreas Mugansen worked in the Columbus Laboratory Module.- The Columbus lab was reorganized to accommodate new exercise gear for astronauts.3. **Lunar Exploration and Development:**- Multiple space agencies plan to establish bases around the moon's southern polar region.- Local resources will be used as building materials, a process known as "Insert to Resource Utilization" (ISRU).- Dr. Kevin M. Kannon proposed a lunar soil classification scheme for space resource utilization.- The scheme will help inform construction based on soil type and location.4. **Russia's Lunar Exploration:**- Russia remains committed to lunar exploration despite the loss of its Luna 25 moon lander.- Russian leader Vladimir Putin emphasized the continuation of the program.5. **Climate Change Indicators:**- Earth experienced its hottest summer in recorded history from June to August 2023.- Global sea surface temperatures broke new records.- Heatwaves affected various countries, with over 200 heat-related deaths in Mexico.- UN Secretary General Antonio Garretis highlighted the urgency of addressing climate change.6. **Osiris Rex Spacecraft Sample Return:**- The spacecraft will return an asteroid sample collected from Bennu in 2020.- The sample capsule will re-enter Earth's atmosphere on September 24th.- After releasing the capsule, the spacecraft will divert to asteroid Apophis under the new name Osiris Apex.- The capsule will land safely with the help of parachutes.7. **Hallie's Joke of the Day:**- "Where does Light go when it breaks the law? Prism? And it's a light sentence."**Closing Notes:**- The podcast episodes are available at spaceknuts.io and bytes.com.- Join the conversation on the Space Nuts podcast group on Facebook.- Tune in to Steve Dunkey on Mondays and Tim Gibbs on Fridays.Thank you for tuning in to Astronomy Daily! See you next week.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5648921/advertisement
NASA held a briefing on UFOs today. Join David Denault for a Special Report that includes NASA Administrator Bill Nelson who says life exists in the Universe.
ESA's Aeolus earth observation satellite, launched in August 2018, ended its primary mission on July 28, 2023. It still had one final mission: a safe, fiery, controlled reentry into Earth's atmosphere conducted by the European Space Agency flight controllers. Larry Herrin provides details of the importance of this maneuver. August 8, 2023 was Artemis II media day at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Jim Free, and the Crew of the Artemis II mission, provided an update on the upcoming lunar reconnaissance mission. Jim Free was also asked about the status of the Human Landing System and how its progress may impact the Artemis III lunar landing attempt. Gene Mikulka reports. The link to the press conference on the NASA YouTube page can be found here. In a separate press telecon on August 7, Boeing Space and NASA gave updates on the progress of the Starliner capsule that will be used to transport crew to the international space station. Boeing's Mark Nappi indicated that the capsule will be ready for the long-delayed Crewed Test Flight (CST) in March of 2024, pending the completion of remediation steps for the P-13 tape, which was found to be flammable and a required modification to the main reentry parachutes being made by partner company Airborne Systems. Click here to hear the entire press conference So you're a farmer seeking computer programs to help with drought or looking to track storms that might impact your crops? Perhaps you're a researcher looking for modeling software or trying to figure out how to predict lightning strikes. As Mark Ratterman reports, NASA has an app for that! There are about more than 1,000 free programs and algorithms free for the taking at software.nasa.gov. We provide an update on the SpaceX Boca Chica lawsuit and other developments that we've been following: CNBC's Lora Kolodny reports that the company still has yet to apply for an Industrial Wastewater Permit but, according to the report, still went ahead with a full pressure test of the flame deflector for the Starship launch pad (and used it for the Booster 9 static test) despite not having the required permit for such a discharge. The team discusses these developments and will continue to watch and report. UPDATE: According to PayloadSpace.com on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, SpaceX submitted its long-awaited Mishap Investigation Report to the FAA for review. So whatever became of the American flag planted on the Moon by Apollo 11? Larry Herrin discusses a PhysOrg article about the history of the last-minute scramble to include it in the mission, the fate of the artifact and what might be its current state. And speaking of the Moon, once the astronauts of NASA's Artemis program arrive on the lunar surface, they'll need power systems for essential systems, transportation, and conducting experiments. Mark Ratterman explores two companies – Blue Origin and Zeno Power Systems – and describes their proposals to deliver energy to lunar explorers. Here is the Zeno Power Systems press release. Show recorded on 08-13-2023. Host this week: Larry Herrin Panel Members: Mark Ratterman & Gene Mikulka (Sawyer Rosenstein and Dr. Kat Robison will return) Podcast Editor: Larry Herrin Transition Music Credit: Pixabay - StudioKolomna
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The American space agency NASA has offered its satellite technology to Brazil to help identify destruction in the Amazon rainforest.美国宇航局向巴西提供卫星技术，以帮助确定亚马逊雨林的破坏情况。NASA Administrator Bill Nelson made the offer during a recent trip to Brazil. The NASA chief visited the country's space agency – the National Institute for Space Research – in the southeastern city of Jose dos Campos. Nelson's trip to South America also included visits to Argentina and Colombia.美国宇航局局长比尔·尼尔森在最近访问巴西时提出了这一提议。 美国宇航局局长参观了位于东南部城市何塞多斯坎波斯的国家航天局——国家空间研究所。 纳尔逊的南美洲之行还包括访问阿根廷和哥伦比亚。Brazilian Science Minister Luciana Santos showed Nelson around the institute and explained some of the space agency's programs.巴西科学部长卢西亚娜·桑托斯带尼尔森参观了该研究所，并解释了该航天局的一些项目。During a news conference, Nelson described one new NASA satellite that he said would be completed by January. He said the satellite, called NISAR, will even be able to capture images of what is happening in real time below the forest cover.在新闻发布会上，纳尔逊描述了美国宇航局的一颗新卫星，他表示该卫星将于一月份完成。 