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The Space Show focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce, space tourism,space exploration and space development. The Space Show is committed to facilitating our becoming a space-faring nation and society with a growing and self-sustaining space-faring economy. The Space Show also focuses on other related subjects of interest to us all.
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Walt Anderson, Friday, 10-5-12 (54.64MB; download) -- Guest: Walter (Walt) Anderson. Topics: Walt rejoins the space community after seven plus years & talks about it 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. 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. NOTE: Walt's comments and opinions are his and his alone, some may be controversial, & some of you may be offended. As I said at the end of the program & on various blog posts during the week before this program, The Space Show believes Mr. Anderson has as much right to speak freely on The Space Show as any other guest. We strongly believe in second chances for people and new beginnings. We are an educational program and we air all sides of complicated issues & do not shy away from controversy. Walt Anderson is not an exception to Space Show policy. On a personal note, I wish Walt great success in his new ventures and in fulfilling his deep commitment to expanding space for the benefit of us all. All listeners are encouraged & welcome to post comments about this program on The Space Show blog with civility being the only requirement for your comments. During the first segment of our discussion, I asked Walt to tell us how the space industry has changed during his absence from the business. Walt talked about many changes for the better, noting the change in government policy which is now supportive of the private space industry. A listener asked him about his thoughts on NewSpace being ready for prime time investment. Walt had much to say on this topic & specifically mentioned three prime areas including resource usage & asteroid mining/capture, SSP, & space habitats. From this discussion, Walt talked about management team importance & quality. Walt was asked about technology changes & his getting up to speed with new technology. He had interesting things to say so don't miss it. Next, our discussion took a different turn as Ben asked about movie & TV prison stereotypes, prison friends, running the "biz" from prison, etc. Walt spoke openly and directly in response to Ben's questions. He also had much to say about prisoner treatment in our federal prison system. Carl emailed in to ask Walt about federal liens against him & what happens to any new monies raised for new business ventures. Does the government seize such funds raised? Walt openly addressed these concerns. In our second segment, Trent from Down Under asked about the upcoming SpaceX mission to the ISS and Nanoracks. From here we started talking about MirCorp & the efforts to privately buy Mir, Walt's role in that, what happened with NASA, Dan Goldin, even Dennis Tito. Walt discussed the electrostatic tether project & what happened just a day too late. Rick Tumlinson called & also talked about Mir, Dennis Tito, & this early commercial attempt to buy the Mir Space Station. At my request, Rick told us about his new Earthlight Institute project. Near the end, Walt was asked about suborbital space developments & citizen science projects. Final discussion topics included his preference for either human spaceflight or commercial robotic missions, asteroid and lunar mining, & NASA budget issues. Walt left us with a set of thoughtful concluding comments so make sure you hear them. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show Blog. If you want to email Walt, do so through me & I will forward your note to him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:59:07 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 10-3-12 (6.22MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Dorothy Oehler, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: Mars Curiosity, Mars water & sediments, Gale Crater. 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. Oehler, John, and I talked about the recent NASA announcement confirming an ancient streambed in Gale Crater and the high probability of flowing water in ancient Martian time. We talked about the possibility of competing theories to the ancient streambed conclusion, the absence of plate tectonics on Mars, rounded Martian pebbles, possible habitation, and much more. Please post any comments/questions you might have about this discussion on The Space Show blog. If you want to contact John Batchelor or Dr. Dorothy Oehler about this program, please do so through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:26:25 UTC
