Podcasts about Space Shuttle Endeavour

Beth Behrs on season 6 of "The Neighborhood" and bringing heart to comedy Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are visiting Greenland, which has been a focus of U.S. politics as President Trump pushes to take over the island. A recent poll shows 85% of people in Greenland say they do not want to be part of the United States. CBS News' Holly Williams has more. A 25% tariff could mean higher car costs for consumers. CBS News senior business and tech correspondent Jo Ling Kent joins "CBS Mornings" to explain how to secure a good loan and red flags to look for when purchasing a car. "48 Hours" correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti speaks to one of seven Jane Does who testified at the trial of David Pearce, the Los Angeles man charged with murder in the overdose deaths of friends Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales in 2021. The average wedding in the U.S. costs more than $30,000. Now, event planners are warning couples that prices could go up because of tariffs. CBS News' Nancy Chen shows how to say "I do" without going into debt. In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison became the first woman of color to travel to space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. More than three decades later, she continues to champion science, technology, and education through her work on Earth. Grammy award-winning singer and actor JoJo became the youngest solo artist to have a debut number one single on the Billboard Top 40 with "Leave (Get Out)." Now, with her new EP "NGL," she tells stories of resilience. Beth Behrs plays Gemma Johnson, a well-meaning principal whose quirky choices often stir up laughs and lessons next door on "The Neighborhood." Behrs reflects on the show's impact, its evolving storylines and what fans can expect this season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today on AirTalk, Endeavour makes its final move to the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. Also on the show, LA County DA candidate John McKinney; Hollywood's film origins; will a mountain lion cross the road?; and more. The Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final, Historic Lift Happens Tonight (00:17) LA County District Attorney Race: Deputy District Attorney John McKinney (10:51) SoCal History: The Origins Of Hollywood (29:02) Disney Proposes Major Investment Into Theme Park Expansion, Asks Anaheim To Relax Zoning (51:24) Bright Lights Could Hinder Effectiveness Of 101 Freeway Wildlife Crossing (1:03:09) Is Being Your Own Boss A Pipe Dream? (1:13:51)

The Science Center has proudly displayed Space Shuttle Endeavour to our guests for the past ten years. Seeing the shuttle is amazing, but…Do you ever wonder what it felt like to fly Endeavour?We talked to Chris Ferguson (@Astro_Ferg), a former Navy pilot and NASA astronaut who flew on three space shuttle missions, including one as commander of Endeavour in 2008. He shares a vivid play-by-play of what he saw out the window while landing at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. By the way, my favorite part of his story is how the shuttle's double sonic boom was heard across LA County, surprising some sleepy residents on an early Sunday morning!It's always a treat to talk to astronauts, especially one who's flown on Endeavour. So, join us as we hear from one of the most experienced and accomplished space shuttle commanders, Chris Ferguson.Have a question you've been wondering about? Send an email or voice recording to everwonder@californiasciencecenter.org to tell us what you'd like to hear in future episodes.Follow us on Twitter (@casciencecenter), Instagram (@californiasciencecenter), and Facebook (@californiasciencecenter).Support the show

Set off with Blake and I, as we launch into the cosmic wonders and latest spaceflight achievements. From the thrilling details of India's first 2024 expedition to SpaceX's monumental 300th successful launch, this episode rockets through the most captivating stories from the final frontier. We salute India's efforts in space sustainability with Poem 3's orbital reduction, and prepare for a deep dive into China's new space ambitions. Misfires and mysteries are part of the cosmic odyssey, too. We reflect on the bittersweet saga of Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander — from the payload diversity, including international robots and space legends' memorials, to the grappling with a mission not gone as planned. Meanwhile, China opens the year with their own celestial quartet, sending four Tainmu-1 weather satellites to the cosmos, setting the stage for a potential showdown with SpaceX's record-breaking pace. Plus, get stirred by the first supernatural snapshots from the XRISM mission that may unlock the secrets of supernovas and galactic clusters.Our space trek doesn't shy away from Earthly endeavors, either. We marvel at the Space Shuttle Endeavour's new LA exhibit and NASA's hush-hush X-59 supersonic jet, designed to tame the thunderous sonic boom. But it's not just hardware getting a reality check; Neptune and Uranus reveal their true colors, and we're left questioning what other galactic 'facts' might be awaiting a rewrite. Wrap your head around the accidental discovery of a dark primordial galaxy, ponder the potential spectacle of Beetlejuice's final act, and join us for an episode that promises to leave you starstruck and hungry for the next cosmic reveal.

Join us on 'Bedtime Time Travels' as we launch into the inspiring story of Mae Carol Jemison, the first African American woman to venture into space. From her early dreams of soaring among the stars to her historic journey aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mae's story is a testament to the power of ambition and the importance of representation in science and technology. In this episode, we celebrate her contributions to space exploration and her ongoing mission to encourage young people to pursue careers in STEM. Get ready to be inspired by a trailblazer who took the leap into the unknown and made history.

Amy King hosts your Thanksgiving Wake Up Call. Owner of the Tallyrand Restaurant in Burbank Karen Ross joins the show to talk about their Thanksgiving festivities. Amy interviews John O'Hurley who will be hosting the 2023 National Dog Show. President and CEO of the California Science Center Jeffrey Rudolph joins the program to talk about Space Shuttle Endeavour and its trip to Los Angeles. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving and thank you for listening.

NASA Astronaut Dr. Jan Davis flew on the Space Shuttle for the first time in 1992- ​ on the first joint Shuttle mission with the Japanese during an eight-day mission on Space Shuttle Endeavour.  She would fly again in 1994 on the first joint Shuttle mission with the Russians on Space Shuttle Discovery. Today on the show, we discuss her space career as well as her new book, Air Born, Two Generations in Flight.   Dr. Davis would fly once again in 1997 on a 12-day mission on Space Shuttle Discovery.  Read more about Dr. Davis and her expansive career at  https://astronautjandavis.com/ To order her book, Air Born here: https://ballastbooks.com/purchase/air-born/ About Dr. Jan Davis: Jan Davis was born at Patrick Air Force Base and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Jan Davis has been surrounded by aviation and space her entire life. She followed up her biomedical engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology with a mechanical engineering degree from Auburn University and a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. During her career, she worked for Texaco and NASA before being selected as an astronaut in 1987. Davis flew on three Space Shuttle missions and continued her NASA career in the Senior Executive Service. After she retired from NASA, she went on to become an industry executive. Now a consultant and speaker, she also enjoys traveling, quilting, exploring the outdoors, and working with her non-profit organization, AstraFemina, to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math careers.

ICYMI: Later, with Mo'Kelly Presents – Thoughts on the final piece of Space Shuttle Endeavour making its way to the California Science Center AND the NASA/Space X ‘Psyche' mission to land on a metal-rich asteroid…PLUS - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine and Director Christopher Sharp join the program to preview their National Geographic Channel documentary film ‘Bobi Wine: The People's President,' which tells the story of Bobi Wine, the music superstar-turned-politician who rallied the Ugandan people and used his music to fight an oppressive regime - on KFI AM 640 – Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

Sharon McDougle, Aerospace Trailblazer and Author of the book Suite Up for Launch with Shay! McDougle is a United States Air Force (USAF) veteran. McDougle began her career in the Crew Escape Equipment (CEE) Department as a suit technician responsible for processing the orange launch and re-entry pressure suit assemblies worn by all NASA space shuttle astronauts. She was one of only two women CEE Suit Technicians and the only Black technician when she began her career. She made history when she suited up Dr. Mae Jemison for her historic flight aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sharon McDougle, Aerospace Trailblazer and Author of the book Suite Up for Launch with Shay! McDougle is a United States Air Force (USAF) veteran. McDougle began her career in the Crew Escape Equipment (CEE) Department as a suit technician responsible for processing the orange launch and re-entry pressure suit assemblies worn by all NASA space shuttle astronauts. She was one of only two women CEE Suit Technicians and the only Black technician when she began her career. She made history when she suited up Dr. Mae Jemison for her historic flight aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.

Today on the Dads with Daughters Podcast, we bring you father, astronaut and author Terry Virts. We talk together about fatherhood, being an astronaut and what he has learned about life by looking at the Earth from the outside. Colonel (retired) Terry Virts has spent over seven months in space during his two spaceflights, piloting the Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-130 in 2010, and commanding the International Space Station during Expedition 42 and 43. He is an avid photographer and has taken the most ever photographs in space, more than 319,000 images altogether. He served in the US Air Force as a fighter pilot, test pilot, NASA astronaut, and is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Harvard Business School.  The first book Terry read as a child was about the Apollo moon missions and he was hooked. He grew up with posters of airplanes and rockets and galaxies on his bedroom wall, and when he wasn't playing baseball or football, he was reading books about astronomy or astronauts or teaching himself how to program computers. Terry also fell in love with traveling at a young age; he lived in Finland as an exchange student in high school and attended the French Air Force Academy for a semester during college. He has since travelled to all seven continents and lived in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Russia. If you've enjoyed today's episode of the Dads With Daughters podcast, we invite you to check out the Fatherhood Insider. The Fatherhood Insider is the essential resource for any dad that wants to be the best dad that he can be. We know that no child comes with an instruction manual, and most are figuring it out as they go along. The Fatherhood Insider is full of valuable resources and information that will up your game on fatherhood. Through our extensive course library, interactive forum, step-by-step roadmaps, and more you will engage and learn with experts but more importantly with dads like you. So check it out today!

ICYMI: Later, with Mo'Kelly Presents – Special Guest Neil Saavedra filling in with thoughts on everything from the battle over the 'Taco Tuesday' trademark, to moving Space Shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center & MORE - on KFI AM 640 – Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

News about the next season and our live episode recording at The Podcast Show 2023 in London. What would you like to ask Nasa space shuttle astronaut and engineer Kay Hire? Kay became the 34th woman to fly in space when she flew as a mission specialist aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. She returned to orbit aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. What questions do you have for her about the space shuttle, or perhaps the plans to return to the Moon and even reach Mars? You can submit your question via our website: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes #13MinutestotheMoon

The Science Center has proudly displayed Space Shuttle Endeavour to our guests for the past ten years. Seeing the shuttle is amazing, but…Do you ever wonder what it felt like to fly Endeavour?We talked to Chris Ferguson (@Astro_Ferg), a former Navy pilot and NASA astronaut who flew on three space shuttle missions, including one as commander of Endeavour in 2008. He shares a vivid play-by-play of what he saw out the window while landing at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. By the way, my favorite part of his story is how the shuttle's double sonic boom was heard across LA County, surprising some sleepy residents on an early Sunday morning!It's always a treat to talk to astronauts, especially one who's flown on Endeavour. So, join us as we hear from one of the most experienced and accomplished space shuttle commanders, Chris Ferguson.Have a question you've been wondering about? Send an email or voice recording to everwonder@californiasciencecenter.org to tell us what you'd like to hear in future episodes.Follow us on Twitter (@casciencecenter), Instagram (@californiasciencecenter), and Facebook (@californiasciencecenter).Support the show

Andy Thomas is watching Space Shuttle Endeavour fade into the distance and is ready to get to work. His four month stay on Mir would close out the American presence on the Russian space station. We also wonder what that burning smell is, do a bunch of EVAs, and wave farewell to "Ol' Stinky"   http://thespaceabove.us http://twitter.com/SpaceAboveUs http://patreon.com/TheSpaceAboveUs

Mike Massimino is a former NASA astronaut, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University, and the Senior Advisor for Space Programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum. Selected as an astronaut in 1996, Mike is the veteran of two space flights—the fourth and fifth Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions in 2002 and 2009. He is the recipient of two NASA Space Flight Medals—the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the American Astronaut Society's Flight Achievement Award. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Columbia University and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Technology & Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. He is the author of Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe and Spaceman: The True Story of a Young Boy's Journey to Becoming an Astronaut. Garrett Reisman is a former NASA astronaut and professor of astronautical engineering at USC's Viterbi School. Garrett was selected as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998 and was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2008, a mission that dropped him off for a 95-day stay aboard the International Space Station. His second mission was aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2010, during which he performed three spacewalks and operated the Space Station Robot Arm as a flight engineer. In 2011, Garrett left NASA and joined SpaceX, serving in multiple roles, including Director of Space Operations. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Together, Mike and Garrett are the creators of 2 Funny Astronauts, a podcast where they explore astronauts' bizarre, crazy, and astonishing lives. Mike and Garrett join me today to describe their lives as astronauts. They discuss how they became interested in spaceflight, their educational experiences at MIT and Caltech, and their paths to becoming selected as NASA astronauts. They share their thoughts on NASA's astronaut selection program and why interpersonal skills are necessary for an aspiring astronaut. They recount their appearances on TV and their lives after NASA. They also highlight the importance of being surrounded by like-minded people and underscore the value of representation. “Don't think they're looking for somebody who's not you. If you try to be somebody else, it's going to come off as artificial and it's not going to work.” - Garrett Reisman This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: The life of the young Garett Reisman and his journey to becoming an astronaut How the moon landing got Mike Massimino interested in spaceflight Their experiences studying at MIT and Caltech and their career path to joining NASA's space program Mike and Garrett's secret sauce to passing the NASA astronaut selection program Mike's appearance on The Big Bang Theory and Garett's show with American comedian, Stephen Colbert What being the first Jewish crewmember of the ISS meant for Garrett Moving beyond being an astronaut, Garrett's move to SpaceX, and Mike's life after NASA What it was like to be a part of the first group of women in space The value of authenticity and the importance of representation My journey through foreign languages, STEM, and becoming a NASA astronaut Why Mike and Garrett created the 2 Funny Astronauts podcast Our Favorite Quotes: “It's good to be surrounded by like-minded people. It doesn't seem as crazy, and you get to share information and dreams with each other—that's what was helpful at MIT.” - Mike Massimino “Everybody on paper is qualified to become an astronaut—in the end, it's more like picking people you'd want to go on a camping trip with rather than a job interview.” - Garrett Reisman Resources Mentioned: 2 Funny Astronauts Podcast Connect with Mike Massimino: Mike Massimino Website Mike Massimino on LinkedIn Mike Massimino on Instagram Mike Massimino on Facebook Mike Massimino on Twitter Mike Massimino on YouTube Connect with Garrett Reisman: Garrett Reisman Website Garrett Reisman on LinkedIn Garrett Reisman on Instagram Garrett Reisman on Facebook Garrett Reisman on Twitter Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improve your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google I Amazon Music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Monique Chism is the Undersecretary for Education at the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Chism is repsonsible for coordinating educational programming throughout all of the Smithsonian facilities. She has spent her life working in education including the Department of Education. She is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all facets of work and life. Dr. Chism has a PhD in American Studies.Episode NotesDr. Monique Chism shares the fascinating history of the Smithsonian Institute and why she considers it to be one of the most accessible and relevant museums in the country. She talks about her role as the Undersecretary of Education at the Museum - what she does, the programming she is involved in, some of the fascinating people she gets to meet (she had just Mae Jemison the night before our interview). We talk about the intersection of art an science (which is at the core of the Smithsonian's history) and the importance of both.The Smithsonian Institution is made up of 60 museums - not all of them are located in the Washington DC area. It is the largest museum complex in the world. Dr. Chism explains about the educational programming the Smithsonian has (and there is a lot - almost all free!!) and their goal of bringing the Smithsonian to every American. There's so much great work and programming going on at the Smithsonian, both on site and virtually! (So, here's a side note...I love the Smithsonian - I try to visit at least one museum everytime I'm in DC. I thought I knew a lot about it, but I have apparently just scratched the surface. I learned so much about the museum and the institute both by meeting Dr. Chism in person at the Smithsonian Castle where she works - I rarely have gotten to meet my guests in person and through our conversation)Music used in the podcast: Higher Up, Silverman Sound StudioAcronyms, Definitions, and Fact CheckSmithsonian Museums, Galleries, and ZooSmithsonian Institution Research CentersIF/Then CollectionMae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. (Wikipedia)The space shuttle Discovery is the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.“The Smithsonian Institution”―When most people hear the name, museums, scientific research, even Dorothy's ruby slippers and the Wright brothers' plane come to mind. But many don't know how, or for that matter, who created the Smithsonian. The Institution is now 169 years old, but its true beginning happened 250 years ago with the birth of a seemingly ill-fated boy named James Smithson. Smithson (c. 1765–1829), the founding donor of the Smithsonian, was an English chemist and mineralogist. He was the illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson, the first Duke of Northumberland, and the wealthy widow Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie. His exact birthday remains a mystery because he was born secretly in Paris, where his mother had gone to hide her pregnancy. He was born James Lewis Macie, but in 1801, after his parents died, he took his father's last name of Smithson. Toward the end of his life, under a clause in his will, he left his fortune to the United States. It was to be used to found “an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge…” in Washington, D.C. and it was to be named the Smithsonian Institution. 

