TMRO

TMRO (pronounced tomorrow, formerly known as Spacevidcast), is a live weekly HD webcast hosted by a husband and wife team, Benjamin and Cariann Higginbotham. The mission statement for Spacevidcast is "Making space commonplace".
TMRO stated goal is 
In contrast to most space-related podcasts, TMRO 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. In 2011 the show hosts were hired by SpaceX, however there is no tie between SpaceX and TMRO.
In addition to traditional episodes, TMRO also offers some audio and text content as well as content provided through the crowdfunding platform Patreon, including Google Hangouts and early access to TMRO After Dark. There is also a TMRO subreddit for viewers to discuss space and show topics. The program was awarded the Best Presentation of Space award during NewSpace 2010.
==Weekly broadcasts==
===Format===
The show is divided into an opener and three main segments. The first segment is Space News, discussing launches, technology, and spaceflight events that have occurred since the previous episode. Podcaster Michael Clark often talks about SpaceX news and provides input on other space topics. The second segment includes that episode's featured topic, which may be an interview or a discussion on a particular topic. During the third segment, viewer comments relating to the previous episode are read and discussed.
===Episodes===
====Season 1 (2008)====
Episode	Title	Main Theme	Date
====Season 2 (2009)====
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====Season 3 (2010)====
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====Season 4 (2011)====
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====Season 5 (2012)====
Episode	Title 	Date
5.01 	"Does Space need the Government to survive?" 	March 10, 2012
5.02 	"Russia's ambitious 18 year Space Plan" 	March 17, 2012
5.03 	"Why should we invest in science and space?" 	March 24, 2012
5.04 	"What if Apollo never happened?" 	April 7, 2012
5.05 	"What does the future of space look like?" 	April 14, 2012
5.06 	"Mining Asteroids" 	April 28, 2012
5.07 	"Is the Liberty Rocket now a contender?" 	May 9, 2012
5.08 	"Commercial Space Takes a Leap Forward" 	June 2, 2012
5.09 	"What happens if we double NASA's budget?" 	June 9, 2012
5.10 	"Will China make it to the moon?" 	June 23, 2012
5.11 	"Who will advance humans in space?" 	July 14, 2012
5.12 	"Asteroid mining and landing on Mars" 	August 4, 2012
5.13 	"Who should be interested in the cosmos?" 	September 1, 2012
5.14 	"Please, use all the numbers" 	September 8, 2012
5.15 	"The Space Shuttle's Final Endeavour" 	October 12, 2012
5.16 	"It may not be the edge of space, but it sure is impressive!"	October 20, 2012
5.17 	"Yes, Mars is important" 	November 3, 2012
5.18 	"Why is China stealing rocket information?" 	December 1, 2012
5.19 	"The Golden Spike Company" 	December 8, 2012
5.20 	"A look back to 2012 and forward to 2013" 	December 29, 2012
====Season 6 (2013)====
Episode	Title 	Date
6.01 	"Can Advertising dollars drive NewSpace?" 	January 12, 2013
6.02 	"The Upcoming Asteroid Mining Industry" 	January 26, 2013
6.03 	"Kickstarting a Space Program" 	February 2, 2013
6.04 	"Amazing Space news from around the world" 	February 9, 2013
6.05 	"Meteor Attack!" 	February 16, 2013
6.06 	"Google Lunar X-PRIZE" 	February 23, 2013
6.07 	"How You Can Help Mine Asteroids" 	March 9, 2013
6.08 	"The Mars Initiative" 	March 16, 2013
6.09 	"XCOR's New Piston Rocket Engine" 	March 30, 2013
6.10 	"Eyes on the Solar System" 	April 6, 2013
6.11 	"3D Printing Rocket Engine Contest" 	April 13, 2013
6.12 	"The Cool Kids Work in Mojave" 	April 27, 2013
6.13 	"Is Mars One a Scam, Fantasy or Brilliant Idea?" 	May 4, 2013
6.14 	"Does SciFi help SciFact?" 	May 25, 2013
6.15 	"Crowdfunding Your Next Space Program" 	June 1, 2013
6.16 	"Is Big Government Our best chance to explore the Cosmos?"	June 8, 2013