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John Powell, Tuesday, 10-2-12 (61.72MB; download) -- Guest: John Powell. Topics: JP Aerospace updates re PongSats, Airship to orbit, orbital physics for a balloon. 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. Please visit the JP Aerospace website to follow along with us and for more information: www.jpaerospace.com. We welcomed back John Powell for updates regarding JP Aerospace. John started off with information about his recently concluded six high altitude balloon flights. He also talked about advertising programs, TV commercials, and his successfully completed Kickstarter program. Other programs mentioned in this segment included the new JP MiniCubes and information about his Airship to Orbit (ATO) program. Listeners asked John about the package of information they received after a flight, plus his plans to 140,000 feet and then from 140,000 feet to orbit. He talked about the Ascender and even registered a listener for an upcoming PongSat flight. In our second segment, John told about his remaining 2012 flights, their flight expectations for 2013, plus I asked him about the costs involved for a typical weather balloon mission to 100,000 feet. John fielded several additional listener questions including several and one phone call from Trent in Australia. John responded to questions about his volunteer workforce and we learned that there were no aerospace engineers working with JP. Listeners asked him about his timeline to orbit which he said was around ten years. As the program was close to ending at the two hour mark, Charles Pooley called in about being skeptical that an airship can muster the energy needed to go to orbit. This was a good and passionate discussion between Charles and John. Charles kept saying he put his trust in Mother Nature (the laws of physics) and John said that it was a challenge but was optimistic that they would figure out a way to do it, especially since they would be air launched. Part of the discussion focused on the very early Echo test flights. You can read about the Echo flights which used a rocket at http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/ch6.htm. See what you think and let us know on the blog. If you have comments/questions please post them on The Space Show blog. You can email John through me or his website. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:52:30 UTC
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Rand Simberg, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 (60.18MB; download) -- Guest: Rand Simberg. Topics: "Our irrational Quest For Absolute Safety in Spaceflight." 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 back Rand Simberg to discuss his views on space safety with human spaceflight. On the heels of his successful Kickstarter campaign to finance his upcoming book on the subject, he discussed his early draft book ideas on this subject. While the program was two hours in length in two equal segments, this summary will reflect our discussion without regards to the segments because our overriding themes and our discussion carried over from segment to segment. Rand provided us with the background for his interest in this topic, he shared some logistical information with us as to how Kickstarter works and then we talked about the topic. Rand is purposely provocative both in the draft of the book that I read plus in our discussion today. Rand wanted to be provocative to help drive the point that in his opinion, we need a national discussion as to the importance of our space program & missions. He points out through a good historical summary in the book and on the show that in past exploration and big projects, we were willing to risk human life to accomplish the mission. To be clear, he does not advocate carelessness, stupidity, or anything like that but he says if space is really important, the mission or the objective should be more valuable than the life of the crew. Since we pursue ultimate astronaut safety, it confirms that what we are doing in space is not important. He cited example after example of this & I brought in additional examples including DOD & our Rules of Engagement in our Middle Eastern wars as our military safety takes second place or worse to the policy goals. The Hubble repair mission was an example of NASA reversing the initial policy where clearly the administrator at the time would not risk a crew and instead would let the HST be destroyed. Dr. Griffin reversed that decision showing that keeping Hubble going was valuable and worth the human risk. We had lots of callers and emailers, some agreeing with Rand and others more or less in agreement with him but challenging him in some areas of his discussion. Rand has some terrific one liners in the book and he said some on air. One such impactful line can be found near the end of the draft version of his book that I have as he is writing about opening up the harsh frontier & needing a rational approach to the space safety issue by saying "If we really mean it, we will dedicate a (large) national cemetery to those who will die in doing so." Again, his purpose is to be provocative to make his point. Rand was asked if he has talked up his ideas to members of congress, staffers, policy makers, and such. Listen to how he responded to these questions. He was completely frank about it, including responding to questions about the impact his blog writings and those of others have on our current policy. Calling for a national discussion as to what our space policy should be, including how we value the purpose & the mission as compared to the astronauts is an important idea. If you have comments/questions for Rand Simberg regarding this two hour discussion, please post them on The Space Show blog above. If you want to email Rand, you can do so through me or his blog, www.transterrestrial.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:52:07 UTC
