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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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Bruce Pittman, Monday, 10-13-14 (41.17MB; download) -- Guest: Bruce Pittman. Topics: The emerging commercial space industry and related topics. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Bruce Pittman back to the show to discuss the emerging commercial space industry. During the first segment of our 90 minute program Bruce said this was the most exciting time every for commercial space, certain in his 30 plus year career. He talked about there being a paradigm shift underway, NASA challenges and the progress made in just five short years. He cited examples with COTS, commercial payloads to the ISS, SpaceX, and lots of smaller companies working with small satellites. Other examples included the 3D printer on the ISS, the growth of spaceports, the industry spreading out into multiple states, and investment capital coming to the industry. I asked about human spaceflight (HSF) and he said it was more challenging and demanding but was optimistic that launch costs would come down, especially if reusability enters the market. Reusability would greatly assist in bringing more commercial options to the table even for HSF. Jerome in the UK emailed to ask about a commercial space industry outside the U.S. Both Bruce and I commented on Jerome's question. Harry emailed Bruce to inquire if going public was essential for pushing the emerging commercial space industry forward. Bruce was also asked what excited him the most in the industry. Listen to his choices. I asked our guest if he saw SLS as an asset to the emerging commercial space industry, being neutral, or being a detriment. He believes there will be synergistic enhancements for both SLS and the commercial space industry through the development of SLS. Don't miss his full comments. Bruce was asked about commercial space ventures being able to finally close a business case and having more than just government as the customer. Allison emailed us asking Bruce to define paradigm shift. This also proved an interesting discussion. Near the end of the segment, our guest was asked bout NEOs and commercial opportunities. We also talked about two NASA papers in this segment. The first, "Pioneering Space: NASA’s Next Steps on the Path to Mars" from May 29, 2014 can be downloaded at www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Pioneering-space-final-052914b.pdf. The second paper, "Emerging Space: The Evolving Landscape of 21st Century American Spaceflight," can be downloaded at www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Emerging_Space_Report.pdf. Just before the break, Paul asked about fuel depots for the commercial space industry. In our second segment, we started talking about space settlement, pioneering, and space exploration. Bruce explained the differences with pioneering making it possible to have a permanent presence in space by getting in place needed infrastructure and the basics for living in space. Read the balance of this summary at www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:23:56 UTC
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NRC Pathway HSF STudy Panel, Sunday, 10-12-14 (69.48MB; download) -- Guests: Dan Adamo, Dr. Jim Logan, Dr. John Jurist. Topics: Our three guests reviewed the NRC "Pathways To Exploration HSF study. 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 2.5 hour Space Show Classroom discussion with Dan Adamo, Dr. John Jurist, & Dr. Jim Logan regarding the recently released NRC "Pathways To Exploration: Rationales And Approaches For A U.S. Program Of Human Space Exploration." You can download the report for free at www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18801. In addition, the project referred to in the last part of this discussion by Dan and Jim, the "Aquarius interplanetary HSF transport" paper can be freely downloaded at www.spaceenterpriseinstitute.org/2014/07/aquarius-a-reusable-water-based-interplanetary-human-spaceflight-transport. Please note that our panel members used cell phones which caused audio issues which you may hear during the discussion. Finally, as this program will also be archived on both The Space Show and The Space Show Classroom blogs, there will be two papers uploaded to each blog, one by Dan Adamo & the other by caller Dr. James Dewar. I will mention both in the summary below. In the first segment, our panel members opened with their perspective on the NRC Pathways HSF study. While there were similarities in their perspectives, there