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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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Les Johnson, Sunday, 2-15-15 (48.49MB; download) -- Guest: Les Johnson. Topics: Solar sails, advanced propulsion, HSF, science fiction books & movies, and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Les Johnson back to the show to discuss his latest books on popular science & science fiction, solar sails, and much more. In the first segment of our 1 hour 45 minute show, Les began talking about solar sails and their use to go to go around our solar system and eventually to the stars. There was much interest in the solar sail subject so Les gave us a terrific somewhat technical lesson on solar sails. We fielded many listener questions and we all learned much about solar sails, their potential, today's capabilities, materials used, and more. This was an exceptional discussion so don't miss it as solar sails are a very exciting technology for robotic spacecraft. In the second segment, Les mentioned the Lunar Flashlight and Scout missions. I asked our guest about the track record for solar sail missions. If the mission launch was a success, the solar sail mission has been pretty good but there have been issues with the launches on some of the past solar sail missions. I also inquired about solar sail work, research, and interest around the world and with other space agencies. A listener emailed wondering if the use of a solar sail made a satellite or a mission more vulnerable to an ASAT type weapon. We switched gears to talk about the science fiction work Les has done with Ben Bova regarding mars with his book "Rescue Mode." Les talked about his parameters when writing science fiction plus I asked him about the feedback he gets as an author from both his popular science books as compared to his sci-fi books. You might be surprised by his answer. Nuclear propulsion came up for discussion and a few listeners wanted to know the human spaceflight awareness level of people when he gives lectures on the topic. Interstellar flight was discussed as was the movie "Interstellar." As we were moving toward closing the program, Less said he believes HSF is going through a golden age and he explained why. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can email Les at the address he gave out, through his website at www.lesjohnsonauthor.com, or me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:16:09 UTC
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Charles Miller, Friday, 2-13-15 (40.78MB; download) -- Guest: Charles Miller. Topics: March Storm, Citizen Space Agenda, CATS, space settlement, commercial space stations, commercial crew & cargo. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed back Charles Miller to the program to discuss the upcoming citizen lobby effort for space policy, March Storm (see www.marchstorm.com). During the first segment of our 90 minute program, Charles introduced us to March Storm, March 15-19, 2015, training, and the Citizen Space Agenda. For this segment, Charles focused on Cheap Access to Space (CATS) & Space Settlement. He talked about plans to achieve CATS which then opens the door to settlement. He told us about a prize program for a fully reusable space vehicle citing X-37 as a model. As for fully reusable, he said we had the technology and capability to do this today but there was no way to close a business case for it. We also talked about lobbying, who the March Storm teams talk with on the Hill, staffers or the elected member. He also talked about the training and how they focus their message depending on the interests and party affiliation of the member. He provided us with examples of this. He got several listener emails including one from Perry inquiring how they address congressional objections based on tight budgets, reducing spending and such. We talked about the price being open to international partners and the need for competition. In the second segment, Matt from Austria asked about National Defense Authorization Act and the development of a US liquid fuel rocket engine plus who might bid on it. Charles provided a most interesting response to Matt. We then switched to commercial crew and cargo and the need for a smooth transition to commercial space stations. Their agenda includes a "no-gap" policy for such a transition. He also said we need a station backup plan in case Russia does pull out of the ISS around 2020 and suggested using a command module docked to the American side of the station to offer controls similar to what the Russians do today. We did talk about the ISS and commercial space. Charles said the ISS is currently an incubator for developing and exploiting markets. Questions came in about lobbying new members of congress and inexperienced staff. Charles reported that up 40% of the congressional staff are new each year or after each election so talking to "newbies" is not out of the ordinary. Near the end, Tony asked about the wide diversity of interests and preferred missions across the advocacy community. In his closing comments, Charles said CATS would make available truly low cost global broadband plus one could take the top 50 world leaders to space to experience Earth without borders, boundaries and fences to see us all as one. Please post your comments/Questions on TSS blog above. You can reach Charles Miller through me @ drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:07:50 UTC