Lt. Gen. Susan J. Helms is Commander, 14th Air Force, Air Force Space Command and a NASA astronaut. Gen. Helms was selected by NASA in 1990, became an astronaut in 1991, and became NASA's first US military woman in space when she joined the Space Shuttle Endeavour crew in 1993. Other missions she participated in include STS-64 in 1994, STS-78 in1996, and STS-101 in 2000. In 2001, Gen. Helms served as a crew member of the ISS Expedition 2 and relocated to the International Space Station to live and work for over five months. While participating in the expedition, Gen. Helms, along with fellow flight engineer James Voss, conducted a spacewalk that lasted for eight hours and 56 minutes—the longest on record. Susan joins me today to share the details of living in the International Space Station—250 miles above the planet—and her experience being one of the first women to graduate from the United States Air Force Academy. She explains why engineering is a wonderful blend of creativity and math. You'll also learn the principles of character and leadership that helped her rise to the rank of three-star general in the United States Air Force. “It was absolutely freeing knowing that I didn't have anything to worry about on Earth and could mentally move to space. The space station became my home.” - Susan Helms This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: The life of young Susan Helms The relationship between math and music How Gen. Helms became interested in becoming a US Air Force officer Preparing for the physical fitness test for the US Air Force Academy The male warrior culture and Gen. Helms's first year at the US Air Force Academy Leadership insights Gen. Helms gained from her first year at the academy What led Gen. Helms to apply for NASA's astronaut selection program Meeting astronauts Sally Ride and Richard Covey Helms's impressions of NASA culture and office Her assignment at the International Space Station Her return to parent service after the International Space Station flight The power of asking questions Cultivating competence and how to handle the naysayers Our Favorite Quotes: “Being someone of character even on bad days is the essence of leadership.” - Susan Helms “Always ask questions. Sometimes when they get above a certain rank, leaders don't want to be viewed as someone who doesn't have all the answers.” - Susan Helms Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google I Amazon Music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

L'ospite di oggi è Umberto Guidoni, Umberto è il 1° astronauta europeo a visitare la Stazione Spaziale Internazionale nel 2001 e oltre ad essere astronauta, Umberto è astrofisico, scrittore, divulgatore scientifico ed è stato europarlamentare. Ha avuto la l'opportunità di fare ben due missioni spaziali, una nel 1996, a bordo dello Space Shuttle Columbia e la seconda nel 2001, con lo Space Shuttle Endeavour. Nella sua esperienza politica è stato eletto deputato del Parlamento europeo nel 2004 ed è stato Europarlamentare fino al 2009. (Non è la stessa cosa? Direi solo e' stato Europarlamentare dal 2004 al 2009) Nel corso della sua carriera Umberto ha ricevuto diverse Onoreficenze tra cui la nomina di “Commendatore della Repubblica” assegnatagli dal Presidente della Repubblica Luigi Scalfaro nel 1996, e quealla di Grand'ufficiale dal presidente Carlo Azeglio Ciampi nel 2001 e la medaglia della NASA per “Exceptional Service” come riconoscimento della sua attività nello spazio. In questa chiacchierata parliamo di tanti argomenti tra cui una giornata tipo nello spazio, il futuro dell'esplorazione spaziale, l'uomo come specie multiplanetaria e di moltissimo altro Buon ascolto! La chiacchierata con Umberto: - [2:53] Da sogno a realtà - [5:46] Importanza della fisica e matematica nella vita di tutti i giorni - [8:15] Come Umbeto è diventato astronauta - [10:26] Perchè fare ricerca nello spazio - [16:12] Motivazioni nell'andare in orbita - [19:35] La partenza e il conteggio alla rovescia - [25:50] Una giornata nello spazio - [30:57] La filosofia della missione spaziale - [35:30] Il rientro sulla terra - [40:05] Come sono cambiate le tecnologie dei voli spaziali - [45:03] Elon Musk e la corsa allo spazio dei privati - [48:01] Cambiamento climatico e come evitare la catastrofe - [53:42] Guardare il futuro con ottimismo Non perderti nessun episodio, segui Passion Talks: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passion.talks/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/passion-talks-podcast

Host Mat Kaplan joined the Los Angeles celebration of humanity becoming a spacefaring species. He talked with the Yuri's Night founders and others under the Space Shuttle Endeavour.  The much-anticipated Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey was issued as we finished this week's show. Planetary Society senior space policy adviser Casey Dreier will give us a brief overview of its recommendations. We'll close with Bruce Betts and your chance to win a r-r-r-rubber asteroid in the space trivia contest. Discover more at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2022-yuris-night See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Dan, Beth, and Lee talk to Jackie from One Giant Leap and Dr. Greg Chamitoff who served as a NASA Astronaut for 15 years. Originally from Montreal, Canada, Dr. Greg Chamitoff served as a NASA Astronaut for 15 years, including two Shuttle Missions and a long-duration International Space Station Mission as part of Expeditions 17 and 18. He has lived and worked in Space for almost 200 days as a Flight Engineer, Science Officer, and Mission Specialist. His last mission was on the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour, during which he performed two spacewalks, the last of which completed the assembly of the Space Station and was the final spacewalk of the Space Shuttle program. Dr. Chamitoff serves as Professor of Practice in Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Aerospace Technology Research & Operations (ASTRO) Center at Texas A&M University.   Shownotes:  HOME | Space Teams (space-teams.com) & SpaceCRAFT VR (spacecraft-vr.com) Gregory Chamitoff - Wikipedia Apogee of Fear - Wikipedia Current Projects | One Giant Leap Australia Foundation (onegiantleapfoundation.com.au)   Zero robotics - http://zerorobotics.mit.edu/ Kibo Robot Programming Challenge - https://jaxa.krpc.jp/ and website- https://kiboaustralia.com.au/   Space Teams International SpaceCRAFT Exploration Challenge - https://www.space-teams.com/international-spacecraft-challenge Here is the link to the detailed schedule - https://www.space-teams.com/_files/ugd/8029e6_00c27206df6141e2b806fc26a985d464.pdf Mission Oz https://www.space-teams.com/international-spacecraft-challenge This is designed for Science Week. Here is the link to the detailed schedule - https://www.space-teams.com/_files/ugd/8029e6_6cde7ba561ef4c47800f1ee512ac91d0.pdf   What'll Happen to The Wattle: https://seedsinspace.com.au/whtw/ Who is involved? Check out the map: https://app.seedsinspace.com.au/community Also growing the space wattle: Seeds in Space: https://seedsinspace.com.au/   Greg and wattle seeds - https://www.flickr.com/photos/botanic-gardens-sydney/4275352493   The Gadget Girlz: https://gadgetgirlz.com.au/   The Connecting Minds Project: https://onegiantleapfoundation.com.au/the-connecting-minds-project/   Try Zero-G: *new* - https://onegiantleapfoundation.com.au/asian-try-zero-g/   One Giant Leap Radio: https://onegiantleapfoundation.com.au/podcast/   One Giant Leap YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC06FenJ1C2t0ZtKNWXTGOFw

The Master of Disaster director Roland Emmerich has returned with a $140 million sci-fi disaster movie called Moonfall. It was a total bomb at the box office with terrible reviews, so we had to see it in IMAX! The stupid plot involves the Moon as a megastructure built by aliens that is now on a collision course with the Earth. Only Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, and John Bradley flying the Space Shuttle Endeavour into the hollow Moon can save the Earth from total annihilation. This hilariously brain-numbing movie drew mixed reactions, but certainly angered one particularly hotheaded Lodgecast host. The movie also stars Michael Pena, Charlie Plummer, and Kelly Yu, with a cameo by Donald Sutherland. Screw the Moon!!

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On this week's episode Mike and Garrett go over their other rivalry Baseball   BIO   Mike Massimino -  a former NASA astronaut, is a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and the senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. He received a BS from Columbia University, and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and in technology and policy, as well as a PhD in mechanical engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   Garrett Reisman - A NASA veteran who flew on all three Space Shuttles, Garrett Reisman was selected by NASA as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998. His first mission in 2008 was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour which dropped him off for a 95 day stay aboard the International Space Station after which he returned to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. His second mission in 2010 was aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. During these missions, Garrett performed 3 spacewalks, operated the Space Station Robot Arm and was a flight engineer aboard the Space Shuttle. After leaving NASA in early 2011, he joined Elon Musk at SpaceX where he served in multiple capacities most recently as the Director of Space Operations.  Garrett stepped down from his full-time position at SpaceX in May of 2018 and in June 2018 he became a Professor of Astronautical Engineering in the Viterbi School at USC.  He also continues to support SpaceX as a Senior Advisor. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://2funnyastronauts.com/ Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-funny-astronauts/id1565032832 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WTiPHCLmm58LRBVX6bQjd?si=Il8wNDVxRc-982KfadPFrg Full episodes playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLniUJwO7-bTXV6DkRoZsx5FkFfM4ESLU4 Clips playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtixXCrjStU-gY3xTNbi_0UigmTgush29   SOCIAL: - Twitter:    Mike Massimino https://twitter.com/Astro_Mike?s=20 Garrett Reisman https://twitter.com/astro_g_dogg?s=20   - Instagram:    Mike Massimino https://www.instagram.com/astromikemassimino/?hl=en Garrett Reisman https://www.instagram.com/astro_g_dogg/?hl=en

Dafydd Rhys Williams OC OOnt CCFP FCFP FRCPC FRCP (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author and a retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two space shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. During that mission he performed three spacewalks, becoming the third Canadian to perform a spacewalk and setting a Canadian record for total number of spacewalks. These spacewalks combined for a total duration of 17 hours and 47 minutes

Summer fun has begun! Ryan recaps his ride up to Northern California on his BMW for a multi-day mid-week adventure followed by his visit to the California Science Center to check out the Art of the Brick and the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Matthew recaps his son's adventure at Skate Camp and the challenges of building a skateboard when there's an infinite number of parts combinations possible. Matthew also excitedly shares news about NBC's upcoming Ultimate Slip 'N Slide show that's turned into a literal sh!t show. Ryan and Matthew discuss all of the reality shows they've been streaming and discuss fan theories to popular TV shows. The awesome twosome turn to the automotive industry and recap recent notable vehicle launches. There's so much more to mention, but you'll have to hear it for yourself!

Space Shuttle Endeavour is here with STS-57, which brings us a little piece of much of what the shuttle program has to offer. Satellite captures, EVAs, technology demonstrations, commercial space stuff, mysterious loud booming noises.. wait, mysterious loud booming noises?

We had the pleasure of chatting with Paul Lockhart, CEO of NoviSphere, and former astronaut who twice piloted the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Through his work for both NASA and the private sector, he's gained a great deal of insight into the challenges surrounding keeping the air we breathe clean and pathogen-free. Paul answers all of our questions about space tech, Mars, UV-C technology and how it could help with COVID-19, as well as what we need to know about the air we breathe. NoviSphere recently launched its first product, a system that uses UV-C light to kill 99.99% of airborne bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, including coronavirus (confirmed by independent testing). The system's unique design combines UV-C arrays with proprietary baffling technology, which ensures the pathogens are exposed to the UV light for the optimal length of time to be destroyed. Because the UV-C lights are fully sealed inside the unit, it's safe to use in heavily trafficked areas like hospitals, malls, restaurants, sports arenas, etc. Learn more about NoviSphere: https://novisphere.com/

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I've been putting out a lot more content on my YouTube Channel: Hasard LeeTerry Virts is a U.S. Air Force test/fighter pilot and a NASA veteran of two spaceflights – a two-week mission onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010 and a 200-day flight to the Space Station in 2015. He is a leader, speaker, and author who is currently working on multiple projects, including a new book and television series.His seven months in space included piloting the Space Shuttle, commanding the International Space Station, three spacewalks, and performing scientific experiments, all while working closely with multiple international partners. Virts flew with and led Russian Space Agency cosmonauts during some of the most tense relations with Russia since the Cold War.While in space he took more than 319,000 photos – the most of any space mission. These images are an integral component of the IMAX film A Beautiful Planet, which Virts helped film and appears in.Sign up for my newsletter for a few ideas and tools to help you grow--occasional patch giveaways as well. You can sign up here. LinkedIn-- Justin Hasard LeeInstagram-- @justinfighterpilotFacebook--@justinfighterpilotYou can review the show by tapping here and scrolling to the bottom where it says: "Write a Review." Thanks for the support

Space Shuttle Endeavour flies for the first time. But if we're going to capture this satellite, we're going to need all hands on deck. Or on payload bay.