他说，这颗名为 NISAR 的卫星甚至能够实时捕捉森林覆盖下发生的情况的图像。"It is going to be able to look through the canopy of the jungle so that we can see if someone has burned the undergrowth and that would ultimately kill the big trees," Nelson said.尼尔森说：“它将能够透过丛林的树冠观察，这样我们就可以看到是否有人烧毁了灌木丛，这最终会杀死大树。”NASA says the new satellite will support a project called SERVIR Amazonia. It helps provide Earth science data to scientists and decision-makers across the Amazon area to record environmental changes in near real-time. The project helps predict climate threats like deforestation and food insecurity. It can also provide data to emergency workers during natural disasters.NASA 表示，这颗新卫星将支持一个名为 SERVIR Amazonia 的项目。 它有助于向亚马逊地区的科学家和决策者提供地球科学数据，以近乎实时地记录环境变化。 该项目有助于预测森林砍伐和粮食不安全等气候威胁。 它还可以在自然灾害期间向应急人员提供数据。Brazil's space agency has launched a series of satellites in partnership with China since 1999. Those satellites aim to gather data on agricultural operations and the environment.自 1999 年以来，巴西航天局与中国合作发射了一系列卫星。这些卫星旨在收集有关农业作业和环境的数据。Brazil depends on satellite imagery to watch over the Amazon. But cloud cover often makes it difficult for satellites to capture clear and timely images. The NASA chief said the satellites NASA plans to place into orbit early next year will add an "extreme ability to understand what is happening" to the rainforest.巴西依靠卫星图像来监视亚马逊。 但云层覆盖往往使卫星难以捕捉到清晰、及时的图像。 美国宇航局局长表示，美国宇航局计划明年初送入轨道的卫星将为雨林增添“了解正在发生的事情的极端能力”。Nelson, a former U.S. senator who once flew to space, also met with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia. After the meeting, he told reporters he thanked the president “for his continuous effort to save the Amazon rainforest."曾经飞向太空的美国前参议员尼尔森也在巴西利亚会见了总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦。 会后，他告诉记者，他感谢总统“为拯救亚马逊雨林所做的持续努力”。Nelson said that when he flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986, he witnessed the destruction of the rainforest by the different colors he could see from his spacecraft window.纳尔逊说，1986 年，当他乘坐美国宇航局哥伦比亚号航天飞机时，他从航天器窗口看到的不同颜色亲眼目睹了热带雨林的破坏。
The James Webb Space Telescope recently celebrated its first year in operation. During that time, the orbiting observatory – operated by the American space agency NASA – produced colorful, detailed images. It has also helped researchers make several new scientific discoveries. NASA has described the telescope as the largest, most powerful telescope ever sent into space. The agency launched the Webb in late 2021 and released its first images in July 2022. The Webb's first full-color images were presented by President Joe Biden. One of the images showed the clearest picture yet of the early universe, about 13 billion years ago.詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜最近庆祝了其运行一周年。 在此期间，由美国宇航局运营的轨道天文台产生了色彩丰富、细节丰富的图像。 它还帮助研究人员取得了几项新的科学发现。美国宇航局称该望远镜是有史以来发射到太空的最大、最强大的望远镜。 该机构于 2021 年底推出了 Webb，并于 2022 年 7 月发布了第一批图像。韦伯的第一张全彩图像由乔·拜登总统展示。 其中一张图像展示了大约 130 亿年前的早期宇宙最清晰的图景。NASA Administrator Bill Nelson marked the anniversary with a statement. He said, "In just one year, the James Webb Space Telescope has transformed humanity's view of the cosmos, peering into dust clouds and seeing light from faraway corners of the universe for the very first time."Most recently, NASA celebrated the Webb's one year anniversary by releasing one of its latest images. The image showed a cloud collection of 50 stars in the process of forming. NASA said the image showed an area of space that is full of hydrogen gas and dust. Scientists said the image was a good representation of this brief period in a star's life. At around the same time, researchers announced they had used data from the Webb to identify the most distant, active supermassive black hole ever observed. Scientists say the black hole sits in a galaxy called CEERS 1019. The galaxy is thought to have existed about 570 million years after the Big Bang – the explosion many scientists believe created the universe.美国宇航局局长比尔·尼尔森发表声明纪念这一周年纪念日。 他说：“仅仅一年的时间，詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜就改变了人类对宇宙的看法，第一次凝视尘埃云，看到来自宇宙遥远角落的光。”最近，美国宇航局发布了一张最新图像来庆祝韦伯太空望远镜一周年纪念日。 该图像显示了正在形成过程中的由 50 颗恒星组成的云团。 美国宇航局表示，该图像显示了一个充满氢气和灰尘的太空区域。 科学家表示，这张照片很好地体现了恒星生命中这段短暂的时期。大约在同一时间，研究人员宣布他们已经利用韦伯望远镜的数据来识别迄今为止观测到的最遥远、活跃的超大质量黑洞。 科学家表示，该黑洞位于一个名为 CEERS 1019 的星系中。人们认为该星系存在于大爆炸之后约 5.7 亿年，许多科学家认为大爆炸创造了宇宙。The black hole discovery and others that received help from the Webb were in part made possible through the telescope's infrared instruments. The instruments collect infrared waves passing through gas and dust that can hide objects in space. The infrared system also shows light from more distant parts of the universe.The Webb's instruments have also confirmed the distances of some of the farthest galaxies ever observed, NASA reported. In addition, the telescope's data has provided more detailed information than ever before about the makeup of planet atmospheres. And the instruments have also led to discoveries about the chemicals and gases that exist around collections of stars and exoplanets outside of our solar system.黑洞的发现和其他得到韦伯望远镜帮助的发现在一定程度上是通过望远镜的红外仪器得以实现的。 这些仪器收集穿过气体和灰尘的红外波，这些气体和灰尘可以隐藏太空中的物体。 红外系统还显示来自宇宙更遥远部分的光。据美国宇航局报道，韦伯的仪器还证实了一些有史以来观测到的最远星系的距离。 此外，望远镜的数据提供了比以往更详细的有关行星大气构成的信息。 这些仪器还发现了太阳系外恒星和系外行星周围存在的化学物质和气体。For example, the Webb helped astronomers observe the most distant molecules known to exist in the universe and also led to the discovery of 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter In a statement marking the Webb's one year anniversary, NASA noted the telescope had “resulted in hundreds of scientific papers answering longstanding questions and raising new ones.”例如，韦伯望远镜帮助天文学家观察了宇宙中已知存在的最遥远的分子，还发现了 12 颗绕木星运行的新卫星.在纪念韦伯望远镜一周年的一份声明中，美国宇航局指出，该望远镜“发表了数百篇科学论文，回答了长期存在的问题并提出了新的问题
