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First, we talk to The Indian Express' Chief of the National Political Bureau Manoj C.G. about India's efforts to rally global support for its fight against terrorism originating from Pakistan. He talks about the seven multi-party delegations that will visit various countries to convey India's message in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor.Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Anonna Dutt about the Indian Space Research Organisation's 101st mission which ended up failing due to a malfunction in the PSLV rocket which was carrying the EOS-09 satellite to its designated orbit. (13:51)Lastly, we speak about the ordeal of a Dalit woman who was wrongly accused of theft. (23:27)Hosted by Niharika NandaProduced and written by Niharika Nanda and Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

Why did ISRO's PSLV-C61 mission fail?

Tom Bodrovics welcomes back Professor Vince Lanci, MBA Finance and Publisher of the Goldfix Substack, and all-around nice guy for a discussion into the complexities of gold and silver markets, particularly focusing on shorting positions in ETFs like PSLV and SLV. Lanci explains that these metals are ideal for carry trades due to their indestructible nature, allowing banks to borrow and lease them easily. However, he highlights how increased physical demand, driven by central bank repatriation and tariffs, has strained this system, leading to potential short squeezes. Lanci discusses the differences between gold and silver markets, noting that while gold benefits from central bank backing, silver lacks such support, making it more vulnerable to supply shortages. He connects the rise in lease rates for silver to these market dynamics, suggesting that higher demand and logistical challenges are driving prices upward. Tom also touches on the impact of tariffs, which Lanci believes will further boost precious metal prices by accelerating de-dollarization. Additionally, Lanci addresses the shift in bank reports towards recognizing physical gold demand, particularly from central banks, as a key driver of price movements. Lastly, Lanci notes that financial institutions are increasingly recommending exposure to gold and silver miners, indicating a broader trend of investor interest in these sectors. Timestamp References:0:00 - Introduction2:00 - ETF Shorts & Hard Facts15:26 - PSLV Trade Vol. Chart18:40 - Silver & Short Spikes23:24 - Musical Chairs?25:34 - Naked Shorting Limits?29:09 - Silver Lease Rates31:35 - Silver/Gold Logistics40:50 - Silver Squeeze Process42:27 - Tariffs & Demand Catalysts48:23 - April Tariffs & Metals53:36 - Bank Reports & Gold1:06:16 - Wrap Up Guest Links:Special Discount: https://vblgoldfix.substack.com/TomPalisadesWebsite: https://vblgoldfix.substack.com/Twitter: https://x.com/SorenthekLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentlanci/Boobs & Bullion: https://x.com/boobsbullion Vince Lanci, a seasoned finance professional, has served as Managing Partner at Echobay Partners LLC since 2008. His expertise spans over three decades in metals trading, option analysis, and technology development. In recent years, Mr. Lanci's insights have been sought after by industry legends. He was invited to be a resident expert on precious metals and option analysis for Larry Benedict's Opportunistic Trader project. In 2017, he co-authored a paper on Energy Volatility with Professor Robert Biolsi at the University of Connecticut. Prior to his current role, from 2004 to 2008, Mr. Lanci served as Co-Head of Metals & Energy Trading for CiS Options LLC. During this tenure, he managed the long-short and volatility arbitrage portfolios for the parent Limited Partnership fund. From 1993 to 2003, Mr. Lanci was the proprietor of Berard Capital LLC, where he led a team of option marketmakers. His earlier career included stints at Lehman Bros and Cooper Neff from 1987 to 1993, providing him with a solid foundation in finance. In 2000, Mr. Lanci co-founded Whentech (originally named Upperhand Technologies LLC) with David Wender. As chief architect of the "Pit-Trader" user interface logic, he played a pivotal role in the company's inception. Mr. Lanci's thought leadership extends beyond his professional engagements. He contributes regularly to Zerohedge, BBG, and RTRS. His expertise has also been showcased at Mondo Visione and NYC Mines & Money conferences. A firm believer in level playing fields for investors, he advocates for transparency and fairness in financial markets.

Kerry Lutz and Alan Hibbard discussed current trends in the gold and silver markets, noting record high prices and the potential for a market pullback. Alan expressed optimism about future price increases, particularly for silver, while raising concerns about the recent halt in trading for the PSLV ETF on Robinhood, which he found suspicious amid fears of a run on physical silver. They addressed possible manipulation of silver prices, referencing a spike in short positions for PSLV, and concluded with uncertainty regarding a potential short squeeze. Alan elaborated on market dynamics, emphasizing that the prevalence of paper contracts can suppress prices, while Kerry highlighted the risks of revealing discrepancies in gold reserves. Alan outlined his long-term investment strategy, focusing on steady accumulation rather than reacting to market volatility, and discussed the cryptocurrency market, particularly Bitcoin's role as a stable store of value. He cautioned against investing in other cryptocurrencies due to their centralized nature and recommended that investors take physical delivery of precious metals and secure their Bitcoin holdings. Find Alan here: https://goldsilver.com Find Kerry here: http://financialsurvivalnetwork.com/ and here: https://inflation.cafe

ISRO has made remarkable strides in space technology, with multiple world records and milestones that prove time-and-again that ISRO is one of the leading space research institutions of the world. These achievements demonstrate ISRO's capabilities and commitment to advancing space research.And at the frontier of some of the great milestones is Dr. Somanath, former chairman of ISRO, who played a crucial role in shaping India's space program. Under his leadership, ISRO achieved numerous milestones, including the successful launch of several satellites and spacecraft. His vision and expertise have left a lasting impact on India's space research endeavors.Tune into this conversation with a visionary from India's space program and gain some valuable insights on space exploration. Resource List - ISRO Official Website - www.isro.gov.in ISRO Missions Page - www.isro.gov.in/Mission.html ISRO Profile - www.isro.gov.in/profile.html ISRO History, Missions & Achievements - www.sriramsias.com/blog/isro-history-missions-achievements/ About Dr. Somanath - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Somanath https://pwonlyias.com/s-somanath-biography/ https://www.iafastro.org/biographie/s-somanath.html Chandrayaan-3 - https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/chandrayaan-3#propulsionmodule More about PSLV - https://www.isro.gov.in/PSLV_CON.htmlhttps://www.isro.gov.in/PSLV_Launchers.htmlhttps://www.nsilindia.co.in/pslv-productionNASA's Scout Rocket Family - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family) Starship by SpaceX - https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/ More about NGLV -https://www.drishtiias.com/printpdf/isro-s-next-gen-launch-vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Launch_Vehiclehttps://youtu.be/hcbpU6dtMTA?feature=shared What is a Semi-Cryogenic Engine? -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCE-200 ISRO's Gaganyaan Mission - https://www.isro.gov.in/Gaganyaan.html More about Gaganyaan's Test Vehicle - https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/TVD1/TVD1_Brochure_new.pdf Read more about ISRO's SpaDeX Mission - https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/jan/doc2025116486201.pdfhttps://www.isro.gov.in/mission_SpaDeX.html https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-successfully-executes-spadex-docking-experiment-india-joins-elite-club-of-nations/article69103462.eceChandrayaan-4 Mission - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-4 https://www.isro.gov.in/UnionCabinetApprovesIndiasMission.html Aditya L1 Mission - https://www.isro.gov.in/Aditya_L1.html https://www.isro.gov.in/Aditya_L1-MissionDetails.html 

How Close Silver Squeeze Came To Breaking The Market | Rick Rule Back in 2021, the silver market had an event that came to be known as the Silver Squeeze. Which led to a brief spike in the price, and a surge in investment demand, that 2 months later would lead the LBMA to say 'had demand in iShares continued at the frenetic rate of late-January/early February it would only have been a matter of weeks before London's existing stock was used up." Yet the lesser known story is what was happening behind the scenes with the Sprott PSLV trust, which was clearing out the existing silver inventories in multiple cities. In this clip, RIck Rule, who had a unique access to the silver market due to his role with the PSLV trust, talks about how close the market came to breaking, and whether he expects it to happen again. If you're a silver investor, you'll want to have seen this clip! - Get access to Arcadia's Daily Gold and Silver updates here: https://goldandsilverdaily.substack.com/ - To get your very own 'Silver Chopper Ben' statue go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/chopper-ben-landing-page/ - Join our free email list to be notified when a new video comes out: click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/email-signup/ - Follow Arcadia Economics on twitter at: https://x.com/ArcadiaEconomic - To get your copy of 'The Big Silver Short' (paperback or audio) go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/thebigsilvershort/ - Listen to Arcadia Economics on your favorite Podcast platforms: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/75OH2PpgUpriBA5mYf5kyY Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arcadia-economics/id1505398976 - #silver #silverprice #gold And remember to get outside and have some fun every once in a while!:) (URL0VD)Subscribe to Arcadia Economics on Soundwise

India’s space program is poised for a transcend in 2025, marking its most pivotal year yet. With ISRO leading missions such as Gaganyaan’s uncrewed test flight, the Chandrayaan-4 lunar return mission, and the ambitious SpaDex docking experiment, India is set to join an elite club of spacefaring nations. Collaborations like the NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite will advance climate science and strengthen India’s global scientific standing. Meanwhile, the private sector is gearing up for landmark contributions through cutting-edge satellite launches, propulsion technologies, and public-private partnerships. Host Anirban Chowdhury talks to Chethan Kumar, Senior Assistant Editor (Space, Science & Defence) at TOI, about these initiatives, which promise to redefine India’s space exploration capabilities and cement its leadership on the global stage.You can follow Chethan Kumar on his Linkedin, Twitter profiles and read hi Newspaper Articles.Check out other interesting episodes like: Should we re-examine India’s ‘Growth Story’?, The 2024 Gold Rush, What Will Bitcoin 100k Mean For Indian investors?, Need For Speed To Fill The Skills ______, and more! You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: Twitter and Linkedin Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Youtube. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Ichha Sharma.Today is the 30th of December and here are the headlines.In view of the statewide bandh called by two Punjab farmer unions, security has been amped up with several groups of farmers gathering at key locations on highways and railway stations at 6.30 am onwards. The bandh call was given in support of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal who has been holding a hunger strike for more than a month seeking the implementation of 13 farm demands. Over 150 trains, including Vande Bharat, were cancelled today and all educational institutes are to remain closed. However, emergency services will remain active across the state. The war of words over former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh's funeral intensified today, with the Congress saying that senior party leaders did not accompany his family “out of our deference to the privacy of the family”. This comes a day after Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri of the BJP said on Sunday that Congress leaders did not accompany Dr Singh's family when the ashes were immersed in the Yamuna river while BJP leaders were present. Dr Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday at the age of 92. Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced his fifth promise today ahead of the Assembly polls in Delhi, the Pujari Granthi Samman Rashi Scheme, with an eye on Pandit and Sikh voters. Under this scheme, the AAP has promised that if the party returns to power, it will give Rs 18,000 per month to all pandits and pujaris working in temples and to granthis in gurdwaras across the city. The AAP has so far announced four welfare schemes targeting specific categories of voters, including women, Dalits and senior citizens. ISRO will demonstrate for the first time its ability to bring together and join two satellites in space today. The SpaDeX mission, which is the Space Docking Experiment, will launch at 10 pm today, as ISRO's workhorse PSLV rocket lifts off from the first launch pad of the Sriharikota spaceport. For the first time, an ISRO mission will carry a biological experiment. The CROPS experiment (Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies) will see the germination of seed and sustenance of a plant up to a two-leaf stage. The fourth stage of the launch vehicle will be used later as a platform to carry out 24 experiments, including several by startups.The investigation into the Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179 at Muan International Airport in South Korea is underway. Initial findings show a malfunction in the landing gear, which a bird strike may have caused, could have led to the plane's belly landing. Experts have said that multiple factors could have resulted in the plane crash, among which are design flaws at the airport. Questions have been raised over the length of the runway at the airport. According to the official website, the runway is 2,800 m long. This is considerably shorter than runways at international air hubs.This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by The Indian Express.

याद है बचपन में गांव की छत पर धूप से बचने के लिए किसी बड़े कपड़े से छांव बनाना और फिर ठंडक का मजा लेना? एक प्रोजेक्ट है जो कि् बिलकुल यही काम करेगा, बस कपड़े की जगह एक उपग्रह है जो सूरज की रोशनी को छांव में बदल देगा. उपग्रह का नाम है प्रोबा-3. खास बात ये है कि इन सैटेलाइट्स को इसरो के PSLV रॉकेट के जरिए लॉन्च किया जाएगा. क्या है मिशन, इस सेटेलाइट अंतरिक्ष में जाकर क्या करेगा? सुनिए ‘ज्ञान ध्यान' में

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Watch this on YouTube! Quick update on Silver and Uranium. Silver is looking slightly overbought, going to take some profits in $PSLV. Uranium is performing like a boss, and SPUT is almost trading at a premium to NAV which means that Sprott will be buying yellowcake off the market if that happens. Join us at SilverChartist! https://silverchartist.com/ John Quakes Twitter: https://twitter.com/quakes99 Uranium Insider Newsletter Silver Symposium in Las Vegas Rick Rule Portfolio Review Rule Investment Classroom Connect with us! Twitter Facebook Instagram Linkedin Water Filter System I use for Perfect Water Buffalo Rounds - Precious Metals Steve Style: https://www.stevebartonmoney.com/contact-2 Website: https://www.stevebartonmoney.com/ Email: stevebartonmoney@gmail.com DISCLAIMER: I am not a financial advisor. This is not financial advice. I only express my opinion based on my experience and your experience may be different. These videos are for educational and motivational purposes only. Investing of any kind involves risk. Do your own diligence. Every investment and bet comes with the risk that your capital could go to zero. WHAT I DO: Spread out your investments. Don't put it all on one thing. For every bet that you make, you should devote one hour of study per month to that investment. Keep the number of bets to what you can feasibly study. AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE: Some of the links on this channel are affiliate links, meaning, at NO additional cost to you, the show may earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase and/or subscribe. However, this does not impact our opinion. We recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because we are looking for the small commission.

