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Space Cowboys | BNRGaat China de maanrace winnen en heeft de terugkerende Venusverkenner toch nog een parachute?NASA moet flink inleveren, laat interessante Marsmineralen voorlopig liggen, maar wil wel de maanrace winnen van China, terwijl ESA kijkt hoeveel bos er nog op aarde is.  Dat en meer bespreken Ingeloes Ten Kate, Luc van den Abeelen en Michel van Baal in deze nieuwe SpaceCowboys. Links voor deze aflevering: Licht haperende Vega lanceert ESA’s Biomasshttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Biomass/Forest_satellite_s_big_antenna_opens_up China’s goede kaarten om maanrace te winnenhttps://danielmarin.naukas.com/2025/04/19/misiones-cz-10-y4-e-y5-el-p...
2025-05-071h 02Answers News
Answers NewsPeople Are FURIOUS About This Law Change (But Christians Are Celebrating) Many people are FURIOUS about this law change, but Christians are celebrating! In this episode of Answers News, our hosts share their perspectives on this topic as Bible-believing Christians. Subscribe to us for more biblical content every week. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) 'Men have no place in women's sports': House GOP votes to roll back Title IX changes https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/men-place-womens-sports-house-gop-votes-roll/story?id=117673985 Speaker Mike Johnson points to Genesis in defense of House passing bill to protect wome...
2025-01-2235 minA Quick One with Ed Parnell
A Quick One with Ed ParnellMars’ Small Mass Still Puzzles Planetary ScientistsMars remains a true puzzle, but not for the reasons most people would think. Sure, there's debate over whether it ever had surface water, oceans and life. But Mars’ small mass relative to earth and Venus have been a major conundrum that has plagued planetary scientists for decades.https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2024/12/30/mars-small-mass-still-puzzles-planetary-scientists/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support.
2025-01-0103 minSci Guys
Sci GuysThe Moon LandingFor our first episode of 2022, we’re looking back at the first man on the moon! Join us on the journey as we look at the real story behind Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s (and Michael Collins’) giant step for mankind! Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Facebook ht...
2022-01-031h 18Our Big Dumb Mouth
Our Big Dumb MouthOBDM938 - UFO News | CAVID | Strange NewsJoe, Mike and Cretched join the show / Cavid / Dr. Malone / UFO News / New Defense Act includes new office of UFOs / Man shoots at aliens near hotel / Space Wars and Satellites Killers / Don Lemon loves to talk about science / open lines / Getting the jab due to work requirements / The Outlet Challenge / Witches casting Hexes on protests / End End Song: "Squandered" by Salvage Super Fast Weezer CONGRESS CALLS FOR PERMANENT OFFICE TO ADDRESS "UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA" https://thedebrief.org/congress-calls-for-permanent-office-to-address-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/ Why Space Aliens Are Likely To Be As Treacherous As Tony Soprano
2021-09-181h 38The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 67 --- Mysteries Of The Lunar SurfaceGuest Benjamin Greenhagen, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, outlines the lunar surface’s remaining mysteries --- everything from permanently shaded regions at the North and South poles to near and far side impact craters.  Greenhagen is the deputy principal investigator of the Diviner Lunar Radiometer instrument onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and is an expert on the geology of the Moon’s surface. 
2021-09-1148 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 66 --- The Big Questions About The Cosmos And Our ExistenceGuest Paul Davies, a theoretical physicist and director of the BEYOND Center at Arizona State University, gives an enlightening and fascinating interview on the true nature of the Cosmos and why there is something rather than nothing.  We also discuss his new book:  “What’s Eating the Universe? --- and Other Cosmic Questions.” 
2021-09-031h 05The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 65 --- The Future Of Supersonic, Hypersonic and Suborbital Passenger FlightGuest Christopher Combs, an assistant professor of aerodynamics at the University of Texas at San Antonio, discusses current prospects for supersonic. hypersonic and even suborbital spaceplane passenger flight.  Combs clearly communicates the technical aspects of flight faster than sound and the issues that are hindering our ability to hop from one corner the Earth to the other within 90 minutes or less.  
2021-08-2854 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 64 --- The Long-Forgotten Tragedy Of The Arctic Airship ItaliaAcclaimed U.K. journalist Mark Piesing chats about his first book N-4 DOWN:  THE HUNT FOR THE ARCTIC AIRSHIP ITALIA (Harper-Collins) which tracks the long-forgotten history of how airship and early aviators tried to conquer the North Pole.  Umberto Nobile’s Italia airship crashed onto the Arctic ice in May 1928 and sparked an international search before Nobile and what was left of his crew were eventually saved by the then relatively novel technology of radio.
