The Space Show
The Space Show
The Space Show focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce, space tourism,space exploration and space development. The Space Show is committed to facilitating our becoming a space-faring nation and society with a growing and self-sustaining space-faring economy. The Space Show also focuses on other related subjects of interest to us all.
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Mark Bray, Monday, 10-27-14 (41.66MB; download) -- Guest: Mark Bray. Topics: Mark talked about NASA and related issues, his run for Congress, congressional issues, space in the campaign & 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 Mark Bray to the program to discuss the role of space policy in his congressional campaign. During the first segment of our 91 minute program, Mark explained why he was running for congress as an Independent candidate for the 5th District in Alabama. We quickly focused in on the role of space in his congressional race. In addition, is space a priority issue, how much of one, and in his district, how space aware are the voters. I asked Mark about aerospace engineers and other engineers in the U.S. Congress. I doubt you will be surprised the demographics Mark shared with us. I also asked Mark for his committee choices should he win and how easy it might be for him to get a seat on one of the science, technology & space committees. Mark talked about commercial space, the support for it in the Huntsville area, and public/private partnerships. The art of compromise was discussed & our guest noted the absence of it in congress. Mark explained the assets a engineer brings to the table in complex decision making and why that background is well suited for being in congress. Since Mark works on SLS in his engineering job, of course he got a few questions about it. I wanted to know if members of the public asked or commented to him one way or the other on SLS & its future. He said SLS comments, when he got them, were more general. Judy sent in a note about a video on his website, www.brayforcongress.com, which focused on the NASA culture of the 60s. Mark said he was focusing on the new, young NASA that could take on the near impossible and do things because it was not yet a tried and proven member of the government bureaucracy. Today, NASA is the bureaucracy and because of that, it operates differently. His comments were interesting, don't miss them. Bob asked Mark about the private sector creating jobs as opposed to the claims that the public sector creates the job. Again, don't miss his reply. Dr. Rowe asked a question about making astronaut medical data more freely available to researchers, wanting to know if Congress could make such data more readily available. In the second segment, Mark said he wanted to establish himself as the go to guy on space issues for congress. Greg called in to talk about why space matters as a national issue. Tim from Huntsville was the last caller on the program. He brought up needed ITAR reform to which Mark said there were meaningful reforms on the table that he supports. He then brought up spaceports and launch restrictions, then I asked our guest to rank campaign priorities including the economy, healthcare, foreign policy, Ebola, ISIS, Russia, and space. Read the rest of the review @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:43:14 UTC
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Michael Listner, Sunday, 10-26-14 (43.60MB; download) -- Guest: Michel Listner. Topics: Drones, air traffic control, NASA, SpaceX, patents, reusability, property, space law & 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 Michael Listner back to the show for a wide ranging discussion on space law issues. During the first segment of our 95 minute show, Michael started by addressing the NASA program to develop an air traffic control system for drones. We spent the first part of this segment talking about the system, what it might be like, the partners working with NASA on the plan, the role of the FAA, and related items. Part of this discussion focused on the need for regulations as Michael said without some regulations there is chaos. The trick is to balance the regulations to maintain safety and order but also to enable commercial growth. In this segment, we talked about the Dream Chaser challenge to the decision by NASA re commercial crew with the awards going to Boeing and SpaceX. To help us understand the appeals process, Michael cited the recent KC-X tanker deal which Boeing appealed and ultimately won the contract. Michael then updated us with as much info as is known re the SpaceX-AF litigation over the bulk buy, then we talked about the patent dispute with Blue Origin and SpaceX regarding a reusable system meant to land on a barge. In the second segment, the issues of space property rights & the Asteroids Act came up. Michael had some interesting observations that he shared with us. Let us know on the blog what you think about property rights & the Asteroids Act. A listener asked Michael about the prevailing law should a criminal act be carried out on a spaceship. Michael explained what would happen if such an event happened in space. Our guest was asked if he thought the midterm election would make a difference in space policy, Listeners & I then asked Michael what to look for regarding the balance of this year and into 2015 concerning space legal issues. Note what Michael pointed out to us. His concluding comments addressed the need for proper space law to facilitate commercial space growth & exploration. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can reach Michael through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 27 Oct 2014 03:34:35 UTC
