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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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AIAA CASE w/ Laura McGill, Friday, 9-7-12 (31.88MB; download) -- Guest: Laura McGill. Topics: AIAA Complex Aerospace Systems Exchange (CASE) Conference, systems engineering, testing, modeling, & lessons learned. 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. 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 welcomed to the program Laura McGill, the Deputy VP of Engineering for the Raytheon Missile Systems Division of the Raytheon Company and also the General Chair of the AIAA CASE Conference which is being held at the Pasadena, CA Convention Center from Sept. 11-13, 2012. Please follow along with us at the conference website, www.aiaa.org/CASE. During our one hour program, Ms. McGill not only took us through the full conference program, but she helped us to understand systems engineering in all aspects of complex aerospace systems. As you will hear, the conference sessions and the tracks delve into complex aerospace engineering issues in some detail, ranging from system development and integration, testing, modeling, simulation and verification to studying and understanding system failures, late term failures, and even program failures. The CASE conference is new for AIAA and runs a full 2.5 days side by side with the AIAA Space 2012 Conference. Your registration for either Space 2012 or CASE enables you to attend and participate in all the events of the other conference. In addition, some events are shared such as keynote addresses, socials, lunches, and networking opportunities. In discussing systems engineering with Laura in terms of the conference agenda, it was easy to see the application of what our guest was talking about as well as the conference sessions to all aspects of the aerospace industry, including suborbital, lunar development, space tourism, and even commercial airline usage. In fact, CASE speakers include experts from American Airlines, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 747 projects. A question regarding the AIAA App for smart phones came for management of this year's conference. You can get information about the App and download info for your smartphone at www.aiaa.org/Secondary.aspx?id=4582. Scroll down to the section "Conference Mobil App." Toward the end of our hour discussion, our guest went over conference pricing, logistics, and hotels. Note that there is special pricing for undergraduate students, graduate students, and for those that are retired. Post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. If you want to email Ms. McGill, send your note to me and I will forward it on your behalf. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:19:57 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 9-5-12 (5.25MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Jeffrey Manber, NanoRacks, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: ISS commercial and student research opportunities 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. 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 11.5 minute discussion, Jeff Manber introduced the audience to the NanoRacks program for placing scientific research and other experiments on board the ISS National Lab. Jeff described how his company, NanoRacks (www.nancoracks.com) does this, the nature of the NanoRacks agreement with NASA, student research opportunities and much more. If you want to email John Batchelor or Jeff Manber, please send your note to me and I will forward it to the person of your choice. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:40:36 UTC
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Open Lines, Tuesday, 9-4-12 (69.06MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Life outside the solar system, Philadelphia light pollution, ion propulsion, U.S. economy, NASA, space program funding. You are invited to comment, ask questions, & discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, & any discussion must be relevant & applicable to Space Show programming. 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. As Open Lines started, I put two discussion topics on the table. These two topics focused on the Republican party platform & its space policy plus the reaction to it by various sectors of the space community, specifically NewSpace. The second topic I mentioned was the state of the U.S. economy & how it impacts NASA & space funding. My theory was & is that it does impact the state of NASA funding & what happens in the private sector but I asked others who have economic experience & knowledge to tell me why so many talk space policy without factoring in our domestic as well as economic condition. When I opened up the phone line, the first caller was Wade Hobbs who talked about life having developed elsewhere in the solar system, mainly in the oceans of Europa. He said his theory offered statistical proof of life in Jupiter's moon Europa & he pointed us toward his Kindle book, "Question Answered." If you purchase his book using this URL, Amazon will donate to The Space Show/OGLF: www.amazon.com/Question-Answered-ebook/dp/B008ZFZ05W/ref=onegiantlea20. He explained his theory & invited comments & questions. His email address is w_hobbs@mail.com. Our second caller was Ed Murray who called our attention to a light pollution public art project scheduled soon for Philadelphia. The project, Open Air" by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer of Canada & approved by the Art Association of Philadelphia is described here: www.knightarts.org/community/philadelphia/preparing-for-open-air-in-philadelphia. Many in the astronomy & Dark Skies fields are objecting to the project which will last nearly two months & probably blot out most of the Philadelphia night sky. Ed & others are seeking ideas & help to minimize the project or cancel it. They have sought help from the International Dark Skies organization & others. If