The Space Show
The Space Show
The Space Show focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce, space tourism,space exploration and space development. The Space Show is committed to facilitating our becoming a space-faring nation and society with a growing and self-sustaining space-faring economy. The Space Show also focuses on other related subjects of interest to us all.
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Dr. John Deaton, Tuesday, 8-23-11 (62.34MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. John Deaton. Topics: Human Factors for Mars, Mars habitat living experiences, the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS). 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. John Deaton to the program to discuss human factors, manned Mars missions, and Mars simulation habitat experiences with MDRS of the Mars Society. During our first segment of this two hour program, we talked about some of the basics regarding a possible three year manned Mars mission. Our guest talked extensively about crew selection criteria and the process that might be used to select a Martian crew. Later in this discussion, we got a listener question asking our guest about one way trips to Mars. Dr. Deaton had much to say about a one way trip and was not in favor of the idea. This is a discussion you do not want to miss. We started the second segment talking about the simulation habitat crew and the crew's background. We talked about the experiments each crew member had, including a food experiment that dictated what the habitat participants ate for the two weeks they were at the MDRS. Dr. Deaton described the physical living conditions, sleeping arrangements, shower facilities, even the bathroom infrastructure which broke down on his mission. The habitat workdays proved very long and the crew was often going until midnight with their work. Dr. Deaton described the EVA experience with spacesuits and the use of ATVs. A medical issue developed with our guest and he talked about lessons learned from that incident and experience to what might happen on an actual Mars mission and how best to prepare for such things. We then received a call from Tim in Huntsville wanting to question our guest about his selfish comment regarding one way Mars trips. This turned out to be an interesting discussion with Tim and Dr. Deaton, even addressing radiation and other human factors issues with Tim drawing parallels to the early ocean exploration voyages from hundreds of years ago. This prompted one of my rants on reality versus fantasy, then we moved on to mixed gender crews and coping with human nature on a manned Mars trip. This too was an interesting discussion you do not want to miss. We then had a call from another John in Florida regarding human factors issues, radiation and astronauts as radiation workers. Our caller shared his teaching experiences from U. S Space Camp with us and more. We also talked about muscle deterioration and I mentioned our October 2010 show with Dr. Fitts on his NASA study about that specific issue. If you have comments or questions for Dr. Deaton, post them on the blog URL above. You can email Dr. Deaton at jdeaton@fit.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:58:41 UTC
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James (Jim) Muncy, Sunday, 8-21-11 (57.33MB; download) -- Guest: James (Jim) Muncy. Topics: NASA space policy, commercial crew, commercial space, space policy. 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 Jim Muncy to talk about new and important development in space policy and the move to commercial launchers and hardware. We do want your feedback so do post your comments, questions, & thoughts regarding our discussion on the blog URL above. We want to hear from you. You can also email our guest or me. If you do email Jim, please copy me on the note as feedback with our guests is important for The Space Show. In our first hour long segment of a two hour discussion, Mr. Muncy started out talking about space policy, the Space Launch System (SLS), various senators and NASA centers, all comprising a comprehensive and timely overview of the current status of important space policy issues facing today's space program. We also talked about the probable move away from the SAA to the FAR. Jim suggested that at least if they follow the FAR, they should use Part 12 regarding Commercial Procurement as the burden on the companies will be somewhat less and hopefully more manageable. Space policy, NASA oversight, Congress, and who controls what between the government and the private companies were the dominant topics discussed in detail during this segment. Jim had much to say, explained issues very clearly and as I said above, we want to know your thoughts & comments regarding this discussion. Also in our first segment, we talked about the U.S & global economic situation and we related it to Congress and the NASA budget. Near the end of the segment, Jim was asked about dual use space technology with the DOD. Here, he talked about ATK's segmented SRBs for NASA and SRBs used for