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Brian Altmeyer, Friday, 10-24-14 (40.21MB; download) -- Guest: Brian Altmeyer. Topics: We discussed the guest's article posted on the Oct. 6, 2014 issues of The Space Review: "The Strange Contagion Of a Dream." 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 Brian Altmeyer to the program to discuss his Oct. 6, 2014 Space Review article, "The Strange Contagion of a Dream: How Space Visionaries Hijack Governments to Change the World (see www.thespacereview.com/article/2611/1). During the first segment of our 1 hour 27 minute discussion, Mr. Altmeyer introduced us to the background behind writing this article, how he got the idea for it, plus he explained the overall impact space visionaries have had on him and his interest in space development. Our guest took us back in time to the V2 program, Von Braun, and the politics of beating the Soviet Union to the Moon. He made the case that both the Soviet Union's and the US space program fed off each other in the form of competition to not only develop military space resources and ICBMs, plus our civil space programs as well. I then asked our guest if he thought competition with China over their lunar and long range plans would result in a similar push for civil and commercial space. His response was very interesting. Ellen in Portland sent an email suggesting we did not have inspirational or effective leaders today like we had with Von Braun and others. Brian disputed that and made reference to Elon Musk at SpaceX several times during our discussion. Gerald Driggers called to talk about the impact of the International Geophysical Year on our early program. Gerald worked in the early space program & had much to say about the main space personalities of the time along with the early rockets. Our guest was asked about vision and Mars One, again he brought up SpaceX, and then he talked about exoplanets. I asked him about the second to last paragraph in his paper regarding leadership issues and many waiting or expecting a new leader to come on the scene in a future election. Don't miss his comments on this issue. In the second segment, Brian was asked about space budgets serving as a limiting factor & if SpaceX was carrying too much of the burden for our moving forward with space development. Listeners asked him about sustainable space projects inspired & pushed by advocacy. Do the projects continue or eventually die off? Allison sent in a note asking our guest why we even needed HSF. For his response, he cited reasons often provided by Elon Musk when he gets this question or one like it. Near the end of the program, Ron emailed our guest to challenge his visionary outlook by asking if he had considered the reality of applying human medical factors, engineering realities,... You can read the rest of this summary @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 25 Oct 2014 17:50:37 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 10-22-14 (4.32MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Mike Snyder, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Topics: The Made In Space 3D printer on the ISS. 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 the head of R&D for Made In Space, Mike Snyder, to discuss the placement of a 3D printer on the ISS. We covered the printer, the source material for this demo printer, ABS plastic, the effects of microgravity on 3D printing & how Made In Space resolved them, plus the future for 3D printing in space. Important to the future will be the benefits from printing spare parts for long duration spaceflight, including future Mars colonization missions. While today 3D printing in space is a demo project, tomorrow it might prove to be an important problem solver and risk mitigation tool for BLEO spaceflight. 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, 23 Oct 2014 16:22:54 UTC
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Wayne White, Tuesday, 10-21-14 (38.95MB; download) -- Guest: Wayne White. Topics: Space property rights and Wayne's proposed Space Pioneering Act. 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 Wayne White back to the show to discuss space property rights, the proposed Asteroid Act, and his proposed Space Pioneering Act. During the first segment of our 1 hour 25 minute discussion, Wayne opened up with the Asteroids Act which was a bipartisan proposal in Congress this past summer (www.spacepolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/AsteroidsActHR5063.pdf). During this segment, Wayne explained why he believes this to be an important ACT and needed in order to have a more broad reaching space property rights law such as what he has been proposing with his Space Pioneering Act. Listeners and I asked Wayne if he thought the Asteroids Act would pass &be sent to the White House for approval. He said he thought it would be passed. He continually pointed out both the bipartisan sponsors of the bill & the fact that it would not cost taxpayers any money. Our guest fielded listener questions about the international impact & compliance of the Asteroids Act as it would be a U.S. law. Wayne also explained the role of reciprocity with the Act. Next, Wayne