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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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John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 6-4-14 (10.48MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Pablo de Leon, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: We discussed the HSF capsules dating back to the Vostok through Dragon Rider. 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 to Hotel Mars Pablo de Leon to discuss HSF capsules from Vostok to Dragon Rider. We discussed the capsule design, why we are still using them, how they were out of favor at one time and are now in favor, plus the future for capsules for human spaceflight. We talked about the thrusters on the Soyuz plus what Dragon Rider is planning to use, plus electronics and computer advancements along with environmental advancements being used in the new capsules. Pablo also discussed alternatives to capsules that we have attempted to develop over the years but without success. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact any of us through drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:22:59 UTC
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Clay Mowry, Tuesday, 6-3-14 (81.40MB; download) -- Guest: Clayton (Clay) Mowry. Topics: Arianespace, launch industry, reusability, launch price and satellite capacity. 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 Clay Mowry to the program to discuss Arianespace and the launcher industry. During the first segment of our 90 minute discussion, we took on the subject of the upcoming last EASA ATV 5 flight to the ISS. Mr. Mowry explained why this program to the ISS was ending and that after this last flight, there would be only one vehicle capable of boosting the ISS. He talked about U.S. priorities in building up cargo capability to the ISS without boost capability over commercial crew. We also talked about the life expectancy of the ISS amid the current controversies with Russia and the US. I asked Clay for a brief history of the launcher Ariane 5 and we learned that they now have 59 successful launches for this rocket. Our guest talked about Ariane 5 performance capabilities plus upgrades that are in progress for an Ariane 5 ME. We talked about launch price/cost and its relationship to how customers determine what launcher to use. As he said the last time he was on the show, customers need launcher reliability and the ability to launch on schedule. Launch costs are an overall factor of the total risk of the launcher, the value of the satellite, opportunity costs, infrastructure costs, and more. This is a very informative discussion and it continued into the second segment. Our guest also said that human spaceflight poses different issues than launching telecommunications satellites and is more sensitive to launch costs. Listeners asked about government subsidies to Arianespace and their not turning a profit despite their commercial success. This opened up a discussion about all forms of government subsidies, including the methods used in the U.S. to subsidize and support our launcher industry. We talked about the planned new Ariane 6 rocket and its differences with Ariane 5. We also talked about rocket development time lines. Rocket reusability came up and this proved to be a great discussion topic that continued into the second segment. Clay provided us with very important perspectives regarding reusability. Dr. Jurist called to go deeper into the issue of launch pricing, insurance, and related items. Don't miss it. Clay referenced several studies on this subject including the Futron NASA Ascent Study which examined launch costs among other things. Our guest talked about ways the satellite industry is working to reduce launch costs by making satellites more powerful and lighter. To read the balance of this review, see www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 04 Jun 2014 15:23:38 UTC
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Tom Olson, Meagan Crawford, Monday, 6-2-14 (78.78MB; download) -- Guests: Tom Olson, Meagan Crawford. Topics: The 2014 Lightening Round Competition during the NewSpace 2014 Conference. 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 both Tom Olson and Meagan Crawford to discuss the “Lightning Pitch” event in lieu of the customary Business Plan Competition to be held the first day of the NewSpace Conference 2014, July 24 in Silicon Valley. You can learn more about the NewSpace 2014 conference by visiting https://newspace.spacefrontier.org. To learn about the Lightening Pitch, go to http://newspacebpc.com/lightning-pitch-2014. In the first segment of our 90 minute show, Tom and Meagan described this year's Lightening Pitch, talked about the sponsors and the $20,000 in prize money, and they gave us hints of what the new and expanded business plan competition for 2015 will be like. We honed in on the approaching entry deadline which is 5PM EDT on Saturday, June 7. There are no entry fees and all one has to do is submit up to a 3 page Executive Summary for their business startup idea. The selected contestants will have four minutes to deliver their pitch the first day of the NewSpace Conference, then they will have a 3 minutes Question and Answer session where contestants will field provoking questions from the “Shark Tank” of Investor/Judges. The winners will be announced that evening at a special Lightening Round conference VIP event. Submit your entry using compete@newspacebpc.com. During this segment, Tom and Meagan took questions about the