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The planet Mars is making its closest approach in 15 years during the summer of 2018. Here's what to expect by Jon Bell, the planetarium director of the Hallstrom Planetarium and professor of Physical Sciences at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida. Jon is also the host of the radio program SKYWATCH. In this episode Jon discusses how to get a good look at the red planet as it approaches opposition on July 27, 2018 (before and after), and what to do if you've caught the astronomy bug and are looking for a telescope. For more information about the Hallstrom Planetarium, visit www.irsc.edu For information about the Treasure Coast Astronomy Society, visit http://treasurecoastastronomy.org/ Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com Comments? Visit OnlineCoffeeBreak.com or call (317) 862-4700 to leave a comment we can share on the air! Follow us: Facebook: https://Facebook.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/onlinecoffeebrk YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntJrEWmH4h5rEPFQHLQwUQ

Here's a recap of our journey to the launch of SpaceX CRS-15 mission at Cape Canaveral on June 29, 2018, as part of the NASA's Social Media group. We were treated to behind the scenes look at NASA buildings, rockets and laboratories as well as the scientists and engineers who had a part in this mission. Truly an amazing experience! We feature not only video from the launch and behind the scenes photos, but also hi-fidelity sound of the launch! PLUS, we share some EXCITING news for our future! WARNING–Launch sound is LOUD! I supplemented the launch video with audio recorded from my H4N Zoom to show just how loud launches are. Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com Comments? Visit OnlineCoffeeBreak.com or call (317) 862-4700 to leave a comment we can share on the air! Follow us: Facebook: https://Facebook.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/onlinecoffeebrk YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntJrEWmH4h5rEPFQHLQwUQ

The Opportunity Rover, which has been surviving on Mars since January 2004, is struggling for its life during the dust storms on the red planet. In this episode, Dr. Jim Rice, the senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, discusses the current dust storms (the worst ever recorded) and how Opportunity is being affected. Dr. Rice is the co-investigator and geology team leader on the Mars Exploration Rover Project, which includes Spirit and Opportunity. He also has mission experience working on the Mars Odyssey Orbiter and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Projects. For more information on the current status of the Mars rovers, visit https://mars.nasa.gov If you would like to book Dr. Rice for a speaking engagement you can contact him at: moon2mars@gmail.com Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com Comments? Visit OnlineCoffeeBreak.com or call (317) 862-4700 to leave a comment we can share on the air! Follow us: Facebook: https://Facebook.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/onlinecoffeebrk YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntJrEWmH4h5rEPFQHLQwUQ

The Time has come to go to Mars! Dr. Robert Zubrin is the founder and President of the Mars Society, as well as a member of the organization's Board of Directors.  Dr. Zubrin is also President of Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace R&D company located in Lakewood, Colorado.  Formerly a Staff Engineer at Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver, he holds a Masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Washington. Dr. Zubrin is the inventor of several unique concepts for space propulsion and exploration. He's known internationally as one of the most creative engineers working in the aerospace industry today. He helped design the “Mars Direct” mission architecture, and was a co-inventor of the magnetic sail, as well as a nuclear rocket engine that can use CO2 as propellant, allowing a vehicle so powered to have virtually unlimited mobility on Mars. For more information about The Mars Society, please visit MarsSociety.org.  Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com Comments? Visit OnlineCoffeeBreak.com or call (317) 862-4700 to leave a comment we can share on the air! Follow us: Facebook: https://Facebook.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/onlinecoffeebrk

In this episode, Jeet Banerjee is going to share with us his tips for how to take action now to pursue the life that you want. Jeet is a 25-year-old serial entrepreneur, digital marketing consultant and TEDx speaker. Jeet began his entrepreneurial journey at age 17 and since then has launched over 10 companies. He has sold 2 of these businesses, helped jump start the businesses of others and has spoken at conferences all around the world. For more information about Jeet’s academy, visit theIncomeIncubator.com. For more information about Jeet, or to download his free eBook “Secrets of Insanely Successful People”, please visit jeetbanerjee.com. Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com Comments? Visit OnlineCoffeeBreak.com or call (317) 862-4700 to leave a comment we can share on the air! Follow us: Facebook: https://Facebook.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/OnlineCoffeeBreak Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/onlinecoffeebrk

