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This Week in Space

Rod Pyle & Tariq Malik

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E232TWiS 232: The Lunar Dump - Over 800 GB of Moon DataIn this week's episode we turned to Chelsea Gohd, former writer for NASA/JPL and now with Space.com, to talk about the recent large data dump from the Artemis II mission. What was included? Why is this new data important? What observations Oct 16 · 1h 11m
E231TWiS 231: Sailing the Stellar Seas - Our Favorite Space Sci-Fi!From the earliest works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to the best of contemporary space science fiction, Tariq and I dive deep into our favorite space si-fi across the ages! And our challenge to you for some of the most obscure titles we knOct 9 · 58 min

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TWiS 230: Living on Lava Worlds - Atmospheres on Lava-Covered ExoplanetsThink you're having a hot summer? Try living on 55 Cancri-e, a super-Earth with daytime temperatures above 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. Most of these super-Earths orbit frighteningly close to their host stars and have long since had their atmos

Oct 2 · 1h 9m

E229TWiS 229: Is It Starship's Time? - Test Flight 14 to OrbitThis week it's Rod and Tariq working through the most important space headlines. The big story: Starship could launch test flight 14 as early as Monday the 28th. We've seen lots of tests, but this is the first attempt at an orbital flight, Sep 25 · 1h 6m

E229TWiS 229: Is It Starship's Time? - Test Flight 14 to OrbitThis week it's Rod and Tariq working through the most important space headlines. The big story: Starship could launch test flight 14 as early as Monday the 28th. We've seen lots of tests, but this is the first attempt at an orbital flight, Sep 25 · 1h 6m

E228TWiS 228: What's a HOTOL? - Britain in SpaceIn the 1980s, as the US space shuttle was just starting operations, the UK embarked on an ambitious project called HOTOL—short for Horizontal Take Off and Landing, a radical, air-breathing spaceplane design. Poilitical and funding shifts inSep 18 · 58 min

E228TWiS 228: What's a HOTOL? - Britain in SpaceIn the 1980s, as the US space shuttle was just starting operations, the UK embarked on an ambitious project called HOTOL—short for Horizontal Take Off and Landing, a radical, air-breathing spaceplane design. Political and funding shifts in Sep 18 · 58 min

E228TWiS 228: What's a HOTOL? - Britain in SpaceIn the 1980s, as the US space shuttle was just starting operations, the UK embarked on an ambitious project called HOTOL—short for Horizontal Take Off and Landing, a radical, air-breathing spaceplane design. Political and funding shifts in Sep 18 · 58 min

E227TWiS 227: TrekMania - Michael Okuda Talks LCARS, Easter Eggs, and Sci-Fi InnovationHold onto your phasers, but it's been 60 years since Star Trek's debut, and the franchise is still going strong. For 40 of those years, Mike Okuda, working with a gifted team that included his wife Denise, has been central to the look, feelSep 11 · 1h 9m

E227TWiS 227: TrekMania - Michael Okuda Talks LCARS, Easter Eggs, and Sci-Fi InnovationHold onto your phasers, but it's been 60 years since Star Trek's debut, and the franchise is still going strong. For 40 of those years, Mike Okuda, working with a gifted team that included his wife Denise, has been central to the look, feelSep 11 · 1h 9m

E227TWiS 227: TrekMania - Michael Okuda Talks LCARS, Easter Eggs, and Sci-Fi InnovationHold onto your phasers, but it's been 60 years since Star Trek's debut, and the franchise is still going strong. For 40 of those years, Mike Okuda, working with a gifted team that included his wife Denise, has been central to the look, feelSep 11 · 1h 9m

E226TWiS 226: Who Owns the Moon? - Capitalism and Property Rights in SpaceCapitalism—and a strong profit motivation—has driven enterprise for centuries. Two notable examples are the East India Company and the US transcontinental railroad, and the various tycoons who built it. In neither case, by today's standardsSep 4 · 1h 13m