Bob begins the conversation by discussing the collapse of premiums and lack of sentiment in the market causing buyers to become disillusioned. Prices are decreasing across the board, making production upgrades increasingly difficult. The US Mint is not supposed to produce profit, however, large merchants such as APMEX are still charging premiums to small buyers. Steve St. Angelo explains how the gold and silver markets have transformed over the past twenty years. ETFs now hold a lot of silver and industrial demand is very low. It's mainly institutional demand driving the price and when that shifts it will move. Blackrock is the largest holder of PSLV. Steve believes we are heading towards an energy cliff that will cause inflation. Stocks, bonds, and real estate may fall affecting institutions who will invest in alternatives. Silver is on sale around the twenty mark according to Bob. Steve notes that the dynamics in the metal production industry are rapidly changing. Jaime Carrasco explains why he likes silver, noting price is correcting the imbalance between silver and copper. The US dollar will be weak due to a reduction in trade associated with the BRICS objectives. This will remove the manipulation of gold and silver. Steve later discusses the energy problems looming. Steve St. Angelo - Independent Researcher and Publisher of the SRSrocco ReportWebsite: https://srsroccoreport.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRSroccoReportYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCED7G7CZfqdSV9zttlr1M_g Bob Coleman - Idaho Armored VaultTwitter: https://twitter.com/profitsplusidWebsite: https://www.goldsilvervault.com/ Jim Hunter - Registered Commodity Broker with AllendaleTwitter: https://twitter.com/JimSuncomm1Website: https://allendale-inc.com Jaime Carrasco - Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity IncTwitter: https://twitter.com/IJCarrascoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrasco1/Website: Canaccord Genuity: https://www.canaccordgenuity.com/

Tom welcomes Steve St. Angelo of the SRSrocco Report back on the show. Steve began buying silver in 2002, due to worries of fiat currency debasement and debt. As he delved deeper into the metal's market, he started questioning certain aspects such as the cost of production, including energy, materials and labor. However, the economics profession largely disregards the energy cost factor and sees the growth as continuous. When energy scarcity occurs thought, the markets could drastically change. Most investors today are not prepared for it. Thermodynamics is another key factor in energy consumption, as the laws of physics will come into play and create peaks. This typically results in a lack of real growth or maybe even civilizational decline due to exceeding the carrying capacity of resources. At present, unearthed silver mining's all-in cost lies between $21 and $22, and around $1550 for gold mines. Institutions have moved to the ETF sector of the precious metals, and if we go through economic fragility and stagflation, more entities (such as Blackrock, the biggest holder in the PSLV), will likely become involved. Within the last month, debt and money supply have commented the market jump in S&P 500 and the equity sector. Steve believes that it is likely to face a correction in the near future. In terms of energy, oil prices could increase later this year due to demand, and this will translate into inflation in food and consumer prices. Apart from that, geopolitical risks could only make matters worse. Recently, Europe managed to survive the winter with the fortunate help of green energy; nevertheless, their energy problems are still present and expensive. This winter could be different. Time Stamp References:0:00 - Introduction0:42 - Precious Metals & Energy2:57 - Assume a Can-Opener4:46 - Metals Production Costs6:09 - Future PM Scenarios8:25 - Growth & Wealth Protection11:13 - Silver Demand & Deficits14:40 - Institutional Demand?17:30 - Sentiment & Smart Money20:24 - Defining Stagflation22:10 - Recessions & Oil Price24:34 - Energy Push Inflation26:00 - Two Stages - Energy Cliff29:05 - Europe & Gas Inventories32:58 - Recessionary Impacts38:53 - Rig Counts & Financing41:28 - Estimated Oil Reserves?44:48 - SPR Release Thoughts47:40 - Commercial COT Positions49:30 - Rates, EROI & Debt Servicing51:33 - Blackrock & Potential Dynamics53:20 - Concluding Thoughts Talking Points From This Episode Institutional investors have surged into precious metals ETFs to shield wealth from financial fragility. Oil prices could increase, driving inflation in food and consumer prices. Rig counts and EROI could determine the success of energy reserves - with a potential energy cliff looming ahead. Guest Links:Website: https://srsroccoreport.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRSroccoReportYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCED7G7CZfqdSV9zttlr1M_g Independent researcher Steve St. Angelo (SRSrocco) started to invest in precious metals in 2002. Later on, in 2008, he began researching areas of the gold and silver market that, curiously, most of the precious metal analyst community have left unexplored. These areas include how energy and the falling EROI – Energy Returned On Invested – stand to impact the mining industry, precious metals, paper assets, and the overall economy. Steve considers studying the impacts of EROI one of the most important aspects of his energy research. For the past several years, he has written scholarly articles on some of the top precious metals and financial websites. You can find many of Steve's articles on noteworthy sites, such as GoldSeek-SilverSeek, Market Oracle, Financial Sense, GoldSilver.com, SilverDoctors, TFMetals Report, Outsiderclub, SGTreport, BrotherJohnF, Hartgeld, Der-Klare-Blick, PeakProsperity, SilverStrategies, DollarCollapse, FurtureMoneyTrends, Sharpspixley, FinancialSurvivalNetwork, PMBull, Deviantinvestor, PMBug, Wealthwire, and ZeroHedge.

Every day on the ARMR Investing Live Trading desk we reduce the noise that plagues trading & investing decisions with simple axiom: Price Action is ALL!! We employ proprietary Research, Algorithms, GenAI & Risk Management rules to execute a winning strategy that we share with armrInsiders [subscribers]. I will be sharing with you each Sunday night [after Futures have opened] the best Stocks to Watch & Stocks to Buy directly off our trading desk driving actual investing decisions during the previous week & the week ahead. And we will make sure to carve out time for Q & A so be ready and bring your questions. Today's Highlighted Groups: Energy Semiconductors Big Tech & Precious Metals Stocks to Buy: PHYS PSLV AEM NEM FNV WPM MSFT GOOGL SOXL MRVL Stocks to Watch: IOT RBLX PATH PLTR AMD DIS  Don't miss the daily 5min #1 Stock Chart of the Day (11) Chart of the Day - YouTube Catch all the Stock Market Investing Week in Review (11) Stock Market Week in Review - YouTube DISCLAIMER: All of ARMRreport, our trades, strategies, and news coverage are based on our opinions alone and are only for educational purposes. You should not take any of this information as guidance for buying or selling any type of investment or security. I am only sharing my biased opinion based off of speculation and personal experience. An individual trader's/investor's results may not be typical and may vary from person to person. It is important to keep in mind that there are risks associated with investing in the stock market and that one can lose all of their investment. Thus, trades/investments should not be based on the opinions of others but by your own research and due diligence.

#VinceLanci: #Blackrock Takes Large Silver Position In #PSLV One question that often comes up in the silver community is what it will take for silver to experience a price breakout. With many feeling that it will require participation from the mainstream investment world. If that does indeed turn out to be the case, we moved a step closer to that last week, as Steve St,. Angelo of the SRS Rocco Report noted how investment firm Blackrock has taken a large position in Sprott's PSLV silver fund. So in this week's silver report, Vince Lanci talks about Blackrock's move, why they might be taking this position, and the implications it will have in the silver market. Vince also looks at how the move by Blackrock is the latest data point in a trend of increased institutional awareness of silver, that's a distinct change from what we've seen in past years, and is reflective of a trend that he expects to continue. To find out more, click to watch this video now! - To get access to Vince's research at Goldfix Substack go to: https://vblgoldfix.substack.com/ArcadiaSpecial - To join our free email list and never miss a video click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/email-signup/ - To get on the waiting list for your very own ´Silver Chopper Ben´ sterling silver figurine click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/get-a-chopper-ben/ - To get your paperback or audio copy of The Big Silver Short go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/thebigsilvershort/ Find Arcadia Economics content on these sites: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/ArcadiaEconomics Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/ArcadiaEconomics Bitchute - https://www.bitchute.com/channel/kgpeiwO1dhxX/ LBRY/Odysee - https://odysee.com/@ArcadiaEconomics:5 Listen to Arcadia Economics on your favorite Podcast platforms: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/75OH2PpgUpriBA5mYf5kyY Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arcadia-economics/id1505398976 Google-https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9teXNvdW5kd2lzZS5jb20vcnNzLzE2MTg5NTk1MjMzNDVz Anchor - https://anchor.fm/arcadiaeconomics Amazon - https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts Follow Arcadia Economics on these social platforms Twitter - https://twitter.com/ArcadiaEconomic Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/arcadiaeconomics/ To see the evidence of manipulative behavior in the silver market (as well as how you can send it to your local regulators and Congressional representatives) click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/cftc-complaint/ - To sign the petition to ban JP Morgan from having any involvement in the silver industry click here: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ban-jp-morgan-from-trading-gold-and-silver #silver #silverprice And remember to get outside and have some fun every once in a while!:) (URL0VD)Subscribe to Arcadia Economics on Soundwise

Cyberpolitik: AI and Crime Prevention: Is it a force multiplier?— Satya SahuCrime prevention is based on the idea that crime can be reduced or eliminated by modifying the factors that influence its occurrence or consequences. We can classify “prevention” into three main types: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary prevention addresses the root causes of crime or deters potential offenders before they commit a crime. Secondary prevention aims to intervene with at-risk groups or individuals to prevent them from becoming involved in crime. Finally, tertiary prevention efforts seek to rehabilitate or punish offenders to prevent them from reoffending. (This, however, is beyond the scope of today's discussion.)Flipping the coin, we notice that policing is based on the idea that law enforcement and public order can be maintained by enforcing the law and responding to crimes or incidents. Policing also lends itself to being classified into two main types: reactive and proactive. Reactive policing responds to reported crimes or incidents after they occur. Proactive policing anticipates or prevents crimes or incidents before they occur. On the face of it, AI can help us prevent and fight crime by enhancing both types of crime prevention and policing.AI can digest and analyse petabytes of data from disparate sources, such as social media, CCTV footage, sensors used in our Smart Cities™, and boring old digitised government records, to identify patterns, trends, and anomalies that can indicate potential criminal activity. For example, the police in Vancouver use predictive models to identify areas where robberies are expected to occur and then post officers to deter potential thieves or other criminals. Similarly, the police in Los Angeles use a system called PredPol that generates maps of hotspots where crimes are likely to happen based on past data. These systems can help the police allocate their resources more efficiently and effectively and reduce crime rates and response times.When it comes to collecting and processing evidence, such as fingerprints, DNA, facial recognition, voice recognition, and digital forensics etc., we can look at the UK Home Office's VALCRI, which uses AI to analyse large volumes of data from different sources, such as crime reports, witness statements, CCTV footage, and social media posts, to generate hypotheses and leads for investigators. For example, the police in India used ML-backed facial recognition technology to reunite thousands of missing children with their families. Moreover, AI can help the police in presenting evidence and arguments in court, such as using natural language processing to generate concise summaries or transcripts of testimonies or documents.It could augment efforts to monitor and evaluate police performance and conduct, such as using dashcams, bodycams, or drones to record their interactions with the public and/or suspects. For example, the police in New Orleans developed a program called EPIC that uses AI to analyse video footage from bodycams to identify instances of misconduct or excessive force by officers. It can also help the police in engaging with the public and building trust and confidence, such as using chatbots or social media platforms to communicate with citizens and provide critical information services, hopefully unlike the chatbot from my bank's beleaguered website.However, all this has enormous implications for the jurisprudential underpinnings of crime prevention and policing. One such significance arises when AI itself can change the nature and scope of crime and criminality. AI can enable new forms of crime that exploit its capabilities and vulnerabilities, such as cyberattacks, biometric spoofing, deepfakes, autonomous weapons, or social engineering. Unlike their current-crime counterparts, leveraging AI allows these future crimes to be more sophisticated, scalable and anonymous than conventional ones. Therefore, the legal and ethical frameworks that govern our efforts to control such crimes must, therefore, must evolve to address these new crimes. It is a foregone conclusion that without involving AI at the forefront of these efforts, it will be impossible to counter AI-enabled crimes themselves. Hence the concomitant need to update the legal and ethical norms guiding society's conceptions of policing and crime prevention.Yet another implication is that AI also transforms the roles and responsibilities of police officers and other actors involved in crime prevention or response. As the examples show, AI can augment or automate some of the tasks that police officers perform, such as data collection, analysis, or evidence processing. AI can also assist or replace some of the decisions that police officers make, such as risk assessment, resource allocation, or intervention selection. To ensure that the concerns of effectiveness and responsibility surrounding Mx. Robo-Cop are adequately balanced, clear and consistent standards and regulations for police and state actors must be established side-by-side with the development and deployment of such systems. This is not to say that we need to disavow the use of AI in the field of policing and crime prevention. The potential and limitations of AI and the skills and knowledge to use it effectively and responsibly make it so versatile and terrifying. However, it is still a tool to be wielded by the legitimate wielder of the state's punitive power: the police.The use of AI in identifying young people who are vulnerable to gang exploitation or violence and mounting efforts to prevent them from becoming involved in crime is already a burning question in the UK. This recognises that leveraging AI to provide better targeted and tailored state support and services to at-risk groups or individuals, is valuable. On the face of it, any enhancements to their state's performance, efficiency, and accountability in this regard will be applauded. But given what we know about the pitfalls surrounding AI, the opposite also holds: violating the privacy, dignity, or rights of individuals or communities will reduce the trust and legitimacy that is essential for state actors and the police to be able to police under the social contract.Referring back to my previous post here, we know that AI can create or exacerbate the digital divide or systemic social inequalities among different groups or individuals. The conversation about the use of AI in a field where the slightest deviation from the limited scope of policing is undesirable must discuss the processes involved as well as the outcomes exacted upon the population being policed. This indicates the need to ensure that AI is used in a way that respects and protects the interests and values of individuals or communities. AI is a powerful tool that can help us understand the causes of, prevent, and reduce crime. Still, it is not a substitute for human judgment or responsibility. It is not merely a technology but also a socio-cultural phenomenon to be embraced with a healthy mixture of curiosity and caution. (I use the term ‘AI' to include machine learning, Neural Language Processing, etc., here for brevity.)Matsyanyaaya: Why a local Indian rickshaw app should worry Big Tech— Shailesh ChitnisDigital platforms, such as Google and Facebook for advertising and Amazon for e-commerce, derive their power by bringing sellers and buyers together in one place. Over time, "network effects" ensure that these platforms achieve monopoly power in the market. Regulators have tried different methods to limit the reach of these platforms. The European Union prefers a rule-based approach to reining in these companies, while the United States M+A policy is focused on preventing market concentration.Neither has worked particularly well. Namma Yatri, a small ride-hailing app in Bangalore, may point in another direction. Since its launch last November, the app lists almost a third of the city's 150,000-odd rickshaw drivers on its network and routes 40% of all rickshaw rides. It is now a viable competitor to Ola and Uber, the dominant apps.Namma Yatri is unique in that it is entirely funded and run by the community. The app is based on the open-source platform Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), which is a non-profit supported by the Indian government. A private company, Juspay Technologies create the app, and there is no commission fee.ONDC's concept is to create a common platform where buyers and sellers can easily transact. This is essentially a technological solution that deconstructs a marketplace (see figure below). By abstracting the platform from supply and demand, ONDC seeks to remove some of the barriers of large digital platforms.ONDC's approach is not unique. Last week, Bluesky, a new social media platform backed by Twitter's founder Jack Dorsey, started inviting users to its Twitter-like platform. What makes it different is that the social network is built on a decentralized system. This would allow, in theory, users from multiple social networks, each with its own systems of curation and moderation to interact.A technology-driven solution that unbundles a marketplace into different pieces may spur more competition. And given India's success with pushing large-scale digital infrastructure projects, entrenched platforms should pay attention.Though it's early days for these platforms, there are a few questions, particularly around their business model.- Can a community-supported model work for India when our open-source culture isn't that well-developed?- If private companies are developing and maintaining applications on the platform, what are the monetization models?But perhaps, the most important question is about government intervention. With ONDC, if the government actively participates in defining the protocol and in advocating its use, does that influence innovation and natural market evolution?Antariksh Matters: Challenges for the Indian private space sector— Pranav R SatyanathThe approval of the new space policy by the Union Cabinet ushers in a new era for the space sector in India. The long-awaited reform, reflected in an 11-page document, details the activities that the commercial space sector can undertake and delineates the roles of three key government agencies: Indian National Space Promotion & Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the Department of Space (DoS). We have covered the merits and shortcomings of the policy in a Takshashila blog. The enthusiasm for the growth of the private space sector is indeed merited, as private entities were largely denied these opportunities in the past. However, there also exists a host of challenges that the Indian private space sector will face in the future. Some of these challenges are rooted in the historical evolution of the space sector in India, while others are created by the structure of market competition in the space sector. To understand the challenges, we must first briefly analyse how the private space sector has evolved to its present state in India.Evolution of India's private space sectorPrivate sector participation in India's space sector has historically been sparse. This was because space activities were the state's monopoly for several decades, and ISRO had achieved several feats, such as developing indigenous launch vehicles with limited resources. Indeed, since space was a high-risk and relatively low-reward sector, private entities stayed away from undertaking entire space projects and instead played the role of contractors and subcontractors for manufacturing satellite and launch vehicle components.Given ISRO's monopoly over space activities, a regulatory mechanism to oversee national space activities was seen as unnecessary, even after commercial space activities became a viable undertaking for the private sector. ISRO became the de-facto regulator for the private sector as it was the only route through which the private sector could participate in space activities. The absence of a set regulatory framework, therefore, disincentivised major private sector participation.This affected the evolution of the private sector in three ways. First, due to the large capital required to establish  manufacturing facilities for the space sector, the task of taking the role of suppliers fell on the traditional heavy industries who had large resources at their disposal. Second, since the industries largely followed ISRO's guidelines on design and manufacturing, they had very little incentives to innovate on their own. Finally, an ancillary support industry or the space sector did not flourish as ISRO imported or manufactured key components in-horse. Put together, these factors would go on to place several structural constraints on India's private space sector.     The challenges for India's private space sectorWith clarity on the regulatory framework, the private space sector is free to pursue activities in both the Upstream sector (which includes satellite manufacturing and launch services) and the Downstream sector (Ground Segment and satellite services). However, the industry must overcome several hurdles before achieving a high degree of competitiveness. This essay focuses on two challenges that are discussed less frequently.Support from the governmentThe miniaturisation of satellites has given rise to a new market for satellite service providers, which has, in turn, spurred the demand for launch vehicles. Despite the boom in demand, the private space sector continues to rely on significant government funding to stay in business. For the NewSpace industry, support from the government comes in the form of purchasing services or directly funding the research and development of new technologies. Consider the example of the launch industry in the United States. Traditionally the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) purchased services from the established space and missile industry through a cost-plus arrangement. The rise of the private space launch market introduced a new fixed-cost model, where NASA and USAF paid for launches on a need basis. Furthermore, NASA has taken significant steps to involve the private industry in human spaceflight, as the national space agency has shaped itself to undertake high-risk exploration missions. The military sector has also taken major steps to integrate the private industry into the procurement ecosystem, making the government a major source of funding for the private space sector.Such a model of government funding does not exist in India. According to the new space policy, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), an entity under the DoS, will take responsibility for operating launch vehicles developed by ISRO. Further, ISRO has also stated that it will develop a new reusable launch vehicle to replace the PSLV. There is no indication that either the DOS or the armed forces will fund private launch providers for launch services or develop new launchers.Due to the long absence of a commercial space policy, India's private space industry is in its nascent stages. As the industry matures, it will face stiff competition from well-established international players. In this regard, the Union government must be cognizant of the fact that international competitors have some level of backing from foreign governments, which skews their advantage in the international market. Access to key technologiesThe second major challenge to Indian companies arises from the lack of a robust supply ecosystem in India. As mentioned earlier, the evolution of India's space sector led to a condition where a supporting industry for the space sector had limited incentives to flourish into its full potential. Decades later, a new generation of space entrepreneurs began to rely on foreign suppliers for key components and technologies as they could not find equivalent suppliers domestically. The lack of a domestic space ecosystem has led several space entrepreneurs to shift their establishments to foreign countries, where access to technology, talent and support systems was easier.Indeed, the NewSpace ecosystem will eventually gain competence as the domestic industry begins to mature and the demand for domestically-manufactured sensors, optics, testing equipment and software increases. During the transition period, however, space startups will continue to rely on foreign suppliers. The process of procuring foreign components is often a roadblock due to the export control regime on dual-use technologies.Charging forwardWhile the new policy achieves high marks in several key areas, the transformation of India's space sector is far from complete. To achieve the vision of augmenting India's capabilities through the commercial space sector, India needs a  National Space Strategy which charts a clear path forward for both civilian and military activities. Such a strategy must lay down the objectives for India's space programme and seamlessly incorporate the interests of the commercial space sector into the national strategy.Our Reading Menu[Book] Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral by Ben Smith[Report] Mapping Biosafety Level-3 Laboratories by Publications by Caroline Schuerger, Sara Abdulla and Anna Puglisi[Op-ed] CPC's tryst with private regulatory interventionism by Anushka Saxena[Podcast] Indian Space Policy - 2023 with Aditya Ramanathan and Narayan Prasad 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