2021-08-2149 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 63 --- Getting Real About the Social and Psychological Challenges of Long-Term Space MissionsGuest Sheryl L. Bishop, a social psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston gets real about what we need to make happen if astronauts are going to be able to thrive off-world beyond low-Earth orbit.  Bishop chats candidly about her new book “Space Habitats and Habitability:  Designing for Isolated and Confined Environments on Earth and in Space,” co-authored with Sandra Hauplik-Meusburger. 
2021-08-1455 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 62 --- The Link Between Ancient Astrochemistry And Life On EarthGuest Edwin (Ted) Bergin, professor of astronomy and Chair of the Dept. of Astronomy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, discusses whether our existence in this solar system is directly related to the initial chemical makeup of our star’s protosolar disk from which our planets formed. 
2021-08-0754 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 61 --- Could A Snowball Earth Happen Again?University of Chicago associate professor Dorian Abbot chats about his research on the controversial Snowball Earth Hypothesis.  That is, the idea that at least twice in Earth’s geological past, our planet was basically a glacial ball of ice and snow.  Abbot says it likely happened some 2 billion years ago and again some 600 to 800 million years ago.   There's evidence for at least four such snowball events that likely persisted for tens of millions of years.  
2021-07-3142 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 60 --- Why Our Human Brain Is Undeniably Unique In The CosmosOur civilization and technology as we know it owes itself to a fluke of evolution that enabled the development of human intelligence.  It’s a marvelous and nuanced intelligence that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the cosmos.  That doesn’t mean that intelligent life isn’t out there.  But it’s likely not very similar to our own.  Guest Bret Stetka chats about his new book “A History of the Human Brain” from Workman Publishing and tackles some of humanity’s biggest questions. 
2021-07-2447 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 59 --- Einstein’s Little-Appreciated Window Onto Far Flung ExoplanetsDarren DePoy, Professor of Astronomy and Associate Dean for Research at Texas A&M University in College Station, talks about using one of Einstein’s little-known and underappreciated method of microlensing to look for extrasolar planets around sunlike stars.  An expert on building telescope instrumentation, DePoy outlines the other methods of planet detection and a bit about the difficulties of funding huge astronomical projects such as the Giant Magellan Telescope.
2021-07-1654 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 58 --- How The Unsung ‘Moon Buggy’ Saved The Final Three Apollo MissionsGuest Earl Swift, a former reporter for The Virginian-Pilot and New York Times bestselling author of “Chesapeake Requiem” discusses his brand-new book “Across the Airless Wilds---the Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings,” just out from William Morrow.  Swift talks candidly about how NASA’s Apollo Lunar Moon Rover transformed the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions and argues that these last six moon-walking astronauts don’t get enough credit as bona fide explorers. 
2021-07-0948 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 57 --- Why Our Earth Is Still One Of A KindUniversity of Washington paleontologist Peter Ward, co-author of the famed non-fiction title, “Rare Earth:  Why Complex Life Is Uncommon In The Universe" is my guest.  He and University of Washington astronomer Donald Brownlee’s controversial book was published two decades ago, but even in this age of astrobiological plenty, remains as prescient as ever.
2021-07-0257 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 56 --- The Case For Antimatter PropulsionGuest Gerald Jackson, former Fermilab physicist and advanced propulsion entrepreneur chats about his plans for an Antimatter Propulsion interstellar robotic probe.  First stop would be Proxima Centauri.  In a wide-ranging interview, Jackson talks about the politics and pitfalls of advance propulsion research. Too many people seem to think antimatter is something that is still science fiction.  It’s not.  It’s as real as the chair you’re sitting on.
2021-06-2651 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 55 --- How Ford’s Tri-Motor Airplane Helped Create The Airline Industry of Today.Matt Anderson, the John and Horace Dodge Curator of Transportation at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, speaks candidly about the early days of The Ford Motor Company and its foray into aviation via its revolutionary Tri-Motor airplane.  Although the Ford Tri-Motor was in production for less than a decade, its influence spawned much of what we take for granted about today’s passenger airline industry.  Lots of interesting tidbits make for a lively episode.
2021-06-1846 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 54 --- What Nearby Stellar Open Clusters Are Still Teaching UsMarc Pinsonneault, a professor of astronomy at The Ohio State University in Columbus, and an expert on stellar open clusters, chats about some of the most famous star clusters in the sky, including the beautiful, blue Seven Sisters of The Pleiades; the Hyades star cluster and the Beehive star cluster.  We also cover what such clusters teach us about our own Sun and the evolution of stars in general.
2021-06-1247 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 53 --- John Glenn, JFK and the Cold War's New FrontierHistorian and former Clinton presidential speechwriter Jeff Shesol chats about his new book, “Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy and the New Battleground of the Cold War” just out from W.W. Norton.  Shesol makes the case that the Cold War and the Space Race were inextricably intertwined in ways that are rarely appreciated in most conventional histories of the subjects.  Shesol gives us a great inside look into this mostly-forgotten early era.