ICBMs. Jim had much to say about SRBs for human space flight, mostly on the economic issues, comparing them with liquid rocket alternatives such as EELV & Falcon 9. You do not want to miss this discussion as he also applied the information directly to the SLS, offering a way to make it more useful & economic. Our second segment started with Tim's question about Space X & others taking government money and being assimilated into the NASA culture. Jim had much to say about this, don't miss it. Marshall asked who really made the policy decisions & this too initiated an important discussion. We spoke a lot about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA budgets, & the NASA science projects methodology leading to delays & cost overruns. Our next topic was the proposed cut in the commercial crew budget by the House. In the remaining time, we talked more about SRBs, what makes a viable NASA project/mission, & more. In conclusion, Jim said we needed a different space policy & NASA purpose. Space needs to cease being seen as a luxury. Instead, it has to connect to us to be relevant. Don't miss his words of wisdom. Jim's email address is james.muncy@polispace.com. Please use the blog URL as well. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:57:04 UTC
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Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz, Friday, 8-19-11 (44.53MB; download) -- Guest: Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz. Topics: The new Title 51 of the U.S. Code (USC), space law issues. 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. There are several websites referenced during this discussion that you will want to access: http://rescommunis.wordpress.com; www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu; www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu/jsl/index.html. To download the Journal of Space Law edition referenced by our guest containing the new Title 51 of the USC, use www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu/jsl/pdfs/back-issues/jsl-37-1.pdf. We welcomed back to the program Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz, Director of the Space Law Center at the University of Mississippi. We started our discussion with Professor Gabrynowicz telling us about the new Title 51 of the USC. As you will hear, this is the first organizational change to the USC is about 83 years as Title 51 places all space law (other than specialty laws with DOD, ITAR, etc) in one place under the newly created Title 51. Our guest spent most of the first segment explaining this process, the USC, and what it means to the profession to have space law organized in Title 51. We also talked about the chapters, subchapters, subtitles, and categories. Professor Gabrynowicz made it clear that the law has not changed. Instead, the new Title 51 is an organizational change making it much easier to find essential items. As you will hear, the Ole Miss Journal of Space Law has printed the Title 51 in full and is freely available on their website by using the link provided above. As this segment drew to a close, we talked about laws, regulations, and policy and the differences in them, citing the SAA and FAR upcoming changes as examples. In our second segment, the professor was asked if one could infer that with Title 51, space law had reached a new level of importance. The simple answer was yes. Next, a question came up about the 2012 moratorium on regulation that expires at the end of next year with the ACT President Bush signed into law in 2004. While it is impossible to know what Congress will do with it at this time, you still want to hear this discussion. A listener also asked about the current news item re Mr. Thiel's group to build libertarian islands in international waters to escape from laws and regulations (www.ibtimes.com/articles/201027/20110820/paypal-facebook-peter-thiel-artificial-islands-libertarian-law-less-regulation-free-moral-code-googl.htm). Our guest had much to say about U.S. citizenship, the types of jurisdiction citizens are subject to and even the issue of renouncing citizenship. We also talked about the remote sensing law and maximum probable loss considerations. We also talked about space property rights. Several questions were asked about non-attorneys understanding the law, especially as applicable to business start ups. Again, don't miss this discussion. In the final segment, our guest mentioned the Future of Commercial Space Law & Regulation event. Visit the event's website to listen to the talks and presentations made: www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu/events/past/commercial-space-law.html. Post your comments and questions on The Space Show blog URL above. Use the Contact pages on the websites to contact the Space Law Center and Professor Gabrynowicz. Put The Space Show in the subject line. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:20:04 UTC