BGBS 045: David Barnett | Popsockets | Surprisingly Useful From “after-school sports dork” to CEO of Popsockets, David Barnett left a ripple in the world with an invention that revolutionized how we hold phones. And to think it was originally made out of glued clothing buttons. By accomplishing his purpose of increasing people's happiness, even if just a little everyday, David teaches us that no impact is too small. That “doodad” that he built in his living room has reached unimaginable heights, selling well over 200 million units and jump-starting a movement worldwide. Above all, you'll learn in this episode that David has an intuitive mind. You could say that his years enveloped in philosophy and questioning the nature of reality cultivated an inventor's mind. Examining the abstract allowed David to imagine something that didn't exist, and yet, his intention was only to solve an individual problem. Little did he know, there was much more to come, including sharing the wealth with important causes. We admire David's ability to make something surprisingly useful out of a simple annoyance, inspiring us to ask, how can we turn our own frustrations into action? In this episode, you'll learn... 8-15-year-old David was always an entrepreneur, thinking up ideas like a bike repair business and mixtape business David saw his grandfather as the most successful person he knew and therefore wanted to do anything he did to achieve similar success. At the time it was business An epiphany in college led David astray from business for a significant amount of years to delve into philosophy and physics David became completely engrossed in philosophy and became a professor Frustration led to the invention when David created a "Popsocket" out of buttons to prevent tangling his headphones There was no “eureka” moment with the handmade button detangler for a long time until his friends and family made fun of him enough to make a real prototype that got people excited The insurance package from David's house burning down made great funding for Popsockets David's wife contributed the name, “Popsockets” The original Popsockets was a case with two grips that expanded and collapsed When sampling his product with his students, David realized that people were using Popsockets for a different reason than its initial purpose, which led to a standalone grip Although David never wanted to give up, after receiving his third defective shipment of 30,000 grips and exhausting his finances, he felt for the first time that he might be forced to Today, the Poptivism program is a way for you to purchase a grip and send 50% of the profits to a charity of your choice Resources Popsockets Poptivism Original Kickstarter campaign Quotes [29:23] I suppose it was just frustration with wasted time. So when I notice that my time is wasted more than once on the same problem, I tend to take action. [34:08] My friends and family motivated me by making fun of me to start tinkering with mechanisms to get the buttons to expand and collapse so that it would look a little more respectable and also have more functionality. [55:37] One of my original goals, when I decided to commercialize this invention, was to generate wealth for myself so that I could use that wealth for good causes. [59:17] All of our products, we try our best to include the three ingredients which the original product has. One is the empowering quality, so it just makes using a phone so much better. The second is the fun or magical feature—that it's surprisingly fun. And it's surprisingly useful.  Podcast Transcript David Barnett 0:02 When we get right down to it, I was all excited. And they would just contradict themselves, you know, one contradiction after another. And when I pointed out, they'd laugh it off. And I think to myself, I can't laugh that off this is it like this is the foundation of reality and you're contradicting yourself. There's nothing funny about that. We need a real theory here to understand what's going on. And eventually, it just frustrated me so much. So I walked out of a lab, a physics lab, halfway through the lab, I hadn't done any work. And the first half, I was just sitting there looking around at the other students, and looking at my lab book thinking to myself, I can't do this. The rest of my life there. It's so detail-oriented and they don't really want to address the fundamental questions. So halfway through, I walked past my professor waved to him, he didn't know what I was doing, walk straight over to the philosophy department and got an application to apply to their master's program at CU. Marc Gutman 0:56 Podcasting from Boulder, Colorado. This is the Baby Got Backstory Podcast, where we dive into the story behind the story of today's most inspiring storytellers, creators and entrepreneurs. I like big backstories and I cannot lie. I am your host, Marc Gutman, Marc Gutman, and on today's episode of Baby Got Back story. How a philosophy professors frustration with his perpetually tangled headphone cords prompted him to invent what might be the most recognizable mobile phone accessory today. All right. All right now if you like and enjoy the show, please take a minute or two to rate and review us over at Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Apple and Spotify use these ratings as part of their algorithms that determine the ratings on their charts. Ratings help us to build an audience because we get discovered people find out about us, which then helps us to continue to produce this show. If you haven't gone ahead and given us a review and you think that we're deserving please please go ahead and do that that would be greatly appreciated. This is Episode 45. And today's episode is oh, so worthy of 45. I want you to think back to 2012. This is the time of the iPhone three Marvel's The Avengers has just released in the theaters. The Space Shuttle Endeavour has had its final flight. And Barack Obama is elected for his second term. Homeland the TV show is the talk of the watercooler and Facebook goes public among concerns that they'd be able to make money. funny to think about now. It is also the year that David Barnett, philosophy professor at the University of Colorado, launched his Kickstarter campaign for Popsockets. I want to take a moment here and call out his Kickstarter video. I have personally been involved in creating and advising and several Kickstarter videos. And I'm still not sure what his campaign was selling or promising. But what I can tell you is that it's one of the best Kickstarter videos I've ever seen. We'll make sure to link to it in the show notes. And I highly recommend you check it out. But let's get back to popsockets. And I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if you have a mobile phone, which I know you do, little side thought Do you know anyone without a mobile phone today? Anyways, I know you have a mobile phone. So I'm going out on a limb and going to say you have either personally used seen or know someone who has used or seen a popsocket. You know, those little plastic buttons stuck to the back of a phone or case that open accordion style and have that satisfying little pop when extending and collapsing. And there's something magical is David will explain about this piece of plastic and rubber hay and I'm sure it's some sort of advanced material. And I'm using terms like plastic and rubber loosely just bear with me. And there's a draw. That's in explicable the invention started as a way to solve a very real problem. David's headphone wires kept getting all tangled. And as you hear, anything that either frustrates David or cost him time moves him to action. But while the inspiration was tangled headphones, what he found was that most people were using Popsockets as a grip. Today, Popsockets have shipped over 200 million Popsockets all over the globe, and the business has been structured to serve a greater purpose. David Barnett is the founder and operating CEO today and this is his story. So David, you're best known for inventing and running with the company Popsockets. I think at this point, if you don't know what a Popsocket is, you're probably living Under a rock. they're just about ubiquitous I'm sure you were hoping they're they're more ubiquitous but as far as I'm concerned they're they're fairly ubiquitous. When when you were a young kid when you were young boy was like eight year old David like an inventor and into inventing things? David Barnett 5:15 I yeah, he was he was a little hustler. I like to say, so little eight year old through I'd say 15 year old David was an inventor. And I say more generally a hustler because he was just constantly coming up with ways to start a business. So more of an entrepreneur, starting businesses, for instance, a bike repair business, even though I had no idea how to repair a bike, it didn't stop me from opening a bike repair business in my neighborhood. I had a mixtape business in I think fourth grade. Because my sister's boyfriend had a bitchin album collection. I thought I'd take advantage of that by making mixtapes for the other students and selling them. And then I had a string of other businesses. Marc Gutman 6:03 Oh, the irony, if you still had that mixtape business right now, you would have about a billion hipster customers that would be all over I love the idea of a mixtape business. That's like, that's so great. So where'd you grow up? What was that? Like? Where'd you grow up? What would your parents do for a living? David Barnett 6:20 Sure, I grew up southeast of Denver, Colorado, out in out on the outskirts of suburbia. So we were on the edges of suburbia. And then I watched it grow as I grew up, around us. And let's see, my father was a manager of a retail store called medianav. Back in the day, it was eaten up by Macy's, which I don't think exists anymore today, but just a general retail store. And my mom occasionally worked as a secretary for CPA firm, but maybe 50% worked and 50% an at home mom. Marc Gutman 7:00 And so was would you say by all accounts, your upbringing was fairly normal or standard, or was there anything a little bit different about it? And by the way, what do you call the outskirts of suburbia? What was that at that time? David Barnett 7:14 It was unincorporated Arapahoe county at the time. So it wasn't part of any city. We were in a county but not in any city near Cherry Creek Reservoir is as most for those familiar with Colorado. We're right near that reservoir and houses were just popping up left and right. Douglas County, the fastest growing county in Colorado didn't exist yet. I watched it come into existence. Sorry. One point is the fastest growing County. And now there's just miles and miles and miles of development and neighborhood after years of development across fields that I used to play and Marc Gutman 7:55 yeah, I'm imagining a little bit like the scene from a Spielberg movie or like et or like, you know, one of these communities, there's communities sprouting up and there's kids kind of running all over the place and and as people are discovering suburbia and the new sort of the new wave, and you know, when you were in middle school in high school outside of being a hustler, what other interest did you have? Wow, that's a David Barnett 8:19 good question. I was a snake hunter in grade school. So I was in a gang and our gang road, road road little dirt bikes and hunted for snakes. And then in middle school and in middle school and high school I became part of a gang called the after school sports dorks. We did not name ourselves that but that's what one of the jocks on the football team named us in between probably beating me up. He called us the after school sports dorks because my friends and I would get together after school and make up games with basketballs, volleyballs, golf balls, whatever it was. So people would see us around the neighborhood, playing our made up sports games, after school sports dorks. That's really what I was. With my friends after school, I wasn't I wasn't much into school. I have to say. I had a lot of fun. Marc Gutman 9:12 Yeah. And so you mentioned like, you know, kind of you get this nickname the after school sport dorks and you kind of threw in there that maybe you're getting beat up or chased around from time to time it was it was high school tough? Were you a little bit in that, that outcast crowd? David Barnett 9:28 No, it wasn't tough. I wasn't in the, in the I went to large High School. So I had a lot of clicks. But my click was a mix of actually, actually athletes. So they were on some varsity teams just not not the football player, cheerleader crowd, right. So that's who I'm thinking of as the guy who, who might give me a Negi or a Snuggie and put me in an occasional headlock. Maybe give me a nice charley horse. But I cannot I cannot by any means say that I was an outcast and had a tough I had a nice group of friends and and did all right socially. Marc Gutman 10:09 Alright, well when you're in the nice group the after-school sports dorks are hanging out like where do you think you were gonna go like after after high school? Where did you did you you know I have your your bio here and I see that you were a philosophy major at Emory which I find a little bit in contrast when you say you really weren't into school because I don't really think of philosophy majors of not being in the school, but we'll talk about that. But I mean, did you Was that your plan? Did you think you were going to be a philosopher? like How'd you end up at Emory? David Barnett 10:36 I thought I was going to be a business person in high school and grade school and middle school. I looked up to my grandfather, he was a successful businessman. And he was vice president of a company called Chris Kraft. And I just admired him that was what I thought of as success because he was the most successful person around me had thought and business happened to be what he was engaged in. So I figured I'd be a businessman and I had been a hustler, you know, in my life and an entrepreneur. And then I went to Emory, because I checked it, I checked the box off on the common application where you get to choose from a list of colleges to apply to and you didn't have to fill out a separate application for each one. That seemed efficient to me. So I just checked off a bunch of boxes, checked Emory and it was the best school I got into. And that's why I was at Emory. That's why most of my friends at Emory read, it's that we've gotten rejected from the Ivy League schools in the better schools. And so that was our answer. When you asked why we were there. It's a good school Emory, but it was often not people's first choice. And then once I got to Emory, I, I took a big turn away from business, probably from eating hallucinogenic mushrooms, I'm guessing, sitting around with my friends thinking, Wow, I can't be a businessman in my life. What a waste of a life. I've got to do something else I've got to do philosophy or physics or science. So some kind of epiphany in college about the meaning of life led me away from business and onto a pretty significant detour for for many years before I got back to my roots as a hustler. Marc Gutman 12:12 And so your grandfather worked at Chris craft, the motorboat company is that the right company? David Barnett 12:19 that's what they that's what that brand is known for. He he was a executive vice president. So he and somebody else ran that company. But really how they made their money was was in media. So they, they acquired they sold Warner to Time, but in the Time Warner deal. When Time became Time Warner. They sold United Television to Paramount for the UPN network. They own a bunch of TV stations, radio stations, they own Chris craft boats and sold it off and they owned was it paper, some some Aircraft Company? They had their hands in a lot of different businesses. And Marc Gutman 12:59 It's kind of the era of the multinational conglomerate, and doing all those kinds of different businesses where you're like, why is Chris Kraft selling, you know, packaged foods? David Barnett 13:12 Why are they getting in fights with Rupert Murdoch, I remember there are articles when I was a kid about how Chris Kraft was the white knight like saving. I don't know, united television, or maybe was Warner Brothers, I think they save Warner from a hostile takeover from rupert murdoch. And that was all those were the exciting days where there were hostile takeovers, and like you said, multinational conglomerates. Marc Gutman 13:35 And so what was interesting about that to you like when you saw your grandfather, and what was his name, by the way? David Barnett 13:41 Lawrence Barnett Marc Gutman 13:43 Very, very strong vice president name. It's very good. If I was gonna cast at Lawrence Barnett. I think that would be it. But like, what, what do you remember about him? Like, why was that appealing when he had all these other influences around you? David Barnett 13:58 He really was the just, he just seemed successful to me. His wife, by the way, was Broadway, a Broadway star she started in in, she was Sarah Brown, and in Oakley original Oklahoma on Broadway. She was in Guys and Dolls as one of the main characters. And the two of them when I visited them, they just seem successful to me. And it's not that I admired so much what they did, I think just as a child, subconsciously. That was my only option in front of me. Not that not that the rest of my family members were failures or anything, they just seemed exceptionally successful. And they and by the way, they happen to do business. So have they been exceptionally successful, and they were both physicist, I would have been a physicist. I think it was just for me what success was and I was driven to be successful as a kid. Marc Gutman 14:49 And then you got to Emory and you talk a little bit about it. That sounds like you went on a bit of self discovery yourself. I mean, it is a pretty big change I have to imagine from Denver at the time and And you're you're at Emory. And you're your experiment and you're you mentioned some psychedelics, you're, you're deciding what to do with yourself like, like, why philosophy? David Barnett 15:11 Wow, I, I remember, I was taking some economics as an economics major. And one of my classes was full. I don't think I've ever told anybody the story. But I remember standing in front of a wall with schedules and, and lit course listings. And I had to choose a different class because I couldn't take the class that I had signed up for. And there was a beautiful girl standing next to me. And she chose some philosophy class. And I thought, Well, that seems like a good idea. So I ended up enrolling this in this philosophy class. Because she did. And I loved it. It just opened my mind it stimulated me I found is so much more interesting than the other classes I was taking. So I started taking more and more philosophy classes, because I found them just stimulating and intellectually rigorous and lively. So that got me into philosophy. And, and it was a totally different sort of philosophy from the philosophy I ended up doing and getting my PhD. But it's still open my mind to Unknown Speaker 16:15 anything happened with the girl. David Barnett 16:16 I can't really I highly doubt it. So I guess since I don't remember any answers, no. Marc Gutman 16:24 If you can't remember, the answer is always No. So you're, you're at you're at Emory. And you've, you've been turned on by philosophy and you decide to get into that and in put some rigor into philosophy and, and and then what happened? Where'd you go from Emory? David Barnett 16:42 It's an exaggeration to say put some rigor into it, it woke me up, I liked my classes. But I have to say, when I wasn't in class, I was not studying unless it was an all nighter right before an exam. I was having a lot of fun in college, so and I don't regret it, I would do it again, I had so much fun. But when I finished Emory, I thought to myself, okay, now I'm ready to learn and get serious. And I was ready to become a physicist. I wanted to understand the nature of reality, and the nature of the universe. And so I moved back to Colorado where tuition was lower, because I, my grandfather paid for my college, my undergrad, but he was not going to pay for any further school. So I was going to have to pay for my own school, which meant in state tuition, and living in the dorms and being serious. So I went to University of Colorado, put myself in the dorms, I had a lot of friends in Boulder, I stayed away from my friends to be serious. And I took full load of math and physics and chemistry, all the courses i'd need to prepare for a Ph. D. program in physics. And I just immerse myself in it. So I was a serious student there for the year and a half a year and three quarters, preparing for a Ph. D. program in physics. Marc Gutman 17:59 Did you understand your reality? Did you find the answer? David Barnett 18:03 I didn't. So I yeah, I found it stimulating. I enjoyed the classes. But I was sitting in a physics lab, I ended up debating with my physics professors quite a bit and being disappointed with their answers. I felt like we would get, we would start debating, we'd get to the crucial questions about the nature of reality, say the interpretation of quantum physics. And we get right down to it, I was all excited. And they would just contradict themselves, you know, one contradiction after another. And when I pointed out, they'd laugh it off. And I think to myself, can't laugh that off. This is it like this is the foundation of reality, and you're contradicting yourself. There's nothing funny about that. We need a real theory here to understand what's going on. And eventually, it just frustrated me so much. So I walked out of a lab, a physics lab, halfway through the lab, I hadn't done any work in the first half, I was just sitting there looking around at the other students and looking at my lab book thinking to myself, I can't do this, the rest of my life there is so detail oriented, and they don't really want to address the fundamental questions. So halfway through, I walked past my professor waved to him, he didn't know what I was doing, walk straight over to the philosophy department and got an application to apply to their master's program and CU. Marc Gutman 19:18 And did you feel? I mean, it sounds like you felt full of conviction. And hey, like, I'm real confident in this decision, or was there at all a little bit of like, Oh, crap, what did I just do? David Barnett 19:29 No, I was confident. I was happy with the decision, even though I didn't really even know what philosophy was. I had taken an undergrad, gotten an undergrad degree in philosophy, but like I said, it was a totally different sort of philosophy. And so what I was about to immerse myself in here at CU, I really didn't know. And it was totally foreign to me. When I started taking these classes. I had no idea what was going on. What they were talking about why they were talking about these topics, why they mattered. It took me a good couple of years. To really appreciate what the method was, and then why I thought it ended up thinking why, why it was better suited to my interest than the methods of undergrad philosophy. Marc Gutman 20:12 So how the rest of that period of your education go? David Barnett 20:15 It was great. Some of the best years of my life spent my days thinking about really interesting topics, the nature of thoughts, the nature of consciousness, I also did a lot of philosophy of physics. So I ended up being able to address those questions that, that I felt that I wasn't able to address with the physics professors. And so interpretations of quantum physics in general relativity, philosophy of math, even. So I fell in love with it, really, and then ended up pursuing a PhD. I went to Cornell gotten into their Ph. D. program, and then I transferred to NYU, and ended up getting a PhD in philosophy at NYU. Marc Gutman 20:57 And then was that your plan? Did you think hey, like, I'm getting higher education in philosophy, and I'm going to teach it at a university. That's my plan. David Barnett 21:07 That is the plan, though, you'll find people in PhD programs in philosophy, and probably probably a lot of topics would never use the word teach, because it's so the emphasis is so much on research, rather than teaching. It's more, I'm going to devote my life to researching the subject matter. And oh, by the way, I'll teach and that's how I make my money. And that's how you keep your job, of course and get tenures is based on the research, not the teaching. So yeah, I was passionate about the subject matter and passionate about that a career in philosophy as a professor, Marc Gutman 21:42 What was the subject matter that you were so passionate about that you were like, Hey, I'm going to devote my life to this? David Barnett 21:48 So I ended up doing a lot of work in philosophy of language, the fountain, so that's sort of the foundation of, of language, in philosophy of language, you don't ask particular questions about, say, English or Japanese or French, you ask more fun, fundamental questions about the nature of language. So you would ask what, what must any language look like? What are the basic building blocks of a language? And what is meaning? So our sentences, sentences I'm uttering right now means something to you, I'm communicating thoughts to you right now. What are these things the the meanings of my sentences, or I just call them thoughts, they end up the things we're communicating are actually our thoughts, right? So I quickly moved from philosophy of language into philosophy of the mind. And you ask, what is the thought? What sort of thing is it? And it can't be related to humans, either, because you could imagine an alien having a thought or coming down and communicating with us. So it's not, you know, some neural pattern in our brain, it's got to be something more abstract. And that can then lead to more questions about consciousness and what what the nature of conscious being is. So I did philosophy of language, some metaphysics that I hate to say that word on outside the context of philosophy, because it can mean lots of things to different people. But that's generally just the nature of reality, what sorts of things exist and what categories and things exist? So philosophy of mind philosophy of language and metaphysics, were my, my main areas, Marc Gutman 23:20 heavy stuff, I like it. I feel like we could spend hours just talking about that, but we'll spare a little bit maybe some other time. We'll get into that I'd love to. I'd love to dive deeper. But you're, you know, you, you finish up your graduate program at NYU, I'm assuming and correct me if I've got this right or wrong. You come back to your your one of your alma mater, see you and you become a professor in philosophy. Is that is that? David Barnett 23:44 Yes, it was. It was a little more of a circuitous route back to CU. I started as a professor at Davidson College in North Carolina. And then I transferred to University of Vermont, which I which I loved. I like Davidson too, but really loved University of Vermont being in Burlington, it was much like boulder and then I did have the opportunity to come back to Colorado, which I did so I took that opportunity I think in around 2006 and came back for a tenure track position here at CU Boulder. Marc Gutman 24:21 Was that at that like at that moment? Are you thinking hey like I'm I've done it like I'm back in Colorado? I'm a professor in the the discipline that I'm that I'm want to be in like are you what's going on for you content? Are you? Are you kind of like getting restless? David Barnett 24:39 No I was very much content even though sad leaving Vermont. I really loved it there. I was happy there. But Colorado was a place. I wanted to end up long term and in academics, you don't typically have the opportunity to choose your, your destination. So for me, I'm getting the opportunity to Come be a tenured professor at Boulder ultimately, be a tenured professor, that was a massive opportunity for me to be back here. And I was very much happy with it. So, and I was still passionate about philosophy to Marc Gutman 25:15 Are you kind of doing what we today call a side hustle is the hustler and you showing up in different ways before kind of like we get to the the big idea, but like, Are you trying other things? David Barnett 25:27 No, not at first, I was still squarely immersed in philosophy. So I spent, I spent my days when she's when I compared to today, they were relatively empty. But in philosophy, you know, I only had one, if I got a great night of sleep, which meant nine and a half 10 hours of sleep, then I had about two hours of good concentration time in me the next day where I could really be productive and solve problems and think through some issues. And then the rest of the day was mountain biking, playing, preparing for a class maybe. So it was a great lifestyle. But it didn't involve subject matter-wise, it didn't involve anything but philosophy. Marc Gutman 26:10 And so you're filling your days with philosophy and you're filling your mind with expansive thoughts. And let's talk about what's going on with your earbud chords. what's what's happening. David Barnett 26:24 So let's see 2006 I think is when I arrived at CU, I might be wrong, but roughly then. And then in 2010, I think by 2010, four years later, I had this right, I think I had secured tenure for myself. So I didn't really have the pressure anymore to to publish, publish, publish. And I also had a lot of papers that I'd written that I just hadn't submitted to journals yet. So pressure was off. In terms of research, I was also starting to burn out. So I just was frustrated spending my days trying to convince these other professors of of things that I thought, I just thought were totally obvious. And that I just asked myself, do I want to spend my life trying to convince these extremely stubborn people of some simple points? Or could I do something else. So it was already in my mind that I that I was I was getting burnt out. And then one day, I got frustrated for the 30th time pulling my tangled headset cords out of my pocket. So I hopped in my car went to a local fabric store, Joanne fabrics, till the first solution ended up gluing a couple of big clothing buttons to the back of my iPhone three, with a couple of little spacer buttons underneath them. So I could wrap my cord around my headset and prevent the tangle. And that was the beginning of the popsockets journey. Marc Gutman 27:54 Well, that's interesting to me. I mean, a lot of times, you know, I say that businesses are started are one of three ways or all three ways frustration, inspiration or desperation. Certainly, that story illustrates some of those. But I'm also sensing in your own life. There's this moment where David gets, you know, you take it, you take it, you take it and then it's just you can't take it anymore, and you're gonna take action, you're going to MIT take a solution, you're not going to allow things to frustrate you. You're going to make a change, right. And I think that's really cool that like you're proactive, you know, you're like, Hey, I'm not just gonna, like let this insanity repeat itself. But like walking me through a little bit like, you know, I love the I love the image of you taking action and going to Joe and fabrics. But yeah, I think we also need to set the stage a little bit. I mean, you know, ear headphones, and earbud headphones, you know, we're becoming quite ubiquitous. They had the long wires. I mean, we're getting to a point, you know, David were probably in like, five years ago to tell the story and kids are gonna be like, what are earbud wires? Like, what? What are those? And, you know, so like, I mean, what's going on? I mean, are you just pulling it out a jumble in your pocket? And you're just like, like, I mean, Are you frustrated? Are you like kind of cursing Apple under your breath thinking like, like, why? Like, why don't they do this better? I mean, what's going on for you before you really take action and get those buttons? David Barnett 29:21 Sure. I suppose it was just a frustration with a waste wasted time. So when I noticed that my time is wasted more than once on the same problem I I tend to take action, whether it's organizing my stuff better in drawers so that I can find it next time and not waste time looking for