2021-06-041h 00The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 52 --- The Unexpected Origins of Life's Genetic CodeGuest Ben K.D. Pearce, a Ph.D student in astrophysics and astrobiology at McMaster University in Toronto, and an expert on the origins of life’s building blocks here on Earth.  We discuss the idea that all the genetic components from which life emerged were incredibly readily available biogenically very early in Earth’s evolution.  As early as 4.5 billion years ago.  Pearce is part of a group making great strides in learning how this all may have happened in Earth’s very ancient warm little ponds. 
2021-05-2856 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 51 --- Our Sun's Ultimate EndgameVillanova University astrophysicist Edward Sion, an expert on stellar white dwarfs chats about our Sun’s own endgame and planet Earth’s ultimate future which may end in cinders.   We also discuss the possibility of finding remnant solar systems around these hyperdense stellar cores. 
2021-05-2250 minThe Disputes of HCxMH
The Disputes of HCxMHThe Conspiriseries: Ep 10 - Life on MarsSpace is unbelievably far and wide. We only know about 4% of what goes on in our universe and it's wild to think that we know so little about our neighboring planets such as Mars. For years, there has been painstaking research done to find the answer to this question: Did Mars at one point harbor life? Today's episode is about understanding that mystery and exploring the conspiracies that are attached to it. Let's talk aliens! Social Media: Instagram: @hcxmhpod Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/life-on-mars-78138144/ https://www.space...
2021-05-1942 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 50 --- How Humans Can Use Bioengineering To Move Off-WorldGeneticist Christopher Mason chats about his new book, “The Next 500 Years:  Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds” from MIT Press.  We discuss both the nuts and bolts and the philosophy driving our expansion offworld.  Mason’s goal is to preserve our species by expanding to an Earth 2.0 in order to avoid our star’s own Red Giant endgame.
2021-05-1449 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 49 --- The Dangerous Downside of Airliner AutomationGuest commercial pilot and author Jack Hersch talks about his 2020 book, “The Dangers of Automation in Airliners:  Accidents Waiting to Happen.”  It’s both a fascinating and harrowing read but prompts questions and nagging issues that the aviation industry needs to continue to address.
2021-05-0751 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 48 --- Mapping Laniakea, Our Home Supercluster Of GalaxiesWorld-renowned, University of Hawaii cosmologist Brent Tully on 50 years of mapping the nearby universe which includes our own home supercluster ‘Laniakea.’  Tully candidly assesses the state of cosmography, the science of making 3-D maps of the nearby universe and speculates on when astronomers will finally map the cosmos in its entirety. 
2021-05-0151 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 47 --- How Palomar Observatory Changed Almost Everything We Knew About AstronomyAstronomer and author Linda Schweizer talks about her comprehensive new history of Palomar Observatory --- “Cosmic Odyssey:  How Intrepid Astronomers At Palomar Observatory Changed Our View of the Universe” from MIT Press.  We focus on Palomar’s early 20th century construction and history.  Schweizer is an expert on every aspect of the observatory; its history, and its many astronomical discoveries. 
2021-04-2452 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 46 – Harvard Geologist Andy Knoll Sums Up The Grand Sweep Of Earth’s HistoryHarvard University geologist Andrew H. Knoll takes on the grand sweep of Earth’s formation and evolution in his new book “A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters.  He succinctly describes Earth from its cosmological beginnings in a molecular cloud on through to the present day.  It’s a fine line between the vacuum of space and the planet on which we walk.
2021-04-1657 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 45 --- The Incredible Story of Flying Tiger Flight 923’s North Atlantic DitchingAuthor Eric Lindner talks about his forthcoming book, “Tiger in the Sea:  The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival.”  The September 23, 1962 Flying Tiger Line passenger charter Lockheed Super Constellation aircraft en route from McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey to Frankfurt, Germany lost three of its four engines to fire some 500 miles off the west coast of Ireland.  This largely forgotten episode in aviation history hastened the end of propeller-driven transport aircraft.
2021-04-0848 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 44 --- ESA’s Upcoming Euclid Dark Energy SurveyFascinating new chat with Michael Seiffert, the NASA project scientist for the U.S. contribution to the European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft.  Due for launch in the second half of 2022, we discuss how this new space telescope will help astronomers finally understand the mystery of dark energy and maybe even dark matter. 
2021-04-0251 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 43 --- What Future And Final Galaxy Surveys Will Teach Us About The CosmosJason Rhodes, a cosmologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and the JPL Roman Space Telescope Project Scientist, discusses a proposed galaxy survey to end all galaxy surveys.  One that would wring as much information out of our universe’s trillion or so galaxies across cosmic time as humanly possible.  Astronomers are still at least half a century off from this final galaxy census, but the hope is that it will give cosmologists most of the answers they need about the makeup and structure of the universe. 
