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The Space Show
The Space Show focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce, space tourism,space exploration and space development. The Space Show is committed to facilitating our becoming a space-faring nation and society with a growing and self-sustaining space-faring economy.  The Space Show also focuses on other related subjects of interest to us all.

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Created by: David Livingston
 Created on: 12 May 2005
Language: English


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Add this to another station Donald (Don) Beattie, Friday, 5-31-13 (46.48MB; download) -- Guest: Donald (Don) Beattie. Topics: Don discussed his book, "No Stone Unturned" which details his NASA, Navy, NSF, and private sector careers. 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. We welcomed Don Beattie back to the program for this riveting 1 hour 25 minute discussion relating to Don's experiences and careers with NASA on the Apollo program, NSF, the early days of flight with the U.S. Navy, a Mobil Oil energy expert in Columbia, plus a host of other experiences. I urge you to buy his book, "No Stone Unturned: A Life Without Bounds" at www.cgpublishing.com then clicking on the Apogee logo link. We talked about Don's NASA experiences with the Apollo program for a good part of the first segment as well as the second segment. Since Don was a geologist, he worked with lunar maps, helped plan the lunar science missions, and even trained the astronauts in geology by going to analog sites with them all over the world. I asked him about his experiences with the different Apollo crews, his favorite missions & crews, and even to compare the NASA of the Apollo era to the NASA of today. Don had much to say about the importance of NASA and having a focused mission to carry out. He was asked about the SLS rocket which he said would be important if we ever go to NEOs or beyond, but he expressed concern over the very low launch rate planned for SLS. Don was also asked to compare NASA to NSF since he was with both organizations. Near the end of the first segment, a listener wanted to know about Werner Von Braun and his work with the MSFC. Don had quite a bit to say about Von Braun and even more about his relationship with MSFC teams. In the second segment, the subject of the Boy Scouts and astronauts came up as a result of comments made at the Montana Rocky Mtn College astronaut panel discussions which Don viewed. Scouting has always had strong representation with the types of people who are attracted to NASA, space exploration, and being an astronaut. Also in this segment, we talked more about a NASA mission and NASA's management. He told us about the NASA management and teams in place during Apollo and stressed that they made the program successful. Another listener asked what he did during the Apollo 13 mission. We also talked about the possibility of nuclear electric propulsion. I asked him for his favorite NASA Administrators and he named two. Late in the segment, we talked with Don about his energy work, Mobil Oil, Columbia, wind turbans & NASA, and the fracking of wells. Near the program's end, a listener asked if had changed any of his views on the ISS per his book, ISScapades from a few years ago. Don said no, we talked about ISS crew size and the need for the centrifuge which was a priority but never materialized. At various times during our discussion we talked about our technical capabilities to go to Mars, Mars One, Inspiration Mars, commercial lunar missions, and human medical factors for long term spaceflight. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. If you want to email Don Beattie, you can do so through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:56:08 UTC
Add this to another station Mary Roach, Thursday, 5-30-13 (38.99MB; download) -- Guest: Mary Roach. Topics: We talked about her new book, "Gulp: Adventures On The Alimentary Canal" with extrapolations for HSF & Mars. 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. We welcomed author Mary Roach back to the program for this 75 minute one segment discussion about her new book "Gulp: Adventures On The Alimentary Canal." If you buy the book with this URL, Amazon will make a contribution to The Space Show/OGLF: http://www.amazon.com/Gulp-Adventures-Alimentary-Mary-Roach/dp/0393081575/ref=onegiantlea20. For the Kindle version, use http://www.amazon.com/Gulp-Adventures-Alimentary-Canal-ebook/dp/B00AN86JZ4/ref=onegiantlea20. While the book does not necessarily address space issues, the introduction talks about NASA research in the early space age period to determine optimum food and nutrition needs for a two year Mars mission. You will hear Mary talk about their live animal considerations and the settling for mice for "mouse stew." In a later chapter on food, the alimentary canal and gas (flatulence), Mary introduced us to the research of Dr. Michael Levitt who NASA engaged to study the impact of human gas in the space capsule and upon fellow astronauts. Dr. Levitt concluded that it would not likely be a problem. We did carry this out topic with extrapolations to long duration spaceflight to Mars, being in a small capsule, and other realistic scenarios. Our discussion unfolded both in space and on terrestrial terms. For example, myths about chewing food were put to rest in the book. We learned what might happen were a person to actually be swallowed by a whale or large fish. We talked about gastric acid and GERD and what this problem might mean for a an astronaut. A listener asked for a reality check on probiotics both here on Earth and for example, on a deep space Mars mission. Mary provided us with an interesting perspective regarding the