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. Robert Zubrin, Thursday, 3-13-14 (82.89MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin. Topics: Everything Mars, Mars Society Arctic 365 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. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Dr. Zubrin back to the show for this 90 minute discussion about everything Mars and the Mars Society. Dr. Zubrin opened up by telling us about the Mars Artic 365 program (http://ma365.marssociety.org) and their fund raising efforts through Indiegogo and other programs (www.indiegogo.com/projects/ma365-a-one-year-mars-simulation-in-the-canadian-arctic). Throughout the entire program, Dr. Zubrin received questions/comments about Arctic 365. He was asked about telepresence and having the sim in a more populated place than the arctic. Bob dismissed telepresence as not being nearly as effective as having humans work "on Mars" & he stressed the importance of simulating a real Mars working mission. Bob went over the logistics and scheduling for this first crew for Arctic 365, plus remaining opportunities and ways for people to participate in the program as the crew selection process is closed. We talked about the costs and crew skill sets, plus Mars Society fund raising efforts for this program. Jack emailed about radiation on Mars and as before, Bob suggested it was not as big a risk as many claim. He was also asked about teaming up with Mars One on Arctic 365 program. Bob said he was open to doing things with Mars One and suggested Arctic 365 would be a perfect training program those who train the Mars One crews. Later, Bob was asked about doing a completely private mission to Mars. Bob used this as a spring board to describing the kind of policy & political leadership in government and NASA, both of which he said absent for now. He even proposed some broad based financing suggestions. Doug called wanting to know his thoughts on Phobos & Deimos. Bob used this as an opportunity to support a flyby mission. He was not that supportive of visiting the Marian moons. Don't miss his explanation for his position. As the segment was ending, I asked him about life on Mars. Bob thinks there probably is life on Mars, don't miss what he had to say about this. In the second segment, Steve asked Bob about the Delta V needed for going to the Moon as compared to Mars. He talked about the Moon being easier than Mars. Again, don't miss all of Bob's response to Steve's question/comment. NASA and political leadership were more fully discussed in this segment, then he was asked about the SLS. Here, Bob had a lot to say. While critical of SLS, he would not cancel it. Again, don't miss his comments on this topic. He talked about SpaceX & Falcon 9, heavy lift in general, crew size on a Mars mission, and finally possible threats from the Chinese space program. Toward the end he talked about electric propulsion for slow cargo missions, then I asked him for his thoughts on the Mars cycler system. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can email Dr. Zubrin through me.
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John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 3/12/14 (9.72MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dennis Wingo, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: NASA budgets, SLS-Orion vs. ISS. 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). 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 Dennis Wingo to the program to discuss upcoming NASA budget choices with SLS-Orion, the ISS, & other programs. Dennis proposes ways for the programs to work together and be supportive of each other rather than having them compete for tight NASA funds. We talked about the SLS flight plans & schedule, Falcon Heavy, and the role of Congress in these matters. 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, 13 Mar 2014 16:10:57 UTC
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Dr. Erik Seedhouse, Monday, 3-10-14 (81.06MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Erik Seedhouse. Topics: Suborbital spaceflight & Erik's new book, "Suborbital: Industry at the Edge of 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. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Dr. Erik Seedhouse back to the show for this 1 hour 28 minute discussion regarding suborbital space and Erik's new book, "Suborbital: Industry at the Edge of Space." In the first segment, Erik started out by telling why he wrote the book and he gave us updates regarding the prominent suborbital space companies. We talked about payload flights, science flights, academic flights and space tourism flights. Dr. Seedhouse spoke to the need to lower the cost for the flights and the need to prepare for painful accidents. Listeners asked him to describe the flight profile for SpaceShip2 and the training many of the passengers had taken at the NASTAR Center. Erik then spoke about competing centers, the American Astronautic Institute in Florida and Waypoint 2 Space which is adjacent to NASA JSC. Questions came up about Astronauts4Hire and & the need to self market to get a flight. Erik talked about floating free during the microgravity part of the flight on Virgin, addressing the issue of getting back to your seat on time before reentry. Near the end of the segment, a listener asked why it was taking so long for suborbital flight we it was done decades ago and the information is in the public domain. Ham the Chimp got mentioned in this section. As the segment was closing, the new topic of space motion sickness came up. In the second segment, a listener wanted to know if it mattered to the passenger re medical issues if vertical launch was used or horizontal launch was used. Erik said the g force was the biggest medical problem with suborbital space. He also talked about long arm centrifuge training, then he went over the Anti-G Straining Maneuver to deal with g force issues. Space suits came, space tourist physical conditioning was discussion topic as was space radiation which Erik said was not a problem for suborbital flights. Please post your comments on The Space Show blog above. Erik can be contacted at DrEricSeedhouse@hotmail.com. Erik's website is www.suborbitaltraining.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:00:43 UTC
