Interview with Dr. Bruce Damer on Space Project Shepherd and Origins of Biological Life

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Dr. Bruce Damer, a Canadian-American multi-disciplinary scientist researching the question of origin of life, the incapsulation, capture, and analysis of icy asteroids along with other  solar system ‘planetesimals’, shares his latest projects, research, and speculations with us.

Did life originate on Earth?  Is Asteroid exploration more our future than colonizing Mars? Should we spread our seed, and not just our species, throughout our solar system? Can life be created from scratch?  

Dr. Bruce takes us from the inner realms of early life on Earth to the outer boundaries of spreading life of all kinds throughout the solar system. 

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Dr. Bruce Damer explores the ancient origins of biological life in Australia.

Dr. Bruce Damer - Update on Origin of Life and Asteroid Space Dust

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This week we get an update from our local scientist Bruce Damer on his research in the Origin of Life and his latest proposal to NASA on a means for harnessing the energy of asteroids for fueling further space exploration.

Mars Lander Mashup Video, Digibarn exhibit at the MAH, SciFi version of Shakespeare's Pericles, Durian Sex Cult

We combined the animation of the Martian Lander, Curiosity, with actual footage from the craft, as it lands on Mars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NUwDB3NxPw&feature=youtu.be

Starting this Friday, the illustrious Digibarn will present the history of the Macintosh computer, with an exhibit at the MAH (Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History).  Dr. Bruce Damer gives us a preview..

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Also of interest this week is the Shady Shakespeare’s performance of Pericles, a brilliantly original, funny, yet gripping performance of the master’s classic play.  Check it out by all means and though we were not allowed to film the play itself, we do have a video preview of the preshow, the Shady Shakespeare cast doing the Time Warp!   

Shady Shakespeare Company does the Time Warp!

We have also just finished at edit of a performance at Heart Kiss 2012 of the Durian Sex Cult, a new dance troupe in Santa Cruz.  In the following piece, 

 “The supreme Shiva is seduced by the divine Shakti with a little help from the magical powers of  the Durian fruit..”

Shiva is played by Santa Cruz’s own Corey Pooley

Bruce Damer on Terence McKenna

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This weekend Dr. Bruce Damer will be co-hosting a workshop on the life and ideas of a bard of our times, Terence McKenna, at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA.

Terence was quite a color character, as is Bruce, so we think you’ll enjoy this little interview..

Natural Gas update, new UDACITY courses, Ejecta life, and Guest Dr. Bruce Damer, visionary technologist and independent scientist.

Listen Now to the Dr. Future Show 4.17.12

This week we have not divided the show into News and Interview segments, as Dr. Bruce Damer joined Mrs. Future and Mr. Past for most of the the news.  So, we have one show for you, covering a few thoughts on energy and natural gas, the new UDacity courses, and when Bruce enters, we go warp speed, covering his new theory of the Big Bang, Interstellar Ejecta, speculations on alien contact, Drake’s Equation, augmented reality, Avatars, the Digibarn project,  2012, Terence McKenna, and other thoughts about Life, the Universe, and everything in it.  We had a lot of fun making this show and may you enjoy listening to it!