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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Dr. Alice Gorman, Tuesday, 1-7-14 (90.26MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Alice Gorman. Topics: Space archaeology. 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. We welcomed Dr. Alice Gorman to the show for this 1 hour 38 minute fascinating space archaeology discussion. During our first segment, Dr. Gorman explained space archaeology, talked about space debris, cultural preservation, and much more. We talked about archaeological techniques used here on Earth and how they can be applied to space archaeology. We also talked about the fact that most space artifacts are in space so what we often find in museums are replicas or simulated items which are not the same and have a different meaning for the archaeologist. Dr. Gorman then talked about the possibility of artifacts from other cultures or even extraterrestrial life and questioned if we could even recognize what we were looking at or working with since it might be radically different from what we know and work with on Earth. Listener Jonny emailed in to ask what would happen if China went to an lunar Apollo landing site and took some of the items left on the Moon back to be displayed in a Chinese museum. Dr. Gorman did not think that likely, spoke about the Outer Space Treaty and that items are always owned by the launching company, and the NASA heritage sites guidelines they have proposed. Several questions came in regarding growth in the private, commercial, & entrepreneurial segments of the space community and how cultural and heritage protection might work with these nongovernment entities. This led to an interesting discussion about company behavior, culture, early planning, awareness, and even benefit sharing. We had a fun discussion about advertising in space for the ad to be seen back on Earth and we talked about how many of us hold the night sky sacred and do not want it spoiled. In the second segment, Angela asked Alice when space archaeology would come into its own. Alice replied that it already had "arrived" and cited many examples proving this. Kimberly emailed in about the usefulness for archaeological purposes of space settlement garbage. Mars One was the model for this. As we learned, archaeologists learn much from garbage so don't miss what Alice said might result from a Mars One garbage dump analysis. Todd emailed in about pets going to space settlements and if archaeologists would look for pet remains or traces of human pet relationships to learn about a space settlement. We talked about Dark Skies and raising our awareness for specific issues, plus the need for early planning by businesses. As the show was about to end, I asked our guest for the hottest topics in space archaeology. Alice named three topics. The final question asked Alice to look forward five years and describe the field of space archaeology in 2019. Post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. Check our Dr. Gorman's blog, Space Age Archaeology, at http://zoharesque.blogspot.com. Her university website is www.flinders.edu.au/people/alice.gorman. Her email address is listed on the page. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:40:02 UTC
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The Space Show Classroom, Monday, 1-6-14 (111.48MB; download) -- Classroom Guests: Dr. Jim Logan, Dr. John Jurist. Topics: Space advocacy magical/fantasy thinking, radiation, rockets, 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. We welcomed back Drs. Jurist and Logan to this CLASSROOM program which addressed many issues of the 2 hours 1 minute broadcast. We started out with Dr. Logan discussing fantasy or magical thinking going back to the influence of a 2001 Space Odyssey movie poster had on him. From there, Jim went into a discussion about Constellation, then the Space Shuttle as examples of what he was talking about and as to how programs and faulty ideas grow and multiply. He also talked about life science challenges. A listener asked him about space politics, then Dr. Jurist offered additional examples with a focus on air launch. Our guests then discussed thinking based on agendas and ideology. One of the keys suggested for breaking out of this magical thinking mode involved surrounding yourself with really smart people. Later, I offered my perspective on that given my own experiences early on in Space Show time and before. Both Jim and John said a few times that one needs to know his or her limitations. Our guests then talked due diligence with assumption building, fact checking, disclosures, and more. I relayed my own wake -up call experience due to Al Zaehringer who was on the show several times years ago before he passed on. Before the segment ended, Jim told us a story about the Wright Brothers and their Wright Flyer experience. In our second segment, John Hunt called in to talk about Jim's Space Shuttle comments. This was a lengthy discussion with John, Jim, & John Jurist. Jim talked about advantages with Saturn V including economic advantages over shuttle to LEO. Subjects of reusability came up along with issues of getting a specific payload to orbit which our guests suggested advocacy often glosses over with facts and trades for payload mass fractions involved in reusability. Dr. Logan brought up and discussed what he called NASA Brinkmanship Strategy. Jim then talked about the reality of sending payloads to the ISS using shuttle. Trent in Australia sent a message about magical thinking with Mars One. Our last caller was Alan from St. Louis who said John and Jim were too negative in their discussion. Alan then talked about using smaller rockets over heavy lift and was working to make the case that we have to work with what we have. He also talked about evolving up from smaller, not starting off with the biggest. Each of us responded to Alan. It’s a discussion you do not want to miss. Please post your comments/questions on either or both The Space Show Blog above or The Space Show Classroom blog, http://spaceshowclassroom.wordpress.com. You can reach all of the participants including the callers through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:34:54 UTC