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Dr. Gil Levin, Sunday, 3-9-14 (82.96MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Gil Levin. Topics: Possible life on Mars, Viking Labeled Release Experiments, Chiral Labeled Release Experiments. 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. Dr. Gil Levin returned as our guest to continue his discussion about the Viking Landers and the search for life through the labeled release experiments. In the first segment of our 95 minute show, Dr. Levin explained the labeled release experiment plus he went through the analysis and conclusions which point to Viking having found molecular life on Mars. He talked at length about the refusal of NASA to confirm these findings though in private many scientists, including several from NASA, have told him that his conclusions are likely correct. Gil also talked about several recent television appearances he has had regarding the Viking landers and his experiment. Listeners asked him many questions, including what NASA is doing to continue the search for life on Mars. He said nothing and then talked about Curiosity & some of the other rovers and orbiting satellites and what they are focused on doing. He also talked scheduled experiments but have yet to be done. It is worth noting that the Viking 1 and Viking 2 landers sat down 4,000 miles from one another yet their labeled release experiments produced similar results. Gil mentioned some concern for the durability of the Curiosity rover, specifically its wheels as well as the quality of scientific journalism and the press. He is hoping key experiments are done prior to the end of Curiosity. In the second segment, we talked about a Mars sample return mission. Gil was not supportive of such a mission due to the risk of the samples being toxic to us here on Earth. We had quite the discussion on this subject. John from Ft. Worth called wondering about the impact life on Mars would have on us here on Earth. Next, Gil was asked what experiments should be done to confirm life on Mars. Gil talked about doing a chiral labeled release experiment. Don't miss our detailed discussion on this experiment and why it would be so important to do it on Mars. Toward the end, we talked about Dr. Levin's current work, his teaching, and his perseverance for confirming the findings of the Viking 1 and 2 labeled release experiments. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. You can reach Dr. Levin through my address, drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:39:32 UTC
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Dragos Bratasanu, Friday, 3-7-14 (84.38MB; download) -- Guest: Dragos Bratasanu. Topics: Failures in aerospace and aviation & how to avoid them. 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 to the show Dragos Bratasanu to discuss his new ebook, "Engineering Success." Note that for a limited time, you can download this book for free from his website, www.successengineer.org. In addition, he has given listeners Chapter One of his book which has been uploaded to The Space Show blog for this program. During the first segment of this 94 minute discussion, Dragos started out by telling us why he wrote the book, what he wanted to accomplish with the book and the methodology he used in writing it. He worked with several consultants and as you will hear, he cited numerous examples both in the space industry and outside the space industry to make his points about what he kept referring to as the social context of decision making, accountability, etc. After providing us with the background to aviation and aerospace failures, he talked about remedies and modifications per the social context which I took to refer to the organizational culture though Dragos has a much broader definition which you will get during this interview. In our second segment, he talked with us about scheduling and budget pressures that lead to failures and some of the recognizable danger signals. He also provided us with some useful stats for speaking up from the employee ranks about problems and issues and why they often go unreported. We talked about some additional specific corporate examples he used to make his point, plus we talked about the entrepreneurial space company culture. Later, he went through the important four human needs followed by the four behaviors. Our guest provided us with a good summary of his book and the subject. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can sign up for his free newsletter on his website and also for a limited time, download the ebook for free. You can contact Dragos through his website or me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:47:17 UTC
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John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 3-5-14 (10.81MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Anatoly Zak, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Russian Crimean & Ukrainian action & impact on space & ISS. 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). 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 Anatoly Zak of (www.russianspaceweb.com) to the program to discuss the Russian action underway in the Crimea and the Ukraine. Since the Ukraine has many supporting space industries, companies, and space products, we talked with Anatoly about the stability of our ISS partnership & interconnected space partnerships. The U.S. has a strong dependency on Russia and in particular the Ukraine for Soyuz components, Orbital's Antares first stage, and much more. Anatoly thought things would remain stable providing thee was no escalation. I specifically asked if he thought economic sanctions would represent escalation and he said yes. We also talked about the new space center Russia is building, the consolidation of their space industry, and the Russian people's interest level in space activities.