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John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Dr. Marc Rayman, Wednesday, 2-12-15 (4.99MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Marc Rayman, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: We discussed the Dawn Mission on the way to Ceres. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted in news articles, papers, academic & research work but must be cited or referenced in the proper citation format. Contact Dr. Livingston for questions about our copyright and trademark policies which we do enforce. This program is archived on The Space Show website, podcasting, and blog sites with permission from John Batchelor. Please visit the John Batchelor Show website for more information about this fine program, www.johnbatchelorshow.com. Remember, your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support The Space Show/OGLF (www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm). For those of you listening to archives on live365.com & rating the programs, please email me the reasons for your rating. This will definitely help improve Space Show programming. Thank you. Please note that audio and transition issues are a result of copying the John Batchelor broadcast & are not within my control as they originate in the Batchelor studio. John Batchelor and I welcomed Dr. Marc Rayman to the show to discuss the Dawn Mission which is on its way to a very close pass and orbit of the dwarf planet Ceres. We talked about navigating Dawn to Ceres, water, ion propulsion, Vesta, and more. Dawn is 330 million miles from Earth or a million times the distance from Earth to the ISS. Don't miss this Hotel Mars segment. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can email Mr. Batchelor or Dr. Rayman through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:23:45 UTC
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Space Show Audition & Co-host Show, Tuesday, 2-10-15 (53.61MB; download) -- Guests: Space Show Host Dr. David Livingston. Topics: How to be a guest & co-host on the program plus other topics. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. Welcome to our Audition and Co-host program. During the first segment of our nearly 2 hour program, we did not get any audition calls from people contacting me to put themselves on The Space Show as a guest. Toward the end of the program I took a call from Andrew regarding his being a co-host and one from Tim with an excellent suggestion for how to be on the program. More about those calls when we get to the second segment. For the first segment, Marshall called and talked about three sci-fi books he is writing plus I asked about his daughter who won a Space Show contest years ago and she got a tour of Loral and their satellite mfg. business. Pooley called and talked about SpaceX, then he talked about the next several books being planned in the Microlaunchers series. In the second segment, John in Ft. Worth called to talk about seeing the video on rocket reusability with Tori Bruno at Stanford. Mr. Bruno is the ULA CEO. The better link to use when seeing this hour long video is http://youtu.be/iVFz67WCPIw. John and I strongly recommend it. Doug began emailing questions to John about depots and his previous calculations regarding the Falcon Heavy. John admitted to an error in his previous analysis which he discussed that with Doug who was communicating via email. Our next caller was Tim in Huntsville who suggested blogtalker.com for people who contact me wanting to be on the show. Clearly such people do not follow my suggestion which is to call an Open Lines show or call when I do the auditions show but with blogtalker.com, they can actually make a short demo talk on their subject or topic for TSS and send me the URL. Based on how well they do, the interest in the topic plus other factors, that would help me decide if a self-invited guest should be on the show. Andrew was our last caller and he talked about himself being a co-host for topics dealing with astronomy, telescopes, engineering, machine tools, and more. Doug communicated with Andrew by email to discuss the role of machining in the setting of an initial base (Moon or Mars) when in situ metals are accessed. What all could be made? I am working on this show with Andrew. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can reach any of the callers through or those sending emails through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:38:44 UTC
