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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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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 11-12--14 (5.44MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Marcia Smith, Dr. David Livingston. Topic: The impact of the 2014 mid-term election on NASA budgets & policy. 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 Marcia Smith (www.spacepolicyonline.com) to Hotel Mars to discuss the impact of the recently held mid-term elections on space policy, the NASA budget, specific NASA projects, commercial space, and more. We talked about new Senate Republican chairmanships of crucial committees and subcommittees and what this might portend for policy and budgets. We asked Marcia about the survivability of NASA programs such as SLS and the ARM. Other issues discussed included NASA budget caps, a possible space race with China and how Congress might react to such competition, plus an overview of the current Russian-US relationship with space, particularly the ISS.
Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact Marcia Smith through me or her website.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:26:19 UTC
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Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, Tuesday, 11-11-14 (56.06MB; download) -- Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman. Topics: Wide ranging space program & commercial space policy & project discussions. 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 Bob Zimmerman back to the show to discuss a variety of space news items and events. During the first segment of our 2 hour 2 minute show, Bob opened up talking about Comet 67P, the Rosetta mission, and the Philae lander which will land on the comet on Nov. 12, 2014. Bob spent some time describing 67P, the lander, the landing site, and the topography of the landing zone. Next, I asked Bob about the recent court decisions in Italy regarding the appeals court decision on the seven scientists accused of incorrectly predicting an earthquake that led to lots of damage and death. Bob clarified the issues for us and the decision of the appeals court. We talked some about the possible impact on space policy for the recently held mid-term elections. Bob was asked by a listener if he thought the election result would lead to the cancellation of SLS as well as the NASA ARM project. See if you are surprised by Bob's analysis. Ken in San Diego asked Bob about negative press articles regarding stopping space tourism in light of the SpaceShipTwo accident. The USA Today editorial of today was cited as an example. Bob did not think these articles would have any serious or long lasting impact and had much to say about the authors and publications writing them. Before our break, Rob in Denver emailed in about Comet Siding Spring changing the Martian atmosphere when it swung by Mars. In the second segment, Jeff emailed in about comments that Virgin has said it would be flying by April. Bob was very skeptical about that timeline. He had much to say about the investment and more regarding Virgin. Bob then spoke about the upcoming Orion test flight set for Dec. 4 and heat shield issues. Our guest spent some time dwelling on the heat shield issues which he said helped make his case that SLS/Orion were not sustainable projects. Ben called from Orange County to talk with Bob about the Bigelow module going to the ISS in 2016, then they talked a bit about solar sales. Ed emailed Bob to see if he knew what alternative launcher Orbital might choose given the Antares problems. Bob spoke about the upcoming Russian rocket test for the new Angara 5 rocket. SLS John called in about earlier comments Bob made regarding the Saturn 5, then they talked about SLS. Please post questions and comments on TSS blog above. You can reach Bob through me or his website, www.behindtheblack.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:05:11 UTC
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Andy Weir, Monday, 11-10-14 (46.89MB; download) --
Guest: Andy Weir. Topics: We engaged author Andy Weir in a thorough discussion of his best selling book, "The Martian" along with the essential engineering & needed technology for survival. 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 best selling author Andy Weir to the program to discuss his book "The Martian." For more information, visit his websites, www.andyweirauthor.com and http://www.galactanet.com. During the first segment of our 100 minute show, Andy started out by telling us how he came up with the story idea, & his three years spent in writing the book. I asked if he used consultants, NASA, or other aerospace experts. He said no & that most of the feedback and help came through suggestions from people who read the chapters he put up on his website. Andy also did his own research, math work, physics, and engineering analysis. He talked about a few errors that were pointed out to him & indicated that the most challenging work were the times and orbits regarding Mars and the missions described in the book. During the show, Andy got lots of email questions and phone calls regarding certain story lines and sections of the book. He was also asked about life on Mars but that issue was not relevant to his story. He did get questions about the human waste recycling carried out on Mars & why he chose Mars and not the Moon or another destination. Sandra asked him about the private space company plans to visit and/or settle Mars given how hard it was for Andy's character, Watney, to survive. Andy had very interesting comments on this question including the Elon Musk Mars plans and then Mars One. Human factors were brought up including radiation, microgravity, vision problems, and more. Andy did address these issues in the book so listen to his reply to this line of questioning. As the segment ended, we talked about using Phobos and Deneb for Martian navigation along with Watney's trek to get to Pathfinder to use its parts for communication. NASA came up several times in the segment as readers get a pretty good "view" of NASA problem solving, information, data, and PR control, plus amazing creativity. In the second segment, we had lots of listener emails and phone calls. Andy was asked what science fiction had influenced him, then he got an interesting email from Andrew in Tucson who had actually worked on the Pathfinder hardware. Andrew said Andy was spot on accurate! Dr. Doug called on many topics including using the Hohmann Transfer Orbit which Andy did not use as he designed Hermes, the big spaceship, to work with constant acceleration using ion propulsion. The Aldrin Cycler was also mentioned. Listeners mentioned the new movie Interstellar and made some comparisons if they had read "The Martian" and seen the move. You can read the rest of this summary @ www.thespceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:22:07 UTC