Spaceflight News— Cygnus Winged (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— X-37B returns to Earth after record-breaking 900+ days in orbit (spaceforce.mil)— China changes plans for Long March 9 (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)— Artemis I gettin' stormy (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: LOFTID was successful (nasa.gov)This Week in Spaceflight History— Nov 17, 1967. Surveyor 6 does a brief flight from the lunar surface (nasa.gov) (PDF: sci-hub.se) (drewexmachina.com)— Next week (11/22 - 11/29) in 2012: Jumping off a not-yet-dead Roc

In the first half of this space, Bob explains the risks with ETF's and ETN's compared with physical ownership. Happy discusses how PSLV's growth has resulted in some additional dilution costs for early investors. In the second half, Steve explains how input costs are rising for miners and many countries have had shortfalls this year with their production. We're seeing supply and inventory declines, which Steve believes is largely tied to the energy cliff. Energy is having an adverse effect on the debt-based system. Patrick Karim discusses the equity market to gold ratios and why he believes larger institutions will be forced to look elsewhere to preserve value. Patrick explains why we're on the edge of a breakout in gold. Lastly, we take several listener questions. Bob Coleman - Idaho Armored VaultTwitter: https://twitter.com/profitsplusidWebsite: https://www.goldsilvervault.com/ Steve St. Angelo - Independent Researcher and Publisher of the SRSrocco ReportWebsite: https://srsroccoreport.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRSroccoReportYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCED7G7CZfqdSV9zttlr1M_g Jim Hunter - Registered Commodity Broker with AllendaleTwitter: https://twitter.com/JimSuncomm1Website: https://allendale-inc.com Patrick Karim - Proprietary Capital Manager and Chart TraderTwitter: https://twitter.com/badcharts1Website: https://northstarbadcharts.com Happy HawaiianTwitter: https://twitter.com/ThHappyHawaiian

Financial wellness is a huge part of our overall well-being, and as healthcare workers, a six-figure debt is not uncommon. Today your hosts are joined by Student Loan Planner consultant Meagan Landress who reminds us that student loan debt is treatable with the correct plan of action. Meagan joined Student Loan Planner in 2019 and since has consulted on $160M+ of student loan debt for over 900 households. Meagan shares what the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is, how to know if you're eligible, and what comes next after you qualify. She then discusses the 4 things you have to continue to maintain in order to remain eligible, and how Biden's recent news about loan forgiveness fits into this discussion. Meagan also talks about the PSLF waiver, which allows people to go back and get credits for months that were previously ineligible. However, this opportunity only lasts until October 31, 2022, so it's crucial that every public servant with any kind of federal loan knows about this PSLF expansion. If you're feeling haunted by your student loans, we hope this episode can provide some direction and support.   Meagan was the first person in Georgia to acquire her CSLP® designation, as a Certified Student Loan Professional®. If not with Student Loan Planner, Meagan and the WoMed team encourage you to seek out a certified student loan professional (CSLP).  Be sure to check out their blog and get support at studentloanplanner.com, and tune in to their podcast Student Loan Planner. You can find an employment certification form/PSLV help tool at studentaid.gov.  Thanks to our amazing sponsors! Check out these deals just for you:    Nuuly — Go to Nuuly.com and enter code WOMED10 and sign up to get $10 off your first month  Forager Project — Go to foragerproject.com to find their new dairy-free kids yogurt near you, learn more about the kids line, and their other plant-based products  Talkspace — Go to talkspace.com and use the code WOMED to get $100 off of your first month  Figs — Go to wearFIGS.com and use code WOMED to get 15% off your first order   If you haven't already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed and check out womedpodcast.com. Plus, give us a follow on TikTok @thewomedpodcast. Submit your weekly Nurse D Energy, shoutouts, and Wo-No You Didn't moments to us on Instagram — we love reading and sharing them! Be sure to follow your hosts personally @dmmaltby and @jackiethefnp and be sure to check out @riothealers!   WoMed Cover Art — Makeup: Annelise Carey, MUA/LME @annelisemua & Photography: Brooke Boling @honorcreative    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The government recently told the Parliament that it was eyeing a share in the global satellite launch market. Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh said that state–run NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) is envisaging launches of several foreign satellites onboard ISRO's SSLV, PSLV and GSLV-MkIII. A market for launching small satellites into low Earth orbits has emerged in recent years. It is driven by the needs of developing countries, universities, and private corporations. The SSLV aims to cater to this market. After the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, the SSLV is ISRO's third launch vehicle. Weighing in at only 110 tonnes, the SSLV is ISRO's smallest launch vehicle. It also takes only 72 hours to integrate, unlike the 70-day period for other launch vehicles. It can carry satellites weighing up to 500 kg to low earth orbit and provides an alternative to ISRO's current workhorse, the PSLV. The latter can carry satellites weighing in the range of 1,000 kg. The SSLV is also capable of multiple orbital drop-offs, which allows it to launch multiple microsatellites in one launch. Add to that the key features of low cost and turn-around time, launch-on-demand ability, minimal launch infrastructure requirements, and the ability to accommodate multiple satellites. SSLV also supports multiple orbital drop-offs and is perfectly suitable for the launch of microsatellites at a time. Some of the key features of the new SSLV includes low cost, low turn-around time, flexibility in accommodating multiple satellites, launch-on-demand feasibility, minimal launch infrastructure requirements among others. Referring to SSLV, former ISRO chairman K Sivan had in 2019 said that, “Only six people will be required to do the job, instead of 60 people. The entire job will be done in a very short time and the cost will be only around Rs 30 crore. It will be an on-demand vehicle.” Meanwhile, Space Commission member A S Kiran Kumar reportedly said that SSLV D1 will not be a setback. And that the space agency will attempt another flight. 

Dans les kiosques britanniques notamment, The Independent affiche les « espoirs de paix à Gaza », montrant en Une des enfants jonchés sur les gravats d'un immeuble. Un cessez-le-feu négocié par l'Égypte est entré en vigueur dimanche 7 août à 23h03 heures locales entre Israël et le mouvement du Jihad islamique, explique également The Guardian. Au troisième jour de ce que le journal Al-Ayyam, basé à Ramallah, qualifie « d'agression israélienne contre la bande de Gaza ». Le journal palestinien parle d'efforts « acharnés et intenses » de l'Égypte, et il observe que les échanges de tirs « se sont poursuivis de manière intensive jusqu'aux derniers instants avant la trêve ».  Après, en tout cas, « des rassemblements massifs ont émergé de plusieurs endroits de la bande de Gaza et se sont dirigés vers les maisons des martyrs », écrit Al-Ayyam. Mais la situation est fragile dans l'ensemble. Al-Quds, autre média palestinien, relaie quant à lui les mots du secrétaire général du Jihad islamique. Dimanche 7 août, Ziad al-Nakhala déclarait : « la résistance a posé ses conditions, au moindre manquement, nous reprendrons les combats ». Une situation pouvant basculer Situation précaire, on le comprend également en face, dans les journaux israéliens. À commencer par le Jerusalem Post, rapportant que « des roquettes ont été tirées en direction du sud d'Israël, quelques minutes seulement après l'entrée en vigueur » du cessez-le-feu. Le journal publie également la mise en garde des autorités israéliennes : « Si le cessez-le-feu est violé, l'État d'Israël se réserve le droit de répondre avec force. »  Ce matin, la situation revenait « peu à peu à la normale » dans la zone près de Gaza, explique également le Times of Israël, mais on comprend que les prochains temps vont être cruciaux, car la libération de membres du Jihad islamique, détenus par Israël, fait partie des points de négociations. Et le site du Times of Israël affiche justement en Une que « les demandes de libération ont été refusées ». L'État hébreu « ne prévoit pas de libérer les prisonniers », peut-on lire. Le risque de dérapage nucléaire en Ukraine C'est en Une du Süddeutsche Zeitung en Allemagne. Après l'attaque sur le site du réacteur de Zaporijia, la plus grande centrale d'Europe, « touchée à deux reprises », l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique y voit « le risque bien réel d'une catastrophe nucléaire ». Les gouvernements de Moscou et de Kiev « s'accusent mutuellement », relate le Süddeutsche Zeitung qui explique également en quoi cette situation est « très dangereuse ». Le patron de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique, Rafael Grossi, est censé « se faire une idée de la situation », mais cela « a jusqu'à présent été impossible ». Pourtant, Rafael Grossi « a mis en garde très tôt contre les dangers nucléaires », lit-on. Le journal allemand livre son portrait et le présente comme « un diplomate nucléaire » n'ayant « pas peur de prendre des risques ». La prise de fonctions du nouveau président colombien Observée par la presse également : la prise de fonction dimanche 7 août du nouveau président colombien. La presse espagnole y revient notamment. En Une, El País estime que « la gauche ouvre une voie inédite avec Gustavo Petro en pointe ». « Après deux siècles de vie en tant qu'État indépendant, souligne le journal, la gauche occupe enfin le pouvoir dans un pays aussi présidentiel que la Colombie ». Et elle le fait avec « un ancien guérillero » accompagné de Francia Marquez comme vice-présidente, « une femme Afro née dans la pauvreté dans une zone historiquement marginalisée ». C'est un vaste programme de réformes qu'a promis le nouveau président dans son discours inaugural, observe El País. El Periódico de España met quant à lui en avant la première mesure de Gustavo Petro. Le nouveau président « a ordonné que l'épée de Simón Bolívar soit amenée sur la Plaza de Bolívar à Bogotá ». Cette épée, ayant appartenu au célèbre leader indépendantiste latino-américain, est « une pièce historique qui a une grande valeur symbolique pour le président » explique le quotidien espagnol. Car c'est celle « volée par la guérilla M-19 comme premier acte d'insurrection », guérilla à laquelle Petro lui-même appartenait. Lorsque le groupe est parvenu à un accord de paix avec le gouvernement, l'épée a été rendue. Et le prédécesseur de Gustavo Petro, Ivan Duque avait, lui, refusé de la transférer sur place. Une première mesure symbolique donc. Deux satellites indiens inutilisables Un raté dans l'espace, c'est à lire dans la presse indienne. Ou deux ratés pour le prix d'un, pourrait-on presque dire… « L'Organisation indienne de recherche spatiale (ISRO) a effectué dimanche 7 août le premier vol de son petit véhicule de lancement de satellite », relate The Hindu. Le SSLV-D1, le dernier-né des lanceurs indiens, transportait deux satellites, dont un satellite construit par des étudiants. Or, problème, il n'a pas réussi à les « placer sur l'orbite appropriée ». Il a les a placés sur une orbite de forme elliptique au lieu d'une orbite de forme circulaire. Résultat : les satellites sont tout simplement « inutilisables », explique également le journal The Pioneer. Mais l'organisation indienne de recherche spatiale a affirmé qu'elle reviendra après avoir analysé les données et corrigé la défaillance. The Hindu rappelle pour sa part que « ce n'est pas la première fois que l'ISRO est confrontée à un revers lors de ses premières missions de lancement. Le PSLV, considéré comme l'un des chevaux de bataille de l'agence spatiale, avait échoué lors de son premier vol le 20 septembre 1993. Mais après son premier lancement réussi en octobre 1994, le PSLV s'était imposé comme le véhicule de lancement fiable et polyvalent de l'Inde avec 39 missions consécutives réussies en juin 2017 ». Eh oui, Rome ne s'est pas faite en jour.