2021-03-2557 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 42 --- Neil DeGrasse Tyson Talks About His New Book “Cosmic Queries”Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, discusses everything from pond scum to space aliens in this off-the-wall and very engaging episode.  It’s vintage Tyson.  We also touch on his latest book written with George Mason University physicist James Trefil --- “Cosmic Queries:  StarTalk’s Guide To Who We Are, How We Got Here, And Where We’re Going.” 
2021-03-1845 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 41 --- The History Of Space Exploration In 100 ObjectsAward-winning NASA astrophysicist and author Sten Odenwald discusses several of the 100 objects featured in his 2019 book:  “Space Exploration:  A History in 100 Objects.”  I pick a few of the lesser known and underappreciated objects, which run the gamut in their differing ages.  In this compelling episode, it’s amazing to hear and understand just how far humanity has come in its technological quest to understand the cosmos.
2021-03-1358 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 40 --- Cosmic Cataclysms And The Evolution Of Intelligent Life On EarthI welcome renowned evolutionary paleobiologist Bruce S. Lieberman, a professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, who is an expert on how cosmic cataclysms have impacted the evolution of life here on Earth.  Massive nearby supernovae, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) as well as asteroidal and cometary impactors have each played a role in our planet’s long tape of life.  And if we were able to rewind that tape and roll the die once more?  Would intelligent life have manifested itself here at all?  This lively episode delves into our long road from Trilobite to Human Intelligence.
2021-03-051h 03The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 39 --- What NASA’s Perseverance Rover Is Teaching The Rest Of Us.NASA’s Rob Manning, JPL’s Chief Engineer, discusses management, logistics, innovation and the future of robotic Mars exploration in this unique episode.  With this week’s successful landing of the Perseverance rover on an ancient river delta, NASA ups its game at a time when the rest of the country badly needs some encouraging news.  Manning talks about how JPL keeps itself on track when finessing complicated billion-dollar initiatives. 
2021-02-261h 03The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 38 --- The Trouble With Dark EnergyNearly 25 years after its discovery, the mystery at the core of dark energy persists.  Astronomers are no closer to understanding what’s behind this cosmic repulsive force that counteracts gravity and causes the cosmos to expand at an accelerating rate than when it was first discovered in 1998.  Guest Alexei Filippenko is a member of the Nobel Prize-winning team that detected dark energy via supernovae surveys. He gives us the inside scoop on how dark energy was detected; what it means for our existence and the prospects for unmasking this bizarre force of nature that makes up some 70 percent of the...
2021-02-1953 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 37 --- Is Oumuamua, Our Solar System’s 1st Identified Interstellar Asteroid, Actually An Alien Probe?Did an alien lightsail traverse our solar system in 2017?  Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb thinks so.  In today’s episode, I welcome Loeb to discuss his bestselling book --- “Extraterrestrial:  The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.”  We chat about why he thinks this object, Oumuamua, is likely to be artificial and why the scientific community at large remains so unreceptive to progressive scientific thinking when it comes to the subject of extraterrestrial intelligence.
2021-02-121h 02The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 36 --- NASA Aims For The Geophysical Heart Of MarsI welcome Bruce Banerdt, the principal investigator for NASA’s Mars InSight lander, which has been operating on the Martian surface for two years now.  Although it’s had some technical issues, it’s offered a sea change in how geophysicists are interpreting the dynamics and makeup of the Martian core.  In this episode, we talk about what we currently understand about Mars’ geophysical makeup and, among other things, whether it ever had plate tectonics which was so crucial for the evolution of sentient life here on Earth.
2021-02-0551 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 35 ---America’s Heroic World War II Air Raid On Ploesti --- The ‘Taproot’ Of Nazi OilFew if any of you will have ever heard of Ploesti.  But it’s a Romanian city that was what Winston Churchill called the taproot of Nazi might due to its many oil high-quality oil refineries overtaken by Germany during World War II.  Because of its strategic importance, in 1943, the U.S Army Air Force at the time launched a daring, heroic, and ultimately very costly low-level bombing raid on these refineries.  Using some 160 B-24 Liberator medium-range bombers, the Americans were met with heavy anti-aircraft resistance.  Today’s guest Jay A. Stout, author of “Fortress Ploesti:  The Campaign to Destroy Hit...
2021-01-3054 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 34 --- Why Geology Is Crucial To Unlocking The Mysteries Of Our Solar SystemPlanetary geophysicist Erik Asphaug of the University of Arizona discusses what we really know about our solar system; its age; its formation; and its evolution. Asphaug also addresses some major puzzles. Is our solar system truly anomalous? Is the composition and spacing of our eight planets also anomalous? And what we need to do to further planetary science.
