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The Space Show

The Space Show
The Space Show focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce, space tourism,space exploration and space development. The Space Show is committed to facilitating our becoming a space-faring nation and society with a growing and self-sustaining space-faring economy.  The Space Show also focuses on other related subjects of interest to us all.

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Created by: David Livingston
Created on: 12 May 2005
Language: English


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Add this to another station Open Lines, Sunday, 2--2-2025 (10.65MB; download) -- Welcome to Open Lines. Multiple topics, multiple callers. We started with a call from John with a list of items to discuss. He posted his list plus URLs on our blog so that we can all follow up on the companies and events. Marshall called about Buzz and his 95th birthday. Since AI was a program topic, I asked Marshal about his use of it given his engineering and physics engagements. Ft. Worth John call with a drone and UAP update. We talked about the recent government release saying the recent drone sightings over NJ were "approved." None of liked that clarification. More comments were made re AI and then I mentioned the recent Bob Zubrin article on how to go to Mars. Michael Listner called to point out areas where Zubrin was wrong re the private sector going to Mars. I suggest you read the Zubrin article - I told listeners how to find out and then listen to Michael's call. Tell us what you think. Tim from Huntsville was our final caller and he posted a video about his call and the drone mission on our blog. Read the full program summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:29:59 UTC
Add this to another station Dallas Bienhoff, Friday, 1-31-25 (10.88MB; download) -- We welcomed back Dallas Bienhoff to update us on the projects undertaken for advanced lunar rovers by Offworld. Dallas discussed the Offworld plans in detail, including testing, missions, customers and more. we also talked about the very successful Artemis Accords with Finland being the latest company to join them. Dallas brought up recent NASA competition and award program that Offworld participated in but was not selected. Read the full summary when it becomes available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:54:25 UTC
Add this to another station John Jossy, Tuesday, 1-28-25 (8.73MB; download) -- We welcomed John Jossy back to the show, especially at the last minute when the planned guest cancelled due to illness. John brought us current on space settlement matters as we start the new year with a new administration. Our topics in the mentioning of a new space film documentary, the Gerald Black Space Review article on phasing out SLS and Orion, Starship impact, the new Dr. Joel Sercel of TransAstraYouTube video on creating civilizations in space, plus John's own list of special items including links to the relative subjects and materials. John also posted a short agenda items list of his discussion point on the blog for this program. Read the full summary when it becomes available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:56:00 UTC
Add this to another station Hotel Mars with Dr. David Southwood (2.22MB; download) -- Dr. Southwood returned as our guest to discuss he latest updates to the Mars Sample Return mission being planned for Mars. David went through the latest options put forth last week by NASA plus we talked about potential private sector options. Read the full summary of this program when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:48:33 UTC
Add this to another station Michael Listner, Sunday, 1-26-25 (11.02MB; download) -- Noted space attorney Michael Listner returned to the program to discuss the early days of the new administration, property rights, resource mining, China, Artemis, key space policy issues for 2025 and more. Read the full summary of the program when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 26 Jan 2025 23:51:00 UTC
Add this to another station Derek Webber, Friday, 1-24-25 (9.30MB; download) -- Derek Webber returned to the program to discuss his excellent new book, "Lunar Commerce: A Primer." During the hour and 45 minutes we engaged in a detailed discussion about lunar commerce from what we can do now to a long time in the future. Part of this discussion centered on going to Mars, the Moon as a digression, then new Trump Administration lunar and/or Mars policy, cislunar, launchers, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and so much more. We had several listener calls plus multiple emails with a few listeners sending us multiple emails as extensions of their first one. Derek's book names companies, policies, all sorts of good items are jam packed into the nearly 200 pages jammed pack with excellent information. Read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:10:16 UTC
Add this to another station Leonard David, Tuesday, 1-21-25 (11.82MB; download) -- Noted space journalist Leonard David returned to take a look at top space issues for 2025. In addition we talked about recent news re the UAP issue per a recent News Nation whistleblower broadcast. Leonard talked about Artemis, SLS and Starship, China, human spaceflight, what we should do when getting back to the Moon plus we both took a look at the commercial space industry with markets and customers. Read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:38:50 UTC
Add this to another station Phil Swan, Friday, 1-17-25 (10.13MB; download) -- Phil Swan returned to talk about the physics plus economics of using a Variable-Pitch Screw Architecture Mass Driver from Earth to the Moon or Mars. Phil has two papers posted and/or linked through the blog on this subject. Phil spent lots of time going over the physics of his concept, explaining the Variable-Pitch Screw drive, comparing it to rockets and even talking logistics and location for the mass driver on Earth. He is thinking anchored to the ocean floor floating about 20 meters below surface. He got several questions asking him about big ideas that never see the light of day. Others suggested modifications to his screw drive mass driver. Listen to what he had to say about energy transference and kinetic energy. Phil was asked about size and launch location which would maybe polar but also within 22 degrees of the equator north or south. Read the full summary of this program when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, January 17, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:07:26 UTC
Add this to another station Dr. Phil Metzger, Tuesday, 01-14-25 (10.20MB; download) -- Dr. Phil Metzger was our guest on multiple topics. We started out talking about landing pads on the Moon and for Artemis. This proved to be a lengthy and detailed discussion the subject, information about how rocket exhaust spreads lunar dust, the adverse impact of lunar dust on hardware and more. We also talked about building a cislunar economy, policy making, space settlement, influencing the public and other important issues for our community including commentary on the book, "A City On Mars." Read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Tuesday, Jan. 14 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:16:01 UTC
Add this to another station Dale Skran, Sunday, 1-12-25 (12.00MB; download) -- We welcomed Dale back to the program for a multi-topic discussion ranging from the a short commentary on the new Trump administration space transition team to a wide ranging space settlement discussion around the book "A City On Mars." We had many email listeners asking Dale about space settlement issues plus several listener calls engaging our guest on aspects of space settlement from the perspective of the book's authors and what our guest had to say about those perspectives. Please read the more detailed summary when it becomes available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 12 Jan 2025 23:59:39 UTC
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