Antariksh Matters #1: Telangana’s SpaceTech Framework— Aditya PareekIn its latest policy document, “SpaceTech Framework”, the Government of Telangana acknowledges the central role of private enterprise in the rapidly growing global space economy. The twelve page long document lays down a framework to nurture the state’s own private space tech sector. There is a notable focus on enabling entrepreneurship in both upstream and downstream applications as well as removing many bottlenecks and regulatory hurdles.The policy seeks to attract global investment and setup partnerships with international entities to boost space related manufacturing in the state. Telangana also wishes to become a globally preferred destination for setting up new space related ventures and as a sandbox or testbed for SpaceTech applications like remote sensing. The framework laid out to achieve these objectives, has four key policy pillars - enabling access to infrastructure, business facilitation & collaboration, skill development & training, promoting research and innovation. The policy also pays due regard to involving varied stakeholders and deriving socio-economic benefits across areas & sectors - such as agriculture, insurance, urban development & planning, disaster management, digital connectivity and ecological protection etc.    Hyderabad, Telangana’s capital, already has many advantages, including being the base of institutions and high-tech facilities like ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) and the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI). Telangana has also contributed a significant share to ISRO’s national space efforts, most recently with supplying almost 30% of parts used in India’s Mars Orbiter Mission(MOM).Building on this momentum, the Government of Telangana has identified a “space market value chain”, which stretches from identifying end users to the upstream manufacturing sub sectors. To support this value chain, Telangana aims to encourage public private partnerships and the sharing of expensive high-tech testing and Research & Development(R&D) facilities by both government institutions and startups who can’t afford to set up their own. Some specifically identified R&D and testing facilities apart from the above mentioned ISRO-NRSC and ARCI include - Electronics Corporation of India Limited(ECIL) and the regional complexes of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). By identifying some high-impact use cases, the Government of Telangana also aims to prioritise solving problems which are pressing and have a direct impact on the state, its industry, populous and the nation at large.The government of Telangana also plans to provide competitively priced land in strategic locations inside the state for SpaceTech companies to set up their facilities - including commercial ground stations for satellite constellations. Telangana also has plans for an INR 1,300 crore fund meant for supporting startups under its Information and Communicational Tech.(ICT) policy, the policy explicitly says that space tech startups would also be eligible for support from this fund. As a way to harmonise its other high-tech initiatives such as Telangana’s AI Mission (T-AIM) and Open Data Platform, the policy also advocates for the State Government, Union Government and space tech companies involved in geospatial applications like earth observation, to synergise all efforts. Furthering the cause for synergising the state’s development goals and national space endeavours, Telangana hopes to facilitate partnerships between its own space tech industry and national Public Sector Undertakings (PSU), Union Government agencies, and foreign companies. The Government of Telangana also plans to support individuals and startups in the space tech sector with Intellectual Property (IP) development and preservation by providing advisory services in filing patents and ensuring legal compliance both domestically and internationally. The focus is also on the insurance, banking and financial services sectors. The policy highlights the need for a better understanding in analysing the risk associated with building and operating big ticket items like privately owned and built space launch vehicles and satellites. Matsyanyaaya: How Does the India-EU Trade and Technology Council Work?— Arjun GargeyasI had written long back in this newsletter about the proposed US-EU Trade and Technology Council and how it actually reveals the fissures that divide them with respect to technology cooperation and regulation. Fast forward to the present and we have the president of the European Union (EU), Ursula von der Leyen visiting India during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. An interesting aspect of the visit was the harmony between both India and the EU on most matters with the exception of the Ukraine war. But the highlight of the visit was the establishment of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council modeled after the US-EU agreement. This is the first time India has signed any such agreement with any of its partners. It will allow the two partners to address challenges in trade, trusted technology, and security, deepening cooperation in these fields. The primary objective behind the agreement is to ensure both sides can work in collaboratively in fields such as 5G, artificial intelligence, climate modelling, and health-related technology.While the talks behind the proposed India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) have gone on for over a decade, this agreement comes as a positive step towards building a partnership between India and its third-largest trading partner. It should also be noted that the EU has extended this kind of agreement in technology-related domains only to the US and India thus far. Reports say that the Trade and Technology Council will provide the political steer and the necessary structure to operationalise political decisions, coordinate technical work, and report to the political level to ensure implementation and follow-up in areas that are important for the sustainable progress of European and Indian economies. The current Technology Council between the US and EU has introduced the concepts of different working groups and departments in charge of translating the political decisions into actual deliverables. These working groups range from investment screening, climate technologies, and supply chain resiliency among others. A similar working setup is likely to be adopted in the India-EU agreement depending on the comparative advantages that both partners have to offer in the technology markets.But one of the other questions that still needs to be answered is the effectiveness of the agreement. This depends on the extent to which the EU is amenable to sharing critical technology with India. There are some strategic areas of technology that domain leaders like the EU might not be willing to pass on to India. The question of how they can navigate this kind of impasse can determine the extent to which the agreement can flourish. Similar to the US-EU Trade and Tech Council agreement, this agreement will have the clouds of technology regulation hanging over it. Both partners view the process of regulating technology from a different perspective. The differences in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and India’s proposed Personal Data Protection Bill highlights the change in approach taken by both parties. Finding a common ground to important questions like these is imperative if the signed agreement can actually result in deliverables. It is indeed a welcome surprise that the India-EU Trade and Technology Council has been initiated considering the indecisiveness that existed in finalising the FTA. This offers a great opportunity for both countries to tap into each other’s strengths and overcome their weaknesses in the technology sector through consistent cross-border trade and flow of labour, capital and IP.Antariksh Matters #2: ISRO’s Annual Report Looks at Both Hits and Misses— Pranav R. SatyanathThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released its annual report last month, which highlights the organisation’s major activities in the past year and plans for future missions and satellite launches. Main highlights of the report are as follows:ISRO’s accomplishments in developing indigenous navigation capability: The Navigation Indian Constellation (NavIC) consists of a constellation of eight satellites which provide standard positioning services for civilian use and restricted services for the government and military services. According the the report, ISRO has worked towards enabling NavIC services on mobile devices, and integrated the Second Generation Distress Alert Transmission (SG-DAT) to provide services such as the broadcasting distress alerts in remote locations.Advancements in indigenous launch capabilities According the ISRO’s annual report, there have been two major improvements in the development of indigenous launch capabilities, First, the development of the three-stage solid-fueled Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) which can launch small satellites weighing upto 500 kg into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Second, the development of the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) is currently under initial ground-testing stage using a demonstration vehicle.Development of the Gaganyaan Human Space Flight missionThe 2021-2022 annual report provides a greater level of detail into the Gaganyaan Programme in comparison to last year’s year’s report. Information regarding the design of the orbital module, crew module and the parameters of testing along with the results of the initial testing of the service module propulsion systems have been provided. Although an initial date for the launch is yet to be confirmed, it is likely that the first unmanned launch will occur some time in 2023.Other highlights include ISRO’s steps in building space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities. The report highlights the  use of the  radars and electro-optical telescope for tracking objects up to 10cam or higher in LEO, and tracking objects 40cm or higher in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). In March 2022, ISRO released its first report on Space Situational Assessment, which goes into greater detail regarding India’s debris mitigation activities. During the recent US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, India and the US signed a Memorandum of Understanding on SSA cooperation. The US currently operates the world’s largest SSA network, called the United States Space Surveillance Network and provides open-access data of all indexed objects in space.Although ISRO’s annual report highlights several developments in the past year, it is also a reminder of some of the key shortcomings that India faces in the space sector. The most prominent of which is the lag in the number of launches. India conducted just one launch of the PSLV between 2021 and 2022. Further, ISRO also faced a major setback when the GSLV F10 failed to launch due to low pressure in the cryogenic upper stage of the rocket. At a time when the world has witnessed a record number of space launches, India’s lack of sustainable launch capability is a reminder that India must build capacity  — in both state-owned and private space industry.Antariksh Matters #3: Developing an Indian Augmentation for GPS— Aditya RamanathanLast week, ISRO and Airports Authority of India (AAI) made significant progress on the path to operationalizing the homegrown satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) called GAGAN.On 28 April, an IndiGO ATR 72 aircraft landed at Kishangarh airport near Ajmer, Rajasthan, using GAGAN-based Localiser Performance with Vertical Guidance or LPV. LPVs are similar in concept to the more conventional Instrument Landing System (ILS) used in larger airports, which enables aircraft to land in less-than-ideal conditions. The key difference is that while ILS requires the airport to have the requisite antennae and transmitters, LPV uses satellite signals from an SBAS. In effect, LPVs allow aircraft to land at smaller airports that lack ILS, even when there’s poor visibility or bad weather. The SBAS PromiseGAGAN is a relatively new entrant in the SBAS club. The American Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), which covers North America, was a pioneer. Other systems include the European Union’s EGNOS and Japan’s MSAS. China is developing an SBAS of its own based on its BeiDou constellation of navigation satellites. South Korea, Australia, Russia are among other states either operating or developing their own SBAS. The primary use of SBAS is for aviation, and any operational SBAS must be reliable and accurate enough for such “safety of life” uses. Besides aviation, SBASs can also be used by ships maneuvering in narrow canals or by public road and traffic management services. GAGAN is short for GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation. Like all other augmentation systems, it uses a combination of ground stations and satellite-based transmitters. On Earth, 15 reference stations receive GPS signals, which are then collated at two master control centres, which correct them for ionospheric distortion, orbit errors, and timing errors on the atomic clocks that navigation satellites use. Three geostationary satellites (GSAT-8, GSAT-10 and GSAT-15) then broadcast the corrected signal back to Earth. Adopting GAGANIndia’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has already made it compulsory for all aircraft registered in the country after July 2021 to have GAGAN receivers onboard. However, for adoption to really take off, SBAS around the world will have to ensure seamless interoperability. India is part of an Interoperability Working Group with representatives from GAGAN, WAAS, EGNOS, and MSAS. But the task of interoperability is only likely to get more complicated in the future, as SBASs begin to rely on multiple satellite navigation constellations and transmit in multiple frequencies. 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Tom welcomes Petroleum Engineer and Analyst Michael Lynch. Michael witnessed the 90% Indonesian currency collapse and that piqued his interest in the history of money. He discusses the aberrations in deliveries data released by the Comex. The Comex can never default because they have plenty of legal methods of settling outside of the physical product. The rules are that they can change the rules as they see fit. A lot is going on behind the scenes and you can't determine what just by looking at the price. Michael explains how the monthly delivery cycles function. He discusses an incident that occurred in July 2020 where the Comex instantly moved a large amount of metal from eligible to registered. This ended up being a big turning point for the market. Before this date they were suppressing the silver price but immediately after the price moved 60% higher. He shows a probable relationship between the inflows into the PSLV and a decline in Comex Registered silver during the Silver Squeeze. Michael discusses an anomaly that occurred in December of 2021 where there appeared to be off-books settling of paper silver. Bank Of America is seemingly a recent player in the silver contract market. There seems to be less metal available in these markets and a significant amount of 'adjusting' of these numbers. JP Morgan appears to be the entity currently 'managing' these markets. It seems the days of having silver readily available in vaults are over. The maximum metal that JP Morgan could have in their vaults is 40 million ounces. He plans on creating a SubStack so he can dive deeper into his economic-related analysis and models. Time Stamp References:0:00 - Introduction3:00 - Market Overview4:30 - Comex Definitions10:10 - July 2020 - Anomaly13:55 - Monkey Plot - PSLV17:55 - Dec 2021 - Anomaly23:06 - March 2022 - Anomaly34:00 - Wait There's More42:48 - JP Morgan Metal?49:56 - Concluding Thoughts Talking Points From This Week's Episode How the Comex operates and why they can't technically default.Examining anomalies in the data with the Comex.Relationship between inflows into PSLV and Comex registered metals.JP Morgan's role in 'managing' silver. Guest Links:Website: https://www.reddit.com/user/Ditch_the_DeepStateWebsite: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wallstreetsilver/ Michael Lynch has a background as a Petroleum Engineer and developed a keen interest in the history of money as a result of witnessing the collapse of the Indonesian currency. This interest has brought him to study the behavior of the Comex, JP Morgan, and SLV paper contracts.

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OneWeb, a satellite communications company backed by India's Bharti Airtel, has partnered with NewSpace India—the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation—to use ISRO's PSLV rockets and the heavier GSLV-MkIII launch vehicles to place its satellites in space in 2022. VC firm 100x.VC is calling on women founders to pitch for funding. In our tech conversation, we speak to Tapan Barman, CEO of Mihup Communications on the company's latest virtual interactive analyst. OneWeb, a satellite communications company backed by Bharti Airtel, has partnered NewSpace India—the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation—to use ISRO's PSLV rockets and the heavier GSLV-MkIII launch vehicles to place its satellites in space in 2022, the Financial Express reports. A non-binding letter of intent between OneWeb and NewSpace India was unveiled at the launch of the Indian Space Association in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, according to the report. OneWeb is building a constellation of nearly 650 satellites and has already put 322 satellites into orbit. Services will begin this year in the Arctic region including Alaska, Canada, and the UK. By late 2022, OneWeb will offer its high-speed, low latency connectivity services in India and the rest of the world, according to FE. 100x.VC, a Mumbai venture capital firm and accelerator for early-stage startups, is calling on women founders looking for backers to pitch to the firm's partners on October 18th at 5 pm. Interested women entrepreneurs can register themselves with the firm for the event, according to a post on LinkedIn by Shashank Randev, one of the partners at the firm. Shashank's post has a link to a Google form as well, which interested candidates can use to register themselves. GramCover, an insurance startup, has raised $7 million co-led by Siana Capital and Inflexor Ventures in a Series A round. The fundraise also saw the participation from Stride Ventures along with existing backers Omidyar Network India, Flourish Ventures and Emphasis Ventures. The five-year-old startup specialises as a tech-enabled marketplace for insurance focused on rural India. It facilitates policy purchases for crops, motor, livestock, and health. The company has sold insurance covers worth Rs 1.10 billion in premiums. The fresh capital will be used to strengthen its technology and products and scale up the business and support functions, the startup said in a press release. Unitus Capital was the financial advisor to the company on the transaction. Lunchclub, a video-based professional networking platform provider, is looking to expand into India, Economic Times reported. The company uses AI and machine learning algorithms to match people based on their professional interests. Users can accept weekly one-on-one video meetings with new connections via a mobile app and the website. Lunchclub aims to add 100,000 users by December, according to ET. (3:30) Conversational AI is making inroads into several sectors, from cars to call centres. I spoke to Tapan Barman, co-founder and CEO of Mihup Communications—a Kolkata startup that offers its voice AI technology to companies including Tata Motors, ICICI and Swiggy—about the company's latest version of a virtual interactive analyst.