something. And this had just been too many times where I found myself standing, picking at this at this bundle of wires that were tangled and wasting whatever it was two or three minutes before I could even use the headset. And then something's like you said something just snapped and I thought I can't To deal with this anymore, it's not like I lived right next to the fabric either I lived up in the mountains, so I hopped in my car and drove, you know, 20 minutes to the fabric store without a solution in mind just to kind of walk the aisles and look for a solution for myself. Marc Gutman 30:17 This episode brought to you by Wildstory. Wait, isn't that your company? It is. And without the generous support of Wildstory, this show would not be possible. A brand isn't a logo or a tagline, or even your product. A brand is a person's gut feeling about a product service or company. It's what people say about you when you're not in the room. Wildstory helps progressive founders and savvy marketers build purpose-driven brands that connect their business goals with the customers they want to serve. So that both the business and the customer needs are met. This results in crazy, happy, loyal customers that purchase again and again. And this is great for business. If that sounds like something you and your team might want to learn more about, reach out @ www.wildstory.com and we'd be happy to tell you more. Now back to our show. Of all places, why Joann fabric? I mean I think like if I had this, you know and by no means am I a man-man so I'm not going to get guns or like Home Depot, but I'm probably going to like Rei or like I don't know, like I'm thinking of like maybe a you know that that's probably where I would go what what prompted you to go to join fabrics and think of buttons? David Barnett 31:41 Sure, I can't remember exactly. But I'd say putting myself and myself back in those shoes. It would either be macaque ns, which is the the hardware store that has everything under the sun. And it probably has this probably has a Joanne fabric somewhere in the store, or Joanne fabric. I don't know why I started with Julian fabric. And I didn't have buttons in mind. At first, I was just going to walk the aisles to look for something to build, I certainly didn't have in mind that there would already be a pre existing solution. So that's why I didn't go to Rei, or store, you know, mobile accessories store that might already have something, I was going to build my own solution. And fortunately, oh my god, this is some of the best fortune I've had in my life. I did not Google this problem. Had I looked for a solution for this online, I probably would have found a YouTube video showing somebody point sticking out their pointer finger and their pinky finger and holding their two middle fingers down with their thumb, and then wrapping their cord really quickly around the two horns of the bowl that you make when you stick your pointer finger in your your index finger and your pinky finger out. You quickly wrap your cord around the two. And that's what I ended up doing later on after the after I use the invention mark as a grip. It's a great solution to so I would have never been at Popsockets had I seen that video. Marc Gutman 33:06 And so when you're injured when fabrics and you get the button going, was it a bit of a eureka moment? Or was it like oh like okay, this will work. And I'm just gonna do this and move on with my life. David Barnett 33:19 I say the latter. There's just a, I'm happy with a solution for myself. Not really Eureka. Marc Gutman 33:26 Cool. And so you're using the solution you're wrapping your wires and things seem to be going well. When do you start getting a sense that this might be something that other people want? David Barnett 33:40 Not? Well, geez, I'm guessing here, but I'm guessing it was a couple of months. What happened was that my friends and family poked fun at me for having these enormous clothing buttons on the back of my little iPhone three. Remember, the iPhone three was tiny compared to current phone. So it was kind of like the Zoolander phone. And I had these huge inch and a half diameter buttons on the back of it that occupied the entire back side. So it looked absurd. And my friends and family motivated me by making fun of me to start tinkering with mechanisms to get the buttons to expand and collapse. So that it would it would look a little more respectable and also have more functionality. And so it wasn't until after I did that and prototyped the solution I landed on the accordion solution that it occurred to me that I could start selling these because when I prototype that I at one point ran into some kids in the Quad of CU boulder around this big grassy area. I ran into some kids maybe middle school age, and I showed them a prototype and their eyes just bulged out. their jaws dropped open. They went into this trance of I have to have that and that's the moment that that I thought to myself. Oh God, I could sell a ton of these or at least At least a few thousand. Marc Gutman 35:02 Well, I want to thank you for bringing up Zoolander. It's one of my favorite all time movies, I'd say it's a top five comedy of all time. So So thanks for that just a little bonus. But thinking about this, like, how do you go about you're a cu professor, you're not a prototyper? You're not someone that designs, you know, molded plastic goods like how did you go about prototyping this and prototyping that according design? David Barnett 35:28 Sure. So I went into Ali Baba. And I found, I just picked randomly, I don't recommend that people do this. I randomly found a prototyping group and the guy's name was Cade Wu. And this guy, Cade Wu, would accept my files. So I also taught myself 3d CAD software called SolidWorks. And I started making models of these accordions actually first tried hiring an engineering student, but that lasted a couple of weeks, maybe a few weeks, so frustrating having to tell somebody make this little change, make that little change, and then wait a few days for the changes. And so instead of just taught myself and started cranking on the software, and I would send these models off to Cade Wu in China, and I believe, two or three weeks later, in my mailbox, I'd get, I don't know, 30 or 40 prototypes from different models, maybe I'd send him six months, six different models. And he'd send me two or three or four of each of these models. And they were they were terrible. I can tell you, that was terribly disappointing. When I received them, they did not function at all, they didn't expand or collapse. They were nothing close to the final product. Marc Gutman 36:45 And so what do you think? Are you like, this is a wait, like, maybe I'm just wrong is this is this a waste of time, like this is just not? David Barnett 36:51 It's odd, because I have fond thoughts of Cade Wu I really like Cade Wu. And yet, Kate would cause me so much suffering and pain. So I have mixed feelings about Cade Woo. On the one hand, I have fond thoughts of him. On the other hand, he sent me off on the wrong path again, and again, I didn't realize it for at least a year. But he was telling me that he was using certain materials, for instance, polyethylene, or polypropylene. And so I would get these prototypes. And I think, ah, my design is bad. I need to redesign it. And I totally redesigned that accordion, again, and again, and again, based on these prototypes, and after about a year, I figured out he was lying to me about the materials he was using. I'd say you Santa preen eight, nine or five, some material, I'd research he'd say, okay, Santa preen 8905. And he sent it to me. A year later, I realized he couldn't possibly be using these materials. It just doesn't work. You can't use these materials with the process that he had a prototyping process. And so looking back I had, I had just assumed again and again that my design was off. But in fact, the material was wrong. I don't know where I'd be today. If he had been honest with me what what the Popsocket grip would look like today? It might be totally different. The design. Marc Gutman 38:11 How'd you find out he was lying. Like what? You know, what do you know about these materials? David Barnett 38:17 I ended up hiring a design firm. When I had a Kickstarter campaign. In 2012, I hired a design firm called spec design in the Bay Area to help me design the case. So the body of the case, I had worked quite a bit on the accordion. So the main component, and I worked with them, and they started working with Kade Wu, and they were getting these prototypes. We were getting them, you know, every few weeks, and they didn't notice he was lying either. But then at some point, once somebody that the design firm, an engineer made some comment to me. And it all just I had an epiphany, I thought to myself, holy cow, this guy has been lying to me for a year, and they didn't even notice it. You can't use these, you can only use the materials I was requesting injection molding. And that's just not for prototyping, and it takes months and months to build the tooling. And then you inject the hot, you know, molten plastic into these tools. The materials just can't be prototyped the way he claimed to be prototyping, I'm sorry, infer that he was using something called a cast urethane and that that's what made up all the samples he'd been sending me. Marc Gutman 39:26 Did you guys have it out or what happened there? David Barnett 39:28 No, I still like Cade Wu for some reason. I still like Cade Wu to this day. I guess I maybe that's maybe that's one of my faults is that I'm pretty charitable. I thought to myself, okay, what he was doing is he was just trying to find a cast urethane, that mimicked the material I was requesting most closely. So if I asked for a Santa cream at 8220, he would look up the specs of the material and think okay, I'll use this urethane and it will most closely relate Assemble that. And that's what he always did, I'm guessing. Marc Gutman 40:03 So it sounds like you're investing some significant money. I mean, you're you're hiring design students, you then go get a design firm in the Bay Area, which I am assuming just based on what I know about design firms in the Bay Area is not cheap. Like, how much money are you investing in this? And like, why are you investing in this? Like, what's your thought? David Barnett 40:26 Sure. I was burning through cash. By the time I had a Kickstarter campaign, I think I asked for maybe $12,000 in the campaign back then the campaigns were much smaller than they are today, most of them, and maybe I ended up raising 18,000 or something. I burned through that in a few weeks. So it's not as if I hope that that would really fund the whole project. It was mostly a PR activity. But I had, let's see, I had spent my savings and I was starting to go through some of my retirement. And then fortunately, my house had burned down at the end of 2010, in the form of fire here up in Boulder, big fire that took about 240 homes, burned my hometown, and just a couple months before it burned my hometown, I had raised my limits on my insurance suspiciously. But I raised I raised my limits, and it triggered a massive increase in the limits for my contents. So after my house burned down, I was sitting on a really nice insurance package, I use that money for Popsockets instead of replacing the contents of the house. So I lived in an empty house. And then I got married and lived with with my new wife and in the rebuild house. And it was mostly empty for years, until I got some money from the Popsockets business. But I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, ultimately, on this business. When you ask why. And I don't know. I guess I was obsessed. I wanted to see it through and had I lost everything I would have been fine. I would have just tried something else after that. Marc Gutman 42:05 So I cannot be imagined imagine what your fiance's thinking. I mean, she totally cool with this it like is like that going well? Or is there some dissent? like yeah, I'll marry you in live in an empty house while you burn all those gas on a plastic thing for your phone? David Barnett 42:26 It depends on whether she's going to listen to this interview the answer to that question. I'm assuming she's not In which case, the real answer is no, she was not nowhere close to being okay with this. And she said she married a philosophy professor. And then she felt tricked. She got, she got somebody who was obsessed with starting up a business, spending enormous amounts of time starting a business while being a professor. So she didn't get the time that she thought she'd had with me. Since my summers were occupied. On the popsockets business, I spent all of our money on popsockets. And she thought it was a ridiculous product. As did all my friends. They nearly all of them just thought it was silly. So the answer is no, she was she was not with me on that one. Marc Gutman 43:16 Got it. Like I wouldn't think so. But businesses like this a lot of times not. And so when you're doing the Kickstarter is Popsockets. The name at that time? David Barnett 43:25 Wow, that is a good question. I'm pretty sure the answer is yes. It's 95% confident that it was called Popsockets. By that point, it started off as iButtons. And fortunate I never really liked that name, I came up with that name. It was also a term of affection. Ibuttons. So you could say that to somebody, Ibuttons. It's just a sweet thing to say. But then a big company threatened to sue me because they had a product called an iButton. And they did not like the fact that I got the Ibuttons.com URL. So I had them give me about $20,000, which I needed in order in exchange for giving up that name. And using a name that I liked a lot that it was popsockets. Marc Gutman 44:09 Where'd that name come from? David Barnett 44:11 That came straight from my wife, that is her big contribution to Popsockets. Maybe we had toyed around with sockets or pop one at one or the other was in the air and then she put it together. Marc Gutman 44:21 See, she was behind you. She got it like you know, it's like, she came up with the name. David Barnett 44:26 She's good for something for sure. Marc Gutman 44:29 And so you fund your Kickstarter and to the tune of $18,000 and I'm assuming you're just like, Easy Street, you're just moving product and you have no problems. Is that how it goes down? David Barnett 44:44 That's right. Within a year I was a billionaire. I didn't lift a finger. So no, it was it was rough. It is much easier today for sure. I was running out of money. The 18,000 was nowhere close to really fun. I eventually found some investors around town just through through people that I've met. So these were strangers who had faith in the idea when I pitch it to them, I raised a few hundred more thousand dollars. As I was starting the business, I didn't launch until 2014, two years after the Kickstarter campaign, I had massive manufacturing problems. That's partly why I didn't launch until 2014. And the factory just couldn't get the case. Right. It was originally a case with two grips that expanded and collapsed. Marc Gutman 45:33 And pretty much in the original form that will or the the common form that we know it as now which is like the the button with the accordion. Was it just that with the case? David Barnett 45:43 Yeah, it was two of those since the kicks if you look at the Kickstarter campaign, it was that a case with two integrated Popsockets grips that expanded and collapsed. And the factory I chose just couldn't make a case they had an over mold. So a soft material that was molded to a hard, hard plastic. And they they really just didn't know how to do it. And month after month, after month passed by they had to throw away the tools because they had revised them so many times. And so and then version, the version of the iPhone change by the time we had got the case, right? That was an old version of the phone, I think were the iPhone five, by the time I actually launched the company out of my garage in 2014. And I had by that time develop the standalone grip that that has been the popular product. Marc Gutman 46:29 Yeah. And what was the insight on that? Like, what was the big aha moment that less is more? David Barnett 46:34 Sure. It, it likely, likely has its source in in feedback from my students. So when I was a professor, I handed out some cases, some prototypes of the original product to my students. And by the way, they would all when I would ask them, Would any of you use this product to keep your headset tangle free, and nearly all of their hands would go up in the air? So I finally got some samples, I handed them out. And then I watched them over the course of a few weeks to see who would who would stop using the product, how many of them would stop using the product, those who kept using it? What were they using it for? And I noticed the ones who kept it on, we're not using it for headset management, they were using it for the grip function and the stand function, but mostly the grip function. And yet the grip was not in an ideal location, there was one grip that was too high and one grip that was too low, because I had two of them on the back so that you could wrap your headset around them. And that made me think look, I should invent just a standalone product that can be placed ideally for the grip function. And when I launched the Kickstarter campaign, I ended up licensing the original invention with a case to case made out of Atlanta. And thought, well, they can run with this Well, I developed a standalone product that was not under license. So that's what I did. They worked on the case for six months, and then they ended up Never launching a case. And in that time I developed the standalone product. Marc Gutman 48:03 And at that point, did it just take off? I mean, I I have this recollection that, you know, at one point, it was like I didn't know what Popsockets were. And then they were everywhere. Like they were just like, everywhere, like and people had them and they just became they just became part of you know, popular culture. I mean, it was that the way it felt for you? Or was the getting the standalone product to get traction was that was that a challenge? David Barnett 48:29 It certainly took some effort that first year, I mean, we flip the switch and turn on the website. And I had no marketing dollars, I had no experience no connections to retailers. So I just turned on a Shopify website, I hired a couple of, of people who had been doing some landscaping. So they were in my garage, little big hands and war bear these two huge guys that were selling sitting in my garage ready to fulfill orders, I flipped the switch. And nothing happened. Of course, we got no orders, we got no orders the next day or the next day or the next day. And I thought to myself, hmm, somehow we got to get the word out that this exists. And I went to a promotional Trade Show in Las Vegas, just by chance I had a friend who offered to share a booth. And it was a huge hit there. So that was my first break. These are people looking to put logos on products and give them away for free. And it was clear to the distributors at this trade show that the Popsocket grip was a perfect billboard for your for your logo and for getting impressions. So I had a big crowd around my booth. And over the course of the next four or five months, I ended up selling batches of 3000 5000 7000 to T Mobile Yahoo, you know these big brands through distributors that then got them into the hands of thousands of people. And then I started seeing the traffic come to the website because we had a I don't know if it's a critical mass but we had enough of them out there. Public, that word of mouth was spreading. And then two other things were happening at the same time that year celebrities somehow got ahold of them the first year in 2014. To this day, I don't know how but Gigi Hadid, Ryan Seacrest, and remember Woody Harrelson, his wife, somehow, I got word that she was calling it a life changer from somebody that heard that. So they were showing up in People Magazine and on social media using the grip, and we saw a hotspot in LA on our website, customers around Los Angeles. And then third, we were planting these grips in middle schools in Colorado. So we're encouraging these schools to use them as fundraisers. And that started a third flame, you could say, the middle schoolers took to this product and started telling their friends about it. So those three elements came together. And by the end of 2014, we were seeing some really nice growth month over a month, it was starting to you're starting to see that hockey stick growth. And then we saw about 10 times we were selling each month, we were selling about 10 times what we were that month, the prior year, for the next couple years. 1516. And we were named the fast second fastest growing company in the US in 2018, with a growth rate of 72,000% over three years. And it was mostly just a viral phenomenon over those few those first three to four years, I'd say. And then exploded into retail, in I think 2016 and 17. So over the course of a few years, what you described as correct. Marc Gutman 51:31 Yeah, and prior to that, I mean, really before this, this validation moment where you go to the trade show, and and for promo products, and people are like, okay, like, and I have to imagine that, like when you got those first orders, you're like, Alright, I'm on like, I'm not crazy. But so but you know, prior to that, I mean, are you thinking of giving up? Are you thinking of like, hey, like I have sunk enough money into this, I have put enough energy into this, this just may not happen? David Barnett 52:01 No, I hadn't considered giving up. There was one moment that I vividly recall, where, where I did for the first time, I feel that I might that I might be forced to give up. So it was when we had an office on on Pearl Street in Boulder. And we received a shipment of about 30,000 grips and packaging. It was maybe the third major shipment we received. We weren't in any retail stores yet. So we're selling on the website and promo. And they were all defective. This was the third time in a row. So I had never gotten a pure, high quality product, I had always received shipment of defective product that gel was defective on the first 30,000 I received my friends and I had to pull off, it's tough to get gel off these by hand, pull off 30,000 gel stickers and put new gel on the bottoms of them. But this third shipment, the packaging was all just blowing out and the plastic from the accordion was sticking through the gel so far that it wouldn't—it hit the back of the phone before the gel did. So the grip would just fall right off the phone. My stomach just sank when I opened up the shipment and there was $1,000 in the bank account, I probably owed $30,000. And that was it. I had no more cash. I didn't have any investors lined up to give any more money. And we were sitting on defective products. So I remember taking a walk on the street thinking to myself, this is not good. And it could be the end of us. Marc Gutman 53:35 But here you are today. And you're the you're the CEO still have Popsockets and give us a sense of what Popsockets looks like today, like how many employees and like approximately how many units are going out at this point? David Barnett 53:48 Sure. Well, pre COVID, we were about 300 employees headquarters in Boulder. We have a design office in San Francisco with about 20 people. An office in Europe offices in Singapore, Seoul, Korea, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, we now have an office in Colombia in Bogota. So we're a global company now. We've sold well over 200 million units, I'm guessing probably closer to 300 million I haven't checked in recently. But you know, we're going through a high volume of grips each week and post COVID we have fewer people. So we unfortunately did have to lay off quite a few people. For a low quite a few to preserve our cash when COVID hit and the stores all shut down globally. We are coming back from that though we're doing quite well and we're hiring again. So that should give you a sense of the size and we have ambitions to be far bigger mostly so that we can make a more positive impact. We have a poptivism program. It's really important to me and the brand that gives back to Whatever charity our consumers chooses, choose, so you can come design your own group on our website and tag any charity and half of the sale of that grip will go to the charity. And the bigger we are, the more we can invest in programs like that. Marc Gutman 55:14 Yeah, and I was planning on asking about there's anything else that you'd like to talk about? I mean, why? Why poptivism? How do you say that again? Like it's like a tongue twister, David Barnett 55:23 poptivism kind of activism activism with a pop at the beginning. Marc Gutman 55:27 Yeah, I just need to like practice it. Poptivism, poptivism. So, you know, like, why, like, Why use the thing you built for that? David Barnett 55:36 Sure. So my, one of my original goals, when I decided to commercialize this invention, was to generate wealth for myself so that I could use that wealth for good causes. I personally care about animal welfare issues, hoping to end factory farming. And also climate change, particularly as it relates to these the former issues. So those are my personal causes that I would support. But I realized a couple years into business that all of the employees wanted to make a positive impact in the company is probably positioned better than myself to make that impact. And at that point, I created a department of do goods, I hired a director of due goods, her sole responsibility was to do good. she teamed up with some nonprofits that support people with mobility issues, Parkinson's, ALS, arthritis, we raised money for these organizations that support people with these challenges. And then we got 10s of thousands of grips into their hands, because it makes it easier for them to hold their devices and the grip. But we thought we can make a bigger impact if we open this up as a platform to everybody and all charities. And that's positivism, positivism is a platform that encourages people to make a positive impact by designing their own grip. So you can come on you can do right now you just go to our website, you can design your own grip, you tag a charity, a 501, c three, and the grip will go live, maybe in a week, 50% of all the sales will will go to that charity, and you can start seeing the impact you make Marc Gutman 57:16 right away. That's incredible. And do you ever like just like, look around and you know, as I heard you talking about how many employees you are employing and and where you're located globally and poptivism and like, do you ever just look around like, this is a I created this? I don't mean, I don't mean it like in a in a vain way or an arrogant way. But like, I created this out of an idea. And that idea was like these little plastic things that you stick on your phone, you know, like, like, it just must be an incredible feeling. David Barnett 57:51 Yes, It's surreal. It used to be more surreal, I spent a decent amount of time standing in this one office room have one of our offices that had a glass wall overlooking the warehouse, the production facility. And I look out there and think this is just insane. I mean, it's a, it's like a crazy dream. All of these people are working on this little doodad that I created in my living room with all this hard work. And then when I traveled to China, and I'd walk into these factories where there were hundreds of people, just lines and lines of people sitting working on this product, there were huge crates out in the parking lot, just giant stacks and stacks of boxes. With tractors and these trailers coming to pick them up. I thought this is just insane. It's so crazy. Eventually, I came to accept it. So this the surreal nature of it started to fade. But I still have that sensation, especially when we hire really talented people who have these amazing backgrounds, I think to myself, how did we get to this point where we could attract talent like this? All from just messing around on the computer in my living room? So many years ago? Marc Gutman 59:03 What do you think it is about the the grip, the Popsocket that just is that just speaks to people that just says hey, like, I want that because I do think there's something there's something special about that inanimate object. David Barnett 59:16 Sure. All of our products, we we try our best to include three, three ingredients which the original product has. One is the empower empowering, quality, so it just makes using a phone so much better. The second is the fun or magical feature, that it's surprisingly fun, and surprisingly useful. I mean, look, you've got the most valuable company in the world or at least was at one point Apple creating this device that has a massive flaw. You can't hold it and it's just an awful experience. Once you've used a popsocket grip for a couple of weeks if you try to hold an Apple phone It's almost comical. It's just an awful, awful experience. So I think it is sort of a magical experience when you start using this and you think, Oh my God, what a much better experience. This is even if you didn't think you needed it. And then third, it's the expressive feature people love to express themselves. With grips, it's a much easier way than changing up their cases to put a different style on put a different statement on like a bumper sticker, or a different utility piece. So you could have lip balm on one day, or a little storage for, for something that you want to keep with you one day, and we have a bunch of other functional items coming out soon. Marc Gutman 1:00:40 And we'll make sure to link to all that in the show notes. And David, as we come to a close here, we're coming up on our time, I have two final questions for you. The first is, what's the future look like for you and Popsockets? David Barnett 1:00:52 Sure, well, I'm staying with Popsockets for the future, I'll be the CEO. I have been working hard recently to rebuild our teams post COVID. And post a big transition with leadership. And we intend to build a strong, global brand that makes little life changers. So all of our products, we think will will increase people's happiness, even if it's just a little bit every day. And positivism too, these programs we think of as little life changers. We're not curing cancer, but everything we do, we hope makes people just a little bit happier. And you'll see in two to three years, you really see that the brand we have here in the US will start spreading even though we've been international for a few years, our brand strength, I think will will start catching up to the US and will be a significant global brand, making a positive impact every day. Marc Gutman 1:01:51 So David, if that high school version of you that high school, David, that was in the after school sport dork crew ran into you today, what do you think he'd say? David Barnett 1:02:04 That's really funny, I have a video of this that I can share with you. We had sorry, there was an award ceremony for some Entrepreneurship Award, I think that I won, and I couldn't be there. So we made a video, an acceptance video. And we had a boy who looked kind of like me when I was a kid. And after school sports dork, and he accepted the award. And part of what he said was He's like, I think and maybe someday I'll invent something, something kind of useful. Maybe that helps you listen to your music better. So what would he say? He was probably cocky. He probably said, Yeah, I knew this. I'm a little disappointed in you. But I thought this would happen. Marc Gutman 1:02:46 Whoa, whoa. And that is David Barnett, the founder and CEO of Popsockets, I still can't wrap my head around a little plastic extendable button, becoming such a part of our culture, employing 300 people, and continuing a movement all over the world. This is the power of entrepreneurship, literally thinking of an idea, imagining something that never exists, and then making it a reality, putting it out into the world and changing the world. David Barnett and I say this very seriously, is changing the world with popsockets in a way that will have an impact forever. Whether it's bringing joy to someone with mobility issues, assisting in a s

