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Eric Berger is a Houston-based reporter and editor. He reported for the Houston Chronicle and is now the senior space editor for Ars Technica. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of Hurricane Ike and most recently wrote a book on the early days of SpaceX. We spoke about SpaceX, Elon Musk, the space industry, and his work. Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (William Morrow, 2021)
0:37 – Eric talks about how he got into studying and writing about SpaceX.
1:22 – Eric talks about what the book focuses on.
3:13 – Eric talks about SpaceX in 2002.
5:10 – Eric talks about how Elon created his SpaceX engineering team.
6:15 – Eric talks about the legal and business environment in 2002 for SpaceX.
7:48 – Eric talks about the other companies that got DARPA grants.
8:17 – Eric talks about the small satellite launch industry in 2002.
9:56 – Eric talks about how Elon financed SpaceX.
12:17 – Eric talks about the obstacles SpaceX faced.
14:28 – Eric talks about Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.
16:49 – Eric talks about SpaceX’s worth.
17:59 – Eric talks about SpaceX’s use of old technology.
20:39 – Eric talks about Elon’s companies and his motivations.
22:45 – Eric talks about PayPal and Elon Musk.
23:59 – Eric talks about why Elon Musk was interested in SpaceX.
24:27 – Eric talks about Elon’s organizational skills and management abilities.
27:26 – Eric talks about personnel turnover at SpaceX.
28:09 – Eric talks about how he researched the book.
29:38 – Eric talks about Elon’s personality style.
32:19 – Eric talks about how closely SpaceX came to failure in the early days.
33:04 – Eric talks about Elon’s other plans and goals.
33:32 – Eric talks about NeuroLink.
34:11 – Eric talks about wanting to better understand how much Elon was involved in SpaceX at the start.
35:59 – Eric talks about their reusable rockets.
37:30 – Eric talks about their use of propulsion fuels.
38:28 – Eric talks about NASA’s space launch rocket.
40:09 – Eric talks about space debris.
41:34 – Eric talks about SpaceX and foreign space agencies.
43:20 – Eric talks about SpaceX and national security issues.
43:56 – Eric talks about ITAR and other issues.
45:06 – Eric talks about competition for the Moon and Mars.
45:55 – Eric talks about the style of the book.
51:15 – Eric talks about space stations and SpaceX.
52:38 – Eric can be found at arstechnica or on twitter @SciGuySpace.
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Guests: Eric Berger
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, space business, space history, space technology, manned space missions, space book, NASA history, podcast, William Morrow,
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Cesare Barbieri is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Padova, Italy. He and his teams have been involved in the construction of various astronomical instruments. He recently wrote a book on the methods to discover extra-terrestrial life. We spoke about the book and his work. A Brief Introduction to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life (CRC Press, 2021)
0:44 – Cesare talks about being an astronomer and why he wrote about extra-terrestrial life.
2:49 – Cesare talks about how to use telescopes to find extra terrestrial life.
4:54 – Cesare talks about the detection of planets.
6:59 – Cesare talks about other options for detecting life in space.
12:27 – Cesare talks about the strange object that came into the system.
15:54 – Cesare talks about the ideal systems in which to find life.
21:51 – Cesare talks about gravitational waves.
23:05 – Cesare talks about cosmic rays.
23:57 – Cesare talks about the contribution of computing power to this search.
27:34 – Cesare talks about advancements in telescopes.
32:34 – Cesare talks about the maintenance of telescopes.
37:08 – Cesare talks about micro-impacts on space telescopes.
38:05 – Cesare talks about problems space telescopes might encounter. He also touches on putting telescopes on the Moon and Mars.
40:03 – Cesare talks about life on Mars might affect the search for additional life.
44:37 – Cesare talks about ways to exchange information with alien intelligences.
45:00 – Cesare talks about [the] Freeman Dyson’s ideas and pulsars.
47:45 – Cesare talks about dark matter and dark energy.
51:41 – Cesare explains the differences between dark energy and dark matter.
