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Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, USA Today Best-Selling Author and Leadership Coach. She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center. She was also hired to help manage the change associated with radical changes in the performance management process and philosophy at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. Laura's company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can get their edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey. She helps executive teams have conversations they didn't even know they needed to have. Organizations are just people. Gallaher Edge helps executives learn what it takes to be more profitable by truly putting people first.     CONNECT WITH Dr. Laura Gallaher LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-gallaher-phd/ Website: https://www.gallaheredge.com/     JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST FOOD INSECURITY   Join the fight against food insecurity here in the U.S. with an online donation. $25 will provide food and life essentials for 10 vulnerable families. DONATE TODAY at Meet the Streets Outreach, INC. to fight hunger!    Meet the Streets Outreach provides essential support to Houston's food-insecure communities by offering over 2,000 hot meals each month. With your help, we can continue to serve those in need. Your support ensures that we can continue to make a meaningful difference in the lives of Houston's most vulnerable residents. Thank you for considering this opportunity to invest in the well-being of our community.   Food Insecure Households For many families in the U.S., the past several years have been difficult. Higher food prices, economic instability, and other factors have made providing for a family even harder. 1 in 8 households in the U.S. is food insecure. That means these families don't have enough money or resources to buy enough food for everyone in their household. As recently as 2022, 7.3 million children lived in food insecure households. Also, 16.9% of children live in poverty.   SNAP Benefits More than 22 million U.S. households use SNAP benefits to help with food costs, as of April 2023. Sometimes known as “food stamps,” SNAP is the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. People who receive SNAP benefits can use it to buy groceries, seeds, and plants for food. SNAP cannot be used to purchase hot food or household items like cleaning supplies, vitamins, or diapers.   CONNECT WITH Cedric Francis Website: https://www.lead2greatness.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cedricbfrancis X (twitter): https://twitter.com/cedricbfrancis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadtogreatness/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedric-b-francis-a0544037/    

Have you ever wrestled with an inner critic that berated you for any perceived flaws and prevented you from celebrating your strengths and achievements? While it can be difficult to fully accept yourself exactly as you are, self-acceptance is essential not only for your own happiness, but also the health of your relationships with others – and for leaders, self-acceptance is one of the keys to building high-performing teams.   Dr. Laura Gallaher is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, USA Today best-selling author, and leadership coach. After the space shuttle Columbia exploded upon reentry in 2003, the NASA Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for eight years with NASA to positively influence the culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center, and was then hired by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts to help manage radical changes with their performance management process and philosophy. Laura's company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can gain an edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey. As our guest in Episode 227 of The Mindset Game® podcast, Laura shares the following: Why psychological safety, which begins with self-acceptance, is crucial for workforce success, as well as tips for leaders seeking to cultivate both Why self-acceptance should also include accepting your inner critic and striving to create harmony between them and your inner champion  The relationship between self-improvement and self-acceptance, and why accepting yourself as you are will not necessarily prevent you from continuing to grow and improve To get in touch with Dr. Laura Gallaher, find her on LinkedIn or take her quiz designed to assess your current level of self-acceptance at www.selfacceptancequiz.com. 

NASA is looking for aspiring aerospace professionals from diverse backgrounds who are passionate about the opportunities and possibilities with all that NASA offers. My conversation included expertise and guidance from `Mai Miller, the NASA Pathways Program Coordinator, at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, and personal insight and perspectives from current NASA Pathways interns Cedric Anderson at the Marshall Space Flight Center and Mercedes George at NASA's Johnson Space Center, as well as interns who are now full-time NASA employees, Jaden Chambers, a robotics engineer at the NASA Kennedy Space Center and SanJog Gururaj, a software engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.All Things Aviation & Aerospace is an aviation career-oriented webcast providing insight on the variety of opportunities and possibilities in the aviation and aerospace industries. Its host and moderator, Vince Mickens, is a long time private pilot who flies frequently for both personal and business. Mickens' background includes strategic partnership executive roles over the last 17 years with the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, and the Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation, all after a 28-year broadcast journalism career working in seven major television and radio broadcast markets nationwide.All Things Aviation & Aerospace is also available on my Private Air Media YouTube Channel, Facebook Live Page, and Linkedin Profile.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnAgvYp8gF4w8WSRdU7Dn4whttps://www.facebook.com/privateairmediagrouphttps://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentmickens-privateairmediagroup-allthingsaviationandaerospace/

We have a very fun, science focused episode this week for you all! We bring back Chris Hendon and welcome Robin Bumbaugh to discuss experiments they've done this past year with grind particles, electricity, and chemical reactions. Dr. Christopher H. Hendon is a Professor of Computational Materials Chemistry at the Univeristy of Oregon. His interests are in energy materials and coffee science. Prof. Hendon's interest in coffee began during his PhD, and since then has published several peer-reviewed articles and a book, Water For Coffee. He enjoys washed African coffees, dry Rieslings, and east coast oysters. Robin Bumbaugh is a PhD Candidate at the University of Oregon and has been conducting research in the Hendon Coffee Lab since 2021. Originally from northern California, she obtained her B.S in Chemistry and Biochemistry from California State University, Chico in 2019. From there she spent a sunny summer working at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida before heading to UO where she earned her Master's in Chemistry. Recently, her work at UO has earned her a Graduate Student Community Builder Award and an upcoming publication in Matter. Aside from coffee, Robin's hobbies include spending time in the sun, cooking, and walking her dachshund. The manuscript of the study, "Moisture Controlled Triboelectrification During Coffee Grinding," will be available to read in Matter in November and will link here when available. DM us if you would like a copy. #coffee #coffeepeople #coffeescience #specialtycoffee #coffeegrinders

On today's episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by NASA Kennedy Space Center's Brian Berry who talks about the logistics launching NASA's next Commercial Crew mission.  Diablo Freight Ventures' Tyson Lawrence talks about overcoming failure in freight. Lawrence went from a failed brokerage to building one that he sold to GlobalTranz. He'll share how to pivot and when to pivot when faced with big challenges, the best environment to build and create a freight brokerage, and how to stay financially solvent in this operating environment. F3 descends upon Chattanooga in just 12 short days. FreightWaves' Haley Fazio is here with a preview of what's going down at the Future of Freight Festival in the Scenic City this November.  Plus, piracy is back on the menu; truck stop buying habits; EV charging etiquette; truckers on alert with shooter on the loose; motorcyclist walks away from getting run over by a semi truck and more.  Watch on YouTube Visit our sponsor Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by NASA Kennedy Space Center's Brian Berry who talks about the logistics launching NASA's next Commercial Crew mission.  Diablo Freight Ventures' Tyson Lawrence talks about overcoming failure in freight. Lawrence went from a failed brokerage to building one that he sold to GlobalTranz. He'll share how to pivot and when to pivot when faced with big challenges, the best environment to build and create a freight brokerage, and how to stay financially solvent in this operating environment. F3 descends upon Chattanooga in just 12 short days. FreightWaves' Haley Fazio is here with a preview of what's going down at the Future of Freight Festival in the Scenic City this November.  Plus, piracy is back on the menu; truck stop buying habits; EV charging etiquette; truckers on alert with shooter on the loose; motorcyclist walks away from getting run over by a semi truck and more.  Watch on YouTube Visit our sponsor Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