this project interests you, follow up on the suggestions offered on the blog by Ed & others which detail their concerns about the project. In our second segment, John from Atlanta called in to discuss ion propulsion & fuel plus he wanted to address the economic issues I raised in the introduction to tonight's program. Regarding the economic issues, John suggested we were still not so bad where the economy would start to impact NASA funding but if thing worsen, it is likely that NASA & all space funding will be impacted. John & I went back & forth for several minutes discussing the economic situation, the national debt, space & more, both from the U.S. domestic perspective as well as the global perspective. We talked about the total budget going to NASA being so small as a factor. John & I talked about the Republican platform suggestion that despite the language, commercial crew to the ISS would continue. John suggested an early down select to SpaceX but I advocated for at least another round of competition with Sierra Nevada & Boeing, possibly others too. Our final call was from Tim who talked about ion propulsion & space nuclear propulsion. He introduced the idea of carbon nano tubes for use in rocket materials & I suggested that was way out in the future. Tim also suggested the private sector bypass NASA & do its "own thing." Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. If you want to email any of the callers, send your note to me & I will forward it. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:11:47 UTC
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Gil Moore, Monday, 9-3-12 (55.88MB; download) -- Guest: Gil Moore. Topics: New CubeSat program including POPACS, Rampart, PrintSat, 3D Printing and more. 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. 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 welcomed Gil Moore back to the program to talk with us about his new CubeSat projects including Rampart, PrintSat and POPACS (Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Spheres). We also talked about 3D printing, the previous Starshine Project plus small satellite elliptical and circular orbital concerns, trajectories, and issues. Rather than writing this summary per the program's two segments, I am doing it as one continuous summary for the nearly two hour discussion as our topics and themes did not change much. Gil provided us with an excellent understanding of these programs which also offer terrific student opportunities for both high school and college students to get involved in satellite and space projects. As you listen to the program, Gil provides names and email addresses for people to contact, including himself. If you have questions, want to know how to participate in these projects, or just want more information about cubesats and the industry, do make use of the contacts. Not only did Gil take us through complicated cubesat orbital dynamics, he stressed the need to give students the space and "the opportunity to do their own thing." If you want to research areas Gil talked about during our program use Google for the following key words and topics which are just a few of those mentioned in our discussion: , Project Starshine, POPACS (Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Spheres), 3D Printing, Rampart Cubesat project, Cubesats, PrintSat, Windform XT, elliptical orbits, circular orbits, N-Prize, See Sat, CelesTrak, Satellite Tool Kit, Dr. T. S. Kelso, polar orbits, secondary propulsion, and the NASA Get Away Special Program, a program referred to by Gil as the best student outreach program ever for Nasa but it was eventually cancelled. If you have comments/questions regarding this program, please post them on The Space Show Blog. Gil did provide his email address so feel free to contact him at GilMoore12@aol.com. The abstract for the paper he referred to which he gave at SmallSat this year can be found at www.smallsat.org/technical-program/sessionx.pdf.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:25:10 UTC
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Dr. Scott Hubbard, Sunday, 9-2-12 (56.10MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Scott Hubbard. Topics: Our Mars mission projects from the perspective of our first NASA Mars Czar. 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. 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. Welcomed Dr. Scott Hubbard to the program to discuss his new book, "Exploring Mars: Chronicles From A Decade Of Discovery." If your buy the book using the following Amazon URL, Amazon will make a donation to The Space Show/OGLF: www.amazon.com/Exploring-Mars-Chronicles-Decade-Discovery/dp/0816528969/ref=onegiantlea20. In our first segment, Dr. Hubbard talked about being selected as the first Mars Program Director after we lost both the MarsClimate Orbiter (MCO) and the Mars Polar Lander (MPL). He also told us the story of how he got dubbed the first Mars Czar. His story is fascinating, from how he was asked to do this by then NASA Administrator Dan Goldin to what the Blue Ribbon Panels said about why we lost both MCO and MPL. We talked at length about the lessons learned from these losses, the review panels, and from the Faster, Better, Cheaper program strategy. Given Dr. Hubbard's experience as the program director, I asked lots of questions about getting program approval and keeping that approval over time with Congress. Dr. Hubbard was most insightful about this process. Other related topics discussed in this segment included risk, planetary science budgets, private sector companies such as SpaceX, and mission oversight and its cost. We talked about private missions to Mars and what is referred to as the Holy Grail for Mars missions, a sample return mission. We went into some detail regarding the sample return mission and Dr. Hubbard let us know why it was so important as well as to outlining a three part strategy for doing a Mars sample return mission. As our segment ended, we talked about internationalization