Today In Space

The Falcon Heavy Inaugural Launch is set for February 6th, 2017. Learn the journey of SpaceX, NASA, and the 45th Space Wing took to get to this test launch.

We talk about the various aspects of the F…

In this episode, Alex was joined by Jerry Goodson for some Space Shuttle Talk. Jerry Goodson worked on the Space Shuttle Program for over 35 years and worked all the way from being a technician in th…

In this episode, Alex explains the differences between Hypothesis, Theory, and Law in Science as well as how ideas go from hypothesis to theory to law up the scientific ladder of ideas. Later, Alex …

TOPICS: SpaceX, Bulgaria, BulgariaSat-1, Geostationary Orbit, Falcon9, Automated Spaceport Droneship, Of Course I Still Love You, Reusability, Reused Rocket, 1st Stage Landing, Communication Satellit…

TOPICS: Orbital News, SpaceX, Inmarsat, Communications Satellite, Geostationary Parking Orbit, Xenon Ion Propulsion Engine, Delta V, Fuel vs. Weight, 1st Stage Deathcam, Twitter, #Spacepantssquad, NA…

TOPICS:   Truth, Fake News, The Media, Counter Culture, What is Truth, Inference, Sherlock Holmes, Einstein, Hard Truths, It's True until it isn't, Flat Earth, The Scientific Method, Using Facts befo…

TOPICS: Peggy Whitson, US Astronaut Spaceflight Record, Kate Rubins, White House, Enceladus, Europa, microbial life, space oceans, hydrogen, methane, ingredients of life, Cassini, Methanogenesis, che…

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE Thoughts from an Engineer, Inference, Childhood, Greek Easter, SpaceX, Reusability, Space Shuttle, Self-Confidence, I don't know, I'm OK with being wrong, lazy perfectionist, g…

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE Inference, Infer, Data, Science, Theories to Support Facts, Sherlock Holmes, Deductive Reasoning, Flat-Earth, Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O'Neal, Engineering Aptitude, Sputnik, Nei…

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE TRAPPIST-1, 7 Terrestial Planets, NASA, SPITZER, TRAPPIST, Ultra Cool Dwarf Star, Orbital Periods, Goldilocks Zone, Habitable Zone, SPECULOS (?), Exoplanets, TRAPPIST-1e, TRAPP…

ON THIS WEEK's EPISODE SpaceX, NASA, Falcon 9 launch & landing, March for Science, New Space, Old Space, LC39A, Space Shuttle, Apollo 11, the Moon, Mars, Saturn V, Space Politics, Launch Hangout, SAG…

ON THIS WEEK's EPISODE Gene Cernan, Last Man on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, Charles Bolden, NASA, Mars, the Moon, Curiosity finds Ancient Mud on Mars, Opportunity turns 13, Cassini, Saturn, JUNO, Jupiter,…

Alex discusses Engineering, and how the engineering mindset can help save and change the world for the better. TOPICS: Climate Change, Taxes, Emotion, Logic, Education, Col…

ON THIS WEEK's EPISODE SpaceX, Iridium NEXT, Impact Crater on Mars, Curiosity Rover, Purple Rocks on Mars, Pluto, Kuiper Belt, New Horizons, Peggy Whitson, EVA, ISS, NASA's Planetary Plan for the 202…

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: 2017, New Year, SpaceX, Blue Origins, Falcon 9, New Shephard, Falcon Heavy, Mars, the Moon, New Space vs. Old Space, Commercial Crew Program, NASA, ESA, ROSCOSMOS, JAXA, Anoma…

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HANUKKAH!

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: Christmas, Hanukkah, Quantum Santa, Quantum Theory, Multiverse, Fractals, Opportunity, Anything can happen, NASA, ULA, Orbital ATK, Pegasus X…

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: Second week with AG3D Printing, SpaceX Anomaly Update, Cassini's final ring grazing mission, 3D Printing, Prusa i3 MK2,Astronaut John Glenn

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