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Open Lines, Sunday, 8-16-11 (78.88MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Rachel Maddow statement, capitalism, company profits, space policy, Small Sat, STEM education. 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. Specific to this Open Lines discussion, we primarily talked about the recent statement by MSNBC Anchor Rachel Maddow. You can read her quote here: http://graceyu.tumblr.com/post/7949433063/we-didnt-put-a-man-on-the-moon-because-some. I made it clear that we had to avoid partisan politics and that we were not going to praise or bash Ms. Maddow. Several listeners came right up to the line in their disagreement with her and a few times I had to pull back saying we were not going after her or her ideology. We had lots of calls and emails regarding her comments and almost all of them took strong issue with what Ms. Maddow said. Many listeners went into a discussion of defining a profit (I shared experiences on that re one of my graduate classes and a public multiple choice test), as well as strongly advocating capitalism in the marketplace. I did mention that Ms. Maddow seems genuinely enthusiastic and supportive of space based on the video clips a listener sent me from her show, but that her focus seemed to be on big government space programs. Ms. Maddow, her staff, along with someone from MSNBC were invited to appear on the program last night or to email in a clarification. I also asked to hear from listeners supporting her statement but neither took place. We had a good discussion space visionary leadership, something Ms. Maddow commented on in her statement. Other topics that we talked about included the Small Sat conference, some of what I learned about secondary payload capacity and concerns about the quantity of satellites ready to fly to get in on the now available flights. We also talked about my having met brilliant high school students at Small Sat working on cube sats with the peapod and being mentored by those from NASA and joining forces with college programs. The NASA people are volunteering their services so talk about altruism, there is much of it today in both the public and private space program. We also talked about doing away with the Space Act Agreement (SAA) in favor of some form of the FAR to more closely regulate and control commercial crew, etc. I mentioned an article sent me by a listener where the new director of the Russian space program said they had focused way too much on human spaceflight. Read the article here: www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-russia-space-chief-focus-missions.html. Finally, I mentioned the second Afghanistan article by recent guest Darren Rhyne: www.dau.mil/pubscats/ATL%20Docs/July-Aug11/DATL%20July-Aug11.pdf. One last thing and that is that the recent economic statements by Dr. Paul Krugman came up regarding the benefits of a possible fake ET attack on Earth in order to have an economic recovery. I took this as a joke & kidded around with Dr. Krugman's comments as I had also read them. This did give me a chance to promote a very cool movie out now, "Cowboys and Aliens." If you have not yet seen it, do see it. I'm pretty sure you will enjoy it. If you have comments or questions about this program, post them on the blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:03:50 UTC
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Small Sat 2011 Interviews, Monday, 8-15-11 (43.30MB; download) -- Guests: Paul Lithgow & Stanley Kennedy, Jr.; Fred Slane; Pam Esquinca. Topics: These are three separate Small Sat interviews covering aerospace engineering, telecommunications, standards, and the new SMAD text & reference book. 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. There are three separate interviews for this particular program running one right after the other. You will find about a ten second dead air gap between interviews and then the next discussion starts. We start off with Paul Lithgow and Stanley Kennedy, Jr. updating us on the activities of Comtech AeroAstro and as you will hear, much has happened since Paul was a guest from Small Sat last year. New programs have started and we talked extensively about student interns as well as business planning in these uncertain times with diminishing budgets. Following the Comtech AeroAstro segment, we talked with former Space Show guest Fred Slane regarding the adoption of standards for the space industry. Adopting standards can be very important for moving forward with space development so don't miss this discussion. Fred was a guest on the program June 21 of last year. Our final segment was with Pam Esquinca who runs the Microcosm bookstore, www.astrobooks.com. Pam took us through the new book, "Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD," explained and highlighted the differences in the new version as compared to the older version. We also talked about the educator package for teachers, the authors and reviewers and then as people came up to the counter to look at the book, I asked a few of them to share their impressions of The New SMAD with us. There was some loud background noise due to the fact that there was a break underway so some of the comments by those both buying and interested in the book were hard to hear due to the loud break chatter and noise. That said, you can certainly come up with an understanding of the very strong and positive impression this book has and is making on those that see and check it out. The website for the book is http://astrobooks.com/spacemissionengineeringthenewsmadsme-smadwertzeverettpuschellavailablespring2011softcover.aspx. Post your comments or questions about these discussions on the blog URL above. If you want to email any of those interviewed, send your note to me and I will forward it to the person of your choice. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:49:21 UTC
