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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 Dr. Doug Plata, Sunday, 2-1-15 (55.39MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Doug Plata. Topics: The initial lunar base for colonization. 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 Dr. Doug Plata to the show to discuss his ideas and concepts for an initial lunar base which he named Lunar Base One. Follow along with this important website. www.cislunarone.com/lunarbaseone.htm. Be sure to click on the link in the upper left hand corner to download the Lunar Base One Reference Material. In the first segment of our 2 hour 1 minute discussion, Doug focused on introducing us to his Lunar Base One concept and Lunar Cots. To follow this discussion, make sure you go to the Lunar Base One website per the above URL as he follows the information on that site for our discussion. During Doug's discussion, he took calls and emails from listeners on a wide range of associated topics, questions, and comments. Listener questions covered telerobotics, wireless power transfer, artificial gravity & the use of a centrifuge at the base, wired power as in missile wire, laser beam power, battery usage, lunar dust, radiation, water, a lunar greenhouse, and check lists re solar panels, propellant, fuel cells, radiation, and more. In the second segment, Eric called using a cell in Florida to discuss robotics over humans. Later, Doug was asked if returning to the Moon would divert resources needed for going to Mars, the moons of Mars, or even an asteroid. Don't miss his response to this question. BJohn asked about line of site communications with Earth or if there would be a need for lots of communication satellites. Doug and John from Ft. Worth had an interesting discussion on several key points, then Doug spoke to lunar tourism, the transportation needs, then I asked him about changing space policy. Specifically, I asked what he would say before Congress re changing our policy as to why the Moon were he to testify before both House and Senate committees. Give your ideas on this on the blog because no matter how cool the technology and engineering may be, without a policy to go back to the Moon, most likely nothing will happen. Rasmus called from Toronto suggesting the use of mylar over a small crater. You don't want to miss this discussion. As the show was drawing to a close, Doug spoke about his return to the Moon track at this year's Space-Access Conference which will be in Phoenix in late April. He finished up his discussion talking about artificial gravity, the use of a long arm centrifuge on the Moon running at about a 5.4 RPM by the lunar team. He also spoke about inflatables and what he learned in his discussions with the University of Maine professor. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. You can reach Doug at the address on his website or through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:51:34 UTC
Add this to another station Dr. Edgar Bering, Friday, 1-30-15 (28.34MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Edgar Bering; Topics: "Mars Rover Model Celebration and Competition," Dr. Bering's undergraduate student balloon projects, cubesat project to Mars. 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. Edgar Bering to the show to discuss the "Mars Rover Model Celebration and Competition " and his undergraduate student balloon projects to study the Northern Lights and more. During our one segment one hour program, we focused the first half on the Mars Rover Celebration aimed at both elementary and middle school students while in the second part of the segment, we talked about Dr. Bering's balloon projects and even a possible cubesat to Mars project. Dr. Bering explained the Mars Rover Model competition which has the students doing a six week Mars course in preparation for their rover mock-ups. You can learn more about this competition at their website, http://marsrover.phys.uh.edu/about.php. Dr. Bering took us through the requirements, differences in the competition for the elementary school students compared to the middle school students and he even responded to a question as to how to get a six week Mars curriculum into the school program. He said the rover categories included a free form model rover made of "stuff" plus a solar power model, and for the older students a radio controlled model made from the parts of an RC model car. Our guest would asked if the model rover program would work for going to the Moon, not just Mars. He said yes but don't miss his full reply. In the second half of our segment, we talked about his high altitude undergraduate student balloon projects to study the Northern Lights and its effect on the upper atmosphere. He will be taking his students to Alaska to see the Northern Lights and to conduct the balloon studies. He talked about the significant improvements in miniaturizing with the needed electronics, sensors, and cameras, plus today's high reliability of these components. He point out that instruments capable of doing the work of today's instruments would have weighed around 120 lbs. in previous years. Now they are shooting for a total mass for the instruments of less than 6 lbs for doing meaningful science. In 1985, the ultra-lute instrument package would have been 50 lbs. Dr. Bering was asked if his students did cubesat projects and he told us about a possible Mars cubesat project. He was confident they could get telemetry back from Mars with a cubesat and talked about new antenna improvements. Toward the end of our discussion I asked if he had any stats on students doing these programs from elementary and middle school and if they went on to careers in space, science, etc. Don't miss his response. Please post your comments on TSS blog above. You can reach Dr. Bering through the Mars Model Rover website or me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:29:48 UTC
