Space science – “Cosmic Clouds 3-D” (MIT Press, 2020) – David J. Eicher interview

Posted on July 20, 2020 by SpaceScholar

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David has been working in the field of astronomy education for over 35 years, including as a staffer and Editor-in-chief for Astronomy magazine. He’s recently co-authored a book with Queen guitarist Brian May about nebulae. We spoke about the book, astronomy, science education, and science in general.

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0:36 – David talks about how and why he go into writing on nebulae.

1:37 – David talks about Brian May’s involvement with the book.

3:09 – David talks about the focus of the book.

4:58 – David talks about where nebulae are located in the galaxy.

5:47 – David talks about the telescopes used to capture the images.

6:49 – David talks how much telescopes have captured images of nebulae.

8:14 – David talks about the goals of research on nebulae.

9:26 – David talks about how they chose the images for the book.

11:28 – David talks further about the team chose then final images for the book.

12:16 – David talks about the science of taking pictures of this nebulae.

14:17 – David talks about film versus digital in taking pictures of nebulae.

15:52 – David talks about what the text of the book discusses.

19:37 – David talks about possible life in the galaxy and universe.

23:07 – David talks about new technologies that will contribute to an understanding of the universe.

25:15 – David talks about science education, STEM, and STEAM.

31:10 – David talks about some important changes that could be made to help science education.

33:23 – David talks about the James Webb project.

34:29 – David talks about other astronomy related projects.

35:00 – David talks about his early interest in astronomy.

36:24 – David talks about growing up around aviation history in Ohio.

38:34 – David talks about the images in the book and the ones we likes the best.

41:42 – David talks about what he would like readers to take away from the book.

46:38 – David can be found on facebook, twitter, and instagram under David J. Eicher and on astronomy.com.

 

Links of interest

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https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cosmic-clouds-3-d

https://astronomy.com/

https://www.facebook.com/davidjohneicher/

https://www.instagram.com/eicher.david/

https://twitter.com/deicherstar

https://amzn.to/2OGVBSp

 

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Host: Cris Alvarez

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James Miller interview part 1 Yotube version

Posted on July 9, 2020 by SpaceScholar

My interview with James Miller in youtube form.

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Space technology – “Planetary Spacecraft Navigation” (Springer, 2019) – James Miller interview part 2 of 2

Posted on June 30, 2020 by SpaceScholar

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James Miller has decades of experience working on spacecraft navigation. He has also worked extensively in programming computer systems to conduct navigation operations. We spoke about his experiences at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other firms as well as the recent book he published on planetary spacecraft navigation. This is part 2 of the two-part interview.

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0:38 – Jim talks about why he wrote book.

6:22 – Jim addresses the effects of greater computing power.

14:37 – Jim talks about Fortran compilers.

17:27 – Jim talks about programming a missile flight plan.

19:35 – Jim talks about JPL plans to land Viking on Mars on the fourth of July.

20:40 – Jim talks about artificial intelligence.

22:20 – Jim talks about flight equations and artificial intelligence.

24:01 – Jim talks about the L1 Lagrange point.

31:34 – Jim talks about L1 as a spot for a communications satellite for a moon mission. He then talks about helping the Japanese with their flight trajectory.

38:40 – Jim talks about his work on rockets during the

Vietnam War. He mentions a JPL employee who died in Vietnam supporting the Air Force.

43:36 – Jim talks about the usefulness of his book in planning future spacecraft missions.

45:17 – Jim talks about hardware improvements in navigation.

49:40 – Jim talks about some nuclear power plant work he had done.

 

Links of interest

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https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319789156

 

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Space technology – “Planetary Spacecraft Navigation” (Springer, 2019) – James Miller interview part 1 of 2

Posted on June 24, 2020 by SpaceScholar

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James Miller has decades of experience working on spacecraft navigation. He has also worked extensively in programming computer systems to conduct navigation operations. We spoke about his experiences at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other firms as well as the recent book he published on Planetary Spacecraft Navigation.

