Spexcast

SPEXcast sits down with Dexter Jagula from Skywatch. Skywatch is an API(Application Programming Interface) for easily accessing datasets from Earth sensing satellites. Their goal is to make scientific data easily accessible to developers to fuel scientific and commercial research. Check out our new website at spex.rit.edu. Our intro music is provided by Nelson Scott https://thenelsonscott.com

SPEXcast speaks with Dr. Terry Kucera, an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard, about solar science and how NASA observes the Sun with spacecrafts like the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories (STEREO). Explore the Sun on your own (in real time!) with https://helioviewer.org/ and stay up to date with NASA's continued solar studies on Twitter @NASASunEarth and @NASAGoddard

SPEXcast sits down with the Co-Founder of STEMN.com, a social network for engineers to collaborate and work on engineering challenges for the future We also have new intro music courtesy of Nelson Scott. Check out his Soundcloud below! https://soundcloud.com/thenelsonscott

SPEXcast sits down with Dustin Neill, an engineer at Lockheed Martin working on the Orion Crew Capsule. We discuss the Descent and Landing subsystem as well as the general capabilities and future missions for the Orion capsule. https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/index.html We also have new intro music courtesy of Nelson Scott. Check out his Soundcloud below! https://soundcloud.com/thenelsonscott

SPEXcast sits down to discuss SpaceX's big announcement from IAC, the Interplanetary Transport System. We break down the key points as well as highlight the challenges facing the colossal project. We also propose a few questions we still have after the announcement. X-33/VentureStar-What really Happened? https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2006/01/x-33venturestar-what-really-happened/ Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-04/boeing-ceo-vows-to-beat-musk-to-mars-as-new-space-race-beckons

SpaceX and Elon Musk are announcing the details for their Mars rocket next week at the International Astronautical Congress. SPEXcast sits down to discuss the potential mission plan and challenges such a mission will endure. We also make our best prediction as to what exactly will be announced on Tuesday. Stay tuned for a post-announcement reaction episode!

Every few years, humans lob another multi-million dollar craft into space without any hope of returning to Earth. Why do we even bother?

SPEXcast sits down the the CEO of United Launch Alliance, Tory Bruno, to talk about the future of ULA, its next generation launch vehicle Vulcan, with its ACES upper stage, and the future of humans in space.

Phil, TJ, Augie, Drew, and Chris had the opportunity to speak with Canadian astronaut, pilot and engineer Commander Chris Hadfield about his experiences in space, and asked him a few questions about the past, present, and future of space exploration. A transcript of this episode is available here \\n https://www.csh.rit.edu/~tj/chrisHadfieldInterviewTranscript.txt

Phil and TJ debrief Augie who was live from Small Satellite Conference 2016. Augie was on the show floor for three days, attending sessions on the state of the small sat industry. We talk about the highlights from each day and the coolest things from the confernece.

Phil and TJ debrief Augie who was live from Small Satellite Conference 2016. Augie attended Gwynne Shotwell's keynote speech. We break her speech down point by point and connect it to recent SpaceX news.

Part 2 of the SPEX Summer Series: Phil, Drew, TJ, and Augie sit down with space reporter Brendan Byrne. a producer for public radio station WMFE 90.7 in Orlando, a space reporter for Florida’s Space Coast, and hosts the space exploration podcast Are We There Yet. We dive into the changing political landscape of the Florida Space Coast. What has changed since the shuttle stopped flying in 2011? How are SpaceX and Blue Origin reshaping the space coast to support commercial activities in space? \n Relevant links:\n https://projectpossum.org/ \n https://wmfe.org/space \n https://motherboard.vice.com/blog/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-mutiny-in-orbit \n

TJ, Augie, and Drew discuss current events in space for July 2016.

Part 1 of the SPEX Summer Series: Phil and TJ interview engineers Padraig Lysandrou and David Levine about their experiences building the Violet satellite at the Cornell Space Systems Design Studio in Ithaca, NY.

SPEXcast is back! Phil, TJ, Augie, and Drew discuss this summer's recent events in the space industry.

SPEXcast will be back this summer with a few bonus episodes featuring exclusive interviews from awesome people in the spaceflight industry. For updates and more information, check out Facebook.com/RITSPEX and Twitter @RITSPEX. Regular weekly episodes will resume in late August. Stay tuned!

SPEXcast revists Asteroid Mining with Anthony Henning, as he releases his thesis on asteroid mining and public policy. We discuss the policy implications on the growth of asteroid mining in the near future.

SPEXcast is live! Phil, T.J., and Augie sit down with our special guest Kevin Cooke for SPEXcast's first live episode from ImagineRIT. Listen in as we discuss the mysterious ice world of Europa, Jupiter's 6th moon. We delve into the unique geological and scientific insights Europa might hold as well as dicuss future plans to explore this strange place. Join us as we investigate Europa Clipper, potential lander missions, and even a nuclear hydrothermal drill!

Phil, Augie, Cole, and newcomer Alex talk about SpaceX and spaceplanes. At the start of the show, the guys discuss SpaceX's recently announced plans to send a capsule to Mars. Skip to 11:34 to hear all about crafts that behave like airplanes in the atmosphere and rockets when in space.

Phil, T.J., Auggie, and our guest Drew discuss Cubesats and their subsystems. These small satellites are taking advantage of the microelectronic revolution to provide low cost platforms for scientific experiments in space. Join us as we break down cubesats, subsystem by subsystem, and show why the Cubesat standard is the ideal opportunity to get hands on experience with space systems.