Talking Space Podcast: Celebrating Our 15th Year of Podcasting!

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July 5, 2010

Episode 223: A True, American Hero

On this episode released especially on the 4th of July in the United States, we honor an American hero: Apollo 7 astronaut Walter "Walt" Cunningham. We discuss with him the state of America's space program, as well as looking back …

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June 30, 2010

Episode 222A: Cosmopolicy

On this special episode, we all discuss a recent release by the United States Government entitled the National Space Policy of the United States of America. It discusses six key goals the government hopes to implement in terms of international …

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June 28, 2010

Episode 222: A Pain in the Asteroid

On this show, we discuss a policy to be released by President Obama about future space policies and international cooperation. At this time, the report is already released, but we discussed what we predicted, and listen up for a short …

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June 20, 2010

Episode 221: Space Your Face

On this episode, We discuss the return of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa probe after a 7 year voyage to obtain a piece of Asteroid Itokawa. We discuss the Mars 500 experiment and answer two questions from our …

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June 9, 2010

Episode 220: The Eagle is Down and the Falcon is Up

Gina Herlihy returns this week, as we discuss the upcoming STS-133 mission schedule for September. We also congratulate the 2010 Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees as Gina gives an overview of the induction ceremony. We discuss the major event of …

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June 3, 2010

Episode 219: Scott Had the Spirit to Accept Opportunity

On this episode, we are not only joined by guest panelist Tavi Greiner from Astronomy.FM, but we invite on special guest Scott Maxwell, one of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) "drivers". He discusses his experiences at the Jet Propulsions Laboratory …

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May 25, 2010

Episode 218: Come Tweet Away

On this episode, we discuss a very busy week in space news. We talk about the Ariane 5 returning to flight, as well as Japan's (JAXA) H-II A launch of a probe to Venus. We then visit Opportunity setting a …

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May 17, 2010

Episode 217: It's Raining 'Meteorite Men'

On this very special episode, we are joined by special guests Geoffrey Notkin and Steve Arnold of the Science Channel show, "Meteorite Men". We discuss their show, how they both got their start as meteorite hunters, some of their favorite …

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May 11, 2010

Episode 216: A Good Abort?

On this episode, we discuss the STS-132 mission set to launch on May 14th. As well, we get into the tweetup which is accompanying it, as our very own Gina Herlihy and Gene Mikulka will be there participating. Stay tuned …

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April 28, 2010

Episode 215: Theory of the Evolution of Shuttles

On this episode, we discuss everything to do with the shuttle somehow. We start off with the recent STS-131 mission, along with the final three missions and the rotation of the final two flights and their order. We then go …

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April 21, 2010

Episode 214: Houston, We Have a Plan

On this episode, we discuss the major announcement made by President Barrack Obama, who on Thursday, April 15, 2010, announced his future plan for NASA, which included a budget increase, a new Heavy Lift Vehicle to be ready by 2015, …

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April 5, 2010

Episode 213: Is 17,500mph an Acceleration Problem?

In this episode, we discuss the recent launch of STS-131 and Discovery, and it seems that no matter what we talk about, we keep coming back to that beautiful bird. We then go on to discuss Spirit who will hopefully …

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March 27, 2010

Episode 212: Talking Shakes

On this episode,we have special guest Brian Shiro with us, who is an geophysicist who is currently stationed at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii. He discusses his role in the recent earthquakes and tsunami potentials …

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March 17, 2010

Episode 211: The Wild, The Innocent, and the Talking Space Shuffle

On this episode, the crew discusses the potential delay for the space shuttle Discovery, which is scheduled to launch on April 5th on STS-131 to the ISS. We then also discuss the successful test firing of the Falcon 9 and …

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March 7, 2010

Episode 210: More Miles Per Gallon

On this episode, we welcome back friend of the show Miles O'Brien, who currently is the host of "This Week in Space", an online video podcast, as well as a commentator for shuttle launch coverage for SpaceFlightNow. Recently, Miles went …

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March 1, 2010

Episode 209: Many Voices, Many Paths

In this episode, we talk about the recent meeting between the two US Chambers of Congress to discuss NASA and its fiscal year 2011 budget which includes the cancellation of the new Constellation program. We discuss how with the congress …

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Feb. 24, 2010

Episode 208: Unwaivering Support? Maybe Waving Goodbye!

On this episode, we talk a lot about the future of NASA. We start off discussing NASA's possible watch-over role in the future for the US manned space program. We then discuss President Obama's call to the International Space Station …

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Feb. 16, 2010

Episode 207: Stand Clear of the Closing Hatch

On this episode, we all have plenty of new experiences to bring to the table. We discuss a letter written by congress fighting against the cancellation of constellation, along with the possibility of a shuttle extension. Following that, we talk …

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Feb. 6, 2010

Episode 206: Twalk.in about SaveNASA...

On this very special episode, the Talking Space team is joined by a few special guests. The first is Neal Wiser from the website SaveNASA, which is located at http://savenasa.ning.com. We are also joined by special guest listeners from Twitter …

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Feb. 1, 2010

Episode 205: No Moon, No Mars, No Service

On this episode of the Talking Space Podcast, the crew discusses the recent rumors surrounding what is to come of NASA's budget. Just a reminder, this was recorded on Sunday, Jan 31 and the budget was just released the day …

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Jan. 25, 2010

Episode 204: We're not 'Live' in 3, 2, 1

On this very special episode, we invite Rebecca and Jeff Setzer on our show from "Astronomy Out and About" which airs Tuesdays at 9pm EST/8pm CST on http://astronomy.fm. We talk with them about the live show that they do every …

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Jan. 18, 2010

Episode 203: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

In this episode, we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of what has happened this week in space. We talk about some comments NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said at a safety meeting. also discussed is a Rasmussen poll …

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Jan. 12, 2010

Episode 202: Model Styrofoam Planets on the Ceiling or in Space?

In this first round-table discussion of 2010, we discuss a large amount of topics going around in the short time that the new year has been with us. We discuss Charlie Bolden's speech at the AAS, and that's not meant …

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Jan. 2, 2010

Episode 201: Can You @SPOTScott? We Did

To kick off our 2nd season of shows, we invite 5-time shuttle astronaut and the only astronaut to summit Mount Everest Dr. Scott Parazynski on the show. We discuss with Dr. Parazynski his climb to the summit along with his …

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