Weekly Space Hangout – April 24, 2015: Bas Lansdorp, CEO of Mars One

Host:

Fraser Cain (

@fcain

)

Special Guest:

Bas Lansdorp, CEO of Mars One

Guests:

Morgan Rehnberg (

cosmicchatter.org

/

@MorganRehnberg

) Brian Koberlein (

@briankoberlein

) Alessondra Springmann (

@sondy

) Dave Dickinson (

@astroguyz

/

www.astroguyz.com

)

This Week's Stories:

25 years of Hubble

Rosetta spots a jet form on 67P

Japan to attempt lunar landing in 2018 (maybe!)

Dark matter interactions seen

CMB cold spot mystery solved

The 2015 Lyrids

Advanced LIGO and the Hunt for Gravitational Waves

A close pass of asteroid 2015 HD1

Alien Supercivilizations Absent from 100,000 Nearby Galaxies

Fix in Works for Giant SLS Welding Machine

The Cosmic Microwave Oven Background

Questions Remain In Antares Explosion Investigation

Sierra Nevada partners with German Aerospace Center to develop Dream Chaser

Dawn captures stunning views of Ceres' north pole

Revolutionary rocket engine passes U.S. Air Force feasibility test

Amateurs Given David Dunlap Observatory

White dwarf star may have shredded passing planet

Earth was grown from millimetre-sized stones

California Senate Votes to Honor Astronaut Sally Ride with Statue in US Capitol

A Reporter's View: NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission Taking Shape

First Signs of Self-interacting Dark Matter?

Rosetta's comet throws out big jet

Comet Jet Awakens

Rosetta catches jet erupting from comet's dark side

JPL Will Present their Mars Program Concept at the 2015 Humans to Mars Summit

A Cold Cosmic Mystery Solved

Asteroid just missed Earth Tuesday morning

India's Second Moon Mission To Be Fully Homegrown

The Lunar "Distraction"

SpaceX targets May 5 for Dragon pad abort test

A Sharp View into Black Holes

RIT scientist chosen as an Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassador: Brian Koberlein will inform public about U.S. astronomy efforts

Pad 0A slowly recovering from Orb 3 accident

NASA Delays Award of Commercial Cargo Follow-On Contracts

The bright spots on Ceres are coming into closer view!

New golden record may be uploaded to New Horizons probe

First visible light spectrum from exoplanet observed

First Exoplanet Visible Light Spectrum

ALMA reveals intense magnetic field close to supermassive black hole

Blue Origin To Begin Test Flights Within Weeks

NASA creates NExSS for life search

SpaceX successfully conducts static test fire in lead up to Apr. 27 TürkmenÄlem launch

Hubble Revisits Iconic 'Pillars of Creation' in HD

Japan's JAXA to attempt lunar landing in 2018

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Kicks Off Geography Trivia from Space

43 Dinosaur Eggs Discovered at Construction Site

HASC Subcommittee Proposes Changes to RD-180 Restrictions Among Multiple Other Space Issues

Celestial fireworks celebrate Hubble's 25th anniversary

Sorry, Interstellar, We Just Saw Some Of The Martian And It's Way Better

An Absolutely Massive Volcano Is Exploding In Chile Right Now

Transparent Aluminum? #StarTrek Navy Makes Armor Clear As Clay

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Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.