Add this to another station John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Michael ListnerWednesday, 1-28-15 (5.03MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Michael Listner, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: We discussed the settlement in the SpaceX vs. USAF block buy litigation.. 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. John Batchelor and I welcomed Michael Listner, ATTY, back to the show to discuss the recently announced settlement in the SpaceX vs. USAF litigation around the block buy, SpaceX certification, etc. Michael took us through the origins of the law suit filed last year by SpaceX, the various motions to dismiss that were filed and the eventual settlement talks by both parties and the settlement reached about a week ago. Michael pointed out that nothing changed regarding the existing block buy of 36 core sole source contract buys awarded to ULA. The settlement did arrange for assistance to SpaceX to earn certification and for future bidding. Michael also provided us with his opinion as to a possible winner in the litigation or was there no winner. See what you think. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can email Mr. Batchelor or Michael Listner through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:30:24 UTC
Add this to another station John Powell, Tuesday, 1-27-15 (47.88MB; download) -- Guest: John Powell. Topics: John provided us with updates on the activities of JP Aerospace. 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 John Powell back to the show for updates on JP Aerospace (www.jpaerospace.com). During the first segment of our 1 hour 44 minute program, John started out talking about their UAE mission, crossing the desert in the UAE and raising the UAE flag to 102,000'. You can see the video of this recent JP Aerospace event at www.frequency.com/video/uae-flag-in-space-by-al-hilal-bank/212906510?cid=5-8124. Next, John took us through an overview and set of updates for their Airship to Orbit (ATO) venture. He began this by talking about a series of tests they have done and will be doing that will eventually enable ATO. Much of this information is on the JP Aerospace blog at http://jpaerospace.com/blog. John went into some detail to describe the tests, especially those that will lead up to eliminating most of the drag at altitude for ATO. Listeners asked several questions via email about the size of the airship, space diving from Dark Sky Station, and then Charles emailed in a note about air density at 140,000 feet, the altitude of the proposed Dark Sky Station. For the balance of this segment, John explained the different stages of the ATO program, some of the hardware that was needed, and the JP progress to date. Greg Cecil called in as a customer of JP Aerospace. He told us what it was like being a customer, the positive impact on his students with JP programs such a MiniCube, plus he emphasized how important it was for John to be an out of the box thinker looking for alternatives to establishment problems such as the high cost to orbit. In the second segment, John continued talking about the ATO program plus ion engine development. John from Florida called in and went through the basics of how the program was to work. During this discussion, speed dynamics for their winged shaped vehicle were discussed, plus JP said they were working on getting power from batteries. This led to a discussion about JP developing MHD technology which you can see documented on their blog. I asked JP for the biggest challenges and he said engine work, then described the specific challenges in their engine work. He also said it was a challenge to scale up to large vehicles from small vehicles. Tim called in to suggest a reentry system. JP was ahead of the game on this one and described some of the work they were already doing re these systems. Scott sent in an email asking JP how one volunteers to work for JP Aerospace. You can read the balance of this summary at www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:53:39 UTC