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0:40 – Jim talks about his space career and how he got hired by Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

7:04 – Jim talks about a Voyager project he worked on with Lockheed that was never completed.

9:43 – Jim talks about the shortage of engineers in the early days of the space program.

12:08 – Jim talks about doing the wiring diagrams for a nuclear power plant. {NOTE: Mr. Miller explained by email that he meant he knew more than the Navy about the particular power plant he worked on, not on all nuclear power plants in operation.)

13:25 – Jim explains what analysis of a spacecraft involves.

16:26 – Jim talks about spacecraft analysis then and now.

17:54 – Jim talks about programming spacecraft computers.

21:00 – Jim talks about working on Minuteman missiles.

23:16 – Jim talks about his spacecraft navigation analysis work.

27:22 – Jim talks about designing a trajectory that saved a Japanese spacecraft mission.

28:45 – Jim talks about the theory versus the practical application of his idea and how he got into a 25 year academic feud.

31:48 – Jim talks about working with the Mathematics department at the University of Barcelona and ending his feud.

34:28 – Jim talking about being interviewed for a documentary and meeting Neil Degrasse Tyson.

38:22 – Jim talks about computer coding for spacecraft then and now. He talks about learning to code an analog computer.

45:02 – Jim talks about his approach to writing navigation software.

46:43 – Jim talks about how he got into writing papers.

51:04 – Jim talks about the two first stage rocket dual landing. He says that SpaceX is doing things that have already been studied before.

56:35 – Jim talks about current education for people who want to do spacecraft navigation.

58:27 – Jim talks about the three body equation.

 

Links of interest

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https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319789156

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Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: space, exploration, commercialization, science, Westinghouse, nuclear subs, Carnegie-Mellon, Lockheed Martin, precision re-entry, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineer, analog computers, Mariner 6, Mariner 7, telemetry, Deep Space Network, propulsion, comgen, JPL, spacecraft, wiring diagram, attitude control, Minuteman, Viking, Atlas Centaur, orbit insertion, Lagrange multipliers, constrained optimization, gradient projection, Galileo, trajectory, Japan, University of Barcelona, mathematician, Princeton, Neil Degrasse Tyson, analog computer, Viking, Mariner 6, SpaceX, Elon Musk

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Space exploration, business, and history – John B. Herrington interview

Posted on June 9, 2020 by SpaceScholar

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John B. Herrington is a former US Naval Aviator and NASA astronaut. He’s the first enrolled Native American to go into space and he did that with NASA mission STS-113. He’s also written a children’s book on his time as an astronaut and the book includes Chickasaw words for space terms. He also has a PhD in Education and we talked about STEM, Native American issues, his book, his time in space, and space business and exploration in general. We had the conversation while he was in a train station so please forgive some of the background noise. (The audio player is at the bottom of the post.)

1:03 – John talks about his time in space as a space shuttle mission specialist.

1:35 – John talks about getting into science education.

2:50 – John talks about his goals in getting Native American kids more interested in math and science.

4:20 – John talks about what his education in his early years was like.

6:16 – John discusses how he became interesting in supporting Native American education.

7:45 – John talks about how to grow STEM on Native American reservations.

9:22 – John talks about when to get kids interested in STEM.

11:39 – John talks about necessary changes in educational curriculum.

12:40 – John discusses cutbacks in art education.

14:25 – John talks about problems within space exploration and commercialization.

17:45 – John talks about the China-US space race.

19:29 – John talks about space tourism.

21:32 – John talks about pushing the envelope in space travel.

22:00 – John talks about the benefits of the space station.

23:20 – John discusses SpaceX’s efforts.

25:07 – John talks about support to graduate students.

26:18 – John talks about business competition within the space industry.

27:40 – John talks about the problem with reducing educational dollars.

29:16 – John talks about what he would do if he were head of NASA and could decide how to promote science.