explained why the Act was necessary for the comprehensive solution to space property rights as proposed in his broad reaching Space Pioneering Act. (SPA). The SPA is for now only a draft concept which he will start refining once he sees what happens to the Asteroids Act. We talked about his plans to approach congress and staffers as well as entrepreneurial and commercial space companies, especially those that have an interest in establishing space property rights. Wayne was asked about dispute resolution for property rights, especially if it involved international parties. Near the end of this segment, he referenced the Homestead Act, the Law of the Sea Treaty, civil laws versus common law, and the benefits derived from national law and the arbitration process. In the second segment, Wayne started with a discussion about salvage law and why it was an important part of his SPA. Here, he talked about the Law of Finds, space debris issues, and both contract salvage and emergency salvage. Later he talked about the need to establish control zones are a commercial installation much in the way that there is a control zone around the ISS. He cited examples of problems that helped to make his points. As we neared the end of our discussion, Wayne introduced us to the need for mining law. He talked about similarities with the Mining Act of 1872 as his SPA, which includes mining law, has a similar approach to the Mining Act. Note his concluding comments & the case he makes for property rights, the Asteroids Act, and his Space Pioneering Act. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach Wayne White through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:44:53 UTC
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Dr. Paul Spudis, Monday, 10-20-14 (51.55MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Paul Spudis. Topics: A wide ranging discussion on current space topics including the Moon, ARM, Mars, and policy. 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. Paul Spudis back to the program for a wide ranging discussion on space topics plus we take a look at some of his recent blog posts. You can follow his blog posts at www.spudislunaryresources.com/blog and http://blogs.airspacemag.com/moon. During the first segment of our 1 hour 52 minute program, Dr. Spudis talked about his blog article for a lunar tour, "A Lunar Road Trip" (www.spudislunarresources.com/blog/a-lunar-road-trip). We talked with Paul about ways in which a future lunar tourist could actually move around on the Moon to see the places Paul described in his article. The two methods discussed were hopping and using a vehicle on the order of the Lunar Winnebago concept. The first listener question asked Dr. Spudis about the U.S. private sector doing lunar missions instead of the government. He was also asked about the private lunar programs such as Golden Spike and others. He spoke to some degree about the Google Lunar XPrize. Paul also addressed the Chinese lunar program, then we talked about cislunar space and its economic development. The ARM came up and Dr. Spudis called it a stunt. He suggested it would be an Orion mission because there was no place to send Orion other than ARM. He mentioned Inspiration Mars which he said was the ultimate stunt and ahead of its time. In terms of changes in our space policy, he did not see any changes happening soon. Next up was the NRC Pathways HSF Study which we have discussed on many Space Show program. He said they asked and answered the wrong questions. See what you think after hearing his comments. Another topic that came up dealt with prizes. He said they had not produced the desired outcome and cited evidence for it saying prizes were overstated in terms of their impact on space development. BJohn sent in several email questions including asking about Moon-Mars differences wondering why the Moon would be a good training place for HSF to Mars. As the segment ended, we talked about water on the Moon and if it was now confirmed. In the second segment, we honored James Charles Floyd on his 100th birthday for his role in the Canadian Avro Aero project and more. BJohn asked about X37 B & then Dr. Spudis was asked about his blog post regarding recent government sponsored spaceflight studies and panels ("Quinquennial Follies" at www.spudislunarresources.com/blog/quinquennial-follies). I asked Paul about space advocacy influence on policy and he told us an interesting story based on his experience regarding lunar space policy. Don't miss it. You can read the rest of this summary @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:32:09 UTC
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Mike Snyder, Sunday, 10-20-14 (40.01MB; download) -- Guest: Mike Snyder. Topics: 3D printing in space and on the Made In Space 3D printer on the ISS. 