Before diving into the next mission, we take a quick detour to introduce a bunch of spacefarers, including one who will fly twenty-five times. We'll also learn a bit about why the next mission was necessary in the first place.

Today in history: Space Shuttle Endeavour blasts off. Tyco executives indicted. Steven Biko dies in police custody. Senator John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. Emperor Haile Selassie deposed.   See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

For the first few episodes of this podcast, we've been taking you behind the scenes of the California Science Center to meet some of the people who design and develop exhibits.In the last episode, we talked about exhibit labels in science centers and museums, which help explain what’s going on in an exhibit. But exhibit labels aren't just blocks of text. They appear on graphic panels that use colors, fonts, photos, and illustrations to tell a visual story. For example, you may have noticed that the graphic panels in our Ecosystems galleries look different than the panels you see underneath Space Shuttle Endeavour. Do you ever wonder why exhibit graphics look the way they do?In this episode, we talk to Jeremy Stoller, the graphic and digital media manager at the California Science Center. As a designer, Jeremy crafts many of the things you might see and use when you visit us, from the time you log onto our website, all the way to when you're standing in front of our exhibits and looking at one of the graphics.Have a question you've been wondering about? Send an email to everwonder@californiasciencecenter.org to tell us what you'd like to hear in future episodes.Follow us on Twitter (@casciencecenter), Instagram (@californiasciencecenter), and Facebook (@californiasciencecenter).Support the show (https://CaliforniaScienceCenter.org/support)

On May 27th, NASA and SpaceX will be launching astronauts from the US for the first time since 2011, on SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. It will be the first crewed launch for Elon Musk's space company SpaceX and the first time ever NASA has launched astronauts in a commercially built craft, a crucial step towards civilian space travel. SpaceX consultant (Senior Advisor) and former NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman is the only astronaut who helped build the program and design the actual rockets and new spacesuits. Reisman was selected by NASA as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998. His first mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2008, which dropped him off for a 95 day mission aboard the International Space Station after which he returned to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. His second mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2010, which returned him to the Space Station. During these missions, he performed 3 spacewalks, operated the Space Station Robot Arm and was a flight engineer aboard the Space Shuttle. After leaving NASA in 2011, Reisman joined SpaceX where he worked for Elon Musk and prepared SpaceX for human spaceflight as the Director of Space Operations. He stepped down from his full-time position at SpaceX in May of 2018 and in June 2018 he became a Professor of Astronautical Engineering in the Viterbi School at USC. He continues to support SpaceX as a Senior Advisor. Reisman is an engaging, down to earth and seasoned speaker, and consultant for high level film and TV projects, including Ad Astra (2019), where he taught Brad Pitt how to fly a spaceship, Apple TV's ?For All Mankind (2019) and Personal Space.

