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Embedded below the fold in two parts. The first segment was a detailed discussion of Soviet-style nature of China’s space program, while the second segment delved into dark matter and the uncertainty of science.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. The first part of this podcast is definitely worth listening to. I go after NASA for both SLS and Webb, which seem to be projects in a competition to see who can last the longest without accomplishing anything. Both are now creeping towards project length’s exceeding two decades, and neither is close to flying.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. The first segment I think provides a nice overview of the developing competition that I expect to see between big and small rockets in the coming decade.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. I especially like John Batchelor’s titles for each part: 1.Will the Trump administration shut down SLS? 2. Jupiter is completely different than anything else.
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Embedded below the fold. As I am in Israel and cannot do my regular podcasts with John Batchelor, he has dug up an appearance from April 11, 2013 and posted this today. He calls it “Classic Bob Zimmerman.” The topics included a description of the cracks that occurred in one of the early Orion test capsules, and where I expressed then my doubts of SLS/Orion. In the five years since the only thing that has changed is that they have had to delay its upcoming missions by several years.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. The first segment spends a lot of time talking about my rover update, while the second provides further discussion of Falcon Heavy.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. Long discussion in part one on the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia failures, and how NASA responded for each.
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Embedded below the fold. This podcast was taped just after the Ariane 5 launch yesterday but slightly before we had heard that the satellites had made orbit, so it is a little inaccurate, though the main point that Arianespace had had its first launch anomaly after 83 successfully launches remains true.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. This one was recorded live, as Batchelor is presently visiting Qatar and broadcasting from there.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. Also embedded below the fold is a segment I did with John that aired on January 4th, interviewing the head of company that is on the cutting edge of some very interesting 3D printing technology. Watch this video to see. It looks like we getting closer and closer to Star Trek’s replicator.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts.
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