TECHNOBABBLE; Local webcast embarks on space odyssey; The Eden Prairie-based SpaceVidcast aims to spark conversation about human space travel.(VARIETY)(TECHNOBABBLE) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: July 1, 2008| Author: Salas, Randy | COPYRIGHT 2008 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: RANDY SALAS; STAFF WRITEr

NASA has Houston. Benjamin Higginbotham has Eden Prairie. The southwest suburb serves as ground control for his SpaceVidcast, a daily Internet show about space travel.

An admitted tech-obsessed geek, Higginbotham, 30, gets excited when he boasts about the motorized satellite dish on his roof that he can control from anywhere in the world or the equipment upgrade that will allow him to go completely high-def. But he becomes dow...