history and overall success of the business plan competition, trends in NewSpace, oversight issues, team size and issues, and questions about winning topics and how to make a killer presentation. In the second segment, we talked about space investments becoming routine and the possible timeline for this to happen. Our guests talked about nanotech & its influence on the entrepreneurial community. A listener asked our guests about competition bias and included space solar power projects (SSP) as an example. Another listener wanted to know if the competition was biased toward one person businesses. Here, our guests had much to say about teams, how to counter a one person plan, and why judges prefer seeing a team in place rather than just one person. Toward the end of the program, we talked about expected ROIs and exit strategy time lines for the winning plans, plus for the space industry in general. Both our guests summarized the Lightening Round by saying there was no entry fee, the deadline for a simple Executive Summary of no more than 3 pages is this Saturday, June 7, and they look forward to receiving your entry. Post comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. You can reach our guests by using compete@newspacebpc.com or businessplan@newspacebpc.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:19:41 UTC
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James Pura, Aaron Oesterle, Sunday, 6-1-14 (85.53MB; download) -- Guests: James Pura, Aaron Oesterle. Topic: The Space Frontier Foundation's (SFF) Space Settlement Enabling Test (http://spacefrontier.org/settlement-enabling-test). 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 James Pura and Aaron Oesterle to the program to discuss The Space Frontier Foundation's Space Settlement Enabling Test (see http://spacefrontier.org/settlement-enabling-test). During the first segment of our 90 minute program, James and Arron went over the history of how the Space Settlement Enabling Test got its start within the SFF. We also learned that it is in response to public space programs, not private programs though parts of the test would be applicable to private ventures but applying it that way is not a purpose of the Foundation. The SFF Board votes on the projects being applied to the test with the results being published on the SFF website (http://spacefrontier.org). We learned that the test consists of 21 questions in seven categories with each question having a voting range of 1-5. There is a score for the project being subjected to the test but there is no pass or fail. For example, the Foundation applied the test to the now defunct Constellation program and its score was 36.5%. Our guests explained in detail how the test worked and during this segment and part of the second segment, they went through the questions in each of the seven categories. Listeners had many questions for them including how they planned on measuring the effectiveness of the test and the outcome. Our guests talked about both the inside and outside means of using the test and getting the results out to the market, policy makers, etc. One listener asked James & Aaron if the test was jumping the gun since space settlement is far off into the future. Don't miss the reply to this question offered by both our guests. Doug called to talk about applying his Cis Lunar 1 project to the Space Settlement Enabling Test. Prior to the end of the segment, our guests talked about the importance of insuring sustainability for space settlement and how that was reflected in the test. In the second segment, we finished going through the balance of the test and then we opened up the discussion for questions. In discussing the final categories, our guests brought up the issue and importance of space property rights, competition, and the need for a tax payer ROI on public space ventures. We talked about what may contribute to a public sector ROI. In the question segment, nuclear propulsion was brought up, our guests were asked if they had applied SLS to the test. Each of our guests offer us important closing comments and take aways from our discussion. Post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can reach our guests through the SFF website or me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:03:36 UTC
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Emily Lakdawalla, Friday, 5-30-14 (83.04MB; download) -- Guest: Emily Lakdawalla. Topics: The Planetary Society, space geology, robotic & science missions, science mission budget. 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 Emily Lakdawalla to the program to discuss space science missions, The Planetary Society, space & outer planet geology. During the first segment of our 90 minute program, Emily went over her background and how she came to have an interest in space and in particular space science and geology. Some of our topics included the tectonics of Venus, asteroid mining, her interest in the outer planets of the solar system, and science missions either ongoing or to be conducted in the future. I mentioned a possible Europa mission which led to a Europa discussion and Emily talking about the ESA JUICE mission (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer). We talked about being able to cut the travel time to the outer planets for science missions and our guest mentioned the possible use of SLS to do that. Don't miss this discussion. Also in this segment, we talked about upcoming comet and asteroid mission, then we switched gears to discuss robotic challenges. Here, Emily pointed out the time lag for communications to