Talking Space

On this episode, we are happy to welcome back our panelist Gene, who was plagued by a nasty side effect that has been called "The Kermit" as your voice sounds like a frog. Our main topic is the large discovery that was recently made of "significant amounts" of water being discovered on our nearest in-space neighbor, the moon. Along with that, we discuss NASA's attempts to Free Spirit from its curr...

As a nice change of pace, we break away for a short while from our normal podcast to a segment called "What's On Your Mind" where we will occasionally select a space tweep who is willing to do an interview and get to know a little bit more about them. This time, Mark Ratterman interviews Mark Benson (@MDBenson) about his interests in space, astronomy, astrophotography, and many other interesting s...

After a long-awaited return of the Space Tweeps Podcast, we are back, and we are now the Talking Space Podcast: Presented by members of the Space Tweep Society. This week, after a 3 week break, we invite special guest Tavi Greiner (@tavigreiner) to come on the show and aid in our discussion of astronomy, and not just how to get people interested in NASA, but how to get them interested in astronomy...

In this episode, we discuss the recent findings of water on both the moon and near the equator of Mars below the surface. We also discuss the official date of the Ares 1-X test launch and if it will fly, and a special look at the STS-127 Tweetup with our very own Gene Mikulka, who was at the tweetup in Washington D.C. Host this week: Sawyer Rosenstein. Panel Members: Gene Mikulka, Mark Ratterman,...

This week Our panel takes on the topic of how the main stream media in general covers the US Space Program Host this week: Gene Mikulka. Panel Members: Mark Ratterman, Gina Herlihy  Sawyer Rosenstein. Announcer: Russ Dale , Space Tweep Theme Composed by: Todd Cecilio. Special thanks to all of the members of the Space Tweep Society (http://spacetweepsociety.org )  The folks at Spacevidcast (http://...

Welcome to our first podcast! An open exchange of ideas and opinions about current events in space exploration, space science and policy.  As an introduction we tell you what were all about, what we are not and kick around two topics timely topics in space flight news. Topic One: A possible plan to get humans to the Martian surface made a bit of a splash last week because of it’s unorth...