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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Open Lines, Tuesday, 3-4-14 (124.18MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Launch costs, spy satellites, launch reliability, & much 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. Welcome to our primary March Open Lines discussion. During the first segment of this two hour program, we followed up from Monday with Tony talking about electric cars, SpaceX, Elon Musk, solar power, PGE electricity rates and more. He also mentioned that Facebook bought out Titan Aerospace, a company that makes a solar airplane. Later in the program, Tony emailed the news that former Skylab astronaut & Korean War Vet William (Bill) Pogue passed away. Bill was twice a guest on TSS & a friend. He will missed and we dedicated tonight's program to his memory. After the initial call with Tony, Jerry called from Florida to talk about the Ukraine & the space connection, the 2015 NASA budget, and possible Antares problems due to the Ukrainian connection. Next, Dwayne called to talk about what it takes to launch sensitive and very expensive USAF spy satellites. He talked about launch reliability as being more important than the launch costs. He associated this with the high costs of ULA launches and then we talked about what it would take for SpaceX to compete in that market. It does appear that SpaceX is ready to compete per some of the articles that were sent me during the discussion. Dwayne pointed out the series of Titan failures in the mid to late 90's, & how this led to more oversight and quality control to make sure the satellites got to orbit. In the second segment, Tim from N. California called and talked about computer power today making it possible to a SimNASA type venture to refine the NASA budget process, even the overall government budget. He mentioned a project decades ago, World Games by Buckminster Fuller but back then the computer power was not what is today. Here we also talked about Big Data. Dwayne called back, I asked him for news on the Chinese lunar rover and we talked about the Atlas Russian engine, the RD-180. Dwayne attended hearings last week on Inspiration Mars and reported to us on those hearings. Doug emailed in wanting to know the number of ULA engine flights as compared to SpaceX engine flights. Please post comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can reach any of the participants in tonight's show through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:30:12 UTC
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Special Monday Open Lines, Monday, 3-3-14 (103.49MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Business plans, due diligence, Mars One, skepticism, cynicism, SpaceX & 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. Our scheduled guest for this program, Dr. Jeff Bell, was a no-show. At the request of several listeners, rather than canceling the program, I let it run as a special Open Lines show. There were no breaks in the discussion. Our first caller in this 1 hour 53 minute discussion was Dwayne who inquired about my frequent comments on the need for a business plan and due diligence in evaluating potential space businesses. I offered to send interested listeners a copy of the business plan outline I work from if they email and request it. We went through the business plan outline I use, then we talked about due diligence for all aspects of the venture including management, financial, marketing, technology, engineering, and more. Dwayne wanted to know about possible market saturation for the low barrier to entry cubesats and Earth imaging satellites now entering the market place. Doug was the next caller. He had wanted to talk with Dr. Bell about an older paper of his showing skepticism for the COTS program which Doug believes to be successful. The discussion with Doug was too long so callers, you need to be succinct, consolidate your comments and questions, and don't expect unlimited time for your call. As they say, "this was my bad" to have let the call go on for so long and I apologize to those of you who got tired of waiting to call the show and just logged out. The discussion with Doug included how to assess the likely success of a business venture, management, and more. We used both Mars One and SpaceX as examples. Charles then called to talk about his book Microlaunchers and The Space Review's book review of it by Dr. Jeff Foust. You can read the review at www.thespacereview.com/article/2461/1. Our last caller was Tony who challenged the electric car comments made by Charles and me. Tony wanted to advocate for green technology, solar, etc. I apologize for how I talked to and handled Tony's call. Because I did not agree with him was no excuse for my being rude and I will do my best to not let that happen again. Tony and I disagree on these issues which is fine by my book. Most of the time listeners don't know my own thoughts on lots of the topics discussed on TSS so you have no clue if I concur or not with what is being said, but I did engage Tony & I should have been more respectful with him. I understand the validity of the points he was making though I dispute that any of that is reality at this time in the U.S. We ended this special program by pointing out that our regular March OL show is Tuesday, March 4. I will make an announcement when I can reschedule Dr. Bell. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. If you want to reach any of our callers or emailiers, you can do so through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:45:29 UTC