32:43 – John talks about NASA outreach to teachers.

34:08 – John talks about translating space words in Chickasaw.

34:48 – John talks about Native American pride today.

38:14 – John talks about how he went from being a US Naval Aviator to an astronaut.

40:00 – John talks about what he did to make the astronaut program.

41:24 – John talks about flight training for the shuttle and space walk training.

42:41 – John talks about hair-raising incidents during training.

44:12 – John talks about how he mentally got past extreme stress during space flight.

45:38 – John talks about how the team works through extreme stress during flight.

46:53 – John talks about the feelings he had when he went through flight and into space.

48:19 – John talks about how he felt when he went on his space walk.

49:24 – John talks about the post-flight debrief and issues they had during the flight.

50:29 – John jokes about Navy versus Air Force.

50:58 – John talks about the surprises he experienced while on the flight and sleeping during the flight.

52:21 – John talks about docking with the space station.

54:21 – John talks about how a private company might do the same work as the mission did.

55:18 – John talks about how SpaceX fueled a recent flight after the astronauts were in it.

58:44 – John talks about the current budget for space travel.

1:02:30 – John talks about being a test pilot.

1:03:50 – John talks about what it was like when the shuttle program was ended and how SpaceX did its hiring.

1:04:53 – John talks about enjoying watching his friends fly.

1:06:06 – John talks about some new technological advances and flying to Mars.

1:07:59 – John talks about the moon versus Mars first debate.

1:11:06 – John talks about Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek.

1:13:38 – John can be on Facebook at Commander John B. Herrington.

1:14:50 – John talks about picosats and launching them from the shuttle.

 

Links of interest

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https://www.facebook.com/cdrjohnbherrington/

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-113.html

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Guests: John B. Herrington

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: space, exploration, commercialization, science, space shuttle, native american, idaho, science education, montana, wyoming, shoshone-payute, rock climbing, colorado, NASA, engineering, math education, space commerce, spacex, rockwell, united space alliance, moon, space mining, space tourism, Bigelow, inflatable habitat, Boeing, Elon Musk, Creek, US Navy, test pilot, space flight readiness, Crippin, high-energy particles, SpaceX, risk mitigation, picosat, space coast, cape canaveral, variable ISP, Roddenberry, Star Trek

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Low Earth Orbit satellite design

Posted on June 4, 2020 by SpaceScholar

I just posted the youtube version of the interview with George Sebestyn here https://youtu.be/TFACtl068ig

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NASA Lunar program – “The Artemis Lunar Program” (Springer Praxis Books, 2020) – Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried interview

Posted on May 18, 2020 by SpaceScholar

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Dutch started with NASA in 1961 and spent many years working with NASA in various technical capacities. He regularly writes about NASA history and space issues. We recently spoke about his latest book on NASA’s Artemis Lunar Program.

(The audio player is at the bottom of the post.)

0:44 – Dutch talks about his work in space starting with his part with the space Task Force in 1961.

2:23 – Dutch talks about what the book focuses on.

4:23 – Dutch talks about the gateway controversy in regards to Moon versus Mars.

8:05 – Dutch talks about the benefits of the Artemis program.

13:04 – Dutch talks about US difficulty in getting to the Lagrange points.

15:30 – Dutch talks about the Artemis budget and sequencing of projects.

19:38 – Dutch talks about advances in Positioning, Navigation and Timing.

21:25 – Dutch talks about government contracts in relation to technological change.

22:25 – Dutch talks about technological issues regarding space travel and NASA’s

conjunction long stay mission issues.

25:23 – Dutch talks about commercial space ventures.

26:39 – Dutch talks about private companies involvement with Artemis.

29:00 – Dutch talks about companies working on robots.

33:27 – Dutch talks about quality assurance and safety standard differences between NASA and private companies.

34:50 – Dutch talks about the conflict about protecting the moon from the earth and the earth from the moon as far as viruses and such.