of our Mars mission programs. In our second segment, Dr. Jurist asked our guest for some comparisons with the robots versus humans to Mars missions. You do not want to miss what Dr. Hubbard said in reply to this set of questions. Doug called in to inquire about cost comparisons for more robots over one human mission. Doug also raised some interesting points about the sample return mission planning. I then asked our guest about advocate lobbying for Mars and space policy and if it was effective given his experience with Congress, staffers, and the legislative process. The value proposition issue came up in this segment regarding both robotic and human missions. A listener then asked about the focus on space settlement by several advocate organizations and many in the NewSpace community. Don't miss what Dr. Hubbard had to say about settlement as a goal, especially when compared to exploration as a NASA goal. Toward the end, I asked about the follow the water theme throughout his book and why that was so important for the Mars missions to date. As we learned, the next phase of Mars missions will likely focus on the fingerprints of life, following the signs that may lead to discovering organics or even more. As our discussion was ending, we did talk about finding life on Mars & educational outreach. Please post your comments/questions on the blog. If you want to email Dr. Hubbard, send your note to me for forwarding. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:46:50 UTC
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Bas Lansdorp of Mars One, Friday, 8-31-12 (43.69MB; download) -- Guest: Bas Lansdorp. Topics: The Mars One program from a business, financial, engineering, technical, & human factors perspective for Martian settlement. 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. 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 welcomed Bas Lansdorp, founder of Mars One to the program to tell us about the program and respond to a wide array of questions pertaining to the Mars One plan. For more information, visit their website at www.mars-one.com. Also, check out their FAQ at http://mars-one.com/en/faq-en. If you want to ask Bas & his team questions, use info@mars-one.com. Dr. John Jurist joined us as co-host regarding many of the human factors, technical, and media financing discussion topics. Since our topic addressed many of the same issues with crossover for both segments, I have summarized the program without regard to segments. We started by asking Bas about the Curiosity landing per the European media and the interest in Holland which is his home. It was clear that Curiosity fever was strong and exciting across the pond just as it was here. I then asked Bas to tell us about Mars One. For the next half hour, Bas talked with us about why he started Mars One, plus he went over in some detail the Mars One plan, including financing, technical, engineering, human factors, and research issues. After our introduction to Mars One, Dr. Jurist and I began asking questions about the Mars One media financing plan, human factors, micro and partial gravity issues, life support issues, and more. We covered a broad range of issues including launches, launch state liability, family settlement on Mars, children on Mars, pregnancy, before the launch medical procedures, astronaut selection, etc. We received several listener emails which we discussed with Bas throughout our 90 minute discussion. After our initial introduction to the Mars One program, our discussion revolved around Bas responding to our questions and those asked by our listeners. Some other issues discussed included time line, mission delays, the loss of a resupply mission & its impact on the overall Mars One timeline, RX medications on Mars, solar power as compared to nuclear power for Mars One missions, Mars EDL plans for both cargo and humans, outsourcing components for Mars One and payload integration services & needs, plus settlement sustainability issues with possible timelines. Please tell us what you think by posting comments and questions on The Space Show blog. For specific questions for Bas or his team, use the Mars One email address but also do post on the blog for the benefit of all listeners. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:22:10 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 8-29-12 (6.03MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Alan Stern, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: The new space venture financing program, UWINGU (www.uwingu.com). 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. 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 11.5 minute discussion, Dr. Stern explained Uwingu (www.uwingu.com) which is a new way of financing space programs, projects, education, and more. Dr. Stern pointed out the current Uwingu campaign which you can read about and participate in via their website. If you want to email John Batchelor or Dr. Alan Stern, please send your note to me and I will forward it to the person of your choice. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:39:41 UTC
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Dr. Anita Sengupta, Tuesday, 8-28-12 (45.70MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Anita Sengupta. Topics: Entry, Descent, & Landing for Mars, Venus, propulsion, parachute issues, & more. 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. 