Spacevidcast logo |
|
| Hosting | Benjamin Higginbotham Cariann Higginbotham |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Updates | Friday 2:00 a.m. UTC |
| Length | cca. 30 min |
| Video format | Flash |
| Debut | March 26, 2008 |
| Genre | Video podcast |
| Website | www.spacevidcast.com |
Spacevidcast, often abbreviated as SVC, is a live weekly HD video podcast hosted by husband and wife team, Cariann Higginbotham and Benjamin Higginbotham. The mission statement for Spacevidcast is "Making space commonplace."
SVC's main purpose, as stated, is
| “ | ...to get all of planet Earth excited about space flight and living amongst the stars. | ” |
In contrast to most space-related podcasts, Spacevidcast is produced independently and is not associated with any governmental or private organization, which sets it apart from other shows like NASA Edge or Hubblecast.[1][2] In August 2011 show host Benjamin Higginbotham was hired at SpaceX, however there is no tie between SpaceX and Spacevidcast.
Aside from the generally available video content Spacevidcast also offers some audio and text content as well as a paid service called EPIC, st started a paid, includes a wide variety of "extra" content. In addition a Spacevidcast Wiki is hosted by the initiative. Spacevidcast was awarded the Best Presentation of Space Award during NewSpace 2010.[3]
Contents |
The show consists of several parts, starting with a show-opener that includes a Spacevidcast theme song, a logo including the motto Making Space Commonplace and a collection of space related footage. After a brief introduction of the hosts and a short off-topic discussion, the first segment of the show is Space News. Prepared by co-host Cariann, Space News takes up most of the first part of the podcast. A number of videos, as well as the Spacevidcast calendar of upcoming spaceflight-related events, are played after the news segment. During the third segment, the show hosts either discuss one or more topics with the live chat room community or interview guests.
| Episode | Title | Main Theme | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.01 | "Spacevidcast Episode 001" | Introduction to Spacevidcast | March 16, 2008 |
| 1.02 | "Spacevidcast Episode 002" | Docking of Jules Verne ATV, Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship 2 | April 3, 2008 |
| 1.03 | "Spacevidcast Episode 003" | Public, private space travel | April 10, 2008 |
| 1.04 | "Spacevidcast Episode 004" | Guest: James Smith (First Chair, Office of Tomorrows Mars) | April 17, 2008 |
| 1.05 | "Spacevidcast Episode 005" | Politics in space | April 24, 2008 |
| 1.06 | "Spacevidcast Episode 006" | Guest: Adam Kimberlin (NASA intern) | May 1, 2008 |
| 1.07 | "Spacevidcast Episode 007" | The future of the Spacevidcast | May 8, 2008 |
| 1.08 | "Space, Politics and US Presidential Candidates views on NASA" | NASA in the 2008 U.S. presidential election | May 15, 2008 |
| 1.09 | "Blair Allen from NASA Edge joins us" | Guest: Blair Allen (Host, NASA Edge) | May 22, 2008 |
| 1.10 | "Contests, Extrasolar Planets, Phoenix Lander and STS-124" | Extended Space news coverage | May 29, 2008 |
| 1.11 | "STS-124 updates, ISS toilet and Spacevidcast Happenings" | Extended Space news coverage | June 5, 2008 |
| 1.12 | "Rocket launches, new space suit, Google goes to space and more" | Launches of the week | June 12, 2008 |
| 1.13 | "Earth’s Twin, NEOSSat, Space Camp Barbie and all things Mars" | Mars | June 26, 2008 |
| 1.14 | "Can we re-start Mars?" | Terraformation of Mars | July 3, 2008 |
| 1.15 | "Exploding Bolts and EVAs, Solar Panels and would you go to space?" | Would you go to space? | July 10, 2008 |