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Mark Whittington, Sunday, 11-9-14 (48.55MB; download) -- Guest: Mark Whittington. Topics: Commercial space news updates, mid-term elections & space policy/budgets, & 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 welcomed Mark Whittington back to the program for a wide ranging discussion on space news, policy, & technical matters. You can follow Mark on his blog, http://curmudgeons.blogspot.com. During the first segment of our 1 hour 46 minute program, Mark focused on the SpaceShipTwo accident, the Orbital Antares loss, the Mid-Term elections and what that may mean for space policy, Texas and the commercial space industry including the planned SpaceX spaceport, plus the space interest level of Texas Republicans taking over in the Senate and continuing in the House. He also spoke the NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) as a possible program to be cancelled referencing the work by Dr. Binzel at MIT who wants it cancelled in favor of finishing the NEO survey. Later in the segment, Mark mentioned the Falcon Heavy to Mars, Inspiration Mars, and SLS. He also talked about possible renewed interest in some sort of return to the Moon program. In segment two, Dr. Doug called to talk about a Lunar Cots like program & a reusable lunar lander. We addressed Dr. Dava Newman of MIT being nominated for the position of NASA Deputy Administrator. Dava was a January 2014 guest on The Space Show and as you will hear, I think this was an excellent choice for the position. We spoke more about SLS, then Mark mentioned the recent Whitehouse.gov call for feedback on lunar & space policy by Tom Kalil, the Deputy Director for Policy for The White House Office of Science & Technology. Dr. Doug and Mark talked about the ULA-Masten Zeus lander. Mark updated us on the Lunar XPrize , we spoke about the book "The Martian" and concluded by talking about upcoming Sci-Fi TV channel space related programming . As the program was concluding, Mark said space tourism will survive the Virgin accident but Virgin's survival will come down to investors and customers. He also suggested their might be congressional hearings which he thought would be fine providing they did not go to the extreme to strangle the industry with regulations & oversight. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can reach Mark Whittington through his own website or me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:38:18 UTC
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Rob Manning, Friday, 11-7-14 (40.29MB; download) -- Guest: Rob Manning. Topic: Mars Science Lab Curiosity and Rob's new book, "Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer." 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 Rob Manning back to the program to discuss Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity rover plus his new book, "Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer." Please remember to purchase this book through The Space Show/OGLF Amazon portal as Amazon will make a contribution to The Space Show for each purchase. Instructions can be found on every blog and website archived program or you can email me. During the first segment of our 90 minute program, we started talking about landing on Mars given Rob was last on the show in November 2009 regarding his paper on the challenges in landing large payloads on Mars. We discussed Martian EDL, the MSL landing approach, the sky crane, and more. I asked Rob about engineering errors & what they do at JPL to not make them as opposed to car engineers where there are usually multiple car recalls from most all brands. Don't miss what Rob said about this, it might surprise you. Rob then mentioned several errors & mistakes that they made, including incorrectly estimating the Martian gravity at the bottom of Gale Crater which ended up impacting their landing & of course the Curiosity wheels. I also asked Rob for his thoughts on private Mars missions being able to land a big payload or crew on Mars. Listen carefully, his response may again surprise you. Later, a listener asked Rob why Mars and if we were Mars obsessed. Rob talked about our Mars culture and the good scientific reasons for our focus on Mars. We also talked about other solar system targets plus radiation issues for the outer planets that were not as severe for Mars. We talked about doing more, Titan, Europa, & the NASA budget. In the second segment, listener Claudia asked about the biggest challenges in designing Curiosity, launching it, getting it to Mars. and Martian operations. Rob said their concerns were born out, he talked about EDL, the sky crane. Ben wanted to know if his concerns expressed in his paper referenced earlier turned out to be valid when actually designing EDL for Curiosity. B John emailed in several questions pertaining to Earth-Mars telerobotics & a Mars sample return mission back to Earth. Near the end of our discussion, we talked about the new Mars 2020 project and finding life on Mars. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach Rob Manning through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:06:23 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 11-5--14 (9.23MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Jeff Foust, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Topics: The Antares rocket failure and the SpaceShipTwo accident. 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. Jeff Foust for the first ten minutes of our special edition Hotel Mars program. Our second guest was Doug Messier for the second half of the program. During the first segment with Dr. Foust, we talked about the latest news on the recent Orbital Sciences Antares rocket failure. It seems that Orbital Sciences is going to phase out the AJ26 rocket motor, replace it with a yet unidentified motor, and possibly do some short term launches of cargo to the ISS on an alternative rocket. In the second segment, Doug Messier of www.parabolicarc.com was our guest to discuss the latest news regarding the SpaceShipTwo accident. Doug talked about the NTSB investigation and disclosure about the on-off switch for the vehicles feather system, we talked about Virgin Galactic safety and the type of data that was collected which will assist the NTSB in the investigation. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact any of us through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:12:34 UTC
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Gerald Driggers, Monday, 11-3-14 (44.79MB; download) -- Guest: Gerald Driggers. Topics: Mars Settlement, The Earth-Mars Chronicles book series.