ISRO is hailed for its track record of impressive launches but a series of unsuccessful missions seem to have cast a shadow on its reputation.----more---- Read the full article here: https://theprint.in/science/%e2%80%8bmoon-lander-gslv-end-of-pslvs-24-yr-streak-what-isros-3-failures-in-4-yrs-mean/718683/

One Take Show is honoured to host Mr Anirudh Rastogi. Sir is the Founder and Managing Partner at Ikigai Law, an award-winning law firm specialising in hi-technology and emerging technology businesses. Sir works with agile, innovation-led businesses. Sir's legal practice encompassing VC investments, tech law and policy advisory has a special focus on growth-stage startups and deep-tech businesses. From setting up one of India's first cryptocurrency exchanges to advising on a spacecraft launch contract with ISRO for the launch of a lunar lander on the PSLV, Sir has represented tech companies on a wide range of issues. More recently, Sir's team represented leading crypto exchanges before the Supreme Court in their successful challenge to the RBIs crypto-ban. The Economic Times recently named Sir a “pioneer” in pushing through the drone regulations in India. Sir is also the visiting faculty at NLU-Delhi and IIM-Indore. Sir has authored a book on Cyber Laws published by the international publisher, Lexis Nexis, and mentor start-ups from time to time. Legal500 described Sir as someone who ‘connects with his clients' and ‘provides long-lasting solutions'. Sir is a Harvard Law School alum and was named Achiever of the Year 2017 by BusinessWorld. He is qualified to practice law in India and New York. He is the author of a book on information technology laws and is regularly quoted on legal and policy issues relating to technology.

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Jane Gallina from Ticker Tocker, gives her macro market outlook ahead of next week's Fed announcement as Powell is OK with inflation growing until 2023. Her stocks to watch are NKLA and PSLV, as well as the Ripple XRP Index: XRPLX.

Tom welcomes back an always interesting guest to the show, Steve St. Angelo from the SRSrocco Report. Steve discusses the strength in physical silver demand and compares it to last year. ETF demand is lessening somewhat, but we still see strong physical demand. People are waking up to the need for silver, and that's bringing new people to the markets as the Fed's actions continue to reinforce the need for the metal. Steve gives us an overview of the silver market and a breakdown of the various Exchange Traded Funds. JP Morgan's inventories have been reduced, and the PSLV has added significant amounts of silver. Since February 3, the SLV has lost 84 million ounces, while Sprott has added 26. Steve argues that energy drives the economy instead of the markets. He believes silver will get stronger because the energy dynamic will get weaker. It's just a matter of time as investors continue acquiring ounces of the metal. The gold to silver ratio is at a key technical level and currently seems to have bounced off the 65 levels. He argues this ratio is a reflection of the cost of mining silver compared to gold. Banks are hoarding cash and not lending; therefore, higher inflation rates seem unlikely for some time. Sentiment is currently negative for treasuries while very bullish for copper. From a contrarian standpoint, we could expect to see a considerable shift in the direction of both. Steve discusses his energy cliff thesis. Large oil companies are getting less and less return on every dollar of capital invested in oil. The US will not be unable to maintain, let alone grow its oil energy reserves. Texas experienced many issues due to a lack of proper winterization, and overall green energy requires a lot of capital, energy, and technology in its production. Talking Points From This Episode Physical silver and ETF demandEnergy as the principal market driver.Cost of mining and the gold/silver ratio.Bond markets and inflation.Global supply change risks. Time Stamp References:0:00 - Intro0:39 - Silver Demand Strength3:06 - Overall Metal Demand4:22 - Major ETF Flows6:58 - SLV Withdrawals8:14 - Silver Endgame9:44- 1000oz Bar Market10:52 - India & PM Demand13:36 - Gold Silver Ratio15:22 - Mining Costs19:32 - Consensus Being Wrong.23:20 - Stimulus Cheques & Equities25:14 - Metals as Stores of Energy28:14 - Energy Cliff and Viewpoint31:00 - Texas Storm Lessons35:46 - EROI on Green Energy39:56 - Crypto and EROI44:32 - Wrap Up Guest Links:Website: https://srsroccoreport.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRSroccoReportYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCED7G7CZfqdSV9zttlr1M_gEnergy Cliff Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDQ5iorYxc&t Independent researcher Steve St. Angelo (SRSrocco) started to invest in precious metals in 2002. Later on, in 2008, he began researching areas of the gold and silver market that, curiously, most of the precious metal analyst community have left unexplored. These areas include how energy and the falling EROI – Energy Returned On Invested – stand to impact the mining industry, precious metals, paper assets, and the overall economy. Steve considers studying the impacts of EROI one of the most important aspects of his energy research. For the past several years, he has written scholarly articles on some of the top precious metals and financial websites. You can find many of Steve's articles on noteworthy sites, such as GoldSeek-SilverSeek, Market Oracle, Financial Sense, GoldSilver.com, SilverDoctors, TFMetals Report, Outsiderclub, SGTreport, BrotherJohnF, Hartgeld, Der-Klare-Blick, PeakProsperity, SilverStrategies, DollarCollapse, FurtureMoneyTrends, Sharpspixley, FinancialSurvivalNetwork, PMBull, Deviantinvestor, PMBug, Wealthwire, and ZeroHedge.

President of US Sprott Holdings Rick Rule gives his insider perspective into the physical demand for silver. Sprott has added about 30 million ounces of silver to the PSLV in the past year. And in the last week, the wholesale market has become "much tighter," Rick says. Have Rick rank your portfolio: https://sprottusa.com/rankings​ Miles Franklin: Call us: 1-800-822-8080 Email us: info@milesfranklin.com

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India's PSLV C-51 on February 28 successfully launched Amazonia-1 of Brazil and 18 other satellites in the first space mission of 2021 for ISRO. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 lifted off at around 10.24 am from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) and first injected into orbit primary payload Amazonia-1 about 17 minutes later. PSLV-C51 is the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ISRO's commercial arm. On February 24, Trading on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was halted between 11:40 am and 3:30 pm on the account of connectivity issues. On February 25, The Central Government on Thursday announced guidelines for social media platforms, online curated content platforms (also known as OTT platforms), and digital media entities imposing code of ethics and grievance redressal mechanisms. India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 1,10,96,731 on Sunday with 16,752 new infections in the past 24 hours. The death toll mounted to 1,57,051 with 113 fresh fatalities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/business-line/message

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Legendary investor Rick Rule joins us to discuss the precious metals, the ongoing #SilverSqueeze movement and the inner workings of the Sprott-managed PSLV.

Silver Futures Soar 8%, Rise Above $29 As Reddit Hordes Pile In YouTube points form the article: - Silver Futures Soar 8%, Rise Above $29 As Reddit Hordes Pile In - SD Bullion sold nearly 10x the number of silver ounces that we normally would sell in an entire weekend - little inventory left from suppliers/mints going into Friday close. - bullion dealers are now facing massive shortages of physical coins - the short squeeze:Buy SLV shares (or PSLV shares) and SLV call options to force physical delivery of silver to the SLV vaults - Time to get some payback for the bailouts and manipulation they've done for decades (look up silver manipulation fines that JPM has paid over the years). - This means that 92% of that gold is held privately by institutions and by millions of boomer gold and silver bugs - If the squeeze happens, it would be like 40 years worth of their gains in 4 months - An investment in Shares is: Backed by silver held by the Custodian on behalf of the Trust - The bulk of the Trust’s silver holdings is represented by physical silver, identified on the Custodian’s or, if applicable, sub-custodian's, books

Tom welcomes a new guest Jim Forsythe to the show. Jim discusses visiting Russia in the mid-80s and working in the Air Force as a KC 135 pilot and later an instructor. In part, these experiences led him to campaign for Ron Paul in 2008, and he became a New Hampshire State Senator from 2010-2012. Learning from Ron Paul helped him understand the economic system that the world is under, and "The bigger problems facing the U.S. that are internal." He has been a firm gold and silver believer since 2007, investing in both miners and physical. He says, "People need to make their own choice to have gold and silver as money." He believes many politicians do understand how the system works and take full advantage of this understanding. There is bipartisan support for maintaining the status quo. We are in a 100-year sovereign debt supercycle, and the bond market has been in a bull market for forty years. Whenever there is a hint of recession, they lower rates, and now we've hit the zero level, which he believes is a tipping point. They can no longer claim that they can raise rates and normalize, and most investors now understand this fact. They will try yield curve control next, which means retirees and pensions will get wiped out. Gold and silver don't receive much yield, but you will see a stampede coming because the alternative to gold is negative yields. Gold is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He argues that gold and silver volatility is unnatural and serves to keep investors out of the markets. Jim explains the dynamics of silver in both its industrial and investment demand. The price suppression has increased the potential upside and provided a lot of buying opportunities. Silver is a small sector, and just a little attention from the WallStreetBets crowd has caused physical supply issues. Silver is far more undervalued than gold, and for that reason, there is more upside potential. Jim outlines the differences between SLV and PSLV and what you should consider when investing in an ETF. In any investment, you need to trust the counterparty, and there is room for doubt with SLV. Lastly, Jim discusses a possible future for digital currencies. Time Stamp References:0:00 - Intro0:38 - His Background5:33 - Political Understanding7:10 - Macro Metals Picture10:22 - Resolving Constitutional Money12:04 - Futures & Price Suppression14:20 - Importance of Silver19:06 - Playing the Squeeze21:48 - SLV or PSLV25:56 - SLV Prospectus Change30:20 - PSLV's Methodology33:23 - Basel III Bank Regs.36:18 - Banks & Digital Currency39:08 - Kinesis & Gresham's Law43:42 - Reddit WallStreetSilver44:59 - Wrap Up Talking Points From This Episode U.S. Economics and Political Willpower.The end of the Debt Super CycleVolatility and Manipulation in metalsSilvers dynamics and crypto-backed metals. Guest LinksTwitter: https://twitter.com/JimForsythe5Reddit User: https://www.reddit.com/user/Forsytjr2Reddit Group: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wallstreetsilver/Website Mentioned: https://kinesis.money/Futures Creation Article: https://tinyurl.com/130kicif Jim Forsythe is a Cornell graduate who studied Russian and Engineering (B.S., M.Eng) and visited the Soviet Union in '84 and '86. His visits to the Communist country cemented his strong belief in free markets. Jim flew KC-135s in the Air Force and taught at the Air Force Academy after receiving his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering. He was a small business owner in New Hampshire after leaving the Air Force. After campaigning for Ron Paul for the 2008 election, he was elected to the N.H. Senate, and as a prime sponsor, passed Education Tax Credits and Medical Marijuana. In the 2012 election, he served as the N.H. Campaign Chair for Dr. Paul. He has been a precious metal and mining investor since 2007 and is a member of the Reddit Wallstreet silver sub and an active participant in #silversqueeze and #SilverIsMoney on Twitter.

Today, we are joined by Nate Fisher, an Investor, Writer, and IT Systems Analyst. He is a complex systems analyst and studies risk with information technology. He discusses how the Repo market failure back in September 2019 led him into a deep dive studying economics. He was looking for a way to defend his wealth and protect his family. He points out that at times silver and gold can be hedged on the futures markets to the tune of 900 days of production in one day. This hedging appears to be price manipulation. He says, "The silver squeeze on Twitter cleaned out a lot of the physical silver supply, and the WallStreetBets event showed that people could combine their strength." It also brought a lot of media attention to silver. He felt that increased demand for physical would affect the 1000oz bar market and that Eric Sprott's PSLV could help break the commercial shorts. He is taking advantage of his skill set to analyze the silver markets and recently wrote an article titled "Why the Silver Longs and Eric Sprott can defeat the Silver Shorts - an Education in 4D Chess" which encouragingly was retweeted by Sprott Money Ltd. Nate outlines the various price manipulation methods and why many commercial banks are still net short. There are reports of insiders selling at high levels, possibly indicating a coming stock market correction. Silver prices are being controlled by paper markets and have nothing to do with the real physical markets. He feels the price will move past $35 in the next month. The big question is of the 500 million in open interest how much will stand for delivery. He expects a significant price break in March, and if you need silver for your industry, you need to be careful. Nate argues that much of the private silver supply held by investors may not be available for sale. We are getting near the end-game; they can play the paper game, but the supply-demand fundamentals are about to correct. He cautions there is the risk that those running these markets could decide to change the rules. Expect to see continued pressure on the silver paper markets and shortages in the physical silver markets. Over the next two weeks, you should see the price push into the $30 range. The fundamentals are showing that something is going to happen in March. He says, "Silver is the asymmetric play of a lifetime." Talking Points From This Episode Silver Market StructureSupply/Demand Deficit and Paper ManipulationIndustrial Demand & Silver Price Inelasticity Time Stamp References:0:00 - Introduction2:20 - Silver Fundamentals4:35 - Eric Sprott's PSLV9:20 - Commercial Bank Motivations12:42 - Comex Open Interest17:41 - Industrial Price Inelasticity22:48 - Silver Squeeze Movement32:44 - ETF'S PSLV vs. SLV44:30 - June, Banking and Basel III48:18 - Wrap Up Guest Links:Website: https://renaissancemen.org/Twitter: https://twitter.com/natefishpaSprott Tweet: https://tinyurl.com/14wi6emdNate's Article: https://tinyurl.com/yo9glxw7Hidden Secrets of Money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_1pwsm5LY Nate Fisher is an IT contract project manager living in York, PA. He has an undergrad in Information systems along with a master's degree in cybersecurity and business administration. Nate has many side interests, one being investing to include precious metals, mining, and rental properties. He is a part-time blogger and writes about PMs, miners, and health and fitness. Nate is a self-described renaissance man, and you can find out more from his website and Twitter.

Learn about Wall Street Silver Bets, the Reddit investors who are buying silver, and why. Are you investing well for financial freedom...or not? Financial freedom is a combination of money, compounding and time (my McT Formula). How well you invest, makes a huge difference to your financial future and lifestyle. If you only knew where to invest for the long-term, what a difference it would make, because the difference between investing $100k and earning 2% or 10% on your money over 30 years, is the difference between it growing to $181,136 or $1,744,940, an increase of over $1.5 million dollars. Your compounding rate, and how well you invest, matters!  INTERESTED IN THE BE WEALTHY & SMART VIP EXPERIENCE? -Asset allocation model with ticker symbols and % to invest -Monthly investing webinars with Linda -Private Facebook group with daily insights -Weekly stock market commentary email -Lifetime access -US and foreign investors, no minimum $ amount required Extending the holiday offer, enjoy a 50% savings on the VIP Experience. More information is here or have a complimentary consultation with Linda to answer your questions. For an appointment to talk, click here. PLEASE REVIEW THE SHOW ON ITUNES If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review. I love hearing from you! I so appreciate it! SUBSCRIBE TO BE WEALTHY & SMART Click Here to Subscribe Via iTunes Click Here to Subscribe Via Stitcher on an Android Device Click Here to Subscribe Via RSS Feed WEALTH HEIRESS TV Please subscribe to Wealth Heiress TV YouTube channel (it’s not just for women, it’s for men too!), here. PLEASE LEAVE A BOOK REVIEW Leave a book review on Amazon here. Get my book, “You’re Already a Wealth Heiress, Now Think and Act Like One: 6 Practical Steps to Make It a Reality Now!” Men love it too! After all, you are Wealth Heirs. :) Available for purchase on Amazon. International buyers (if you live outside of the US) get my book here. WANT MORE FROM LINDA? Check out her programs. Join her on Instagram. WEALTH LIBRARY OF PODCASTS Listen to the full wealth library of podcasts from the beginning. Use the search bar in the upper right corner of the page to search topics. TODAY'S SPONSOR I want to take a few seconds to tell you about how I “read” more books and stay ahead of the curve. It’s by not reading books, but instead listening to them – like you are right now! With Audible, there are over 150,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player and…your first audiobook is FREE! I suggest you get the audio book of Think and Grow Rich, or you can check out my website Resources page where I list all of my favorite financial books and you see exactly what books I have read and recommend you read. Then get started with Audible by visiting https://lindapjones.com/FreeBook and order your first audio book free! Get Think and Grow Rich or another book from my recommend list, and be sure to get started checking off the books you want to read with your free book from Audible! Be Wealthy & Smart,™ is a personal finance show with self-made millionaire Linda P. Jones, America’s Wealth Mentor.™ Learn simple steps that make a big difference to your financial freedom.  (Some links are affiliate links. There is no additional cost to you.)

