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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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Tom Olson, Golden Oldie 2005 Year In Review, Tuesday, 12-24-13 (42.18MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: 2005 Space Year In Review. 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 third part of our Golden Oldie annual review dating back to 2003. For this program, we go back to December 27, 2005 and welcome Tom Olson, CEO of the Colony Fund for his 1 hour 19 minute 2005 end of the year update on The Space Show. We began the interview with getting an update from Tom on changes being made in the planning and development of the Colony Fund. As Tom likes to say, a wall was hit this year with alt.space which forced new strategic thinking on the Colony Fund management team. Current thinking has the Colony Fund expanding beyond only space investments to include technology, specifically nanotechnology opportunities along side commercial space opportunities. Marketing Colony Fund is also important and Mr. Olson share some of his preliminary plans to use his own broker dealer system rather than conventional middlemen. Don't miss this update to Colony Fund which when it becomes available will be a unique investment fund offering commercial space and other specialized investment opportunities. Also, take this opportunity to provide Tom Olson with your comments on his planning with Colony Fund. In addition to discussing Colony Fund, Tom spoke about the New York Space Enterprise Symposium he is setting up with others for later in 2006. He spoke about space advocacy, how best to get involved, Congress and the President and more. He then looked back over 2005 for customary year end summary of the space year and then gazed forward for what 2006 holds for advancing space. This year, we divided the look forward into several categories to include alt.space, NASA, the VSE, Congress, the President, and even the general public. Tom pointed out reference points on what we should be looking for from each of these key components. He also talked about the importance of getting Zero G, Zero Tax put into law. for more information on Colony Fund, visit www.colonyfund.com. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach Tom through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
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Tom Olson, Golden Oldie 2003 Year in Review (30.70MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: 2003 annual review for commercial space, NASA, the private sector, Return to the Moon and 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. This program is the first in our Golden Oldie series looking as space development, commercial and private space, NewSpace and more over the past decade. This archived Space Show program dates from Dec. 30, 2003 and features Tom Olson summarizing 2003 and looking forward to 2004. Here is the summary I used for this program when it first aired Dec. 30, 2003. We welcome Tom Olson, co-founder of The Colony Fund. Tom returns to The Space Show for this 1 hour 16 minute update on progress with The Colony Fund and to take a look at 2003 and 2004 from the commercial space perspective. Tom discussed the importance of the X-Prize, RLV and the suborbital industry, the regulatory issues which he believes will see great improvement for 2004. We talked about the aftermath of the Columbia accident and what any possible NASA reorganization might be like and what it means for space commerce and the private sector. Tom went out on the edge making several predictions for 2004, including a prediction about the current NASA Administrator! Mr. Olson also talked about returning to the Moon, going on to Mars, a new vision for space that is rumored to being prepared by President Bush and what such a potential vision will do for private enterprise. In this show, Tom Olson provided a superb conclusion to 2003 for The Space Show.
Please post comments/questions about this 2003 Golden Oldie year in review program. You can email Tom through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:13:13 UTC
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Open Lines & 2014 Predictions, Sunday, 12-22-13 (111.43MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Space predictions for 2014, SLS, Mars One, Inspiration Mars, radiation, policy, and 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. Welcome to our final Open Lines program for 2013. This two hour 1 minute discussion also included space industry predictions for 2014 per our callers. Note that the first segment was long, 90 minutes, followed by a shorter second segment. In the first segment, I suggested seeing the NASA Earthrise 45 anniversary recreation of the Apollo 8 Earthrise photo that was released by NASA Goddard. Andy Chaikin helped create it and does the narration. It shows where the astronauts were coming around the Moon on Apollo 8 and how they managed to see Earthrise and get the famous picture. You can hear the astronauts talk about it as they scramble to take the photo. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-vOscpiNc. Mike Listener was our first caller about Mars One and his being doubtful the program will ever get off the ground. Besides believing they will have sticker shock from the pending Lockheed Martin study, he doubted their capability as do I and others that called into the show. He deferred predicting re the Code of Conduct until 2015. SLS John from Ft. Worth called in and said congress would avoid confrontation so he predicted SLS and Orion would continue for 2014. He also said Mars One would not happen. We talked about radiation and the recent Classroom program addressing the subject, the Chinese lunar mission getting attention, and then he said we need a competitor to shake us up (China?). He also was not optimist on Inspiration Mars. Falcon Heavy Doug called in to discuss the Falcon Heavy 2014 flight which was on the SpaceX manifest. He predicted three things for 2014: Virgin flight, SpaceX getting close to hover technology over the ocean with about 8 flights