| 1.16 | "NASA needs your urine, KitKat winner, CATS and the Buzz’s Buzz" | Buzz Aldrin making a buzz about sci-fi and our youth | July 17, 2008 |
| 1.17 | "THEMIS, Phoenix Lander Update, NASA Images and Repurpose the ISS" | Should we repurpose the International Space Station to explore space? | July 24, 2008 |
| 1.18 | "Spacevidcast Episode 018" | Extraterrestrial life | August 7, 2008 |
| 1.19 | "Moon, Moon and more Moon" | The Moon | August 14, 2008 |
| 1.20 | "William Pomerantz from the Google Lunar X PRIZE joins us live" | Guest: William Pomerantz (Director of Space Projects, X PRIZE Foundation) | August 21, 2008 |
| 1.21 | "Hubble Telescope Live Show" | The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope | August 28, 2008 |
| 1.22 | "CSA, NASA, GOP and of course moon dust foiling my plans again!" | Moon dust problems | September 4, 2008 |
| 1.23 | "JSC Closes, Ask Hawking a question, Space Solar Power and pretty please with a cherry on top?" | Fundraizing | September 11, 2008 |
| 1.24 | "STS-125, Space Shuttle Atlantis and Endeavour and the future of space" | General discussion | September 11, 2008 |
| 1.25 | "China is changing the space game, STS-125 delayed... again... Episode" | General discussion | September 25, 2008 |
| 1.26 | "Private space travel moves forward while NASA prepares to roll Atlantis back" | General discussion | October 2, 2008 |
| 1.27 | "The sacrifice and loss in human space flight thus far" | Failure in spaceflight | October 9, 2008 |
| 1.28 | "Soyuz TMA-13 launches, ISS gets another fixed potty, and the Lunar Lander Challenge!" | The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge | October 16, 2008 |
| 1.29 | "Pictures of Mercury, HST back online and the NGLLC" | The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge | October 31, 2008 |
| 1.30 | "Into Space, out of Space and everything in between!" | Websites dedicated to space | November 7, 2008 |
| 1.31 | "Launch of STS-126 with Space Shuttle Endeavour" | STS-126 | November 14, 2008 |
| 1.32 | "ISS, Mars and Space: in the palm of our hand, or just out of reach?" | Should NASA reach out more? | December 5, 2008 |
| 1.33 | "Teddybears in space?" | NASA in during the presidential transition | December 12, 2008 |
| 1.34 | "Looking to the future of space travel. 2009, 2010 and beyond!" | Spaceflight predictions for 2009 and 2010 | December 19, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Main Theme | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.01 | "New NASA Administrator, Obama's Space Race, NASA's Budget!" | Testing Spacevidcast 2.0! | January 16, 2009 |
| 2.02 | "The new space race — Who cares?" | The new multiplayer Space Race | January 23, 2009 |
| 2.03 | "The space elevator" | Space elevators | January 30, 2009 |
| 2.04 | "Where is the profit in private space?" | Economic justification for private spaceflight | February 7, 2009 |
| 2.05 | "Humans vs Robots Who should explore space?" | Advantages and disadvantages of human and robotic spaceflight | February 14, 2009 |
| 2.06 | "NASA’s Constellation Program" | NASA after the Space Shuttle | February 21, 2009 |
| 2.07 | "The end of the Space Shuttle era" | NASA after the Space Shuttle | February 28, 2009 |
| 2.08 | "What impact will the economy have on space?" | How the 2008 economic crisis is affecting spaceflight | March 7, 2009 |
| 2.09 | "Everything ISS" | Risk of space debris hitting the ISS, the new ISS 24/7 webcam, future of the ISS | March 14, 2009 |
| 2.10 | "STS-119 music video and Space 2.0 updates" | News about all things space | April 4, 2009 |
| 2.11 | "Interview with the Space Renaissance Initiative" | Guest: Annie (Space Renaissance Initiative) | April 10, 2009 |
| 2.12 | "Interview with Tim Bailey of ISDC 2009" | Guest: Tim Bailey (Conference Chair, International Space Development Conference 2009) | April 17, 2009 |
