Episode 02: Old Betsy and Other Oddities Due to Space Travel
Original Publish Date: March 10, 2018Acronyms used:ISS (International Space Station)NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) (0:16)Matt reads a paper from our News Corner about Tiangong-1 crashing into our planetUnited Nations, General Assembly, Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, December 12, 2017, “Note verbale dated 8 December 2017 from the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations (Vienna) addressed to the Secretary-General”, V1708786Ehttps://www.livescience.com/61955-chinese-space-station-reentry.html(3:30)Woman hit by space debris in 1997 https://www.npr.org/2011/09/21/140641362/where-falling-satellite-lands-is-anyones-guess(5:20)Tiangong-1 hit area http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/tiangong-1-reentry/cite)(8:54)Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk Tweet-off https://www.space.com/39600-jeff-bezos-wishes-elon-musk-good-luck.htmlWho is CEO of Virgin Galactic? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/a-view-from-the-top-josh-bayliss-ceo-virgin-group-galactica-cruises-money-media-a7744541.html(10:20)Richard Branson doesn’t let dyslexia stop him(10:37)Freakonomics Podcast referencing Branson http://freakonomics.com/podcast/richard-branson/(11:18)Grit from Freakonomics perspective http://freakonomics.com/podcast/grit/(12:30)The power of iteration(13:50)UNB Engg 1015 – Power/disadvantage of participation awards. The game, Blek http://blekgame.com/(19:14)Heat Transfer in space(20:55)Matt’s brilliant segue to convection from conduction(24:24)We touch on “zero” gravity planes again(26:00)Upside Down, Inside Out: making the video https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/ok-go-how-they-made-their-zero-gravity-video(27:00)Research in “mini” gravity: Lotto et al. use parabolic aircraft to do tests on convection(28:49)Astronaut overheating, Wear the “water onsie” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Cooling_and_Ventilation_Garment(30:04)Flame in Space https://www.space.com/21515-fire-space-microgravity-research.htmlControlled burn in Space (not on ISS) https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1761.html(31:54)Dangers of Carbon Dioxide https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2jzzlj/if_co2_is_heavier_than_air_why_doesnt_it_all_sink/?st=jepn5fui&sh=bf2bfa8e(32:44) Would you boil if your cooling system failed?How do the astronauts vent heat to space? https://planetaryvision.blogspot.ca/2013