2021-01-221h 00The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 33 --- How Pan Am Changed The WorldThe spectacular rise and fall of Pan Am from flying boats to 747s.  International best-selling author and former Pan Am captain Robert Gandt gives me the inside scoop on Pan American World Airways, from its humble beginnings to global empire. 
2021-01-1459 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 32 --- How Deep Space Navigation Is Revolutionizing Planetary ScienceDeep space navigator Coralie Adam explains the tricky navigation needed to guide NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on its flyby of the Pluto system in 2015.  The spacecraft continues operation today.  Meanwhile, Adam and colleagues are awaiting the arrival of a touch-and-go sample garnered from the asteroid Bennu which is expected back at Earth in 2023.  We discuss how deep space navigation is facilitating the precise exploration of the solar system. 
2021-01-0854 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 31 --- Interstellar Propulsion --- What We Need to Make Star Trek RealPropulsion physicist Marc Millis talks about the prospects for fast, efficient interstellar travel.  Millis was head of NASA’s Breakthrough Propulsion Program at Glenn Research Center outside Cleveland for years beginning in the mid-1990s.  We discuss why the problem of traveling to the stars is so difficult and what would need to happen to help such dreams become a reality.  It’s a lively and irreverent discussion! 
2021-01-021h 04The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 30 --- Uranus and Neptune --- Our Solar System’s Mysterious Ice GiantsRenowned planetary astronomer Heidi Hammel and I chat about our solar system’s mysterious ice giant planets, Uranus and Neptune.  There’s only been one flyby of these giant planets by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft back in the late 1980s.  Hammel, who was part of the Voyager 2 science team, explains what that mission taught us about these objects and why we need to go back.   
2020-12-241h 03The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 29 --- How the Cold War Spurred the Race for Supersonic FlightThe age of supersonic flight officially began after World War II, when the late Chuck Yeager pushed the Bell X-1 test aircraft beyond the speed of sound (Mach 1) in October 1947.  But bestselling author and highly-decorated fighter pilot Dan Hampton contends that Yeager wasn’t the first pilot to go supersonic in controlled flight.  On this week’s episode, Hampton and I discuss how the Cold War spurred the quest for speed and why Yeager might not have been the first American fighter pilot to break the sound barrier. 
2020-12-1753 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 28 --- The Glenn Miller Disappearance: One of World War II’s Greatest Aviation MysteriesBig band historian and author Dennis Spragg talks about the music, the legacy, and the tragic disappearance of the American big band icon, Glenn Miller.  We cover what shaped his unique sound; his driving passion to give back to America’s Greatest Generation in their hour of wartime need; and the tragic disappearance of his December 1944 flight from England to France. 
2020-12-111h 08The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 27 --- Why Mars Went WrongNASA’s MAVEN orbiter has arguably done more to document how and why Mars lost its atmosphere and much of its water than any spacecraft ever sent to the red planet.  The mission’s principal investigator, planetary scientist Bruce Jakosky is this week’s featured guest and we discuss the current paradigm on why Mars went so horribly wrong.  Jakosky offers a candid and inside look at how such missions work and what we can expect from Mars science in the next few years.
2020-12-041h 00The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 26 --- How The Cold War Spurred The Earliest Days Of Interplanetary ExplorationThe earliest days of robotic space exploration, to the Moon, Venus, Mars, and even Mercury, likely would never have played out in such dramatic fashion in the late 1950s and early 1960s without the Cold War.  Despite a steep learning curve with lots of rocket misfires and mission malfunctions, it was a hair-trigger era of interplanetary exploration that offered the world its first close up views of our nearest planetary neighbors.  Former NASA Chief Historian Roger Launius and I discuss the details in this revealing episode.
2020-11-271h 02The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 25 --- Getting To Know Andromeda, Our Grand Spiral NeighborFirst cataloged by Al Sufi as a mere optical smudge high in the winter sky, the Andromeda Galaxy has lately been a cornerstone of everything we know about contemporary astronomy and the cosmos as a whole.  Join Lowell Observatory astronomer Philip Massey as he outlines how this grand spiral neighbor changed what we know about cosmology.  And if you happen to be in the Northern hemisphere, by the end of the episode, you may be ready to try and spot the galaxy with just your naked eyes.
2020-11-2053 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 24 --- How Oxygen Transformed Our Planet EarthFrom Pachyderms to Cetaceans, the largest mammals on Earth would arguably never have evolved to their gargantuan sizes without the third most abundant element in the Cosmos --- Oxygen.  Of course, life, even photosynthesis is possible without Oxygen, but for the cosmos to evolve the big-headed space aliens of our sci-fi dreams will likely take Oxygen --- the most efficient energy carrier in the periodic table.  How Oxygen became dominant on our own planet is the focus of today’s episode with guest Timothy Lyons, a biogeochemist at the University of California, Riverside.