were also noteworthy differences. After this comprehensive introduction, I asked our panel members about the study and space settlement or pioneering. Each panel member had much to say on the settlement issue, including the need to solve the gravity prescription for long duration HSF or settlement. Our panel members said that for the most part, space settlement was out of scope for this report. In this part of the discussion much was said about microgravity issues & the need to do on orbit experiments to determine the HSF gravity prescription. Deimos was discussed as an initial better choice that the surface of Mars re microgravity issues. Our guests spoke to the need of a short arm centrifuge on the ISS. Jim spoke to the specifics of such an experiment such as 1 G at the head., 2.5 g's at the feet for two hours a day to see how it serves as a microgravity countermeasure. Our panel members mentioned that there already was such a short arm centrifuge built years ago by NASA and Wiley, www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/slsd/about/divisions/hacd/laboratories/short-arm_centrifuge_laboratory.html. The guests talked about unknown human factor challenges for going to Mars and long duration spaceflight. Jim provided us with interesting statistics on human spaceflight totals since the beginning in 1961. The panel members had much to say about the budget issues discussed in the NRC study. This summary is quite long so to read it in full, please go to www.thespaceshow.com or http:thespaceshow.wordpress.com, or http://spaceshowclassroom.wordpress.com. Thank you. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:36:49 UTC
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Michael Annis Friday 10-10-14 (43.32MB; download) -- Guest: Michael Annis. Topics: We discussed is podcasts re http://spacerockethistory.com on the history of space & rocketry. 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 Annis to the program to discuss his series of space & rocket history podcasts at http://spacerockethistory.com. During the first segment, Mike told us about his background, being inspired by Apollo, and being a strong space enthusiasts going forward. He strives for one podcast weekly. Visit http://spacerockethistory.com/?page_id=344 for his timeline for existing podcasts with the newest on top. Note that he started his series with his first podcast covering "Ancient Rocketry: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants." As you will hear, he is still covering the Gemini program as his podcasts represent a detailed oral history in chronological order of events & missions that happened. He does cover Soviet events plus events & rockets from other nations as applicable. His sources are referenced in the podcasts but he does have a Source page, http://spacerockethistory.com/?page_id=27. For this segment, we started at the beginning, talked about the history of rocketry and our space program. One thing that I liked was his mention of the Flying Steam Powered Pigeon by Archtytas about 428 BC (see http://kotsanas.com/gb/exh.php?exhibit=2001001). Listeners asked Mike questions about NewSpace, the Saturn V rocket, and for his favorite missions. In this segment, Mike talked about the space interest of his students & their knowledge level of space history which was not good. In the second segment, Mike mentioned Newton's laws, especially his Third Law of Motion, especially action-reaction as he said rockets were based on this. Our guest was asked about Mars as the focus and goal of human spaceflight and if he thought the US would likely lead a humans to Mars mission. Another listener asked him about failures and he mentioned what he called a Flopnic, the Vanguard TV3 launch and the Soviet R7 rocket. When asked about challenges to our space program, he cited budget problems. We talked about the U.S. private sector which he supports. Mike told us how to get his podcasts as they are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Near the end of our program, Mike was asked about the Moon-Mars debate and his thoughts on the overall condition of our human spaceflight program. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach Mike Annis using the Contact tab on his website. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:38:48 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 10-08-14 (4.99MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Heather Knutson, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Exoplanet HAT-P-11b with clear skies and atmospheric water vapor. 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.