6.17 	"Not Because it's Easy" 	June 15, 2013
====Season 7 (2014)====
Episode	Title 	Date
7.01 	"The first Spacevidcast of 2014" 	January 18, 2014
7.02 	"Destinations or Infrastructure?" 	January 25, 2014
7.03 	"2nd Coming of Space" 	February 8, 2014
7.04 	"Get off my Lunar lawn" 	February 15, 2014
7.05 	"Google Lunar X PRIZE Milestones" 	February 22, 2014
7.06 	"Will private space kill the Space Launch System?"	March 1, 2014
7.07 	"Who owns the moon?" 	March 8, 2014
7.08 	"Have we forgotten about the Moon?" 	March 15, 2014
7.09 	"What will our Martian Government look like?" 	March 22, 2014
7.10 	"The battle between Roscosmos and NASA" 	April 5, 2014
7.11 	"Living forever" 	April 19, 2014
7.12 	"SpaceX vs US Air Force" 	April 26, 2014
7.13 	"Changing at the speed of the cosmos" 	May 3, 2014
7.14 	"The Martian Settlers Experience" 	May 10, 2014
7.15 	"The Situation" 	May 24, 2014
7.16 	"spaceship SpaceShip SPACESHIP" 	May 31, 2014
7.17 	"When do we get to finally go to Mars?" 	June 14, 2014
7.18 	"Promoting the cosmos to friends" 	June 28, 2014
7.19 	"What will Martian habitats look like?" 	July 5, 2014
7.20 	"The Propulsion of Tomorrow" 	July 12, 2014
7.21 	"#Apollo45" 	July 19, 2014
7.22 	"Dave Masten and DARPA" 	July 26, 2014
7.23 	"Where should we colonize first?" 	August 2, 2014
7.24 	"The Electron Rocket" 	August 9, 2014
7.25 	"Kickstarting a rocket company" 	August 16, 2014
7.26 	"Firefly Space" 	August 23, 2014
7.27 	"Community Chat: Expedite New Space 	August 30, 2014
7.28 	"The killer app for Space" 	September 13, 2014
7.29 	"NASA Commercial Crew Announcements" 	September 20, 2014
7.30 	"Community Chat: Why are you a space geek?" 	September 27, 2014
7.31 	"Chasing Atlantis" 	October 18, 2014
7.32 	"Copenhagen Suborbitals" 	October 25, 2014
7.33 	"SpaceShipTwo and Antares" 	November 1, 2014
7.34 	"SpaceShipTwo One Week Later" 	November 8, 2014
7.35 	"The story of the Philae Lander" 	November 15, 2014
7.36 	"Orion and Lunar Mission One" 	December 6, 2014
7.37 	"A fresh look at Mars One" 	December 13, 2014
7.38 	"A look back at 2014" 	December 20, 2014
====Season 8 (2015)====
Episode	Title 	Date
8.01 	"Scott Manley and Kerbal Space" 	January 10, 2015
8.02 	"Riding with Robots" 	January 24, 2015
8.03 	"Dave Masten" 	January 31, 2015
8.04 	"Google Lunar XPRIZE" 	February 7, 2015
8.05 	"Martian Cities" 	February 14, 2015
8.06 	"The Outer Space Treaty" 	February 21, 2015
8.07 	"Inspiration Space" 	February 28, 2015
8.08 	"Rocket geeks should be astronomy geeks too" 	March 7, 2015
8.09 	"Virgin Galactic's Launcher One" 	March 14, 2015
8.10 	"Cosmic Lifestyle" 	March 28, 2015
8.11 	"The SpaceUP Foundation" 	April 4, 2015
8.12 	"Astrobotic" 	April 18, 2015
8.13 	"Students for the Exploration and Development of Space" 	April 25, 2015
8.14 	"Sea Dragon" 	May 2, 2015
8.15 	"Lisa Stojanovski" 	May 9, 2015
8.16 	"Crowdfunding your next space project" 	May 16, 2015
8.17 	"What should we do with the Space Launch System?" 	June 6, 2015
8.18 	"Should NASA be allowed to Crowd Fund projects?" 	June 13, 2015
8.19 	"Can commercial space expand the frontier?" 	June 20, 2015
8.20 	"Space VR" 	July 4, 2015
8.21 	"Moon first or Mars first?" 	July 11, 2015
8.22 	"The missing links in human exploration" 	July 18, 2015
8.23 	"Escape Dynamics Ground Based Space Propulsion" 	August 8, 2015
8.24 	"How Masten Space will get us to the Moon and Mars" 	August 22, 2015
8.25 	"A walkthrough of Copenhagen Suborbitals" 	August 29, 2015
8.26 	"Why Acronyms Seriously Suck" 	September 12, 2015
8.27 	"Space Launch System Past and Future" 	September 19, 2015
8.28 	"An update on Commercial Space" 	September 26, 2015
8.29 	" Kickstarting a moon rocket with Moonspike" 	October 3, 2015
8.30 	"Is the smallsat market in a bubble" 	October 17, 2015
8.31 	"Why reusable rockets are important for the future" 	October 24, 2015
