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How a trip to the Arctic could help us find life on other planets

Mars Technica - April 25, 2023 20:41 - 30 minutes
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya.

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What does a Martian dust devil sound like?

Mars Technica - February 28, 2023 15:05 - 11 minutes
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA.

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Mars: 10 years of incredible discoveries

Mars Technica - August 03, 2022 17:12 - 12 minutes
The Curiosity mission was supposed to last about two years, but more than a decade later the rover is still going — making remarkable discoveries all along the way. Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. 

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One year on Mars!

Mars Technica - February 18, 2022 16:12 - 11 minutes
On Perseverance's Martian "landiversary," relive the excitement of the rover's historic touchdown and hear about the fascinating discoveries that it's made — and what it could do next. Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration by ...

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Finding intelligent life in the cosmos | Part 2

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - January 05, 2022 17:05 - 36 minutes
This episode is the second part of our talk with Harvard Professor Avi Loeb. We discuss ― Life In The Cosmos ― an academic textbook he co-authored with Manasvi Lingam which provides an analysis of the latest scientific methodologies for detecting life beyond our planet. It’s an updated version of...

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Flash floods on Mars!

Mars Technica - December 21, 2021 00:46 - 6 minutes
Evidence shows that there may have been massive flash floods on Mars billions of years ago. Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA.  With special thanks to Jennifer Talhelm, Laura Mullane, Arthur Bishop and Ca...

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Finding intelligent life in the cosmos | Part 1

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - November 26, 2021 16:00 - 31 minutes
In Episode 10, we talk to astrophysicist Avi Loeb about what he thinks we might find in the observable universe. Will it be biosignatures that will reveal extraterrestrial life? Or technosignatures, evidence of a past or present alien technology? Join us as he discusses his latest book “Life in C...

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Finding intelligent life in the cosmos

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - November 26, 2021 16:00 - 31 minutes
In Episode 10, we talk to astrophysicist Avi Loeb about what he thinks we might find in the observable universe. Will it be biosignatures that will reveal extraterrestrial life? Or technosignatures, evidence of a past or present alien technology? Join us as he discusses his latest book “Life in C...

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Appraising and grading Near Earth Orbit Objects - From Academia to Start-up

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - June 14, 2021 09:55 - 49 minutes
In this episode we discuss Earth's first on-orbit satellite inspection service, Australian startup HEO Robotics, on a quest to "Make Space (Assets) Transparent". We dive into how they pivoted from Asteroid Mining to Space Situational Awareness, the methods they used to find Product-Market Fit, an...

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Interstellar travel is coming - The breakthrough of gram scale space crafts

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - June 04, 2021 13:25 - 1 hour
In this episode we will explore the bleeding edge of satellite and satellite constellation miniaturization. These awe inspiring craft commonly known as Chipsats, Wafersats, Sprites, Monarchs, Kicksats, Starchips, or even just “Smart Dust” are facilitating the rapid miniaturization of space craft...

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Surprising first audio from Ingenuity on Mars

Mars Technica - May 26, 2021 22:14 - 5 minutes
For the first time ever, a spacecraft on another planet has recorded sound from an entirely separate spacecraft. Learn why scientists are surprised by what they heard. Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. W...

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Democratizing access to space with MIT

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - May 24, 2021 13:15 - 1 hour
In this episode we talk about MIT's Lunar Knowledge Graph called Lunar Open Architecture and MIT’s intriguing research on a crowd-sourced, sharing-economy-like, tokenized satellite constellation. A sat-constellation-as-public-utility. The MIT’s Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative has the goal...

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The Start-up of Space Marketplaces

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - May 04, 2021 11:45 - 1 hour
In this episode, we talk about the rise of Space Marketplaces and how the Satsearch Product Knowledge Graph helps solve problems for marketplace users. We ask, what kind of Acquisition Loops work in the space sector, how does their Experiment Framework look like, and should space marketplaces sca...

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Space Commerce - The ecstasy of gold

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - April 15, 2021 08:30 - 54 minutes
In this episode, we’ll be diving right into the dynamics of the space sector, space commerce, space business, space industry, space market, and the fundamental forces driving their development. It’s a great pleasure to welcome Matthew Weinzierl, an associate Professor in the Business, Governme...

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Investing in Space Start-Ups - Best Practices

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - April 01, 2021 07:50 - 1 hour
In this episode we seek to understand the decision-making environment in which Space Business Angels operate and the mindset they follow when making investment decisions, exploring best practices, and getting an industry outlook from those with skin in the game. We talk about risk mitigation, sel...

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First sounds from Mars

Mars Technica - March 30, 2021 17:34 - 6 minutes
Listen to audio of SuperCam's laser popping against Martian rock and wind as it whooshes past the rover. LANL principal investigator Roger Wiens explains what the sounds mean.  Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy NA...

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The physics of space travel - Engineering vs Breakthrough Physics?

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - March 18, 2021 17:50 - 1 hour
In this episode, we’ll take you on a deep dive into the physics of space travel. Are we merely grappling with a challenging engineering problem or will new breakthroughs, an entirely new physics be required in order to utilize space to its fullest potential? We will discuss this question with o...

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A Space for Humanity - Ethics and Governance for Living together in the Space Age

Space Forward - An Interdisciplinary Podcast - March 09, 2021 12:50 - 1 hour
In this intense episode we dig into the main issues preventing international and intercultural collaboration here on Earth which will prevent us from becoming a prosperous, inclusive, and peaceful multi-planetary species. In search of solutions, we begin with the power of law and then blast over ...

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Perseverance has landed

Mars Technica - March 09, 2021 05:05 - 6 minutes
Millions of miles and eight months of travel come to an end with a terrifying seven-minute landing. First things first: The rover starts on its to-do list. Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy NASA/JPL. With special ...

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Gregory Bateson: How We Know What We Know

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:27 - 1 hour
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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E.F. Schumacher: Moving from Cleverness to Wisdom

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:26 - 44 minutes
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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Kathleen Raine: Spirituality in William Blake

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:26 - 1 hour
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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Stewart Brand: How Could We Possibly Get a Photograph of the Whole Earth?

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:25 - 1 hour
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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Thomas Banyacya: The Prophecy of 1948

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:25 - 1 hour
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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David Spangler: Co-Creating our Future in the New Age

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:23 - 1 hour
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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Rosabeth Kanter: What Makes or Breaks an Alternative Community?

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:23 - 48 minutes
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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Gary Snyder: Songs of the Life Cycle

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:22 - 1 hour
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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Nechung Rinpoche: Development of Compassion in Buddhist Thought

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:21 - 1 hour
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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Sean Wellesley-Miller: The Bioshelter, The Home, and The Community

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:19 - 45 minutes
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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Gil Friend: Local Action for Global Transformation

The Lindisfarne Tapes - February 14, 2021 02:18 - 35 minutes
The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that...

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