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 Mike Snyder, Director of R&D for Made In Space, to the show to discuss 3D printing in space and their printer now on the ISS. For more information, visit the Made In Space website, www.madeinspace.us. Please note that at times the cell phone audio with our guest was less than clear. I apologize for these issues but cell phones are often a problem with broadcast equipment, even on mainstream AM talk radio programs. During the first segment of our 1 hour 28 minute program, Mike introduced us to the company Made In Space, 3D printing and additive manufacturing. He talked about the testing they did with their printer before it was actually launched to the ISS, said the main unit weighed about 12 kilos and consumed 300 watts of power. ABC plastic comprised the raw material for the printer. He also described the type of objects that this printer would be printing on station. Listener Ben asked Mike for mass comparisons with the 3D raw materials as compared to having spare parts on board the ISS. Mike said in the future they would be recycling printer parts as new feedstock so to speak and that would make printing in space much more economic. Listeners asked him to describe the design and printing process for the ISS printer, who was designated to work it on board and where was the printer located on the ISS. Listener Beth emailed in a question asking our guest to explain additive manufacturing. Doug sent in a set of questions ranging from "if 3D printers could print body parts, could it be used to produce an endless supply of clones to take over this part of the galaxy? to "if 3D printers could take planetary material and reproduce their own parts, might they get out of control and convert the solar system into 3D printers? This would either result in the extinction of humanity or be the basis of a really cool movie...not sure which." Our guest said that 3D printers were not being made with the "self-awareness chip." Other listener questions wanted to know about printing fuel, surgical tools as well as body replacement parts and even if someday space tourists might have their own personal printers to make souvenirs on their flights. In the second segment, Marshall called to talk about bandwidth issues, storing data for the printer onboard or beaming it to the printer using up precious bandwidth. Mike spoke more about the recycler planned for the future, then he was asked if a 3D printer in space could be hacked and taken over by others. He talked about the control process and oversight by NASA & others to secure control of the printer. Read the balance of this summary at www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:56:21 UTC
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Jeremy Straub & Joe Vacek, Friday, 10-17-14 (37.46MB; download) -- Guests: Jeremy Straub, Joe Vacek. Topics: The impact of rules & regulations on small businesses, academics from a smallsat perspective. 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 Jeremy Straub & Joe Vacek to the program to discuss the impact of rules and regulations on small businesses, startups, entrepreneurs, academics, and researchers, all from the small satellite industry perspective. Originally we were to do a one hour program but we went long for 80 minutes. in just one segment. We started our discussion on the light subject of Joe's all weather bike riding, including the winters in Grand Forks, ND with studded bike tires. After talking about cross country and all weather bike riding, we talked about how small businesses are adversely impacted by rules and regulations which according to the Supreme Court, have the effect of legally passed laws. Our guests started off citing ITAR and remote sensing as an example. Most of the rules & regs are in support of the large satellite industry so it can be burdensome on small satellites. I asked about privacy issues which were addressed in detail during our program. Our guests said that privacy issues was the opening of Pandora's Box. Later in the discussion, privacy came up again in the context of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Our guests talked about the difference in federal privacy issues as compared to state issues, specifically regarding aerial surveillance. Later, more was said about ITAR issues as well as issues raised by the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The issue of the need for a variety of government licenses from different agencies was discussed along with the burden this can cause for the groups we focused on in this discussion. We talked about compliance, what happens if the rules & regs are violated, even if by accident. Our guests pointed out the compliance burden on the smaller organizations as well as the legal defense costs if such a strategy is deployed by the companies. As a possible remedy, both our guests talked about establishing a safe harbor rule which they described during our discussion. In short, if a good faith effort was made to comply but something was done wrong or missed, a safe harbor rule would help the company avoid significant prosecution. Our guests strongly recommended doing due diligence on the rules & regulations prior to starting the business or a specific type of mission. They even suggested hiring a professional to do the due diligence if the company cannot do it themselves but they stressed many times during the segment that it was essential to do thorough rule & regulatory due diligence. I asked our guests for closing comments. Jeremy & Joe left us with important points to consider based on our discussion. We thanked the listeners for emailing in questions and comments. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach either of our guests through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:43:56 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 10-15-14 (18.13MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Sydney Do, Koki Ho, Andrew Owens, Dr. Olivier de Weck, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Topics: The MIT Strategic Engineering Research Group's assessment of the Mars One mission. 