Astronaut for Hire

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Below is a selection of interviews, feature articles, or mentions of my work. Please contact me with media requests. I am happy to give interviews on topics ranging from earthquakes and natural hazards to astronauts and space exploration.



2011

• 2011-10-01: The II-I- Blog - Interview with Brian Shiro (CEO of Astronauts4Hire)
• 2011-09-19: Kalamalama - Ewa Beach center always on guard for tsunamis
• 2011-08-24: Nature - Commercial space flight: Scientists in space (pdf)
• 2011-07-22: Moonandback - ‘Astronaut For Hire’ Experiences Suborbital Scientist Training
• 2011-07-21: BrandeisNOW - Graybiel Lab poised for next chapter of space exploration
• 2011-07-20: Southern California Public Radio -  Space tourists and researchers race to the ignorosphere and beyond! (mp3)
• 2011-07-12: Honolulu Star-Advertiser - End of space shuttle creates opening for Hawaii
• 2011-07-10: Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - Reaching for the stars (pdf)
• 2011-07-01: The Mars Quarterly (Vol 3, Issue 1) - Astronauts for Hire, Inc. A Discussion with Brian Shiro, CEO (pdf, see pages 24-25)
• 2011-06-01: Earth Magazine - Demystifying "The Power of the Sea" (pdf)
• 2011-06-01: Discover Magazine - After the Shuttle: Astronauts for Hire (pdf), published online 2011-07-19 as "We're Looking for a Few Good Astronauts"
• 2011-05: Computer Magazine - Forecasting in Geologic Time: The Tohoku Quake and Tsunami (pdf)
• 2011-04-12: Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Size of isle volcanoes factors into severity of potential quake
• 2011-03-16: Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Twestival encourages tweeting for a cause
• 2011-03-15: ManyMedia - Social Media, Tsunamis and Crisis Management in Hawaii
• 2011-03-13: Public Radio International - Japan begins slow earthquake recovery (mp3)
• 2011-03-12: Hot Sprints Sentinel-Record - ASMSA grads no stranger to disasters
• 2011-03-12: Mail Online - Tsunami wreaks millions of dollars of damage on Californian harbours as giant waves smash U.S. west coast
• 2011-03-11: Boing Boing - How earthquakes work, and how science makes us safer
• 2011-03-11: ABC - Good Morning America - U.S. Breathes Sigh of Relief As Tsunami Soaks West Coast But Causes Little Damage (video1, video2)
• 2011-03-11: Popular Mechanics - Expert Q&A: How Tsunami Warnings Work
• 2011-02-03: Huffington Post - Learning To Walk: Fear, Shame And Your Underwater Mortgage
• 2011-01-19: Neon Tommy - Astronauts4Hire: Opening Up Space For Fleet Of Commercial Astronauts

2010

• 2010-12-07: UND Discovery - Spotlight on Students
• 2010-12-06: Space Business Blog - Interview with the (Co)-Founder of Astronauts4Hire
• 2010-10-07: Sheridan Sun Online - Drinking our way into the future
• 2010-10-02: Physics Today - Suborbital research to hitch a ride on commercial space cruisers (pdf)
• 2010-10-01: BBC The World Today - interview about Astronauts4Hire and Space Beer (mp3)
• 2010-09-30: Popular Science - First Beer Brewed For Drinking in Space Will Undergo Testing in Low-Gravity Pub
• 2010-09-28: Time - One Giant Leap For Mankind: First Beer Brewed For Space
• 2010-09-28: Discovery News - On Tap: Space Beer Testing
• 2010-09-27: SPACE.com - Space Beer Headed for Zero Gravity Bar
• 2010-08-13: Pars3c Blog - High 5: Brian Shiro, Astronauts4Hire
• 2010-07-17: New Scientist - Astronaut for hire: Space tourism will help science (pdf, DOI link)
• 2001-06-24: AGU Videos - Scientists at work: Brian Shiro
• 2010-06-14: Popular Mechanics - NASA Scientists Develop New Way to Accurately Predict Tsunami Size
• 2010-06-02: Bytemarks Cafe - Episode 94: Hawaii Spaceflight (mp3)
• 2010-05-17: LRO Live! - Research Profile: Brian Shiro
• 2010-04-12: Astronauts4Hire Launches, Selects Initial Candidates for Commercial Scientist Astronauts
• 2010-04-12: ABC Radio Australia - No tsunami generated by Solomons' earthquake (wmv)
• 2010-04-07: Bytemarks Cafe - Episode 86: Tsunami Awareness Month mention in news segment
• 2010-03-27: Talking Space - Episode 212: Talking Shakes (mp3)
• 2010-03-09: Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - Tsunami puts math, science school alum in spotlight (pdf)
• 2010-03-02: AGU Geohazards Blog - A hectic weekend at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
• 2010-03-01: NPR Morning Edition - Sizing Up The Tsunami: Why It Wasn't So Big (mp3)
• 2010-03-01: Honolulu Advertiser - Tweets aided evacuation
• 2010-03-01: ABC News - Social Media Helped With Hawaii Tsunami Evacuation
• 2010-02-28: BBC Breakfast (morning news show in the UK)
• 2010-02-27: Huffington Post - Hawaii Tsunami Evacuation Zones: Emergency Plans Underway Due To 2010 Hawaii Tsunami Warning
• 2010-02-27: New York Times - Hawaii Exhales as Tsunami Warning Is Canceled
• 2010-02-27: NPR Weekend Edition - Tsunami Warnings Sound Around Pacific (mp3)
• 2010-02-27: Los Angeles Times - Tsunami watch: High waves spare Hawaii
• 2010-02-27: Examiner.com - Massive earthquake rocks Chile; tsunami warnings in Pacific
• 2010-02-27: Telegraph.co.uk - Chile earthquake: centuries of strain released in a fraction of a second
• 2010-02-11: The Mars Society - MDRS Crew 89 Final Mission Summary Report
• 2010-02-11: Spacepirations - A Short Visit to (Analog) Mars
• 2010-02-10: The State News - Red planet resident
• 2010-02-09: SpSt News - Student Shiro "returns" from Mars