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Dr. Alan Stern & Bas Lansdorp, Sunday, 3-2-14 (90.88MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Alan Stern & Bas Lansdorp. Topics: Uwingu's Mars crater naming opportunities & Mars One partnership. 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 to The Space Show both Dr. Alan Stern and Bas Lansdorp to talk about the Mars One & Uwingu Mars crater naming project partnership. Dr. Stern began the discussion in this 1 hour 33 minute program. Please note that both guests used cell phones and Bas was in Holland so we do have phone line noise and static throughout the discussion. Alan provided us with a brief history of Uwingu and then talked about having acquired the Mars crater database which forms the basis for the Uwingu Mars crater naming project. Our guest explained the project and how each of us can participate, as well as why we should name a crater. Dr. Stern then introduce our mystery guest, Bas Lansdorp, CEO of Mars One, as both Uwingu & Mars One are partnering in the crater naming project. Briefly, Uwingu will make a digital map of all the Martian named craters and Mars One will carry that map with them on their 2018 Phoenix like robotic mission which is an important mission leading up to their human missions. Bas did explain why the 2018 mission is so important to the overall Mars One plan. After this discussion, we fielded lots of listener email questions asking Bas about all aspects of the human mission from spaceflight safety to human factors, to launch vehicles, radiation, microgravity, all of the above and more. Alan also received numerous email questions seeking to clarify parts of the Uwingu project. There were lots of fun topics but this was really taken to the extreme when Bas mentioned the probability of crews eating insects. This set off a "bug storm" with listeners wanting to know the types of insects to be eaten, why, and lots of other things. Many around the world do eat insects but this seemed to strike some nerves among listeners. In the second segment, Alan and Bas talked about the joint press release to be issued Monday morning, March 3, 2014 describing the partnership & the project. You can see the press release on the two websites, www.uwingu.com and www.mars-one.com. We inquired about Mars One communications back to Earth, asked about the DSN and learned that Mars One might build their own ground stations for their own communications network. We talked about the profile of the ideal crew member, the command structure for the crews, radiation, microgravity, regulation, and more. Other topics discussed during this show included Mars One extracting water from the Martian soil, equipment/hab backup and redundancy, the possibility of Earth-return, possible impact on HSF & Mars with a mission failure or death, Mars spacecraft simulation, and much more. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can contact Dr. Stern and Bas Lansdorp through their websites or me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 03 Mar 2014 17:58:38 UTC
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Stephen Murphy, Friday, 2-28-14 (80.01MB; download) -- Guest: Stephen Murphy. Topics: Do It Yourself Space (DIY), space exploration for all, open hardware, DIY entrepreneurial opportunities. 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 Stephen Murphy to the program to discuss Do It Yourself (DIY) space exploration and the available tools to make it all happen. In our first segment of this 1 hour 27 minute program, Mr. Murphy explained the concept of Do It Yourself (DIY) Space Exploration. Make sure you visit his website for more information on this topic, www.diyspaceexploration.com. We first explained the DIY concept and just why the timing was right for it to be attainable by those outside the space industry given the availability of low cost tools that can be used to build space hardware. We talked about needed background to be able to build something plus all the tools available including kits. However, we also talked about the choke hold on the industry due to the launch side of the business which is still costly and limited. Of course Charles Pooley called in to remind us all that Microlaunchers was trying to solve the launch side of the problem. During both segments, Stephen mentioned many different companies doing a specific piece of DIY or general technology as following these companies and learning from what they have and will be dong as well as how they do it can be a good guide. We also talked about smaller than cubesat items such as the pocket cubesat, rocket cubesat, and more. Next, we went into the aggressive use of crowd funding for raising money for the projects using Kickstarter, Indiegogo and others. Our guest put forward some simple marketing and promotional "rules" for crowdfunding, especially before you start your crowdfunding campaign. In the second segment, we opened up with a discussion about open hardware and how companies involved with it make it work because its an unusual business model. Here, Stephen also mentioned companies using the open source model to build an important community for their work and products, also a different business model from the traditional model. We discussed the Maker community, especially MakerBot with 3D printing, several crowdfunding projects, even DIY drones! Listeners asked about ITAR, then near the end we switched topics to using high altitude balloons. Our guest said this was like a "gateway drug" to space because it was cheap, easy, and would likely be an excellent low cost testing platform. Mr. Murphy's goal with his website & business is offer workshops & tools so everyone who wants can move forward with space exploration. Post your comments/questions on TSS blog. Stephen's email address can be found on his website using the Contact tab. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 01 Mar 2014 17:23:53 UTC
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