Joining Michael today is Google Lunar X PRIZE team Astrobotic leader David Gump and investor Julian Ranger (@rangerj). Astrobotic is one of the first teams to have signed up to compete in the prize and we discuss their progress thus far and some ideas for finding funding. Email podcast@evadot.com or leave a comment and let us... Continue Reading →
Tibor Pacher from Pulispace joins Michael to talk about their plans to become a Google Lunar X PRIZE competitor. Despite the appearance of being a latecomer to the game, they have a great perspective and attitude and are looking to restore nation pride in space exploration to the nation of Hungary. Plus, there's a little Hungarian... Continue Reading →
Joining Michael today is Aleya and Phillip from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory mission. Be sure to check our their amazing gallery and the 3D interactive view of the satellite. Follow the mission on Twitter at : @NASA_SDO Email podcast@evadot.com or leave a comment and let us know your thoughts. Subscribe to the Evadot Podcast via iTunes and... Continue Reading →
Joining Michael today is a great group of SpaceUp DC participants. Michael called them "attendees" in the beginning which isn't correct. There are only participants at SpaceUp. These 4 people are some of the true leaders in Space exploration. Jen Scheer Tim Bailey Aleya Littleton Ben Higginbotham We chat about SpaceUp DC, Washington DC's first... Continue Reading →
My favorite television show has nothing at all to do with Space. It's about a bunch of everyday, hard working men who work and live on crab fishing boats off the coast of Alaska for nine months out of a year. This year on Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) one of my favorite fisherman covered by... Continue Reading →
Robert and Sebastian join Michael again to talk more about their Google Lunar X PRIZE team Part Time Scientists. They reveal a number of goals that go well beyond just trying to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE like a new brushless motor and a distributed antenna network (Michael volunteered to put one on his... Continue Reading →
Today Michael catches back up with the Google Lunar X PRIZE team Part Time Scientists. You can follow them and all of the amazing things they are doing at part-time-scientists.com BTW, their current Facebook status is "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." Plus they have the coolest T-Shirts ever: Email podcast@evadot.com or leave a comment... Continue Reading →
If you could reboot the space program, no strings attached, what would it look like? It's kind of a crazy idea isn't it? It would be an interesting exercise to remove the boundaries that we unconsciously place on ourselves because we feel like we have to operate within the current environment. It seems too often... Continue Reading →
CNN has Presedent Obama's announcment on a new Space Vision to be unveiled tomorrow on the front page of the site right now. Space doesn't get to be front and center very often. Almost never. Timing in presenting ideas or starting a revolution is as important as the the idea itself. To the space nuts out there:... Continue Reading →
The topic of the week seems to be Open Government. Fantastic! NASA is open by design, and the public support is vital because it's the public that pays for their projects. Contrast this to private industries where public support is not important. Let's say I have a new product idea and I develop a prototype... Continue Reading →
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