36:38 – Dutch talks about his excitement for travel to Mars and the positive spinoffs from NASA projects.

38:28 – Dutch talks about changes between the space program from the 60s to now.

40:00 – Dutch talks about some of the dangers faced in the space program in the 1960s.

41:15 – Dutch talks about how impressive robotics have become as well as launch and reentry systems.

42:57 – Dutch talks about the first stage re-entry that was recently accomplished. Then he talks about the explosions he saw off Cocoa Beach.

45:28 – We touch on Soviet space program accidents.

47:41 – Dutch talks about seeing the old hardware he worked on in museums.

49:25 – Dutch talks about the amount of money devoted to the space program.

50:43 – Dutch talks about von Braun.

52:32 – Dutch talks about people who pushed the space program who aren’t talked about enough.

54:59 – Dutch talks about the current lack of enthusiasm for today’s space race as compared to the Apollo program.

56:25 – Dutch talks about China as a space competitor.

1:00:42 – Dutch can be found at dutch-von-ehrenfried.com.

 

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3bKvoLV

https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030385125

http://dutch-von-ehrenfried.com/

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/vonEhrenfriedMH/vonEhrenfriedMH_3-25-09.htm

 

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Guests: Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: space, exploration, commercialization, science, artemis, springer, moon, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, gateways, mars, HALO, orbits, super heavy launch, International Space Station, Orion, regolith, in situ utilization, China, LEO, radiation, nanotubes, fule cell, solar power, cubesat, PNT, space mining, robotics, Carnegie-Mellon, Kennedy group, swamp works, thermal cindering, spacefest, von Braun, NACA, Jimmy Dolittle, The Day The Earth Stood Still

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Space commerce, tourism, and mining book – “Spacefarers” (Harvard University Press, 2020) – Christopher Wanjek interview

Posted on April 22, 2020 by SpaceScholar

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Christopher Wanjek has been an astrophysics reporter for years and regularly writes a column on the subject. He recently wrote a book on the practical aspects of getting into space and we discussed space mining, space tourism and other space related obstacles and issues.

1:11 – Christopher talks about his background in space working at NASA Goddard.

2:01 – Christopher talks about the breakdown of the book which he says is a practical look at getting into space.

3:12 – Christopher talks about the financial incentives to get people into space and Chinese achievements.

6:46 – Christopher talks about how you get people to move to inhospitable locations.

9:02 – Christopher talks about colonizing Mars

11:00 – Christopher talks about space as a shared or common resource.

15:02 – Christopher talks about conflict for space.

16:22 – Christopher talks about the challenges of getting into space. One is a scientific understanding of the effects of low gravity on the body.

19:48 – Christopher talks about noise issues in regards to getting large numbers of people into space.

21:00 – Christopher talks about financial incentives to go into space.

23:28 – Christopher talks about how to incentivize large companies and small companies involved in space.

26:32 – Christopher talks about mining and whether the values of metals would stay the same if lots were brought back from mining. He also discusses off Earth operations.

28:49 – Christopher talks about off Earth operations.

31:45 – Christopher talks about radiation issues.

35:34 – Christopher talks about studies involving cosmic rays.

37:58 – Christopher talks about micrometeorites.

40:34 – Christopher talks about space tourism and Bigelow.

45:56 – Christopher talks about how space can lead to betterment of human kind.

50:41 – Christopher is located at Christopherwanjek.com and on twitter @wanjek

 

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3awNTma

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984486

https://christopherwanjek.com/Site/Welcome.html

https://twitter.com/wanjek?lang=en

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Guests: Christopher Wanjek

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: space, exploration, commercialization, science, NASA, Goddard, moon, mining, space race, China, space stations, India, antarctica, European space agency, Zubrin, regolith, Space Act, Luxembourg, Moon Treaty, Outer Space Treaty, spacefaring, solar power, gravity, International Space Station, asteroid, ad astra, platinum, rare earth, radiation, van allen, solar, cosmic, magnetosphere, Bigelow, inflatable shelters, BEAM, torus, atrophysics, NASA, Jay Leno

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India Space Exploration – Space writer and researcher Gurbir Singh interview

Posted on March 31, 2020 by SpaceScholar

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Gurbir Singh is an independent researcher on space issues. He’s been studying the subject for decades and has spoken to audiences. He also wrote a book on the Indian Space Program which was published in 2017. We spoke about the current state of the Indian space program.