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Dr. Sandra Magnus, AIAA, Monday, 1-6-14 (55.22MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Sandra Magnus, AIAA Executive Director. Topics: AIAA SciTech Conference for 2014, AIAA Forum Reorganization Plan. 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. We welcomed back Dr. Sandra Magnus, AIAA Executive Director, for a one hour discussion about the upcoming AIAA SciTech Conference 2014 to be held the week of Jan. 13, 2014 at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, MD. For more information, visit the AIAA conference website,
http://www.aiaa.org/scitech2014. Dr. Magnus started the discussion by going over the new AIAA Forum structure for their meetings and conferences. This Forum structure allows them to combine several smaller conferences held throughout the year into one larger conference. In fact, when you visit the AIAA conference website, you will see all the conferences combined in the Science and Technology conference next week. We talked about AIAA conferences being multi-track and Dr. Magnus defined the different AIAA forums for us. Regarding the upcoming SciTech conference, we talked about student and youth programs at the conference, speed mentoring and the mix between public and private companies and organizations. We learned that the poster sessions are now planned as electronic sessions, and our guest went over not only the keynote speakers but the special lecture programs that are part of the SciTech Conference. Cybersecurity was highlighted in our discussion and we spent some time talking about cybersecurity and how it has grown in garnering attention over the years. A listener wanted to know about business and investment panels. Dr. Magnus talked about one such panel on Tuesday addressing "Turning Technology Into a Business." Doug called in to provide a personal testimonial to AIAA given his recent experiences at AIAA Space Conferences in Pasadena and San Diego. As the program ended, our guest and I talked about the AIAA local chapters and their monthly meetings. These local chapter meetings provide excellent discussions on hot topic issues and more. Please post comments/questions on The Space Show Blog above. You can reach our guest through AIAA or by emailing me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
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Dr. William Halal, Sunday, 1-5-14 (99.26MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. William (Bill) Halal. Topics: Space forecasting for the near and long term. 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. We welcomed Dr. William Halal to our program for a 1 hour 48 minute discussion on predictions for both near and long term space development. In our first segment, we focused on the near term predictions that mostly centered on continued growth of space commercialization and the emergence of space tourism. Additional topics talked about in the first segment included the Chinese space program and its possible impact on the U.S. space program, heavy lift and SLS, the space media and its potential space tourism accident response, commercial activity on the ISS, and space entrepreneurism. Dr. Halal also directed our attention to his website, www.techcast.org which will soon migrate to www.technicalglobal.com. Listeners asked our guest about the biggest challenges facing both commercial space and space tourism, then our guest talked about big growth possibilities with solar satellites. Issues were addressed regarding our congress, economics, and the tensions among all the players. In the second segment, we talked about knowledge emerging as the powerful tool of the near to intermediate term. Dr. Halal suggested tourism would be in place around 2015 and the commercial industry would keep developing to the 2020 range. John called from Ft. Worth to draw comparisons to our early military and aviation history, suggesting the role of the government might be to continue developing hardware and infrastructure that would eventually enhance the commercial players much the way the military aircraft had dual use with the commercial industry. John also had comments about asteroid missions which our guest brought up in this segment. Dr. Halal mentioned the potential of interstellar travel around 2070 and the possibility of solar satellites coming on line much sooner. We talked about going to Mars and the Moon and about Mars One and Inspiration Mars. Doug was the next caller and he talked about depots and large rockets, specifically for missions BLEO and the Moon. Doug brought up SpaceX heavy lift concepts, Martian terraforming, and SpaceX orbital human spaceflight around 2017. As our program was ending, we talked about the rate of change going on in the world today and its impact on people in different age groups. He said we all need to be prepared for a turbulent and transformative time as he does not believe current global systems are sustainable and will have to make way for new systems and programs. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. You can contact our guest through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com or his website. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:39:18 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Thursday, 1-2-14 (8.33MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Haym Benaroya, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: The Chinese lunar lander and space policy, asteroid, NASA management, the Moon, Mars. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. 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).
