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This Week in Space (Audio)

TWiT

20 episodes

The new space age is upon us, and This Week in Space leaves no topic untouched. Every Friday, join Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine, Rod Pyle and Managing Editor of Space.com, Tariq Malik as they explore everything related to the cosmos.

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Episodes

  1. TWiS 233: The Artemis Generation - The STEM Pipeline for Space

    · 48 min · Episode 233

    Newspace is hiring! With the major powers heading to the moon, low-Earth orbit becoming busier than ever, and countless new companies entering the space marketplace, the hiring pipeline is more critical than ever. We…

  2. TWiS 232: The Lunar Dump - Over 800 GB of Moon Data

    · 1 h 11 min · Episode 232

    In 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…

  3. TWiS 231: Sailing the Stellar Seas - Our Favorite Space Sci-Fi!

    · 58 min · Episode 231

    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…

  4. TWiS 230: Living on Lava Worlds - Atmospheres on Lava-Covered Exoplanets

    · 1 h 09 min · Episode 230

    Think 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…

  5. TWiS 229: Is It Starship's Time? - Test Flight 14 to Orbit

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 229

    This 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…

  6. TWiS 228: What's a HOTOL? - Britain in Space

    · 58 min · Episode 228

    In 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…

  7. TWiS 227: TrekMania - Michael Okuda Talks LCARS, Easter Eggs, and Sci-Fi Innovation

    · 1 h 09 min · Episode 227

    Hold 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…

  8. TWiS 226: Who Owns the Moon? - Capitalism and Property Rights in Space

    · 1 h 13 min · Episode 226

    Capitalism—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…

  9. TWiS 225: Get a Grip! - New Technologies for Orbital Salvage

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 225

    The 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…

  10. TWiS 224: The Science of Artemis - What We'll Do on the Moon

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 224

    It 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…

  11. TWiS 223: The Lunar Domain - Our Future on the Moon with Dr. Scott Pace

    · 1 h 05 min · Episode 223

    We'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…

  12. TWiS 222: How to Invade Earth in 22 Easy Steps - With Rich Edwards

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 222

    We'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…

  13. TWiS 221: Starship Can Float? - Roman Space Telescope Ready to Launch!

    · 57 min · Episode 221

    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…

  14. TWiS 220: First on Mars - The 50th Anniversary of Viking 1

    · 1 h 17 min · Episode 220

    This 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…

  15. TWiS 219: SpaceX Goes to War! - And Other Space Headlines

    · 1 h 13 min · Episode 219

    This 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…

  16. TWiS 218: Which Way to the Moonbase? - With Dr. Pascal Lee

    · 1 h 11 min · Episode 218

    We'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…

  17. TWiS 217: America in Space - 250 Years of Bold Firsts & Our Favorite Missions!

    · 1 h 18 min · Episode 217

    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,…

  18. TWiS 216: Dark Matter Intelligence - With Physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson

    · 1 h 11 min · Episode 216

    We'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…

  19. TWiS 215: Disclosure Day - With Dr. David Brin

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 215

    If 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…

  20. TWiS 214: Moon Man - With Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine

    · 1 h 09 min · Episode 214

    There 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…

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