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 welcomed Dr. Anita Sengupta, Senior Systems Engineer at JPL in Entry, Descent & Landing (EDL) Advanced Technologies Group to discuss EDL for Mars, other planets, and much more. In our first segment, Dr. Sengupta described conditions relevant to Mars and landing an object on the planet. We talked about the Martian atmosphere and what an EDL team needs to consider and design to land any payload on Mars as well as humans. We also learned that EDL for a different size payload would be different than what was used for Curiosity, probably needing new systems. We talked about supersonic parachutes & parachutes in general, addressing parachute materials, velocity, parachute violent extremes, the speed of sound & much more. Another topic was testing on Earth to make sure the devices work on Mars. Dr. Sengupta explained how such testing & Mars simulation is done on Earth. Other landing techniques such as airbags were mentioned along with retro rockets. During this discussion, our guest did a great job of explaining the various forces and physics involved in landing & how each of these forces must be dealt with for a successful landing. We then talked about landing a payload on Venus and just how different Venus is to Mars. The same for our Moon and the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos. Listeners sent in questions about the rover debris being left on Mars as well as wondering if there were other ways to explore Mars than using rovers. John called to inquire about first stage reusability & our guest talked about doing the "trades" (running the numbers to see if reusability is economic or not). Doug called to talk about orbital transfer vehicles, aerobraking, and more. This led us to a discussion about larger launch vehicles, the need to dissipate lots of energy on reentry, and why larger areas with drag are preferable. In our second segment, I asked about software programs we might use for the basic type of analysis Dr. Sengupta had been discussing. Note her recommendations. We then talked about plasma propulsion and ion thrusters. Dr. Sengupta had much to say on this subject including ion thruster fuel, costs, ISP, and again, the importance of doing trade studies for a mission to determine the best methodology/economics for the mission. Our guest also talked about the lower ISP Hall ion thruster which was also lower in cost but with substantially more ISP than a chemical engine. Also in this segment, we talked about the Dawn mission & Vega, a possible Europa mission & the use of nano satellites for the Europa mission. Doug called back regarding ion propulsion fuel, xenon, iron, lunar fuel, etc. As our program was ending, Anita mentioned the Orion parachute system tests she works on & the new Mars mission InSight. Several times during the program, Dr. Sengupta stressed the need to do the trade studies regarding mission planning to determine the best economics & cost effectiveness for the mission. Many of you have heard on The Space Show that if one does not "run the numbers," it is impossible to know if what you want to do is economically & mission productive/viable. On Oct. 28, Dr. Jurist is doing a special webinar with his interactive Excel spreadsheet on rocket/mission planning. It is essential to be able to do this in mission planning. Trusting your beliefs, gut, & preferences are not the way to go so watch this webinar if you can. Please post questions/comments on our blog. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:31:31 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Monday, 8-27-12 (13.22MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Bob Zimmerman, Dr. David Livingston:Topics: This is a double segment of Hotel Mars honoring the life of Neil Armstrong. We talked about many of his experiences, his accomplishments, and so much more about this incredible man. God Speed Neil. And for the Armstrong family, our deepest sympathy, our love, and thank you for sharing such an incredible man with us all. 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. 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 nearly 30 minute discussion, John, Bob and I talked about Neil Armstrong, his life, his accomplishments, and his service to his country and all of mankind. If you want to email John Batchelor or Bob Zimmerman, please send your note to me and I will forward it to the person of your choice. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:50:47 UTC
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Dr. Pat Hynes, Monday, 8-27-12 (52.61MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Pat Hynes. Topics: International symposium for Personal & Commercial Spaceflight (www.ispcs.com). 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. 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 welcomed Dr. Pat Hynes to the program to discuss the ISPCS 2012 Symposium from Oct. 17-18, 2012 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I suggest you open the Symposium website and follow along with our discussion. Also, as we talked about the Symposium, the agenda, goals and objectives, specific speakers, events, meals, etc, during both segments, this archive review will not be in segments as our topics were overlapping. Dr. Hynes started us out talking about commercial markets and customers for the evolving and developing commercial space industry, a theme throughout our program and the Symposium. In fact, the official conference theme is "The Demand. The Direction." Dr. Hynes took us through the agenda, day by day, but added details about the speakers not readily available by looking at the website. Do follow along with our discussion. We also talked conference logistics, hotels, travel, registration, and of course meals from breakfast through to dinner. Dr. Hynes stressed the business approach of this conference and in fact, I highlighted this near the end of our discussion given Pat's academic credentials are the PhD in Business Administration which affords her a unique commercial, financial, market, and business perspective for addressing space industry growth, development and issues. Please post your comments/questions on our blog. If you want more information on the Symposium, use www.ispcs.com/contact_us.php or nmsgc@nmsu.edu. Dr. Hynes provided her email address on air should you want to contact her. Finally, I plan on attending the Symposium this year. If you go, make sure you fine me and let's talk, visit, etc. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:02:46 UTC
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