On May 27th, NASA and SpaceX will be launching astronauts from the US for the first time since 2011, on SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. It will be the first crewed launch for Elon Musk's space company SpaceX and the first time ever NASA has launched astronauts in a commercially built craft, a crucial step towards civilian space travel. SpaceX consultant (Senior Advisor) and former NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman is the only astronaut who helped build the program and design the actual rockets and new spacesuits. Reisman was selected by NASA as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998. His first mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2008, which dropped him off for a 95 day mission aboard the International Space Station after which he returned to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. His second mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2010, which returned him to the Space Station. During these missions, he performed 3 spacewalks, operated the Space Station Robot Arm and was a flight engineer aboard the Space Shuttle. After leaving NASA in 2011, Reisman joined SpaceX where he worked for Elon Musk and prepared SpaceX for human spaceflight as the Director of Space Operations. He stepped down from his full-time position at SpaceX in May of 2018 and in June 2018 he became a Professor of Astronautical Engineering in the Viterbi School at USC. He continues to support SpaceX as a Senior Advisor. Reisman is an engaging, down to earth and seasoned speaker, and consultant for high level film and TV projects, including Ad Astra (2019), where he taught Brad Pitt how to fly a spaceship, Apple TV's ?For All Mankind (2019) and Personal Space.

Be sure to follow the Facebook page for The Space Shot and the Cosmosphere for the 13 Days of Apollo 13 posts. Check out GPS Declassified and learn more about the book here. Richard Easton and Eric Frazier- GPS Declassified (https://www.gpsdeclassified.com/) I have launched something new. As many of you know, I've always had and will always make sure this podcast is free. I have launched a Patreon account that will help me cover hosting expenses, software, and more. I realize we are entering some uncertain times and that things are going to get tight for a lot of people. However, if you can, I'd love if you could consider supporting the podcast by chipping in any amount you can. Thank you! Check out the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheSpaceShot Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/TheSpaceShot) Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Richard Easton and Eric Frazier- GPS Declassified (https://www.gpsdeclassified.com/) Touchdown! Landing the First Shuttle Mission- NASA.gov (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/first_landing.html) Rogers Dry Lake- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-086-DFRC.html) NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: The Dry Lakes (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-086-DFRC.html) April 14, 1981, Landing of First Space Shuttle Mission (https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/april-14-1981-landing-of-first-space-shuttle-mission) April 14, 1981- Crowds at Edwards Air Force Base (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/thisweek/ED06-0045-3.html) Touchdown! Landing the First Shuttle Mission (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/first_landing.html) STS-1 Nearly 40 Years Ago 30th Anniversary Celebration (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/features/sts1_recalled.html) More on Apollo 16 next week. Apollo 16- NASA Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo16.html) National Space Society YouTube. STS-100 Post Flight Presentation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sf9W4Y9hnc)

Special guest Astronaut Garrett Reisman joins Zac and Benjamin to discuss his experience with 'For All Mankind' on Apple TV+. Dr. Reisman joined NASA in 1998, traveled to space on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2008 and Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2010, and performed three spacewalks from the International Space Station. Dr. Reisman is also a Professor of Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California, motivational speaker, Senior Advisor for SpaceX, technical consultant for the film Ad Astra, and technical advisor for the series 'For All Mankind' on Apple TV+. 9to5Mac Happy Hour is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn or through our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes are released every Friday. Stories we discuss in this episode: For All Mankind on Apple TV+ Apple renews ‘For All Mankind’ and other TV+ shows for second seasons Covering a SpaceX rocket launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the iPhone 11 Pro Max Subscribe, Rate, and Review 9to5Mac Happy Hour! Follow Astronaut Reisman: Twitter @astro_g_dogg Website garrettreisman.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSUJh-rxs68 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQ4wXVPUco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RjayAF0b4 Follow Zac: Instagram @apollozac Twitter @apollozac Follow Benjamin: Twitter @bzamayo Follow 9to5Mac: Instagram @9to5mac Twitter @9to5mac Facebook Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQw4zbhDIco&feature=youtu.be Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at happyhour@9to5mac.com. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

My top ten space movies episode is still coming, I've decided to watch some of these movies again so I can properly rank them. I also have a decade in review episode coming soon, it's going to be a retrospective of the big events of the 2010's and a look forward to what I'm excited for in the 2020's. Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: LDEF- NASA.gov (https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/mic/ldef/) Japan Space Flyer Unit- JAXA (http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/spacecraft/past/sfu.html) Lunar Prospector (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/lunarprospector.html) STS-81 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-81.html) STS-72 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-72.html) STS-54 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-54.html) Black Holes- NASA page (https://www.nasa.gov/subject/6895/black-holes) Titan Touchdown- NASA/JPL Huygens Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msiLWxDayuA) Huygens Probe Information Page- NASA (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/mission/spacecraft/huygens-probe/) Titan Overview- NASA.gov (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/titan/overview/) Cassini Mission Overview- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html) Space Mountain- Disney (https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/space-mountain/) Stardust Mission NASA/JPL Page (https://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html) NASA's Discovery Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/planetarymissions/discovery.html) STS-107 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-107.html) JASON-3 Mission Page (https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/jason3/) Gemini 2 (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-2/gemini-2.html) New Horizons- NASA Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html) New Horizons- Pluto Images (http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Galleries/Featured-Images/view.php?gallery_id=2&page=1&bytopic=42)

The Comedy Cellar's podcast " Live From America " With Hatem Gabr and Noam Dworman. Guest: Colonel Terry Virts, commander of the International space station, a U.S. Air Force pilot and NASA veteran of two spaceflights – a two-week mission onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010 and a 200-day flight to the Space Station in 2014-2015. His seven months in space included piloting the Space Shuttle, commanding the International Space Station, three spacewalks, and performing scientific experiments. This weeks guests: Astronaut Terry Virts, Comedian Sean Donnelly, Comedian Modi, and Reporter Stephen calabria. Email us at livefromAmerica@comedycellar.com www.livefromamericapodcast.com

Terry Virts is a U.S. Air Force test / fighter pilot and a NASA veteran of two spaceflights – a two-week mission onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010 and a 200-day flight to the Space Station in 2015. He is a leader, speaker, and author who is currently working on multiple projects, including a new book and television series.His seven months in space included piloting the Space Shuttle, commanding the International Space Station, three spacewalks, and performing scientific experiments, all while working closely with multiple international partners. Virts flew with and led Russian Space Agency cosmonauts during some of the most tense relations with Russia since the Cold War.While in space he took more than 319,000 photos – the most of any space mission. These images are an integral component of the IMAX film A Beautiful Planet, which Virts helped film and appears in.In this episode we talk about (in order):What it's like to take the elevator up to the space shuttleHis launch day routines Launching into spaceRe-entering the earth in both the space shuttle and SoyuzHow the space shuttle glides compared to an F-16Commanding the ISS LeadershipWhat he looks for in future astronauts His vision of space exploration in the next decadeWhat an astronaut debrief is likeProjects he's working on right nowMake sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Check out all the interviews at https://www.professionalsplaybook.comInstagram-- @justinfighterpilotFacebook--@justinfighterpilot

Captain Mark Kelly is a United States Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. As a naval aviator, Captain Kelly flew 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm and later attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Captain Kelly was selected as an astronaut in 1996. He flew his first of four missions in 2001 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, the same shuttle that he commanded on its final flight in 2011. He is one of only four individuals who has visited the International Space Station on four different occasions.   In January 2013, Captain Kelly and Congresswoman Giffords co-founded Giffords, which encourages our country's leaders to stand up for laws that make communities safer from gun violence. Captain Kelly received a B.S. degree in Marine Engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and a M.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. A native of West Orange, New Jersey, he lives with his wife Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona.   In this episode, we talk about:   How to create the courage to do some terrifying things What it was like in space What inspired Mark to do some of the most difficult jobs How we're all wired with the desire for adventure

Episode 13 Commander Terry Virts is a veteran of two spaceflights, a two-week mission onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010 and a 200-day flight to the Space Station in 2014/2015. A former US Air Force test pilot and author of the bookView From Above, Terry speaks on leadership, perspectives from his time at NASA and the future of the space program.  Also Available on: iTunes: http://tiny.cc/MINDED_iTunes Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5JxKVhZ... TuneIn:http://tun.in/pi9l8 or at https://www.mindedpodcast.com/ --- MINDED is an outlet for people who want to learn from industry and creative leaders that have an innate drive for excellence. Our guests set themselves apart by challenging the norm and pushing ideas forward. In a never-ending pursuit to succeed, we thrive to have an in-depth conversation about life, business and the world we live in. Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindedpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yurixavierof... Twitter: https://twitter.com/yuriaxavier  

Guest: Astronaut Terry Virts Description:This week on Weather Geeks we are honored to have International Space Station Commander Terry Virts. Terry first flew into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010. Four years later he returned and spent 200 days aboard the ISS taking more photos from space that any other astronaut. Many of these photos appear in his book “View From Above”. We’ll talk about that view, space travel, the fragility of our planet and much more.

Happy Monday! I hope all of you have a fantastic week :) Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that! Episode Links: STS-49 Mission Page (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-49/mission-sts-49.html) STS-49 Mission Archive (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-49.html) NASA Space Shuttle Era Fact Sheet (PDF) (https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/566250main_2011.07.05%20SHUTTLE%20ERA%20FACTS.pdf) NASA Endeavour (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/orbitersend.html) National Space Society- STS-49 Post Flight Video (http://space.nss.org/space-shuttle-flight-47-sts-49-post-flight-presentation-video/)

Host Mat Kaplan once again attends the worldwide party for space.  Join him at the Los Angeles celebration under Space Shuttle Endeavour.  You’ll hear conversations with astronauts Nicole Stott and Anousheh Ansari, Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides, Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye the Science Guy and others.  Then test your space history and trivia knowledge with Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts.  Learn more about this week’s topics and see images here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/0418-2018-yuris-night.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SpaceX successfully launched the United States Air Force X-37B spacecraft today and completed a secondary objective of landing the Falcon 9 booster back at Cape Canaveral. Congratulations to the SpaceX team on a successful launch and landing. Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback! Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Cassini Countdown #8- This is a great read, so make sure to check it out. NASA-funded Study Explains Saturn's Epic Tantrums (https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2531/nasa-funded-study-explains-saturns-epic-tantrums/) Space News- SpaceX launches X-37B ahead of Hurricane Irma (http://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-x-37b-ahead-of-hurricane-irma/) United States Air Force- X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104539/x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle/) SpaceX Launches AsiaSat 6, a Month after Lofting AsiaSat 8 (http://spacenews.com/41780spacex-launches-asiasat-6-a-month-after-lofting-asiasat-8/) NASA STS-69 Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-69.html)

Happy Yuri’s Night! We’re partying under Space Shuttle Endeavour in the first of two shows featuring interviews from the worldwide celebration of space. Star Trek’s Robert Picardo will talk about his new video newsletter, the Planetary Post, and we’ll visit with Samantha Cristoforetti, who returned last June from 200 days aboard the International Space Station.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Andrew Feustel is a NASA Astronaut and Mission Specialist whose passion early in life to wrench on cars came full circle when he flew in to space on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis. He spent 13 days in space improving the Hubble Space Telescope’s observatory’s capabilities, removing frozen bolts, stripped screws, and stuck handrails. Then he flew on Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission to the International Space Station. Andrew served as the lead space walker on that trip delivering the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a cosmic ray particle physics detector that examines fundamental issues about matter and the origin and structure of the universe. And a few stats for you; Drew is the 473 person to go in to space and he’s the 473 guest here on Cars Yeah!