www.theotheeros.com LinkedIn | Instagram | X   Eros Marcello a software engineer/ developer and architect specializing in human interfacing artificial intelligence, with a special focus on conversational AI systems, voice assistance, chat bots and ambient computing.   Eros has been doing this since 2015 and even though today for the rest of us laymen in the industry we're hearing about AI everywhere, for Eros this has been something he's been passionately working in for quite a few years.    Super excited to have him here to talk to us about artificial intelligence and help demystify some of the terminology that you all may be hearing out there.    I'm so excited to welcome Eros Marcello to this conversation to learn a little bit more about AI. He is so fully well versed in it and has been working in AI at since 2015, when it was just not even a glimmer in my eyes so I'm so glad that to have somebody here who's an expert in that space.   Eros glad to have you here I would love to just jump into the conversation with you. For many of us this this buzz that we're hearing everywhere sounds new, as if it's just suddenly come to fruition. But that is clearly not the case, as it's been around for a long time, and you've been involved in it for a long time.     Can you take us to as a creative, as an artist, as an architect, as an engineer take us through your genesis and how did you get involved and how did you get started. Let's just start at the beginning.   Eros:  The beginning could be charted back sequentially working in large format facilities, as surprise surprise the music industry, which you know was the initial interest and was on the decline. You'd have this kind of alternate audio projects, sound design projects that would come into these the last remaining, especially on the East and West, Northeast and So-cal areas, the last era of large format analog-based facilities with large recording consoles and hardware and tape machines.  I got to experience that, which was a great primer for AI for many reasons, we'll get more into that later. So what happened was that you'd have voiceover coming in for telephony systems, and they would record these sterile, high-fidelity captures of voice that would become the UI sound banks, or used for speech synthesis engines for call centers. That was the exposure to what was to come with voice tech folks in that space, the call center world, that really started shifting my gears into what AI machine learning was and how I may fit into it. Fast forward, I got into digital signal processing and analog emulation, so making high caliber tools for Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase , Mac and PC for sound production and music production. specifically analog circuitry emulation and magnetic tape emulation “in the box” as it's called that gave me my design and engineering acumen. Come 2015/2016, Samsung came along and said you've done voice-over,  know NLP, machine learning, and AI, because I studied it and acquired the theoretical knowledge and had an understanding of the fundamentals.  I didn't know where I fit yet, and then they're like so you know about, plus you're into voice, plus you have design background with the software that you worked on.  I worked on the first touchscreen recording console called the Raven MTX for a company called Slate Digital. So I accidentally created the trifecta that was required to create what they wanted to do which was Bigxby which was Samsung's iteration of the series for the Galaxy S8 and they wanted me to design the persona… and that as they say is history. Samsung Research America, became my playground they moved me up from LA to the Bay Area and that was it.  It hasn't really stopped since it's been a meteoric ascension upward. They didn't even know what to call it back then, they called it a UX writing position, but UX writers don't generate large textual datasets and annotate data and then batch and live test neural networks. Because that's what I was doing, so I was essentially doing computational linguistics on the fly. And on top of it in my free time I ingratiated myself with a gentleman by the name of Gus who was head of deep learning research there and because I just happened to know all of these areas that fascinated me in the machine learning space, and because I was a native English speaker, I found a niche where they allowed me to not only join the meetings, but help them prepare formalized research and presentations which only expanded my knowledge base.  I mean we're looking into really cutting-edge stuff at the time, AutoML, Hyperparameter tuning and Param ILS and things in the realms of generative adversarial neural networks which turned me on to the work of Ian Goodfellow, who was until I got there was an Apple employee and now it's gone back to Google Deep Mind. He's the father of Generative Adversarial Neural Networks, he's called the GANfather and that's really it the rest is history. I got into Forbes when I was at Samsung and my Hyperloop team got picked to compete at SpaceX, so it was a lot that happened in a space of maybe 90 days.  Katty You were at the right place at the right time, but you were certainly there at a time where opportunities that exist today didn't exist then and you were able to forge that.  I also can see that there are jobs that will be coming up in AI that don't exist today. It's just such an exciting time to be in this space and really forge forward and craft a path based on passion and yours clearly was there.  So you've used a lot of words that are regular nomenclature for you, but I think for some of the audience may not be can you take us through…adversarial I don't even know what you said adversarial … Yes Generative Adversarial Neural Networks. Eros A neural network is the foundational machine learning technique, where you provide curated samples of data, be it images or text, to a machine learning algorithm neural network which is trained, as it's called, on these samples so that when it's deployed in the real world it can do things like image recognition, facial recognition, natural language processing, and understanding. It does it by showing it, it's called supervised learning, so it's explicitly hand-labeled data, you know, this picture is of a dog versus this is a picture of a cat, and then when you deploy that system in production or in a real-world environment it does its best to assign confidence scores or domain accuracy to you know whether it's a cat or a dog.  You take generative adversarial neural networks and that is the precipice of what we see today is the core of MidJourney and Stable Diffusion and image-to-image generation when we're seeing prompts to image tools. Suffice it to say generative adversarial networks are what is creating a lot of these images or, still image to 3D tools, you have one sample of data and then you have this sort of discriminator and there's a waiting process that occurs and that's how a new image is produced. because the pixel density and tis diffused, it's dispersed by you know by brightness and contrasts across the image and that can actually generate new images. Katty So for example if an artist is just dabbling with Dall-E, let's say, and they put in the prompt so they need to put in to create something, that's really where it's coming from, it's all the data that is already been fed into the system. Eros  Right, like Transformers which again are the type of neural network that's used in ChatGPT or Claude, there are really advanced recurrent neural networks. And current neural networks were used a lot for you know NLP and language understanding systems and language generation and text generation systems. Prior, they had a very hard ceiling and floor, and Transformers are the next step. But yeah more or less prompt to image. Again tons of training that assigns, that parses the semantics and assigns that to certain images and then to create that image there's sequence to sequence processes going on. Everyone's using something different, there's different techniques and approaches but more or less you have Transformers. Your key buzzwords are Transformers, Large Language models, Generative AI, and Generative neural networks. It's in that microcosm of topics that we're seeing a lot of this explode and yes they have existed for a while. Katty Where should somebody start? Let's say you have a traditional digital designer who doesn't really come from an engineering or math background like you didn't and they can see that this is impacting or creating opportunities within their space-- where should they start? Eros First and foremost leveling up what they can do. Again, that fundamental understanding, that initial due diligence, I think sets the tone and stage for success or failure, in any regard, but especially with this. Because you're dealing with double exponential growth and democratization to the tune where like we're not even it's not even the SotA state-of-the-art models, large language models that are the most astounding. If you see in the news Open AI is and looking at certain economic realities of maintaining. What is really eclipsing everything is and what's unique to this boom over like the.com bubble or even the initial AI bubble is the amount of Open Source effort being apportioned and that is you know genie out of the bottle for sure when it comes to something of this where you can now automate automation just certain degrees. So we're going to be seeing very aggressive advancement and that's why people are actually overwhelmed by everything. I mean there's a new thing that comes out not even by the day but seemingly by the minute. I'm exploring for black AI hallucinations, which for the uninitiated hallucinations are the industry term they decided to go with for erroneous or left field output from these large language models.  I'm exploring different approaches to actually leverage that as an ideation feature, so the sky is the limit when it comes to what you can do with these things and the different ways people are going to use it. Just because it's existed it's not like it's necessarily old news as much as it's fermented into this highly productized, commoditized thing now which is innovation in it and of itself.   So where they would start is really leveling up, and identifying what these things can do. And not trying to do with them on their own battlefield. So low hanging fruit you have to leverage these tools to handle that and quadruple down on your high caliber skill set on your on what makes you unique, on your specific brand, even though that word makes me cringe a little bit sometimes, but on your on your strengths, on what a machine can't do and what's not conducive to make a machine do and it's does boil down to common sense.  Especially if you're a subject matter expert in your domain, a digital designer will know OK well Dall-E obviously struggles here and there, you know it can make a logo but can it make you know this 3D scene to the exact specifications that I can? I mean there's still a lot of headroom that is so hyper-specific it would never be economically, or financially conducive to get that specific with this kind of tools that handle generalized tasks. What we're vying for artificial general intelligence so we're going to kind of see a reversal where it's that narrow skill set that is going to be, I think, ultimately important.  Where you start is what are you already good at and make sure you level up your skills by tenfold. People who are just getting by, who dabble or who are just so so, they're going to be displaced. I would say they start by embracing the challenge, not looking at it as a threat, but as an opportunity, and again hyper-focusing on what they can do that's technical, that's complex, quadrupling on that hyper-focusing on it, highlighting and marketing on that point and then automating a lot of that lower tier work that comes with it, with these tools where and when appropriate. Katty I would imagine just from a thinking standpoint and a strategy standpoint and the creative process that one needs to go through, that's going to be even more important than before, because in order to be able to give the prompts to AI, you have to really have to strategize where you want to take it, what you want to do with it,  otherwise it's information in and you're going to get garbage out.   Eros Right absolutely. And it depends on the tool, it depends on the approach of the company and manufacturer, creators of the tool. You know Midjourney, their story is really interesting. The gentleman who found that originally founded Leap Motion, which was in the 2010s that gesture-based platform that had minor success.  He ended up finding Midjourney and denying Apple two acquisition attempts, and like we're using Discord as a means for deployment and many other things simultaneously and to great effect. So it's the Wild West right now but it's an exciting time to be involved because it's kind of like when Auto-tune got re-popularized. For example it all kind of comes back to that music audio background because Autotune was originally a hardware box. That's what Cher used on her song and then you have folks that you know in the 2010s T-Pain and Little Wayne and everybody came along it became a plug-in, a software plug-in, and all of a sudden it was on everything and now it's had its day, it had 15 minutes again, and then it kind of dialed back to where it's used for vocal correction. It's used as a utility now rather than a kind of a buzzy effect. Katty Another thing to demystify.. Deep fake—what is that? Yes deep fake, can be voice cloning, which is neural speech synthesis and then you have deep fakes that are visual, so you have you know face swapping, as it's called.   You have very convincing deep fakes speeches, and you have voice clones that that more or less if you're not paying attention can sound and they're getting better again by the day. Katty What are the IP implications of that even with the content that's created on some of these other sources? Eros The IP implications in Japan passed that the data used that's you know regenerated, it kind of goes back I mean it's not if you alter something enough, a patent or intellectual property laws don't cover it because it's altered, and to prove it becomes an arbitrary task for it has an arbitrary result that's subjective. Katty You are the founder and chief product architect of BlackDream.ai. Tell us a little bit more about that what the core focus? Eros: So initially again it was conceived to research computer vision systems, adversarial machine intelligence. There's adversarial prompt injection, where you can make a prompt to go haywire if you kind of understand the idiosyncrasies of the specific model dealing with, or if you in construction of the model, found a way to cause perturbations in the data set, like basically dilute or compromise the data that it's being trained on with malice. To really kind of study those effects, how to create playbooks against them, how to make you know you know zero trust fault tolerant playbooks, and methodologies to that was the ultimate idea.  There's a couple moving parts to it, it's part consultancy to establish market fit so on the point now where again, Sandhill Road has been calling, but I've bootstrapped and consulted as a means of revenue first to establish market fit. So I've worked for companies and with companies, consulted for defense initiatives, for SAIC and partnering with some others. I have some other strategic partnerships that are currently in play. We have two offices, a main office at NASA/Ames, our headquarters is that is a live work situation, at NASA Ames / Moffett field in Mountain View CA so we are in the heart of Silicon Valley and then a satellite office at NASA Kennedy Space Center ,at the in the astronauts memorial building, the longevity of that which you know it's just a nice to have at this point because we are Silicon Valley-based for many reasons, but it's good to be present on both coasts. So there's an offensive cyber security element that's being explored, but predominantly what we're working on and it's myself as the sole proprietor with some third party resources, more or less friends from my SpaceX /Hyperloop team and some folks that I've brokered relationships with along the way at companies I've contracted with or consulted for. I've made sure to kind of be vigilant for anyone who's, without an agenda, just to make sure that I maintain relationships with high performers and radically awesome and talented people which I think is I've been successful in doing.  So I have a small crew of nonpareil, second to none talent, in the realm of deep learning, GPU acceleration, offensive cyber security, and even social robotics, human interfacing AI as I like to call it. So that's where Blackdream.ai is focusing on: adversarial machine intelligence research and development for the federal government and defense and militaristic sort of applications Katty This image of an iceberg comes to mind that we only see in the tip of it over the water you know with the fun everybody's having with the Dall-Es and the ChatGPT's but just the implication of it, what is happening with the depth of it ….fascinating!! Thank you you for being with us and just allowing us to kind of just maybe dip our toe a little bit under the water and to just see a little bit of what's going on there. I don't know if I'm clearer about it or if it was just a lot more research needs to be now done on my part to even learn further about it. But I really want to thank you for coming here. I know you're very active in the space and you speak constantly on about AI and you're coming up soon on “Voice and AI”. And where can people find you if they wanted to reach out and talk to you some more about this or have some interest in learning more about Blackdream.ai? The websites about to be launched Blackdream.AI. On Linkedin I think only Eros Marcello around and www.theotheeros.com,  the website was sort of a portfolio.  Don't judge me I'm not a web designer but I did my best. It came out OK and then you have LinkedIn, Instagram its Eros Marcello on Twitter/X its ErosX Marcello. I try to make sure that I'm always up to something cool so I'm not an influencer by any stretch or a thought-leader, but I certainly am always getting into some interesting stuff, be it offices at NASA Kennedy Space Center, or stranded in Puerto Rico…. you never know. It's all a little bit of reality television sprinkled into the tech. Katty: Before I let you go what's the last message you want to leave the audience with? Eros:  Basically like you know I was I grew up playing in hardcore punk bands and you know.  Pharma and Defense, AI for government and Apple AI engineer, none of that was necessarily in the cards for me, I didn't assume. So my whole premise is, I know I may be speaking about some on higher levels things or in dealing more in the technicalities than the seemingly, the whole premise is that you have to identify as a creative that this is a technical space and the technical is ultimately going to inform the design. And I didn't come out of the womb or hail from you know parents who are AI engineers. This isn't like a talent, this is an obsession.  So if I can learn this type of knowledge and apply it, especially in this rather succinct amount of time I have, that means anyone can. I mean it's not some secret sauce or method to it, it's watch YouTube videos or read papers, you know tutorials, tutorials, tutorials. Anyone can get this type of knowledge, and I think it's requisite that they do to bolster and support and scale their creative efforts. So this is gonna be a unique situation in space and time where that you know the more technical you can get, or understand or at least grasp the better output creatively the right it will directly enrich and benefit your creative output and I think that's a very kind of rare symmetry that isn't really inherent in a lot of other things but if I can do it anyone. I love it thank you for this peek into what's going on the defense component of it, the cyber security component of it, the IP component of it… there just so many implications that are things we need to talk about and think about, so thank you for starting that conversation. Absolutely pleasure I appreciate you having me on hopefully we do this again soon.    