Mars and beyond makes telerobotic control difficult at best. We talked about having a Mars orbiter to control surface robots. Were we doing this, the robots could be simpler as they would not need as much autonomous capabilities as they need now based on Earth communications. Emily told us about Planetary Society projects and programs, we talked about man in the street interviews regarding space & our guest shared her experiences with us when Shuttle Endeavour came to Los Angeles. Near the end of this long segment, Kepler came up, questions came up about Earth geology being similar to the geology of the planets, the lack of fossil fuels on other planets, then Doug called with a question about coalition building & the NASA science budget. As the segment ended, we asked Emily about robotic exploration as compared to having a human geologist on the surface of the planet. BJohn from Sweden sent us emails about Curiosity on Mars and Venus. In our second segment, we talked about relevant time spans and how missions get prioritized. Emily went over the Venus challenges. She was asked if the Planetary Society would try another Phobos-Grunt mission and we talked about their project, the Mars Microphone to bring back to Earth the sounds from Mars. Toward the end of the program, Emily was asked about the importance of lowering launch costs for science missions and the promotion of space advocacy. Please post comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach Emily through The Planetary Society or me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 31 May 2014 18:13:59 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 5-28-14 (10.25MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. John Logsdon, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: U.S.-Russia space cooperation, NASA, RD180 engines, GPS, & more. 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 to Hotel Mars Dr. John Logsdon to help us understand recent statements made by Dmitry Rogozin of Roskosmos regarding the Russian future for the ISS past 2020, new space relationships the Russians are building with other nations, and the issue of Russia shutting down 11 US GPS correctional sites within Russia. Dr. Logsdon spoke about out overall space program, policy and goals. We also asked if the US was dependent on Russia with out space program and we are not though we are dependent with them regarding the ISS. We also talked about targeted sanctions against Russian individuals rather than the nation and what happens when things calm down.
Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact any of us through drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 29 May 2014 20:21:28 UTC
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Michelle Evans, Tuesday, 5-27-14 (80.90MB; download) -- Guest: Michelle Evans. Topics: The Mike Adams Memorial Re-dedication, X-15, test pilots, & 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 Michelle Evans, author of the best selling book, "The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wins into Space." During the first segment of our 1 hour 28 minute program, Michelle started off talking about the May, 18, 2014 Michael Adams re-dedication memorial event. You can see pictures from this event and understand the crash site and location better by viewing the pictures Michelle took and posted. See www.mach25media.com/adams.html. In fact, I strongly urge you to explore her full website, www.mach25media.com as it has the best ever collection of X-15 photos plus other aviation and related material, her presentations on the X-15 and collections from her modeling photography. Michelle took us through the history of the X-15 program and Major Mike Adams up to and including his last and fatal flight. This was the only fatality in the X-15 program which had 199 flights! During this segment, we talked about other X-15 pilots including the very recent passing of pilot Bill Dana. Note the history of the Mike Adams Memorial which had its genesis in a project by Eagle Scout candidate John Bodylski in 2004. Listeners and I asked Michelle about the X-15, the B-52 carrier planes and the location of X-15 historical craft and related hardware. B-52 008 which was one of the carrier planes for X-15 is parked outside Edwards AFB while B-52 003 is at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson. The remaining X-15 rocket planes are at Wright Patterson Air Museum and the Smithsonian. Michelle also spoke about the two nearby towns to the Mike Adams Memorial, Randsburg and Ridgecrest. In the second segment, Michelle noted that the remaining X-15 pilot Joe Engle was invited to the re-dedication but his schedule did not allow it. However, you will find the Joe Engle letter about the re-dedication on Michelle's website per the above URL. Michelle was asked if the X-15 was really a precursor for our space program and she said not so much for Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo but definitely for the Space Shuttle, helping to prove the fact that the shuttle could do a power free glide back to Earth and a safe landing. After talking about several dry lake emergency X-15 landing sites, Paul emailed in a question about Chuck Yeager and the X-15. Michelle had much to say about Chuck and the X-15...See www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com for the balance of this summary. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 28 May 2014 18:01:42 UTC
