Archive for April 2017
A new way to orient spacecraft: Reaction Spheres – Orbit 10.16
Emory Stagmer joins us once again to talk about his patented invention: Reaction Spheres. This is a new way to orient spacecrafts beyond using traditional reaction wheels.
Read MoreTMRO:Space – Cassini’s Grand Finale – Orbit 10.15
Lisa Tatge, Subsystem Engineer on the Spacecraft Operations Team for the Cassini Mission to Saturn joins us for an incredible interview about the Cassini mission and it’s upcoming Grand Finale.
Read MoreDesigning cities for Mars from Earth – Block 01.01
Vera Mulyani, founder of Mars City Design joins hosts Chris and Karen Radcliff to talk about the future of Martian cities being designed today here on Earth.
Read MoreThe small Ion thruster that could change space travel – Orbit 10.14
Natalya Bailey the Founder & CEO of Accion Systems joins us to talk about their very small yet incredibly powerful take on Ion thrusters. As these get closer to their theoretical maximum thrust, just a couple of the tiny units could perform all of the ISS station keeping needs! Or even send humans to Mars!
Read MoreSuborbital is just the first step – Orbit 10.13
CEO of Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit joins to talk about their plans for suborbital flights, orbital payloads and touches on point to point travel around the planet.
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