The Carolina Weather Group's James Brierton takes you on an all-access, behind-the-scenes tour of Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida. As we countdown to the launch of NASA SpaceX Crew-6 launch to the International Space Station, James takes you inside places not normally open to the public: Go inside the vehicle assembly building, also known as the VAB, where NASA is preparing for the Artemis missions to the Moon. Plus, climb aboard the crawler vehicle, which has been used to carry Apollo, space shuttle, and Artemis' space launch system to the historic launch complex 39B. A look inside NASA Kennedy's aviation hanger shows you the helicopters used for television broadcasts, medical transports, and security missions around the Cape. Go inside the plant lab where botanists are creating gardens that astronauts will use to grow their own food and nutrition of future missions to the moon and Mars. James and his fellow NASA Social participants interview real-life NASA astronauts and the director of Kennedy Space Center. Go off the tour path and go inside the forgotten office of Wernher von Braun, the German-American aerospace engineer who left behind Hitler's Nazi party after World War II to help the United States Air Force (now the Space Force) and later NASA develop the first rockets for space and missile defensives during the Cold War. Then join James and the Carolina Weather Group's Jared Smith for the countdown to launch as four astronauts - two from the United States, one from the United Arab Emirates, and one from Russia - launch to the International Space Center to begin their six-month stay for the Crew-6 mission. SPONSOR: Support the show by trying Hello Fresh: https://strms.net/hellofresh_carolinawxgroup LEARN MORE: https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/ LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinaweathergroup/tip BUY MERCH: https://bit.ly/3I3YAzx 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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carolinaweather/message

NASA Kennedy Space Center's Rob Grant discusses the agency's Black History Month theme: Building a Legacy of Achievement, Connection, and Knowledge.

NASA Kennedy Space Center's Rob Grant discusses the agency's Black History Month theme: Building a Legacy of Achievement, Connection, and Knowledge.

NASA Kennedy Space Center's Rob Grant discusses the agency's Black History Month theme: Building a Legacy of Achievement, Connection, and Knowledge.

NASA Kennedy Space Center's Rob Grant discusses the agency's Black History Month theme: Building a Legacy of Achievement, Connection, and Knowledge.

