Today In Space

This week, Alex welcomes back John to discuss Space Politics, among a lot of other things. We hope this breaks up the cacophony that is election week coverage. Please enjoy two Americans who would rather talk about how crazy everyone is, the plans to make a Cis-Lunar International Space Station and how to figure whICH asteroids could hit Earth - you know, the important stuff. Enjoy! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Bring your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com Check out my first Project blog post! "Acetone, ABS & Assemblies in 3D Printing" SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: HUVr Prank with Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4vE_vpk

This week Alex talks about Idaho's first satellite - the MakerSat, some 3D printer troubles, the Expedition 49 landing and Kate Rubins' return to Earth. He also covers some interesting questions from one of her last interviews in orbit. To close up the show, Alex talks about the latest case for Planet 9's existence....ENJOY! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Bring your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com Check out my first Project blog post! "Acetone, ABS & Assemblies in 3D Printing" SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: The MakerSat, Idaho's First Satellite, is 3D Printed and Ready for Launch https://3dprint.com/153892/makersat-idaho-satellite-3d-print/ Expe

On this week's episode, There's a lot to cover in Orbital News this week: Expedition 49S, Cygnus Spacecraft Docking and the #ExoMars mission status. Also, in this week's 3D printing update, Alex covers the importance of a "Print Farm" and how it tackles the idea that "3D printing takes too much time". Excuse my awful pronunciation of Schiaparelli - it was late, and I only realized after I recorded the show... Enjoy! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Bring your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com Check out my first Project blog post! "Acetone, ABS & Assemblies in 3D Printing" SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Crewmates Laun

On this week's episode, Alex talks about the return-to-flight of Orbital ATK and the consequences of bureaucracy for the future of America's Space Program. He ends the show talking about humans succeeding in desperation and how we can use that power to solve problems like climate change, re-usability, and really any problem that comes our way. Enjoy! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: Orbital ATK's Antares Rocket Returns to Flight with Gorgeous Night Cargo Launch http://www.space.com/34416-stunning-antares-rocket-return-to-flight-launch.html Barack Obama: Am

Alex shares more details on SpaceX's Interplanetary Transport System, the end of the Rosetta Spacecraft on Comet 67P and Blue Origin's fifth launch with the same New Shepard Rocket and Capsule! He also shares a 3D printing update, covering some updates to his printer - fighting warpage on long (~15 hour) prints Enjoy! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: Rosetta spacecraft to complete its mission with a crash https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230933-900-rosetta-spacecraft-to-complete-its-mission-with-a-crash/ MISSION COMPLETE: ROSETTA'S JOURNEY ENDS

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE... Alex gives an update on the Anomaly at LC-40 and begins covering the latest on how SpaceX is getting human beings to Mars for good - on 42 Raptor Engines and the Interplanetary Transport System! There's also a 3D printing update covering the latest GrabCAD Community Meetup - this month featured Education Enjoy! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: How SpaceX will make Humans an Interplanetary species http://www.spacex.com/mars

THANK YOU FOR 100 EPISODES! We made it to 100 episodes! UNBELIEVABLE! To celebrate, I have John Neary and Neil Crawford on the show for another "Drinking, with Engineers" We discuss DNA, Genetics and Space. We cover a lot of things, including what DNA is, what is the importance of Kate Rubins sequencing DNA in Space for the first time, what alien DNA might be like and much, much more. As always, enjoy the show - and thank you for listening! I can't believe we made it to 100 episodes! Here's to the next 100! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more!

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE... Alex reminisces about the journey to 100 episodes (next week) and talks about the most recent SpaceX developments. Alex also recites the story of the 45th Space Wing by Lt. Col. Greg Lindsey, 45th Mission Support Group commander Detachment 1. His post is an account of the actions of the brave human beings who dealt with the aftermath of the SLC-40 Anomaly, and the teamwork of many involved in preventing any damage to anymore equipment, lives & science. Enjoy! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS:   Emergency management: A behind the s

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE... Alex talks about September 11th, 2001 and how he remembers it as an 11 year old. He also shares the idea of a tool being neither "Good" or "Bad", but it is the user that makes it so. Also, he somehow brings Newtons 1st Law of Motion into play to describe how you can deal with life feeling "stagnant" In Orbital News - we cover the OSIRIS-REx launch and more updates from SpaceX's Pad Anomaly. There is another 3D Printing Update - A Charizard & Custom Solutions for anything Enjoy! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing:   Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS:   OSIRIS-REx Pat

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE... Alex goes over and discusses the Anomaly at SLC-40 that ended with an exploded Falcon 9 Rocket and a destroyed AMOS-6 Satellite. He also covers the start of OSIRIS-REx launch window (Sept. 8th, 2016), Kate Rubin's incredible feat of sequencing DNA in Space for the 1st time ever & the Philae Lander's appearance at last! ENJOY! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: http://www.spacex.com/news/2016/09/01/anomaly-updates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Philae_found

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE... Alex talks about finding a balance when working towards your goals because otherwise you end up kicking your own ass. In Orbital News, we talk more about what Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams have been up to on the ISS and what science the CRS-9 Dragon Capsule returned back to Earth! ENJOY! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing:     Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down with Crucial NASA Research Samples https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/spacex-dragon-splashes-down-with-crucial-nasa-research-samples Spacewalk Highlights - International Docking Ad

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE...   It's all about OSIRIS-REx, the Asteroid Bennu and the third New Frontiers Mission. Alex talks about the struggles of 3D Printing & solving problems ENJOY! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing:     Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: http://www.asteroidmission.org/mission/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0FxDxs7lyw