Lockheed Martin reports $3.2 billion in sales in Q2 this year, up $341 million or 12% compared to Q2 last year. Rocket Lab's stock soars after recent launch successes. China's Deputy Chief Engineer tells state media that the country will launch its first reusable rocket in 2027. Venezuela becomes the first country to formally sign the China-led International Lunar Research Station. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson heads to Latin America to rally support for the Artemis Accords, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Justus Parmar, Founder of Fortuna Investments. You can connect with Justus on Linkedin and find out more from Fortuna Investments on their website. Selected Reading Increased Space Sales Contribute to Strong Quarter for Lockheed Martin- Via Satellite Rocket Lab's stock has doubled this year — and Deutsche Bank sees it climbing even higher- CNBC China says it will launch reusable spacecraft as soon as 2027- SCMP China unveils new scientific devices on track to serve China Space Station- CGTN Venezuela signs up to China's moon base initiative- SpaceNews Nelson's NASA push in South America- POLITICO NASA Maintains ‘A' for Investing in Small Businesses- NASA NASA's Psyche Mission Enters Home Stretch Before Launch- JPL New Agreement with NASA- Above Space PR Russia's Luna-25 moon lander reaches launch site for August 11 liftoff- Space.com Aspia Space Launches New Satellite Based AgriTech Solution- Via Satellite Regulating the space economy is vital for America's continued global leadership- The CGO SDA racing ahead with new, US-based satellite ground stations, could meet hiccup abroad- Breaking Defense T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the early morning of April 20, 2023, an event occurred that transformed the quiet town of Port Isabel into the epicenter of a pivotal moment in space history. A behemoth, SpaceX's Starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket ever flown, ignited the Texas sky on its maiden orbital test flight. The rocket, which broke a 50-year record held by the Soviet N1, was set to be a major milestone in SpaceX's ambitious Starship development program. The program follows an iterative and incremental approach, where learning from each launch - successful or otherwise - is key to the project's evolution. Prior to the launch, SpaceX officials clarified that their measure of success was based on "how much we can learn," and that not all mission events were required to transpire for the test to be deemed successful. The mission received acknowledgment from important public figures like NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher. Their congratulations signified the general perception that, despite the challenges faced, the launch played a significant role in propelling the Starship's development further. The launch's agenda was for the Starship spacecraft to complete nearly one orbit around Earth before reentering the atmosphere, culminating in a controlled landing in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. The Super Heavy booster was planned to perform a similar landing in the Gulf of Mexico, around 20 miles off the Texas coast, roughly 8 minutes post-liftoff. Liftoff was scheduled at 08:33 CDT from SpaceX's private launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. However, the sequence of events did not quite follow the planned trajectory. Unexpected damage to the launch pad and surrounding infrastructure triggered alarm bells, leading to a ripple effect in the Boca Chica State Park as debris scattered into it. The vehicle managed to pass max q and enter supersonic flight, but technical issues with the engines led to a series of unfortunate events. Lack of thrust and thrust vector control prevented any attempt at stage separation. Starship started to tumble, leading to the activation of the autonomous flight termination system (AFTS). Although AFTS failed to destroy the vehicle, an explosion occurred 40 seconds later, ending the flight prematurely, nearly four minutes in. But this isn't where the Starship saga ends.
With commercial companies advancing, the public sector is increasingly taking advantage of private space. Morgan is joined by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on “Closing Bell: Overtime” to discuss the space agency's multibillion dollar contract with Blue Origin to develop a crewed lunar lander, additional public-private partnerships and the state of commercial space.
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson spoke to Bill about his visit to Glenn, throwing out the first pitch at the Guardians game, and NASA's Artemis program.
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Let's take a look at those VC numbers for Q1. SDA's Tranche 2, coming soon to an orbit near you. The FCC's Space Bureau announces new regs. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warns Congress about the space race with China. And our conversation with Scott Stalker, Master Gunnery Sergeant in the US Marine Corps and Command Senior Enlisted Leader at US Space Command. He shares how the combatant command is adapting to new challenges in the digital era of space operations, new operational concepts, and building the force to deter aggression. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence briefing, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. T-Minus Guest Scott Stalker, Master Gunnery Sergeant in the US Marine Corps and Command Senior Enlisted Leader at US Space Command, shares how the combatant command is adapting to new challenges in the digital era of space operations, new operational concepts, and building the force to deter aggression. You can follow US Space Command on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can follow MGySgt Scott Stalker on LinkedIn. Selected Reading Space Capital Q1 2023 Report | Space Capital Iridium Announces First Quarter 2023 Results | Iridium Maxar Shareholders Approve Advent International Acquisition | Via Satellite L3Harris awarded contract to modernize U.S. SDA capabilities | SatNews SDA Expects to Release Tranche 2 Transport, Tracking Solicitations This Summer and Fall | Via Satellite FCC adopts revised NGSO spectrum-sharing rules | SpaceNews Space Force Awards Astra New Launch Order For Rocket 4 | Astra Nelson supports continuing restrictions on NASA cooperation with China | SpaceNews U.S. Space Command announces new cooperation agreements with allies | SpaceNews Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our wicked fast 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders in the industry. Here's a link to our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info about sponsoring T-Minus. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your interview pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal, and our editor will get back to you for scheduling. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, says today we are the Aretmis Generation! Join host Dawn Meyer, Space Coast News Editor and meet the Artemis 2 Crew. The first women and men to go back to the Moon since 1972.
