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NASA in Silicon Valley Live is a talk show that features conversations with scientists, researchers, engineers and all-around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. In this episode streamed on Sept. 27, 2018, we talk about space video games, exploring deep space and more.
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Transcript Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott: Okay, Joe. I’m picking up the drill now.Mission Control (Joe Allen): Roger, Dave. Narrator:Apollo astronauts conducted the first deep-drilling operation on the Moon in 1971. Dave Scott: It works!Mission Control (Joe Allen): Beautiful. And, for goodness sakes, hang on to it there. Don’t throw it.Dave Scott: Yeah, man. You’d better believe. (music) Narrator:Previous robotic missions had burrowed into the lunar surface – NASA’s Surveyors 3 and 7 dug shallow trenches with a scoop in the late 1960s, and in 1970 the Soviet Luna 16 lander drilled a hole about a foot deep. The…
A conversation with Linda Jensen, associate director for Workforce Culture and Engagement and Kerry Zarchi, the branch chief for Entry Systems and Vehicle Development and also the acting branch chief for Aerothermodynamics. Both are at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Transcript Matthew Buffington:You are listening to what was the NASA in Silicon Valley podcast. Recently, the podcast has evolved into NASA in Silicon Valley Live, a conversational live, video show where, as always, we talk to the various scientists, engineers, researchers and all-around cool people at NASA. For the original podcast, we had a new 30-minute episode…
On the Gravity Assist podcast we have interviewed dozens of scientists, engineers, and others dedicated to the mission of NASA space exploration. After five years, the show is coming to a close. Here are some final thoughts and episode highlights from the podcast team. In the space exploration world, we talk about a “gravity assist” as a maneuver past a planet that increases a spacecraft’s speed. The spacecraft steals a tiny bit of energy from the planet, which is much more massive and has a lot more gravity than the spacecraft. Through the magic of physics, the spacecraft speeds…