During our 11 minute plus discussion, John, Dr. Benaroya & I discussed NASA management issues, the Chinese lunar lander and confusing press reports as to where their lander actually landed, asteroids and comets, returning to the Moon, and going to Mars. Dr. Benaroya and I were in John's WABC New York City studios for this short segment.
Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact any of us through drspace@thespaceshow.com.
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Tom Olson,2013 Space In Review, Tuesday, 12-31-13 (106.74MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: The year 2013 in review for all things space. 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. We welcomed Tom Olson back to the show for his 2013 space year in review. Note that this program was pre-recorded on Dec. 19, 2013 for play today, Dec. 31, 2013. During the first segment of our two hour program, Tom began the review by talking about the Chinese lunar lander now on the Moon. He expressed concern that Russian and the U.S. may be left behind though we did talk about the private U.S. lunar missions working on getting back to the Moon ASAP. Tom next talked about NewSpace successes during the year, the successful completion of the COTS program with both the Orbital and SpaceX launchers taking supplies to the ISS. Tom suggested commercial crew was on time for 2017 and that SpaceX was making good progress with Grasshopper and potential reusability. He talked about controversy over Pad 39A evelopment, the recent Dream Chaser accident, and the emergency of commercial markets for the ISS with CASIS and Nanoracks. Before this segment ended, Tom talked about the impact of sequestration and space politics for the industry as a whole, then he addressed SLS. As the segment was about to end, he named a few of the 2013 busts including NASA Redirect Mission, Inspiration Mars, and Mars One. In our second segment, we talked about space advocacy during the year and the success of the 2013 NewSpace Business Plan Competition. Space settlement was discussed and as was NewSpace outreach, including congressional outreach. Tom talked about progress with the suborbital companies and Virgin Galactic. This took him to the space tourism topic and the 2014 planned Virgin Galactic operational flights. Our guest was asked about the regulatory issues in 2013 and what he thought they would be like for 2014. For the most part, he predicted no change. We talked about financing space ventures and capital acquisition for 2013 as well as start-ups and space entrepreneurs. He also mentioned Armadillo Aerospace going dark during the year and mentioned the risks to the emerging commercial industry if funds become scarce or hard to obtain. Though this was a pre-recorded show, there were some advance email questions for Tom. One near the end of the program asked him about plans to do anything with his Colony Fund program. Tom said it was a great idea but 12-15 years ahead of its time and may someday be brought back to life. That said, he reminded us that the Colony Fund did advance the space scalable strategy. Before our discussion ended, Tom updated us on the activities of Walt Anderson and his new ventures. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. You can reach Tom through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 31 Dec 2013 04:12:30 UTC
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Golden Oldie Tom Olson, Space Year 2012 in Review, Thursday, 12-30-13 (55.73MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: The year 2012 is reviewed from the space perspective and we look forward to space development in 2012. 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. Welcome to the final program of our Golden Oldie series, The Space Decade In Review. For this program which originally aired on Dec. 31, 2012, Tom Olson gave us his annual Space Show year in review analysis with a look forward to 2013 for space development. We started our 1 hour 36 minute discussion by remembering those in our space community that are no longer with us. We specifically mentioned three dear friends though we know that others have also left us. Our program was dedicated to Neil Armstrong, Jesco von Puttkamer, and Reda Anderson. We certainly miss our friends but space development marches on like everything else in life. A few of the early issues Tom brought up in the 2012 annual overview of space included the Falcon 9 launches and Dragon missions. He also talked about ISDC and birthing of Dragon during the keynote by NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. While on the subject of SpaceX and its mission to the ISS, Paul sent in a question asking if SpaceX dropping out of the Stratolaunch project indicated that perhaps they had "bitten off more than they could chew." Tom and I have no inside information about SpaceX and Stratolaunch but we both thought that Paul's comment was reasonable as SpaceX is certainly busy enough with game changing projects & technology. Cubesats were discussed given their rise in popularity and importance in 2012. It seems as if their potential is more than on the rise! Cubesat growth also cuts across many diverse space industry segments and niche markets. Bev asked about the future of 3-D printing and its potential impact on future human spaceflight (HSF). 