AstrotalkUK
Weekly audio podcast by and predominantly amateur astronomers.
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2024
Episode 92: Revisiting Panspermia with Prof. Wickramasinghe
The idea of Panspermia, that life exists throughout the universe and spreads via asteroids, comets and cosmic dust, has been around for a long time. Two of the strongest advocates were Professor Fred…
01:15:03 |
Fri 01 Jan 2021
Episode 91 – ISRO and the Spy who was not
In 1994, Narayan Nambi an ISRO aerospace engineer was falsely arrested by the Investigation Beuro on charges of espionage. He was accused of passing on confidential launch vehicle flight test data to…
00:47:52 |
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Episode 90 – An update on ISRO’s activities with S Somanath and R Umamaheshwaran
This interview with S Somanath (director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre) and R Umamaheshwaran (Scientific Secretary) was recorded on 24th October 2019 during the International Astronautical Cong…
00:50:35 |
Mon 28 Oct 2019
IAC2019 Heads of Space Agency – Press Conference
This audio recording captures most of the Q&A that took place on Monday 21st October #IAC2019. The audio quality is variable. The agencies represented included #isro #nasa #jaxa #china #Russia
00:41:37 |
Sun 27 Oct 2019
Episode 89 – Carbon Nanotubes
In his 1979 novel, Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C Clarke imagines a cable stretching from the Earth's equator to Geosynchronous orbit. He called it a "space elevator" and imagined it would be const…
00:42:58 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Episode 88 – India’s Private Space Sector
As in other nations, the private space sector is now emerging in India. One name that pops up when discussing private and commercial space in India is Narayanan Prasad
01:25:03 |
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Episode 87 – Apollo Era recollections of a Brit working in NASA
Episode 87 - Apollo Era recollections of a Brit working in
@NASA
@NASA
00:52:44 |
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Episode 86 – Moon: Art, Science, Culture
Moon: Art, Science, Culture
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing was a momentous event and expected to be marked by numerous publications. Most books cover the technologies, events, perso…
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing was a momentous event and expected to be marked by numerous publications. Most books cover the technologies, events, perso…
00:42:55 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Episode 85 – Russia’s Space programme with Brian Harvey
Brian Harvey is a Dublin based writer who has authored more than 14 books the space programmes of USSR/Russia, USA, India, Korea Japan and China. He has a deep understanding of the motivations and po…
00:43:50 |
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Enabling democracy through an App?
GovernEye and is designed to facilitate democratic engagement by allowing voters elected politician and all stakeholders. @GovernEye founder Anant Ahuja talks about how Governeye works and what moti…
00:51:37 |
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Episode 84: NASA after the Shuttle. SLS and The Gateway
Why has NASA not been able to launch American astronauts to space on American rockets since 2011? What is the SLS and the Gateway? Will China and US cooperate in space?
00:30:55 |
Fri 05 Apr 2019
Episode 83: India’s Human Spaceflight Programme with R Umamaheswaran
Astrotalkuk.org - Episode 83 - India's Human Spaceflight Programme. R Umamaheswaren talks about @ISRO Human Space Flight Programme #gaganyaan and thinks the chances of a woman as a member of the firs…
00:18:32 |
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Episode 82: Jaxa and International Collaboration with Professor Fujimoto Masaki
A conversation with Prof. Fujimoto Masaki about @JAXA current and future plans to explore the inner solar system and #samplereturn missions. Recorded in Bremen just after #IAC2018
00:22:35 |
Fri 04 Jan 2019
Episode 81: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Astrotalkuk.org. Episode 81 - United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA# talks about some of UNOOSA's current projects. recorded during #IAC2018
00:25:12 |
Fri 14 Dec 2018
Episode 80 – S Somnath Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Astrotakuk.org Episode 80. S. Somnath joined the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala in 1985 and today he is its director. Recorded at #IAC2018
00:27:23 |
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Episode 79: satsearch.co – A single digital marketplace for the global space supply chain?
Astrotalkuk.org - Episode 79 satsearch.co A digital marketplace for the global space supply chain? With @satsearchco. Recorded at #iac2018.
00:27:36 |
Fri 16 Nov 2018
Episode 78: ISRO’s early Earth Observation Cameras with former chairman Mr Kiran Kumar
Dr Kiran Kumar. Credit ISRO
Mr Kiran Kumar studied physics, physical engineering and electronics in educational institutions in India including the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore. …
Mr Kiran Kumar studied physics, physical engineering and electronics in educational institutions in India including the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore. …
00:52:12 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
Episode 77: Satellite tracking – the early days
Sven Grahn has been working in the space field in one way or another for over fifty years. Officially retired, he continues to work as a project leader of a student satellite at the Royal Institute o…
Fri 13 Jul 2018
Episode 76: Space law
Bayar Goswami
One of the earliest characteristics of human civilisation (large populations living together in organised cities) was the creation of rules or laws that everyone who lived there agreed…
One of the earliest characteristics of human civilisation (large populations living together in organised cities) was the creation of rules or laws that everyone who lived there agreed…
Sat 23 Jun 2018
Episode 75: China -back to the Moon with Chang’ E 4
One mission two spacecraft, China is going back to the Moon with Chang'E 4 mission that I think is the most exciting lunar mission since the 1970s. By the end of 2018, the China National Space Admini…
Fri 01 Jun 2018
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