March 7, 2017 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
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Embedded below the fold. During the first half I discussed the impact of SpaceX’s proposed manned lunar mission. In the second half, I talked about the winds of Mars and how they have shaped the Martian surface.
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Embedded below the fold. This was I think an important podcast, as I tied Falcon Heavy with Orion and SLS and NASA’s future space plans.
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Embedded below the fold. The primary focus this time was India, its space effort, and the status of American policy in connection to it.
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Embedded below the fold. The main topic was the idiotic suggestion by NASA’s acting administrator that they put astronauts on the first launch of SLS, and send them to the Moon. John tried to encourage me to call the suggestion “unwise.” I insisted on calling it plain “stupid.”
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Embedded below the fold. Lots of discussion about the Mars rovers, present and future.
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Embedded below the fold. I once again love John Batchelor’s title, which is quoting me: “Making the Moon Great Again.”
Saturday I am off on my third lifetime hunting adventure, hunting javelinas using a pistol. Should be most interesting.
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Embedded below the fold. Batchelor’s title: “Van Gogh goes to Jupiter.”
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Embedded below the fold. The first half focused on Mars, the second on a variety of other planetary science stuff.
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Embedded below the fold. I like John Batchelor’s title for this: “Sheiks on Mars!”
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Embedded below the fold. A second podcast should also be posted later tonight, though Batchelor might delay its release until tomorrow.
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Embedded below the fold. This was originally supposed to air late last week, but got missed in the scheduling.
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Embedded below the fold. A look at what I see are the first real hints at Trump’s NASA policy, both in terms of space exploration and climate.
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Embedded below the fold. A review of my rover update as well as a review of SpaceX’s upcoming launch schedule.
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Embedded below the fold. Gene Cernan’s achievements as an astronaut, as well as other matters.
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Embedded below the fold. Unlike most of my Batchelor podcasts, this one was not a review of all the most recent and important space stories. Instead, the first eleven minutes or so John allowed me to review and discuss the launch trends that I uncovered in compiling the worldwide launches since 1998.
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My long appearance on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory last week is now available, and I have embedded it below the fold. Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
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Embedded below the fold. Strange astronomy and planetary geology was the focus tonight.
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Embedded below the fold. Funding astronomy, what is working and what is not.
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Embedded below the fold. The focus here was the Sun’s solar cycle and the Earth’s magnetic field, among other things.
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Embedded below the fold. I began to talk very fast near the end, not because I am a New Yorker but because I feared we would soon be cut off. Listen and find out why.
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Embedded below the fold. This was a short 10 minute podcast, something we haven’t done in more than a year. We focused mostly on two topics, the lobbying going on in the press to influence future Trump space policy and a review of my most recent Mars rover update.
This will also be the last podcast this year. Batchelor is off next week, but he will be replaying many of the podcasts I’ve done with him during the week.
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Embedded below the fold. We spent some time talking about the James Webb Space Telescope, and the terrifying possibility that it might not work.
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My two-hour appearance on the Space Show last night is now available. You can download the podcast at The Space Show website. The link also includes David Livingston’s short summary of some of the topics we covered during the show.
Embedded below the fold. We spent the first half of this podcast discussing the changes to Trump’s NASA transition team, trying to get a handle on what those changes might mean.
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I am about to start another two hour appearance with David Livingston on The Space Show. The subject of Trump’s NASA policy is sure to come up.