2020-11-121h 06The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 23 --- China’s Space Agenda Gets SeriousChina is building on a decade of lunar exploration with this month’s launch of its Chang’e 5 sample return mission; China has an orbiter and lander halfway to Mars; and by 2022 plans on putting a permanently crewed 60-ton space station in low-Earth orbit.  They even have long term plans for mining Helium-3 on the Moon.  In this episode, China space expert David Burbach of the U.S. Naval War College discusses these and other issues, in particular, how the current election will affect NASA’s own Artemis schedule and China as a potential threat beyond low-Earth orbit. 
2020-11-061h 10The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 22 --- The Far Future Of Our Universe (Turtles All the Way Down)What happens when all the stars in our cosmos’ galaxies burn out; with little or no hydrogen gas left to fuel star formation; and everything pretty much turns to toast?  It will presage an age of black holes where extremely low temperatures and fundamental particle decay will alleviate life as we know it.  This universal endgame in an almost infinite far future may actually be a Dark Age where little or nothing can happen.  And if it does, only on the longest timescales.  Yale University astrophysicist Gregory Laughlin and I discuss these and other issues in this cosmological “turtles all the...
2020-10-3059 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 21 --- How Aircraft Propellers Drove The Aeronautical RevolutionWithout the lowly propeller, global trade and commerce and freedom of movement as we knew it prior to Covid would have never had the opportunity to flourish.  Special guest Jeremy R. Kinney, Chair of the Aeronautics Department at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., provides a fascinating narrative to how and why advances in aircraft propeller technology enabled aerospace to revolutionize global warfare, travel, and trade.  Author of “Reinventing the Propeller,” Kinney and I discuss many underappreciated aspects of this aeronautical workhorse.
2020-10-231h 06The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 20 --- The Case for a Lunar Science Moon RushNotre Dame Planetary Geologist Clive Neal stops by the podcast for a terrifically candid discussion of why the Moon has to be the first stop en route to Mars.  We talk about why the Moon holds the key to the new Space Economy; the prospects for NASA making its 2024 Artemis mission deadline; and, why lunar samples are still being analyzed 50 years hence.  Why more lunar samples and lunar seismometers are keys to understanding our inner solar system.  And why it’s imperative that we revisit the Moon in a permanent way if we are ever to make Mars our own. ...
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 19 --- The Trouble With Mercury: Our Solar System's Bizarre Innermost PlanetGuest Catherine Johnson, a planetary geophysicist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, discusses this bizarre little world; the innermost planet in our solar system.  A planet that’s so close to our Sun that its surface temperatures can hit 800 F.  But surprisingly, its poles harbor enough water ice to completely bury a major metropolis.  Some have even argued that Mercury may have once been habitable.  Where it formed still remains a mystery, but it does have a tiny magnetic field, a very oversized iron core, and one of the largest impact basins in the solar system.  A Europea...
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 18 --- The Heyday of Flying by the StarsRetired commercial pilot, crash investigator, and aviation attorney Gary LaPook joins me to discuss the development and practice of celestial air navigation in passenger aircraft; how it worked; why it was replaced; where it could go wrong, and why celestial air navigation is still vital to our national security. 
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 17 --- How We All Got Here --- Galaxy Evolution over Cosmic TimeFor anyone who’s ever wondered how our own star happened to be caught up in the midst of a grand spiral beauty like our Milky Way, this episode should at least provide some clues.  It’s a big cosmological subject and of course, we just skim the surface but for those curious as to how galaxies formed after the Big Bang to become home to oh so many stars, this podcast episode should be of interest.  This week’s guest, Francesca Rizzo, a doctoral candidate at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, discusses the current state of h...
2020-09-2545 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 16 --- Deciphering Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), arguably the most bizarre radio emissions ever detected.Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have hogged the headlines for the last decade or so; prompting many news organizations to question whether they are produced by far-flung alien civilizations in the midst of some sort of bizarre intergalactic transport mechanism.  The truth however is likely much more mundane; they could be flashes from Hawking’s storied evaporating black holes or colliding neutron stars or something we have simply failed to imagine.  But in this podcast episode, Duncan Lorimer, their co-discoverer, at West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown, gives us the straight scoop on what they most likely are and aren’t.  Gr...
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 15 --- Amelia Earhart Disappearance Is Likely Very Close To Being SolvedAmelia Earhart, arguably the most famous woman in the world at the time of her 1937 disappearance, was on a second attempt to fly around the world when something went horribly wrong.  However, what actually happened to the famed aviator and her navigator Fred Noonan may finally be close to being solved.  Or so says Chasing Earhart Project Director Chris Williamson in this fascinating episode in which we cover all the viable theories surrounding the Earhart mystery.