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 Gerald Driggers to the program to discuss his theories about Mars settlement but his science fiction book series Earth-Mars Chronicles. You can find out more about his work and books by visiting http://earth-mars.com. During the first segment of our 100 minute program, Mr. Driggers talked about his early interest in space exploration, his early work in the industry & then his becoming a space age dropout as he described it. He told us why he embarked on the Earth-Mars Chronicles series. Listeners sent him email questions asking him why Mars was so important & why it should be the choice for human settlement off the planet. Gerald responded to these early "why" questions. A listener asked if he would do a one way mission to Mars. You might be surprised by his answer. Next up was Mars One given Gerald was one of the early supporters of the organization. Gerald had much to say about Mars One and the Mars One model for humans to Mars. He also discussed other HSF to Mars Models but their was lots of listener interest in discussing Mars One with our guest. Later, Gerald said we would need to be at the Technical Readiness Level 7 (TR7) to go to Mars, be it the private sector or with the government. June emailed to ask about the minimum viable size for a Martian settlement, including genetic screening. Evon emailed about landing large payloads on Mars & how Gerald addressed that problem in his books. Gerald brought up the need for humanity to be off Earth in case Earth is destroyed so I asked him if we needed to be in a hurry to develop an off Earth presence on Mars. Our guest suggested it would be a very long time in coming as there was no forcing function for HSF to Mars, nor is fundamental research being done regarding human survival on long duration spaceflight trips. Doug called to ask about the economic justification for settlements on Mars & to ask if the Moon was not a better and more economic choice than Mars. In the second segment, Kirk from Trinidad phoned in to ask about the online presence for Mars One. We also asked him about space in Trinidad and if it was a hot topic or area of interest. More emails came in & Christine wanted to know what was next for Gerald in Earth-Mars Chronicles. Tony wanted to know if there was a spiritual component to HSF to Mars. Our guest responded in the context of religions. Judith's note inquired if one of greatest blockades to space exploration were the entertainment options today including video games, computers, & other forms of entertainment. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach Gerald through his website or me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:02:15 UTC
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Open Lines, Sunday, 11-2-14 (64.19MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: SpaceShip2 accident, Antares accident, NewSpace, Legacy Space, ULA, Air Force, SpaceX & 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 show. During our first segment of this 2 hour 20 minute program, we mostly talked about both the recent Antares rocket explosion a few seconds after launch and the Virgin Galactic SS2 accident resulting in the loss of one crew member. After my opening statement about not engaging in accident speculation and my reading an op-ed by Dennis Wing on the accident titled "Thoughts on the SS2 Crash" (http://denniswingo.wordpress.com), we opened the lines for callers. Dr. Jurist called first to strongly urge against speculation. Michael Listner called & updated us regarding the Air Force-SpaceX litigation, then Michael talked about the SS2 accident & to guard against speculation. He did give us the relevant parts of the commercial space law pertaining to the Dept. of Transportation and FAA having regulatory oversight of the suborbital industry. He cited 51 U.S.C. Section 50903(c) & pointed out this paragraph: "(c) SAFETY.-In carrying out the responsibilities under subsection (b), the Secretary shall encourage, facilitate, and promote the continuous improvement of the safety of launch vehicles designed to carry humans, and the Secretary may, consistent with this chapter, promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection." Dr. Rowe called and talked about cardiovascular risks for longer spaceflights as well as the problems associated with using pharmaceuticals in space. Bill also addressed some space tourism issues. During this segment, I read an anti-space tourism article from Wired.com which you will see on the Dennis Wingo Blog as Dennis commented on the Wired article. In the second segment, Kirk called from Trinidad. He mentioned the SR71 flight breakup with Bill Weaver and the loss of the other pilot, plus I asked questions about the interest in space in Trinidad. Dr. Dwayne Day called next to resist speculation on the SS2 accident, plus he shared some of his experiences in accident investigation and how things progress as he was part of the Columbia investigation team. We then talked about really bad network and cable news reporting on both the Antares rocket failure and the SS2 coverage. Dwayne recently did a tour of SpaceX and ULA so he told us about each one and highlighted some of the differences that he saw regarding each company. I think you will find this discussion very interesting. Dwayne mentioned early commercial spaceflight history, problems, and setbacks as points of reference for us. Tim called from Huntsville about the SS2 crash and the Russian engine used by Antares. He wondered if the British Skylon space tourism vehicle would be an alternative. Read the rest of the summary @ www.davidlivingston.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:42:04 UTC
