space
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Space Economy: Colorado’s Role As A SpaceTech Leader with Cody Moore of Caruso Ventures
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This week I attended the Colorado Space Economy talk, monderated by Brad Bernthal of Silicon Flatirons. Via Denver Startup Week: “Starting with an overview of how universities, government initiatives, and public sector partnerships bolster Colorado’s position in the space economy, this session features insights from founders about the state’s emerging leadership in SpaceTech. It explores…
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Starship IFT3 Lifts Off
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SpaceX’s latest Starship test marked another significant stride, despite not meeting all objectives. The launch showcased improvements with all 33 Raptor engines maintaining function, a successful stage separation, and the booster executing a flip maneuver. However, the booster’s landing ended explosively over the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage reached orbital speeds and performed a…
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Visiting the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Roscosmos
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Thanks to management at Roscosmos for providing incredibly access to me and team to the facilities at Baikonur Cosmodrome, and for hosting us during our short stay in June, 2019. The Legacy of Baikonur Cosmodrome: Gateway to the Cosmos At the heart of human space exploration lies the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a place of both historical…
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Orion – NASA’s Newest Spacecraft
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Love this explainer video – can’t wait for the first full launch! As the flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft nears, the agency released Wednesday a video — called “Trial By Fire” — detailing the spacecraft’s test and the critical systems engineers will evaluate during the Dec. 4 flight. Orion is in the final stages…
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Johnny Express
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Cute video, from Alfred Imageworks. It’s 2150 There are all sorts of Aliens living throughout space. Johnny is a Space Delivery Man who travels to different planets to deliver packages. Johnny is lazy and his only desire is to sleep in his autopilot spaceship. when the spaceship arrives at the destination, all he has to…
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Learning About Space Suit Design With Astronaut Joseph Tanner
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This past week, my brother Jason and I were fortunate enough to be allowed to sit in on a guest lecture at the University of Colorado Engineering Center by NASA Astronaut Joe Tanner. Joe spoke to us about the ins and outs of spacesuit design, and shared a bunch of his personal stories. A pic…
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Infographic: Terraforming Mars
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With the Curiosity Rover set out on its mission on Mars, we’re one more step closer to sending humans there. Here’s an interesting infographic from Discovery and NASA going over a possible budget and timeline for terraforming the red planet to create a habitable environment. Very very interesting….
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Attending US Space Camp in 1992
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Here’s another gem found in the course of my family VHS file digitization project. In grade school, I went to US Space Camp along with a bunch of my classmates. The triumphant beginning of my lifelong love for everything space and science. My parents paid for not only Space Camp, but also to have this…
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Richard Cook Speaks About The Mars Curiosity Rover: “From A to Z: Getting Curiosity to the Launch Pad”
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Looking for something to watch to disconnect from the family for a while? Here’s MSL Deputy Project Manager Richard Cook’s excellent lecture “From A to Z: Getting Curiosity to the Launch Pad“, in which he covers the entire process of designing and deploying the Mars Curiosity Rover, now on its way to Mars. Out of…
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First Orbit: Commemmorating 50 Years of Spaceflight
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In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first orbit around the earth, documentarian Christopher Riley gives us this film: First Orbit. A real time recreation of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering first orbit, shot entirely in space from on board the International Space Station. The film combines this new footage with Gagarin’s original…
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No aliens yet for SETI…
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Darn, not this time. Just when I thought we were making some progress with the SETI@home project, it comes out that the whole story of SETI finding a valuable signal was just twisted around by some reporter. Here’s how it went down: Dan Wertheimer, an astronomer, told a reporter from KTVU that he may have…