2009

• 2009-12-28: Discovery News - Tsunamis from Space
• 2009-11-19: Northwestern Magazine - Man on Mars (pdf, vimeo video, youtube video)
• 2009-11-01: WideWorld Magazine - Life on Mars: FMARS: Bringing the Red Planet to the Arctic (pdf)
• 2009-10-15: ASMSA Tangents Magazine - Flashline Mars (pdf)
• 2009-10-01: CNN.com - They have just minutes to issue tsunami warning
• 2009-10-01: Grand Forks Herald - UND Engineering is Rocket Science!, center spread (pdf)
• 2009-09-06: The Space Show - Broadcast 1218: FMARS (mp3)
• 2009-08-01: NOAA World - Brian Shiro’s Pseudo-Planetary Adventure (pdf)
• 2009-07-29: The Mars Society - FMARS 2009 Simulated Mars Mission Reaches Successful Conclusion
• 2009-07-15: The Mars Society - Mars Simulation Begins on Devon Island, FMARS Crew Explores Mars on Earth
• 2009-07-06: The Mars Society - FMARS Crew Lands on Devon Island
• 2009-06-30: Honolulu Star Advertiser - Ewa man gives life on Mars a try (pdf)
• 2009-06-24: Bytemarks Cafe - Episode 45: FMARS mention in news segment (mp3)
• 2009-06-23: The Mars Society - FMARS 2009 Crew Attends Pre-Mission Briefing At Pioneer Astronautics
• 2009-05-31: ISU*USA Alumni Association - May 2009 Newsletter: ISU SSP05 Alum Brian Shiro Selected as a Crewmember for 2009 FMARS Expedition
• 2009-05-21: SpSt News - SpSt student Brian Shiro selected for Mars simulation mission
• 2009-05-18: The Mars Society - Return To FMARS: Crew Selected For Mars Society Expedition To Devon Island
• 2009-05-01: The Space Buff - Help Brian get to Mars
• 2009-01-23: The Space Show - Broadcast 1094: ISU vs. UND (mp3)

2008

• 2008-02-25: Nature News - Seismic stations could help catch tsunami waves
• 2008-02-01: NPR Science Friday - Name Your Issue: Science in the 2008 Election
• 2008-11-12: The Space Buff - Brian Shiro is Highly Qualified to Become An Astronaut.

2007

• 2007-10-16: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Scientists push for quicker data gathering in quakes
• 2007-09-12: CNN American Morning
• 2007-07-07: Current TV - Watching for Killer Waves
• 2007-04-25: Hawaii News Now - Tsunami Prediction Technology
• 2007-04-01: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Dodging disaster
• 2007-01-21: USA Today - Earthquake rattles northeastern Indonesia
• 2007-01-21: MSNBC - Major earthquake hits northeastern Indonesia
• 2007-01-21: CBS News - Earthquakes Strike Indonesia, Turkey

2006

• 2006-11-27: KITV4 News - Officials Investigate Quake Hoax Origins
• 2006-11-27: Honolulu Advertiser - Earthquake, tsunami hoax alarms hundreds on O'ahu (and elsewhere)
• 2006-11-17: FOX News - Tsunamis Slap Hawaii, Calif. North Coast
• 2006-11-16: Discovery News - Tiny Tsunami Slaps Hawaii
• 2006-10-26: Blue Dolphin Kids - Episode 8: Tsunami Warning Center
• 2006-10-16: New York Times - Tsunamis offer a valuable test of global alert system
• 2006-06-28: Nature News - Science on the Solstice
• 2006-05-03: Honoulu Advertiser - Tsunami advisory cancelled
• 2006-02-23: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Wildland Fire Forecasting Using Space Technologies (pdf)

2005

• 2010-08-23: ISU - A retrospective on SSP 2005: a two-month Space Program held in Vancouver, BC, Canada (pdf)

2003

• 2010-07-07: WashU Record - Unexpected Pacific isle volcanic eruption recorded by scientists
• 2010-06-11: Washington University - Seismologists record unexpected volcanic eruption on Pacific isle

2001

• 2001-01-02: NASA CONNECT - 2000-01 Season Episode 3: Wired for Space (electricity & magnetism segment from 23-26 minutes)

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