3-D printing is certainly experiencing space industry growth & there will soon be a small 3-D printer on the ISS. Heavy lift came up and much was said about the Falcon Heavy and SLS, both looking back over 2012 & forward to 2013. In our second segment, I asked if fuel depots would evolve from the Power Point & rhetoric stage to something more tangible in 2013. We talked about depots as many of the projects announced in 2012 use depot technology to enable their plan. Tom talked about warp drive becoming more possible due to the 2012 work of Dr. Sonny White. Dr. White will be a guest on The Space Show Friday, January 4, 2013. Tom next brought up NASA budget issues & possible cuts. He talked about science mission cuts, the JWST, and on the HSF side, SLS eating up much of the budget with commercial crew still needing funding. I asked Tom how he thought space advocacy made out during 2012. Mixed was a one word summary of this discussion. Next, we talked about space settlement being made part of the U.S. space policy in 2013. Tom went over the pros & cons surrounding this effort. Doug called in about space settlement & I referred him to earlier programs with Steve Wolfe who authored the Space Settlement Act of 1988 which is part of public law. To read the rest of this summary, see this show @ www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:17:06 UTC
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Golden Oldie Tom Olson, Space Year 2011 in Review, Sunday, 12-29-13 (67.17MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: The year 2011 in review regarding all space issues. 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.
Welcome to our Golden Oldie Decade of Review, this year with the space year 2011. Tom Olson was our reviewer for this 2011 review, aired live on Dec. 27, 2011. We had much to cover in this 105 minute program. Tom started out reminding us that 2011 was the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight. He told us about the banner year for Yuri's Night parties around the globe celebrating this important milestone and specifically about the even he attended in New Your City. Next, he pointed out the recent National Press Club talk given by Elon Musk on going to Mars and building the rockets to take us there, plus his recent New Scientist interview which you can read in full on the Mars Society website. Tom commented that the sky was actually falling in 2011 with two large junk satellites coming back to Earth. We also talked about the return of Phobos Grunt to earth probably in early to mid-January 2012. One of the big events we discussed for 2011 was the retirement of the shuttle. This led us to discussing the recent Chinese space rendezvous and the fact that China is now the number two launching country behind Russia having overtaken the U.S. this year. Planetary missions were part of our year in review with Vesta and Dawn, the Kepler Space Telescope, MSL with Curiosity. New Horizons continued its journey to Pluto and Explorer 1 continued beyond our solar system. Tom talked about SLS and the ORION MPC Vehicle, plus the James Webb Space Telescope and its cost issues in the context of its impact on the NASA budget. Soyuz rocket problems along with all the Russian rocket failures this year were fair game for our discussion. I asked Tom what he thought of the idea of SLS as a place holder for skill sets and technology until our space program improves. Don't miss his answer. He brought up Virgin Galactic's drop tests this year, especially the last one where trouble showed up. Making news for 2011 were NASA and space industry workforce layoffs and the successful Falcon 9 and Dragon launch. At the end of the first segment, Bigelow Aerospace was in our spotlight. In segment two, Tom led off with XCOR news, Terry called wondering about CCDEV3 and Tom suggested program winners! Don't miss his prediction. He also was asked to predict the cancellation year for SLS. Don't miss this prediction as well. We talked about the upcoming New Space Business Plan Competition for 2012, the prizes which are the largest ever, and the timing. If this interests you, make sure to stay tuned for more information. Later in the segment we began a summary of our discussion and 2011. Tom was asked about the space elevator and the Lunar Space Elevator. We wrapped up our discussion talking about growth in the space conferences even in the tough economic year of 2011. Post your comments and questions on The Space Show blog URL above.