Add this to another station Dr. Marc Rayman, Monday, 1-26-15 (41.74MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Marc Rayman. Topics: As the Dawn Mission Director, Dr. Rayman talked about Vesta, Ceres, ion propulsion & much more. Please direct all comments & questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments & questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright & 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 & 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. Marc Rayman to the program to discuss the Dawn Mission to both Vesta & Ceres. To find out more about Dawn, visit http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov. Also check out Dr. Rayman's blog The Dawn Journal @ http://dawnblog.jpl.nasa.gov. Visit the DS1 site & archives by Dr. Rayman @ http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1. During the first segment of our 91 minute program, Dr. Rayman introduced us to the Dawn mission which first went to Vesta & is now closing in on its second destination, Ceres. We talked about the mission being specifically chosen to visit both Vesta & Ceres & that Vesta data is still undergoing analysis. Dr. Rayman described Vesta's Cornelia Crater 300 miles in diameter formed by an impact about one billion years ago. We also talked about Vesta meteorites on Earth. Dwayne called regarding competing theories about Ceres, planets having changed positions at one time, & Dawn mission limitations. Perry wanted to know what information the team most wanted to get from Ceres. Dr. Rayman said they wanted to know basics such as what it looks like, what it was made of, ice, etc. Other listeners wanted to know about Ceres compared to Mars access. Here, Dr. Rayman had much to say as the subject came up again in the second segment. Doug wanted to know about the large bright spot on Ceres plus other questions. In the second segment, Dr. Rayman told us about his Dawn Journal (blog) per the above URL. I asked our guest if he thought of Dawn & other science missions as competitive with human spaceflight missions. Don't miss his reply as I believe it was very special. BJohn sent several emails asking for Dr. Rayman's favorite targets, especially for future missions. He also asked about using nuclear power rather than solar. Our guest described the solar arrays & why solar was chosen for Dawn. Ion propulsion came up & was a major discussion topic for the balance of our program. Dr. Rayman described how ion propulsion worked, why it used a slow but steady acceleration, & its advantages over chemical propulsion. Matt asked about RTG development for future missions . Doug sent us another question based on the low Ceres gravity & landing on Ceres to pre-position supplies in advance of a crew. Our guest pointed out it was far more complicated than Doug implied given that the Ceres orbit was tipped more than 10 degrees from the ecliptic. Make sure you hear this explanation. Among the many questions Matt asked, he wanted to know about the German component of the Dawn mission. As we approached the end of our show, Dr. Rayman gave us a preview of what to expect as we get very close to Ceres, gradually getting as low as Earth & ISS. Please post comments/questions on TSS blog above. The guest, callers, & those sending emails can be reached through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:37:12 UTC
Add this to another station Open Lines, Sunday, 1-25-15 (59.12MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: We discussed a wide range of space topics from Mars colonization to radiation issues, UFO files, the SpaceX-AF litigation, the Nixon space policy and much 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. Welcome to our Open Lines program. During the first segment of our two hour seven minute program, we took several calls starting with John in Florida who wanted to talk about early Mars colonization, one way Mars trips and similar topics. He wondered about buried Martian ruins deep under the ground and I drew an analogy to archaeological digs here on Earth in finding towns and early civilizations buried on top of one another far below the surface of the Earth. John from Ft. Worth called in to talk about the Al Worden interview in which Al did not think there was any reason for returning to the Moon. You can read the Worden interview at www.dw.de/apollo-15-command-module-pilot-alfred-m-worden-nasa-took-a-step-backwards/a-18211468. I also asked John about the release of thousands of UFO documents, www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/19/air-force-ufo-files/21985651. John and I then returned to discuss more about the Worden interview, his comments on the shuttle, the ISS, Saturn V and more. In the second segment, Michael Listner called to update us on the settlement of the SpaceX Air Force litigation. Michael summarized the mediation and the settlement details for us. Dr. Doug from S. California called to talk about a variety of topics including radiation. He referred to an Al Globus article regarding his view on shielding requirements. You can read Al's article here: http://space.alglobus.net/papers/RadiationPaper2014.pdf. Doug also talked about a permanent base on the Moon and his Mars Return Option. Dwayne was the next caller and he spoke of John Logsdon's upcoming book on Apollo and the Nixon space policy. He talked about all the budget cuts and slashes back then and how they negatively impacted the program. Dwayne also talked about the nuclear thermal rocket and the fact that it can't go active until it out of Earth orbit. Adrian sent in an email about radiation debris putting satellites at risk. Here is the older NY Times article he sent me: www.nytimes.com/1995/02/26/world/radioactive-debris-in-space-threatens-satellites-in-use.html. Tim called to debunk the Mars crew living in a tuna can analogy and instead wanted to compare it to submarines. He got some pushback on his submarine analogy. Earlier, Jon from NJ had sent in a note about the SpaceX satellite plans & what this may mean for SpaceX. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can reach any of the participants through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:46:02 UTC