| 2.13 | "Chris and Blair from NASA EDGE" | Guests: Chris Giersch, Blair Allen (Hosts, NASA Edge) | April 27, 2009 |
| 2.14 | "Constellation cutbacks and STS-125 is ready to roll... again!" | NASA news | May 2, 2009 |
| 2.15 | "Spacevidcast live from ISDC" | Guests: Brian Zollman (BZWingZero), Darrell Cain, Tim Bailey (Conference Chair, ISDC 2009) | May 28, 2009 |
| 2.16 | "STS-125 Music Video, ISDC and AEXA" | Guest: Fernando De La Peña (Promoter of the Mexican Space Agency) | June 4, 2009 |
| 2.17 | "News, news, and more news" | Lots of news about space | June 11, 2009 |
| 2.18 | "Mars Hoax, MLAS, Zero G wedding, LRO/LCROSS and Spaceport America" | Space news about new happenings in the United States | June 18, 2009 |
| 2.19 | "SeaLaunch Chapter 11, Obama and Kennedy, GUCP again and Ares vs Side Shuttle vs Direct" | Future options for NASA | June 26, 2009 |
| 2.20 | "Guinness in space, JAXA Space Power, Ulysses is dead!" | A Guinness space contest | July 3, 2009 |
| 2.21 | "Grant Atkinson, Director Chapter Affairs for SEDS-USA" | Guest: Grant Atkinson, Director Chapter Affairs for SEDS-USA | July 10, 2009 |
| 2.22 | "Spacevidcast with Omega Envoy guest Jason Dunn" | Guest: Jason Dunn (member, Omega Envoy) | July 17, 2009 |
| 2.23 | "Spacevidcast with Orphans of Apollo director Michael Potter" | Guest: Michael Potter, Producer and Director of the documentary Orphans of Apollo | July 24, 2009 |
| 2.24 | "Spacevidcast Newsathon" | Tons of Space News skipped on July 24th. | July 31, 2009 |
| 2.25 | "STS-127 Music Video and News from Space!" | News including first tweets from space. | August 7, 2009 |
| 2.26 | "New Russian Rocket, Personal Satellite and more!" | Guest: Space news including a new space porch and new Russian rocket. | August 14, 2009 |
| 2.27 | "Spacevidcast with guest David R. Haslam" | Guest: David Haslam, Author of The Twitter Workbook | August 21, 2009 |
| 2.28 | "NASA clocks argument, STS-128 and space evangelism" | The great T- vs L- clock debate and other space news. | July 17, 2009 |
| 2.29 | "Space Sim & camera, China and the NGLLC" | Videos of competing rocket vehicles in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. | September 17, 2009 |
| 2.30 | "Masten Space, OneDrop.org and ZOMG THE END OF THE WORLDZ!!!111!!" | Guests: Michael Mealling and Ben Brockert of Masten Space Systems. | October 9, 2009 |
| 2.31 | "Space News for the week of Oct 11, 2009" | Guests: NA | October 9, 2009 |
| 2.32 | "Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM Flight Controller" | Guest: Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM Flight Controller | October 23, 2009 |
| 2.33 | "Masten Space, Russia going for Mars and STS-129" | Guest: Michael Mealling of Masten Space Systems | October 30, 2009 |
| 2.34 | "Live with SEDS guest Rick Hanton" | Guest: SEDS guest Rick Hanton | November 6, 2009 |
| 2.35 | "Honoring the Apollo 12 40th anniversary with Robert Godwin" | Guest: Author Robert Godwin | November 13, 2009 |
| 2.36 | "Live interview with author Ted Spitzmiller" | Guest: Author Ted Spitzmiller | December 6, 2009 |
| 2.37 | "Lead FSW Engineer for NASA’s LCROSS program, Emory Stagmer" | Guest: Engineer Emory Stagmer, LCROSS program | December 13, 2009 |
| 2.38 | "Douglas Mallette, author of Turning Point" | Guest: Author Douglas Mallette | December 18, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Main Theme | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.01 | "A new year for Spacevidcast and New Space!" | Updates to SVC in 2010, Titan Mare Explorer (TiME). | January 08, 2010 |
| 3.02 | "FlyingJenny talks Space Tweeps with Space Geeks" | Guest: Space Tweep Society founder and Space Shuttle technician Jen Scheer (@FlyingJenny) | January 15, 2010 |