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Kent Rominger, ATK Liberty Launch Vehicle, Sunday, 8-14-11 (34.68MB; download) -- Guest: Kent Rominger. Topics: The ATK Liberty Launch Vehicle, human spaceflight development and safety issues. 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 Kent Rominger of ATK Aerospace Systems and the Program Manager for the Liberty Launch Vehicle to the program. Co-hosting with me on the technical side of things was Dr. John Jurist. As Dr. Jurist and I were in Logan, Utah for the 25th Annual Small Sat Conference, we arranged to sit down with Mr. Rominger at ATK offices in Promontory, UT to talk about the Liberty Launch Vehicle. We thank Trina Patterson, Director of Media Relations at ATK for her assistance in setting up this interview. During our hour long discussion, Mr. Rominger introduced us to the Liberty Launch Vehicle with the European Astrium second stage. We talked about the ITAR issues working with Astrium and spent some time discussing the pros and cons of using a solid rocket booster (SRB) for human spaceflight (HSF) over a liquid rocket motor. Many people in various segments of the space community believe that SRBs are not safe for HSF so Dr. Jurist and I explored this issue in depth with our guest. Listen carefully, you might be surprised to hear what Kent had to say about this and the data he referenced in support of his statements. We talked about the need for heavy lift, the use of a Space Act Agreement (SAA) rather than the Federal Acquisition Rules (FAR), and commercial as compared to public financing of launch vehicles and space hardware. Kent, having been a Navy fighter pilot, a Space Shuttle commander on several missions, had much to say about flight and vehicle safety. We talked about escape and ejection and why solid rocket motors are the preferred device for ejection seats. Since this interview, I have seen an August 12, 2011 press story reporting that NASA is considering testing a liquid rocket engine for the MPCV escape system (www.examiner.com/dc-in-washington-dc/nasa-considers-liquid-rocket-engine-for-mpcv-escape-system). We also spent considerable time going over the economics and the business case for Liberty, its market and potential customers, comparing its payload of 44,000 lbs. to LEO with competing rockets. If you have comments or questions about this discussion, post them on the blog URL above. If you want to email Mr. Rominger, send it to me and I will forward it to him over at ATK.
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Dr. James Wertz, Friday, 8-12-11 (43.65MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Jim Wertz. Topics: We primarily discussed the new text & reference book, "Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD," plus related space engineering issues. 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 Wertz, President of Microcosm, back to the show. Dr. John Jurist also participated in this program as co-host. Our main topic theme was the newly released and interactive text and reference book, "Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD." Both Dr. Jurist and I co-authored three chapters on space commerce and financing in the book, Chapters 12.1-12.2. Dr. Wertz started out with an overview of the new books and why he decided to update the previous SMAD text book which was current as of 1999. Lots of things in aerospace engineering and how space business is being done have changed, including the focus on low cost space access, small satellites, cubesats, nanosats, and the micro-miniaturization of electronics. Dr. Wertz talked about the more than 100 co-authors and peer reviewers, how each was selected for their particular & unique expertise and more. Both Dr. Jurist & I talked about the reaction to the book at the Small Sat conference, a reaction I might add that was extremely positive. We talked about copyrights and the Fair Use Doctrine for material in the book & the Microcosm book store, www.astrobooks.com along with the special introductory pricing for this item. As you will hear, Space Show listeners can purchase the paperback edition at the Small Sat introductory price of $60 by mentioning The Space Show on the order form. For more information on this important book, visit http://astrobooks.com/spacemissionanalysisanddesignthirdeditionsoftbackjamesrwertzandwileyjlarsoneds-1999.aspx. The interactive book website, still being