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 welcome Dr. Oliver de Weck, Sydney Do, Koki Ho, & Andrew Owens to Hotel Mars for our regarding their paper and analysis, "An Independent Assessment Of The Technical Feasibility Of The Mars One Mission Plan." You can download their 35 page report at http://web.mit.edu/sydneydo/Public/Mars%20One%20Feasibility%20Analysis%20IAC14.pdf. We welcomed the MIT authors of the paper "An Independent Assessment Of The Technical Feasibility Of The Mars One Mission Plan." John recorded four segments for an hour broadcast on The John Batchelor Show which is why you will hear the archived version divided into four segment with their own introduction. In addition, we used a conference calling system to bring all but one of the authors on the program so you will hear a tone difference in this show and perhaps a soft echo type sound. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause you. We started our 40 minute program by John asking Dr. de Weck for the origin of this paper. Dr. de Weck took us back to beginning in 2004 providing us with an interesting leading up to the present time. Given the number of guests on the program, John and I directed our questions to each person by name. Some of the issues we talked about were life support for being on Mars and other issues referenced in their report & analysis "An Independent Assessment Of The Technical Feasibility Of The Mars One Mission Plan." We also discussed the Mars One plan to grow food and the possible O2 poisoning resulting from that effort. Since Mars One said that all the technologies were here now and on the ISS, the authors used the ISS as a source. They discovered that many of the needed life support technologies are not available or tested for space let alone the Martian environment even if used here on Earth. Our guests took us through many of the assumptions of the Mars One Mission as taken from their own statements and website. The authors concluded that most if not all the technologies needed for humans to survive on Mars per their mission plan were today at a very low TRL or Technology Readiness Level. Other issues that we talked about focused on the need for spare parts with this need rapidly growing to a point beyond Mars One capabilities. Read the rest of this review at www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:16:15 UTC
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Auditions-Open Lines, Tuesday, 10-14-14 (52.17MB; download) -- Guests: Open Lines/Auditions with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Nuclear rocket propulsion was the main discussion topic. 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 this 1 hour 53 minute program focused on auditions for possible new Space Show guests plus Open Lines calls from listeners. While there were no audition calls, two callers checked in to talk about nuclear propulsion, reactors, fuels, ISP, etc. Both calls were interesting and instructive. I also promoted the upcoming Next Giant Leap Conference in Hawaii from Nov. 9-13. For more information about this conference, visit http://2014giantleap.aerospacehawaii.info. During the first segment, I went over the audition ground rules for the show and discussed the best way for self-invited guests to be on The Space Show. The best way is to call an Open Lines program and let us know what you have to say and why you believe you should be on the program as a guest. Long time Space Show guest and caller Dave Ketchledge called to talk about nuclear rockets and reactors. We covered lots of information including what it takes to actually turn on and start up a nuclear reactor. We talked core issues & I inquired about the possibility of a gas core. Dave talked about new and exotic nuclear fuels, the nuclear waste problem, including how the waste is treated by the advanced design Westinghouse and GE reactors plus those in France. I asked Dave for his thoughts on the timeline for a nuclear rocket. He said probably 20 years but were we to have leadership in the area and funding, perhaps as early as ten years. Toward the end of his call, he shared with us a few horror stories where nuclear workers had done really stupid things. In the second segment, again there were no audition callers so I talked about how to be a Space Show guest, especially if you are self-inviting yourself to the show. As I said before, the best way to do it is to call an Open Lines show or come in recommended by a previous guest or somebody I know. I also spoke about listener participation through emails and phone calls with live shows rather than emailing me complaints about the program or guest after listening to the live show. The bottom line is that we want your feedback and exchange with the guests, not after the fact. SLS John called to talk about the Classroom show from Sunday, specifically the nuclear component of the discussion revolving around the Aquarius project proposed by Dr. Jim Logan and Dan Adamo. John was again questioning the 900 seconds of ISP with water as the fuel. I suggested he post his comments on the blog for that show as I was not the one to respond since Aquarius was not my project. I did ask John to explain some basics about nuclear rockets, especially the part about the dissociation of the hydrogen atom. To read this full summary, visit www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:16:09 UTC
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