Category Archives: Mars exploration

Loay Elbasyouni

Building the NASA Mars Ingenuity Helicopter

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Loay Elbasyouni, senior director for engineering at Astrodyne TDI. Loay was lead electrical and power electronics engineer (to 2018), who helped build the NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter.  In this interview discover the technical challenges the team faced in building the first powered aircraft to fly on Mars, moreover discover […]

John Vickers

Blue Abyss: One Giant Step For Extreme Environments Training?

 Andrea Macdonald, founder ideaXme interview John Vickers, founder of Blue Abyss. Blue Abyss will be a high tech pioneering training and extreme adventure centre. Its objective is to be “the most comprehensive deep sea and space research, training and test facility of its kind in the world, unmatched in its breadth of configuration”. Blue […]

Architect Dr Samer El Sayary, Assistant Professor, Beirut Arab University. Credit: Dr Samer El Sayary.

Architecture for Outer Space

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Dr. Samer El Sayary multi-award winning architect and Assistant Professor, Architecture Beirut Arab University. What Sort of Habitats Are We Going To Design To Survive On Mars And The Moon? Andrea Macdonald, founder, ideaXme: [00:00:17] It’s just a matter of time before humans inhabit the Moon and Mars. […]

Caley Burke Trajectory Analyst for NASA's Launch Services Program

NASA Rocket Scientist Ushers Vehicles into Space

 Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador and leading space communications and space exploration television producer interviews Caley Burke, Aerospace Engineer NASA’s Launch Program. Ana Guzman comments: In my recent interview for ideaXme, I was able to sit down and chat with Caley Burke, aerospace engineer at NASA’s Launch Services Program. She works on the interface […]

Dr. Boston with Samples, Credit: NASA

Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial-Like Life

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr. Penelope “Penny” Boston, recent Director of NASA’s Astrobiology Institute. Astrobiology Is the Study of Life in the Universe Astrobiology is an interdisciplinary scientific field concerned with the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe, and considers the big question […]

Ted picture Mindy

Blast off to a Better Life: Dr. Mindy Howard Astronaut Trainer Explains How!

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Dr. Mindy Howard, astronaut trainer. Listen to this interview to discover Dr. Mindy Howard’s path to becoming an astronaut trainer. Learn of her current role as astronaut trainer for Blue Abyss and AdvancingX Career Astronauts. Moreover, hear her advice for Yumna Majeed, for B.S (Hons) in Medical Laboratory Technology […]

Andrzej Stewart

Living on Mars: What’s It Like to Live on the Red Planet?

Andrzej Stewart talks with Ana Guzman about Living on Mars Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador interviews Andrzej Stewart, HI-SEAS 4, simulating living on Mars, Chief Engineering Officer, aerosystems engineer NASA and aspiring astronaut. Stewart has extensive experience in spacecraft mission operations; spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control; modeling and simulation; and software development and maintenance. He earned […]