We welcomed Dr. Heather Knutson to Hotel Mars for our discussion about Exoplanet HAT-P-11b given it has been discovered that this planet has clear skies and water vapor in its atmosphere. Dr. Knutson explained how clear skies and atmospheric water vapor was confirmed, what it means for this specific Neptune size exoplanet and what it means for our planet searches in general. We talked about it having a hot atmosphere, a core but not a solid surface. The exoplanet is not habitable. HAT-P-11b is 120 light years from Earth. Dr. Knutson also explained why so many exoplanets have a cloudy atmosphere and why that limits our research into the exoplanet. 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, 09 Oct 2014 17:59:23 UTC
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Anatoly Zak, Tuesday, 10-7-14 (39.88MB; download) -- Guest: Anatoly Zak. Topics: Russian space program & 2nd edition of his book, "Russia In Space: The Past Explained, The Future Explored." 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 Anatoly Zak back to the program to provide updates regarding the Russian space program & to talk about the release of the second edition of his book, "Russia In Space: The Past Explained, The Future Explored." Remember, if you buy it through Amazon, use the OGLF Amazon portal so Amazon will contribute to TSS/OGLF. Instructions are on all archives, the blog, our website and www.onegiantleapfoundation.org. In the first segment, Anatoly said the Russian program was at a crossroads wanting to develop new systems for the lunar mission & BLEO, building a new launch site ,Vostochny, while maintaining existing programs including the ISS. He talked about programs falling behind schedule, proposed timelines followed by delays. I asked him about the Russian tax system. Anatoly told us it was a flat tax system but that it was driven by their natural resources, especially energy. In response to many questions, we learned that the Russian program has some struggles that make it similar to what is happening with NASA. Anatoly talked about the new rocket Angara. The Angara 5 is supposed to have its test flight on Dec. 25. He also said there was a super SLS type rocket being planned but specifics were unknown at this time. When asked for the biggest challenge to the Russian space program, he said it was the budget. A listener asked about a possible joint China-Russian lunar or Mars program. Anatoly suggested that were something like that to happen, China would probably be behind it. We talked some about the second printing of his book, "Russia In Space: The Past Explained, The Future Explored." Another listener wanted to know the origins of the Russian program. We talked politics, sanctions, and the ISS relationship with NASA. Returning their Proton rocket to flight was mentioned & Anatoly talked at length about their quality control problems. SLS John called to talk about Russian nuclear propulsion. The last caller of the segment, Richard Easton, talked about Russian GPS, GLONASS, timing & the early days with the Russian navy. In the second segment, Anatoly talked about the Russian planetary program including EXOMARS with ESA for searching for life on Mars, their proposed HSF lunar program plus other missions on the planning table. In response to a question, he did say their was lots of competition between the planetary side and HSF. Roger wanted to know about becoming a cosmonaut, & Barbara wanted to know about space tourism to the Moon. For the balance of the year, Anatoly said eyes were on the Dec. 25th test flight for the new Angara 5 heavy rocket. Re the ISS, he expected it to remain as it is today. Please post comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach Anatoly through me or his website, www.russianspaceweb.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:00:35 UTC
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Rex Ridenoure, Monday, 10-6-14 (44.32MB; download) -- Guest: Rex Ridenoure. Topics: Ecliptic Enterprises updates, commercial space, commercial space and the future. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed back Rex Ridenoure to the show for this 96 minute discussion containing Ecliptic Enterprises updates, commercial space programs and business models, plus much more. In the first segment, our guest provided us with updates for Ecliptic from the time he left the company to do consulting for private missions and then his return to the position he left. Government sequestration happened about the same time and hurt Ecliptic as you will hear, plus it caused Rex to come back to Ecliptic. You will also hear how business has come back for Ecliptic since sequestration ended. Rex talked about new contracts, the focus of their business and more. He spoke about RocketCam and updated us on some of its new market potential plus features and advancements. We talked about the emergence of cubesat companies as potential Ecliptic customers given the advancements in this field. Rex talked about a new emerging business line for the company in the form of being an integrating contractor rather than only a subcontractor to a prime. Export control and ITAR were discussed when I asked if RocketCam was being sold to foreign launchers. The short answer was no but listen to what Rex had to say about export control and the hope for new rules in the near future. Rex introduced us to the concept of experiment control on the ISS. This pertains to experiments on board the ISS being controlled by ground personnel rather than by the ISS crew. Doug called to ask about the purpose of the Ecliptic projects plus goals for Rex with his work. Don't miss the killer reply Rex gave Doug. Other topics in this segment dealt with rad tolerant hardware as opposed to radiation hardened hardware and streaming data back to Earth on the DSN or another system. In the second segment, Rex spent most of the time talking about commercial space and his years in service to developing commercial space including early in his career. See the career time table for Rex that I have posted on the blog. Rex identified a few of the early commercial space projects he was involved with, then he said we had finished the first wave of reconnaissance of our solar system. Listen to his explanation for this statement. Rex next talked about one of the next big commercial areas for development which he said would be bringing space resources to the Earth economic system. Listener Paul emailed a question asking about commercial space efforts in other countries. Following that discussion, Rex told us about attending the 10th anniversary XPrize event at Mojave which was an invitation only event. I asked Rex if people were disappointed that ten years had gone by without commercial spaceflights. Read the rest of this summary @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:02:45 UTC