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Artemis Generation Exploration. International Space Station Crewed Missions. SLS Test Crew Announcement. MARS Sample Return, Satellite Missions to obtain more of Earth's Climate Data, Asteroid Detection and Protection, “Green” Aircraft, and a 7.1% increase in the NASA budget to accomplish it all. Last week, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson presented the State of NASA address for 2023. Listen as Beth and Dean walk through the goals for 2023, NASA's plans to explore the Moon and Mars, monitor and protect the planet, sustain U.S. leadership in aviation and aerospace innovation, drive economic growth and promote equity and diversity within the agency and across the nation, while inspiring the next generation of explorers for the benefit of humanity. There's lots to learn in this episode, and it's all fun with our retuning guest and resident space expert Dean Mikolajczyk. Watch NASA's State of the Agency Address with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTVxELrVfB0 DO NOT MISS the opportunity to check out Lockheed Martin's and NASA's x-59 Supersonic “quiet” jet https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/quesst.html About Casual Space's Resident Space Expert; Dean Mikolajczyk (and listen to one of Beth's favorite episodes with Dean on episode #167 “James Webb Space Telescope with RSE Dean Mikolajczyk… Part 2”) BS Technical Photography MS Astrophysics NASA MER Mars program NASA Public Relations Astronomy instructor & lecturer Where to find Dean: www.TritionCollege.edu/Cernan www.HarperCollege.edu https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-mikolajczyk-63125389/
In this episode of the podcast, Fred Watson embarks on a journey to the National Press Club to attend a big event featuring NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, only to find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and caught in a thunderstorm. "If you're going to bet on where the most likely place for an eruption to occur on Venus, this would be it. It's the tallest volcano on the planet." Fred Watson was in a hotel room in Canberra when a thunderstorm struck, sending him scrambling to unplug his electronics. While there, he heard about the National Press Club lunch with the NASA administrator, Bill Nelson, and his deputy, Pam Melroy. He managed to get a ticket and attended the event, where he learned about the volcanically active planet Venus. Robert Herrick, a planetary scientist at the University of Alaska, had detected a particular volcanic vent that had changed in shape and size over an eight month period. Professor Herrick suggested that this could be a recent volcanic event; and Trevor Allen's research on the carbonaceous asteroid, 162173 Ryugu, uncovered evidence of uracil, a component of RNA molecules. In this episode, you will learn the following: 1. What is the Veritas mission and how could it further our understanding of volcanoes on Venus?Herrick 2. How did researchers detect uracil in the carbonaceous asteroid 162173 Ryugu? 3. How does the sun's core lose mass and energy and how does it become visible radiation? Connect with us: Facebook: @spacenutspodcast YouTube: @spacenutspodcast Twitter: @spacenutspodcst Website: www.spacenuts.io Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://www.bitesz.com/show/space-nuts/reviews/new/ Sponsor Details: This episode is brought to you thanks to the support of NordVPN. To check out the special Space Nuts deals at the moment, just visit www.nordvpn.com/spacenuts and click on the Get the Deal button. Thank you.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana discuss the importance of a strong safety culture.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana discuss the importance of a strong safety culture.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana discuss the importance of a strong safety culture.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana discuss the importance of a strong safety culture.
WATCH THE LAUNCH: https://youtube.com/live/P18eIyVIuGE?feature=share WATCH OUR ON-LOCATION SPECIAL: https://youtube.com/live/WsSlxaHmh70?feature=share Crew members assigned to NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission are in orbit following their successful launch to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew are the agency's sixth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, along with United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, for a science expedition aboard the space station. “Congratulations to the NASA and SpaceX teams for another history-making mission to the International Space Station! The Commercial Crew Program is proof American ingenuity and leadership in space benefits all of humanity – through groundbreaking science, innovative technology, and newfound partnership,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Crew-6 will be busy aboard the International Space Station, conducting over 200 experiments that will help us to prepare for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, as well as improve life here on Earth. We look forward to seeing all that they accomplish.” During Dragon's flight, SpaceX will monitor a series of automatic spacecraft maneuvers from its mission control center in Hawthorne, California, and NASA teams will monitor space station operations throughout the flight from the Mission Control Center at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Dragon will dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the station's Harmony module around 1:17 a.m., Friday, March 3. NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website will provide live coverage of docking and hatch opening. NASA TV also will cover the ceremony to welcome the crew aboard the orbital outpost about 3:40 a.m. Once aboard station, Crew-6 will join the Expedition 68, consisting of NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann, and Josh Cassada, as well as JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin, and Anna Kikina. For a short time, the 11 crew members will live and work in space together until Crew-5 members Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina return to Earth a few days later. Conducting new scientific research, Crew-6 will help prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and benefit life on Earth. Experiments will include studies of how particular materials burn in microgravity, tissue chip research on heart, brain, and cartilage functions, and an investigation that will collect microbial samples from the outside of the space station. These are just some of the hundreds of science experiments and technology demonstrations that will take place during their mission. “For more than two decades, humans have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station,” said Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate in Washington. “Commercial Crew Program missions like Crew-6 are essential so we can continue to maximize the important research possible only in the space station's unique microgravity environment. Congratulations to the NASA and SpaceX teams on a successful launch! I am looking forward to seeing the crew safely aboard the station.” The Crew-6 mission enables NASA to maximize use of the space station, where astronauts have lived and worked continuously for more than 22 years testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to operate future commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit and explore farther from Earth. Research conducted on the space station provides benefits for --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message
*) US possible tank deliveries to Ukraine disturbs Russia The Biden administration could approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to fortify Kiev's firepower against Russia, according to US officials. Moscow called the possible approval of the tanks a "blatant provocation" against Russia. "If the United States decides to supply tanks, then justifying such a step with arguments about 'defensive weapons' will definitely not work", Russia's ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said. *) New Zealand has new prime minister Chris Hipkins has been sworn in as New Zealand's 41st prime minister, following the unexpected resignation of Jacinda Ardern last week. Hipkins has promised a back-to-basics approach focusing on the economy and what he described as the "pandemic of inflation”. He will have less than nine months before contesting a tough general election, with opinion polls indicating his Labour Party is trailing its conservative opposition. *) Bulgaria announces snap general elections Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has said he would set April 2 as the date for the country's parliamentary election, a fifth within two years. The president will dissolve the parliament after polls in last October failed to produce a working government. Bulgaria has been governed by caretaker governments, appointed by Radev for much of the past two years in the absence of a stable elected coalition. *) NASA, Pentagon to develop nuclear-powered rocket for Mars NASA is partnering with the Pentagon's research agency, DARPA, to develop a nuclear-powered rocket engine in preparation for sending astronauts to Mars. "With the help of this new technology, astronauts could journey to and from deep space faster than ever — a major capability to prepare for crewed missions to Mars," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said. NASA conducted its last nuclear thermal rocket engine tests more than 50 years ago, but the program was abandoned due to budget cuts and Cold War tensions. And finally… *) Türkiye suspends talks with Sweden, Finland over NATO accession Türkiye has postponed a trilateral meeting with Sweden and Finland over their NATO bid scheduled for February, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. The decision was made after Sweden allowed Denmark's far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party's anti-Muslim leader Rasmus Paludan to burn a copy of Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. The sources did not specify when the meeting would take place.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson had an unsettling welcome to the New Year. In an interview published on January 1st by Politico, the former U.S. senator announced that the Chinese Communist Party is preparing to colonize the Moon and may use force to deny us access to it. This is not exactly news as experts like Richard Fisher have been warning for years that the CCP is intent on dominating what it calls the “earth-Moon system” as part of Beijing's bid to control our planet. But U.S. policymakers – and particularly those involved with America's space programs – have for decades encouraged the public to believe leftist nostrums about the High Frontier being a pristine international “commons” reserved for peaceful exploration and scientific research. We're now in a real – and potentially deadly – space race with the Chinese. It's one we literally can't afford to lose. This is Frank Gaffney.
