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| February 13 | David Jarrett Program Executive Landsat Data Continuity Mission NASA Headquarters Washington D.C. Ken Schwer Jim Irons | The characteristics of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft and Atlas 5 launch vehicle. Satellite to be called Landsat 8 after commisioning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| February 20 | Matthew Larson Associate Director Climate and Land Use Change United States Geological Survey Reston Virginia | The uses of the data to be gathered by the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| February 27 | Marlene Kanga National President Engineers Australia Canberra | Welcome address at the 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress. The Australian aerospace industry in the context of the Asian Century. Also introduction by Noel Martin, Congress Chair. (Recorded Melbourne Convention Centre) Listen or download (15 min 45 s - 14.4 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| February 27 | Gordon Rich-Phillips MLC- State member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region Assistant Treasurer Minister for Technology Minister for Aviation Industry Melbourne | Opening address to the Australian International Aerospace Congress. The aviation industry in Victoria. Also introduction by Noel Martin, Congress Chair. (Recorded Melbourne Convention Centre) Listen or download introduction (1 min 32 s - 1.4 MB) Listen or download address (8 min 50 s - 8.0 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 6 | Tom Burbage Executive Vice President Joint Strike Fighter Program Integration Lockheed Martin USA | A detailed description of the F-35 Joint Strike Force Fighter Programme - the rationale, the capabilities and the other aircraft it replaces. Australia's involvement. Listen or download Part 1( 8 min 38 s - 7.9 MB) Listen or download Part 2 (7 min 33 s - 6.6 MB) Listen or download Part 3 (10 min 33 s - 9.6 MB) IMAGES: A full scale mock-up of the F-35 was displayed at the 2014 Point Cook Centenary of Military Aviation airshow. The Space Show was given special access when the cockpit was opened for us. View photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 13 | Charlie Bolden Administrator NASA Washington, D.C. | Remarks on the handing over of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 20 | Bobby Fogel Program Scientist GRAIL NASA HQ Washington, D.C. Maria Zuber Sami Asmar Leesa Hubbard | A look back at a briefing on the GRAIL mission. Included the idea that the Earth may once have had two moons. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 10 | Michael Solomon Program Manager Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Office of Science Department of Energy Washington, D.C. | The early results from the AMS instrument aboard the International Space Station give hints about the antimatter imbalance and the nature of dark matter. (Courtesy NASA HQ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 10 | Kate Lundy Senator Australian Parliament Canberra | Announcement of the Australian Satellie Utilisation Policy. (Recorded at Mount Stromlo for The Space Show by DIISRTE) Listen or download (9 min 18 s - 6.4 MB) Picture: Senator Lundy launching policy (CourtesyANU) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 17 | Jeffrey Bleich Ambassador United States of America Canberra Mike Whelan Jon Walker Ed Kuzins | The 40th anniversary ceremony for the Deep Space Station 43. Recorded at Tidbinbilla.
Listen or download (25 min 8 s - 23.6 MB) Photographs by The Space Show: Antennae DSS 43 Antenna At base of DSS 43 Attendees 1 Attendees 2 Attendees 3 Ambassador Bleich, Mike Whelan and John Walker with Andrew Rennie behind starting recording Ambassador Bleich 1 Ambassador Bleich 2 Ambassador Bleich 3 Ed Kruzins, Mike Whelan and Jon Walker Mike Whelan 1 Mike Whelan 2 Mike Whelan with Ed Kuzins and Jon Walker behind The DSS 43 antenna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 15 | Michael Davis Chair Space Industry Association of Australia Adelaide Jennifer Doyle John Le Marshall Peter Woodgate | Implementing the New National Satellite Utilisation Policy: An explanation of the Australian Satellite Utilisation Policy and how two organisations are developing space applications. (Recorded at Space Industry Forum, Melbourne) Listen or download broadcast (49 min 34 s - 45.3 MB) Listen or download introduction (3 min 11 s - 2.9 MB) Listen or download Jennifer Doyle (11 min 6 s - 10.4 MB) Listen or download John Le Marshall (17 min 55 s - 16.8 MB) Listen or download Peter Woodgate (18 min 10 s - 17.0 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 22 | Michael Davis Chair Space Industry Association of Australia Adelaide Jennifer Doyle John Le Marshall Peter Woodgate | Implementing the New National Satellite Utilisation Policy: A questions and answer session about the Australian Satellite Utilisation Policy and its implementation. (Recorded at Space Industry Forum, Melbourne) Listen or download Q&A Session Part 1 (13 min 02 s- 11.9 MB) Listen or download raw recording of Q&A Session (25 min 3 s - 23.4 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 29 | Michael Davis Chair Space Industry Association of Australia Adelaide Jennifer Doyle John Le Marshall Peter Woodgate | Implementing the New National Satellite Utilisation Policy: A questions and answer session about the Australian Satellite Utilisation Policy and its implementation. (Recorded at Space Industry Forum, Melbourne) Listen or download Q&A Session Part 2 (19 min 8 s - 17.5 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 19 | Opportunity Departs Cape York for Solander Point | Opportunity is being driven towards a winter haven on Solnder Point. To mark the tenth anniversary of the launch of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity three people take stock of what it has achieved and what is planned for the coming months. Participants were: John Callas (Project