Im Rahmen des ersten Alumitreffens im neu renovierten Mathematikgebäude gibt uns unser Alumnus Markus Even einen Einblick in seine Arbeit als Mathematiker am Fraunhofer IOSB, dem Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung in Ettlingen in der Arbeitsgruppe zur Analyse und Visualisierung von SAR-Bilddaten. Er befasst sich mit der Entwicklung von Algorithmen für die Fernerkundung, genauer gesagt für die Deformationsanalyse mit Hilfe von SAR-Interferometrie (InSAR). Deformation bezieht sich hier auf Bewegungen der Erdkruste oder auf ihr befindlicher Strukturen, z.B. von Bauwerken. Hinter dem Stichwort SAR-Interferometrie verbirgt sich eine Vielfalt von Verfahren der Fernerkundung, die auf Synthetic Aperture Radar, auf Deutsch Radar mit synthetischer Apertur, beruhen, und die die Fähigkeit der Sensorik ein kohärentes Signal zu verarbeiten zur Erzeugung sogenannter Interferogramme nutzen. Für SAR ist es wesentlich, dass der Sensor bewegt wird. Zu diesem Zweck ist er auf einen Satelliten, ein Flugzeug oder auch auf einem auf Schienen laufenden Schlitten montiert. Für die Mehrzahl der Anwendungen wird er entlang einer näherungsweise geradlinigen Bahn bewegt und sendet in festen Zeitabständen elektromagnetische Signale im Mikrowellenbereich aus, deren Returns er, unterteilt in sehr kurze Zeitintervalle, aufzeichnet. Dabei "blickt" er schräg nach unten, um nicht systematisch von zwei verschiedenen Orten der Erdoberfläche rückkehrende Signale zu vermischen. Herauszuheben ist, dass er unabhängig von der Tageszeit- er beleuchtet die Szene selbst- und weitgehend unabhängig von den Wetterverhältnissen- die Atmosphäre verzögert das Signal, ist aber für diese Wellenlängen (ca. 3cm-85cm) bis auf seltene Ausnahmen durchlässig dafür- Aufnahmen machen kann. Dies ist ein Vorzug gegenüber Sensoren, die im optischen oder infraroten Teil des Spektrums arbeiten, und nachts oder bei Bewölkung nicht die gewünschten Informationen liefern können. Neben der Magnitude des rückgestreuten Signals zeichnet der SAR-Sensor auch dessen Phasenverschiebung gegenüber einem Referenzoszillator auf, die die Grundlage für die Interferometrie darstellt und viele Anwendungsmöglichkeiten bietet. Aus dem aufgezeichneten Signal wird das sogenannte fokusierte Bild berechnet. (Mathematisch gesehen handelt es sich bei dieser Aufgabe um ein inverses Problem.) Die Achsen dieses komplexwertigen Bildes entsprechen eine der Position des Satelliten auf seiner Bahn und die andere der Laufzeit des Signals. Der Zahlenwert eines Pixels kann vereinfacht als Mittel der aufgezeichneten Rückstreuung aus dem Volumen angesehen werden, dass durch das jeweilige Paar aus Bahninterval und Laufzeitinterval definiert ist. Dies ist der Kern von SAR: Die Radarkeule erfasst eine größere Fläche auf dem Boden, so dass das aufgezeichnete Signal aus der Überlagerung aller zurückkehrenden Wellen besteht. Diese Überlagerung wird durch die Fokusierung rückgängig gemacht. Dazu benutzt man, dass ein Auflösungselement am Boden zu allen Returns beiträgt, solange es von der Radarkeule erfasst wird und dabei eine bekannte Entfernungskurve durchläuft.Die Magnitude des sich so ergebenden Bildes erinnert bei hochaufgelösten Aufnahmen auf den ersten Blick an eine Schwarzweißphotographie. Betrachtet man sie jedoch genauer, so stellt man schnell Unterschiede fest. Erhabene Objekte kippen zum Sensor, da die höhergelegenen Punkte näher zu ihm liegen. Hohe Werte der Magnitude, also hohe Rückstreuung, sind in der Regel mit günstigen geometrischen Konstellationen verbunden: Eine ebene Fläche muss dazu beispielsweise senkrecht zum einfallenden Signal ausgerichtet sein, was selten der Fall ist. Geht man an die Grenze des aktuell Möglichen und betrachtet ein Bild einer städtischen Umgebung eines luftgetragenen Sensors mit wenigen Zentimetern Auflösung, so scheint es beinahe in punktförmige Streuer zu zerfallen. Diese werden durch dihedrale (Pfosten) und- häufiger- trihedrale Strukturen erzeugt. Trihedrale Strukturen reflektieren das einfallende Signal parallel zur Einfallsrichtung (man kennt das von den an Fahrzeugen verwendeten, Katzenaugen genannten Reflektoren). Sehr niedrige Rückstreuung ist meist darin begründet, dass kein Signal mit der entsprechenden Laufzeit zum Sensor zurückkehrt, sei es weil keine Streuer erreicht werden (Schatten) oder das Signal auf glatten Flächen vom Satelliten weggespiegelt wird. Für Wellenlängen von einigen Zentimetern sind z.B. asphaltierte oder gepflasterte Flächen glatt, bei Windstille ist es auch Wasser. Daneben gibt es auch kompliziertere Streumechanismen, die zu Magnituden mittlerer Höhe führen, etwa Volumenstreuung in Vegetation, Schnee und Sand, verteilte Streuung an Flächen mit vielen kleinen, homogen verteilten Objekten (z.B. Kiesflächen oder andere Flächen mit spärlicher Vegetation) oder einer gewissen Rauigkeit. Außer diesen gibt es noch viele weitere Möglichkeiten, wie Mehrfachreflektionen oder das Zusammenfallen in verschiedenen Höhen positionierter Streuer in einer Entfernungszelle.Die für die SAR-Interferometrie wesentliche Information aber ist die Phase. Sie kann allerdings nur genutzt werden, wenn zwei oder mehr Aufnahmen aus annähernd der gleichen Position vorliegen. Die grundlegende Idee dabei ist die Betrachtung von Doppeldifferenzen der Phase zweier Pixel zweier Aufnahmezeitpunkte. Um sie zu verstehen nehmen wir zunächst an, dass sich in beiden Auflösungszellen je ein dominanter, punktförmiger Streuer befindet, was so gemeint ist, dass die Phase einer Laufzeit entspricht. Da die Subpixelpositionen unbekannt sind und die Größe der Auflösungszelle um Vieles größer als die Wellenlänge ist, ist die Phasendifferenz zweier Pixel eines einzelnen Bildes nicht verwertbar. In der Doppeldifferenz heben sich die unbekannten Subpixelpositionen allerdings heraus. Die Doppeldifferenz ist in dieser idealisierten Situation die Summe dreier Anteile: des Laufzeitunterschiedes auf Grund der verschiedenen Aufnahmegeometrien, des Laufzeitunterschiedes auf Grund einer relativen Positionsänderung der Streuer während der zwischen den Aufnahmen verstrichenen Zeit und des Laufzeitunterschiedes auf Grund der räumlichen und zeitlichen Variation der atmosphärischen Verzögerung. Diese drei Anteile können jeder für sich nützliche Information darstellen. Der Erste wird zur Gewinnung von Höhenmodellen genutzt, der Zweite zur Detektion von Deformationen der Erdoberfläche und der Dritte, obwohl meist als Störterm angesehen, kann bei der Bestimmung der Verteilung von Wasserdampf in der Atmosphäre genutzt werden. Es stellt sich aber die Frage, wie man diese Terme separiert, zumal noch die Mehrdeutigkeit aufgelöst werden muss, die darin liegt, dass die Phase nur bis auf ganzzahlige Vielfache von zwei Pi bekannt ist.Weitere Fragen ergeben sich, da in realen Daten diese Annahmen für viele Pixel nicht erfüllt sind. Stellt man sich beispielsweise eine Auflösungszelle mit mehreren oder vielen kleineren Streuern vor (z.B. mit Geröll), so ändert sich die Phase der überlagerten Returns mit dem Einfallswinkel des Signals. Sie ändert sich auch, wenn manche der Streuer bewegt wurden oder die beiden Aufnahmen nicht ausreichend genau zur Deckung gebracht wurden. Dies führt dazu, dass die Phase sich um einen schlecht quantifizierbaren Betrag ändert. Man spricht dann von Dekorrelation. Eventuell besteht nach Änderung der physischen Gegebenheiten in der Auflösungszelle keine Beziehung mehr zwischen den Phasenwerten eines Pixels. Dies ist etwa der Fall, wenn ein dominanter Streuer hinzu kommt oder nicht mehr anwesend ist, ein Gelände überschwemmt wird oder trocken fällt. Es stellt sich also die Frage, welche Pixel überhaupt Information tragen, bzw. wie ihre Qualität ist und wie sie extrahiert werden kann.Die Geschichte der SAR-Interferometrie begann nach dem Start des ESA-Satelliten ERS 1 im Jahr 1991 mit einfachen differentiellen Interferogrammen. Das berühmteste ist sicher das vom Landers-Erdbeben 1992 in Kalifornien. Zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte der Wissenschaft war es möglich, das Deformationsfeld eines Erdbebens flächig zu messen, wenn auch nur die Komponente in Sichtlinie des Sensors. Statt Werte hunderter in der Region installierter Messstationen stellte das Interferogramm ein Bild des Erdbebens mit Millionen Datenpunkten dar. Diese Fähigkeit, großflächig Deformationen der Erdoberfläche aufzuzeichnen, besitzt nur die SAR-Interferometrie! Allerdings ist zu bemerken, dass dieses Resultat seine Entstehung auch günstigen Umständen verdankt. Landers liegt in der Mojave-Wüste, so dass die Variation der atmosphärischen Verzögerung und die Dekorrelation vernachlässigbar waren. Dank der Verfügbarkeit eines guten Höhenmodells konnte der Anteil des Laufzeitunterschiedes auf Grund der verschiedenen Aufnahmegeometrien eliminiert werden (man spricht dann von einem differentiellen Interferogramm). Ein weiterer Meilenstein war die Shuttle Radar Topography Mission des Space Shuttle Endeavour im Februar 2000, während der die Daten für ein Höhenmodell der gesamten Landmasse zwischen 54 Grad südlicher Breite und 60 Grad nördlicher Breite aufgezeichnet wurden. Für diesen Zweck wurde die Endeavour mit zwei SAR-Antennen ausgestattet, eine am Rumpf, eine an einem 60 Meter langen Ausleger. Dank zeitgleicher Aufnahmen waren die Phasenanteile auf Grund Deformation und atmosphärischer Verzögerung vernachlässigbar. Dekorrelation auf Grund von Änderungen der physischen Gegebenheiten spielt hier auch keine Rolle. Dem Wunsch nach einem weltweiten, dazu deutlich höher aufgelösten Höhenmodell kommt seit 2010 die TanDEM-X-Mission des DLR nach, bei der die beiden SAR-Antennen von zwei Satelliten im Formationsflug getragen werden. Auch in der Algorithmik gab es entscheidende Fortschritte. Einer der fruchtbarsten war die Erfindung von Permanent Scatterer Interferometric SAR (PSInSAR) um das Jahr 2000, das durch die Verwendung einer längeren Zeitreihe von differentiellen Interferogrammen und einiger neuer Ideen das Problem der Separierung der im vorangehenden Abschnitt genannten Terme löste. Der Ausgangspunkt hierfür war die Entdeckung, dass häufig eine größere Anzahl über lange Zeiträume phasenstabile Streuer, die sogenannten Permanent Scatterer (auch Persistent Scatterer oder PS), gefunden werden können, die man sich vereinfacht als Pixel vorstellen darf, deren Auflösungszelle einen dominanten, punktförmigen, über die Zeitreihe unveränderten Streuer enthält. Auf diese wird nun die Auswertung beschränkt, die vereinfacht folgende Schritte durchläuft: Definition eines Graphen mit den PS als Knoten und Paaren benachbarter PS als Kanten; Schätzung einer Modellphase für Deformation und Höhenmodellfehler an Hand der Doppeldifferenzen aller verwendeten differentiellen Interferogramme für alle Kanten; Entrollen von Originalphase minus Modellphase, d.h. Auflösen der Mehrdeutigkeiten; räumlich-zeitliche Filterung, um die Variation der atmosphärischen Verzögerung zu eliminieren. Als Produkt ergeben sich für jeden PS seine Bewegung in Sichtlinie des Sensors und eine Korrektur seiner Höhenlage relativ zum für die Erzeugung der differentiellen Interferogramme verwendeten Höhenmodell. Seither wurden diese Grundideen modifiziert und verfeinert. Vor allem müssen die Berücksichtigung verteilter Streuer (auch Distributed Scatterer oder DS) für die Deformationsanalyse erwähnt werden, was die Informationsdichte vor allem in ariden Gebieten drastisch erhöhen kann, sowie die SAR-Tomographie, die eine Analyse auch dann erlaubt, wenn zwei oder drei vergleichbar starke Streuer in einer Auflösungszelle vorhanden sind (z.B. wenn ein Streuer am Boden, eine Fensterniche und eine Dachstruktur den gleichen Abstand zum Sensor haben). Die SAR-Interferometrie, insbesondere die Deformationsanalyse, verwendet vor allem mathematische Methoden aus den Bereichen Stochastik, Signalverarbeitung, Optimierungstheorie und Numerik. Besondere Herausforderungen ergeben sich daraus, dass die Vielfalt natürlicher Phänomene sich nur bedingt durch einfache statistische Modelle beschreiben lässt und aus dem Umstand, dass die Datensätze in der Regel sehr groß sind (ein Stapel von 30 Aufnahmen mit komplexwertigen 600 Megapixeln ist durchaus typisch). Es treten lineare Gleichungssysteme mit mehreren Zehntausend Unbekannten auf, die robust gelöst sein wollen. Für die Auflösung der Mehrdeutigkeiten verwenden die fortgeschrittensten Algorithmen ganzzahlige Optimierung. Wavelet-basierte Filterverfahren werden genutzt, um die atmosphärische Verzögerung vom Nutzsignal zu trennen. Im Zusammenhang mit der Schätzung der Variation der atmosphärischen Verzögerung werden geostatistische Verfahren wie Kriging eingesetzt. Statistische Tests werden bei der Auswahl der DS, sowie zur Detektion schlechter Pixel eingesetzt. Bei der Prozessierung der DS spielen Schätzer der Kovarianzmatrix eine prominente Rolle. Die SAR-Tomographie nutzt Compressive Sensing und viele weitere Verfahren. Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass die SAR-Interferometrie auch aus Perspektive eines Mathematikers ein reichhaltiges und spannendes Arbeitsgebiet ist. Eine wichtige Anwendung ist die Deformationsanalyse durch die InSAR-Methode: Die SAR-Interferometrie zeichnet sich vor allen anderen Techniken dadurch aus, dass sie bei geeignetem Gelände sehr großflächige Phänomene mit sehr hoher Informationsdichte abbilden kann. Allerdings liefert sie relative Messungen, so dass in der Regel eine Kombination mit Nivellement oder hochgenauen GPS-Messungen verwendet wird. Ihre Genauigkeit hängt neben der Qualität der Daten von der Wellenlänge ab und zeigt bei 3cm Wellenlänge meist nur wenige Millimeter je Jahr Standardabweichung. Damit können selbst sehr feine Bewegungen, wie z.B. die Hebung des Oberrheingrabens (ca. 2mm/y), nachgewiesen werden. Allerdings können wegen der Mehrdeutigkeit der Phase Bewegungen auch zu stark sein, um noch mit PSInSAR auswertbar zu sein. In diesem Fall können längere Wellenlängen, höhere zeitliche Abtastung oder Korrelationsverfahren helfen. Trotz der diskutierten Einschränkungen lässt sich die Deformationsanalyse mit InSAR in vielen Zusammenhängen nutzensreich einsetzen, denn auch die Ursachen für Deformationen der Erdoberfläche sind vielfältig. Neben geologischen und anderen natürlichen Phänomenen werden sie von Bergbau, Förderung von Wasser, Erdgas, Erdöl, durch Geothermiebohrungen, Tunnelbau oder andere Bautätigkeiten ausgelöst. Meist steht bei den Anwendungen die Einschätzung von Risiken im Fokus. Erdbeben, Vulkanismus, aber auch Schäden an kritischer Infrastruktur, wie Deichen, Staudämmen oder Kernkraftwerken können katastrophale Folgen haben. Ein weiteres wichtiges Thema ist die Entdeckung oder Beobachtung von Erdbewegungen, die sich potentiell zu einem Erdrutsch entwickeln könnten. Allein in den Alpen gibt es tausende Bergflanken, wo sich größere Bereiche in langsamer Bewegung befinden und in Leben oder Infrastruktur gefährdende Hangrutsche münden könnten. Auf Grund der zunehmenden Erderwärmung nimmt diese Bedrohung überall dort zu, wo Permafrost zu tauen beginnt, der bisher den Boden stabilisierte. InSAR wird bei der Erstellung von Risikokarten genutzt, die der Beurteilung der Gefährdungslage und der Entscheidung über Gegenmaßnahmen dienen. In vielen Regionen der Erde werden Deformationen der Erdoberfläche durch veränderte Grundwasserstände verursacht. Nimmt das Grundwasser ab, etwa wegen Entnahme zur Bewässerung oder industriellen Verwendung, so senkt sich die Erdoberfläche. Nimmt das Grundwasser während regenreicher Zeiten zu, so hebt sich die Erdoberfläche. Das Monitoring mit InSAR ist hier aus mehreren Gründen interessant. Bewegungen der Erdoberfläche können Schäden an Gebäuden oder anderen Strukturen verursachen (Bsp. Mexico City). Übermäßige Wasserentnahme kann zu irreversibler Verdichtung der wasserführenden Schichten führen, was Konsequenzen für die zukünftige Verfügbarkeit der lebenswichtigen Flüssigkeit hat. Bei Knappheit muss die Entnahme reguliert und überwacht werden (Bsp. Central Valley, Kalifornien). Von besonderer Bedeutung sind durch geologische Phänomene wie Vulkanismus oder tektonische Bewegungen verursachte Deformationen der Erdoberfläche. Die von SAR-Satelliten gewonnenen Daten werden zur Einschätzung von Risiken benutzt, auch wenn eine sichere, frühzeitige und zeitgenaue Vorhersage von Erdbeben oder Vulkanausbrüchen mit den heutigen Methoden nicht möglich ist. Sie sind aber die Grundlage für eine ausgedehnte Forschungsaktivität, die unser Verständnis der Vorgänge in der Erdkruste stetig wachsen lässt und immer genauere Vorhersagen erlaubt. Dies ist in erster Linie den SAR-Satelliten der ESA (ERS-1, ERS-2, Envisat und aktuell Sentinel-1A) zu verdanken, die seit 1991 mit lediglich einer Lücke von zwei Jahren (2012-2014) kontinuierlich die gesamte Erde aufnehmen. Die Idee dabei ist, dass so in festem zeitlichen Rhythmus (bei ERS alle 35 Tage) jeder Punkt der Erde aufgenommen wird. Dadurch ist ein großes Archiv entstanden, das es nach einem geologischen Ereignis ermöglicht, dieses mit den Methoden der SAR-Interferometrie zu untersuchen, da die Vorgeschichte verfügbar ist. Eine Entwicklung der letzten Jahre ist die Nutzung bei der Erschließung von Erdgas und Erdöl. Die mit InSAR sichtbar gemachten Deformationen erlauben es, neue Einsicht in die Struktur der Lagerstätten zu erhalten, geomechanische Modelle zu kalibrieren und letztlich die Rohstoffe Dank optimierter Positionierung von Bohrlöchern effektiver und kostengünstiger zu fördern. Wer InSAR noch besser verstehen will, der findet in den InSAR Guidlines der ESA die Grundlagen sehr gut erklärt. Einen etwas breiteren Überblick über Anwendungsmöglichkeiten kann man sich auf der Homepage von TRE verschaffen, einem Unternehmen, das von den Schöpfern von PSInSAR gegründet wurde und im Bereich InSAR-Auswertungen nach wie vor führend ist. Die Wettbewerber ADS und e-GEOS bieten außer InSAR weitere Anwendungen von SAR-Daten. Aus wissenschaftlich/politischer Perspektive kann man sich in der Broschüre der DLR über Themenfelder der Erdbeobachtung informieren. Zu dem speziellen Thema der Erdbewegung auf Grund Absenkung des Grundwasserspiegels in den USA gibt es weitere Informationen. Literatur und weiterführende Informationen A. Ferretti, A. Monti-Guarnieri, C. Prati, F. Rocca, D. Massonnet: InSAR Principles: Guidelines for SAR Interferometry Processing and Interpretation, TM-19, ESA Publications, 2007. M. Fleischmann, D. Gonzalez (eds): Erdbeobachtung – Unseren Planeten erkunden, vermessen und verstehen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., 2013. Land Subsidence, U.S. Geological Survey. M. Even, A. Schunert, K. Schulz, U. Soergel: Atmospheric phase screen-estimation for PSInSAR applied to TerraSAR-X high resolution spotlight-data, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), IEEE International, 2010. M. Even, A. Schunert, K. Schulz, U. Soergel: Variograms for atmospheric phase screen estimation from TerraSAR-X high resolution spotlight data, SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7829, SAR Image Analysis, Modeling, and Techniques X, 2010. M. Even: Advanced InSAR processing in the footsteps of SqueeSAR Podcast: Raumzeit RZ037: TanDEM-X Podcast: Modellansatz Modell010: Positionsbestimmung Podcast: Modellansatz Modell012: Erdbeben und Optimale Versuchsplanung Podcast: Modellansatz Modell015: Lawinen