Antariksh Matters: Shattering Space Record Myths— Pranav R SatyanathEarlier this week, a record was broken in the shadowy world of military space tech. At least, that's what some of the headlines make you believe. The secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) uncrewed spaceplane, operated by the US Space Force, landed at the NASA Kennedy Space Center on November 12th after spending 908 days in orbit. It broke the previous orbital record (780 days) by a large margin. The spaceplane, which is built by Boeing, has been in operation since 2010. Its mission and purpose are largely unknown, building some sort of a myth around this mini-Space Shuttle-looking vehicle.Let's take a step back. From all the open-source images available, we know that the X-37B has a single liquid-fuelled engine built by Aerojet and powered by storable propellants. This means it can stay in orbit by increasing its altitude. So, one can say that spaceplanes are not very different from regular satellites, which operate for years and decades in orbit. Now compare those years and decades to 908 days. Not much, right? Well, yes. So long as the spaceplane can maintain orbital speed, it can stay in orbit as long as its operators wish. Although we don't know much about the X-37B's true purpose, we know some meta details that give clues as to what the purpose might be. The programme that gave birth to the X-37B isn't a secret. Back in the early 1990s, people in the US government got pretty worried about the costs of operating the Space Shuttle. It was reusable for sure, but it was a slow and painstaking process to get the vehicle back to space. So, the US Congress told NASA to go and look at other alternatives. The result was the Access to Space study, which outlined faster, better, cheaper and smaller alternatives to the Suttle. After pondering their heads over what to test, NASA began to fund a handful of companies to research and develop reusable spaceplanes, including Single-Stage To Orbit (SSTO) tech, which is considered the pinnacle of rocketry.Chief among these experimental spaceplanes included Lockheed Martin's X-33 and Orbital Science's X-34 reusable launch vehicles, along with Boeing's X-37 experimental space manoeuvring vehicle. By 1999, NASA saw the funds dry up and no progress to show. The US Air Force (USAF) was ready to take up the X-34 and the X-37 programmes. The X-34 programme got cancelled, and the X-37 was transferred to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Two years later, the X-37B was in the hands of the USAF.From what we know, we can draw out two hypotheses:* The X-37B is a highly manoeuvrable vehicle used to inspect suspicious activities and objects in space. * The X-37B is a test vehicle for the US Space Force (and Air Force) which allows them to test hypersonic re-entry, autonomous capabilities and perhaps, deployment of small payloads.A part of the second hypothesis is already confirmed. Astronomer and space watcher Jonathan McDowell reported that the X-37B launched a subsatellite named the FalconSAT-t8, an experimental payload developed by the Air Force Academy. The second hypothesis is less likely to be true, as small satellites can perform a far better (and less suspicious) job of inspecting suspicious activities and objects.Like the US, the Chinese also have a handful of spaceplane projects. It will not be surprising that these vehicles will have both civilian and military uses. India is also testing a version of its spaceplane called the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). Spaceplanes are interesting. But we must not get carried away by spooky headlines.Comments on the Draft Telecommunications Bill, 2022— Satya Sahu and Gayathri PotiThe draft Telecommunications Bill, 2022 will do more to prohibit Digital India's growth story rather than facilitate it. We outline some of its most glaring issues:Definitional Over-breadth, Legislative Conflict and Procedural Lacunae* Explanatory Note to the Bill in para.51 reassures that provisions concerning internet shutdowns recognize citizens' rights; there is no enumeration of this safeguard in the concerned clause nor mechanisms for judicial oversight or review panels to record the legality of suspension orders à la the Telecom Suspension Rules, 2017.* The Union Government recently withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021. In the absence of a data protection regime and an independent Data Protection Authority vested with powers to implement safeguards on the access and use of personal data by public authorities in line with the principles laid out in Puttaswamy and Shreya Singhal. , Clause 24(2)(b) contributes to the increasingly fragmented data protection framework in India, alongside the IT Act, 2000, SEBI Data Sharing Policy, 2019, Payments and Settlements Act, 2008 etc. Regulatory uncertainty and compliance costs within this framework become increasingly difficult due to the wide gamut of entities subject to the definition of "Telecommunication services" under Clause 2(2). The increased cost of compliance with implementing KYC norms and mandatory licensing regimes will result in extremely high barriers to entry for players in the OTT market. It will ensure that only market players with significant resources to meet these obligations can afford to remain in it, amplifying concerns about stifled innovation and competition in this oligopolistic sector.* Subjecting OTT platforms to DoT jurisdiction creates regulatory overlap with MeitY's powers, creating potentially conflicting laws, duplication of efforts by regulators and market players alike, ownership of implementation measures, and increasing costs of conducting business.* OTT platforms like real-time messaging services deploy E2E encryption. Currently, access to encrypted communication is governed by the 2021 Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code released by MeitY. Under this, significant social media intermediaries are only expected to enable the identification of the first originator of the information. The rules deliberately refrain from mandating access to the contents of the communication (especially since the 2015 draft rules that insisted on making available the plaintext of communications was met with heavy criticism), but Clause 24 empowers the Government to gain access to the contents of the communication as well. This conflicts with the 2021 Code and further aggravates the issue of regulatory overlap. The provision implicitly requires OTT platforms to create encryption backdoors and inevitably undermines Constitutional protection for free speech afforded by encryption.* The territorial applicability of the provisions of the Bill has not been described unlike in the Telegraph Act, 1885, and the IT Act, 2000, which circumscribe their application in terms of geography and cyber attribution. The telecom and OTT sectors depend on cross-border interconnectivity and rely on internationally administered infrastructure like satellites, marine fibre-optic cable networks, etc. It is necessary to foresee and describe the territorial limits of domestic law to avoid international conflict of laws to maintain market confidence and decrease legal costs and instances of interruption in critical services.* Clause 46 (k) of the Bill dilutes TRAI's standing to requisition information from the Government and provide recommendations before awarding licenses. Deleting the non-obstante clause and provisos to S.11 (1) of the TRAI Act eliminates TRAI's role in ensuring a level playing field for TSPs and fair and non-discriminatory treatment by the Government. Vesting TRAI with the power to investigate predatory pricing exacerbates existing overlap between the mandates of TRAI and CCI, increasing possibility of regulatory arbitrage. * Clause 24(1) vests the Central Government with the power to take temporary possession of telecommunication services, networks, and infrastructure, in the occurrence of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety. Clause 24(4) makes the exercise of this power concomitant with the duration of a public emergency or occasion. The Bill, however, does not provide any procedure for Government action nor define the terms' public safety' and 'public emergency', undermining the temporary nature of this power, inviting constitutional scrutiny and low investor confidence.Insufficient Justifications for Overarching Policy * OTT platforms should be permitted to continue operating under the existing framework without any regulatory intervention until the ITU and similar foreign jurisdictions conclusively determine the regulation of such platforms. TRAI's 2020 recommendations propose no deviation from this approach, especially since there has been limited global progress concerning OTT regulation.* Compliance with KYC norms is mandated for the issuance of SIM Cards and broadband connections; extending this requirement for accessing OTT communication services is unwarranted. The rigours associated with KYC rules are reserved for tightly regulated sectors like banking, where identity verification systems combat the incidence of high-risk pernicious activities. Mandating adherence to the KYC process for creating an account on an IM/e-mail/video telephony platform is not only disproportionate but is likely to dissuade users from accessing critical services. In particular, KYC formalities will deter consumers from testing newer platforms which could result in market stagnation.* Clause 32 envisages framing regulatory sandboxes to enable innovation and technological development in the sector. However, it allows access to regulatory sandboxes only as part of the terms and conditions under its new licensing regime defeating the intent of a regulatory sandbox. Providing access to this environment only upon the award of a license raises the costs of introducing new technology in a fixed-capital-intensive sector like telecom and entrenches the market power of already dominant entities who can bear this cost. The extent and nature of the usage of new technology cannot always be preempted in the terms of a license at the time of licensing. This creates the future burden of bearing opportunity costs of not being able to leverage its own technology in new ways on the licensee, leading to avoidable legal costs and ad hoc renegotiation.The authors are students of Takshashila's GCPP (Technology & Policy) Programme.Matsyanyaaya: Splinternet Conviction?— Bharath ReddyWe often hear predictions about a splinter-net or a bifurcated Internet. What does this mean? And what are the incentives at play other than the obvious state control and censorship?To get an idea of how the Internet could split and what it means, a good example would be Runet - the Russian national segment of the Internet. Russian interventions to create an independent national Internet range from state censorship to mandating ISPs to use national Domain Name System (DNS) servers (where website names are translated to addresses). There are also forces from outside Russia incentivising the split as well. During the initial phase of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there were appeals by Ukraine to remove Russian domains from DNS servers which would cut them off from the rest of the Internet. This request was rejected as it could destroy trust in a global internet if the DNS does not remain neutral. However, requests by Ukraine to certificate authorities that issue SSL and TLS certificates for websites have been more successful, creating barriers in the process. Lastly, the hardware sanctions and market exits following the conflict could potentially lead to a split in internet standards.As you might know, the Internet is based on communication protocols which enable different devices to speak a common language and communicate with each other. Broadly, these protocols can be classified under - content, logic and infrastructure layers. While censorship at the content layer is quite common, a fork in the lower logic and infrastructure layers could have serious ramifications. Network effects, protocol politics and geopolitics, come together here. The largest networks have incentives to refuse to be interoperable with competitors. In the current nature of the Internet, the US and its allies wield power to cut off competitors from critical chokepoints. This power has been exercised to an extent during the recent sanctions against China and Russia. The threat of such actions creates incentives for bifurcated supply chains and in this world of bifurcated supply chains there would be takers for China's vision of national internet sovereignty. In such a scenario, future network protocols such as New IP being developed by Huawei could become more widespread. The intelligence built into the protocols at the logic and infrastructure layers could enable more surveillance and control by the ISPs and the State.The concerns around the splitting of the Internet is thus a complex interplay between technology, geopolitics, and the relation between the State and the individual.The report titled “One, Two, or Two Hundred Internets” by the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich is an exciting read that covers this subject in detail. As the author hopes, it helps enable informed discussion and decision-making on splitting the Internet.Our Reading Menu[Opinion] Road Ahead for UPI: Free Public Infrastructure or Yet Another Payment Mechanism? by Rohan Pai and Mihir Mahajan.[Chapter] Gene Editing and the Need to Reevaluate Bioweapons by Shambhavi Naik.[Book] Cellular: An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry by Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz and Martin Campbell-Kelly. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hightechir.substack.com

This week Mike and Sarah talk with author Justine Froelker about her book 100 Devotions for Kids Dealing with Anxiety. The perfect blend of mental health know-how and biblical truths, 100 Devotions for Kids Dealing with Anxiety offers a variety of strategies, peaceful journal prompts, and reflective Scriptures that will help tweens and teens feel Jesus' love. Written by Certified Daring Way™ & Dare to Lead™ Facilitator Justine Froelker, these daily devotionals will assist in helping children handle their anxiety. Life with anxiety is like a rollercoaster, with good days and bad days, but with constant assurance of God's love your child will be able to manage their anxiety. This devotional meets children where they are by equipping them with the resources to develop a deeper relationship with God and empowering young minds to embrace everything that makes them who they are. With Scripture passages, devotional readings, and journal prompts, children will have access to the tools, tricks, and tips on the best ways to face anxiety issues. Tweens and teens, ages 8 to 13, will: feel empowered by the devotions and the daily Scripture references respond to prompts by writing on ruled lines for deeper reflection understand that anxiety issues are not something that should be hidden identify how to better handle their anxiety on a day-to-day basis learn to be mindful with their thoughts and emotions Even on the most challenging days your child can reflect on these inspirational devotions and find the strength and courage to say they are not broken, they don't need to be fixed, that they are loved. Author Justine Froelker is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience in traditional mental health and personal development and for seven years has been certified in the work of Dr. Brene Brown. She presents to global audiences for organizations like NASA Kennedy Space Center, Boeing, Square, Edward Jones, and Balbec Capital LP on topics such as leadership, courage, resilience, mental health, preventing burnout, and courageous and curious conversation.

In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and SpaceCafé Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Elkin Norena, SLS resident manager at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, about the SLS, the rocket that will take humanity back to the moon and to Mars.In this episode, Elkin discusses the Artemis 1 mission and what the agency hopes to learn from this first launch of the SLS rocket. Elkin discusses technical details of the launcher from the engines to the Orion capsule, painting a picture of this enormous and complex rocket.Space Cafè Radio brings you talks, interviews and reports from the team of SpaceWatchers while out on the road. Each episode has a specific topic, unique content and a personal touch. Enjoy the show and let us know your thoughts at radio@spacewatch.global!

In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and SpaceCafé Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Jeremy Parsons, Deputy Manager for the Exploration Ground System Program at NASA Kennedy Space Center.In this first episode of the Artemis 1 series, Jeremy Parsons discusses his role in the NASA Artemis program that will take humanity back to the moon and eventually to Mars. Parsons discusses the motivation and science involved in going to the moon and Mars, as well as what this program means to him and the Artemis generation.Space Cafè Radio brings you talks, interviews and reports from the team of SpaceWatchers while out on the road. Each episode has a specific topic, unique content and a personal touch. Enjoy the show and let us know your thoughts at radio@spacewatch.global!

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi speak with Kevin Adler. Kevin Adler is a Cybersecurity & Data Privacy attorney who helps businesses, local governments, and individuals understand and navigate the legal issues posed by new technologies and cyber threats. Using his experience with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other federal agencies, Kevinprepares clients for the eventuality of a cybersecurity incident. Even in the absence of a direct threat, understanding the legal issues behind new technologies can be difficult for even the most sophisticated organization. Throughout his career, Kevinhas worked with new technologies and found inventive ways to serve his clients within existing regulatory frameworks. Before joining Woods Rogers in 2021, Kevin won a Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF), where he took part in the U.S. government program aimed at getting individuals with unique skills into leadership positions across the federal government. As a Fellow, Kevin worked in the Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) and CISA. At CWMD, he advised the Department of Homeland Security's Securing the Cities, BioWatch, and Chemical Defense programs on intergovernmental agreements. At CISA, Kevin provided counsel for the CISA COVID Crisis Action Team and provided legal support on regulatory, intelligence, chemical security, cybersecurity, infrastructure security, legislative, unmanned aerial vehicle, and supply chain security issues. Kevin holds a Secret clearance and has previously worked on Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS//SCI) programs and projects across the federal enterprise. Kevin graduated cum laude from the University of Nebraska College of Law with Concentrated Areas of Study in Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law and International and National Security Law. After graduation, Kevin supported NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Services Program (LSP), where he assisted in providing legal advice to program officials. Kevin grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln cum laude with majors in Political Science and Global Studies. He also was an Intelligence Community Scholar Distinguished Graduate. During law school, Kevin was a finalist in the North American Round of the Manfred Lachs Space Moot Court Competition and interned with the United States Navy Judge Advocate General, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and externed at the Department of Defense Office of General Counsel International Affairs at the Pentagon. 