8.32 	"The Vulcan Rocket" 	October 31, 2015
8.33 	"What upcoming space tech are you most excited about? 	November 14, 2015
8.34 	"Why Atlantis is your favorite orbiter" 	November 21, 2015
8.35 	"Cosmic Girl and LauncherOne" 	December 5, 2015
8.36 	"Where did all this space love come from?" 	December 9, 2015
8.37 	"How to harness interest in space for good? For evil? For Mars? Beyond?"	December 16, 2015
====Season 9 (2016)====
Episode	Title 	Date
9.01 	"LZ-1, The Falcon Has Landed" 	January 2, 2016
9.02 	"Sphere-iously" 	January 9, 2016
9.03 	"Is there such a thing as Safe Space travel? 	January 30, 2016
9.04 	"Where should we explore next?" 	February 6, 2016
9.05 	"Commercial Orbital Transportation Services after 10 years" 	February 13, 2016
9.06 	"The state of Space Tourism" 	February 20, 2016
9.07 	"Space Leadership Preservation Act" 	February 27, 2016
9.08 	"The Path to Mars" 	March 5, 2016
9.09 	"How do we make space exploration politically relevant?" 	March 12, 2016
9.10 	"Innovation at the Speed of Space" 	March 19, 2016
9.11 	"Is the International Space Station worth it?" 	March 26, 2016
9.12 	"Reusability Rocketry Renaissance" 	April 9, 2016
9.13 	"VoteForSpace" 	April 16, 2016
9.14 	"The Impossible Drive" 	April 23, 2016
9.15 	"Red Dragon" 	April 30, 2016
9.16 	"The EMpossible Drive" 	May 7, 2016
9.17 	"One way trip to Mars" 	May 14, 2016
9.18 	"Planetary Defense" 	May 21, 2016
9.19 	"When living a Mars Lifestyle, what will you miss from Earth?"	May 28, 2016
9.20 	"Elon Musk hinting at Mars plans" 	June 4, 2016
9.21 	"Large Dangerous Rocket Ships 35" 	June 11, 2016
9.22 	"Is Blue Origin planning something big?" 	June 18, 2016
9.23 	"Extending the ISS to 2024" 	June 25, 2016
9.24 	"Small Sats" 	August 13, 2016
9.25 	"Daniel Faber, Deep Space Industries" 	August 20, 2016
9.26 	"NASA's Lunar Flashlight" 	August 27, 2016
9.27 	"Would you go to space in a Capsule or Space Plane" 	September 3, 2016
9.28 	"Generation Orbit" 	September 10, 2016
9.29 	"Create your own Martian Garden" 	September 17, 2016
9.30 	"Blue Origin's future rocket plans" 	September 24, 2016
9.31 	"The SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System" 	October 1, 2016
9.32 	"The Everyday Astronaut" 	October 8, 2016
9.33 	"The beautiful data of rocket launches" 	October 15, 2016
9.34 	"Masten Space Systems XS-1 and MXP-351" 	October 22, 2016
9.35 	"The future market of Small Sats" 	October 29, 2016
9.36 	"Vector Space Systems" 	November 5, 2016
9.37 	"What will Trump's Space Policy Look Like" 	November 12, 2016
9.38 	"Low Earth Orbit Airships" 	November 19, 2016
9.39 	"Favorite space moments of 2016" 	December 3, 2016
9.40 	"Space World Educational Game" 	December 10, 2016
9.41 	"3D-Printed Habitat Challenge" 	December 17, 2016
====Orbit 10 (2017)====
Episode	Title 	Date
10.01 	"Discovering our Universe" 	January 7, 2017
10.02 	"International Space University" 	January 14, 2017
10.03 	"Going back to the moon right this time" 	January 21, 2017
10.04 	"Life at NASA" 	January 28, 2017
10.05 	"The impossible space thruster may be possible" 	February 4, 2017
10.06 	"A Dial Tone in Space" 	February 11, 2017
10.07 	"Erday Astronauting" 	February 18, 2017
10.08 	"Storytime with Cariann" 	February 25, 2017
10.09 	"'It's about the people...' An interview with Tory Bruno of ULA"	March 4, 2017
10.10 	"JP is creating the coldest place in the known Universe" 	March 12, 2017
10.11 	"Toroids are doughnuts with OIIOO" 	March 17, 2017
10.12 	"The World Space Party" 	March 25, 2017
10.13 	"Suborbital is just the first step" 	April 1, 2017
10.14 	"The small Ion thruster that could change space travel" 	April 15, 2017
10.15 	"Cassini's Grand Finale" 	April 22, 2017
10.16 	"A new way to orient spacecraft: Reaction Spheres" 	April 29, 2017
10.17 	"Space law at the United Nations" 	May 6, 2017
10.18 	"The Fit Rocket Scientist talks Europa" 	May 13, 2017