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Paul Szymanski (54.10MB; download) -- Guest: Paul Szymanski. Topics: Military space, space warfare. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Paul Szymanski to the show to discuss military space, space warfare, cyber issues and more. In the first segment of our 1 hour 58 minute discussion, Paul introduced us to the topic and told us how he got his interest in the field. We also talked about military space matters in history and how they impact what is happening in space development today, including commercial space. He talked about the attitude he saw with the Air Force as well as other parts of the government and mentioned that some of our military space data and information goes over commercial satellites and systems. He explained why this made such systems legitimate military targets and he talked about the risks associated with carrying military data. He went over historical incidents regarding satellite kills, disruptions, & tests. He also spoke to U.S. laser weapon work, our ASAT weapons including the F15 efforts, the role of DARPA, and more. Paul took many listener emails. They ranged from weapons and war plans for the Moon and Mars to army programs for troops in space or using space to get to a battlefield destination. He also spoke to the issue of space to Earth weapons,. BJohn inquired about Iran and Paul took several questions about U.S. readiness. On this subject, our guest had much to say. He spoke about other countries including China and Russia, but did address the situation in the Ukraine and at one point in our discussion, suggested there had already been a space war regarding the Ukraine. In the second segment, Paul fielded additional questions on space junk and this time he talked about hiding weapons in space junk that were really ASAT weapons. A listener wanted to know about the cislunar trade routes and while Paul said that was off in the future, the more current focus would be GEO and LEO. At one point the GEO-Moon area was referred to as a possible battle ground. Another listener wanted to know about choke points. He referred us to papers on his website, http://spacecontrol.info. He said GEO was a chokepoint and so were the GPS satellites. A listener wanted to know about a possible larger role for the Army and Paul agreed that the Army should have a larger role in space warfare issues. Don't miss his explanation. In response to a question by Gabriel, he talked about the 1970s and CSAT, booster failures in the 80s, and the current Ukraine-Crimea crisis. While some of the reports he mentioned were regarded as rumors, he did do some dot connecting with regards to the Ukraine and the Russian Glonass GPS disruption plus Proton launch failures. He explained how he connected the dots. Tell us what you think on the blog. Cyberwarfare was discussed as was the effectiveness of a missile defense system. Read the rest of this summary @ www.thespaceshow.com & http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:03:36 UTC
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Open Lines, Sunday, 2-8-15 (56.15MB; download) -- Guests: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: An open line discussion on many current and historical space topics. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. Welcome to our Open Lines discussion. In the first segment of this 2 hour 2 minute program, I put forth some suggested topics and once again, I explained phone line issues for listeners regarding land lines, VoIP, compression, cordless phones, cell phones, digital phones, and even fiber lines. Phone line issues remain the number one problem faced by The Space Show in delivering quality audio so once again I went over the requirements and the restraints based on our equipment and broadcasting equipment in general. Several listeners did comment on the phone line issues via email. John from Florida was the first caller and he talked about Ernst Stuhlinger and his work plus he requested Dr. Jeff Hoffman of MIT return as a guest to the show. During our conversation, I mentioned ULA CEO Tory Bruno recent & his lecture at Stanford on the pros and cons of rocket reusability (www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DMb2yHh5CA). Marshall was the next caller who talked about cell phones and the DSP computer in the phone. He also talked about SOHO and replacing old satellites with new ones. We talked about the cost of doing that and Marshall said he would gladly pay 5% more in taxes if he was guaranteed the money would be used for satellite replacement. I asked other callers if they would do that but nobody bothered to respond. Marshall said we needed a satellite replacement program so jokingly, I suggested a Cash For Old Clunker Satellites modeled after the Cash for Clunkers car program several years ago. Michael Listner called to talk about recent news articles suggesting the FAA was going to regulate lunar business. He clarified this for us. Emmet sent us a note suggesting Doug had a video on the net which had gone viral thus making Doug an internet star (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzy63276GEg). In the second segment, Doug called the show & explained the video as a product of www.moonandback.com. Doug talked about the planned SpaceX launch later in the day, the recovery of the first stage and the Falcon Heavy as part of his overall heavy lift discussion. He also raised some questions about the Dawn Mission and its potential findings regarding Ceres. Turbo pumps came up as did other issues with liquid rocket motors such as which fuel to use given my promoting the late April webinar addressing these and other rocket issues. Ken from Dallas called to talk about Moon Day set for July 18, STEM, and he also mentioned Asteroid Day set for June 30. As Ken is a sci fi movie authority, we talked some movies and TV shows. John from Ft. Worth called and mentioned a movie and the satellite being launched by SpaceX nicknamed the Al Gore Satellite for Climate Change. Read the rest of the summary @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:46:57 UTC
