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Today in Space and Science History: May 8

Posted on May 8, 2021 by SpaceScholar

Today in Space and Science History: May 8 May 8 1919 – Social psychologist Leon Festinger born https://amzn.to/3y7CZAC May 8 1991 – Sweden reached suborbital spaceflight for the first time https://amzn.to/3xZymZ0 More Space and Science trivia collection As an Amazon … Continue reading →

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Today in Space and Science History: May 7

Posted on May 7, 2021 by SpaceScholar

Today in Space and Science History: May 7 May 7 1770 – Botany Bay named by Captain Cook https://amzn.to/2RADDG0 May 7 1886 – Ernst A Lehmann, German captain of the ill-fated  Hindenberg which crashed May 6, is born https://amzn.to/3h6dBVP May … Continue reading →

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Today in Space and Science History: May 6

Posted on May 6, 2021 by SpaceScholar

Today in Space and Science History: May 6 May 6 1851 John Gorrie recieved a patent for a machine to make ice https://amzn.to/2R2R0i2 May 6 1937 The LZ 129 Hindenburg crashed, the last great airship disaster https://amzn.to/3xTKOtm May 6 1968 … Continue reading →

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Today in Space and Science History: May 5

Posted on May 5, 2021 by SpaceScholar

Today in Space and Science History: May 5 May 5 1811 Scientist John William Draper born May 5 1961 Alan Shepard piloted the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission and became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space https://amzn.to/2SiHzLJ … Continue reading →

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How Elon Musk and SpaceX overcame early problems to dominate the space industry – Interview with Eric Berger

Posted on May 3, 2021 by SpaceScholar

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS How Elon Musk and SpaceX overcame early problems to dominate the space industry – Interview with Eric Berger Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/2RjHgzS Interview Timeline Eric Berger is a … Continue reading →

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How astronomers can find extra-terrestrial life with Cesare Barbieri

Posted on April 19, 2021 by SpaceScholar

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS How astronomers can find extra-terrestrial life with Cesare Barbieri Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/3egUuVV Interview Timeline Cesare Barbieri is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Padova, Italy. … Continue reading →

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How Aristotle was all the rage in Medieval and Renaissance times with Barbara Scalvini

Posted on April 5, 2021 by SpaceScholar

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS How Aristotle was all the rage in Medieval and Renaissance times with Barbara Scalvini Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/3ut6Hgu Interview Timeline Dr. Barbara Scalvini is an Early Books specialist … Continue reading →

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How to discover volcanoes on Io before anyone else and other interesting stories from James Miller

Posted on April 5, 2021 by SpaceScholar

I spoke with James Miller about his work on unmanned space missions for JPL.  This is the video version of a previously posted podcast. space history, space technology, unmanned space missions, audio interviews, NASA history, videos, coding and computing, general … Continue reading →

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Outer Space law is a challenge with Professor Dr. Frans von der Dunk

Posted on April 1, 2021 by SpaceScholar

I spoke with Dr. von der Dunk about the ins and outs of space law.  This is the youtube version of a previously posted podcast videos, space business, space history, audio interviews,

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Space Science and Technology Research roundup March 29, 2021

Posted on March 30, 2021 by SpaceScholar

Examining Venus’ cloud tops #Venus #TASPlanetaryScience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117721002192?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email Halo orbits and L1 #TASAstronomy #astronomy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213133721000160?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email Article on deployable space grids #TASSpaceTech #technology https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09560599211002480 Satellite honeycomb structures #TASSpaceTech #spacecraft https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09560599211001683 An Article on the search for extra terrestrial intelligent life #TASSpace #life … Continue reading →

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