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 14 --- Does the Dwarf Planet Ceres Harbor Life?This week's guest is NASA Dawn project scientist Julie Castillo-Rogez who led the hugely successful robotic mission on the first in-depth look at the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres.  Castillo talks about why there's a growing consensus that Ceres may have long had habitable subsurface conditions and why we need a sample return mission to launch in 2033.  We also discuss Mars' moons of Deimos and Phobos and the first interstellar asteroid, Oumuamua.
2020-09-0457 minCanadian Prepper Podcast
Canadian Prepper PodcastEMP RevisitedNews - Ian -  Forbes HEMP article https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2019/04/05/whitehouse-prepares-to-face-emp-threat/#5b8cb537e7e2 Eric -  save weather radio  https://www.change.org/p/ec-radio-ec-canada-ca-save-weather-radio-canada?recruiter=1058237288&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=063042f0-6b85-11ea-911f-99a9a55bdbe9&utm_content=fht-24359577-en-ca%3A0   UPDATE: 7 TORONTO POLICE OFFICERS INJURED DURING INCIDENT AT MIDTOWN DEMONSTRATION https://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010/news/update-7-toronto-police-officers-injured-during-incident-at-midtown-demonstration-1.13351059 ht...
2020-08-3154 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 13 --- Why Future Space-Based Arrays Of Optical Telescopes Will Likely Be 3-D Printed In OrbitLowell Observatory astronomer Gerard van Belle, Chief Scientist at the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI) in Flagstaff. Arizona talks about the possibility of arrays of space telescopes that are 3-D printed after launch.  We also discuss the history of optical interferometry; why such interlinked telescopes are the key to America’s future in astronomy and why Arizona skies remain as vital today as they were a century ago. 
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 12 --- Understanding Potential Alien TechnosignaturesThis week’s guest is Adam Frank, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester in New York, who has received the first-ever NASA grant to begin cataloging potential alien techno-signatures in a non-radio spectrum.  The hunt for potential alien technology is one of the sexiest topics in astrophysics at the moment and Frank doesn’t disappoint.  We cover everything from how we might find such technology in our own solar system to super-advanced civilizations that might harness supermassive black holes for cosmic scale supercomputers.
2020-08-2057 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 11 --- Betelgeuse Dimming Mystery Might Be Solved, Says Edward GuinanIn a stroke of serendipity during a wide-ranging podcast interview, Villanova University astronomer Edward Guinan explains the paper behind today's news flap about the red supergiant star's inexplicable dimming. The most recent explanation is that dust generated from cooling plasma spewed forth from the massive star's interior caused Betelgeuse to appear more dim than usual.  While Guinan acknowledges this scenario is a possibility, he remains skeptical.  Please listen to this candid and entertaining episode!
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 10 --- Why Mars Remains So MisunderstoodThree spacecraft are currently en route to Mars, but none will visit the poles.  Yet Mars’ poles drive much of the Martian climate.  And their understanding is key to deciphering what might have been happening on the Red planet some 3.5 billion years ago when it had lakes, deltas, rivers, and perhaps even transient oceans.  I’m very pleased to welcome planetary scientist Isaac B. Smith of York University in Toronto --- an expert on Mars polar science and exploration --- to discuss the need for a Martian polar lander as well as a broader look at Mars science.
2020-08-0759 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 9 --- How ESA's GAIA Satellite Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Milky WayDutch astronomer Anthony Brown of Leiden University explains how the European Space Agency's GAIA satellite is revolutionizing what we know about the Milky Way.  This all-sky survey mission revisits each target 70 times over the course of the years-long mission to give astronomers a real 3-D map of a large swath of our galaxy.  Highlights include why are Milky Way is warped, the potential origins of our solar system's formation, and why Gaia is important to planet hunters.  The next big data drop is scheduled by year's end.   My apologies to those who listened to an earlier version of this; there...
2020-07-3157 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 8 --- How NASA’s $10 Billion Webb Telescope Will Help Us Figure Out Our Own Solar SystemWhen first conceived, the 6.5 meter James Webb Space Telescope was all about galaxy surveys, the deep sky, and cosmology; it still is.  But it’s also about solar system science in surprising ways.  This infrared behemoth will virtually revolutionize the way we view asteroids, comets, and Kuiper Belt objects in the far reaches of our frozen outer solar system.  This episode’s guest --- Stefanie Milam ---  is the Webb telescope’s deputy project scientist for planetary science and gives us all the details on why the telescope is such a complicated piece of hardware and why it will also give...