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Open Lines, Sunday, 10-5-14 (53.37MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: As this was an Open Lines show, we discussed a wide variety of topic per listener calls & emails. 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 two hour discussion on a variety of space topics per listener emails and calls. During the first segment, our first caller was Dr. Dough Haynes of Blue Ridge Nebula Airlines. He wanted to talk about his books as well as his advanced propulsion vehicle in the form of a "flying saucer." He also spoke about starting a drone business and his Open House later this month in the Denver area. Visit his websites for more information, www.blueridgeairlines.com, http://bluenebula.com. Given we were at the 10th anniversary of the winning of the X Prize, I asked Doug about his progress as well as the industry's progress in doing suborbital tourist flights. He had some interesting comments specifically addressing his technology projects. I also read an email from B John in Sweden who commented on the Boeing-SpaceX award for commercial crew based on the information I put out in the introduction of today's show.
Doug from S. California called next and told us about his plans to develop and build an inflatable lunar hab module, perhaps at the UofA in Tucson,. He went on to describe the hab including materials and size. He also said this would be supportive of his lunar conference he is planning for Oct. 2015 in Flagstaff, AZ. He wanted more information, possibly from listeners, regarding sanitation issues in space and recycling human waste. Toward the end of his comments, we talked about the recent lunar tourism article "A Lunar Road Trip" by Dr. Spudis, www.spudislunarresources.com/blog/a-lunar-road-trip. In the second segment, I read an email from Luis in Venezuela which I will post on the blog on his behalf. Though it was addressed to Dr. Doug in S. California, others may be interested in it as well. Our next caller was SLS John in Ft. Worth. John wanted to talk about the Boeing-SpaceX NASA commercial crew award and why Boeing was rated higher than the other parties. He spent some time explaining his thoughts, then Alan sent him an email asking if he had finally changed his mind on SLS. John had not and again explained his SLS position. I suggested an SLS debate on TSS show with him and Rick Boozer who I will invite for such a program. I did get John to agree to do it. Before John ended his comments, he brought up the recent Dr. Don Lincoln show about alien contact and UFOs and such. This turned into quite a discussion about the topic which I really like but admit to very little credible information and evidence existing. Read the rest of this summary at www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:35:21 UTC
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Leland Melvin, Friday, 10-3-14 (27.84MB; download) -- Guest: Leland Melvin. Topics: Spaceship Earth Grant contest, The Overview Effect, space exploration, STEM. 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 former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin to the program to discuss Spaceship Earth Grants (SEG) (www.spaceshipearthgrants.com) as Leland is the president of the organization. This program was a one hour show so there was no break as we had just one segment. Mr. Melvin started out by telling us about SEG which he said was formed to do good in the world. He talked about their contest for raising money to send people to space so that they will experience an orbital shift in perception (The Overview Effect) and upon return, do work and good with this new perspective of Earth. They want this new perspective shared with others for the benefit of all. He talked about the application for the contest and the fee structure which you will find fully explained on their website so see the above URL. Leland explained that this was a crowd funding program though not like others that use specific crowd funding program such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo. We also learned from a listener question that the contest winners will choose their own carrier for going to space and will need to comply with the rules & conditions set by that particular carrier. Later, he mentioned that they would have a spaceflight training academy but details would not be announced until later in October. The contest involves paying a fee which is on a sliding scale, submitting a video and writing an essay on why you want to go space. I asked our guest why the average person needs to go to space. Leland spent some time responding to this question so don't miss this crucial discussion. Leland was asked if students on a global bases seemed interested & inspired by space when he spoke to them. He said yes & told us a great story about what happened with a Brooklyn student who slept through his talk. We talked about international space cooperation, specifically with the Russians even when our non-space relationship with Russia was at a low point. Regarding their contest, Leland talked about some of the benefits early adopters get by filling out an application, submitting the video, essay, and fee. A listener asked if they would market their space flights for adventure as do the space tourism companies or are they only going after the change in perspective & Overview Effect benefits. I asked Leland if he had experienced the Overview Effect on his two Atlantis flights. The same question was asked about his astronaut peers. You can read the rest of this review at www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 04 Oct 2014 17:45:06 UTC
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John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Dr. Alan Stern, Wednesday, 10-1-14 (5.24MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Alan Stern, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: ESA's Rosetta mission, Comet 67 P, New Horizons, Uwingu. 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.