In this Masters of Storytelling bonus episode, Maya catches up with Christian Lachel, Chief Creative Officer at BRC Imagination Arts, to discuss Corona Island and the art of science of branded destinations.    One of today's most important thought leaders in the experiential space. Christian has led the strategy, design, and production of some of the world's most successful branded destinations including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Johnnie Walker Princes Street, Jameson Distillery Bow St., NASA Kennedy Space Center, and more.    For more information about BRC: https://bit.ly/3B4RDKB   For more information about Christian Lachel: https://bit.ly/3HAMyfE    Follow BRC on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3a9OJsu 

This week Cliff and Adam take a look at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This is the place where NASA, SpaceX, and more launch rockets into space. It's also a museum dedicated to the space program, its development, how the space vehicles were built, the astronauts and engineers involved, and more. Adam spent a day there during his vacation and came away quite impressed, but is it worth the cost of admission? Plus Vyyyper is back to talk about what kind of gear you need to get started in this industry. His answer may surprise you. Links to News of the week available at benefitofthedoud.com Patreon bonus for this episode: Early access and live viewing to the top story. Special thanks to:Vyyyper - @Vyyyper youtube.com/vyyyper Twitter - @Benefitofdoud Instagram - @BenefitoftheDoud Youtube - http://bitly/botdtube Twitch - twitch.tv/benefitofthedoud TikTok - @BenefitoftheDoud Benefit of the Doud is written and hosted by:Adam Doud - @DeadTechology Co-produced by:Clifton M. Thomas - @cliftonmthomas

In this episode, I talk with Jacob Torres, a very proud New Mexican who, I think, has a very interesting life. He's a technical and horticultural scientist at NASA and based at the NASA Kennedy Space Center and he's working on getting New Mexico green chiles on the next Mission to Mars. We talk about his work in agriculture and how hard work and taking advantage of opportunities got him where he is today, labs deep in green chile.

Evolven2Power is a podcast on a mission to highlight Central Florida's community and business leaders in hopes of sharing the lessons they've learned with you all to help you Evolven2Power. In today's episode, Max and Dr. Alicia Claircius were joined by Dr. Weiping Yu, a physicist & Aerospace Technologist at NASA Kennedy Space Center. Dr. Yu holds a doctorate in Engineering Physics and is a pioneer researcher in theoretical and applied physics, and the founder of the Universal Particle (Uon) Theory of Everything. A contributing member of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). A frequent keynote speaker at conferences, universities, and communities; a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on NASA Digital Learning Network (DLN); a founder of the NASA/KSC Physics Research Forum. Dr. Yu's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weiping-yu-5b05595a/

Subscribe for more: www.nobu.ai/podcastFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nobuappFollow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NMIEgjblqmhwT6Uy3l0NmSubscribe to Dear Mind You Matter Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-mind-you-matter/id1573642046Leave us a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-mind-you-matter/id1573642046Interested in attending our Educational Events? https://bit.ly/eventsandeducation____Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, Author and Leadership Coach.  She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center. Laura's company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can get their edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey. Follow Dr. Gallaher at @drlauragallaher (twitter and IG) and @gallaheredge (IG). Memorable Moments: 6:40: The more I can be okay with my own imperfections, the more effective I end up being. 18:35: You're never responding to the world around you, you're only responding to the story you're telling yourself about what it means. 19:57: Becoming more self-aware by surfacing the story inside your head is really powerful because you can really check the story you're telling yourself and explore where that's coming from. 27:00: The more I'd ask my inner critic, "Is there anything else you'd like me to know?", she started to change her tone. Dear Mind, You Matter is brought to you by NOBU, a new mental health, and wellness app. To download NOBU, visit the app store or Google Play. This podcast is hosted by Allison Walsh  and Dr. Angela Phillips. It is produced by Allison Walsh, Ashley Tate, and Nicole LaNeve. For more information or if you're interested in being a guest on this podcast, please visit www.therecoveryvillage.com/dearmindyoumatter

Episode Overview:   As young girls and products of our times, it's not uncommon to be told not to pursue a career simply because it's a male dominated field. Though, with the times changing and parents realising and challenging gender norms-- we have some women that now that have risen from these teachings-- proving that we are just as capable of handling these careers.   One of them is Payton Barnwell, a remarkable woman that has designed hypersonic research programs and worked on innovations for astronaut nutrition at the NASA Kennedy Space Center. With her work, she has easily paved a way for young women in the field of engineering and aeronautical sciences.   In this episode, Payton brushes up on her childhood, how she got to where she is now and where she plans to go for her future in the field.    Episode Highlights:   Being told she was too weak in math to be an engineer Deciding on a career path How her internship with NASA went What she does at work The importance of mentoring   About Payton Barnwell:   Payton Barnwell is a young professional that graduated from Florida Polytechnic University last 2019. Since then, she has worked for NASA and then eventually moved onto working under The Spaceship Company where she is an Associate Flight Sciences Engineer.   Her passion for space exploration brought unique opportunities for her, allowing her to work on innovative solutions to traditional astronaut nutrition, and designing an Air Force designated X-Plane research program at Generation Orbit as a 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow, out in the Mojave Desert with The Spaceship Company.   Connect with Payton:   Payton Barnwell | LinkedIn Payton Barnwell | Twitter Payton Barnwell | Website   Notable Women Mentioned and Related to this Episode:   Emily Calandrelli TV host/producer of Xploration Outer Space and Emily's Wonder Lab. @TheSpaceGal Cassie Lee One of the founders of the Brooke Owens Fellowship. www.brookeowensfellowship.org Natalie Brown Technical Recruiter at Hermeus (hypersonic commercial planes), she has the interesting challenge of trying to find women to come to their incredibly niche, but amazing, area of work. Kellie Gerardi She's super active online, which seems to get mixed reviews from the industry. Her book is also coming out soon! www.kelliegerardi.com Poppy Northcutt First woman in the Apollo control room. ---   Did you enjoy today's episode? Please click here to leave a review for The 6%, with NancyMD. Be sure to subscribe to your favorite podcast app to get notified when a new episode comes out!    Do you know someone who might enjoy this episode? Share this episode to inspire and empower!   Let's get social! Instagram @_nancymd Facebook @nancymdpdx Twitter @_nancymd LinkedIn @nancyyenshipleymd Website www.nancymd.com   Subscribe to The 6%, with NancyMD ++ Apple Podcasts ++ Spotify ++ Google Podcasts

The last year has completely changed the workforce, especially as so many of us have transitioned to work from home and now are looking to transition back into the office. With so many changes in such a short time, it’s natural that organizational culture would falter.Bill's guest is Dr. Phillip Meade, co-founder of Gallaher Edge. After the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia explosion, Dr. Meade was among those tasked with revitalizing the culture at the NASA Kennedy Space Center.Listen as Dr. Meade talks about why an effective culture is so vital to accomplishing overall business goals. His actions were directly connected to NASA’s return to space and in this discussion, Dr. Meade talks through some of the steps you and your leadership team can also take to put you organization-wide culture on the right trajectory. Dr. Meade's new book, The Missing Links: Launching a High Performing Company Culture, will be available on Amazon from September 7, 2021.

How much do you know about the different types of Rocket Fuel? Welcome to the second episode of our "Rocket Fuel" series where we cover a classic, Liquid Rocket Propellants! We have Merch!! https://www.butitisrocketscience.com/shop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/butitisrocketscience/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/butitisrs?lang=en Facebook: https://twitter.com/butitisrs?lang=en Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Henna's Sources: Basics of Space Flight: Rocket Propellants, www.braeunig.us/space/propel.htm. “Liquid Rocket Propellant.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_rocket_propellant. Martinez-Sanchez, Manual. Lecture 20: Combustion of Liquid Propellants . Lecture 20: Combustion of Liquid Propellants . Nikischenko, IgorN., et al. “Improving the Performance of LOX/Kerosene Upper Stage Rocket Engines.” Propulsion and Power Research, vol. 6, no. 3, 2017, pp. 157–176., doi:10.1016/j.jppr.2017.07.008. Nufer, B. HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANTS: THE HANDLING HAZARDS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM USE. NASA Kennedy Space Center, ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20100042352/downloads/20100042352.pdf. “PROPELLANTS.” NASA, NASA, history.nasa.gov/conghand/propelnt.htm. “SpaceX Raptor.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Raptor. Anna's Sources: Clark, John Drury, and Isaac Asimov. “Ignition!: an Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants.” Amazon, Rutgers University Press, 2017, www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-University-Classics/dp/0813595835 “Comparison of Orbital Rocket Engines.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_rocket_engines. Dunbar, Brian. “Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky.” NASA, NASA, 5 June 2013, www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/rocketry/home/konstantin-tsiolkovsky.html. Garner, Rob. “Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer.” NASA, NASA, 11 Feb. 2015, www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/history/dr_goddard.html. “Isaac Asimov.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov. “Liquid Rocket Propellant.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_rocket_propellant. “RP-1.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Apr. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP-1. Salge, Christoph. “Asimov's Laws Won't Stop Robots from Harming Humans, So We've Developed a Better Solution.” Scientific American, Scientific American, 11 July 2017, www.scientificamerican.com/article/asimovs-laws-wont-stop-robots-from-harming-humans-so-weve-developed-a-better-solution/. “V-2 Rocket.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket.