| 3.03 | "Douglas Messier from ParabolicArc talks NewSpace" | Guest: ParabolicArc founder Douglas Messier | January 22, 2010 |
| 3.04 | "The Future of NASA and WeWantOurFuture.org" | Guest: Brad Cheetham of WeWantOurFuture.org | January 29, 2010 |
| 3.05 | "NASA FY2011 and SpaceUp with Chris Radcliff" | Guest: SpaceUp organizer Chris Radcliff | February 05, 2010 |
| 3.06 | "STS-130 launches, SDO Launches, TwitPic from Space and more!" | spacenews | February 14, 2010 |
| 3.07 | "Post show, show, pre show, live show?" | February 21, 2010 | |
| 3.08 | "Space is Boring with Andy Cochrane" | Guest: SpaceUp Ignite speaker Andy Cochrane | March 07, 2010 |
| 3.09 | "LAUNCH: Water" | Guest: NASA Intern Sean Herron | March 12, 2010 |
| 3.10 | "SxSW and your Moon 2.0 passion" | Cariann wrapup of the SxSW Interactive week | March 19, 2010 |
| 3.11 | "Robert Pearlman, collectSPACE.com" | Guest: Robert Pearlman, creator of collectSPACE.com | March 26, 2010 |
| 3.12 | "Ed Buckbee, NASA PAO" | Guest: NASA Public Affairs Officer Ed Buckbee | April 2, 2010 |
| 3.13 | "Yuri’s Night Global Party" | Guest: Yuri's Night founder Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides | April 9, 2010 |
| 3.14 | "Obama’s NASA plan and affordable access to space" | Guest: The author of Floating to Space, John Powell | April 16, 2010 |
| 3.15 | "Jeffrey Manber and Commercializing space" | Guest: The author of Selling Peace, Jeffrey Manber | April 23, 2010 |
| 3.16 | "Bill Suitor, Earth is safe, SDOoooooh and more news" | Guest: The author of The Rocketbelt Handbook, Bill Suitor | April 30, 2010 |
| 3.17 | "STS-132, Pad Abort Test, Voyager 2, Mars in 3D and more!" | Space News of all kinds! | May 7, 2010 |
| 3.21 | "SpaceX and Iridium, Rocket teeth and more! Live show 3.21" | Space News about SpaceX, the RRL, and Orion | June 18, 2010 |
| 3.22 | "Moonbots with Team Tater Tot - Live Show 3.22" | Guests: Minnesota X-Prize Moonbots Team Tater Tot | July 2, 2010 |
| 3.23 | "News From Around the Universe - Live Show 3.23" | Robonaut, Hayabusa, and Cool UK Physics Posters | July 9, 2010 |
| 3.24 | "Why we should colonize the moon with Dennis Wingo - Live Show 3.24" | Guest: The author of Moonrush, Dennis Wingo | July 16, 2010 |
| 3.25 | "Nuclear Rockets with James Dewar – Live Show 3.25" | Guest: The author of The Nuclear Rocket, James Dewar | July 30, 2010 |
| 3.26 | "Trouble on the ISS – Live Show 3.26" | Cooling issues on the ISS, Space Debris threatening the ISS and a clever way to get rid of it, and more | August 8, 2010 |
| 3.27 | "Live TV from the Moon with Dwight Steven-Boniecki – Live Show 3.27" | Guest: The author of Live TV from the Moon, Dwight Steven-Boniecki | August 14, 2010 |
| 3.28 | "Moon, Mars and Beyond with Andrew Chaikin – Live Show 3.28" | (100th show) Guest: The author of books detailing the space program, Andrew Chaikin | August 22, 2010 |
| 3.29 | "UnSpacevidcast at your UnConference – Live Show 3.29" | Guests: Many fans of SpaceVidcast including VAXHeadroom, PeteRiesett, Porkchop, and Tim846 | August 27, 2010 |
| 3.30 | "SpaceUp DC Recap – Live Show 3.30" | Lots of discussion about what happened at SpaceUp D.C. | September 2, 2010 |
| 3.31 | "William Pomerantz, GLXP and X PRIZE – Live Show 3.31" | Guest: Senior Director of Space Projects for the X PRIZE Foundation, William Pomerantz | September 10, 2010 |
| 3.32 | "NewSpace News – Live Show 3.32" | Space Adventures, Boeing, Armadillo Aerospace, and Virgin Galactic are working to get you in space! | September 24, 2010 |
| 3.33 | "LCROSS Anniversary – Live Show 3.33" | Guests: Jim Munger, Craig Elder, Jose Cabinallas and Emory Stagmer of the LCROSS Mission | October 8, 2010 |