We welcomed back Dr. Alan Stern for a quick New Horizons mission to Pluto update, that latest Uwingu projects, and a discussion of the ESA Rosetta mission and upcoming landing on Comet 67 P. Dr. Stern spent most of the time talking about Rosetta and 67P. One of the things he stressed was how risky landing on the comet would be as this was the first ever attempt to land on a comet. Its an interesting discussion that puts the landing in the proper perspective. We also talked about differences with Kuiper Belt and Ort Cloud comets, the actual Philae lander, the drilling tool, taking samples from the comet, plus some of the other instruments on board. Alan told us the circumstances under which the backup landing site would be used rather than the primary landing site. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact any of us through me.
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Dr. Don Lincoln, Sunday, 9-28-14 (40.88MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Don Lincoln. Topics: We discussed Dr. Lincoln’s new book, “Alien Universe: Extraterrestrial Life in Our Minds and in the Cosmos,” plus the possibility of extraterrestrial life in our solar system. 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. Don Lincoln back to the show to discuss his new book “Alien Universe: Extraterrestrial Life in Our Minds and in the Cosmo.” During the first segment of our 1 hour 29 minute program, Dr. Lincoln discussed why he wrote this book, especially given his position as a senior scientist at the Fermilab plus his work in Cern at the Large Hadron Collider. After the introduction, he took us through major events, both physical and cultural that have fueled alien interest including the Betty and Barney Hill case, Roswell, and more. He took us through these events with an actual historical timeline which put the events in a somewhat different perspective than we are used to hearing. We also talked about the Drake & Fermi equations and the seven parameters of the Drake Equation, many of which have been upgraded due to new scientific information coming to light in recent years from the Kepler mission and other tools/events. SETI was a topic of discussion as was the use of radio waves and light for ET detection. The subject of alien abduction came up and Don pointed us to the 1835 media buzz known at the moon hoax appearing in the first tabloid style newspaper. This was an interesting history lesson that was new to me and probably to many listeners as well. Marshall called in to talk about Drake radio waves, the signal to noise ration, and a planet being either too close to the center of the galaxy or too far from the center of the galaxy which causes the planet to be a metal poor planet. Dr. Lincoln had much to on this subject. Next, we talked about microbial life on Mars. John from Ft. Worth called to talk about impractical physics given the need to cross interstellar space. Don agreed and talked about the possibility of using probes.; The subject of technology & options such as a mother ship plus scout ships came up. John and Don talked about the lack of objective studies and the difficulty in working with assumptions. Don also talked about the high standards used in science which are hard to apply to the alien visitation theories. Scientists are not usually inclined to lower their standards so true scientific studies on alien visitation are a challenge. In the second segment, we talked about the Roswell event. Our guest had much to say about this event so don’t miss this part of our discussion. Some scientific studies were mentioned such as Project Blue Book. I asked about studies by other nations and scientists outside the U.S. Please read the rest of this summary at www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:45:36 UTC
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