If you’re looking to clear some space on the lunar surface, pick up some extra water, and break a few lunar travel distance records, look no further than the Lunar Pilot Excavator! Kurt Leucht, of Swamp Works at NASA Kennedy Space Center, explains how this latest tech demonstration mission will pave the way for NASA’s permenant presence on the moon! 

In this episode of The Rebound, Mark Wiese, Manager of Deep Space Logistics for the Gateway Program at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, discusses how a logistics and cargo delivery system being developed by SpaceX will support the next mission to the moon. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are celebrating NASA’s historic landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars. We’ll be talking to the NASA teams from Kennedy Space Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory that made it all happen.Plus, real-time API pricing vs. spot pricing; what’s new with XPO; California DMV warns of ransomware attack on address verification contractor; COVID, congestion, container shortage form ‘perfect storm’They’re joined by special guests Chuck Dovale, Deputy Program Manager, Launch Services Program and Omar Baez, Senior Launch Director, NASA Kennedy Space Center; Gregorio Villar, Entry, Descent and Landing Operations Lead, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Omar Singh, Founder and President, Surge Transportation; Jake Schnell, Vice President Client Solutions, XPO Logistics, Inc. at XPO Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are celebrating NASA’s historic landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars. We’ll be talking to the NASA teams from Kennedy Space Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory that made it all happen.Plus, real-time API pricing vs. spot pricing; what’s new with XPO; California DMV warns of ransomware attack on address verification contractor; COVID, congestion, container shortage form ‘perfect storm’They’re joined by special guests Chuck Dovale, Deputy Program Manager, Launch Services Program and Omar Baez, Senior Launch Director, NASA Kennedy Space Center; Gregorio Villar, Entry, Descent and Landing Operations Lead, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Omar Singh, Founder and President, Surge Transportation; Jake Schnell, Vice President Client Solutions, XPO Logistics, Inc. at XPO Visit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

In today’s episode, Laura explains that you can be both self-aware and self-accepting simultaneously, and shares helpful ways to put this into practice. Laura discusses the challenges that oftentimes are self-created and inflicted as we push ourselves to be our best, and how we can overcome them. If you struggle with self-doubt, the fear of failure, and have a relentless inner critic, this episode is for you. MEMORABLE MOMENTS10:08: “I want you to have faith that there are lots of other drivers that will continue to move you forward beside the fear of not being enough.” 12:16: “We all also have this champion voice inside of us. We have this voice that wants to defend us against the inner critic, that wants to point out the ways that we're doing well, the ways that we're making progress. And for a lot of us, that champion voice is just so quiet.”16:33: “When you can learn how to be your own best friend, and you are building that strong relationship with yourself that is self-acceptance. Turn that relationship into one of the strongest, healthiest, most positive relationships you have. It's going to have incredible cascading effects across every other relationship you have in your life.”17:45: “Even in the moment when I'm catching myself being critical of myself, that's still a moment when I can choose self-compassion, I can choose self-acceptance, I can choose to be kind.”Connect with Laura:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlauragallaher/Website: https://gallaheredge.com/join/Suggested Books:InsightDare to LeadThe Untethered Soul About Dr. Gallaher:Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, and Leadership Coach. She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center. She was also hired to help manage the change associated with radical changes in the performance management process and philosophy at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.Laura’s company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can get their edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey.She helps executive teams have conversations they didn’t even know they needed to have. Organizations are just people.  Gallaher Edge helps executives learn what it takes to be more profitable by truly putting people first.

Mark Wiese, Manager of Deep Space Logistics, Gateway Program at the NASA Kennedy Space Center unpacks the importance of, and exciting opportunities for, the logistics industry to collaborate with the Gateway Program’s Deep Space logistics commercial supply chain in support of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program to land the first woman and next man on The Moon by 2024.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

Mark Wiese, Manager of Deep Space Logistics, Gateway Program at the NASA Kennedy Space Center unpacks the importance of, and exciting opportunities for, the logistics industry to collaborate with the Gateway Program’s Deep Space logistics commercial supply chain in support of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program to land the first woman and next man on The Moon by 2024.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, and Leadership Coach. She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center. Laura's company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can get their edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey.

Come along with Craig Zabransky of StayAdventurous.com as he explores the Space Coast of Florida. Located on the Atlantic Coast in central Florida, visitors can find a region filled with adventure, optimism, and attractions. From must visits like the NASA Kennedy Space Center and the Cocoa Beach Pier, to unique activities and beach vacation favorites. Come with me to learn how to spend a holiday in Florida's Space Coast. To help me share the story I lined up 5 interviews. Listen in to hear from folks involved with our space program and attractions including the Kennedy Space Center and the American Space Museum, a places where I spent my evenings at the Courtyard by Marriott in Cocoa Beach to the Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier just down the beach. Finally we will hear from the local tourism board to round out everything one can do when visiting town. Plus, as always also expect the Top Travel Tips, the Staying Adventurous Mindset Moment.  This was Craig's first time to Space Coast in over 30years and he will not wait that long to return as he has much more to see and do, including watching a future rocket launch. To learn more about this destination and all the stories about the region visit the episode's show notes through the Staying Adventurous podcast page > here. And also make sure to "subscribe" to his quest to be your guide to "staying adventurous' to receive each new monthly episode. 

Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! Emma's guest on this week's show is Dr Gioia Massa, a Project Scientist at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, working on the Veggie growing system on the International Space Station. Gioia talks about the challenges of growing plants in space, those blooming space zinnias, and when we might see astronauts eating their first space tomato!

James is the Sr. Principal investigator and founder of the cryogenics test lab at NASA Kennedy Space Center for energy-efficient technology development and materials research. James Joins George to talk about gases used in rockets, a new technology that will leave you with your jaw dropped, and advice about where gas distributors should be focusing their attention in the coming years. James started working at NASA at 18 and now has now worked for NASA for over 35 years and has been inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame. James also owns his own business called Energy Evolution. His website can be found here: http://www.321energy.us Please subscribe to this podcast and give us a thumbs up if you enjoyed the episode. Follow us on Linkedin for more updates and stories: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ratermann-manufacturing Check out our Cryogenic Catalog of products mentioned in this podcast here: https://ratermann-mfg.dcatalog.com/v/2018-Ratermann-Cryogenics/ A special thank you to cryogenic society for your assistance in this episode: https://cryogenicsociety.org/cold_facts/

NASA Swamp Works Senior Technologist Rob Mueller joins the show to talk about the innovation needed as NASA plans its return to the Moon. From engineering competitions to the testing facilities at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Rob and his team are working hard to conquer the big challenges for Artemis. Check it out!

Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, Facilitator & Executive Coach. With an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Arizona State University, and both a Master’s degree and Doctorate in Organisational Psychology from the University of Central Florida, Laura is uniquely qualified to discuss leadership in crisis.The founder and CEO of Florida based Gallaher Edge, Laura spends her time helping leaders of startup and global fortune 500 organizations drive results by practising self-awareness and self-accountability to improve the overall culture of the organization.In Laura’s view, pursuing work - life balance replenishes energy and creates an abundance mindset that allows leaders to be the best version of themselves. She discusses being accountable to your “future self” while advising executives to practice self-acceptance and compassion.It was a pleasure to have Laura on the show. Dr. Laura GallaherDr. Laura Gallaher is an Organisational Psychologist, Speaker, and Leadership Coach. She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organisational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center. Laura’s company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can get their edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey.LinkedInWebsiteThinking Inside the BoxConstraints drive innovation. Each week we’ll tackle the most complex issues related to work & culture.LinkedInInstagramTwitterWebsiteApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherPocket CastMatt BurnsMatt Burns is an award-winning executive, social entrepreneur and speaker. He believes in the power of community, simplicity & technology.LinkedInTwitterSpecial OfferThe future of work is today. And the team at Benji have the hands-on solution that you need to transition your organization’s legacy team-building, learning & engagement processes online. If you’re like me & have a short attention span on webinars or conference calls, this is the solution. Benji has a catalogue of interactive, engaging workshops for groups of any size.We’re using it to power BentoHR team socials, workshops and brainstorming sessions. All you need is a smartphone. And Benji.It’s a great tool. And it gets better. By using the discount code Bento20, Thinking Inside the Box podcast listeners are entitled to 20% off the price. It’s an incredible value.Check it out: mybenji.com

Feriado fora de época em São Paulo. A prefeitura paulistana decidiu antecipar alguns feriados para aumentar a taxa de isolamento social na cidade. Ao redor do mundo, companhias aéreas estão retomando alguns dos voos que foram suspensos por causa da pandemia. Mas a União Europeia quer que as empresas adotem medidas de segurança, como uso de máscaras e distanciamento entre os passageiros, para que as rotas na Europa possam voltar a operar. E o Nasa Kennedy Space Center vai voltar a funcionar nessa semana - claro, com novos procedimentos de segurança. *** Saiba mais em: www.viajao.com.br/viajao-a-bordo-12 *** Qual museu você mais gostou de visitar? Mande um recado para o Viajão: instagram.com/blogviajao | facebook.com/viajao | tiktok.com/@blogviajao | contato@viajao.com.br

NASA EDGE continues their series at home with special guest Mic Woltman from NASA Launch Services Program at NASA Kennedy Space Center. Find out how NASA is continually supporting critical missions and preparing for launches during these unique quarantine conditions. Plus, bonus wardrobe commentary from Chris!