for 2014 with good recovery progress being made, and #3, the launch of Falcon Heavy. He thought 2015 might prove more interesting. He repeated the Mars One comments and then he mentioned that our recent radiation Classroom show should have focused more on solutions. He gave an example using a lunar settlement scenario. He also discounted the need to have a hab on the Moon equal the same radiation protection as provided by Earth's atmosphere, instead suggesting 80% of that protection level would suffice for a three year lunar mission. In the second segment, Dr. Charles Lurio called on a bad cell phone connection. He concurred about the Virgin flight with Branson aboard, but also pitched XCOR, having much to say about their progress. He also talked about the ISS and its growing list of commercial opportunities. When asked about Google Lunar XPrize, he said he was pessimistic. Listen to his comment for the details. Regarding HSF, it needs to get cheaper and we need a commercial space transportation system. He also talked about SLS and recent proposals to make the project cancel proof. Post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. All callers can be reached through me if you want to email them. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 23 Dec 2013 15:28:59 UTC
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Dr. Jason Cassibry, Friday, 12-20-13 (82.82MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Jason Cassibry. Topics: Nuclear propulsion including fission, fusion, reactors in space and 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 to the show Dr. Jason Cassibry from the University of Alabama Huntsville to discuss nuclear propulsion of all kinds. In our initial segment of this 1 hour 30 minute discussion, I first asked Dr. Cassibry about a fusion drive project as reported at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-jlv1x3ov4. Dr. Cassibry spoke about the work going on at the University of Washington which was mentioned in the fusion drive video above. We then talked about transit times to and from Mars and the differences with chemical propulsion, nuclear thermal, and then fusion. During this discussion, Jason also described the differences in nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion. A related issue we discussed dealt with the nuclear regulatory environment. We talked about the nuclear climate, protests, and how best to overcome such protests. Doug called asking about timelines and said it was moving at such a slow pace, for his projects that he thinks about, he dismisses nuclear propulsion, instead opting for analysis and mission planning using chemical rockets though many are not much further along than a Power Point at this point in time. Doug also thought it might be easier to do nuclear propulsion by partnering with Russia as they might be easier on the regulatory environment than the U.S. Our caller asked about ion propulsion and thrusters as well as thermal protection needs. In the second segment, Jerry emailed about nuclear propulsion in other countries plus more about possible consumer protests. Ben asked if we could substantially improve chemical rockets and I inquired as to why the recent nuclear program Prometheus was killed. VASIMIR was next brought up for discussion. I asked Jason about nuclear accidents in space or on Mars and would they be as destructive as nuclear reactor accidents here on Earth. Jason provided a most interesting answer saying he thought nuclear reactors in space would be accident proof! Christine in Dallas suggested we need a better story for more support for nuclear propulsion. Don't miss the reply offered by Dr. Cassibry. Near the end of our discussion, I asked our guest about suborbital propulsion. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can email our guest through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:15:38 UTC
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John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Dr. Scott Bolton, Wednesday, 12-18-13 (6.29MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Scott Bolton, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: The NASA Juno Mission on the way to Jupiter. 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. Bolton & I discussed the NASA Juno Jupiter Mission which is due to arrive in polar orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016. Juno has a great instrument package on board to help unlock critical mysteries about the origins of Jupiter and the universe. We talked about the recent Earth flyby on Oct. 9 when ham operators all over the world sent June a Morse Code message, "hi." Juno heard the message and sent it back to Earth. We also learned that Juno will be the fastest traveling spacecraft at 150,000 mph. The polar orbit will take 11 days and during the year Juno is working, it will make about 30 orbits. We also learned about the Juno Cam which will enable us to look at the raw data on the web and image it. As Juno gets close to Jupiter, it is trapped by the enormous Jovian gravity field and inserted in the polar orbit. Dr. Bolton took us through the full instrument package and the science that the team hopes to learn from this mission. 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, 19 Dec 2013 16:19:06 UTC