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson met with Gwen Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX, during Kennedy Center Honors this month. SpaceX is currently the second largest contractor for NASA, and is in the process of developing the spacecraft that will take humans to the moon. Nelson expressed concerns about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's involvement in the company, as well as his distractions on social media platform Twitter. Shotwell reassured Nelson that he had nothing to worry about. NASA has made significant investments in SpaceX, including awarding the company a $3 billion contract to land astronauts on Mars by 2025, and a $1.5 billion contract for a second moon landing.
Big things are happening in space. Earlier this month, NASA confirmed that the DART mission to test the United States' capabilities to change the trajectory of asteroid threats to Earth was a resounding success. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson praised the results of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test at a press briefing, saying the organization "made history" in the realm of planetary defense. However, this major positive development comes at a time when America's foes like Russia and China are upping their efforts to militarize space. A serious concern at the Pentagon. Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson recently joined host Lisa Brady on the FOX News Rundown to discuss the DART mission, the possibility of our orbit becoming a future warzone, and the state of America's space program. Tyson explained why the DART mission is such a big step forward for NASA and how space technology has always been used in warfare and isn't surprised nations see space as the new "high ground". Later, he discusses his new book 'Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and the constantly shifting understanding of the universe. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with the world-famous Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and hear more of his perspective on the complexities of the cosmos and human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big things are happening in space. Earlier this month, NASA confirmed that the DART mission to test the United States' capabilities to change the trajectory of asteroid threats to Earth was a resounding success. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson praised the results of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test at a press briefing, saying the organization "made history" in the realm of planetary defense. However, this major positive development comes at a time when America's foes like Russia and China are upping their efforts to militarize space. A serious concern at the Pentagon. Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson recently joined host Lisa Brady on the FOX News Rundown to discuss the DART mission, the possibility of our orbit becoming a future warzone, and the state of America's space program. Tyson explained why the DART mission is such a big step forward for NASA and how space technology has always been used in warfare and isn't surprised nations see space as the new "high ground". Later, he discusses his new book 'Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and the constantly shifting understanding of the universe. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with the world-famous Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and hear more of his perspective on the complexities of the cosmos and human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big things are happening in space. Earlier this month, NASA confirmed that the DART mission to test the United States' capabilities to change the trajectory of asteroid threats to Earth was a resounding success. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson praised the results of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test at a press briefing, saying the organization "made history" in the realm of planetary defense. However, this major positive development comes at a time when America's foes like Russia and China are upping their efforts to militarize space. A serious concern at the Pentagon. Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson recently joined host Lisa Brady on the FOX News Rundown to discuss the DART mission, the possibility of our orbit becoming a future warzone, and the state of America's space program. Tyson explained why the DART mission is such a big step forward for NASA and how space technology has always been used in warfare and isn't surprised nations see space as the new "high ground". Later, he discusses his new book 'Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and the constantly shifting understanding of the universe. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with the world-famous Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and hear more of his perspective on the complexities of the cosmos and human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The countdown to Election Day is quickly dwindling, with only 15 days until the much-anticipated midterms across the country. With stakes high as Democrats and Republicans vie to take the majority in both the House and the Senate, all eyes are on tight races in competitive states like Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman and Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer has gotten an in-depth look at the campaign trail thus far as he travels across several states supporting fellow GOP Congressional members and candidates. Rep. Emmer joins the Rundown to discuss how the energy amongst Republican voters is “getting stronger every day” and why he feels many traditionally Democratic voters will be voting red this election cycle. He also shares his enthusiasm as the GOP becomes the most diverse it's ever been in the party's history. NASA has confirmed that the DART mission to test the United States' capabilities to change the trajectory of asteroid threats to Earth has been a resounding success. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson praised the results of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test at a press briefing, saying the organization “made history” in the realm of planetary defense. Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson joins the podcast to explain why the DART mission is such a big step forward for NASA and the potential that space may be militarized in the future. Later, he discusses his new book ‘Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and the constantly shifting understanding of the universe. Plus, commentary from FOX News Contributor Joe Concha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The countdown to Election Day is quickly dwindling, with only 15 days until the much-anticipated midterms across the country. With stakes high as Democrats and Republicans vie to take the majority in both the House and the Senate, all eyes are on tight races in competitive states like Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman and Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer has gotten an in-depth look at the campaign trail thus far as he travels across several states supporting fellow GOP Congressional members and candidates. Rep. Emmer joins the Rundown to discuss how the energy amongst Republican voters is “getting stronger every day” and why he feels many traditionally Democratic voters will be voting red this election cycle. He also shares his enthusiasm as the GOP becomes the most diverse it's ever been in the party's history. NASA has confirmed that the DART mission to test the United States' capabilities to change the trajectory of asteroid threats to Earth has been a resounding success. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson praised the results of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test at a press briefing, saying the organization “made history” in the realm of planetary defense. Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson joins the podcast to explain why the DART mission is such a big step forward for NASA and the potential that space may be militarized in the future. Later, he discusses his new book ‘Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and the constantly shifting understanding of the universe. Plus, commentary from FOX News Contributor Joe Concha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The countdown to Election Day is quickly dwindling, with only 15 days until the much-anticipated midterms across the country. With stakes high as Democrats and Republicans vie to take the majority in both the House and the Senate, all eyes are on tight races in competitive states like Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman and Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer has gotten an in-depth look at the campaign trail thus far as he travels across several states supporting fellow GOP Congressional members and candidates. Rep. Emmer joins the Rundown to discuss how the energy amongst Republican voters is “getting stronger every day” and why he feels many traditionally Democratic voters will be voting red this election cycle. He also shares his enthusiasm as the GOP becomes the most diverse it's ever been in the party's history. NASA has confirmed that the DART mission to test the United States' capabilities to change the trajectory of asteroid threats to Earth has been a resounding success. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson praised the results of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test at a press briefing, saying the organization “made history” in the realm of planetary defense. Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson joins the podcast to explain why the DART mission is such a big step forward for NASA and the potential that space may be militarized in the future. Later, he discusses his new book ‘Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and the constantly shifting understanding of the universe. Plus, commentary from FOX News Contributor Joe Concha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a historic effort to re-direct an asteroid, NASA DART satellite accomplished the mission. Join Host Dawn Meyer, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the success of the mission.
NASA's new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is now off for weeks, if not months. The previous try on Monday at launching the 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA, was also troubled by hydrogen leaks, though they were smaller. That was on top of leaks detected during countdown drills earlier in the year. After the latest setback, mission managers decided to haul the rocket off the pad and into the hangar for further repairs and system updates. Some of the work and testing may be performed at the pad before the rocket is moved. Either way, several weeks of work will be needed, according to officials. With a two-week launch blackout period looming in just a few days, the rocket is now grounded until late September or October. NASA will work around a high-priority SpaceX astronaut flight to the International Space Station scheduled for early October. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stressed that safety is the top priority, especially on a test flight like this where everyone wants to verify the rocket's systems “before we put four humans up on the top of it.” "Just remember: We're not going to launch until it's right," he said. NASA already has been waiting years to send the crew capsule atop the rocket around the moon. If the six-week demo succeeds, astronauts could fly around the moon in 2024 and land on it in 2025. People last walked on the moon 50 years ago. Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson and her team had barely started loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the Space Launch System rocket at daybreak when the large leak cropped up in the engine section at the bottom. Ground controllers tried to plug it the way they handled previous, smaller leaks: stopping and restarting the flow of super-cold liquid hydrogen in hopes of closing the gap around a seal in the supply line. They tried that twice, in fact, and also flushed helium through the line. But the leak persisted. Blackwell-Thompson finally halted the countdown after three to four hours of futile efforts. Mission manager Mike Sarafin told journalists it was too early to tell what caused the leak, but it may have been due to inadvertent over-pressurization of the hydrogen line earlier in the morning when someone sent commands to the wrong valve. “This was not a manageable leak,” Sarafin said, adding that the escaping hydrogen exceeded flammability limits by two or three times. During Monday's attempt, a series of small hydrogen leaks popped up there and elsewhere on the rocket. Technicians tightened up the fittings over the following days, but Blackwell-Thompson had cautioned that she wouldn't know whether everything was tight until Saturday's fueling. Hydrogen molecules are exceedingly small — the smallest in existence — and even the tiniest gap or crevice can provide a way out. NASA's space shuttles, now retired, were plagued by hydrogen leaks. The new moon rocket uses the same type of main engines. Even more of a problem Monday was that a sensor indicated one of the rocket's four engines was too warm, though engineers later verified it actually was cool enough. The launch team planned to ignore the faulty sensor this time around and rely on other instruments to ensure each main engine was properly chilled. But the countdown never got that far. Thousands of people who jammed the coast over the long Labor Day weekend, hoping to see the Space Launch System rocket soar, left disappointed. The $4.1 billion test flight is the first step in NASA's Artemis program of renewed lunar exploration, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology. Years behind schedule and billions over budget, Artemis aims to establish a sustained human presence on the moon, with crews eventually spending weeks at a time there. It's considered a training ground for Mars. Twelve astronauts walked on the moon during the Apollo program, the last time in 1972. - by Marcia Dunn, APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NASA is ready for a second launch attempt tomorrow afternoon. Join David and Dawn in a Special Report on the launch with comments by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
Artemis I is a flight test to launch NASA's Space Launch System rocket and an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon before the Artemis II mission with astronauts aboard. The approximately two-day countdown for launch began Saturday, Aug. 27, and was waved off Monday after encountering an issue getting one of the four RS-25 engines on the bottom of the rocket's core stage to the proper temperature range for liftoff. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson provided brief remarks shortly after the scrub was announced. He also will join the upcoming news conference. The following individuals also are confirmed to participate at this time: Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com The Carolina Weather Group operates a weekly talk show of the same name. Broadcasting each week from the Carolinas, the show is dedicated to covering weather, science, technology, and more with newsmakers from the field of atmospheric science. With co-hosts across both North Carolina and South Carolina, the show may closely feature both NC weather and SC weather, but the topics are universally enjoyable for any weather fan. Join us as we talk about weather, environment, the atmosphere, space travel, and all the technology that makes it possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) joins Meet the Press to discuss what the recent Mar-a-Lago search and potential charges against fmr. Pres. Trump could mean for the Jan. 6 committee. Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Adm. James Stavridis and Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul discuss the latest in the war between Ukraine and Russia. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson talks about America's journey back to the moon. Peter Alexander, Rich Lowry, Amna Nawaz and Kimberly Atkins Stohr join the Meet the Press roundtable.