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Dr. Erik Seedhouse, Sunday, 9-30-12 (49.98MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Erik Seedhouse. Topics: Ocean outposts, living underwater, and the oceans as an analog to space. 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. Dr. Erik Seedhouse returned to discuss his book "Outpost: The Future of Humans Living Underwater. If you buy the book from Amazon with this URL, Amazon will contribute to The Space Show: www.amazon.com/Ocean-Outpost-Underwater-Springer-Popular/dp/1441963561/ref=onegiantlea20. In our first segment, Dr. Seedhouse introduced us to the subject of living underwater. We discussed some of the basics per the outline suggested by the contents in his book. You can see the book's contents at www.amazon.com/Ocean-Outpost-Underwater-Springer-Popular/dp/1441963561/ref=onegiantlea20#reader_1441963561. Follow along for the general topic discussion. He received questions about comparing living underwater to living in space or perhaps on the Moon or Mars. I asked our guest about human factors issues such as those experienced in long duration spaceflight. Dr. Seedhouse talked about bone necrosis with the saturation divers. Other issues in this segment dealt with scuba as a pre-requisite for spaceflight training, the recent deep dive in a small submarine by James Cameron, and the amount of money spent on ocean habitat R&D compared to that being spent in space. In our second segment, we went into detail on many of the topics in his book including biochemical decompression, liquid breathing, vasculoid, and artificial gills. We compared space suits to dive suits, specifically the ADS2000 hard suit. Several listeners called in asking about time lines for operational ocean outposts and habitats as well as many of the advanced technologies Dr. Seedhouse was telling us about. Near the end of the program, our guest went into more detail about budgets for developing the capacity to live underwater as compared to the NASA budget and what the private space sector is now doing. Erik also compared the amount of press, media , & PR given to space matters as related to ocean matters. If you have comments/questions, please post them on The Space Show blog above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:33:44 UTC
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Dr. James (Jim) Vedda, Friday, 9-28-12 (51.76MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. James (Jim) Vedda. Topics: Dr. Vedda's new book addressing cislunar development rather than destinations. 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. Jim Vedda back to the program to discuss his new book, "Becoming Spacefarers: Rescuing America's Space Program." If you order the book using this Amazon link, Amazon will make a donation to The Space Show: www.amazon.com/Becoming-Spacefarers-James-A-Vedda/dp/1477130918/ref=onegiantlea20. Dr. Vedda started our discussion by responding to my question about what he meant by "rescuing America's space program." This opened the way for most of the first segment to lay out the recent history of our space program and how we arrived at where we are today, Sept. 29, 2012. Issues talked about during this narrative included Obama Space, Constellation, SLS, congressional actions, partisan divides, space vision, goals, timelines, space telescopes, Orion, Earth/Moon libration points as a destination, and much more. We talked about the purposes of various missions & plans and if the stated purpose was sufficient or not for spending public money on it and carrying it out to completion. We then shifted to the Romney Presidential Campaign Space White Paper (www.scribd.com/doc/106652769/Space-Policy-White-Paper?secret_password=a0i3o1yj25ed5ycop3w). Dr. Vedda mentioned that space policy has not always been bipartisan & he provided examples to support his statement. We started the second segment by talking about our being in the training or initial phase of his three stages of space development. The other two phases include cislunar development followed by space settlement & expansion throughout the solar system. Dr. Vedda made the case for proximity operations in our space development program plus the need for strong public/private partnerships and when warranted, international cooperation with space projects. Later in this segment, I asked Jim to outline for us his action plan, just how he would initiate a space development program per what he outlines in the book & discussed with us. In response to my question, Jim outlined several initial steps that need to be taken to get the ball rolling. See what you think of them and let us know with your blog comments. We also talked about the general public, how Jim would make his case were he speaking at a Rotary lunch, and the best way to have a say & impact policy makers. One of our final topics included the newly proposed bill to do multi-year congressional funding of space projects, make use of a to be created space project oversight panel, and have the Administrator serve a ten year term. As you will hear, we supported the multi-year funding part of this proposed legislation. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog above. You can email Dr. Vedda through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 29 Sep 2012 03:38:30 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 9-26-12 (6.06MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Robert Anderson, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: Mars Curiosity and Martian geology/exploration. 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. Anderson, John, and I talked about Curiosity and its Mars exploration to date. We talked about Martian geology, methane, the Martian climate, certain features within Gale Crater, and more. Robert went into detail on some of the issues and he also talked about the future exploration plans for Curiosity. Martian methane came up as did specific land features. Please post any comments/questions you might have about this discussion on The Space Show blog. If you want to contact John Batchelor or Dr. Robert Anderson about this program, please do so through me. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:39:40 UTC