Manager, Mars Exploration Rovers, Jet Propulsion Laboratotory, Pasadena, California); Steve Squyres (Principal Investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers, Cornell University, Ithica, New York); and Ray Arvidson, Deputy Principal Investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 10 | Richard Morgan Research Scientist Queensland University | The origins of hypersonic research in 1962, shock tubes, scramjet research in the 1980s, Japan's Hyflex tests, Australia's Hyshot programme and the good and the bad about scramjets. (Recorded Australian Space Research Institute, Adelaide) Listen or download part 1 (9 min 47 s - 8.9 MB) Listen or download part 2 (4 min 55 s - 4.5 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 31 | The IRIS Satellite | The announcement of the first IRIS observations of the Sun. Featured John Grunsfeld (Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA HQ, Washington, D.C.), Alan Weston (Director, Programs and Projects, Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California) and from Lockheed martin's Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto, California: Gary Kushner (Project Manager), Alan Title (Principal Investigator) and Bart De Pontieu (Research Scientist). (Courtesy NASA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| August 14 | David Southwood Director of Science European Space Agency Paris | Some European science missions that were underway in 2006 and an update for 2013. (Recorded at State Library of Victoria) Listen or download lecture only (5 min 40 s - 5.1 MB) Listen or download lecture and update (8 min 33 s - 7.8 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| August 14 | Jared Letto (Musician, 30 Seconds To Mars) and Tom Marshburn (NASA Astronaut, ISS) | Discussion about life on the international Space Station and the music of 30 Seconds To Mars. (Audio inserts courtesy JSC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 13 | John Grunsfeld Associate Administrator Science Mission Directorate NASA HQ Washington, D.C. Joan Salute Butler Hine Sarah Noble Dan Cornwell Doug Voss | The Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer mission to the Moon. Its aims, launch and gyroscope problems following launch. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 25 | Daniel Solomon Scientist Jindalee project Defence Science Technology Organisation Adelaide | Using Meteor Trails To Improve Radar Performance. How DSTO has been able to enhance the capabilities of the Jindalee over the horizon radar system by using the ionisation trails of meteors. (Recorded at Melbourne Exhibition Centre) Listen or download (22 min 37 s - 21.1 MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 9 | William Pickering Director (Retired) Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | A summary of the space age as seen from his perspective of involvement from its inception. (Recorded at Auckland University, 1983 October) Listen or download (22 min 37 s - 21.1 MB) October 16
| William Pickering | Director (Retired) Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California What New Zealand could do to use space technology. (Recorded at Auckland University, 1983 October) | Listen or download (13 min 31 s - 12.3 MB) October 23
| Anne Brumfitt | Education Consultant ESTEC Nordwijk Netherlands The efforts of the European Space Agency to promote science and engineering education. (Recorded at Victorian Space Science Education Centre, Strathmore) | Listen or download introduction to event (1 min 26 s - 1.3 MB) Listen or download lecture (40 min 15 s - 37.7 MB) Listen or download unbroadcast Q&A session (16 min 51 s - 15.8 MB) Listen or download Thompson's vote of thanks (2 min 21 s - 2.2 MB) November 20
| John Grunsfeld | Associate Administrator Science Mission Directorate NASA HQ Washington, D.C. Reasons for studying Mars. (Courtesy NASA HQ) | November 20
| Bruce Jakosky | Principal Investigator MAVEN Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado Boulder Colorado The science objectives of the MAVEN spacecraft. (Courtesy NASA HQ) | November 20
| Jim Green | Director Planetary Science Division NASA HQ Washington, D.C. An overview of current Mars missions. (Courtesy NASA HQ) | November 20
| Kelly Fast | Program Scientist MAVEN NASA HQ Washington, D.C. The Sun, Mars and MAVEN. (Courtesy NASA HQ) | November 27
| Hans Schlegal | Astronaut ESTEC European Space Agency Noordwijk The Netherlands How he became an astronaut. (Recorded at Victorian Space Science Education Centre, Strathmore) | * Listen or download introduction (1 min 23 s - 1.2 MB) * Listen or download lecture (9 min 38 s - 8.7 MB) December 4
| Hans Schlegal | Astronaut ESTEC European Space Agency Noordwijk The Netherlands His training as an astronaut. (Recorded at Victorian Space Science Education Centre, Strathmore) | Listen or download (12 min 45 s - 11.6 MB) December 11
| Hans Schlegal | Astronaut ESTEC European Space Agency Noordwijk The Netherlands His early experiences in space. (Recorded at Victorian Space Science Education Centre, Strathmore) | Listen or download (12 min 55 s - 11.8 MB) December 18
| Hans Schlegal | Astronaut ESTEC European Space Agency Noordwijk The Netherlands Spacewalking, the Columbus module, in space aboard the Space Shuttle and the future of the International Space Station in the post Shuttle era. (Recorded at Victorian Space Science Education Centre, Strathmore) | Listen or download Columbus and EVA (5 min 23 s - 4.9 MB) Listen or download Aboard Shuttle (2 min 15 s - 2.0 MB) Listen or download ISS after STS (3 min 49 s - 3.5 MB) December 18
| TV Science - Fact or Fiction?
| A panel of television science documentary makers discuss the pressures on them to conform to executive pressures. Includes Nigel Henbest (science writer), Heather Couper (TV/Radio documentary presenter), David Smith (Museum Victoria) and several science communicators from ABC TV. (Recorded at Melbourne Exhibition Centre) | Listen or download (32 min 49 s - 30.0 MB) |