Recorded: January 31, 2021 5:00PM PST Thank you for tuning in to yet another episode of Cash Daddies. In this special emergency episode, we take a dive into Silver stocks (#SLV​, #PSLV​), which may become a hot commodity in this coming week. We also talk more of the #Robinhood​ fiasco and even baseball cards. All of this and more on the next hanging and banging episode of Cash Daddies!

Spacecast is a podcast especially for space, rocket science and technology junkies. Timestamps: 1. Elon Musk Becomes the richest man 1:10 2. SpaceX's SN8 test 3. Farthest place in universe 17:14 4. Launch Vehicle of ISRO 27:30 If Interested in my webinar on Personality development, mail us 1. Your name 2. Your phone number At torqseminars@gmail.com We'll respond Instagram ID: ashish_torq Video Version on: Youtube channel: Ashish Ranjan Video Title: Elon Musk, Farthest Galaxy, ISRO's PSLV | Spacecast Ep. 6

Ecco la puntata 07 della stagione 14 di AstronautiCAST. Tutti i link e gli approfondimenti sono disponibili nelle note dell'episodio.

Join us for this week's Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that happened from the past week, including an Electron from RocketLab, a Falcon 9 from SpaceX, a Long March 6 and a Ceres-1 from China, and PSLV from ISRO.

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its fifty first flight (PSLV-C49), successfully launched EOS-01 along with nine international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota on November 07, 2020. For more details please listen to the podcast.

In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Gautam Gambhir feels Virat Kohli must step down as RCB captain; Isro launches PSLV with the Earth observation EOS-01 and nine other foreign satellites; State Bank of India chief says economy expected to bounce back from the next fiscal; IISc-incubated startup developing Covid-19 vaccine which can be stored at higher temperatures and Democrat Joe Biden said he was going to win the US presidency. Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

Learn why silver eagle coin sales have tripled and what the projected price target is. The article is here. Are you investing well for financial freedom...or not? As we live our lives, we have seen enormous money be made in real estate, technology stocks, etc. and have seen wild swings in markets before. They can feel scary at the time, but in hindsight are often tremendous opportunities for future financial success. If you only knew where to invest for the long-term, what a difference it would make, because the difference between investing $100k and earning 2% or 10% on your money over 30 years, is the difference between it growing to $181,136 or $1,744,940, an increase of over $1.5 million dollars. Your compounding rate, and how well you invest, matters!  INTERESTED IN THE BE WEALTHY & SMART VIP EXPERIENCE? -Asset allocation model with ticker symbols and % to invest -Monthly investing webinars with Linda -Private Facebook group with daily insights -Weekly stock market commentary email -Lifetime access -US and foreign investors, no minimum $ amount required For a limited time, enjoy a 50% savings. More information is here or have complimentary consultation with Linda to answer your questions click here: https://2909395.survey.fm/application-for-vip-experience PLEASE REVIEW THE SHOW ON ITUNES If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review. I love hearing from you! I so appreciate it! SUBSCRIBE TO BE WEALTHY & SMART Click Here to Subscribe Via iTunes Click Here to Subscribe Via Stitcher on an Android Device Click Here to Subscribe Via RSS Feed WEALTH HEIRESS TV Please subscribe to Wealth Heiress TV YouTube channel (it’s not just for women, it’s for men too!), here. PLEASE LEAVE A BOOK REVIEW Leave a book review on Amazon here. Get my book, “You’re Already a Wealth Heiress, Now Think and Act Like One: 6 Practical Steps to Make It a Reality Now!” Men love it too! After all, you are Wealth Heirs. :) Available for purchase on Amazon. International buyers (if you live outside of the US) get my book here. WANT MORE FROM LINDA? Check out her programs. Join her on Instagram. WEALTH LIBRARY OF PODCASTS Listen to the full wealth library of podcasts from the beginning. Use the search bar in the upper right corner of the page to search topics. TODAY'S SPONSOR I want to take a few seconds to tell you about how I “read” more books and stay ahead of the curve. It’s by not reading books, but instead listening to them – like you are right now! With Audible, there are over 150,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player and…your first audiobook is FREE! I suggest you get the audio book of Think and Grow Rich, or you can check out my website Resources page where I list all of my favorite financial books and you see exactly what books I have read and recommend you read. Then get started with Audible by visiting https://lindapjones.com/FreeBook and order your first audio book free! Get Think and Grow Rich or another book from my recommend list, and be sure to get started checking off the books you want to read with your free book from Audible! Be Wealthy & Smart,™ is a personal finance show with self-made millionaire Linda P. Jones, America’s Wealth Mentor.™ Learn simple steps that make a big difference to your financial freedom.  (Some links are affiliate links. There is no additional cost to you.)

So, another episode with our favourite Dr Guruprasad. He speaks about lots of things which are light years away from our vast imagination. … like how 15 Storey high rocket, PSLV put 104 satellites into their orbits accurately! Imagine that (if You can)! And how you are hearing his golden words through the help of a nice, shady satellite somewhere up in the space. Well, there is definitely more to what he said and I’m not going to let it away! Because I want you to listen . I’m sure you’ll be amazed and enjoy every bit of it. So, why don’t you go ahead and click that play button!!Thanks,Siyona

Hi Again!I’ve had the pleasure of picking Dr Guruprasad’s brains again. This time, for my questions on Satellites. He did not disappoint me at all…. This episode is packed with so much to help you understand why we have so many satellites are in space and still don’t really collide… what space debris is and how lots of satellites fall back to earth after their job is done.Its interesting how India has its own version of GPS called Navik. I was truly fascinated to know how tall the PSLV rocket is! Its truly wonderful how satellites are inseparable from our lives now. It shocked me satellites are even involved in my own podcast while you all are listening from different parts of the world!.I hope you enjoy listening.Thanks,

Learn why silver has declined and what the future forecast is. Are you investing well for financial freedom...or not? As we live our lives, we have seen enormous money be made in real estate, technology stocks, etc. and have seen wild swings in markets before. They can feel scary at the time, but in hindsight are often tremendous opportunities for future financial success. If you only knew where to invest for the long-term, what a difference it would make, because the difference between investing $100k and earning 2% or 10% on your money over 30 years, is the difference between it growing to $181,136 or $1,744,940, an increase of over $1.5 million dollars. Your compounding rate, and how well you invest, matters!  INTERESTED IN THE BE WEALTHY & SMART VIP EXPERIENCE? -Asset allocation model with ticker symbols and % to invest -Monthly investing webinars with Linda -Private Facebook group with daily insights -Weekly stock market commentary email -Lifetime access -US and foreign investors, no minimum $ amount required For a limited time, enjoy a 50% savings. More information is here or have complimentary consultation with Linda to answer your questions click here: https://2909395.survey.fm/application-for-vip-experience PLEASE REVIEW THE SHOW ON ITUNES If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review. I love hearing from you! I so appreciate it! SUBSCRIBE TO BE WEALTHY & SMART Click Here to Subscribe Via iTunes Click Here to Subscribe Via Stitcher on an Android Device Click Here to Subscribe Via RSS Feed WEALTH HEIRESS TV Please subscribe to Wealth Heiress TV YouTube channel (it’s not just for women, it’s for men too!), here. PLEASE LEAVE A BOOK REVIEW Leave a book review on Amazon here. Get my book, “You’re Already a Wealth Heiress, Now Think and Act Like One: 6 Practical Steps to Make It a Reality Now!” Men love it too! After all, you are Wealth Heirs. :) Available for purchase on Amazon. International buyers (if you live outside of the US) get my book here. WANT MORE FROM LINDA? Check out her programs. Join her on Instagram. WEALTH LIBRARY OF PODCASTS Listen to the full wealth library of podcasts from the beginning. Use the search bar in the upper right corner of the page to search topics. TODAY'S SPONSOR I want to take a few seconds to tell you about how I “read” more books and stay ahead of the curve. It’s by not reading books, but instead listening to them – like you are right now! With Audible, there are over 150,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player and…your first audiobook is FREE! I suggest you get the audio book of Think and Grow Rich, or you can check out my website Resources page where I list all of my favorite financial books and you see exactly what books I have read and recommend you read. Then get started with Audible by visiting https://lindapjones.com/FreeBook and order your first audio book free! Get Think and Grow Rich or another book from my recommend list, and be sure to get started checking off the books you want to read with your free book from Audible! Be Wealthy & Smart,™ is a personal finance show with self-made millionaire Linda P. Jones, America’s Wealth Mentor.™ Learn simple steps that make a big difference to your financial freedom.  (Some links are affiliate links. There is no additional cost to you.)

In this Better Satellite World episode of the SSPI podcast, we conclude the conversation with Mike Safyan, VP of Launch at Planet. Mike began his career in the space industry at NASA Ames, where he worked on the PhoneSat project, developing low-cost CubeSat platforms that use smartphone technology. In 2011, he joined the eight-person founding team at Planet Labs as a systems engineer. As the company grew from the initial eight employees to a global organization of over 450 people, Mike moved through a wide range of roles, from export regulatory licensing & compliance, overseeing Planet’s global ground station network to managing Planet’s launch strategy, the position he holds today. In his early career at Planet, Mike was responsible for obtaining the company’s FCC Operational License, the first ever obtained for commercial CubeSats. Since then, he has been involved in the launch of over 300 satellites across twenty different launch attempts, helping Planet’s fleet grow to the largest in the world. Mike has served as an advocate for the SmallSat community as well as for Planet throughout his career, speaking at multiple conferences and workshops and negotiating with satellite operators including Orbcomm, DigitalGlobe, Spire, and NASA to establish fair and equitable spectrum and orbital sharing agreements. In 2017, Mike oversaw Planet’s record-breaking launch of 88 Dove satellites on India’s PSLV. The launch allowed Planet to achieve its Mission One: imaging the entire Earth every day from space. Mike was a member of SSPI's inaugural 20 Under 35 list in 2018 and was a Promise Award winner in that same year. He is also a member of SSPI's Board of Directors. In this podcast, Mike spoke with SSPI Director of Development and Innovation Lou Zacharilla about Planet's mission, its Dove constellation and how Earth imaging contributes to a better world for us all.    

In this Better Satellite World episode of the SSPI podcast, we hear more from Mike Safyan, VP of Launch at Planet. Mike began his career in the space industry at NASA Ames, where he worked on the PhoneSat project, developing low-cost CubeSat platforms that use smartphone technology. In 2011, he joined the eight-person founding team at Planet Labs as a systems engineer. As the company grew from the initial eight employees to a global organization of over 450 people, Mike moved through a wide range of roles, from export regulatory licensing & compliance, overseeing Planet’s global ground station network to managing Planet’s launch strategy, the position he holds today.   In his early career at Planet, Mike was responsible for obtaining the company’s FCC Operational License, the first ever obtained for commercial CubeSats. Since then, he has been involved in the launch of over 300 satellites across twenty different launch attempts, helping Planet’s fleet grow to the largest in the world. Mike has served as an advocate for the SmallSat community as well as for Planet throughout his career, speaking at multiple conferences and workshops and negotiating with satellite operators including Orbcomm, DigitalGlobe, Spire, and NASA to establish fair and equitable spectrum and orbital sharing agreements. In 2017, Mike oversaw Planet’s record-breaking launch of 88 Dove satellites on India’s PSLV. The launch allowed Planet to achieve its Mission One: imaging the entire Earth every day from space. Mike was a member of SSPI's inaugural 20 Under 35 list in 2018 and was a Promise Award winner in that same year. He is also a member of SSPI's Board of Directors.   In this podcast, Mike spoke with SSPI Director of Development and Innovation Lou Zacharilla about Planet's mission, its Dove constellation and how Earth imaging contributes to a better world for us all.        

In this Better Satellite World episode of the SSPI podcast, we hear from Mike Safyan, VP of Launch at Planet. Mike began his career in the space industry at NASA Ames, where he worked on the PhoneSat project, developing low-cost CubeSat platforms that use smartphone technology. In 2011, he joined the eight-person founding team at Planet Labs as a systems engineer. As the company grew from the initial eight employees to a global organization of over 450 people, Mike moved through a wide range of roles, from export regulatory licensing & compliance, overseeing Planet’s global ground station network to managing Planet’s launch strategy, the position he holds today.   In his early career at Planet, Mike was responsible for obtaining the company’s FCC Operational License, the first ever obtained for commercial CubeSats. Since then, he has been involved in the launch of over 300 satellites across twenty different launch attempts, helping Planet’s fleet grow to the largest in the world. Mike has served as an advocate for the SmallSat community as well as for Planet throughout his career, speaking at multiple conferences and workshops and negotiating with satellite operators including Orbcomm, DigitalGlobe, Spire, and NASA to establish fair and equitable spectrum and orbital sharing agreements. In 2017, Mike oversaw Planet’s record-breaking launch of 88 Dove satellites on India’s PSLV. The launch allowed Planet to achieve its Mission One: imaging the entire Earth every day from space. Mike was a member of SSPI's inaugural 20 Under 35 list in 2018 and was a Promise Award winner in that same year. He is also a member of SSPI's Board of Directors.   In this podcast, Mike spoke with SSPI Director of Development and Innovation Lou Zacharilla about Planet's mission, its Dove constellation and how Earth imaging contributes to a better world for us all.