Add this to another station Dr. Gil Levin, Friday, 1-23-15 (39.53MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Gil Levin. Topics: Searching for life on Mars, 1976 Viking Labeled Release Experiments 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 back Dr. Gil Levin to discuss searching for and finding microbial life on Mars. During the first segment of our 86 minute program, Dr. Levin first responded to an email question about the type of science equipment needed to find life on Mars & why was it missing from Curiosity. He also wanted to know if it could be added to the Mars 2020 mission. As Dr. Levin pointed out, MSL and Curiosity were not equipped with any life detection instrumentation. As for Mars 2020, it will collect samples and store them for a future sample return mission to Earth. Dr. Levin had much to say about a sample return mission as part of this discussion. Dr. Levin then went over his Label Release Experiments (LRE) from the 1976 Viking Landers and said many times during the show that not only was it suitable for detecting life, it did detect life. Gil then spent the better part of the first segment talking about life detection on Mars, the need to convene an expert panel to look at all the data available today to come to scientific conclusions about microbial life on Mars and more. Listeners emailed many questions to Dr. Levin asking about bacteria that could survive in the Mars environment, perchlorates, & XE-129. Doug from S. California phoned in and wanted to know if NASA had made a choice not to detect life on Mars as he thought they were avoiding doing so. Doug had several additional questions for Dr. Levin. In the second segment, Kirk called to ask about the chiro experiment, LRE, and the use of fresh samples. Following up on what I asked our guest as the earlier segment ended, I asked Gil what was wrong with the step by step methodology NASA was using regarding Mars life research. Later he talked about the LRE being an effective tool for today, its use of Carbon 14, then he talked about putting a microscope on Mars and why that would be beneficial. I asked Gil if he had anticipated the controversy surrounding the LRE and he said no. Another listener asked about first going to one of the Martian moons. Gil explained why he thought that was a bad idea. He was also asked about Europa instead of Mars 2020. We talked about the high interest level in finding life on Mars and Gil said he believed that their was microbial life on Mars today. Another listener wanted to know if the results of the Viking experiments were only valid for the two Viking locations or most likely widespread on Mars. Gil explained why the findings were most likely applicable across Mars. We discussed Mars and our space policy & he was asked about both RNA and DNA. Don't miss his final comment about Occam's razor and Martian DNA. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can email Dr. Gil Levin through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:39:15 UTC
Add this to another station The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 11-21-15 (9.38MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Ashwin Vasavada, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Mars Curiosity findings announced Dec. 2013. 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. John Batchelor and I welcomed Dr. Ashwin Vasavada to Hotel Mars to discuss the latest findings announced by NASA in December 2013 regarding methane discoveries, organics in rocks, and indications that there had been flowing water on Mars, perhaps during the first billion years of Mars. As we learned, the first billion Martian years were likely to have been more supportive of microbial life than later times on Mars for a variety of reasons which our guest discussed during our 20 minute Hotel Mars segment. During our two part segment, we talked about free flowing water on Mars, the Mars methane as detected by Curiosity, and the organics found in Cumberland Rock. We asked Dr. Vasavada, the new Chief Scientist for MSL and Curiosity, many questions pertaining to these three end of the year 2013 NASA announcements and our guest guided us through the science, discoveries, plus he responded well to our inquiries. This is a Hotel Mars segment you will not want to miss! Note that the two parts of this segment are joined together as I eliminated the break. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can email Mr. Batchelor or Dr. Vasavada through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:21:44 UTC