marketing and use of probiotics so don't miss it. Another listener wanted to know about stories that were not included in Packing For Mars. Mary mentioned a few throughout our discussion. We talked about the more traditional human factors such as microgravity and radiation and wondered about their impact on food and digestion over the long haul period in space, especially when considering microgravity and radiation effects. Both Mary's book, "Gulp," and this program go into areas you won't normally hear discussed, even by the space docs so be prepared for a wild but fascinating and informative ride. I found her latest book to be very full of great information, laughing out loud hilarious throughout the read, and certainly thought provoking for food, waste, & digestive issues here at home as well as what might unfold on long duration deep space missions. This coupled with her recent book, "Packing For Mars," are in my opinion must reads for us all. Check out "Packing For Mars" here: http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/B00AR2BCLW/ref=onegiantlea20 and for the Kindle version, http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-ebook/dp/B003YJEXUM/ref=onegiantlea20. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. You can email Mary Roach through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 31 May 2013 14:38:19 UTC
Add this to another station The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 115-29-13 (5.89MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Charles Lurio, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: The Star Trek influence on space exploration/development. 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. During our 11 minute plus discussion with Dr. Charles Lurio, the questions around the potential impact of Star Trek on space exploration and development was discussed. John Batchelor asked us about the Star Trek influence on LEO, space exploration, the militarization of space, and even parallel issues with the global war on terror. John also asked about the use of robots in Star Trek as compared to our reality based space exploration. 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, 30 May 2013 15:01:23 UTC
Add this to another station Michelle Evans, Tuesday, 5-28-13 (53.07MB; download) -- Guest: Michelle Evans. Topic: The X-15 Rocket Plane. 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. We welcomed Michelle Evans back to the program to discuss her new book, "The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space." I strongly recommend you buy and read this book and if you do so using this link from Amazon, Amazon will make a donation to The Space Show/OGLF: http://www.amazon.com/X-15-Rocket-Plane-Outward-Odyssey/dp/0803228406/ref=onegiantlea20. Visit Michelle's website for even more information: www.mach25media.com. Click on the X-15 book image for more information. During the first segment of our 1 hour 39 minute program, Ms. Evans introduced us to the X-15, how she got her interest in it and her methodology in writing the book. Michelle's approach was to tell the story through the people more than the machine so we spent lots of time talking about the X-15 pilots, their contributions to the program & spaceflight, especially the Space Shuttle. Michelle told us which pilots earned astronaut wings and why the others did not. We talked about the B52 as the carrier aircraft &learned where the two B52 X-15 planes were now located. Many questions came in about the X-15 speed, altitude, and heat shielding. Michelle knew all the answers & you will too when you read her book. Later in the first segment, Randy asked Michelle to compare the X-15/B52 with White Knight 2/SpaceShip2. Don't miss this discussion. Think one word: composites! At the end of the first segment, we talked about hypersonics, various mach speeds, air launch, & total project costs. In our second segment, I asked Michelle who her favorite X-15 pilot was and what her favorite X-15 story was from all those in the book. Joe Engle who wrote the foreword to the book was mentioned as the likely favorite but she also mentioned Milt Thompson. She had several good stories to tell us. One of the stories was about Neil Armstrong almost getting fired from the program. Dr. Jurist then called to talk about Neil and his simulator contributions, plus he asked about X-15 cockpit cooling. Michelle had much to say about Neil, simulators, reaction control jets (ballistic control system), & nitrogen used as the cooling gas. Michelle talked about an X-15 tour program on her the website so check it out. We talked lessons learned from the program, more on hypersonic flight and the different X plane programs. Michelle also talked about the Oct. 3, 1967 X-15 speed record by Peter Knight. We all explored why this record stands today & we have not yet moved beyond it. Toward the end of the program, we talked about the Outward Odyssey book program from the University of Nebraska Press. For those of you in Southern California, Michelle will be speaking at the author's fair on July 27th hosted by the Orange County Public Library system. I will announce details when available but you can likely find them on Michelle's website as well as the Orange Country Public Library website. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. You can email Michelle Evans through her website.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 29 May 2013 16:03:29 UTC