52:22 – Cesare talks about radial velocity.
54:35 – Cesare talks about how to coat telescopes.
56:11 – Cesare talks about the research he did for this book.
56:56 – Cesare talks about being surprised by how quickly we discovered new planets. He also talks about how important the Moon was for life.
1:00:39 – Cesare talks about how other moons can be discovered.
1:01:14 – Cesare talks about the planets we’ve discovered.
1:02:36 – Cesare talks about combining radio and optical telescopes data.
1:04:40 – Cesare talks about the various data available to astronomers and current advances.
1:05:33 – Cesare talks about the difficulty of overcoming research problems.
1:09:35 – Cesare talks about his textbooks.
1:11:17 – Cesare talks about his current work.
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Guests: Dr. Cesare Barbieri
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, astronomy, space technology, audio interviews, space book, podcast, CRC Press,
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Dr. Barbara Scalvini is an Early Books specialist at Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, and was formerly senior specialist, Department of Books and Manuscripts at Christie’s. She co-authored a book on her current passion, books of Aristotle with marginalia. We spoke about Aristotle’s influence on science and how his books were commented on and passed on in Medieval and Renaissance periods. Aristotle: From Antiquity to the Modern Era (GILES, 2021)
0:36 – Barbara talks about being an antiquarian bookseller and how she became involved in Aristotle’s works.
3:36 – Barbara talks about how the book conveys the ways in which Aristotle’s body of work has moved through time.
5:12 – Barbara explains that the book is about some of the more interesting books with marginalia that exists.
6:39 – Barbara talks about who was making notations in these antique books.
8:21 – Barbara talks about how the books traveled through the ages.
9:30 – Barbara talks about hidden or secretive marginilia.
12:44 – Barbara talks about what languages the commentaries are in.
13:54 – Barbara details the vernacular languages used.
14:06 – Barbara talks about how often new texts are found and what time spans her book covers.
17:21 – Barbara talks about the ink these marginalia are written in.
19:03 – Barbara talks about major jumps in thinking about Aristotle.
22:47 – Barbara talks about shifts caused by the printing press.
24:01 – Barbara talks about the Aristotle canon.
27:51 – Barbara talks about differences between nations and religion and who is the most obscure and most famous among the texts they discuss.
32:21 – Barbara talks about people naming themselves in the books.
33:06 – Barbara talks about the use of punctuation and other methods to emphasize points.
34:22 – Barbara talks about how she did her research for the book.
37:02 – Barbara talks about the joy of opening new books and how she protects these books. She also discusses how they were made and with what materials.
42:36 – Barbara talks about discussions of magic in the marginalia.
43:41 – Barbara talks about how many hundreds of texts existed and the ownership of the texts.
46:53 – Barbara talks about Americans who had Aristotle texts.
48:30 – Barbara would have liked to know what affects the texts had on their owners.
51:20 – Barbara talks about commentators being aware that their words would be read in the future.
53:33 – Barbara talks about when book provenance began to be tracked. She also discusses forgeries.
58:05 – Barbara talks about what scientists can get from her book.
1:02:22 – The bookshop is Bernard Quaritch.
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For more “Technology and Space” please follow me at technologyandspace.com or www.spacewalksmoneytalks.com , on Facebook at Spacewalks Money Talks, on twitter at SpacewalksMT, on youtube at Spacewalks Money Talks , and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.
Guests: Barbara Scalvini
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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 science,
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,
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 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576521001338?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email
Tracking spacecraft orbits #TASSpaceTech #spacecraft https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1270963821001966?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email
Designing space robots #TASRobot #robot
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1270963821001929?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email
Full-article on exosuit design #TASTech #exosuit https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/wearable-technologies/article/design-modeling-and-demonstration-of-a-new-dualmode-backassist-exosuit-with-extension-mechanism/4A0D6794537970F885ECE031DD728AA3
Analysis of methane-oxygen engines #TASSpaceTech #methane https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1270963821001930?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email