Add this to another station Dr. Andrew Rader, Tuesday, 1-20-15 (29.08MB; download) -- Guest: Andrew Rader. Topics: We discussed his videos, aerospace engineering lectures and much more from his website. 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. Andrew Rader to the show to discuss his aerospace engineering lectures and other material on his website, www.andrew-rader.com as well as his YouTube channel. You can access all his material, his YouTube channel and his book through his website. During our one segment one hour discussion, Andrew talked about his Mars cooking video regarding his eating bugs. We had quite the discussion about this. Crickets anyone? Next, we talked about going to Mars and he introduced us to his YouTube channel which has 74 videos and more on it. His aerospace engineering class lectures are there too and very popular with students, especially those wanting to see if aerospace engineering might be the path for their studies. Joe asked our first email question about the necessity for a flyby or human orbital mission of Mars prior to humans landing on Mars. We then discussed Mars, why a one way mission, and the Moon vs. Mars. Other topics included spacecraft and rockets in general, Apollo, robotic missions, and more about human spaceflight. At one point I asked Andrew how he stated the purpose for our going into space. Bethany asked Andrew to explain what was meant by the term ecliptic. In response, Andrew offered a short explanation using basic orbital mechanics. We talked about several specific videos on his YouTube channel including the Sagan Darkness video, the Ambien Space Music videos and the Star Trek and Darth Vader videos. I asked him what he liked best and he said it was systems engineering because he liked putting and seeing how everything works together. Human factors came up and he made an interesting statement to the effect that if we require 21st century medical care on our space missions, the technology itself may be an impediment to the mission. We talked about the multi-systems failure risk being the biggest risk in his opinion and the steps taken to mitigate this risk. I also asked about crew failure risks including medical and psychological issues. Andrew offered us interesting observations about crew risks and issues so don't miss what he said. As the show was drawing to a close, we talked about his introduction to spacecraft videos. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can reach Andrew through his website or me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:01:52 UTC
Add this to another station Dr. Paul Spudis, Monday, 1-19-15 (51.15MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Paul Spudis. Topics: Science, ARM, 2016 elections & space policy, return to the Moon and much 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 welcome back Dr. Paul Spudis for this 1 hour 52 minute discussion. Note that we lost our phone connection with Dr. Spudis several times in the second segment. I've removed the dead air and related time sequences but you will know when we lost the connection. Each time we got Dr. Spudis back on the line we then started where we were cut off. No discussion comments were lost. I apologize for the inconvenience. In Part One, I asked Dr. Spudis how he assessed a change in space policy that might include a return to the Moon as a result of the 2016 presidential elections. Its an interesting space policy and historical discussion you don't want to miss. I then directed our discussion to the article Dr. Spudis wrote on his blog, www.spudislunarresources.com/blog/overthrowing-science, "Overthrowing Science." I urge you to read this article as we spent the balance of the first segment discussing his observations and perspectives and the order of scientific development and progress. As we approached the end of the segment, I asked Paul how we could protect ourselves from the misleading and manipulative information often presented to us as science. He offered a few suggestions including the need to be skeptical & to do at least basic due diligence on the subject from a variety of sources. In the second segment, we turned our attention to an article, www.theverge.com/2015/1/19/7560263/nasa-asteroid-redirect-mission-politcal-suicide, "Is NASA's asteroid mission the agency's political downfall?" For about half of this segment, Paul went into detail on the ARM, why it was problematic at best, the constraints of such a mission, and more. For those interested in the ARM, this is an exceptionally detailed discussion so don't miss it. Listeners then wanted to return to classic Dr. Spudis so the lunar questions started coming in via email. Doug sent in a few emails asking about lunar volatiles, LCROSS, and the use of lunar solar panels for the energy of a lunar habitat. Paul said initially the power would be solar but it would have to evolve to nuclear fission reactors. BJohn wanted to know about the Lunar Resource Prospecting Rover plus he asked questions about lunar results from asteroid hits. Tim asked about a reusable lunar shuttle and Dr. Kiehl asked lunar mining and crater questions. Several other listeners sent emails comparing terrestrial geology to lunar and Martian geology, even asking if studying petroleum geology in grad school would be relevant to space planetary geology since the person wanted to work in the space industry. Toward the end Paul was asked about the progress of cislunar development. I asked our guest for closing comments so again, listen sharply as he had important things to say for us all. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:23:51 UTC
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