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Classroom with Dr. Jim Logan & Dr. John Jurist, Tuesday, 12-17-13 (73.28MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Jim Logan, Dr. John Jurist. Topics: This was a Classroom show on radiation issues for deep space travel, Mars and Moon settlements. 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. Jim Logan and Dr. John Jurist to this special 2.5 hour Space Show classroom in-depth discussion on space radiation. We focused our discussion on deep space, Mars, the Moon and BLEO missions. Note that on both The Space Show blog (see above) and The Space Show Classroom blog (http://spaceshowclassroom.wordpress.com), Dr. Jurist has a Power Point presentation on radiation. During the program, our guests referred to specific slides that you will want to check out. In our first segment, Dr. Logan started out by telling us about his interest in the subject, why he has been writing a paper on the subject for publication, and how this Classroom show came about. He cited our short duration spaceflight experience, the Apollo missions, Space Shuttle flights, and then how things started to change when we had six month ISS visits. Dr. Logan also made it clear that space was not a benign emptiness type of environment. He said the reality was that interplanetary space was a sea of disruptive ionizing radiation wrecking havoc on biologic systems. We moved forward in our discussion from that point. We talked about the findings of the MSL RAD instrument regarding radiation on the way to Mars and on the surface of Mars. Both John and Jim spent some time putting the RAD numbers through analysis to let us know what this means for human missions to Mars. We talked shielding, possible materials, passive and active. We talked extensively about water and the use of hydrogen as well for shielding. Our guests addressed the two types of radiation, the GCR (galactic cosmic rays) and the CME/solar flare. Here, John suggested listeners look at his slide 13 as we talked about protons and neutrons. Jim said there was no magic bullet and talked about shielding effects of Earth's atmosphere. Pay attention here as Jim introduced us to the RP scale. For being on the surface, he said nothing less than RP100 would suffice. For the vehicle, an RP5 was required. John introduced us to career limits for radiation for men and women astronauts of different age but the career limits are for LEO and not BLEO. BLEO limits are expected to be more restrictive when made public in April 2014. Earth Mars transit times were discussed, especially in the context of Brian's email that suggested a 180 day transit time. Both our guests said that was unlikely with chemical propulsion and all of us again stressed the need for nuclear thermal propulsion. Microgravity was talked about, especially in the context of side effects due to the radiation environment. Jim then brought up the EVA subject and spacesuits. Briefly, Jim said that quite possibly the ISS construction represented the zenith of EVAs which may become a thing of the past. Read the balance of this summary @ www.thespaceshow.com, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com or http://spaceshowclassroom.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:22:34 UTC
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Bruce Pittman, Monday, 12-16-13 (44.54MB; download) -- Guest: Bruce Pittman. Topics: Commercial space, new technologies, emerging space industries. 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 to the show Bruce Pittman for a 1 hour 23 minute far ranging discussion on commercial space and related topics. We started our first segment with the Planetary Sustainability Initiative. More about this is available on the Sustainable Silicon Valley website, www.sustainablesv.org/ssv2013/index.php. Bruce shared with us stories from the recent conference, including the fact that California Governor Jerry Brown attended and was involved in the discussions. From this program, we talked about new technologies that could benefit life support for deep space missions including Mars as well as space technologies that could be used here on Earth. Another example cited was the Bloom Box by Bloom Energy (www.bloomenergy.com). Bruce also mentioned the SpaceX Raptor engine designed to use methane for BLEO missions. In talking about 2013 commercial space, Bruce cited the successful end to the COTS program and we talked about emerging business opportunities on the ISS. He also mentioned a change toward commercial space investments in the attitude of VC types in Silicon Valley. In addition, he mentioned the blossoming cubesat and nanosat industry. The Moon came up, especially in light of the recent Chinese lunar robotic lander and Bruce talked about the developing lunar and commercial space private ventures underway in the U.S. now. Next, our guest was asked about public/private partnerships and here we had quite the discussion, especially with regards to some saying more government oversight was needed for commercial ventures. Dave called in to continue the public private partnership discussion in light of the NASA Advisory Council and consideration toward applying such partnerships to heavy lift vehicles. Bruce brought up the potential game changing technology for launch vehicle reusability. In our second segment, our guest talked about the excitement ahead for 2014 given the advances with the suborbital companies, the potential start of space tourism, and more. We talked about the Google Solve For X program focusing on fusion energy. Bruce mentioned advances with LENR. Doug called to talk about the Space Act Agreement and budgeting issues for space and the private companies. We concluded our discussion with a preview glance at the 2014 ISDC Conference to be held in Los Angeles in May. The last listener question dealt with Mars One and Inspiration Mars. Bruce offered a few comments on both program. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. Bruce Pittman can be contacted through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:44:19 UTC