E226TWiS 226: Who Owns the Moon? - Capitalism and Property Rights in SpaceCapitalism—and a strong profit motivation—has driven enterprise for centuries. Two notable examples are the East India Company and the US transcontinental railroad, and the various tycoons who built it. In neither case, by today's standardsSep 4 · 1h 13m

E226TWiS 226: Who Owns the Moon? - Capitalism and Property Rights in SpaceCapitalism—and a strong profit motivation—has driven enterprise for centuries. Two notable examples are the East India Company and the US transcontinental railroad, and the various tycoons who built it. In neither case, by today's standardsSep 4 · 1h 13m

E225TWiS 225: Get a Grip! - New Technologies for Orbital SalvageThe mitigation of orbital debris is an increasingly serious problem that has not gotten enough attention, but this is changing. Commercial companies are addressing orbital debris, and one of them, KMI Space, has flown its experiments aboardAug 28 · 1h

E225TWiS 225: Get a Grip! - New Technologies for Orbital SalvageThe mitigation of orbital debris is an increasingly serious problem that has not gotten enough attention, but this is changing. Commercial companies are addressing orbital debris, and one of them, KMI Space, has flown its experiments aboardAug 28 · 1h

E225TWiS 225: Get a Grip! - New Technologies for Orbital SalvageThe mitigation of orbital debris is an increasingly serious problem that has not gotten enough attention, but this is changing. Commercial companies are addressing orbital debris, and one of them, KMI Space, has flown its experiments aboardAug 28 · 1h

E224TWiS 224: The Science of Artemis - What We'll Do on the MoonIt has been said that the Moon is a harsh mistress, and nowhere is this more apparent than at the lunar south pole. That is, however, where the Artemis program is headed, and we need to figure out how to best explore the region. Dr. David KAug 21 · 60 min

E224TWiS 224: The Science of Artemis - What We'll Do on the MoonIt has been said that the Moon is a harsh mistress, and nowhere is this more apparent than at the lunar south pole. That is, however, where the Artemis program is headed, and we need to figure out how to best explore the region. Dr. David KAug 21 · 60 min

E224TWiS 224: The Science of Artemis - What We'll Do on the MoonIt has been said that the Moon is a harsh mistress, and nowhere is this more apparent than at the lunar south pole. That is, however, where the Artemis program is headed, and we need to figure out how to best explore the region. Dr. David KAug 21 · 60 min

E223TWiS 223: The Lunar Domain - Our Future on the Moon with Dr. Scott PaceWe're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US, China, and international partners of both are vying to land people there and construct a permanent lunar base. Meanwhile, NASA is evolving to embrace commerciAug 14 · 1h 5m

E223TWiS 223: The Lunar Domain - Our Future on the Moon with Dr. Scott PaceWe're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US, China, and international partners of both are vying to land people there and construct a permanent lunar base. Meanwhile, NASA is evolving to embrace commerciAug 14 · 1h 5m

E223TWiS 223: The Lunar Domain - Our Future on the Moon with Dr. Scott PaceWe're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US, China, and international partners of both are vying to land people there and construct a permanent lunar base. Meanwhile, NASA is evolving to embrace commerciAug 14 · 1h 5m

E222TWiS 222: How to Invade Earth in 22 Easy Steps - With Rich EdwardsWe've all seen the movies... the aliens come to Earth, the aliens overcome the inferior humans, and the aliens fall prey to something dumb they overlooked, like microbes, Windows 95, or most absurdly, water. From the 1950s through yesterdayAug 7 · 1h 8m

E222TWiS 222: How to Invade Earth in 22 Easy Steps - With Rich EdwardsWe've all seen the movies... the aliens come to Earth, the aliens overcome the inferior humans, and the aliens fall prey to something dumb they overlooked, like microbes, Windows 95, or most absurdly, water. From the 1950s through yesterdayAug 7 · 1h 8m