finished, is www.sme-smad.com. In later segments of our program, we talked about commercial space, the Small Sat Conference & near the end of the program we talked about the upcoming Reinventing Space Conference to be held May 7-10, 2012 at the Westin Hotel near LAX in Los Angeles. The conference website is www.responsivespace.com. Several listeners wanted to know if the book was too technical for non-engineers. As you will hear, this is an exceptional reference book as well as a text & it is suitable for anyone interested in space development. Listeners also asked Dr. Wertz about the Scorpius Launch Vehicle and the Microcosm NanoEye U.S. Army project. If you have questions for Dr. Wertz, you can post them on the blog URL above. You can also email him at jwetz@smad.com. For information on the book, contact Pam at bookstore@smad.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:27:54 UTC
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Dr. David Kaiser, Friday, 8-5-11 (44.47MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. David Kaiser. Topic: This is the fascinating story of "a band of freewheeling physicists who defied the imperative to 'shut up and calculate' and helped to rejuvenate modern physics (quoted from Dr. Kaiser's website)." 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. For more information as well as contacting our guest, visit the book website, www.hippiessavedphysics.com. Dr. Kaiser started us off with an overview of interest in physics and science since his childhood days, his discovery of the book "The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra, then on into college and being excited by quantum theory and Bell's Theorem. At this point in the discussion, Dr. Kaiser provided us with a brief overview of the history of physics from the end of WWII to the 60's and early 70's. As you will hear, the lay of the landscape was changing radically due to the economy, the Vietnam War, DOD basic research funding and other issues. In fact, at one point during the discussion, we were able to extrapolate comparisons to what is happening in the space workforce today though for different reasons. Dr. Kaiser then took us into the world of the Fundamental Fysiks Group centered around Berkeley, CA. Quoting from the book's website, "in the 1970s, amid severe cutbacks in physics funding, a small group of underemployed physicists in Berkeley decided to throw off the constraints of academia and explore the wilder side of science. Dubbing themselves the “Fundamental Fysiks Group,” they pursued an unconventional, speculative approach to physics. They studied quantum theory alongside Eastern mysticism and psychic mind-reading, discussing the latest developments while lounging in hot tubs. Unlikely as it may seem, their work on Bell’s theorem and quantum entanglement helped pave the way for today’s breakthroughs in quantum information science." Our discussion from this point forward talked about the personalities of those making up the Fundamental Fysiks Group, the consciousness and New Age movements in the San Francisco Bay Area and stretching down the coast to the Esalen Institute at Big Sur, CA. In our first segment, Dr. Kaiser talked about this group, their backgrounds, doing the calculations but also caring about the philosophy & the understanding of the science. In the second segment, John from Atlanta called to talk about Einstein & others and their relationship to quantum physics. John & our guest talked about the EPR Experiment, Bell's Theorem, & the concept that nothing moves faster than light. Our guest went into more detail regarding the counterculture physicists & a listener asked how this early unorthodox work contributed to the science of physics today. Don't miss what Dr. Kaiser said about this. As our discussion was coming to an end, Dr. Kaiser was asked if it was possible to bend the laws of physics or if other laws of physics might exist elsewhere in the universe. Again, don't miss his response to this listener question. Post your comments & questions on the blog URL above. You can email Dr. Kaiser through the book webpage provided above. Above all, you will really enjoy this book & you will likely learn a history that is not that all familiar to most of us. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:09:09 UTC
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Robert Pearlman, Tuesday, 8-2-11 (61.14MB; download) -- GuestSearch: Robert Pearlman. Topics: Collecting space memorabilia, art, and pop culture items. 