In this episode Dr. Linda Yueh discusses her latest book, “What would the great economists do?” which looks at how we can apply lessons and theories of the past to solve today’s biggest economic problems. Dr. Yueh is an economist, broadcaster and author. She holds senior academic positions at Oxford University, London Business School, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was also an anchor and correspondent at the BBC and Bloomberg TV. What Would the Great Economists Do?: How Twelve Brilliant Minds Would Solve Today's Biggest Problems For more information, visit http://lindayueh.com Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

John Schneider, who made his television debut in 1978 as Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard then went on to many other shows including Smallville, Touched by an Angel, JAG and Walker, Texas Ranger, speaks with us in this episode about not only “Bo Duke”, but also his incredibly successful music career. We also speak with John about his role in the upcoming movie “The Favorite”, and his 52-song project titled “Odyssey”, where he’s releasing one song each week. We feature & discuss his new music in this episode including “Trophy”, “Can I Buy You A Beer” (dedicated to veterans and first responders) and “Fish”. For more information about John's music, filmmaking and acting career, or to preorder his music from the Odyssey, visit JohnSchneiderStudios.com. Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

In this episode (Spoiler Alert!) we review the Netflix reboot of Lost in Space with Laen August, co-host of the Alpha Control podcast. Laen grew up watching Irwin Allen’s original sci-fi adventure TV series and became a life-long fan. Each week, he and his co-host Kurt review individual episodes of the classic series. Laen is retired US Air Force combat pilot and commander, and travels the globe as a commercial airline pilot. For more information on Alpha Control: A Lost in Space podcast, visit alphacontrolpodcast.com. Check out our interview with Netflix Lost in Space executive producers Kevin Burns & Jon Jashni before the series premiered: Lost in Space (Netflix Reboot) Behind the Scenes with Executive Producers Kevin Burns & Jon Jashni Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

Gary Varvel is an award-winning, editorial cartoonist, actor and screenwriter. He draws political cartoons for The Indianapolis Star and has over 30 years of experience as a professional journalist. His work appears in 100 newspapers around the world, including The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Time, and Sports Illustrated, as well as on CNN and Fox News. Gary is also a board member of the House of Grace Films, where he plays a major role in writing, acting and producing. In this episode, Gary describes his journey for his amazing career as a cartoonist, as well as his Christian-inspired movie, “The War Within”. The War Within To learn more about Gary or to view his incredible cartoons, visit GaryVarvel.com. For information about “The War Within” movie or his children's book, “The Good Shepard”, visit TheWarWithinMovie.com. Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

Check out the jazz-fused chill rock band, Take Four, an incredibly talented group of young musicians from the Indianapolis area. Take Four just released their EP “Intentions” featuring the title hit “Intentions”, along with “Crazy”, “Sweet Talk”, and “Left to Lose”. In today's episode we feature music clips as well as how the group formed and how they create their amazing music. Intentions “Intentions” is available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and all other popular music platforms. For more information about Take Four, follow them on https://www.instagram.com/takefour_band/ * Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe * Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

Menno Schilthuizen is a senior research scientist at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands and a professor of evolutionary biology at Leiden University. Menno is one of a growing number of “urban ecologists” studying how our manmade environments are accelerating and changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us. In his new book, “Darwin Comes to Town”, he takes us around the world for an up close look at just how stunningly flexible and swift-moving natural selection can be. Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution * Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe * Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

