Infrastructure: Videos
Magic in the Mojave: NewSpace Visionaries Live Here
This video takes you into the soul of the Mojave Air & SpacePort, a very special zone in the California desert where advanced technologies are developed that can take us to the edge of space and can send small spacecraft into Earth orbit. It's the Silicon Valley of advanced air and space technologies.
Science For a Hungry World | NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
If a particular region is going to have a bad harvest, FEWS NET looks at the strength of the community. They look at how much was produced in previous years. Is this the first bad year after many good years or is it the fifth bad year in a row? So it's all about context. If we understand the context, we can then provide accurate early warning of a crisis before it comes down the pike."
"Satellite remote sensing, particularly with vegetation, because of its certainty and reliability across space and time has really come to be absolutely critical in trying to determine when there's a problem. and when action is required. Having that early look at production that we get from remote sensing observations is critical to having the pieces in place and the analysis done and the people forewarned so that if there is a requirement for sending out food assitance, we will have all the little pieces in place so that we can do that in a rapid way."
Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight | You Tube
"In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepreneurs to pick up where NASA has left off." Rutan shares his vision for how the emerging commercial space industry can help inspire the next generation to become the innovative pathfinders to the future.
Elon Musk - National Space Symposium, April 1, 2009 | Space Foundation
"A video of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, speaking at the Space Foundations 25th National Space Symposium, April 1, 2009." Musk shows dramatic video of the successful Falcon 1 rocket launch, a recent Falcon 9 engine firing, and a high-quality animation of a future Falcon 9/Dragon capsule launch of human crew, transport of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, docking, undocking, reentry and water recovery using parachutes. In Q&A he reiterates their long-term goal of developing a fully-reusuable launch system, competing strongly in the international launch market, being a major cargo transporter to/from the ISS, and wanting to transport humans to LEO, the Moon and even Mars.
Planetary Skin - Cisco's Video Story
“Planetary Skin is a massive system for global-monitoring of environmental conditions that will enable effective decision making in the private and public sectors and in communities, using data collected from myriad sources including space, airborne, maritime, terrestrial and people-based sensor networks. Data will be analyzed, verified and reported over open standards-based Web 2.0 and 3.0 collaborative spaces for decision makers.”
Reaction Engines Limited :: Skylon : Operations Animation
An impressive video depicting a future RLV spacecraft using reaction engines that propel it from an airport takeoff to an altitude where the rocket function kicks in and it goes into Earth orbit.
Living and Working in Space Movie - Spaceports
“Spaceports: Whether you’re talking about privately owned and operated rockets to ferry cargo to low earth orbit, or the customers already in line for the opportunity to weightlessly gaze upon Earth from outer space, the “personal space flight revolution” will bring a new element of infrastructure to our communities” Spaceports both proposed and in development across the US are profiled in this 12 minute video. Since this was made in 2005, SpaceShipTwo has passed a successful test flight and Virgin Galactic has signed an agreement with that company to provide spacecraft and with SpacePort America in New Mexico to fly passengers to the edge of space. Much progress has been made in the last 4 years and is continuing.
Powering the Planet - Space Based Solar Power (Space Futures Channel)
On October 10, 2007, a report was released by the Pentagon on the feasibility of developing space solar power systems that transmit unlimited energy to Earth. This 20 minute video provides an overview of current concepts and development in this area which, if it could be developed, would provide a new major clean power source for the planet and produce major commercial benefits.