Experience the encapsulation and launch of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as if you were actually standing on the launch pad! Drag your mouse to look around -and if you have a virtual reality headset, make sure to slip it on for this one! This is absolutely as close to a rocket launch as you'd ever want to get.
Join host Neil Tyson as he revisits our fan’s favorite episodes from a season spent exploring Mars, reflecting on the legacy of the moon landing, gazing into the future, listening for gravitational waves, and much more. In Part 1, you’ll hear former astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Mike Massimino discussing peeing in space… and on the moon… and in your spacesuit, with Neil and co-host Iliza Shlesinger. Next up, Neil, futurist Ray Kurzweil, neuroscientist Gary Marcus, and co-host Chuck Nice explore the benefits and dangers of biotech and artificial intelligence. You’ll compare fiction vs. reality when author Andy Weir tells Neil about his book and move, The Martian, followed by NASA/JPL’s Adam Steltzner talking about the real Mars Curiosity rover, with Neil and co-host Matt Kirshen. Learn about the relationship between self-taught math genius Ramanujan and Cambridge University mathematician G.H. Hardy, from Neil, Jeremy Irons (who played Hardy in The Man Who Knew Infinity), director Matt Brown, mathematician Ken Ono and co-host Eugene Mirman. Join Neil and Eugene at StarTalk Live! for a celebration of the discovery of gravitational waves with theoretical astrophysicist Dr. Janna Levin, LIGO astrophysicist Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, and comedian Michael Showalter. Then make sure you’re sitting down, because you’ll hear Neil deGrasse Tyson admit to Alan Stern that Pluto is a… no, you’ll have to listen to that shocker for yourself, as well as what Chuck Nice and David Grinspoon tell Neil next. Finally, Neil dives into the paradoxes of time travel, free will, parallel universes, and quantum mechanics with Doctor Who’s Michelle Gomez, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, Chuck Nice, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Aired 5th January 2017 | Published 6th January 2017
Climate and earth changes expert Mitch Battros joined Richard Syrett to discuss scientific evidence for cyclical climate changes, and the periodic weakening of Earth's magnetic field.
First hour guest, author Jonathan Cahn talked about biblical harbinger mysteries and his 1999 trip to Cuba and the prophetic sign he gave to Fidel Castro.
Marcus Allen - Fake Moon Landings | Rosemary Ellen Guiley - Weird News
Published 10th January 2017
Producer & Distributor of NEXUS Magazine, Marcus Allen joins us to annouce reboot of NEXUS Magazine & Demonstrate why the Moon landing photo evidence does not hold up to scuritiny.
Then resident paranormal pundit Rosemary Ellen Guiley takes us through a round up of the latest weird news.
Rey Hernandez - Was Edgar Mitchell A Contactee? | Donald Zygutis - Was Carl Sagan Assassinated?
Published 10th January 2017
Hosts Tim and Tim talk to Rey Hernandez of FREE about the results of the survey which questiuoned 3000 possible contactees & The assertion that Edgar Mitchell had been an expriencer of Non-Terrestrial Inteligence.
Then Donald Zygutis tells us all about NASA's attempt to suppress the ancient aliens theory of Dr Carl Sagan. Which may have resulted in an attempt on his life.
Santos Bonacci | Astrotheology & Syncretism : The Science Of As Above So Below
Published 10th January 2017
Mr Bonacci treats us to a mind blowing cosmology & spiritual landscape. Reowned for his activism in several areas of political & economic sovereignty & For his wide ranging esoteric scholarship, He connects the dots between astrology, etymology, theology, anatomy, cosmology & physics to outline a vision of a transcendent world beyond matter & energy, beyond wave particle duality & beyond quanta.
Aired 9th January 2017 | Published 10th January 2017
Brad Olsen’s passion for writing goes far beyond his book publishing business or the online content he produces. His books have reached a wide audience across the country and around the world, and have won numerous awards. His work has been reviewed in top publications and he continues to lecture nationwide on various subjects. He has appeared on dozens of television and nationally syndicated radio shows over the course of two decades.