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 Robert Pearlman of collectSPACE.com back to the show to discuss collecting space memorabilia both as an investment and a hobby. We started our discussion talking about Space Shuttle memorabilia. Our guest talked about flags flown on each shuttle mission, autographs, and other collectable items from each mission. We also talked about collectables from Soyuz missions, rockets (even the V2) and related space items. In responding to listener questions on how best to start collecting space items, Robert said to discover what you like and specialize. Several listeners asked about hardware and propulsion collecting and he said there were lots of people specializing in these areas. He talked about having a Gemini Thruster in his own collection, plus rocket parts. As to be expected, the cost is based on the supply of any given item. Space Shuttle tiles were discussed in detail and a listener asked him about NASA diapers based on the Lisa Nowak incident. Don't miss what Robert had to say about this. We also talked about Buzz & other astronauts signing baseballs & sports items. Robert suggested ways to tell if something is authentic or not but strongly advocated getting expert opinions regarding authenticity. The Texas drought came up because of the recent discovery of Columbia debris made visible by low lake levels. This prompted a discussion about NASA property, Moon rocks, and the new book, "Sex On The Moon." Robert had much to say about collecting items with Moon dust, Russian tiny Moon rock samples and more. In the second long segment, we talked about space tourism and what it might take to saturate a collectable market and lower prices of collectable items. We also talked about various space artifact auctions, the difference in collecting space memorabilia, pop culture items, Americana items, and fine art. As you will hear, art is a crossover item. We had quite the discussion on comparing the collecting of fine space art by Bean or Bonestell compared to art by Pablo Picasso. I know you will find most interesting what Robert had to say about space art collecting. One thing that was most interesting was his comment about paintings by Alan Bean. He told us how the artist has ground up his mission patches and placed tiny specs of lunar dust into his paints so each of his paintings carries with it some lunar dust in the paint. Lunar retrieval for collection purposes was talked about and at the end, we talked about "safeing" the shuttles, shuttle parts as memorabilia, and then the shocker, what was being done with shuttle launch pads A&B. Post comments & questions on the blog URL above. You can contact Robert through www.collectSPACE.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:28:56 UTC
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Dr. Haym Benaroya, Monday, 8-1-11 (52.57MB; download) --
Guest: Dr. Haym Benaroya. Topics: Aerospace & Mechanical engineering studies, lunar bases, parallel R&D needed along with lunar/Mars engineering. 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 Dr. Haym Benaroya to discuss the latest with lunar habitat engineering, mechanical & aerospace engineering students, the new civil & commercial space policy, and much more. I stared the interview by asking Dr. Benaroya if he had seen any changes in his students or enrollments given the confusion in our civil space policy. It was great and surprising to hear the positive information Dr. Benaroya shared with us during this part of the discussion. Later in this segment, I pushed our guest for best case scenarios for the timeline to be able to do human spaceflight to the Moon or Mars. As you will hear, Haym prefers the Moon first. In any event, best case all perfect scenario would be about ten years once we seriously start the program before we are ready to return to the Moon with a lunar habitat. His own personal assessment of how long it might take us to go back to the Moon and on to Mars was much longer. HE3 and fusion were briefly discussed along with ISRU. In the second segment, we talked about student projects both at the advanced graduate level as well as the undergraduate level. Our guest received several questions about the cost awareness of engineers. Dr. Benaroya talked quite a bit about engineers being required to study engineering economics and their design projects must have economic parameters in them that must be adhered to for the project. Our discussion then switched to space policy, commercial and private enterprise, the best role for NASA and our civil space policy. Among the many things our guest suggested was consistent and steady NASA funding and longer term NASA project approvals. Switching NASA projects every time a new president or congress comes in is destructive as is changing the NASA budget from year to year. Later, Haym was asked if in his opinion having time lines and destinations was important. He said that for students, they must know what the project is for, the constraints, and the deadline. He extrapolated from that to NASA supporting goals with timelines and destinations. As the show was nearing its end, Dr. Benaroya talked about the need for visionary leadership and the disconnect within our government & population regarding our assessment of the space value & worth compared to that outside our community. In talking about his book at the end of the show, he gave credit for the cover picture/design to Gary Kitmacher, a NASA engineer and artist. Don't miss this story. If you have a comment or question, post it on the blog URL. You can email Dr. Benaroya at benaroya@rci.rutgers.edu.
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