Add this to another station DC-X 20th Anniversary Program, Sunday, 5-26-13 (53.66MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. William Gaubatz, Cathy Harper, Nino Polizzi, Chris Orwoll. Topics: We discussed the DC-X SSTO rocket & its 20th anniversary celebration. 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. We welcomed Dr. William Gaubatz, Cathy Harper, Nino Polizzi, & Chris Orwoll to the program to discuss the 20th anniversary of the DC-X SSTO prototype rocket and the celebration planned for August 16-18 at Spaceport America and the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, NM. Please visit their website for more information about the celebration and the DC-X: www.dc-xspacequest.org. Our program was 1 hour 38 minutes in one segment. Dr. Gaubatz started off with a DC-X overview and information about the anniversary celebration. Bill was followed by Nino who talked about the DC-X team and participants in the event. He also provided us with his email address for specific follow up per his discussion. Please contact him directly about this program. Next, we talked with Cathy. She provided us with information about the conference, the logistics for the first day at Spaceport America, then the balance of the event in Alamogordo at the NM Museum of Space History. We talked about the International Space Hall of Fame and the first ever team induction to the Hall of Fame. The listeners and I asked several questions about a team induction and Cathy and then later the other guests explained the idea behind a team induction in addition to telling us who the DC-X team members were, including specific companies/contractors for the project. Chris Orwoll spoke about the museum and its new relationship with the Smithsonian Institution as it is now a Smithsonian Affiliate. We talked about the benefits for the NM museum with this new relationship. Chris outlined new museum plans for the NewSpace addition with the DC-X SpaceQuest exhibit. Listeners asked many questions via email and by telephone. Jack from VA called in with questions about the team and the government contracting method used with DC-X. Dave Ketchum called in to talk about the impact of DC-X on hobby rocketry. Several listeners email in questions about why DC-X was cancelled, the politics of it, and one wanted to know who designed the aeroshell for the rocket. Montana John emailed in asking about the payload mass fraction to the GTOW of the vehicle. Chris also talked more about the museum and its plans, funding plans, and development already underway. Listeners and the guests did spend time talking about the politics of the DC-X, SSTO, and low cost launches to LEO, along with the politics of it all then and now. One question asked our guests had to do with why there was so much support & interest for DC-X 20 years after the project was cancelled. Don't miss our guest responses. Toward the end, our guests summarized the conference logistics and plans for the DC-X celebration. Chris and Cathy then told us that the museum had been selected to house the NSS archives. This is important so listen to what they had to say. If you have NSS or L5 archives, please contact them or the curator per their instructions. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. If you want to email either of the guests, you can do so through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 27 May 2013 17:05:49 UTC
Add this to another station Dr. Jerome Klingaman, Friday, 5-24-13 (53.19MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Jerome (Jerry) Klingaman. Topics: Astrophotography, astronomy, and advanced imagery work. 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. We welcomed Dr. Jerome (Jerry) Klingaman to the program to talk about astrophotography, how to do it, the needed equipment, what to expect, astronomy, and why it is so rewarding to engage in this field. During the first segment of our 1 hour 34 minute program, Jerry told us how he got his interest in astronomy and astrophotography. It’s a great story stemming from his Air Force flight days. After the experience he described to us, he started reading about astronomy, he bought a basic refractor telescope, and over time that evolved into a system for astrophotography geared to taking pictures of nebulae. Jerry described his system for us with technical detail and he explained the importance of the components in the system. He talked about starting out looking at the M5 star cluster, working with the right kind of mount that does the tracking, and the CCD camera. A listener asked if he could visibly see the items in the sky and he said no. Focusing in on a target was by trial and error which he explained in detail later in our discussion. We also talked about exposure time, light filters, and stacking. He mentioned other star clusters, M86, M87, and The Wizard. Jerry was asked about light pollution and he had much to say on this topic and the need for dark skies. I asked him about atmospheric interference, another topic he had much to say about, even with a CCD camera. In our second segment, we talked about visual astronomy and astronomy with a digital camera. He told us how to focus on the image and this is where our guest went into detail on the trial and error method of focusing. I asked our guest about image quality, specifically the quality we see in popular astronomy magazines. He had interesting observations about having his and other astrophotography pictures published in these magazines. I learned for example that typically one does not do any touchup work on these photos. I thought otherwise. I'm sure you will find this discussion highly interesting. We also talked telescope size, focal length size and the cost of systems, including a system like Jerry's. This led to a listener asking about buying good equipment used. Jerry supported this and told us about a website for this purpose. As we were getting near the end of the show, we talked about reflector as compared to refractor. This is also an interesting discussion. Our caller near the end of the program talked about digital SLR basic photography, even using iPhones and getting excellent pictures. In fact, if you are interested in astrophotography, you will be most interested in this discussion as its an inexpensive way to test it out before buying more costly gear. At the end, listener Dave asked Jerry to tell us the name of his observatory which is the Lake View Garden Observatory. You will understand the name when you hear Jerry's description of it. At the end, Jerry said he would send listeners a few of his photos so if this interests you, please send your request to me and I will forward it to Jerry. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 25 May 2013 03:10:49 UTC