Brad is the author of The Esoteric Series, with the release of two books: Future Esoteric: The Unseen Realms and Modern Esoteric: Beyond Our Senses. The third book in the series: Beyond Esoteric: The Ultimate Journey is due out in 2018.
Tonight we are going to discuss the 60 Minutes presentation of The Hunt for Planet Nine that aired on Sunday, January 8th 2017 and all of the recent UFO news from around the world...the tunnel system under Los Angeles, the Chilean UFO video and the Malibu Underwater Base.
Laura Eisenhower - Mars Agenda & Secret Space Program
Published 10th January 2017
Laura Eisenhower, Great Granddaughter of President Eisenhower. She breaks open the lid on the Secret Space Program, Mars Agenda, ET's, Source & DNA manipulation.
She also does Energy work & Readings.
Dr. Rachel Armstrong - Star Ark: A Living, Self-Sustaining Spaceship
Broadcast 8th January 2017
We welcome Dr. Rachel Armstrong back to the program to discuss creating an interstellar culture to help facilitate interstellar human spaceflight. In addition, we discussed her new book, "Star Ark: A Living, Self-Sustaining Spaceship." Remember, if you purchase the book on Amazon to use The Space Show/OGLF Amazon portals so that Amazon will donate a part of your purchase price to The Space Show. Find out more here: www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm.
During the first segment of our 98 minute program, Dr. Armstrong talked about an interstellar future and the need to develop an interstellar culture. To develop such a culture, our guest talked about starting the discussion now. Later in the show, I asked her how we might do that so stay tuned for her thoughts on actually starting interstellar discussions available for our participation.
Listeners asked if interstellar flight would be with actual humans or AI. This was a major theme during our discussion. This topic introduced the ethics to our discussion mix as Rachel expressed very strong ethical concerns about future missions, including Mars missions. In fact, a Seattle listener did inquire about Mars compared to interstellar fight with Mars as a precursor. Our guest had much to say in these areas which covered most of our first segment. Other related topics that came up included sending probes, colonization, plus avoiding just having interstellar flight become the domain of the wealthy. Rachel talked about the importance of having governments and NGOs involved in all aspects of interstellar development and flight.
Launching smaller mass, O'Neill colonies, biological systems, and the new sci-fi movie Passengers and their sleep ship were discussed in this segment. Cryogenics came up with our guest bringing to light important and vital questions. Do not miss the first segment discussion, it is thought provoking for anyone thinking about spaceflight, including interstellar spaceflight.
In the second segment, Dr. Armstrong picked up the theme for the need for an interstellar cultural discussion. One of the things our guest said was that interstellar travel was inevitable regardless of how long it might take to accomplish so we needed to be prepared for it. Some of the issues we discussed in this segment included how to plan for what an interstellar crew might need upon arrival at a destination plus how to deal with all the uncertainties that exist now and will exist into the future regarding planning, developing, financing, and carrying out interstellar flight.
Rachel got a question from Don from Tucson asking her about her new book given he was looking at the displays for it on Amazon. Rachel spent some time talking about the book and specific contributions by forward thinking people representing many fields from culture and the arts to science and engineering.
Jason in Chicago asked how finding some sort of past life or current life on Mars might impact interstellar plans. Rachel expanded this to life elsewhere, not just on Mars. We talked about impacts but again, the uncertainties rule so for sure there would be relevant and meaningful discussion and interstellar flight and project would be impacted but just how nobody could say today.
John asks an important question, wondering what would happen if people in general did not care about interstellar flight. Would that leave the domain to the wealthy and the private companies, those that care and have the money to move forward? Don't miss what our guest said about this type of scenario.
Before our program ended, we talked about ethical checks and balances and the next subject Rachel was working for her upcoming book.
