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High-altitude AdventuresSpace Tourism and "Creature Comforts in Space"Samuel Coniglio IV is a futurist, technical writer, photographer, inventor, and private space industry advocate. He is a Board Member and a former Vice President of the Space Tourism Society. Samuel was active with the National Space Society, Space Frontier Foundation, and Yury's Night World Space Party events. In the 1990's, he worked for McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and the little-known, but historic Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) reusable rocket program.He is also my friend. We first met in 1994, when Samuel and I worked together to organise a trip...
2024-06-3046 min
High-altitude AdventuresSpace Projects and Delta ClipperSamuel Coniglio IV is a futurist, technical writer, photographer, inventor, and private space industry advocate.He is a Board Member and a former Vice President of the Space Tourism Society. Samuel was active with the National Space Society, Space Frontier Foundation, and Yury's Night World Space Party events. In the 1990's, he worked for McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and the little-known, but historic Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) reusable rocket program.He is also my friend. We first met in 1994, when Samuel and I worked together to...
2024-06-3034 min
High-altitude AdventuresIndoor Skydiving, Wind TunnelsIf you want to know what are those wind tunnels where you can experience a skydiving free-falling sensation, not in the sky but on the ground, tune in. Aoife Henshaw is a normal person, she lives in Ireland, has a 9-to-5 job and she is a mother of two children, but ... she is also a professional skydiver and a member of the Irish All-Female Skydiving team "FreeBurds". She has spent dozens and dozens of hours in various wind tunnels preparing for competitions and improving her flying skills. In this episode Aoife will explain what is indoor skydiving and how it...
2024-04-0430 min
High-altitude AdventuresSkydiving, Wingsuits & World RecordsDavid and Stephen Duffy are brothers. They live in Ireland and have normal jobs, families, friends. At the same time they are probably the most experienced skydivers in Ireland in one particular skydiving discipline: wing-suiting. Between them they have multiple gold, silver and bronze medals from various international skydiving competitions and hold several World Records. If you want to learn more about skydiving, wing-suiting, world records and how one day YOU can do all of that, you should listen to this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-03-2142 min
Elevated InsightsTransformation is NOT Rocket Science. It's actually harder but we can ALL do it!Very excited to present this episode of Angie's podcast! Our guest is Mikhail Baskov, founder and CEO of iDare Space Travel Limited. Literally a Space Travel Agent! We learn that real transformation is NOT Rocket Science (actually it's harder) but you don't have to know math to transform yourself! You have everything you need. We touch on A LOT of interesting ideas, including how we are programmed in our ideas at a cultural level and how it impacts our perception of various groups in the interest of putting them into a category. From there we can judge and dismiss...
2024-03-1556 min
High-altitude AdventuresiDare Space TraveliDare Space Travel Limited is Ireland's first space tourism travel consultancy. Mikhail Baskov, the company's founder and CEO talks about the business model, company's plans and mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-09-2530 minHigh-altitude AdventuresSuborbital Space FlightsFlying to space is possible today. You just need to book your mission with Blue Origin or Virgin Galactic.Ron Rosano has both such flights booked and in several years he will see Earth from above in her full beauty.He is sharing his plans, training experiences, and deep thoughts about space and future in this podcast episodes.We are discussing suborbital flights, when you can go as high as 90-100 km, experience g-forces and weightlessness, and your memories will last lifetime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
2023-08-2131 minHigh-altitude AdventuresCommercial stratospheric balloons - An opportunity to touch spaceYou will be able to see our blue planet Earth below; black skies, bright stars and the Sun will be above. You will be in a space-rated capsule, in the vacuum of space. You will have 2 hours to enjoy the view from 36 km. Your flight will be slow and gentle. It will cost much less than a flight to orbit or a space station. Your spaceship will be carried by a stratospheric balloon.Our guest, Jose Mariano Lopez Urdiales, the Founder and CEO of Zero 2 Infinity company, spent many years launching high-altitude stratospheric balloons. He had...
2023-08-0735 minHigh-altitude AdventuresZero-g flights - imitating weightlessness, g-force, Mars & Moon gravityDid you know you could experience real weightlessness here on Earth? Exactly the same type as on board of the International Space Station.Our guest, Dr. Kirby Runyon, a planetary geologist and a zero-g coach, who himself had spent an hour in weightlessness, is talking about how and where it can be done, how much it costs, how safe it is, and why your jumpsuit patch is upside down before your first zero-g flight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-07-2435 minHigh-altitude AdventuresSkydiving over Ireland - here's what you need to knowIf you want to get close to the stars, but outer space just doesn't seem achievable, you might want to consider skydiving.It surprising how many variouriations of skydiving are available right here, and how safe and affordable these options are. Our host Mikhail, an experienced skydiver, takes us through the cost, locations, safety measures, training and options for local budding skydivers.This is the place to start if you are considering a high-altitude adventure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-07-0538 minHigh-altitude AdventuresSpace Tourism - What's possible in 2023Hopeful space adventurer, Paige Muller, wants to make her boyfriends 30th birthday an event to remember. Space-Travel Agent and host of this podcast series, Mikhail Baskov is here to help talk you and Paige through all of the exciting possibilities to touch space in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-06-1934 min