10.19 	"A look at ISS Above" 	May 20, 2017
10.20 	"Paving the way to the Moon" 	June 3, 2017
10.21 	"Fight For Space" 	June 10, 2017
10.22 	"The intersection of art, science and space" 	June 17, 2017
10.23 	"KubOS, An Operating System for CubeSats" 	June 24, 2017
10.24 	"The History of Future Space" 	July 1, 2017
10.25 	"The Art of Space Outreach" 	Jul 15, 2017
10.26 	"Our first look at CubeCab" 	July 22, 2017
10.27 	"The Space Launch System Roundtable" 	July 29, 2017
10.28 	"Suborbital Round Table" 	August 5, 2017
10.29 	"2017 Solar Eclipse" 	August 12, 2017
10.30 	"Searching for Skylab" 	August 19, 2017
10.31 	"The National Space Council" 	August 26, 2017
10.32 	"3D printed rockets with Dave Masten" 	September 2, 2017
10.33 	"The History of SpaceX" 	September 9, 2017
10.34 	"Lunar lessons before going to Mars" 	September 16, 2017
10.35 	"Stores from a Skylab Astonaut" 	September 23, 2017
10.36 	"SpaceX IAC2017 Round Table" 	September 30, 2017
10.37 	"National Space Council Round Table" 	October 4, 2017
10.38 	"LUNARES Moon and Mars simulated living" 	October 14, 2017
10.39 	"Colonizing our solar system in one lifetime" 	October 21, 2017
10.40 	"The future of SpaceX" 	October 28, 2017
10.41 	"The Brook Owens Fellowship Program" 	November 4, 2017
10.42 	"Commercial Crew Update for 2018" 	November 11, 2017
10.43 	"What should NASA's role be in 2030 and beyond?" 	November 18, 2017
10.44 	"Our favorite upcoming space based vehicles" 	December 2, 2017
10.45 	"Webcasting launches and Social Space" 	December 9, 2017
10.46 	"2017 Cosmic Review" 	December 16, 2017
====Orbit 11 (2018)====
Episode	Title 	Date
11.01 	"Looking forward to 2018" 	January 6, 2018
11.02 	"Getting to know SpaceMike" 	January 13, 2018
11.03 	"First to the Moon Kickstarter"	January 20, 2018
==Space Pods==
In 2015 TMRO began producing Space Pods, which are short videos about various space-related topics. Space Pods feature, and are created by, one of TMRO's correspondents: Michael Clark, Jared Head, Lisa Stojanovski, and Ariel Waldman. Similar to the weekly live shows, Space Pods are funded by a separate Patreon campaign, which was originally conducted on a per pod basis, but later switched to a monthly format.
==Live events and daily-casts==
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 streamed NASA TV with an accompanying chat room through UStream live 24/7 with an HD video feed during launches and other significant events.
===2008 Lunar Lander Challenge===
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 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.
===ISDC 2009===
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".
===SpaceUp San Diego (2010)===
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 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.
===NewSpace 2010 (2010)===
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).
===SpaceUp D.C. (2010)===
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 many of the presentations and Ignite talks. The videos are now all available to watch on their YouTube channel.
===SpaceUp San Diego (2011)===
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 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.
===SpaceUp Houston (2011)===
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 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.
===Space Shuttle launches===
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.
===TMRO on Livestream===
During season 7, TMRO left YouTube streaming and moved to Livestream for more stable live streaming.
===TMRO on Patreon===
During season 7, TMRO transitioned from its previous donor on-demand service, called Epic, to the crowdfunding website Patreon.
==See also==
* NASA Edge
* Space advocacy
* NewSpace
==References==
==External links==
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