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Space Show Webinar: Partial Gravity for HSF, Sunday, 5-25-14 (119.23MB; download) -- Guests: Joe Carroll, Dr. John Jurist, Dr. Jim Logan. Topics: Partial/Artificial gravity, tethers, NASA, HSF & 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. To see the video broadcast for this webinar, please go to http://vimeo.com/channels/thespaceshow. Note that the audio only & video archive will be posted at the same time once the video is edited, processed, and uploaded to the Vimeo Space Show channel. Joe Carroll has presentation material on The Space Show Blog which he referred to throughout our discussion so you may want to download the material or have it available to you when viewing the webinar. We welcomed back to the program Joe Carroll to follow up on his May 2011 Space Show Classroom program on the same subject. Our panel members included Dr. John Jurist and Dr. Jim Logan. All of us were part of the May 2011 program on this same topic. Note that this is a long summary so to read it, visit www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com and scroll to the program for this date, May 25, 2014. Thank you. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 27 May 2014 15:49:32 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 5-21-14 (12.15MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Anatoly Zak, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: U.S.-Russia space cooperation, NASA, N-33 & RD180 engines & more. 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 to Hotel Mars veteran Anatoly Zak to help us understand recent statements made by Russia regarding their breaking off space relations with us by the year 2020 in response to U.S. sanctions against Russia over the Crimea and Ukraine. Anatoly provided us with valuable insights to the rhetoric on both sides, the Russian rocket engine issue, the newly announced Russian space budget, Russian-Chinese space agreements and joint programs, Russia's new launch site and the ISS orbit, and the likelihood of Russian going it alone with their ISS module plus the unlaunched segments of what might make up a Russian only space station. We also talked more about the RD-180 engine problem. At one point Anatoly said damage had already been done regarding our joint space programs but he was optimistic the situation would stabilize. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact any of us through drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 22 May 2014 15:01:35 UTC
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Dr. John Brandenburg, Tuesday, 5-20-14 (110.84MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. John Brandenburg. Topics: Metaphysics, physics, ancient history, the Bible, life's meaning. 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 plasma physicist Dr. John Brandenburg to talk about his new book, "Cosmic Jesus: The Metaphysics of How the God of Israel Became the God of the Cosmos." Remember, if you buy the book through the OGLF Amazon portal, Amazon contributes part of the purchase price to The Space Show/OGLF. In the first segment of our 2 hour 1 minute show (this was a 90 minute segment), Dr. Brandenburg introduced us to the topic of metaphysics which he defined as what can be deduced from physics or the attempt to answer basic questions like what happened before the Big Bang and what is actually out there or here or anywhere. Dr. Brandenburg provided us with the foundation and background for having written this book starting with his fundamentalist upbringing, his Ph.D and his work at Lawrence Livermore Lab. This is one of the few Space Show programs that is hard to describe in summary format but during the first long segment, John related things we know about in physics to metaphysics and biblical history. John from Ft. Worth called and here we departed from the metaphysical and biblical to a discussion about related theories and associations in physics, including the work of noted Russian physicist, Dr. Andrei Sakharov. John also cited biblical references in his physics discussion, plus we talked about Mars rocks, extraterrestrial life, early life on Mars, and the realization that we here on Earth are not the center of the biological universe. In discussing this, Dr. Brandenburg said many times throughout the program that we were headed for a Second Copernican Revolution. Our long first segment ended with the three of us talking about the gravitational constant, models of gravity, & gravity modification. In the short second segment, we talked about Alexander the Great and the combining of the physical/scientific universe with the spiritual universe. Dr. Brandenburg then spoke to the separation which he said came later on with the scientific revolution with Kepler, Galileo, Copernicus, Newton and others. John also told us about one of his theories suggesting that around 1520, the Spanish brought back to Spain information about the Aztecs and Aztec culture and items. This was a big deal to the Europeans, especially those in Northern Europe so note what he proposes. As we were nearing the two hour point and the end of the show, I asked John about future book plans and for his take away or Pearls of Wisdom from tonight's discussion. He referred back to many of his earlier extraterrestrial life in the universe comments and said that even if we as Earthlings are demoted from being the biological center the universe, we are still very important. A metaphysical perspective for sure. Please post your comments/Questions on TSS blog. You can reach Dr. Brandenburg through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 21 May 2014 16:45:06 UTC
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