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Tom Olson, Sunday, 9-23-12 (56.53MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: Exodus Consulting Group, space scalable investments. 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. Tom Olson returned as our guest to introduce us to the new Exodus Consulting Group (see http://exodus-consulting.com). In our first hour long segment, Tom introduced us to Exodus and the concept known as space scalable. He gave several examples of what was meant by space scalable, including referencing some of the contestants/winners in the last New Space Business Plan Competition. Tom also talked about the ISS and investor requirements for the more traditional types of space investments as compared to the considerations meeting the space scalable definition. In this discussion, Tom explained why the space scalable approach makes so much sense. See if you agree with him and let us know on the blog. The subject of space solar power and power sats at Mars came up with caller Marshall. Tom and I remained skeptical about closing a business case for SSP but Tom did offer to review SSP business plans if you send them to him. Please use inquiries@exodus-consulting.com. There was some discussion about Tom's drilling ideas on Mars. In the second segment, we talked about the NewSpace Business Plan Competition planned for 2013. Tom talked about business plan competitions in general, contrasting most of them with the NewSpace competition. Tom talked about the funding, the cash prizes and the expanding connections to Silicon Valley. Later in this segment, we talked about Exodus timelines and a listener wanted to know what has happened with previous winners of the competition. Another listener emailed in a question about the risk of government regulation. Tom pointed out that ITAR was the biggest concern. We did talk about biotech, especially in the North Carolina Research Triangle, then we talked about crowd sourcing and Kickstarter. In his closing comments, Tom mentioned the Washington, DC Angel Investors. He closed pointing out the need for companies or individuals with plans to contact Exodus should they need $100-200K, have an 18-24 month exit strategy, and an ROI around 3-5X. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. You can contact Tom Olson at the Exodus email address provided above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:02:17 UTC
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Brian Mosdell, Friday, 9-21-12 (34.10MB; download) -- Guest: Brian Mosdell. Topics: SpaceX Florida operations with Falcon 9, Dragon, Heavy, 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 back Brian Mosdell, Director of the SpaceX launch operations in Florida. During our one hour discussion, we talked extensively about the Falcon 9, Dragon, Heavy, the upcoming Oct 7, 2012 launch for the ISS cargo resupply mission, and much more. Other topics included getting ready for the Heavy, pad modifications, the Merlin engine 1.1 upgrade, launch range issues, human spaceflight safety, Congressional hearings on human spaceflight safety, and more. Listeners asked many questions by both email and the toll free phone line. Dragon life support issues were discussed along with possibly speeding up the human rating and Dragon HSF flights to the ISS. Brian said these matters were in the hands of NASA and others and then he told us the timeline they were currently working on. We talked about the Soyuz problems and delays and asked if any of this would alter the timeline for commercial crew development. We also talked about differences and preferences in contracting formats between the FAR & the SAA. Another listener asked Brian to compare and contrast his work experience on the Delta launch vehicles and now the Falcon. Don't miss this discussion. Additional potential commercial spaceports were discussed, including possibilities in Texas and Georgia. A listener wanted to know about Falcon manufacturing facilities and how the Falcon 9 was transported to Florida. Brian broke the process down into components and said it all goes by private carrier over land to Florida or Vandenberg, mainly from California to Texas & then on to the final destination. Brian talked about the upcoming Falcon Heavy and he got several listener questions about it. Toward the end, Brian provided us with a rough schedule of planned events that we should keep our eyes on for the next year to two. If you have comments/questions for Brian Mosdell, please post them The Space Show blog. Emails to Brian can be sent to me for forwarding.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:11:58 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 9-19-12 (6.08MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Taylor Dinerman, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: Russian rocket, safety and launch problems to the 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. 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, Mr. Dinerman addressed the problems that exist in the Russian rocket industry today causing safety concerns for Soyuz crew flights to the ISS. Taylor noted the employment, pay, retention, and maintenance issues faced by the Russians as well as the risks inherent in human spaceflight. We also talked about the possibility of speeding up the human rating for the American commercial crew companies. If you want to email John Batchelor or Taylor Dinerman about this discussion, 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 about this discussion on The Space Show blog.
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