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Amnon Govrin, Friday, 10-31-14 (46.46MB; download) -- Guest: Amnon Govrin. Topics: We discussed our guest's op-ed, "Is Microsoft the NASA of Software Companies." 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 Amnon Govrin to the show to discuss his thoughtful op-ed, "Is Microsoft the NASA of Software Companies." You can read this op-ed at www.spacepirations.com/2014/10/is-microsoft-nasa-of-software-companies.html. During the first segment of our 100 minute discussion, Amnon shared his background with us and what led him to write this article. He listed attributes of both organizations that made them similar, plus he provided his own background as a space enthusiast as well as working in the software industry and in recent years for Microsoft. To establish the groundwork for his article, he talked to the amazing things both organizations have done as well as the innovations they have brought to not just the industry but to humanity. He was asked about differences with one being a private company and the other a government agency plus he addressed politics which he said were plentiful for both organizations though different. He looked at historic big projects for both organizations & the innovation of such projects. He suggested common traits including research and technology. Amnon talked NewSpace, also he went back to the early days of our space program with rockets and hardware, then he did the same with some of the Microsoft early projects and products. Another topic in this segment dealt with layoffs for both organizations, consolidations, and positioning their respective organizations for the future. He said the verdict was out on the success in doing this for both organizations. Our guest talked about and identified what he referred to as Black Sheep, a section of his op-ed. Black Sheep referred to products and projects that don't make it for one reason or another. He said both NASA and Microsoft had a history of many Black Sheep projects and products and he identified a few including Vista and Constellation. Michael Listner called to talk about the denaturalized approach of both organizations. Amnon and Michael has much to say about decentralization. About this time, we started getting breaking news information regarding the Virgin SpaceShip2 accident. We continued to report breaking news on this story during the rest of our program. In the second segment, in addition to the breaking news reports, we talked about both organizations becoming stale meaning irrelevant, heavy, and even wasteful. Again, our guest cited many examples for both organizations. More interruptions took place over the Virgin accident story and news, then we moved to the conclusion section of the last segment. He talked about the difficulty for both organizations going into the future and what may impact the future of both Microsoft and NASA. For the rest of this summary see www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:17:00 UTC
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Golden Oldie Elon Musk from 10-24-01, replayed Tuesday, 10-28-14 (28.62MB; download) -- Guest: Elon Musk from Oct. 24, 2001; Topic: Golden Oldie Archive Play regarding the Mars Oasis plan and Elon’s ideas for a multi-planet species by settling on 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. This is a Golden Oldie program from Oct. 24, 2001. At this time, The Space Show was known as Business Without Boundaries and was aired on a Phoenix radio station. The formatting of the program was that of the radio station as they divided the 60 minute discussion into 5 short segments. All the commercial breaks and music from back then are included in this discussion. Elon was the 16th guest on The Space Show (Business Without Boundaries). In the first segment, we talked about the why of Elon's interest in space and the need to be on a second planet. Mr. Musk talked about the different reasons for wanting to go to space but for him it was to insure survival of our species by being a multi-planet species. Elon then discussed his Mars Oasis Project which was time lined for 2005 as a private mission. He wanted to rally American public opinion for the need for a human presence on Mars. Our guest took us deeper into Mars Oasis with his greenhouse plans and some of the crops he thought would be suitable for the project. In the second segment, Elon again said they were looking for a 2005 launch with a landing on Mars in 2006. A listener asked him about using off the shelf technology and Bruce from Stanford wanted to know about Russian-US cooperation since the plan was to use a converted Russian SS18 ICBM for the launch vehicle. Our guest also identified some of the equipment that would be part of the Mars Oasis payload. John in St. Louis asked Elon if this was a commercial project with an expected ROI. The answer was that it was a humanitarian project and no ROI was expected. In the third segment, Elon was asked to estimate the costs for the project. He said that NASAs cheaper missions were around $200-250 million and full cost missions were higher. In this segment he suggested the costs might be 10-15% of the lower NASA costs. He was also planning two missions since it was possible for one to fail. In the fourth segment, Elon was asked additional questions about the costs which he approximated at $20-$30 million. Another question dealt with regulatory issues. Here, Elon did talk about ITAR but said at present there were no laws or regulations regarding a private mission to Mars. Remember now, our discussion took place in 2001. Near the end of this short segment, questions about using the NASA DSN came up as Mars Oasis would need to communicate with Earth. Elon suggested a design for his own communication network which he said might be commercialized down the road for other upcoming commercial space users. You can read the rest of the summary @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:44:10 UTC
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