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SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 80*NASA's Curiosity rover goes into emergency safe mode on MarsNASA's Mars Curiosity rover have suddenly gone into emergency safe mode on the red planet following unusual temperature spikes were detected by a key instrument control unit.*Claims the Earth's mantle had two different compositionsA new study claims the Earth's mantle had very different composition early in the planet's history with the lower mantle nearest the outer core far drier than the upper mantle closer to the crust.*China slams NASA's claims about Beijing militarizing the MoonBeijing has slammed claims by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson that China is trying to gain the ultimate high ground by militarizing the Moon.*China's military buildup in space continuesChina has launched another Gaofen high resolution spy satellite.*Virgin Orbit launches seven Space Force SatellitesVirgin Orbit has successfully launched seven United States Space Force satellites aboard a LauncherOne carrier rocket drop launched from a specially modified Boeing 747 airliner named Cosmic Girl.*The Science ReportThe growing threat posed by the Monkey Pox virus.Palaeontologists discover what may be the oldest known vertebrates.Scientists develop an artificial intelligence system named PLATO,Alex on Tech Major security upgrade on IOS-16Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you…To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editions of the show, gain early access and bonus content, please visit https://bitesz.supercast.com/ . Premium version now available via Spotify and Apple Podcasts.For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com #podcast #spacetime #space #science #astronomy #news #mars #marsupdate #china
Foundations of Amateur Radio There are days that my brain just cannot keep up with all the ideas that I have spinning around and today is one such experience. Before I take you on this wild ride I will mention that I'm only going to focus on the amateur radio specific things going on, but I tend to have a couple of projects on the go at any one time, much like a messy desk piled high with paper, books, gadgets, parts and coffee cups, my mind has this sometimes exhausting tendency to see connections between various projects and often this results in deeper rabbit holes, so with that in mind, I'd like to make an attempt at describing all the amateur things that are going on at this very moment. So, here goes, hang on! It all started with two friends, independently and until now, unbeknownst to each other, playing with a mode called Digital Radio Mondiale, or DRM. It's something I've talked about before. One friend is trying to decode it, the other is trying to generate it. I'm sitting on the side cheering on because I think that there will come a time when I understand enough of my PlutoSDR that I can create any form of any mode and not be limited to the SSB bandwidth that current technologies use and be able to receive and generate say a 20 kHz DRM signal. In order to advance my learning, I started the day wanting to describe a PlutoSDR project. I wanted to spend some enjoyable time playing, making some progress and then telling you about it. I did play, I did have fun, I did make progress, but trying to explain precisely what and how was where I came unstuck. I began describing the difference between analogue and digital radios and how there's a fundamental difference in how a signal comes to exist in both. That quickly turned into a conversation about I/Q signals, a discussion that I've been putting off for a while because I'm still not happy with my own understanding of it, let alone any attempt to explain it to you in a coherent and hopefully fun way. The complexity of explanation was brought home to me during the week when NASA Administrator Bill Nelson used an example to explain an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The phrase he used was this: "if you held a grain of sand on the tip of your finger at arm's length, that is the part of the universe that you're seeing" That seemed pretty clear to me. I could imagine a grain of sand on my fingertip, extending my arm and grasping the idea that hidden behind it was a small slice of the sky representing how big the image was. For me that explanation was excellent, especially when Bill Nelson went on to say that the things you were seeing were galaxies, each made of a hundred billion stars, each likely with planets in orbit. Only I discovered that the explanation using a grain of sand wasn't universal. I was surprised to learn that for some it got muddled up with the grains of sand in the universe and the relationship between those and the one on your finger. To be clear, I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with misunderstanding, but it reminded me in a visceral way that how we explain things matters and there are plenty of times when my own efforts fail to achieve their intended purpose, of making things easier to understand. Given the importance of I/Q signals within the whole conversation on software defined radios, I don't want to do a half baked attempt and fail. I will say this, an I/Q signal is a way of precisely representing a radio signal, but only to stop you thinking about it further. I was talking about how my mind accumulates things. The NanoVNA that's sitting on my desk, gifted to me by a friend, is a fantastic example of the similarity between it, software defined radio and say a TinySA which I came across last week. Let me unpack that a little. A NanoVNA is a piece of testing equipment, as is a TinySA. They test different things. Both have the ability to generate and measure a signal and in that they share the abilities of an amateur radio transceiver that can also generate and receive a signal. That right there is a very deep rabbit hole, so I'm going to purposefully step away and continue the journey of observation, only pausing to mention that my PlutoSDR has all the same capabilities and in that it's not alone. The fundamental difference between these three devices is software. There are a few other things, but on the whole, software. So, I'm carrying around this mush of things that are almost the same, but different, almost understood, but not quite, almost ready to explain, but not yet. In an attempt at going forwards by moving sideways, I went on to investigate other things, prompted by people who send me emails. For example, code plugs and DMR and frankly I felt unclean reading the various explanations. I'm a firm believer in Open Source and this is like asking an Icom owner to explain the benefits of using Yaesu hardware. Another question was around bending antennas, as-in, what happens when you drive down the road and your VHF antenna bends, or what happens if your HF dipole is bent to fit in your garden. Superficially I can say that the antenna changes as its bounding box changes shape. That means that the feed point impedance will change, as will the resonant frequency. The radiation pattern will also be affected, but sitting down and discovering just by how much is going to take more time than I have available whilst attempting to string together some coherent words on a topic I love. So, in an attempt at telling you what's going on in my world of amateur radio, I leave you with this question: "What was I talking about again?" Now I remember, this is about just how complex, fluid and interesting amateur radio is for me and in that observation lies why I'm here doing what I do. "What makes you keep coming back for more?" I'm Onno VK6FLAB
The January Sixth Committee has alerted the Justice Department after former President Trump allegedly tried to call one of the witnesses in its investigation. And we learn about the details of a heated oval office meeting in December 2020 in which outside advisers floated strategies to overturn the election and keep Trump in power. Plus, we take a look at new surveillance video that shows the moment the Uvalde shooter entered Robb Elementary school, and how police responded. Also, we speak with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson after NASA released more images from the James Webb Space Telescope today.