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Eric Lerner, Sunday, 12-15-13 (52.85MB; download) -- Gust: Eric Lerner. Topics: Alternative fusion ideas, Focus Fusion. cosmology, the Big Bang & alternative theories to an expanding universe. 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 Eric Lerner for updates on his Focus Fusion work and then later, his work in cosmology as he challenges the Big Bang & expanding universe theories. In the first segment of this 1 hour 40 minute show, we focused on fusion. For more information, visit http://focusfusion.org. Since much of this discussion involves physics, technical explanations, and more, referring to the website will be helpful. Eric started out with an overview of focus fusion (Aneutronic Fusion). He made clear their goal was to demonstrate the scientific feasibility of focus fusion. Eric then described the challenges, possible solutions and progress being made in reaching their goal. I suggest you review these website pages to help you understand what he talked about: http://focusfusion.org/index.php/site/category/C36; http://focusfusion.org/index.php/site/category/C63; http://focusfusion.org/index.php/site/category/C70. During this segment, Eric explained in detail the process, the physics, the science and more of what they do, have done, and still need to do. We talked about pulse power, time sequences, the amount of power needed, and what has to happen to get more energy out than what they put into their reactor. Marshall called to ask about computer power needed and simulations compared to actual experiments. Eric also talked fuel options and then he talked about their financial needs. He said they would soon be doing both a short movie and a Kickstarter program. In fact, he made a call for volunteers so if you are interested, email him at eric@lphysics.com. Questions came up about the safety of their work, then listeners asked how they contain such high temperatures, even if for a fraction of a second. He talked about the need for using tungsten & we talked some about tungsten supplies and pricing. Charles called in with several questions and comments about fuels and then about instead of using tungsten electrodes why not use boron or beryllium as the low atomic weight would contaminate the plasma less. Charles & Eric has a very interesting discussion about these matters. To read the rest of this summary, visit www.thespaceshow.com or http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:45:39 UTC
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Dr. David Brain, Friday, 12-13-13 (43.88MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. David Brain. Topics: Mars MAVEN Mission, Mars science. 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. David Brain of the NASA MAVEN Mission team to the program for a discussion about MAVEN and Mars science. In the first segment of our 1 hour 22 minute program, Dr. Brain provided us with an overview of the MAVEN Mission which was launched on Nov. 18. As we heard, it is on track for its orbital insertion around Mars on Sept. 22, 2014. I asked Dr. Brain if he thought Mars orbits were getting crowded and also if he knew if there were traffic management issues in orbiting Mars. We also talked about the Indian Mars mission, Mangalyaan, as it was launched a few days before MAVEN and will arrive shortly after MAVEN arrives at Mars. Dr. Brain, in describing MAVEN, said it was going to answer two questions: 1) What happened to the atmosphere of Mars and 2) What happened to the water and where did it go? We then talked about the absence of a Martian magnetic field but we learned that there are strongly magnetized rocks along the edges and such rocks are 10-20 times the magnetic strength of similar rocks on Earth. Dr. Brain provided us with theories on this. We extrapolated that it was possible for something similar to happen on Earth. He also talked about magnetic fields, how one might generate a magnetic field on Mars & more. This latter point was in reply to a listener question asking if terraforming included creating a Martian magnetic field. Our next topic dealt with how these types of missions are developed, the hardware and scientific tool risk issues, the use of heritage hardware and instruments, program funding, and review panels. Marshall called and talked about instrument redundancy, electronic improvements from mission to mission and more. We also talked about sending data back to Earth using the Deep Space Network (DSN). This brought up questions about private Mars missions using the DSN for their communications. In the second segment, Doug called to ask how MAVEN was impacted by the government shutdown. Dave relayed the shutdown stories to us which were most interesting, especially since it went right up to the minute for possible mission delays of 18-24 months. In fact, MAVEN did get an exemption from the shutdown but not because of its science. It was exempted because of its function as a communications relay satellite. Also in this segment, Dave responded to listener questions asking how the instruments are designed, tested, and protected for their trip to Mars so they would be sure to work. Dave took us through the entire process for planning, designing, developing and testing hardware & operating components over and over again. This is a fascinating inside look at what is involved in a successful Mars, lunar, or planetary mission. Doug then asked about methane on Mars and here Dave had much to say about competing methane theories and the latest findings from instruments on Mars including Curiosity. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. Dr. Brain can be contacted through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 14 Dec 2013 17:25:51 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 12-13 (6.11MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. William (Bill) Farrand, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Chinese Chang'e 3 launch to the Moon, their lunar program. 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. Farrand & I discussed the upcoming tenth anniversary for the Mars rover Opportunity. We talked about what Opportunity was currently doing on Mars, its climb up Solander Point, roving on Endeavour Crater, and more. We talked about wintering over to keep warm. We also talked about Spirit and what happened to it, plus lessons learned from the Spirit sand trap. We talked about Opportunity as compared to Curiosity, then I asked if the geology on Mars was the same as Earth. For example, was igneous rock on Mars the same as igneous rock on Earth? As you will hear, for the most part they are the same but there are differences and different formations with different characteristics. Also discussed were water flows and a study of the Martian atmosphere and water flows by the en route Maven mission. 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 ], Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:39:57 UTC
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