NASA EDGE continues their series at home with special guest Mic Woltman from NASA Launch Services Program at NASA Kennedy Space Center.

How the $2 Trillion in Pandemic Relief Is Supposed to Help the Economy (0:31)Guest: Richard Evans, PhD, Associate Director and Senior Lecturer, Master's Program in Computational Social Science, University of ChicagoCongress has so far approved a little more than $2-trillion in stimulus and relief to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but will it be enough? How Much Do We Actually Know About Medical Marijuana? (18:02)Guest: Staci Gruber, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery Program at McLean Hospital.Marijuana use for medicinal purposes is now the norm in America – all but a few states allow it. And in 11 states, it's legal for adults to use marijuana recreationally – no doctor's note required. But we still know very little about how cannabis affects the body and brain. This is a case of policy outpacing science. Growing Lettuce (And Other Food) in Space (34:51)Guest: Gioia Massa, PhD, Plant Scientist, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Veggie Project Lead NASA is working on sending humans back to the moon and then onto Mars in the next decade.  Gioia Massa is working on making sure the astronauts who go on those long space missions have fresh produce in their diet. How to Protect Your Children From Accidental Poisoning (50:39)Guest: Sadiqa Kendi MD, Medical Director, Safe Kids DC and Children's National Safety Center at Children's National HospitalParents working at home all day with little kids underfoot is a tricky situation. It's impossible to keep a close eye on them at every moment. So these pandemic quarantines may boost the risk of kids getting into medicines. During normal times, a kid with accidental medicine poisoning shows up in an emergency room somewhere in America every ten minutes. Immune Booster Myths (1:06:54)Guest: Alice Knoedler, M.D., Fellow in the Division of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, University of Virginia School of MedicineWe're all trying to stay healthy right now. Is there anything that can boost the immune system's ability to fight off infection? Quick fixes abound on the internet.  Movies to Help Kids Talk About Pandemic Fears (1:19:26)Guest: Kirsten Hawkes, ParentPreviews.comHow's the stress level in your home right now? Movies can be a great way for families to spark a conversation about feelings and coping with scary stuff, so Kirsten Hawkes of Parent Previews.com has a few recommendations for you today.

Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, and Leadership Coach. She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center, after the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center. Laura's company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can get their edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey. “enjoy the journey, the journey is all you have… So, I would say let go of the pursuit of happiness and instead choose happiness in your pursuit”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7pl

If one of your goals is to become a keynote speaker, this on-air coaching call will help you identify the stepping stones to get you there. My guest in this episode, Laura Gallaher, was on the podcast about a year ago (episode 54), talking about how to build trust with your teams and audience, based on a powerful workshop experience I had had with her. Laura and I have worked together on her signature talk and, more recently, on her TEDx talk for TEDxOrlando (here's the intro). Now, Laura wants to know how she can become a keynote speaker, including a paid one, as well as how she can find other speaking engagements where her ideal clients would be in the audience. In this on-air coaching call, you’ll hear us talk about: What Laura and her company do Who her ideal clients are and where she can find them The types of speaking engagements that are the size and format for the work she does and that will generate the most interest in hiring her company How Laura can start positioning herself to be a keynote speaker Whether Laura should niche down even more (you may be surprised at my response) Speaking topics that could be good ones for conferences Laura wants to attend How to title her talks And more. About My Guest: Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Executive Coach, and Licensed Human Element Practitioner. She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center. She was also hired to help manage the change associated with radical changes in the performance management process and philosophy at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. Laura’s company, Gallaher Edge, works with executives who want an edge over their competition by looking inward, and pushing past the edge of their comfort zone in order to increase their awareness, alignment, and accountability. She helps executive teams have conversations they didn’t even know they needed to have. Organizations are just people. Gallaher Edge helps executives learn what it takes to be more profitable by truly putting people first. About Us: The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox. At Speaking Your Brand, we help women entrepreneurs and professionals create their signature talks and gain more visibility to achieve their goals. Our mission is to get more women in positions of influence and power: on stages, in businesses, on boards, in the media, in politics, and in our communities. Check out our coaching programs and workshops at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com. Links: Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/103 Visit Laura Gallaher’s website and download her free guide at http://www.gallaheredge.com. Join Laura’s membership program at https://gallaheredge.com/join/. Listen to Laura’s podcast “Expand Your Edge”. Laura's TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/RUxT8wuDsG4 Join the free Speaking Your Brand community at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/join/ or text the word SPEAKING to 444-999. Sign up for a Strategy Session at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/strategy. Ready to create your signature talk and framework? Email me at carol@speakingyourbrand.com or click here to schedule a call. Say hi to me on Instagram and Twitter: @CarolMorganCox. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts and leave a review! Related Podcast Episodes: Episode 8: [Coaching] Topics Worthy of a Keynote with Danielle Liss Episode 11: Creating and Preparing for a Keynote Presentation with LuAnn Nigara Episode 45: Your Visibility Roadmap: Build Your Business, Brand, and Influence Episode 50: The 3 C’s of Visibility: What It Takes to Get Known Episode 54: Building a Culture of Trust with Your Team and Audience with Dr. Laura Gallaher Episode 68: Getting Paid to Speak and Negotiating Speaker Fees

Today’s guest today is Rob Mueller, one of NASA’s senior technologists who is leading an effort to establish a base station on the Moon, and eventually Mars, as well as other destinations in the solar system. Rob is the senior technologist for the Advanced Projects Development at NASA Kennedy Space Center and a co-founder of Swamp Works, an innovation lab that has brought together NASA engineers, researchers and scientists to work on creating Spaceports across the solar system. As most of our listeners know, NASA has been working toward an eventual mission to Mars. But before venturing to Mars, NASA first plans to build a lunar base on the Moon. In announcing the agency’s decision to return to the Moon, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said that this time the agency isn’t interested in just leaving flags and footprints on the lunar surface. “This time when we go, we’re going to go to stay,” he said. As part of this mission, Rob’s work is particularly focused on ways to excavate and mine the resources of space so that astronauts and eventually others will be able to live off the land in space. In today’s interview, Rob talks about his nearly 30-year career with NASA as well as the future of space exploration. Topics we cover include: [00:12:40] In order to survive and thrive in space, we need to be able to build things in space. [00:14:51] Rob’s lab at NASA called Swamp Works. [00:18:44] Swamp Works’ goal of expanding civilization into the solar system. [00:20:33] The Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot project. [00:24:59] How there are billions and billions of times the resources in outer space than here on Earth, and our potential to excavate these materials. [00:30:41] The Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway. [00:35:29] NASA’s decision to return to the Moon before venturing to Mars. [00:37:33] How new technologies being developed for Spaceflight could eventually have applications on Earth as well. [00:40:29] How to survive and thrive on the Moon and Mars, we will need to be able to build landing pads, habitats and roads. [00:49:03] A partnership Swamp Works has with Astrobotic to develop a micro-rover. [00:51:11] How the regolith of the Moon, Mars and other planets as well as asteroids contain valuable resources. [00:54:12] The future of space exploration. [00:57:16] How Rob responds to people who question the cost and relevance of going to the Moon and beyond. [01:02:13] And if people are a little less likely to take Rob’s phone call given that there’s a Robert Mueller in Washington who’s conducting a Russian investigation. Show notes:  [00:03:26] Rob talks about growing up in Portugal and how Rob ended up with an international background as a kid because of his father’s work. [00:04:00] Dawn asks Rob if it’s true that as a 12-year-old he was a pioneer of surfing in Portugal. {00:04:40] Rob talks about how his interest in advanced technology led him to the states and the University of Miami after graduating from high school. [00:06:48} Rob describes how he graduated from Miami shortly after the Challenger accident and ended up applying for a job at NASA. [00:07:56} Ken points out that it was an O-ring on the Solid Rocket Boosters that failed to maintain a seal that led to the Challenger explosion. Ken asks Rob to talk about how he came to work on the Solid Rocket Boosters when NASA hired him in 1989. [00:10:09] Rob talks about he actually was more interested in robotics than space when he went to work at the Kennedy Space Center. [00:11:02] Dawn asks Rob about his decision to work on an MBA at the Florida Institute of Technology while he was working at NASA. [00:11:45] Dawn follows up with a question about how Rob ended up in the Netherlands studying for a master’s degree in internal space systems engineering. [00:12:40] Dawn points out that Rob has been at NASA for nearly 30 years and that he is often quoted as saying that if we...