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Golden Oldie Tom Olson, Space Year 2009 in Review, Friday, 12-27-13 (58.36MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: Summary of 2009 and a look forward to 2010 for space development. 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. Welcome to the fourth Golden Oldie Year In Review series. This time Tom Olson returned for our annual summary of space 2009 and our anticipation for what might be ahead for us all for space development in 2010. This show was aired live and recorded on Dec. 29, 2009. In our first segment of this two hour program, Tom highlighted Virgin Galactic and Space Ship 2. He also talked about the upcoming launch for Falcon 9 and the fact that Falcon 1 had a successful commercial launch earlier this year. He highlighted Augustine, the business plan competition at NewSpace 2009 and the Space Investment Summits. He spent some time going over the Solaren and PGE SSP deal, all from a perspective you have heard before on this show. A listener asked about the need for a killer app for human spaceflight and the subject of the killer app was discussed in detail. We talked about the Augustine Commission suggestions as well as issues around space advocacy civility which is a topic that has been addressed on recent programs by many guests and listeners. In our second segment, NewSpace was discussed in terms of it starting to show some profitability for some of its components. The issues of what happens if Virgin or space tourism goes the way of the Concorde came up and Tom boldly examined this possibility and what it would mean for the industry and space development. A listener asked him if he would invest in any NewSpace or launch vehicle company. He said no but listen to his full explanation. See if you agree. When asked about progress being made with the Space Investment Summits and the business plan competitions, he said he thought so but the jury was still out regarding deal flow. He told us the next Space Investment Summit would be in Chicago the day before ISDC starts in May 2010. When Mr. Olson was asked to look forward for NASA, he suggested that the agency would simply "muddle through." He was asked about Spaceport America and its potential commercial success and their development of the runways now underway. He had much to say about this project and spaceports in general so make sure you hear his comments. As we started our third and final segment, Tom mentioned a German scientific paper stating that global warming violated the first and second law of thermodynamics. Here is the URL that describes the paper and contains the link to the actual paper: www.climategate.com/german-physicists-trash-global-warming-theory. I thank Tom for sending this to us. The subject of the trillion dollar asteroid came up in the context of some business plans Tom and others have recently seen regarding this idea as a commercial venture. Tom puts forth the arguments against this idea as a commercial success. See what you think about what he had to say. We talked about long term space missions and the enabling technologies that would be needed to help us realize such missions. To read the balance of this summary, visit www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 27 Dec 2013 03:59:37 UTC
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Golden Oldie Tom Olson, Space Year 2007 in Review, Thursday, 12-26-13 (36.16MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: Tom Olson focused on a 2007 year end review for the space industry. 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. Welcome to the fourth part of our Golden Oldie decade of space events and news in review. For this archived program, guest Tom Olson gives us a 2007 overview, recorded on Dec. 20, 2007. Here is the summary of the show I used when archiving this Golden Oldie for the first time back in 2007. Tom has been doing this review since the early days of The Space Show and it has since become an annual tradition. Along with being a light and fun show, he provided important and substantive analysis on many key topics and issues which faced the space world in 2007. Many of these issues will undoubtedly face the space world for 2008. We had many listener questions on several topics dealing with New Space investments, financing, and maturity. You will find Tom's observations and comments pertinent to this ongoing discussion on The Space Show. Other questions concerned the awarding of prizes, the indicators one might consider before investing in space, the different types of space businesses which started up in 2007 versus previous years, and a review of the COTS competition. In the last segment of the show, Tom added a new feature we have not previously done, "The Kool Aid Event Of The Year!” To know Tom's selection for 2007, you will need to listen to what he said during this program. However, one hint we can provide is that Tom instigated a discussion about a “Netscape Moment” on the show. Early in the program, Tom and I promoted the Space Cynics blog which can be found at http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/. Tom, posting as Tom'sRants, is one of the Cynics who post on the blog started by Shubber Ali (Shubber posts under his first name). I, Professor L, am probably the Cynic that posts the least and Dr. Jurist posts as Old Space Cadet. In discussing some of the Cynics’ posts, Tom explained the purpose of Space Cynics and discussed our annual set of awards, The Walking Eagle Award. I am sure you will appreciate this 2007 space review program. Please post your comments on The Space Show blog. You can email Tom through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. This interview runs for 1 hour 20 minutes.
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