China’s communist regime is engaged in a campaign to illicitly co-opt American space technologies, according to NASA’s highest-ranking official, who said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was adept at stealing the United States’ most vital technological secrets. “Yeah, they’re pretty good at stealing,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a May 17 House Appropriations […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines joined a discussion about U.S. policy in space. Mr. Bezos discussed "a fragile earth".
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On Cool Science Radio , Bill Nelson, NASA's 14th administrator comes on the show. In March of 2021, President Biden nominated Nelson to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He was confirmed by unanimous consent by the United States Senate on April 29, 2021, and sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on May 3, 2021. Nelson chaired the Space Subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives for six years and later served as the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, where he was recognized as the leading space program advocate in Congress. We speak with Nelson about his top priorities for NASA.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joins The Post to discuss the Biden administration's goals in space and the latest developments on private-public partnerships aimed at commercializing space travel.
Virgin Galactic successfully brought founder Sir Richard Branson and three other crew members in a suborbital space flight, its fourth spaceflight to date. Joe, Becky, Andrew, and discuss the trip's implications for the space race and for aviation with CNBC's Morgan Brennan, who was on the ground in New Mexico for the launch. Former Astronaut and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shares his perspective on the billionaires' space race and considers innovation, exploration, and competition on the global stage. Back on Earth, spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant is picking up pace as Pfizer and U.S. officials meet to discuss booster shots for vaccines already in distribution. Former White House Health Policy Director under President Obama Dr. Kavita Patel discusses booster timelines and Delta variant risks. Plus, Disney hit the weekend box office, and tax plans have hit the global negotiating table.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson sits down with Margaret Hoover for a discussion on America's missions to return to the Moon and reach Mars, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) sightings, and NASA's hunt for intelligent life in the universe. Administrator Nelson says “more power to the space billionaires” in their push to explore space, but warns of an “aggressive” new “space race with the Chinese government.” Support for “Firing Line for Margaret Hoover” is provided by The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation, Robert Granieri, Charles R. Schwab, The David Tepper Charitable Foundation Inc., The Fairweather Foundation, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, and Rosalind P. Walter. Corporate funding is provided by Stephens Inc. and Morgan Stanley.
Meteorologist Bill Karins tracks Tropical Storm Elsa and explains what landfall will look like. CNBC's Meg Tirrell breaks down the data out of Israel on the efficacy of the Pfizer Covid vaccine against the highly transmissible delta variant. Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers updates on the hackers demanding $70 million in the global ransomware attack and how the White House is responding. Carter Malkasian is the author of “The American War in Afghanistan: A History” and delivers his insights on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson tells host Shepard Smith what he thinks of the billionaire space race and UFOs. Plus, CNBC's Eunice Yoon takes a look at China's burgeoning wine industry.
Humankind's presence in outer space has tremendously increased, thanks to the deployment of three Chinese astronauts to China's space station, said a French astronaut."The population of humans in space grew by 43 percent this week, with China launching three astronauts to their space station," Thomas Pesquet, a European Space Agency astronaut now on board the International Space Station, wrote on his Twitter account on Friday. "All spaceflight is an incredible achievement. I imagine the trio enjoying the view of their capital city Beijing and Tianjin from Earth orbit."▲ Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, June 17, 2021 shows China's Shenzhou XII manned spaceship having successfully docked with the space station core module Tianhe. Photo/XinhuaPesquet also published several photos of night views of Beijing and its neighboring municipality of Tianjin taken from the International Space Station, writing in another post in French that he hopes his Chinese peers will have the opportunity to personally see the Chinese cities like he did.Three crew members of the Shenzhou XII mission－Major General Nie Haisheng, Major General Liu Boming and Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo－entered the Chinese space station's core module, named Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens, on Thursday afternoon after their Shenzhou XII spacecraft docked with the module earlier that day.The spaceship was launched by a Long March 2F carrier rocket that blasted off on Thursday morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, embarking on the nation's seventh manned spaceflight, which will last three months.The crew members are the first occupants of the Tianhe module, the first and central component of the Chinese station, called Tiangong, or Heavenly Palace.The Tiangong program, the latest symbol of China's grand space aspirations, aims to complete a three-section space station in a low-Earth orbit, about 400 kilometers above the ground, before the end of 2022.Roscosmos, Russia's state space corporation, sent "sincere congratulations" to China on Thursday for the Shenzhou XII manned mission's launch to the Tianhe module."China has made another confident step forward," Roscosmos said, adding that Russia and China will become "lasting and reliable partners" in long-term exploration of space.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson extended his congratulations to China on the latest mission. "I look forward to the scientific discoveries to come," he wrote in a statement Thursday on the US agency's website.The European Space Agency and Brazilian Space Agency have also extended congratulations to Chinese space authorities for the Shenzhou XII mission to the Tianhe module.The Brazilian organization said, "We wish China many achievements in this challenging space initiative."The Chinese crew's planned three-month stay will offer scientists more insights into the living, work and health conditions of an astronaut in microgravity, which in turn "will be useful for future moon missions or Mars missions or further afield", Paul Francis, an astrophysicist at the Australian National University, told Xinhua News Agency on Thursday.记者：赵磊
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson congratulated China and says he looks forward to the scientific discoveries to come. The European Space Agency also tweeted its congratulations on the launch of the three astronauts.
Wes and Shawn discuss NASA Administrator Bill Nelson's urgency for funding while showing a photo a China's rover on Mars. Plus, Canada is planning a lunar rover while Lockheed Martin and GM are also working on a lunar rover. And Shawn explains why volcanoes on Europa could be a the discovery that leads to a major scientific discovery.
Join Dawn Meyer, Space Coast News Editor, and meet the new NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, a former astronaut and U.S. Senator from Florida.
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