Add this to another station The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 5-22-13 (5.29MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, William (Bill) Borucki, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: Kepler Space Telescope, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF). 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. During our 11 minute plus discussion with William (Bill) Borucki, PI for the Kepler Space Telescope mission, we talked about the Kepler problems including the gyros, stability wheels, power, solar pressure, and even Kepler related budget issues if the mission gets redefined as a result of the spacecraft problems now being worked on by a special Kepler team. Kepler is now in a safe mode, conserving power and no longer capturing new data. It may take months to a few years to see if it can be repaired or if it can sustain a modified mission with other goals than planet finding. We also talked about upcoming planet finding missions around our sun and elsewhere. One, TESS, is due to launch around 2017. The other, TPF, is due to launch in the mid 2020's. Our guest said that there is about 18 to 24 months of data still in the pipeline awaiting analysis. For sure Kepler is not through just yet! 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, 23 May 2013 15:46:51 UTC
Add this to another station Open Lines, Tuesday, 5-21-13 (81.07MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Our discussion covered wide range of timely topics per the below summary. 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. We started our 2 hour 3 minute Open Lines discussion with a five minute recorded interview with Sarah Cruddas in the UK regarding the UK astronaut Tim Peake who is now scheduled for a mission to the ISS. Sarah told us about the impact of Tim being the UK's first government funded and supported astronaut. You will clearly hear her excitement about this and for sure you will understand the very positive impact of this in England along with national British excitement. Way to go England and congratulations from The Space Show! You can find out more about Sarah's reporting, space, science & film work at www.sarahcruddas.com. Our next caller was Mark Longanbach from Star Systems to tell us about the Hermes spacecraft and their efforts in developing a suborbital spaceship for tourism and cargo. We also talked about crowd funding and Kickstarter with him. Next, Nelson called in to talk about the need for long term NASA goals and he outlined his concept for bringing the space community together and making the most out of tight budgets, assets, technology, and capabilities, all in support of repositioning our space program for doing great things in the future. Nelson requested feedback on his idea so post your comments on The Space Show blog. Nelson's blog can be found at www.aviationweek.com/UserProfile.aspx?newspaperUserId=219284. Kelly called next to talk about the upcoming 20th anniversary of DC-X and he compared back then to now. As you will hear, Kelly saw more positive things back "in the day" than today. He talked about today's commercial space industry, NASA, SpaceX, commercial space, etc. We also talked about the planned commercial Mars missions, the asteroid & lunar missions. I'm sure you will find his comments interesting & thought provoking. In our second segment, Tim said Rossi and his E-CAT were validated by a third party. He then took issue with much of what Kelly had to say, especially around SpaceX and the emerging commercial space industry. We also talked about the proposed NASA-Bigelow Aerospace project and I read the NASA PR announcement about it on air. Later in the second segment, Charles Pooley called. He wanted to talk about the NASA-Bigelow announcement and he said he also disagreed with Kelly, especially regarding SpaceX. While Kelly was critical of the SpaceX engine design, Charles said it was an excellent design and he told us why he thought so. I chimed in my support for SpaceX as I think they are doing a very good job and have solved inflight problems in an impressive way. Also in this segment, we talked some about what constitutes a commercial mission. I suggested today's emerging industry is a hybrid but in the end, the companies behave as commercial companies. Pooley also talked about a Scaled CATO engine failure. He later sent us emails which I read on air that described the problem, then Charles called back to explain what I read. Another topic I mentioned included the problems with the Kepler Space Telescope. Post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. If you want to email any of the callers, do so through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 22 May 2013 16:28:45 UTC