The Indian Space Research Organisation has gotten over the setback it suffered on account of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, and has ended the year with six launch vehicle missions and seven satellite missions. The number is lower than that achieved in 2018, when Isro had completed 16 missions and was preparing for some major milestones, including the launch of Chandrayaan-2, preparing for India's first human space programme 'Gaganyaan' and its mission to the Sun: Aditya-1.  At the beginning of the year 2019, Isro said it was planning as many as 32 missions, including 14 launch vehicles, 17 satellite and one Technology Demonstration missions. The complex Chandrayaan-2 and the development flights of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle or SSLVs, were an intrinsic part of this plan. SSLVs are the new member in the Launch Vehicle family. After completing 16 missions in 2018, Isro started the year 2019 not with a launch, but with the signing of an MoU with industries to outsource the production of its reliable launch vehicle Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). This is the agency's first major breakthrough, as it will help Isro focus on satellite applications rather than rockets. Isro chairman K Sivan had asserted that the development would save the agency a great deal in time and resources, especially human resources. Listeners might recall that the Government of India has approved several high-end time-bound projects, including the commercialisation of GSLV Mk III, the design and development of semi-cryo stage, the Gaganyaan human space mission and other advanced space exploration missions.  Stating that it was evident that Isro's limited resources would be used to ensure the timely completion of these projects, in which a great deal of research and development is involved, he asserted that at the same time, the regular production of PSLV shall be realised by an industry consortium and ISRO will confine itself to do mission analysis and planning, and configuration controls.  Isro also strengthened its collaboration with Academia by announcing the setting up of six ISRO Research Chairs at various institutions -- one each in the six geographically distributed zones of India -- to cater to the emerging technology development needs and incubation centres across the country. The launches started with the PSLV-C44 mission on January 24. It was the first mission of PSLV-DL and is a new variant of the PSLV. The rocket carried Microsat-R, an imaging satellite, and Kalamsat, a student satellite to the Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit. During the next four months, the space agency had three launches, including a satellite launch from French Guiana in May. Isro also signed an MoU with the Indian Air Force for cooperation in crew selection and training for the Gaganyaan Project, the country's Human Space Programme targeted for 2022. In March 2019, another milestone was achieved when the Government announced the formation of NewSpace India, with a business plan that was identical to that of Antrix Corporation, the first commercial arm of ISRO. It will be a nodal agency for PSLV. Between June and September, Isro's focus was largely on Chandrayaan-2, which it claimed from the day was a far greater technical challenge than the controlled crash of its predecessor. Isro attempted to land its lander on the South Pole of the Moon, a feat which till date has not been attempted by any other country. On July 15, amid the excitement at the last moment, the mission had to be called off as Isro found a technical snag. After correcting the issue, Chandrayaan-2 was launched  on July 22 for a 48-day journey. While the Orbiter was successfully inserted into the lunar orbit on September 2, Isro's attempt to soft land the Vikram on the Moon did not succeed. With the fuel available, the life of the orbiter could be seven years instead of the scheduled five years. After this setback, Isro returned to the launch phase i

Welcome back, we have another fun episode for you all this week. First up we have an absolute idiot in Russia insulting adult comic book readers. Now, we must apologise for the response to this segment, we Nerds love our comics and really enjoy reading them. As fans we love the artwork, the complexity of the stories, the downright fun of it all, and the insane gadgets that end up becoming a reality. Although we are still waiting to see the Fantastic 4’s flying car. Now things get heated in this as you might expect, but wow, you will love this. Would you like to learn more?Next up we have Australian Dragons and their last surviving cousins living overseas. For all those people who have decided to live abroad after they finish university you aren’t the first. Oh no, not even close. You are a few thousand years behind these guys. Now as typical Aussies they like to relax over a nice steak; enjoy a bit of time in the sun, and when they get angry fighting like a legend. Just in case you are wondering who we are talking about it is the, yeah nah. You will need to listen in to find out.Do you wish you could go play certain games you had on an old phone but are having trouble finding it? Perhaps it is a game on a friend’s phone and no matter how hard you look you just never seem to know where they got it from. Well things are about to get worse, because Infinity Blade are no longer supporting some of their games. So, better check out what this means for that bundle of games you have in your library and read those acknowledged agreements and game licences. Are you freaking out? Well listen in to find out what is happening before it is too late.As usual we have the shout outs, remembrances, birthdays and special events of interest. We would like to say thank you to all the awesome fire fighters battling the numerous bush fires raging around Australia. For all those people who have lost homes, businesses, jobs and all those things that make a life we hope you are safe. As always, stay safe, look out for each other and stay hydrated.EPISODE NOTES:Russian Politician vs adult comic book reader - https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/08/russian-minister-of-culture-vladimir-medinsky-calls-adult-comic-book-readers-morons/Komodo Dragons - https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-last-dragons-survived-extinctionApp Archiving- https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/d1eys0/are_infinity_blade_games_no_longer_available_to/- https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT208436Games currently playingDJ- Warframe - https://store.steampowered.com/app/230410/Warframe/Professor– Space Run - https://store.steampowered.com/app/275670/Space_Run/Buck– The Orville Interactive Fan Experience - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096200/The_Orville__Interactive_Fan_Experience/Other topics discussedDisney Vs Disney Debates (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/disneyvsdisneypodcastJames Oliver Rigney Jr. aka Robert Jordan (American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for the Wheel of Time series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_JordanGeorge Raymond Richard Martin aka George R. R. Martin (American novelist and short story writer in the fantasy,horror, and science fiction genres, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the HBO series Game of Thrones)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._MartinBerserk (Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_(manga)Ouran High Host Club (manga series by Bisco Hatori.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouran_High_School_Host_ClubThe Phantom (American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in February 1936)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_PhantomWynonna Earp (weird West comic book miniseries created and owned by Beau Smith.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynonna_EarpThe Boys (American comic book series, written by Garth Ennis and co-created, designed, and illustrated by Darick Robertson)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(comics)Hack/Slash (comic book series, launched from several one shots of the same name, published by Image Comics. The series was created by writer and sometime penciller Tim Seeley.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack/SlashThe Punisher (fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PunisherJoker star Marc Maron blasts outraged Marvel fans- https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2478614/joker-star-marc-maron-blasts-outraged-marvel-fans-after-superhero-movie-backlashParthenogenesis (natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParthenogenesisQUT joins top 200 universities worldwide- https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/qut-joins-global-elite-universities-in-new-rankings-20190911-p52qdd.htmlSwedish scientist suggests cannibalism as a solution to climate change- https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientist-cannibalism-climate-changeKomodo Dragons (also known as the Komodo monitor, is a species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragonCan cats live on a vegan diet- https://www.petmd.com/blogs/thedailyvet/lorieahuston/2014/june/vegan-diets-cats-31822What happens to feeding your pet a vegan diet- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-07/can-your-pet-become-vegan/10969616Komodo Dragon facts- https://www.livescience.com/27402-komodo-dragons.htmlNintendo sues RomUniverse for copyright infringement- https://www.businessinsider.com.au/nintendo-sues-romuniverse-copyright-infringement-claims-2019-9?r=US&IR=THow to play iPod games on PC- https://itstillworks.com/play-ipod-games-pc-7715671.htmlFlappy Bird (mobile game developed by Vietnamese video game artist and programmer Dong Nguyen under his game development company dotGears.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flappy_BirdPrince of Persia (1989 fantasy cinematic platformer originally developed and published by Brøderbund and designed by Jordan Mechner for the Apple II.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Persia_(1989_video_game)Accursed Farms (YouTube channel)- Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6KZTTnkE-s2XFJJmoTAkw- Games as a service is a fraud - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3NwFallout 76 charging $7 for a fridge and people are not happy- https://www.gamesradar.com/fallout-76-players-arent-happy-about-being-charged-dollar7-for-a-fridge/Warframe market- https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/MarketReplicator (In Star Trek a replicator is a machine that can create (and recycle) things.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_(Star_Trek)CBS kills Star Trek fan project- https://www.pcmag.com/news/364042/cbs-kills-star-trek-stage-9-fan-projectGirl gives birthday cake to Queensland Firefighters- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/499154903701389312/621667655765721089/70147954_10157763711869669_3177814528142344192_n.pngBardot (Australian girl group which formed in 1999 on the Australian reality television series Popstars.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardot_(Australian_band)The Nomad Soul (adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nomad_SoulDr Zhivago (novel by Boris Pasternak, first published in 1957 in Italy.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_(novel)Indian lunar lander falls silent- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/09/india-chandrayaan-2-landing-attempt-moon-lunar-south-pole/You, Me, and a Poltergeist (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/ymaappodcastShoutouts8 Sept 1965 – The Monkees were born, a small ad in New York’s Daily Variety on this day attracted 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first "manufactured" boy band –The Monkees. It happened after young movie and TV director Bob Rafelson, looking for his big break, dreamt up a show about a struggling rock band. He ran a production company called Raybert with his business partner Bert Schneider, whose father was the head of Columbia Pictures. The TV division of Columbia agreed in 1965 to go ahead with the project. All that was then needed was a band – or, at least, “four insane boys” who could literally play the part. - https://www.onthisday.com/articles/hey-hey-were-the-monkees9 Sept 1999 – Sega Dreamcast was released in America, it was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox. The Dreamcast was Sega's final home console, marking the end of the company's 18 years in the console market. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast9 Sept 1839 - English scientist and astronomer John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph, which still exists, and experimented with some colour reproduction, noting that rays of different parts of the spectrum tended to impart their own colour to a photographic paper. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel11 Sept 2019 - Tribute to the firefighters - https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a190911uqndh/a-tribute-to-our-amazing-firies-in-10-incredible-photos-20190911Remembrances7 Sept 2019 - Robert Axelrod also credited as Axel Roberts and Myron Mensah, American actor. He was primarily known for his voice work, which included Digimon, Cowboy Bebop and Space Pirate Captain Harlock, having started voice acting for the English-language versions of anime in 1980; providing the voice of Lord Zedd, the main antagonist of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers; and Finster, the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers monster maker. He also portrayed a Paul McCartney look-alike on the popular sitcom Family Matters, and later in his career appeared in several productions by comedy duo Tim & Eric. He died at the age of 70 in Los Angeles,California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Axelrod_(actor)9 Sept 1976 - Mao Zedong, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Idelogically a Marxist–Leninist, his theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism. A controversial figure, Mao is regarded as one of the most important and influential individuals in modern world history. He is also known as a political intellect, theorist, military strategist, poet, and visionary. Supporters credit him with driving imperialism out of China, modernising the nation and building it into a world power, promoting the status of women, improving education and health care, as well as increasing life expectancy as China's population grew from around 550 million to over 900 million under his leadership. Conversely, his regime has been called autocratic and totalitarian, and condemned for bringing about mass repression and destroying religious and cultural artifacts and sites. It was additionally responsible for vast numbers of deaths with estimates ranging from 30 to 70 million victims through starvation, prison labour and mass executions. He died from a heart attack at the age of 82 in Beijing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong9 Sept 1997 - Burgess Meredith, American actor, director, producer, and writer. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century". A lifetime member of the Actors Studio by invitation, he won several Emmys, was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards. He established himself as a leading man in Hollywood with critically acclaimed performances as George Milton in Of Mice and Men, Ernie Pyle in The Story of G.I. Joe, and the narrator ofA Walk in the Sun. Meredith was known later in his career for his appearances on The Twilight Zone and for portraying arch-villain The Penguin on the 1960s TV series Batman and boxing trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky film series. For his performances in The Day of the Locust and Rocky, he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He later starred in the comedy Foul Play and the fantasy film Clash of the Titans. He narrated numerous films and documentaries during his long career, including Twilight Zone: The Movie. He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease and melanoma at the age of 89 in Malibu, California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgess_MeredithFamous Birthdays9 Sept 1828 - Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906, and nominations for Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1910, and his miss of the prize is a major Nobel prize controversy. he is best known for the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth, and Sevastopol Sketches, based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and Hadji Murad. He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You, were to have a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Tolstoy also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly Resurrection. He was born in Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Governorate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy9 Sept 1890 - Colonel Harland David Sanders, American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC) and later acting as the company's brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company. The title 'colonel' was honorary – a Kentucky Colonel – not the military rank. Sanders held a number of jobs in his early life, such as steam engine stoker, insurance salesman and filling station operator. He began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant inNorth Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. During that time Sanders developed his "secret recipe" and his patented method of cooking chicken in a pressure fryer. Sanders recognized the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first KFC franchise opened in South Salt Lake, Utah in 1952. When his original restaurant closed, he devoted himself full-time to franchising his fried chicken throughout the country. The company's rapid expansion across the United States and overseas became overwhelming for Sanders. In 1964, then 73 years old, he sold the company to a group of investors led by John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack C. Massey for $2 million ($16.2 million today). However, he retained control of operations in Canada, and he became a salaried brand ambassador for Kentucky Fried Chicken. He was born in Henryville, Indiana - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders9 Sept 1953 - Janet Fielding, Australian actress, known for her role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as companion of the Fourth Doctor, and later of the Fifth Doctor,Tegan Jovanka. She made a guest appearance on Jim'll Fix It in a Doctor Who-related sketch alongside Colin Baker'sDoctor in 1985 (A Fix with Sontarans). She played Mel during Sylvester McCoy's audition for the part of the Seventh Doctor. She was born in Brisbane, Queensland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_FieldingEvents of Interest9 Sept 1983 - Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player- https://www.onthisday.com/people/martina-navratilova- http://www.mertovstennisdesk.com/2013/10/14/the-most-famous-100-player-in-atp-history/9 Sept 2012 – The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches. The satellite known as SPOT 6 along with SPOT 7 form a constellation of Earth-imaging satellites designed to provide continuity of high-resolution, wide-swath data up to 2024. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPOT_(satellite)#SPOT_6_and_SPOT_711 Sept 1940 - The American Mathematical Society met at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, a few hundred miles north of the building of Bell Labs in New York, where was the Complex Number Computer. George Stibitz arranged to have the computer connected by telephone lines (28-wire teletype cable) to a teletype unit installed there. The Complex Number Computer worked well, and there is no doubt it impressed those who used it. The meeting was attended by many of America's most prominent mathematicians, as well as individuals who later led important computing projects. The Dartmouth demonstration foreshadowed the modern era of remote computing, but remote access of this type was not repeated for another ten years. - https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Relays/Stibitz.htmlIntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssGeneral EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com

This week in SF history— 2004 February 26. First ISS EVA with no one inside (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Beresheet prepares to land on the Moon (planetary.org) — PS this booster will be the one used for the in-flight abort (americaspace.com)Short & Sweet— Despite issues, Soyuz successfully deploys EgyptSat-A (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/)— Another successful test flight for Virgin Galactic. (spaceflightnow.com)— Hayabusa2's first sampling! (engadget.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Fantastic Starman sweatshirt (etsy.com)— RPG night on the 8th! (patreon.com)Data Relay: Hypergols— Thanks to Arin Cross for researching and presenting this topic! (linkedin.com)— BFRCs - produced when launches with NTO go wrong (youtube.com)— Early hypergolic testing history: Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants, by John Drury Clark (google.com/books)— Video showing a drop of RFNA into a pool of MMH (purdue.edu)— See also — Investigation into the hypergolic ignition process initiated by low weber number collisions. (aiaa.org) — Advances in hypergolic propellants: ignition, hydrazine, and hydrogen peroxide research. (hindawi.com)— Flame structure, a la Arin Cross (proquest.com)— Space Shuttle OMS engines used hydrazine and NTO (books.google.com)— JWST has hypergolic and monopropellant thrusters (jwst-docs.stsci.edu) (PDF: nasa.gov)— More info on JWST momentum dumps (jwst-docs.stsci.edu)— Ariane 5 ECA purges with helium before and after burns (books.google.com) (esa.int)— GSLV and PSLV use Vikas engine (isro.gov.in) — High-thrust Vikas Engine (HTVE) is now used on GSLV Mk III (spacetechasia.com) — Named after Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai. Recommended reading: From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey (isro.gov.in) — ISRO sent a team of ~50 scientists to France in 1974 to participate in Viking/Ariane development. (indiatimes.com) — Side note: a rag left in a water coolant pipe during installation destroyed a Viking engine in flight (wikipedia.org) — Viking uses transpiration cooling (airandspace.si.edu)— Lots of work is happening in “green” hypergolics (harvard.edu) — A mixture of furfuryl alcohol, ethanolamine and copper (II) chloride (fuel) and 70% hydrogen peroxide was tested at one point (PDF: researchgate.net) — Gelled hypergolics are also an option (docs.lib.purdue.edu) — Hydrazine in a solid fuel for hybrid application (doi.org)— Further reading — Humble, Ronald. Space Propulsion Analysis and Design. United Kingdom: McGraw-Hill Companies,Incorporated, 1995.