E222TWiS 222: How to Invade Earth in 22 Easy Steps - With Rich EdwardsWe've all seen the movies... the aliens come to Earth, the aliens overcome the inferior humans, and the aliens fall prey to something dumb they overlooked, like microbes, Windows 95, or most absurdly, water. From the 1950s through yesterdayAug 7 · 1h 8m

E221TWiS 221: Starship Can Float? - Roman Space Telescope Ready to Launch!Rod Pyle is out this week, so Rick Jenet of the National Space Society joins Tariq Malik this week to talk about SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which deployed new Starlink V3 satellites and stunned viewers when the ship survived reentry intacJul 31 · 57 min

E221TWiS 221: Starship Can Float? - Roman Space Telescope Ready to Launch!Rod Pyle is out this week, so Rick Jenet of the National Space Society joins Tariq Malik this week to talk about SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which deployed new Starlink V3 satellites and stunned viewers when the ship survived reentry intacJul 31 · 57 min

E221TWiS 221: Starship Can Float? - Roman Space Telescope Ready to Launch!Rod Pyle is out this week, so Rick Jenet of the National Space Society joins Tariq Malik this week to talk about SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which deployed new Starlink V3 satellites and stunned viewers when the ship survived reentry intacJul 31 · 57 min

E220TWiS 220: First on Mars - The 50th Anniversary of Viking 1This week, we cover how Starship Flight 13 finally prepares to launch amid a legal battle over SpaceX's proposed land swap at Starbase, plus a Chinese Long March 3B rocket gets struck by lightning during liftoff, yet still delivers its sateJul 24 · 1h 17m

E220TWiS 220: First on Mars - The 50th Anniversary of Viking 1This week, we cover how Starship Flight 13 finally prepares to launch amid a legal battle over SpaceX's proposed land swap at Starbase, plus a Chinese Long March 3B rocket gets struck by lightning during liftoff, yet still delivers its sateJul 24 · 1h 17m

E220TWiS 220: First on Mars - The 50th Anniversary of Viking 1This week, we cover how Starship Flight 13 finally prepares to launch amid a legal battle over SpaceX's proposed land swap at Starbase, plus a Chinese Long March 3B rocket gets struck by lightning during liftoff, yet still delivers its sateJul 24 · 1h 17m

E219TWiS 219: SpaceX Goes to War! - And Other Space HeadlinesThis week we're jumping into the space headlines for the past few weeks. It's been busy, and some exciting things are happening! A couple of companies are moving into the space solar power arena--something we've long advocated--and that's wJul 18 · 1h 13m

E219TWiS 219: SpaceX Goes to War! - And Other Space HeadlinesThis week we're jumping into the space headlines for the past few weeks. It's been busy, and some exciting things are happening! A couple of companies are moving into the space solar power arena--something we've long advocated--and that's wJul 18 · 1h 13m

E219TWiS 219: SpaceX Goes to War! - And Other Space HeadlinesThis week we're jumping into the space headlines for the past few weeks. It's been busy, and some exciting things are happening! A couple of companies are moving into the space solar power arena--something we've long advocated--and that's wJul 18 · 1h 13m

E218TWiS 218: Which Way to the Moonbase? - With Dr. Pascal LeeWe've been hearing a lot about NASA's new moonbase plans, and they are ambitious. Starting with Artemis V (so far), the US plans to begin preparations for a permanent base situated in the south polar regions of the moon. Details are somewhaJul 10 · 1h 11m

E218TWiS 218: Which Way to the Moonbase? - With Dr. Pascal LeeWe've been hearing a lot about NASA's new moonbase plans, and they are ambitious. Starting with Artemis V (so far), the US plans to begin preparations for a permanent base situated in the south polar regions of the moon. Details are somewhaJul 10 · 1h 11m

E218TWiS 218: Which Way to the Moonbase? - With Dr. Pascal LeeWe've been hearing a lot about NASA's new moonbase plans, and they are ambitious. Starting with Artemis V (so far), the US plans to begin preparations for a permanent base situated in the south polar regions of the moon. Details are somewhaJul 10 · 1h 11m