On this very special episode 82, we recap the incredible journey our coffee has taken from humble beginnings to launch into space. Jeff and Dustin recap how this idea became reality and what led to Death Wish Coffee heading to the International Space Station. Jeff was selected to be a part of the NASA Social Event surrounding the CRS-15 Mission and recaps his adventure to NASA Kennedy Space Center. He got to learn about the various science experiments that were also packed n the rocket along with supplies, meet members of the NASA Social and Press team, and tour some of the facilities including the massive Vehicle Assembly Building. Then get ready fro actual audio (and video) of the launch from Jeff's various cameras as well as the feeds from NASA and SpaceX as the Dragon Capsule headed to the space station. The adventure culminated with meeting retired astronaut and artist Nicole Stott in person at the Kennedy Space Center, and Dustin and the rest of Death Wish hosting a launch party at headquarters. For full video of everything talked about on this podcast along with photos, links and more head to deathwishcoffee.com/nasa

(Image courtesy of NASA, and used with permission.) On board the International Space Station, conditions are proving fine for gardening.   And fresh food is now on the menu, for the astronauts. Dwarf wheat, zinnias and lettuce are among the crops the crew have grown successfully.  And after SpaceX's Dragon Cargo spacecraft arrived at the ISS on April 4, new technologies are now available, to facilitate the process of growing a garden in space. Dr. Gioia Massa is a Project Scientist at NASA Kennedy Space Center.  Her specialties include Space Life Sciences, Controlled Environment Agriculture and Space Life Support. And Dr. Massa served as NASA's science team lead, in developing the first-ever fresh food production system for the International Space Station in 2014.  Named Veg-01, or "Veggie", the technology ultimately allowed astronauts to first sample fresh lettuce in space in 2015, according to NASA's mission-pages blog. Today, Dr. Massa and her team continue to research and develop additional systems for growing and harvesting fresh food aboard the ISS. Dr. Massa talked about the process of developing "Veggie", some of the challenges of growing crops in space, and the new technologies NASA has been developing, which will expand agricultural capabilities both on the ISS and on earth, in the future. On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear: How Dr. Massa first became interested in space agriculture; The experiences, working as team lead on "Veggie" which she enjoyed the most; How NASA teams determine the safety of fresh crops grown in space; What NASA scientists are currently doing, to establish space-crop safety standards; Some of the technologies and procedures that enable International Space Station astronauts to grow fresh crops; The goals of planned future new space agriculture technologies; What's currently growing on board the ISS; How a new experiment will allow scientists to further explore different types of plants' responses, to conditions in space; What NASA's discoveries in space agriculture might mean, for growing crops on Earth for future populations; One of Dr. Massa's favorite stories, about the astronauts' interactions with fresh crops grown aboard the ISS; A future goal for NASA's experiments with plant systems aboard the International Space Station.    

NASA EDGE provides live coverage during the GOES-S rollout the day before its historic launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at NASA Kennedy Space Center.

NASA EDGE provides live coverage during the GOES-S rollout the day before its historic launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at NASA Kennedy Space Center.

When you’re in a group dynamic, whether it’s during a presentation or at work with your team, how can you build real and deep trust and connection? It may seem like this could take days, weeks, or even months or years. But, during a recent workshop I attended that was facilitated by today’s guest, I personally experienced a profound sense of connection with a group of strangers in a matter of 20 minutes. A connection deeper than one I’ve felt with people I’ve known for years. How did this happen? My guest Dr. Laura Gallaher is on the podcast to talk about radical communication and the transformational change in people and culture that emerges from it. The specific techniques we discuss are ones you can use in one-on-one conversations, when you’re facilitating workshops, and with your team. About My Guest: Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Executive Coach, and Licensed Human Element Practitioner. Laura’s company, Gallaher Edge, works with executives who want an edge over their competition by looking inward, and pushing past the edge of their comfort zone in order to increase their awareness, alignment, and accountability. She helps executive teams have conversations they didn’t even know they needed to have. Organizations are just people. Gallaher Edge helps executives learn what it takes to be more profitable by truly putting people first. She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for 8 years with NASA to positively influence culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center. The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox.  Highlights: The three ways we are destroying trust in the workplace How choosing to be more open and honest with yourself will allow you to be more open and honest with your peers How to recognize defense mechanisms and what to do instead in order to facilitate a productive conversation Why creating a culture of psychological safety allows for stronger teams Why feedback is critical among teams to produce higher quality products and catch potential mistakes The importance of self accountability and why it is a choice we make The beautiful thing that happens when you are vulnerable How to apply these techniques at your next speaking engagement or workshop to create trust and connection with your audience   Links: Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/54 Visit Laura’s website at http://www.gallaheredge.com/ Laura’s podcast “Unlock Your Potential” Join the free Speaking Your Brand community at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/join/ or text the word SPEAKING to 444-999. Say hi to me on Twitter @CarolMorganCox Subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!

NASA X covers the SAGE III launch from NASA Kennedy Space Center

NASA EDGE provides coverage of the successful launch of SAGE III aboard the SpaceX Faclon 9 from historic pad 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The Stratospheric Aerosal and Gas Experiment (SAGE III) is the first science instrument to be mounted on the International Space Station and will help sustain the vital atmospheric data record of previous

NASA EDGE provides coverage of the successful launch of SAGE III aboard the SpaceX Faclon 9 from historic pad 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The Stratospheric Aerosal and Gas Experiment (SAGE III) is the first science instrument to be mounted on the International Space Station and will help sustain the vital atmospheric data record of previous

NASA EDGE provides prelaunch coverage of the OSIRIS REx Launch Live from NASA Kennedy Space Center.

NASA EDGE provides prelaunch coverage of the OSIRIS REx Launch Live from NASA Kennedy Space Center.

Teresa is a Consultant, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Adjunct Professor and Trainer. She has experience in public and privately held Corporations as well as in State and Federal Government organizations. She began her coaching practice after serving as Associate Director of Executive Education at the Center for Management and Executive Education in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. A sample of the organizations in her customer base include: NASA Kennedy Space Center in FL, Stennis Space Center in MS, Glenn Research Center in OH, Jet Propulsion Lab in CA, NASA Headquarters in D.C., University of Arkansas, Bell Sports/Riddell Helmets, Stephens, Inc., CSA Recruiters, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Teresa Specializes in: Executive Coaching, Consulting, Leadership Development, Effective Communication, High Performance Teams, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Intelligence, Organizational Climate, along with a variety of assessments and surveys.

This week's show is a replay of an interview with Duval County School Board's Beth Tramel and Sponsor Melissa Hong as they discuss the upcoming MEDWeek Celebration in Jacksonville.  NABWIC supports National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MEDWeek) as it is celebrated all across the country.  Join us for MEDWeek celebration in Jacksonville on :.  Thursday, September 17th                             11:30am to 1:30pm The First Coast Business Alliance (FCBA) will be hosting a luncheon in recognition of the 2015 Minority Economic Development (MED) Week. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Carlton Lamar Robinson Senior Director, Entrepreneurial Division for the Jax Chamber   Celebrating Businesses:  Awards & Recognition Recognizing Successful Minority Businesses on the First Coast. For a copy of the MEDWeek Flyer,  click here. To Register, click here. Gold Sponsors :  Chartwells and GCA Services Group    Platinum Sponsor :  Visual Solutions, Inc. Location:  Adam W. Herbert University Center 12000 Alumni Drive Jacksonville FL 32224      

Rob Mueller from NASA/Kennedy Space Center talked about space environments and planetary civil engineering at the Short Course Using In-Situ Resources for 3D Additive Construction in Space at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech. August 24, 2015.

NASA EDGE talks Space Communication and Navigation while covering the TDRS-L Launch atop the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center.

NASA EDGE talks Space Communication and Navigation while covering the TDRS-L Launch atop the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center.

This Episode of Talking Space brings you a recording from August 7th 2013 at the Alachua County Library Headquarters branch in Gainesville, FL. The presenter is Peter Chitko from NASA Kennedy Space Center. Peter Chitko is employed by NASA as the Mechanical Division Engineering Technical Integration Manager.  In 1983, he joined NASA at the Kennedy Space Center, which was the launch site and preferred landing site for NASA's Space Shuttles, so, with 30 years of experience, he has a wealth of information about Florida history and space travel. Mr. Chitko's presentation at the Alachua County Florida Library added the very interesting aspect of spaceflight to the theme “Viva Florida 500”. Viva Florida 500 is a statewide initiative to highlight the 500 years of historic people, places and events in present-day Florida since the arrival of Juan Ponce de León to the land he named La Florida in 1513. While Florida's Native American heritage dates back more than 12,000 years, Spain's claim in 1513 began a new era. 2013 marks 500 years of history and diverse cultural heritage in Florida – a claim no other state in America can make – and Viva Florida 500 promotes the place where the world's cultures began to unite and transform into the great nation we know today as the United States of America. The Viva Florida 500 commemoration is ongoing throughout 2013, and includes hundreds of events statewide. The goal is to promote 500 years of Florida's history – its people, places and cultural achievements – and this important milestone in American and Florida history. My apologies for the moments you miss here with this audio only recording. Mr. Chitko played several videos of key events from the Apollo program. Unfortunately the acoustics of the conference room we were in, made that audio (on my recording) difficult to understand. However I think you will find Mr. Chitko easy to understand and I ask you to let your mind's eye fill in the pictures or video you have certainly seen before. Mr. Chitko will be telling us about the space race, about the Apollo Program and a little about what is ahead for NASA. I want to thank Mr. Peter Chitko of NASA Kennedy Space Center and the Alachua County Library for permission to record this presentation. Several of us there felt this was an outstanding presentation from an extremely knowledgeable speaker. Thank you NASA for sharing your best with communities far and wide. During the last two minutes of this recording you'll hear the question I asked Mr. Chitko and I think you'll find his answer well worth waiting for. http://www.aclib.us/archer/blog/nasa-expert-peter-chitko-presents-history-space-aug-7-two-locations http://www.vivaflorida.org/ Host: Mark Ratterman Show Recorded 08/07/2013

Teresa is a Consultant, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Adjunct Professor and Trainer. She has experience in public and privately held Corporations as well as in State and Federal Government organizations. She began her coaching practice after serving as Associate Director of Executive Education at the Center for Management and Executive Education in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. A sample of the organizations in her customer base include: NASA Kennedy Space Center in FL, Stennis Space Center in MS, Glenn Research Center in OH, Jet Propulsion Lab in CA, NASA Headquarters in D.C., University of Arkansas, Bell Sports/Riddell Helmets, Stephens, Inc., CSA Recruiters, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Teresa Specializes in: Executive Coaching, Consulting, Leadership Development, Effective Communication, High Performance Teams, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Intelligence, Organizational Climate, along with a variety of assessments and surveys.

Follow the NASA EDGE team as they take a road trip to NASA Kennedy Space Center to see a Space Shuttle launch.

Follow the NASA EDGE team as they take a road trip to NASA Kennedy Space Center to see a Space Shuttle launch.