Mike began his career in the space industry at NASA Ames, where he worked on the PhoneSat project, developing low-cost CubeSat platforms that use smartphone technology. In 2011, he joined the eight-person founding team at Planet Labs as a systems engineer. As the company grew from the initial eight employees to a global organization of over 450 people, Mike moved through a wide range of roles, from export regulatory licensing & compliance, overseeing Planet’s global ground station network to managing Planet’s launch strategy, the position he holds today. In his early career at Planet, Mike was responsible for obtaining the company’s FCC Operational License, the first ever obtained for commercial CubeSats. Since then, he has been involved in the launch of over 300 satellites across twenty different launch attempts, helping Planet’s fleet grow to the largest in the world. Mike has served as an advocate for the SmallSat community as well as for Planet throughout his career, speaking at multiple conferences and workshops and negotiating with satellite operators including Orbcomm, DigitalGlobe, Spire, and NASA to establish fair and equitable spectrum and orbital sharing agreements. In 2017, Mike oversaw Planet’s record-breaking launch of 88 Dove satellites on India’s PSLV. The launch allowed Planet to achieve its Mission One: imaging the entire Earth every day from space. Described by his colleagues as passionate, generous and remarkably level-headed, Mike dedicates time to the smallsat industry outside of his work at Planet as well. In 2016, he helped establish the Commercial Small Satellite Spectrum Management Association (CSSSMA), an industry organization that advocates for smallsat spectrum sharing. He also works with the Brooke Owens Fellowship selling Aerospace t-shirts (https://www.etsy.com/shop/StarfishPrimeApparel) to raise money, and volunteers with Meals on Wheels and Glide Church to help feed the needy in San Francisco.

Talking Space is turning 10 seasons old...yet most of the topics involve new space surprisingly! We begin focusing on SpaceX first with the return of CRS-13 and a look-ahead to the Falcon Heavy static fire test. Of course, we address the mystery behind the secret Zuma payload. Did it safely make it to orbit, did it come crashing back to earth, or is there something we're not being told? We get an ISS update including a preview of two spacewalks. Next in our launch round-up, it's ULA with their NROL-47 mission and SBIRS GEO 4. Then it's over to India for a successful return of the PSLV plus a look at whether India could disrupt the international launch game. We also check out some smaller companies and their big impacts like RocketLab's Electron. Then it's over to China whose rocket didn't blow up but still sent pieces crashing into the ground near crowded villages. Can the US partner with a country that just throws away rockets near people? We weigh in. Lastly we remember two amazing astronauts in Bruce McCandless III and John Young who recently passed away. Show recorded 1-16-2018 Host: Sawyer Rosenstein Panelist: Gene Mikulka

NewSpaceVision Podcast #4 with Pekka Laurila CFO & Co-Founder of ICEYE What a start into 2018. ICEYE, the VC backed NewSpace StartUp from Finnland, just launched their next generation radar satellite on a PSLV into earth's orbit. With their novel SAR technology, they want to change the earth observation market and are off for a good start. In November 2017 we had the chance to speak to Pekka Laurila, the Co-Founder and CFO of the company, about their business, technology and how they started. He also answers the question why they had to rent an icebreaker in the early days of their company! We hope you like it! Please subscribe and rate podcast on soundcloud or itunes. We are happy for your feedback on Twitter (twitter.com/newspacevision). Show Notes: - Aalto-1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalto-1 - Tekes Funding: https://www.businessfinland.fi/ - Horizon 2020: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ - ICEYE: https://www.iceye.com/ - Reaktor SpaceLab: https://reaktorspace.com/ The NewSpaceVision Team. Recording: Daniel Seidel (twitter.com/Daninho89) & Sven Przywarra (twitter.com/SvenPrzy) Cut: Amin Shahsavar

SpaceX Static Fire update, launch update, some shuttle history, and pop culture. Check out today's episode! Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: STS-74 Mission Page (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/mission-sts-72.html) National Space Society- STS-72 Post Flight Presentation (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle74.htm) STS-72 Mission Page (newer NASA website) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-72.html) Check out this link, it's a great resource. Spaceflight Now- Launch Schedule (https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/)

Don’t have time to keep a tab on news throughout the day? CNN News18 brings you the day’s top news and newsmakers in less than 3 minutes! Here are today’s top picks: Body Found Hanging in Rajasthan Fort, Act Part of Padmavati Protest, Karni Sena Denies Involvement. SPORTS Despite the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) deciding that the BCCI doesn’t need to come under the wings of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) as there is a satisfactory anti-doping system already in place, the matter is set to come up for discussion at the Special General Meeting of the board in the Capital on December 9. Speaking to CricketNext, acting BCCI president CK Khanna said the matter would come up for discussion at the SGM next month. TECH ISRO is developing a PSLV Rocket solely for smaller satellites and may launch it by as soon as 2019. The launch vehicle will able to carry a 700 kg payload and will cut the cost of a normal PSLV by one-tenth, bringing it down from its original Rs 150 – Rs 500 Crore price range. AUTO Following a recall initiated by Jeep’s parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in America, Jeep India has issued a recall for an estimated 1,200 Jeep Compass SUVs. These cars also include units that have already been retailed to customers. The recall has been done over faulty passenger side airbags and will be replaced by Jeep India.

mal wieder eine Pleiten, Pech und Pannen Sendung. Die indische PSLV konnte sich nicht von ihrem Satelliten trenne, die Ariane 5 wollte erst gar nicht starten. In den USA kommt neben Wirbelstürmen auch noch ein menschliches Desaster in Form von Jim Bridenstine dazu. Wenigstens in Deutschland gibt es gutes zu Berichten: Die ESA feiert 50 Jahre ESOC in Darmstadt und in Berlin wird in einem kleinen Büro die größte Satellitenflotte der Welt betrieben.

How do you describe a solar eclipse on the radio? Listen and find out! On this episode, we begin with the return of the Expedition 52 and looking at the records set by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. All this happening ahead of the next crewed launch on September 12. Then it's onto recent launches, including the Formosat-5 launch aboard a Falcon 9 and the ORS-5 launch on the first ever Minotaur out of Cape Camaveral. We also look at the first major failure of India's PSLV in tis more than 20 years of flying. With the recent announcement of a nominee for the currently vacant NASA Administrator position, we discuss the pros and cons of the current choice. Then it's onto our main topic...the Great American Total Solar Eclipse of 2017. Both Kat and Sawyer were in the path of totality. Hear how "fantastic" it really is and hear what the pictures in the show notes below don't convey. Hear how far people came and what it took to organize a party for 10,000+ people traveling to a small town just for the eclipse. Finally, Gene Mikulka reports from Podcast Movement 2017 with special guest Daniel Druhora from USC's Escape Velocity podcast to discuss how to convey STEM through podcasting. [An image gallery was added here. To view it, visit http://talkingspaceonline.com] Show recorded 9-4-2017 Host: Sawyer Rosenstein Panelists: Mark Ratterman and Kat Robison with a special guest interview by Gene Mikulka

This week we bring on guest Dave Masten to get an update of the happenings at Masten Space Systems. In addition to an update on the XS-1 project, we also talk about how Dave and crew is using additive manufacturing (3D printing) to create entire rocket engines. Interview starts at 16:59 === LAUNCHES ===01:44 - ISRO suffers PSLV failure === SPACE NEWS===05:18 - The End Is Near Cassini!09:02 - Dreamchaser Completes Captive Carry Flight ahead of Free Flight12:35 - Best Ever Images of A Star's Surface And Atmosphere === CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ===Twitter.com/TMROFacebook.com/TMROTVYouTube.com/TMROReddit.com/r/tmroTwitch.tv/TMROTMRO.tv === OUR REAL-TIME DISCORD CHANNEL ===All of the TMRO Shows are created and maintained in our Discord channel. Escape Velocity Patrons have access to a special room, but we also have free #general rooms that anyone can participate in. Join in for free at https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD === TMRO IS CROWD FUNDED ===TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information plus our all new goals and reward levels

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Our space agency has given us lots to be proud about recently! ISRO's stupendous achievement of launching 100+ satellites is remarkable, and has brought old stats involving auto rickshaw fares and a certain cartoon back into the limelight. Join the podcastronauts Chuck, Srikeit and Naren as they fly their spaceship of wisdom with a payload of bad jokes to the orbit of space exploration, how ISRO works and the only pun possible on the word 'equinox'. It's all happening here on Simblified, so 3, 2, 1... The Simblified podcast is also available on iTunes: https://goo.gl/S5t15w You can find us on Audioboom: https://goo.gl/43zsI7 Or generally, on just about any app you use to get your podcasts; Stitcher, Overcast, Beyond Pod, Podmalaxmi (that is not real, but don't you wish it was?) Follow Simblifed on Facebook: https://goo.gl/UlU34v This is an IVM Production; for more such awesome podcasts on the go, download the IVM Podcasts app on Google Play: https://goo.gl/bI1toI and on iOS: https://goo.gl/9UhnGd Or come find us: Website: Indusvox.com Facebook: https://goo.gl/P130uw Twitter: https://goo.gl/7P7Uec Instagram: https://goo.gl/qH3PHm

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) *New dates for the early solar system A new study has confirmed that the solar system and its major planets were formed within the first four million years of the Sun’s birth. The findings, reported in the journal Science place the most precise date yet on the solar system’s early evolution and the length of time the system’s protoplanetary disk was present. *Black hole sets a feeding record A giant black hole has ripped apart a star and gorged on its remains for over decade -- more than 10 times longer than any previously observed episode of stellar death by black hole. The process known as a tidal disruption event occurs when the tidal forces due to the intense gravity from a black hole destroys an object -- such as a star -- that wanders too close. *India’s new world record launching 104 satellites at once. India’s first launch for 2017 has set a new world record carrying 104 small satellites in to orbit on a single rocket. The Indian Space Research Organisation’s PSLV or Polar Satellite Launch vehicle blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please help out by sharing and telling your friends. The best recommendation I can get is one from you. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spacetime. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) S19Ep91: *Black hole ASASSN A sudden unusually bright flash of light in a distant galaxy -- which was thought to be the explosive death of a star as a supernova -- has turned out to be an even more spectacular stellar death – the total destruction of a star by a supermassive black hole. New observations indicate the unusually bright flash – which had been named ASASSN-15LH – and which was originally thought to be the brightest supernova ever seen -- was actually a tidal disruption event -- caused by a star being ripped to pieces after venturing too close to a monstrous black hole. *New search for Earth’s unseen companions NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is about to begin a search for possible Earth Trojan asteroids. OSIRIS-Rex is on a two-year flight to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu and it will be ideally positioned in February to undertake a survey of a region which often contains asteroids known as Trojans. *India caps off its biggest year so far in space flight India has launched a new Earth imaging satellite rounding off the subcontinent’s busiest year so far for space missions. The PSLV or Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota island on the Bay of Bengal coast carrying Resourcesat-2a into orbit. *The December Solstice The December Solstice will occur at 21.44 Australian Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, December 21st as the Sun reached zenith appearing to be directly over the tropic of Capricorn. In the USA and the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the winter solstice marking the first day of winter -- but the good news is that from now on the days start to get longer again while south of the Equator summer has well and truly arrived and the day’s start getting shorter.  If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please help out by sharing and telling your friends. The best recommendation I can get is one from you. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spacetime. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on our 12th Podcast we cover another exciting week in space. We cover the life and passing of John Glenn. The Science Museum aquiring the Soyuz Capsule of Tim Peake. The Arianne Space Vega launch of the Turkish Gokturk 1, The ISRO Launch of PSLV and the Resourcesat 2A, The Delta 4 and the WGS 8 Launch The Japanese Launch of H-2B and the HTV 6, Kounotori 6 (こうのとり6号機?), Preview of the the Long March 3B, Pegasus XL CYGNSS, Atlas 5 and the Rocket builder from ULA. Self healing interstella chips. Question to readers Are the Soyuz Kourou launches Russian or European Launches ...answers to matt@interplanetary.org.uk Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

Learn the do’s and don’ts of purchasing and storing silver. Have you checked out the Creating Wealth podcast yet with Jason Hartman? It’s full of amazing information and over 700 podcasts about real estate investing. If you like this podcast, you’ll like that one too. http://bit.ly/wealthpod It's listener question Friday! Dear Linda, I’ve been listening to your podcasts and I’m curious about how to buy silver. Do you recommend buying it online? Should I buy an ETF? Can I pay someone to store it for me? Kris I get lots of questions about silver. The most often it’s why do I recommend buying silver and not gold? Where to buy it? 1. Your local dealer with a good reputation 2. Online at JMbullion.com or SDbullion.com 3. Goldmoney.com 4. PSLV 5. Not an ETF like SLV How to store it? 1. At home in a safe that is bolted to the floor 2. Not in a safety deposit box 3. Don’t pay someone to store it for you 4. In a storage facility (not a bank) 5. At goldmoney.com

The fourth interplanetary podcast. This month we will be having fun and down to earth chat about: Tim Peake, Juno, Elon Musk Mars Mission, Delta IV Heavy, PSLV, Dawn, Atlas v, Asteroid Day, Lunar Mission one!. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Hosts Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Cover NASA JPL Caltech Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell

Listen To Eric Sprott be interviewed by Turd Ferguson of TF Metals (http://www.tfmetalsreport.com), as she shares his views on: - Chinese gold demand and the continuing drawdown of the GLD. - Market conditions needed to facilitate an expansion of the PHYS and/or PSLV. - The mining stocks. Eric also offers his key metrics for evaluating miners that can make it through this current downturn. - What mistakes we've made over the past three years and how to prepare for the future. - The ongoing deviation of the gold:silver from historical norms.

In this episode we talk about the Hyderabad blasts, the successful launch of a PSLV by ISRO and Fauja Singh, the 101 year old running his last marathon.

In this episode we talk about the Hyderabad blasts, the successful launch of a PSLV by ISRO and Fauja Singh, the 101 year old running his last marathon.

On the island of Sriharikota, 150 kilometres north of Chennai, India has based its launch centre SHAR, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, named after the research scientist and former president of the ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation. At SHAR two launch pads have been built for the two rockets developed by India: the PSLV, a 4-stage launch vehicle using liquid and solid propulsion and able to launch one-tonne craft into geostationary transfer orbit and the GSLV, a 2-tonne capacity launcher for geostationary transfer orbit. PSLV has the performance level required to launch Chandrayaan-1 on its way to the moon. Sriharikota is like a real town. About 2000 employees are living on the island with their families.ESApod video programme

The first venture between India and Europe took place in the 1980s. In 1981, Europe's Ariane 3 rocket launched into space India's first geostationary satellite Apple. The cooperation continues today with India's lunar mission Chandrayaan-1. India's INSAT satellites were also designed for weather forecasting and Earth observation. Thirteen of them lifted-off with Europe's Ariane launchers. Today India has developed its own launchers at its Sriharikota base in the Bay of Bengal and is about to enter a new stage with its first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1. The large antenna designed by the Indian Space Agency and specially installed outside Bangalore to monitor the Chandrayaan-1 mission forms part of India's deep space network and is a good illustration of India's desire to play a role in the conquest of space and to offer its services to other countries. India is also interested in other forms of cooperation that go beyond lunar discovery and astronomical missions.ESApod video programme

The Indian launch vehicle PSLV is now at its launch station at Shriharikota - nowadays Chennai - a small island 100 km from Madras in the Bay of Bengal. It is waiting for its passenger, the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1, currently under preparation in Bangalore. Chandrayaan means ‘journey to the moon’ in Hindi. India has already built and launched many satellites but this is the first time that it will venture beyond the orbit of Earth. Six out of the 11 research instruments on board Chandrayaan are the result of international cooperative efforts, three of them with the European Space Agency (ESA). For ESA, Chandrayaan also represents an opportunity to re-use improved versions of the instruments which studied the moon on its SMART-1 lunar mission, and also a chance to send in orbit new instruments which will be used in upcoming ESA missions, such as the BepiColombo mission to Mercury.ESApod video programme