Robert Godwin - William Leitch: Presbyterian Scientist & The Concept Of Rocket Space Flight 1854-1864
Broadcast 9th January 2017
We welcome Rob Godwin back to the show to discuss his new book, "William Leitch: Presbyterian Scientist & The Concept of Rocket Space Flight 1854-1864." During the first segment of our 86 minute program, I asked Rob how he discovered the science work of William Leitch. This was a fascinating story of random things happening and showing up for Rob, all of which led him to William Leitch and his science. Rob then began the research to learn more, culminating in this excellent book. For a good part of the first segment, Rob told us this personal story so don't miss it.
Rob spent much time telling us about William Leitch and his work which was based on Newtonian principles, a first for its time. He talked about his work first being published in a global magazine of the time, Good Words. The first printing was very early in Sept. 1861 but because what he wrote was so popular for the day, several additional editions were printed. His essay, "A Journey Through Space," is referenced several times in Rob's book. The Leitch quote that propelled Rob's interest in the reverend and this story was:
"The only machine, independent of the atmosphere, we can conceive of, would be one on the principle of the rocket. The rocket rises in the air, not from the resistance offered by the atmosphere to its fiery stream, but from internal reaction. The velocity would, indeed, be greater in a vacuum than in the atmosphere, and could we dispense with the comfort of breathing air, we might, with such a machine, transcend the boundaries of our globe, and visit other orbs." In summary, Leitch had proposed that the most efficient way to ever travel beyond Earth's atmosphere would be to use a rocket.
One of the questions that came up was why Rev. Leitch and his work was not better known. One explanation put forth by Rob was that Leitch died very young at 49. This cut short his science work and publication ability so he was not as prolific as others of his time. Despite his short life, he was a contemporary of many early thinkers regarding rockets and space including Jules Verne, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, Hermann Oberth and Hermann Gansindt among others. Rob did a good job of summarizing the context and times for all of these people plus Leitch. Again, don't miss this discussion.
In the second segment, listeners had several questions for Rob. For example, Tiffany pointed out that the Chinese were using rockets long before the Europeans were talking about rockets in spaceflight. She wanted to know if there was any history of Chinese rocketry for spaceflight in addition to warfare. Rob had an interesting answer to Tiffany. If you can add to his comments, please do on TSS blog.
Lots of questions came in about the church and science. Rob also talked about the many trips Leitch made to the US, specifically to Massachusetts to talk to the best telescope maker of the day, Alvin Clark. Rob talked about one experience Leitch had regarding the American Civil War and then upon his return, the actions he took at his university where he had to close it given the possibility of the UK joining in our Civil War against the Union.
Near the end of the program, I asked Rob about his next book which is a biography of Fred Ordway. Rob also mentioned a sci-fi Canadian TV series for which he is the space historian, Deep Six. The series will be available in the States but he did not know when that might be.
Another topic discussed during our show which needs to be mentioned was Leitch and alien life. This started to be a big topic around the time of Leitch, including lunar ET life and more. Rob had much to say on this topic, the work of Leitch as well as others of the time in addressing the potential of alien or ET life.
Red Nova:Star Explosion In 2022 viewed With Naked Eye from Earth
Published 11th January 2017
KIC 9832227: Star collision in 2022 will be visible from Earth
Astronomers predict a “red nova” will brighten our skies in 2022
Cataclysmic merger of two stars should briefly create a very bight, red object.
Red Nova:Star Explosion In 2022 viewed With Naked Eye from Earth
Published 11th January 2017
KIC 9832227: Star collision in 2022 will be visible from Earth
Astronomers predict a “red nova” will brighten our skies in 2022
Cataclysmic merger of two stars should briefly create a very bight, red object.
Aired 10th January 2017 | Published 11th January 2017
Linda Moulten-Howe joins the show to cover the headlines @ Earthfiles including the recent Chilean Air Force Video, Antarctica, The Ninth Planet, FSBs and the mysterious booms heard around the world.
First up Serena Taylor-Wright tells us all about this years Conscious Life Expo & Vedic text which talks about ET conflicts going on in our own solar system.