1:00 – Gurbir talks about the Indian Space program beginning with it’s historic roots.

4:38 – Gurbir talks about India’s local space businesses or lack thereof.

8:12 – Gurbir talks about the mismatch between Indian engineering skills and local opportunities.

11:00 – Gurbir talks about ISRO’s control of the Indian space program.

13:12 – Gurbir talks about the Indian public’s interest in the space program.

16:52 – Gurbir talks about Indian plans to send people into space.

19:52 – Gurbir talks about the next steps in the Indian space program.

24:55 – Gurbir talks about India’s moon missions.

27:14 – Gurbir talks about the Indian solar mission.

28:51 – Gurbir talks about the Indian military pursuit of space projects.

33:40 – Gurbir talks about space debris.

35:27 – Gurbir talks India’s approach to space companies.

39:00 – Gurbir talks about the major centers for Indian space.

42:05 – Gurbir talks early Indian attempts to set up a space center at Bangalore.

44:28 – Gurbir talks about space engineering in India.

48:03 – We discuss the Indian private sector.

53:19 – Gurbir can be found at astrotalkuk.org and on twitter @gurbirsingh

Links of interest

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https://astrotalkuk.org/

https://twitter.com/GurbirSingh

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Guests: Gurbir Singh

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: space, exploration, commercialization, science, India, Apollo, ISRO, sounding rocket, telescope, Mars, Venus, Moon, PSLV, SSLV, European Space Agency, China, spaceport, orbit, LEO, Artemis, spaceflight, Russia, starcity, France, astronaut, Japan, lagrange, SpaceX, Hindustan Air Limited

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Outer Space law – University of Nebraska Professor Dr. Frans von der Dunk interview

Posted on January 29, 2020 by SpaceScholar

Frans von der Dunk. Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law LL.M. Program. July 9, 2013. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications

Professor Dr. von der Dunk has been studying, teaching, and leading efforts in space law for over 20 years. He has written over 180 articles on space law, he’s received awards for his work, and he’s a member and leader in numerous space organizations. He spoke to me about his work and the current state of space law.

0:39 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about his consultancy Black Holes.

2:55 – Dr. von der Dunk’s expertise is in space law and he discusses this.

4:42 – Dr. von der Dunk discusses the sharing of space resources in the future.

8:20 – Dr. von der Dunk discusses what countries are working to move space law forward.

10:38 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about the regimes in place to control where businesses and governments can place objects in Earth orbit.

14:20 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about management of space tourism.

17:09 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about partitioning of the Moon.

19:59 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about how much material can be taken from the Moon.

24:16 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about nuclear propulsion for deep space and nuclear power and explosions.

27:07 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about approaches to space law in the past and presently.

30:21 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about his special programs and initiatives.

33:42 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about initiatives in space business including space mining and other business opportunities.

37:48 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about policy and legal challenges to space business.

40:17 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about state funding for space business.

42:29 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about engineering student shortages in the US and around the world.

45:24 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about smaller countries that are advancing in space.

48:28 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about leaps forward that he anticipates.

50:36 – Dr. von der Dunk talks about what a major accident in space tourism might do to the business.

54:55 – Dr. von der Dunk can be found at the University of Nebraska and also at his company’s webpage black-holes.eu. He also has tutorials on this site.

Links of interest

https://black-holes.eu/

https://law.unl.edu/frans-von-der-dunk/

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Guests: Dr. Frans von der Dunk

Host: Cris Alvarez

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