| 3.34 | "2010 was the tipping point – Live Show 3.34" | Ben jumps on his soapbox and talks about the status of human space flight. | October 22, 2010 |
| 3.35 | "Pat Duggins – Live Show 3.35" | Author Pat Duggins talks about his book "Trailblazing Mars: NASA’s Next Giant Leap" | October 29, 2010 |
| 3.36 | "News from Around Space – Live Show 3.36" | STS-133, a Delta II launch, LEGOS, and sex in space. | November 12, 2010 |
| 3.37 | "Art, Hollywood and Space – Live Show 3.37" | Pictures from space, new movies about the moon, the Hayabusa probe and more! | November 19, 2010 |
| 3.38 | "Near Space vs Space – Live Show 3.38" | More space news about everything from Google to Virgin Galactic | December 17, 2010 |
| 3.39 | "2010 in Review – Live Show 3.39" | Review of all that happened in the space industry in 2010, it was awesome! | December 24, 2010 |
| 3.40 | "New Years Eve and Space – Live Show 3.40" | A rocket goes bada boom, a sunset on Mars, Zombie Sat lives, and Spacevidcast 400. | December 31, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Main Theme | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.01 | "STS-135, cool space stuff and news - Live Show 4.01" | STS-135, the most complex EDL ever, China test unmanned craft, Nanosails and more news. | January 28, 2011 |
| 4.02 | "Yuri's Night Announcement – Live Show 4.02" | Dr. Ryan L. Kobrick of Yuri’s Night joins us live, space programs from ESA to Roscosmos, the Kepler mission, and shuttle retirement. | February 04, 2011 |
| 4.03 | "Spacevidcast Live 4.03" | Special thanks to the Vlogbrothers Hank and John for their epically awesome efforts to promote the assets of JDubST! | February 11, 2011 |
| 4.04 | "Spacevidcast Live 4.04" | February 18, 2011 | |
| 4.05 | "It’s not the end of an era, it is a new beginning – Live Show 4.05" | Discovery finishes her last mission. Endeavour is next. GLORY has issues but the military’s X-37B launches without a hitch. | March 11, 2011 |
| 4.06 | "How and why you should help Japan – Live show 4.06" | Send your ashes to orbit, the Cassini IMAX movie, MESSENGER enters Mercury’s orbit and the progress of New Space companies. | March 18, 2011 |
| 4.07 | "STS-134 Media, New Rockets, Nanosail-D – Live Show 4.07" | Armadillo Aerospace’s 100,000 foot flight, Rocketdyne's Bantam engine, Senators Crippling Rockets and NanoSail-D in orbit. | March 25, 2011 |
| 4.08 | "n3rd crush, possible STS-134 delay, SS2 and more! Live Show 4.08" | NASA Tweetup, STS-134 delay, stacking STS-135 is underway, Ariane 5 issues, BBC looks at SpaceShipTwo, and "Something Big is Coming" | April 1, 2011 |
| 4.09 | "Martian Summer with Andrew Kessler – Live Show 4.09" | Author Andrew Kessler talks about his experiences with Phoenix and his new book “Martian Summer” | April 8, 2011 |
| 4.10 | "Everyone wants a REAL orbiter – Live Show 4.10" | States without a retired orbiter are upset, States that did get an orbiter want a different one, and people are just plain grumpy. | April 15, 2011 |
| 4.11 | "OldSpace can be NewSpace too – Live Show 4.11" | STS-134 will be awesome, NASA Awards over a quarter billion to next generation space companies, and is China starting space race 2.0? | April 22, 2011 |
Spacevidcast has covered a number of live events such as Shuttle and Soyuz launches, the Phoenix Mars landing, the launch of Jules Verne ATV, the GLAST Space Telescope, Chandrayaan-1, Shenzhou 7, the Kepler Mission as well as commercial satellite launches. The website was one of many outlets to broadcast a live feed of the lunar impact by NASA's LCROSS spacecraft and participated in Guy Laliberté's Poetic Social Mission Event: Moving Stars and Earth for Water. These events are usually summed up in short daily clips dedicated to one or two events.