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE...   Alex goes over what's new with Kate Rubins on the ISS, what a 3D printing meetup is like and what adding an extra crew member to the ISS will do to future missions. ENJOY! This Podcast is brought to you by AG3D Printing: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTjPIwCyNc https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/08/10/crew-tries-on-spacesuits-conducts-heart-and-meteor-research/ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1914.html https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/763438041197268992

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE...   WE'RE BACK! Alex talks about the (fixed) technical difficulties we were having since our last episode. He also shares the "State of Space": why the shuttle was so important and what going to Mars means for everyone. SpaceX, Elon Musk, the SLS and the order of the final guaranteed Commercial Crew mission - all in one glorious rant. There's another 3D Printing Update, brought to you by AG3D Printing with a few designs by Alex himself, and our first customer! We also say goodbye to the Philae Lander, as Comet 67P gets farther from the Sun and solar energy is no longer an option. ENJOY! LOOK UP! August 11th-12th Don't forget to catch the Perseid Meteor Shower this week Thursday and Friday are peak night viewing - it's supposed to be double meteor rates this year! Grab your friends & family [or just a close friend ;)] and make sure to enjoy the annual night show! Check out NASA JPL's "What's Up for August 2016" by Jane Houston Jones for more info on the Perseid Meteor shower and

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE...   Alex shares another 3D Printing update, talking about flexible filament and beer can handles. He also takes a moment to talk about what Pokemon Go is doing to humanity. Also, in honor of the 1 year Pluto-Flyby-versary, Alex gives his thoughts on Pluto planet status and prepared a remastered version of Episode #011 - the first Pluto episode that started it all. Enjoy!     This Podcast is brought to you by:   Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS:

ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE...   Alex talks about his time with the Mainers this weekend, 3D printing & the JUNO mission's arrival at Jupiter. There's also a Launch Hangout for the Expedition 48/49 launch, where a lot of ranting, swearing and science-talk happened. Shout-outs to Kyle Meacham(@ZeroGravityKyle) and Rachelle Williams (@AstroAnarchy) Enjoy! To keep-up with Astronaut Kate Rubins on her Expedition 48 mission, follow @NASA_Astronauts where she'll be tweeting This Podcast is brought to you by: Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? Let this Engineer 3D-print your ideas into reality! www.AG3D-PRINTING.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS:   5 Things you need to know about Kate Rubins - NASA http://www.nasa.g

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!   On this week's Episode, Alex talks about Independence, both in celebration of America's Independence and his independence as an engineer.  Alex talks about the start of AG3D Printing - a 3d printing service available for anyone with an idea, business proposal, prototype - or anyone who wants to give an incredible gift! You now have your very own engineer at your disposal - and he's got 3d printers. He also talks about China's newest dark sky reserve and the Expedition 48/49 launch on July 6th, and introduces NASA Astronaut crew member Kate Rubins - and the work she'll be doing aboard the ISS during her stay. Enjoy!   Got a school project? Idea? Business Proposal? NEED A really cool gift? OPENING OFFICIALLY THE WEEK OF INDEPENDENCE DAY! LETS GET THE 21ST CENTURY IN YOUR HANDS! Follow us on Instagram for all the 3D Printing goodness SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your b

WELCOME TO THE SHOW!   On this week's episode, Alex talks about possible tariff hikes at Port Canaveral for SpaceX, Planet X and Pseudo Science, and the idea of infinite resources vs. Human greed - which one wins? This episode is also dedicated to Anton Yelchin - RIP and godspeed through the universe! Alex finishes the episode, talking about 3d Printing and the very exciting news ready to happen at the end of the month! Enjoy!   SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: SpaceX may have to pay $500 per ton to bring its landed Falcon 9 rockets into port http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/21/11988328/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-port-canaveral-florida-tariff-fees 'Star Trek' actor Anton Yelchin dies in freak car accident http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/19/entertainment/act

WELCOME TO THE SHOW!   On this week's episode, Alex discusses humanity, SpaceX, Mars & the return of Expedition 47 from the ISS. My heart and soul goes out to those affected by the events in Orlando this past week. Let us spread Love, Science and Humanity to the world! Enjoy!   SUPPORT THE PODCAST:  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: SpaceX EutelSat/ABS Mission - Launch & Landing [COVERAGE] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNmtUEvI5A SpaceX EutelSat/ABS Mission Press Kit http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_eutelsat_abs_press_kit.pdf Elon Musk provides new details on his ‘mind blowing’ mission to Mars https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/06/10/elon-musk-provides-new-details-on-his-mind-blowing-mission-to-mars/ Expedition 47 Landing Coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvv2qYS6-5Q

WELCOME TO THE SHOW!   On this week's episode, Alex gives a 3D printing update, shares this week's Orbital News & starts the newest segment "Elon Musk said..." where the Internet claims that he thinks we live in a simulation. I provide an alternative view to the madness and go over what Elon ACTUALLY said (youtube clip included below) Enjoy!   SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE: Shop using our Amazon link! AMAZON.COM! Just click on this & Shop! Set it & forget it: Bookmark it in your browser!  Listen, Buy or Play our first single - "Pluto, the Misunderstood." on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, SoundCloud & more! SPACE LINKS: Is life a video game? | Elon Musk | Code Conference 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KK_kzrJPS8 Space to Ground: Enter the BEAM : 06/10/2016 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html NASA TV Airs Return of NASA Astronaut, Two Crewmates from Space Station https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-airs-return-of-nasa-astronaut-two-crewmates-f