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 7 --- After Pearl Harbor, Were the Japanese Planning to Strike the U.S. West Coast?Guest Michel Paradis on his fascinating new book "Last Mission To Tokyo" and how the ingenuity and success of Doolittle's raid marked a crucial turning point in America's war in the Pacific.  Paradis argues that Jimmy Doolittle and his men's bombing raid on Tokyo in early 1942 marked a crucial turning point against Japan in the early days of America's involvement in World War II.  This horrific psychological blow on Japan caused their Imperial forces to reverse strategy and play defense, perhaps even saving the American West Coast from invasion.
2020-07-1754 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 6 --- The Evolution of Intelligence on Earth and BeyondWe hear a lot of talk about the possibility of intelligent E.T.s, but in this episode, neuroscientist Lori Marino gives us the nuts and bolts of what intelligence really is; how it manifests itself on our own Earth; and why intelligent aliens won't necessarily need ginormous brains.
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 5 --- The Trouble with Dark MatterEpisode 5 --- The Trouble with Dark Matter.  This important hour-long interview with astronomer and dark matter expert Stacy McGaugh, Chair of the Dept. of Astronomy at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, covers the conundrums surrounding the mystery of dark matter in the cosmos.  It’s a candid account of dark matter’s history, the prospects for detecting its makeup, and, most crucially, its failings as a cosmological theory and hypothesis.  Problem is, we’re stuck with it.
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 4 --- Is the Sun an Oddball Star?Is the Sun an Oddball Star?  A fascinating conversation with Kepler and TESS astronomer Travis Metcalfe, of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo., about how our Sun stacks up against other sunlike stars in the galaxy.  We cover the history of our solar system, where the Sun might have been born, and why the only intelligent life we know is around this lonely G-Dwarf star. 
2020-06-2655 minThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast
The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 3 ---- Will We Get Back to the Moon By 2024?Episode 3’s special guest is John Logsdon, the founder of George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, author and celebrated space analyst.  We discuss everything from how the pandemic is impacting current space operations to NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon, timelines for getting humans to Mars and beyond, as well how election-year politics will affect current and future space policy.
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 2 --- The Mysteries of Our Planet VenusIn this wide-ranging interview, planetary scientist Stephen Kane of the University of California, Riverside, delves into the mysteries of our neighbor planet Venus.  We discuss how Venus went wrong and why understanding its evolution is so important in characterizing extrasolar planetary systems like our own. 
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The Cosmic Controversy PodcastEpisode 1 --- How to Find Microfossils on MarsA conversation with astrobiologist Lara Maldanis about how to identify very ancient microfossils here on Earth and the potential for detecting them on Mars.
2020-06-0855 minElvis Lives
Elvis LivesMarsIn this episode KB takes Julie & our listeners to OUTER SPACE!!! Kind of like Muppets In Space but also absolutely nothing like that.Join the conversation.FB: @elvislivespodcastInsta: @elvislivespodcastEmail: elvislivespodcast@gmail.com& as always Rate, Review & Subscribe!!!If you enjoyed this episode you may also enjoy:Episode 8: The Lost CosmonaughtsEpisode 19: PyramidsEpisode 26: Flat EarthEpisode 35: The MoonEpisode 61: Hollow EarthEPISODE NOTES:https://www.newyorker.com/news...
2020-04-1200 minCanadian Prepper Podcast
Canadian Prepper PodcastElectromagnetic Pulse (EMP), News - SNC Lavalin and Trudeau, for another night.  Will be a good one!   https://www.rt.com/op-ed/452696-trudeau-corruption-scandal-fraud/ Ian -  Indian bombing Pakistan, suspected training camp, first incursion since 1971.  Two nuclear powers escalating once again….   https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/26/india/india-pakistan-line-of-control-incursion-intl/index.html   Further - Indian planes downed, pilot captured.   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47383634   https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-air-canada-temporarily-suspends-flights-to-india-following-downed-jets/   Eric...
2019-03-0656 minUFO Buster Radio
UFO Buster RadioUBR - UFO Report 152: Elizondo 2018 Rub-A-Dicker Of The Year and More Interstellar Objects Being Tracked2018 RubADickies Winners Rub-A-Dicker of the Year Luis Elizondo UBR Truth Seekers Top Contributor Patricia McBride UBR Trurh Seekers Top Moderators Jeff Aldrich Billy Baker 2018 Super Sapien Award Ronny Dawson Astronomers Are Tracking Four Potential Interstellar Objects Now In Our Outer Solar System Arricle link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2018/11/30/astronomers-are-tracking-4-potential-interstellar-objects-now-in-our-outer-solar-system/#1628af4eb5c3 Using detailed computer models of asteroidal-type objects between the Sun and Jupiter, two Harvard University researchers find that at least four known objects are likely to have origins from outside our solar system. After becoming gravitationally-trapped, the four potentially interstellar objects — 2011 SP25, 2017 RR2, 2017 SV13, and 2018 TL...
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