Guest: Marimikel Charrier Marimikel joins us today to talk about realistic exploration and settlement plans for space, the NewSpace conference, and how someone who started in music ended up in the space industry. You can still sign up to attend the NewSpace conference which is in Silicon Valley July 26-28. Sorry in advance about the... Continue Reading →
Firefly first transmission and open source software repository
We're making the firefly boards because it seems like a lot of projects repeat the same ten steps. If you're going to launch a high altitude balloon with a camera on it (to take pictures of the curvature of the earth), build some remote sensing equipment, teach a class, or even launch a satellite you... Continue Reading →
FIREFLY: Your DIY exploration platform
We've partnered with Kentucky Space to bring you a flexible DIY exploration platform. It's available for pre-order now! Firefly is a flexible-use fully assembled board that can serve as the basis for the brains, fuel, and voice for many different applications including: high-altitude balloons suborbital flights CubeSat class satellites small payloads for the International Space... Continue Reading →
What bell does Planetary Resources ring for the Google Lunar X PRIZE?
Unless you've been trapped underground this week, you've probably heard that some billionaires are planning to mine some asteroids. Well, they are planning to launch a telescope in a few years, and then mine the some asteroids. Probably. You know, in the future. But Larry and Sergey are behind it, so there's that. This is exactly... Continue Reading →
Evadot Podcast #94 – MAKERFAIRE NC
Guest: Jonathan Danforth There are MAKERS in North Carolina, for real! Join many of them on June 16 in Raleigh NC for MAKERFAIRE, NC! Every year at Maker Faire North Carolina Makers, Crafters, Inventors, Evil Geniuses, Scientists and Artists come together for a day of family-friendly fun and inspiration. From home-made cookies to home-made robots,... Continue Reading →
Evadot Podcast #93- Virgin Galactic needs a dinosaur payload guide
Guest: Wil Pomerantz Today Tim and Michael talk to VP of Special Operations at Virgin Galactic and former Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE foundation about space tourism, marketing as a funding strategy, the opportunity lost at the Google Lunar X PRIZE and dinosaurs. Host: Michael Doornbos and Tim Bailey Email podcast@evadot.com or leave a comment and let... Continue Reading →
Not your Grandfathers moon landing
I've been saying that I want to see more talk about space at Hacker conferences, and Part Time Scientists delivered in full force at Chaos Communication Congress last week. Then Part Time Scientists software lead We Faler gave a very technical, but terriffic talk on space communication protocols. Then there was a call to arms... Continue Reading →
Evadot Podcast #91 – Part Time Scientists are about doing it right
Guests:Robert Bohme, Karsten Becker, Wes Faler Project Website: Part Time Scientists The Part Time Scientists join us today to talk about what it will mean to go to the moon and give us an update on their progress. Host: Michael Doornbos Email podcast@evadot.com or leave a comment and let us know your thoughts. Subscribe to the... Continue Reading →
Evadot Podcast #90 – Apollo 13 was the first big Hackathon
Guests: Sean Herron Project Website: Open NASA Sean Herron from Open NASA joins us today to talk about Hacking Space, Participatory Exploration, HackAThons, and what to do with 10TB of data collected by NASA every day. Host: Michael Doornbos Email podcast@evadot.com or leave a comment and let us know your thoughts. Subscribe to the Evadot Podcast... Continue Reading →
Evadot Podcast #87 – A perpetual motion machine for funding innovation, the world land speed record, and rocket cars!
Guests: Richard Noble Project Website: Bloodhound. Richard Noble, the land speed record holder from 1983 to 1997 joins us today to talk about their latest project called bloodhound. The best part about this project may very well be his approach to funding innovation. Our lovely co-host Haley has a great article on this project on... Continue Reading →