E217TWiS 217: America in Space - 250 Years of Bold Firsts & Our Favorite Missions!Since 1958, the United States has been part of the spaceflight adventure, and since the mid-1960s has led in just about any category that counts. In this episode, we discuss the progression of American space efforts, review which flights laJul 3 · 1h 18m

E217TWiS 217: America in Space - 250 Years of Bold Firsts & Our Favorite Missions!Since 1958, the United States has been part of the spaceflight adventure, and since the mid-1960s has led in just about any category that counts. In this episode, we discuss the progression of American space efforts, review which flights laJul 3 · 1h 18m

E217TWiS 217: America in Space - 250 Years of Bold Firsts & Our Favorite Missions!Since 1958, the United States has been part of the spaceflight adventure, and since the mid-1960s has led in just about any category that counts. In this episode, we discuss the progression of American space efforts, review which flights laJul 3 · 1h 18m

E216TWiS 216: Dark Matter Intelligence - With Physicist Dr. Daniel WhitesonWe've had endless conversations about aliens and first contact--but what if a conversation with other intelligences is beyond our scope? Dr. Daniel Whiteson, particle physicist at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and professor at UC Irvine, joiJun 26 · 1h 11m

E216TWiS 216: Dark Matter Intelligence - With Physicist Dr. Daniel WhitesonWe've had endless conversations about aliens and first contact--but what if a conversation with other intelligences is beyond our scope? Dr. Daniel Whiteson, particle physicist at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and professor at UC Irvine, joiJun 26 · 1h 11m

E216TWiS 216: Dark Matter Intelligence - With Physicist Dr. Daniel WhitesonWe've had endless conversations about aliens and first contact--but what if a conversation with other intelligences is beyond our scope? Dr. Daniel Whiteson, particle physicist at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and professor at UC Irvine, joiJun 26 · 1h 11m

E215TWiS 215: Disclosure Day - With Dr. David BrinIf you've seen "Disclosure Day" or "Age of Disclosure," you're going to want to join us for this fascinating discussion with famed bestselling sci-fi/sci-fact author Dr. David Brin. Long known for his universe-spanning visions, storytellingJun 19 · 1h 6m

E215TWiS 215: Disclosure Day - With Dr. David BrinIf you've seen "Disclosure Day" or "Age of Disclosure," you're going to want to join us for this fascinating discussion with famed bestselling sci-fi/sci-fact author Dr. David Brin. Long known for his universe-spanning visions, storytellingJun 19 · 1h 6m

E215TWiS 215: Disclosure Day - With Dr. David BrinIf you've seen "Disclosure Day" or "Age of Disclosure," you're going to want to join us for this fascinating discussion with famed bestselling sci-fi/sci-fact author Dr. David Brin. Long known for his universe-spanning visions, storytellingJun 19 · 1h 6m

E214TWiS 214: Moon Man - With Former NASA Administrator Jim BridenstineThere are NASA Administrators, and then there are NASA Administrators—all are very accomplished individuals, but some stand out for their unique backgrounds and on-the-job successes, and Jim Bridenstine is one of the latter. Entering servicJun 12 · 1h 9m

E214TWiS 214: Moon Man - With Former NASA Administrator Jim BridenstineThere are NASA Administrators, and then there are NASA Administrators—all are very accomplished individuals, but some stand out for their unique backgrounds and on-the-job successes, and Jim Bridenstine is one of the latter. Entering servicJun 12 · 1h 9m

E214TWiS 214: Moon Man - With Former NASA Administrator Jim BridenstineThere are NASA Administrators, and then there are NASA Administrators—all are very accomplished individuals, but some stand out for their unique backgrounds and on-the-job successes, and Jim Bridenstine is one of the latter. Entering servicJun 12 · 1h 9m