Additionally, Spacevidcast streams NASA TV with an accompanying chat room through UStream live 24/7 with an HD video feed during launches and other significant events.
The Spacevidcast team was the official event webcaster for the X Prize Foundation's 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.Spacevidcast streamed continuously from Las Cruces, New Mexico on October 24 and October 25. The hosts were on site to interview team leaders and VIP guests. The podcast was also the only media outlet to cover the Rocket Racing League at Spaceport America announcement by the governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson.
Spacevidcast was the exclusive webcaster of the 2009 International Space Development Conference, an annual event hosted and organized by the National Space Society. As part of its coverage, the hosts provided live video webcasts of the main presentations as well as an option for viewers to send questions via the chat room. The videos were also made available on demand. In addition to direct coverage of the conference, Spacevidcast also broadcast a regular weekly show from the ISDC 2009 setting and the hosts participated in a panel discussion on May 29 entitled Space Media 2.0.
Spacevidcast was the exclusive webcaster of the 2010 SpaceUp San Diego unconference, the first major space BarCamp-like event hosted by the San Diego Space Society. As part of their coverage, the hosts provided live video webcasts of the many of the presentations as well as much of the Ignite talks. The videos are now available on demand. The quality of these videos is low only because of a lack of internet connections at the conference and spotty cell phone coverage.
Spacevidcast was the exclusive webcaster of the 2010 Space Frontier Foundation NewSpace Conference, a yearly conference for NewSpace leaders to meet and organize the future of the NewSpace movement. Benjamin and Cariann provided live coverage of each of the talks during the weekend. The videos are now available on demand (some are EPIC subscriber-only).
Spacevidcast was the exclusive webcaster of the 2010 SpaceUp Washington D.C. unconference, the second space BarCamp-like event hosted by Evadot founder Michael Doornbos. As part of their coverage, the hosts provided live video webcasts of the many of the presentations and Ignite talks. The videos are now all available to watch on their Youtube channel.
Spacevidcast is the exclusive webcaster of the 2011 SpaceUp San Diego unconference, the third space BarCamp-like event hosted by the San Diego Space Society and the first repeat SpaceUp, held on February 12–13, 2011. Cariann Higginbotham, co-host of Spacevidcast, is attending the event and, assisted by corporate and private sponsors, will be providing live video webcasts of the many of the presentations and T-5 talks (similar to Ignite talks). The videos will be available to watch on their Youtube channel and will be viewable live on their website.
Spacevidcast is the exclusive webcaster of the 2011 SpaceUp Houston unconference, the fourth space BarCamp-like event hosted by the Clear Lake NSS/Moon Society and the Lunar and Planetary Institute on February 12–13, 2011. Benjamin Higginbotham, co-host of Spacevidcast, is attending the event and will be providing live video webcasts of the many of the presentations and demonstrations. The videos will be available to watch on their Youtube channel and will be viewable live on their website.
Spacevidcast was one of the first sources to get High Definition Space Shuttle launches online. These shows progressed until Spacevidcast was granted media access to the Kennedy Space Center Press site for STS-132 through the end of the program. The Spacevidcast shuttle coverage was marked as Wired Magazine's three best ways to watch a shuttle launch online.[4]
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||