Michael Benson works at the intersection of art and science. A writer, artist, and filmmaker, his new book, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece examines the four year long production of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and was published on the 50th anniversary of that film’s release. During the last decade Benson has staged a series of increasingly large-scale shows of planetary landscape photography internationally. He takes raw data from planetary science archives and processes it, creating large-format landscapes. He edits, composites, mosaics, and then finally optimizes these images, producing seamless photographs of landscapes currently beyond direct human experience. His show Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System, featuring an original new hour-long ambient composition by Brian Eno titled Deep Space, opened in the Jerwood Gallery of the Natural History Museum in London on January 22nd, 2016. It has since been exhibited at Vienna’s Natural History Museum, the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia, and in Barcelona, Spain, at the CosmoCaixa museum. Otherworlds contains 77 large format digital C prints.  Benson’s previous book, Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time, came out in October 2014 and was a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Award. Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece For more information, visit http://michael-benson.com * Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe * Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

Chellie Campbell, author of The Wealthy Spirit, Zero to Zillionaire and From Worry to Wealthy, treats money disorders–spending bulimia and income anorexia. She offers workshops that help people create more cash, bigger sales, less debt and more time off for fun! Chellie is the creator of the popular Financial Stress Reduction workshop. In this episode, Chellie shares her story of how she went from bankruptcy to highly successful, and how she teaches others to turn their financial situation around and enjoy life to the fullest. Chellie Campbell’s first book, The Wealthy Spirit: Daily Affirmations for Financial Stress Reduction (Sourcebooks, 2002), was chosen as a Book-of-the-Week on the Dr. Laura Schlessinger radio show and a GlobalNet Book-of-the-Month selection. Her publisher asked her to write her second book, Zero to Zillionaire: 8 Foolproof Steps to Financial Peace of Mind, which was released in April, 2006. Her third book, From Worry to Wealthy: A Woman’s Guide to Financial Success Without the Stress, was released in February, 2015 and was the #1 bestselling new release in Women in Business and Budgeting and Money Management on Amazon. She is one of Marci Shimoff's “Happy 100” in her NYT bestseller Happy for No Reason and contributed stories to Jack Canfield’s recent books You’ve Got to Read This Book! and Life Lessons from Chicken Soup for the Soul. She is prominently quoted as a financial expert in The Los Angeles Times, Redbook, Family Circle, Pink, Good Housekeeping, Lifetime, Essence, Woman’s World and more than 50 popular books. For more information, visit her website at Chellie.com.   * Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe * Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

Aurora Station will be the World's First Luxury Space Hotel in orbit 200 miles above the Earth's surface. Frank Bunger, the CEO & Founder at Orion Span (the company behind Aurora Station), joins us to discuss this incredible opportunity for dreamers to achieve the Authentic Astronaut Experience. Not only will this hotel offer breathtaking views, but visitors will experience the thrill of zero gravity, watch the aurora borealis, grow food in space, or dive into their holodeck. Frank is a veteran technology executive and entrepreneur, with a background across several industries, including software, hardware and manufacturing. In this episode he describes Aurora Station which is set to launch in 2021 with the ability to receive guests by 2022. Frank also discusses the Orion Span Astronaut Certification program (from training to the 12-day adventure), possibilities of owning a space condo and space as a service. For more information, visit OrionSpan.com.  * Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe * Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com

If you wanted to design and fly a robotic spacecraft on a 9-year voyage 3 billion miles from Earth, the farthest journey of exploration our species has ever attempted, HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? Dr. Alan Stern is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission, leading NASA’s exploration of the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt. A planetary scientist, space program executive, aerospace consultant and author, he has participated in over two dozen scientific space missions. Dr. Stern is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2016 Carl Sagan Memorial Award of the American Astronautical Society, and has twice been named to the Time 100. In this episode, Dr. Stern discusses his new book, “Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto”, including details on both successes and struggles during the mission, and upcoming plans to awaken the New Horizons spacecraft from hibernation in June through preparations for its rendezvous with Kuiper Belt object MU69 on New Year's Day 2019.  Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto is available now at Amazon.com * Subscribe: https://www.OnlineCoffeeBreak.com/Subscribe * Email: info@onlinecoffeebreak.com