Add this to another station Kimberly Arcand, Megan Watzke, Monday, 5-20-13 (47.31MB; download) -- Guests: Kimberly Arcand, Megan Watzke. Topics: Touring our Solar System with our two guests. 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. We welcomed Kimberly (Kim) Arcand and Megan Watzke to the program to discuss their new book, "Your Ticket To the Universe: A Guide To Exploring The Cosmos" published by Smithsonian Books. Visit their website for more information our guests and this amazing book, www.yourtickettotheuniverse.com/Index/Home.html. Also check out this YouTube video for the book, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-KamC0Plro. If you order the book using this Amazon URL, Amazon will make a contribution to The Space Show: www.amazon.com/Your-Ticket-Universe-Exploring-Cosmos/dp/1588343758/ref=onegiantlea20. During the first part of our 90 minute discussion, our guests explained why they wrote this book and how they came up with its unique structure, format & famous person quote at the beginning of each chapter. We talked about the pictures used in the book and a few of the items that stood out to me including "Taking an Alien to a Baseball Game" which helps us understand visible light along with all of the other types of light. A listener with a copy of the book emailed in to ask about the use of the terms light second, light minutes, and light hours when describing objects in our Solar System. Their discussion of Pluto as a dwarf planet came up in addition to my talking about the book as an excellent teaching tool for school libraries, students of all ages, even adults. Our authors talked about art and I noticed the inclusion of the famous painting Starry Night in the book. Don't miss what Kim and Megan had to say about why Starry Night was used in their book and the overall subject of art, space science, aesthetics, and the night sky abundant with stars. As our segment was ending, we talked about Mars analogs here on Earth such as Svalbard and Rio Tinto among the many Earth Mars analogs referenced in this book, plus the book's astrobiology focus. In our second segment, I asked our guests if space exploration was worth it and why. Don't miss what each had to say in answering the question. We talked about the NASA budget, what is accomplished with the budget, and general population misunderstandings about the actual amount of the NASA budget. I mentioned a TV documentary on the Dutch East Indies Company and the necessity of human exploration. I asked our guests what they thought our world would look like had we sent robots out instead of humans in those very early and risky exploration missions. A listener asked about the description of the book as both a coffee table book and a science book, and we talked about that hybrid description. Near the end of our discussion, I asked each guest for their favorite place mentioned in the book where they would want to hang out. You might be surprised by their choices. Both Kim and Megan signed off with excellent closing comments that you will want to hear and remember. If you have comments/questions, please post them on The Space Show blog. You can contact both guests through their website, Twitter, and Facebook, as well as through me.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:53 UTC
Add this to another station Dr. John Brandenburg, Sunday, 5-19-13 (70.95MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. John Brandenburg. Topics: Physics, cosmology, Unified Field Theory, Higgs-Boson. 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. We welcomed back Dr. John Brandenburg for an interesting science fiction and physics discussion for 2 hours and 7 minutes. We started our first segment with Dr. Brandenburg talking about the recent meteor impact on the Moon, parallels with the Shoemaker-Levy comet impact on Jupiter, and even referencing the Clementine Mission. We then moved into John's science fiction writing which he usually does under the name of Victor Norgarde. However, his latest book project, a book that goes into the metaphysical realms and is titled "The Cosmic Jesus," he uses his real name. Based on his discussion of the book with us, I hope to feature it with John on future Space Show program. Dr. Brandenburg then introduced us to the theories of Richard Feynman and John Wheeler and the impact of their work today. In our second segment, Dr. Brandenburg talked about his GEM Tetra Unification Theory and the Higgs-Boson particle. In this discussion, our guest did use a moderately heavy physics language citing several theories and the works of others such as Kaluza-Klein theory so stay with us as we talked about hidden dimensions, quantum mechanics, force fields, LENR & cold fusion, Mach's Principle and much more. John speculated on the Higgs being able to help us figure out how to reduce the mass of a spaceship so it could accelerate to the speed of light. As you will hear, our caller John Hunt who is now in Ft. Worth rather than Atlanta talked with our guest about not impacting the inside of the spaceship and the occupants in reducing the mass of the spaceship. At times, this was a very technical discussion. Later in the segment, Sandra in Seattle emailed in asking our guest to assign himself to either traditional physics, the frontier of physics, or the lunatic fringe of physics. This turned into a most interesting discussion about physics and each of the three classifications. You guess where Dr. Brandenburg placed himself in terms of the three classification descriptors. For most of the rest of the discussion, Dr. Brandenburg talked about physics, what it takes to get theories and ideas into the academic discussion and at some point accepted or at least seriously considered. Another listener emailed him for conference suggestions since John said that it was important to go to conferences, publish, present, etc. In Dr. Brandenburg's closing remarks, he left us with a challenging question to consider! Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. You can email Dr. Brandenburg through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 20 May 2013 16:03:53 UTC
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