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Phil Pressel, Friday, 2-6-15 (45.83MB; download) -- Guest: Phil Pressel. Topics: The Hexagon Program and the Hexagon KHY-9 cameras used in our spy satellites. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Phil Pressel to the show to discuss the Hexagon KH-9 spy satellites cameras used in the Hexagon program 1971-86. During the first segment of this 100 minute program, we had a technical glitch in the first fifteen minutes so we restarted the program working off my notes. You will hear the details of this in the special recorded message I used as part of the replacement program introduction. Mr. Pressel was the project engineer in charge of the design of the formerly top secret Hexagon KH-9 camera as part of the Hexagon program which was finally declassified in 2011. Phil prepared a Power Point presentation with important Hexagon KH-9 photos so you need to access this presentation during this program. You will find the PPT on The Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com for this program and the Feb. 6, 2015 date. Again, you need to be following along with Phil (he jumps around with different pictures and slides) to get the maximum benefit of this program and to understand Hexagon. Most of the first segment Phil explained the challenges, the mission, and many of the technical aspects of the two cameras, the special film developed by Kodak, and the retrieval process for the film. He focused on some of the specific slides showing us the components of the camera and how it worked, plus he described the workings to us in quite some detail. Near the end of the first segment, questions started coming in about controlling the cameras, telemetry, and more. In the second segment, Phil said the key to the system was the Twister which he explained to us using slide #23. Michael Listner called to congratulate Phil and the team for this project and their service to the nation. After Phil and Michael talked and Phil described the Twister, Dwayne called wanting to know how big of an area was captured by the cameras. As you will hear, it was a big area. They talked about the Push Broom Method of scanning which Hexagon used to some degree, its polar orbit and the huge amount of imaging done by the satellite. Phil also described the process of getting the hardware to Lockheed, & the vibration and shake tests done with the camera and the satellite. BJohn wanted to know how the Soviet spy cameras of the day measured up to Hexagon. Both Dwayne and Phil offered their perspectives and both did not think the Soviets could match Hexagon but not much data has been released on this by Russia. Phil talked about their security and even keeping silent about their real job with their families. Read the rest of this summary at either www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 07 Feb 2015 17:42:01 UTC
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John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Dr. William Borucki, Wednesday, 2-4-15 (5.21MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. William Borucki, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: We discussed the Kepler Space Telescope and the finding of Kepler-444. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted in news articles, papers, academic & research work but must be cited or referenced in the proper citation format. Contact Dr. Livingston for questions about our copyright and trademark policies which we do enforce. This program is archived on The Space Show website, podcasting, and blog sites with permission from John Batchelor. Please visit the John Batchelor Show website for more information about this fine program, www.johnbatchelorshow.com. Remember, your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support The Space Show/OGLF (www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm). For those of you listening to archives on live365.com & rating the programs, please email me the reasons for your rating. This will definitely help improve Space Show programming. Thank you. Please note that audio and transition issues are a result of copying the John Batchelor broadcast & are not within my control as they stem from the Batchelor studio. John Batchelor and I welcomed Dr. William (Bill) Borucki back to the show to discuss the recently announced discovery of the small five planet system 11.2 billion years old, Kepler-444. This is approximately 2.5 times older than the Earth. We discussed the exoplanet search, rocky planets and their early formation, the surprises contained within the discovery of Kepler-444, and life detection in the habitable zone. As it turns out, the five small planets orbit their sun in 10 days so they are far too hot for life. However, Dr. Borucki did at one point during our discussion estimate the number of planetary candidates that were possible in the habitable zone. One can see Kepler-444 with binoculars so I asked our guest where to look to find it. He also said it was a triple star system! Among the surprises included the discover of dust and metal that early and the discovery that stars formed so very early at all.
Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can email Mr. Batchelor or Dr. Borucki through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:11:32 UTC
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Dennis Wingo, Tuesday, 2-3-15 (54.46MB; download) --
Guest: Dennis Wingo; Topics: Apollo space program, government space programs, national prestige, economic solar system development. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Dennis Wingo back to the show to discuss his outstanding article, "The Quagmire of The Apollo Space Program" (see https://denniswingo.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/the-quagmire-of-the-apollo-space-program). During the first segment of our 1 hour 58 minute discussion, Dennis started out by telling us about his interest in the subject and why he decided to research and write the article in question. He methodically took us through many of his resources and research methods, highlighting a few resources along the way that were instrumental in his analysis and coming to his conclusions. One resource he discussed was Ralph Cordiner, the former General Electric CEO. He also cited many examples in support of his conclusions so I strongly urge you to read his article in association with listening to this program. He also cited the references indicating that entrepreneurial activity was not what they wanted to happen as an outgrowth of Apollo as it was meant to be a national prestige program. Given the dysfunction with government, Doug emailed in asking about public/private partnerships. Dennis offered qualified support for them but listen to what he had to say on this hybrid model. Dennis then talked about R&D tax credits but for start-ups, the Zero G Zero Tax program was better. Much of our ongoing discussion in both segments focused on aspects of the Zero G Zero Tax concept. Doug sent in several emails asking about Zero G Zero Tax before the segment ended. In the second segment, Charles Lurio called and wanted to know if Pro Space or any organization would be pushing for Zero G Zero Tax this year. Dennis did not think so but it might happen. In response to other questions, Dennis explained how Zero G Zero Tax might work because it would only be applicable for new businesses, not existing businesses. Don't miss this explanation. Later, Doug asked if we were running out of resources on Earth that might cause a need for space resource development. Dennis had much to say on this, especially regarding rare earth elements. This prompted a call from Kristophr about thorium as a reason the US does not develop its huge rare earth element resources while China does develop theirs plus they stockpile the thorium for future use. Dennis and Kristophr had a very interesting conversation about this topic and I assure you, you do not want to miss it. As the segment advanced, Dennis spoke to the commercial opportunities arising from the ISS which he said were very important. Read the rest of this summary @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:18:25 UTC
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Dr. Cameron Smith, Monday, 2-2-15 (41.98MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Cameron Smith. Topics: Interstellar human spaceflight, space settlement, our distant human future. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Dr. Cameron Smith to the program to discuss interstellar spaceflight and our distant human future. You can see his lecture on this topic, "Interstellar Voyaging: An Evolutionary Transition" at www.youtube.com/watch?v=CprziVZHqBk. During the first segment of our 91 minute program, we talked about the biological and cultural challenges involving interstellar flight. When asked why he was interested in this field and doing research in it, he talked about how important it was to influence for the good our distant human future. He talked about human success over time in adaptation as humanity is adaptable. He then spoke to the need for species insurance. John in Florida called in with Mars archaeological questions, wondering what may be left of a civilization after a billion years or so. We also talked about models from Earth archaeology around the world in places like the Middle East. Our guest said there were plenty of unknowns in trying to extrapolate Earth archeology to Mars. Another listener asked about robots versus humans, a topic our guest had much to say about. The bottom line is that humans are still a much better tool but robots are also needed. We talked about ways to influence policy makers and the importance of influencing the public. You might be surprised by some of our guest's comments. We talked about Mars and he said it was a good first step. He was then asked about the Moon as a first step. He cited a comment by Dr. Zubrin suggesting that regarding the Moon, "the cops are too close!" Listen to how our guest explained this comment. I asked several questions about student interest in interstellar spaceflight. Other topics in this segment included extra terrestrial life and questions about Cydonia which our guest said he had studied in detail and concluded it was not from a past civilization. In the second segment, Cydonia questions continued to come in and Dr. Smith elaborated on his studies and conclusions. The Swedish website Glanta came up as our guest had an article published on the site. Their English language site is http://glanta.org/?page_id=2. The ISS came up with listener questions and our guest was critical of it since it still does not have closed loop environmental and life support. The field of exobiology was discussed as was the need for low cost space access. Paula in Denver asked about the need to be inspiring and to inspire students and others regarding space, interstellar flight, and our distant human future. Cameron said we needed to start with kids and that it was important to do so. He also spoke to the need to make sure our students have and know how to use the skills of critical thought. Read the balance of this review @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:00:02 UTC
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