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fiveofthebest.podomatic.com new episode 12 th march still traveling and having little trouble,  will try to add pics tomorrow     Satelittes           Satellites operate in extreme temperatures from −150 °C (−238 °F) to 150 °C (300 °F) and may be subject to radiation in space. Satellite components that can be exposed to radiation are shielded with aluminium and other radiation-resistant material     Communication satellites range from microsatellites weighing less than 1 kg (2.2 pounds) to large satellites weighing over 6,500 kg (14,000 pounds). Advances in miniaturization and digitalization have substantially increased the capacity of satellites over the years. Early Bird had just one transponder capable of sending just one TV channel. The Boeing 702 series of satellites, in contrast, can have more than 100 transponders, and with the use of digital compression technology each transponder can have up to 16 channels, providing more than 1,600 TV channels through one satellite.     A signal that is bounced off a GEO satellite takes approximately 0.22 second to travel at the speed of light from Earth to the satellite and back. This delay poses some problems for applications such as voice services and mobile telephony. Therefore, most mobile and voice services usually use LEO   Satellites face competition from other media such as fibre optics, cable, and other land-based delivery systems such as microwaves and even power lines. The main advantage of satellites is that they can distribute signals from one point to many locations. As such, satellite technology is ideal for “point-to-multipoint” communications such as broadcasting. Satellite communication does not require massive investments on the ground   The Intelsat spans theToday there are approximately 150 communication satellites in orbit with over 100 in geosynchronous orbit. globe, and domestic satellites such as the USSR's Molniya satellites. Western Union's Westar, and Canada's Anik - serve individual countries. The Intelsat V is the latest in its space-craft series, it can handle 12,000 telephone circuits and two color television transmission simultaneously.     Which of the following whirls around the Earth at 5 miles per second? Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after Edwin Hubble (1889-1953). Hubble's Law (also named after Edwin Hubble) is a theory that suggests that there is a constantly expanding universe.     Weather Satellites     The first weather satellite was launched on February 17, 1959. What was the name of this satellite? Vanguard 2. Vanguard 2 was designed to measure cloud cover, however, this satellite was poor in collecting data as a poor axis and rotation kept it from collecting meaningful information. TIROS-1 which was launched by NASA in 1960, was the first successful weather satellite and operated for 78 days.   THE MOON     The prevailing hypothesis today is that the Earth–Moon system formed as a result of agiant impact, where a Mars-sized body (named Theia) collided with the newly formed proto-Earth, blasting material into orbit around it that accreted to form the Moon.[20] This hypothesis perhaps best explains the evidence, although not perfectly.   The Moon is drifting away from the Earth:The Moon is moving approximately 3.8 cm away from our planet every year. It is estimated that it will continue to do so for around 50 billion years. By the time that happens, the Moon will be taking around 47 days to orbit the Earth instead of the current 27.3 days.   Evolution of moon  7 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuHasBN-U1c 4 min good video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSV98i0jzro   STRANGE SATELLITES   Lapetus moon   Iapetus was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini, an Italian–French astronomer, in October 1671  Cassini correctly surmised that Iapetus has a bright hemisphere and a dark hemisphere, and that it is tidally locked, always keeping the same face towards Saturn. This means that the bright hemisphere is visible from Earth when Iapetus is on the western side of Saturn, and that the dark hemisphere is visible when Iapetus is on the eastern side. The dark hemisphere was later named Cassini Regio in his honour.     A further mystery of Iapetus is the equatorial ridge that runs along the center of Cassini Regio, about 1,300 km long, 20 km wide, 13 km high. It was discovered when the Cassini spacecraft imaged Iapetus on December 31, 2004. Peaks in the ridge rise more than 20 km above the surrounding plains, making them some of the tallest mountains in the Solar System. The ridge forms a complex system including isolated peaks, segments of more than 200 km and sections with three near parallel ridges.[27           MIMAS Mimas is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel.[8] It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I. With a diameter of 396 kilometres (246 mi) it is the twentieth-largest moon in the Solar System and is the smallest astronomical body that is known to be rounded in shape because of self-gravitation.     The surface area of Mimas is slightly less than the land area of Spain. The low density of Mimas, 1.15 g/cm³, indicates that it is composed mostly of water ice with only a small amount of rock.   TRITON Triton is unique among all large moons in the Solar System for its retrograde orbit around its planet (i.e., it orbits in a direction opposite to the planet's rotation). Most of the outer irregular moons of Jupiter and Saturn also have retrograde orbits, as do some ofUranus's outer moons. However, these moons are all much more distant from their primaries, and are small in comparison; the largest of them (Phoebe)[f] has only 8% of the diameter (and 0.03% of the mass) of Triton.       HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE       Launch: April 24, 1990 from space shuttle Discovery (STS-31) Deployment: April 25, 1990 Mission Duration: Up to 20 years Servicing Mission 1: December 1993 Servicing Mission 2: February 1997 Servicing Mission 3A: December 1999 Servicing Mission 3B: February 2002 Servicing Mission 4: May 2009 Size Length: 43.5 ft (13.2 m)Weight: 24,500 lb (11,110 kg) Maximum Diameter: 14 ft (4.2 m) Cost at Launch $1.5 billion Spaceflight Statistics Orbit: At an altitude of 307 nautical miles (569 km, or 353 miles), inclined 28.5 degrees to the equator (low-Earth orbit)Time to Complete One Orbit: 97 minutes Speed: 17,500 mph (28,000 kph) Optical Capabilities Hubble Can't Observe: The Sun or Mercury, which is too close to the Sun Sensitivity to Light: Ultraviolet through infrared (115—2500 nanometers) First Image: May 20, 1990: Star Cluster NGC 3532 Data Statistics Hubble transmits about 120 gigabytes of science data every week. That's equal to about 3,600 feet (1,097 meters) of books on a shelf. The rapidly growing collection of pictures and data is stored on magneto-optical         disks. Power Needs Energy Source: The Sun Mechanism: Two 25-foot solar panels Power usage: 2,800 watts Pointing Accuracy In order to take images of distant, faint objects, Hubble must be extremely steady and accurate. The telescope is able to lock onto a target without deviating more than 7/1000th of an arcsecond, or about the width of a human hair seen at a distance of 1 mile. Hubble's Mirrors Primary Mirror Diameter: 94.5 in (2.4 m) Primary Mirror Weight: 1,825 lb (828 kg) Secondary Mirror Diameter: 12 in (0.3 m) Secondary Mirror Weight: 27.4 lb (12.3 kg) Power Storage Batteries: 6 nickel-hydrogen (NiH) Storage Capacity: equal to 20 car batteries         International space station   It’s the most expensive object ever built At an estimated cost of $100bn dollars, the ISS is the most expensive single object ever built by mankind. Roughly half of the total price was contributed by the USA, the rest by other nations including Europe, Japan and Russia.   Tracy Caldwell in cupola module

Planetary Radio Live was on stage at the World Space Party with guests George and Loretta Whitesides and Bobak "Mohawk Guy" Ferdowsi.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Endeavour landet im Museum Nach 25 Weltraumissionen, 4671 Erdumrundungen und 299 Tagen im All hat das Space Shuttle Endeavour seine „Final Destination“ erreicht. Jetzt ist die Endeavour das neueste Ausstellungstück im California Science Center in Los Angeles Audiotraveller Henry Barchet hat sich mit Astronauten und Hollywood Stars das Space Shuttle angeschaut. Endeavour Lands at Museum After 25 space missions, 4,671 orbits and 299 days in space the Endeavour has reached its final destination at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Audiotraveller Henry Barchet has joined astronauts and Hollywood stars for a closer look at the world famous space shuttle.

Scientists have revealed the first data gathered by Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory Rover, about the Martian atmosphere, while Space Shuttle Endeavour has opened to the public.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Video of Space Shuttle Endeavour as it flew over Disneyland & Anaheim on 9/21/2012 on its way to LAX. This video was shot from a side street one block from Angels Stadium looking northwest toward the Disneyland resort (out of view).  WINDOW TO THE MAGIC is the Internets Longest-Running Disneyland Audio & Video Show.  Enjoy weekly trips into the Disney Theme Parks and Resorts with our free show available on iTunes and at WindowtotheMagic.com!

For Collaborate 12 on Monday, April 23rd, 2012, Our keynote today was delivered by Captain Mark Kelly, Commander of the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Mission and along with his wife Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, co-author of the new book, Gabby: A … Continue reading →

NASA EDGE covers the 25th and final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour!

NASA EDGE covers the 25th and final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour!

On this episode of Talking Space, we countdown 3, 2, 1, as we did on May 16th live on Astronomy.FM reporting on the final launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. We go into a deep discussion on the subject of STS-134's timeline and payloads, including the spectacular Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS. We then move on to talk about a US Senate hearing on human spaceflight and national security. Listed below is the transcripts of Frank Slazer, Dr. Christopher Chyba, and Capt. Frank Culbertson. We then move on to the case of the busted lunar sample seller, and lastly provide the final result of the BTS-1 mission onboard their Inspiration 1 capsule. The links to the testimonies of the following people to the US Congress are available on http://talkingspaceonline.com: Dr. Christopher Chyba, Professor of Astrophysics and International Affairs, Director, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University Captain Frank L. Culbertson Jr., Astronaut and former Commander of the International Space Station Frank Slazer, Vice President of Space Systems, Aerospace Industries Association The link to the updates on BTS-1 from Camilla herself can be read at http://camilla-corona-sdo.blogspot.com/ Host this week: Sawyer Rosenstein. Panel Members: Gina Herlihy, Gene Mikulka, and Mark Ratterman Show Recorded - 5/22/2011

In this special episode of Talking Space, Gene Mikulka recounts his experiences during NASA's Kennedy Space Center's "Once and Future Tour" conducted for members of the media before the first launch attempt of Shuttle Endeavour on Shuttle Mission STS 134 on April 27, 2011. The first stop on the tour is a demonstration of a new LIDAR designed by a partnership between Lockheed Martin and Ball Areospace, the system is engineered to make rendezvous and docking of any new piloted or robotic spacecraft far more safer than it is today. Called the Sensor Test for Orion RelNav Risk Mitigation or STORRM for short, it is a prototype system that will be tested by Shuttle Endeavour during the STS 134 Mission. Representatives from both companies explain what STORRM is and how it will be tested. Next was a demonstration of the current Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit or EMU know by the rest of us as a Spacesuit. Gene was able to speak to one of the space suit engineers about how the suit is built and how it helps protect spacewalkers and is to follow for future spacesuit designs. The last stop on tour was a visit to Orbiter Processing Facility Number 2 which is usually the home of Space Shuttle Endeavour. Today Space Shuttle Discovery resides within. She is being prepared not for her next mission to the International Space Station, but for display at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center. Discovery's new mission will be that of Human Space Flight Ambasador nd her Flow Director, Stephanie Stilson, explains how Discovery is being prepared for her new role.

Dave fly's his last Space Shuttle load as Karry packs up for the return to Skydive Chicago and Stump sits in the rain. Pic of the Week - Dave Hillebrandt, Kevin Keenan and Bob Edmiston build a 3 stack over Skydive Sebastian while the Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off in the background. Photo by Gregg Mikolasek. Brian Germain on canopy collisions. Listener emails.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

The 265th edition of America's Debate Radio with Mike and Jaime. During the first hour, we discussed fall-out from the death of Osama Bin Laden, immigration reform, and President Obama's presidential 2012 campaign. During the second and third hours, we spoke with 4 callers and discussed highspeed rail, funding public education, curriculum in schools, the space shuttle program, and international intervention in Libya. We welcome your feedback! Have your email read on the air-- click here to use the email form. Or, call 888.DEBATE.5 now and leave a message-- we'll play it on the next show. Thanks for listening!

Jim Bolton, NASA Vehicle Manager for Space Shuttle Atlantis gives a demonstration on the shuttle's heat shield tiles. CTTechJunkie.com visited NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Lon & Doug traveled to the Kennedy Space Center last week to witness the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The Shuttle had technical difficulties that are still being worked on, but the guys did visit upstart SpaceX to hear about how they plan to take astronauts into space by 2014.

On this special bonus episode of Skepticality, celebrating the eve before the final launch of the Space Shuttle "Endeavour", Swoopy catches up with author Mary Roach whose best-selling book "Packing For Mars" was recently released in paperback.

The 207th edition of America's Debate Radio with Mike and Jaime. During the first hour, we discussed winter weather, the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, and the future of the US space program. During the second and third hours, we spoke with 4 callers and discussed snow storms, the Tea Party movement, the Republican primary race for one of Arizona's Senate seats, and the 2010 Winter Olympics. We welcome your feedback! Have your email read on the air-- click here to use the email form. Or, call 888.DEBATE.5 now and leave a message-- we'll play it on the next show. Thanks for listening!

As 2010 begins, we've started to countdown for the final shuttle flights. This time, Tim and I go behind the scenes of a shuttle rollout. Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch of Feb 7 on a mission to the International Space Station to install Tranquility - space's first bay window on the earth.

Package about the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour visiting troops at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyztan after returning from a mission of over two weeks in space. Produced by Tech. Sgt. Harry Kibbe.

We Decided to launch our first 'Sun-Earth Day 2008' podcast in true NASA style! So fasten your seatbelts, and join our host, Troy Cline, in this 'Audio Voyage' as we experience the incredible sounds of Space Shuttle Endeavour's recent liftoff into space.

The latest mission of the space shuttle Endeavour, and what President Bush will have to do to improve his approval rating following the Gulf War, are discussed by Alistair Cooke.