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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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Dr. Peter Shaver, Monday, 1-23-12 (42.08MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Peter Shaver. Topics: Dr. Shaver's boo, "Cosmic Heritage," the universe, cosmology, consciousness, cognition. 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. Peter Shaver to the show to discuss his new book, "Cosmic Heritage: Evolution from the Big Bang to Conscious Life. Dr. Shaver started our discussion by telling us what motivated him to write this book as well as the search for answers to the Big Three questions: (1) What are the origins of life; (2) What is the nature of life; (2) To understand consciousness. We talked about the big bang, the microwave background and the early phases of the universe. We also discussed cosmology & the inter-disciplinary nature of his book, including the fields of psychology, consciousness, and biology. We talked about the age of the universe at 13.7 billion years. Dr. Shaver then described the timeline by referencing the Sagan Calendar. I asked him about a section of his book, "Are There Questions That Science Can Never Address?" starting on page 238. Dr. Shaver talked about taboos and the limits of science. Recurring events or experiences in the natural world can be subject to the scientific method. A once-only event may not be due the inability to repeat the experiment. Also, if something is outside the natural world, the paranormal for example, science would not likely be able to address that issue or question. Later, Dr. Shaver was asked what came before the Big Bang. Here, he introduced us to multiverse theories. He mentioned the work being done with the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the search for the Higgs-boson particle. Another project he mentioned was the European Space Agency Planck Satellite designed to observe the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background. A listener asked about the political nature of science, especially science funding. Dr. Shaver had much to say in response to this question, including the use of peer review. Other listener questions asked him about big science projects and their value compared to cost such as the James Webb Space Telescope. Cognition and consciousness were discussed in the context of his book which addresses the field of neuroscience. Terry called to ask we will see in telescopes as we get closer to the big bang. Will we still see stars, planets, or just matter in chaos? Dr. Shaver then guided us through gazing through the dark sky at night and slowly removing from our view the sources of light until we reach the edge of the universe which he referred to as the Near Side of Dark Ages. Another listener asked if we could actually see the big bang and he talked about the microwave background and fog that we cannot see through. This brought up the Hubble Deep Field, then Andrew asked if we could use a telescope to see the first light from Earth when it was formed. As our discussion was drawing to a close, we talked about the rate of advancements in science, finding planets in the habitable zone and the future for those wanting to study science or have a science related profession. Post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog URL above. You can order the book from Amazon using www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Heritage-Evolution-Bang-Conscious/dp/3642202608/ref=onegialeafou-20. Remember, when using this Amazon URL, Amazon contributes to The Space Show/OGLF. Dr. Shaver can be reached at p4shaver@gmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:10:54 UTC
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Dr. William (Bill) Rowe, Sunday, 1-22-12 (68.90MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. William (Bill) Rowe. Topics: Space medicine issues, magnesium issues, microgravity, ISS experiments, 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 to the show Dr. Bill Rowe for updates on his presentations in China and elsewhere, his continued research on the role of magnesium in space medicine, the role of telomeres and gender crew issues for long duration spaceflight including trips to Mars. During the first segment of our two hour plus program, Dr. Rowe directed us to many of the pages, articles, and documents on his website, www.femsinspace.com. I urge you to access the pages he directs us to at various times during his talk and follow along with him. This is important. In this segment, we talked about the latest telomere research and its application to space flight. Bill proposed ISS rat experiments and what the experiments should tell us. He also talked about the role of magnesium deficiency in cells in spaceflight. He talked about the need to develop a subcutaneous replenishable silicon device/pump to deliver magnesium and explained why this was essential. Dr. Rowe talked about cardio-vascular issues in spaceflight in the context of magnesium and the overall issues of vascular disease. This took us into the area of gender lifespan differences and studies showing that an all female crew to Mars might be desirable. Also in this segment, Dr. Rowe talked extensively about oxidative stress and referred us to his submarine diagram on his website, www.femsinspace.com/Oxidative_stress.htm. Marshall called in to talk about the ISS and the need for artificial gravity, partial gravity, or 1 G. Dr. Rowe said 1 G was essential for humans. Dr. Paul Dear called in from the UK with several questions, including asking about the initiating events for the body to sense microgravity down at the cellular level. Bill & Dr. Dear also talked about genomic selection for astronauts. In the second segment, Dr. Rowe continued his discussion of the first segment topics and his proposed rat experiment regarding telomeres. Many listener calls and emails came in and Dr. Rowe expanded the discussion to the role of calcium for space flight and the calcium/magnesium ratio or relationship. He was asked why magnesium was not discussed by most human factors space medicine doctors. Dr. Jurist was also asked this question during his call, listen to what they said in response to this question. Bill talked about exercise routines for spaceflight & said it was a challenge to know the right exercise RX. Don't miss his comments on this issue. Near the end, he used Columbus and sailing ships as an example saying we are not ready for long duration spaceflight or a trip to Mars. Listen to how he and I explained this during the closing comments for the show as I helped Bill phrase his analogy. Post your comments/questions for Dr. Rowe on The Space Show blog URL above. Dr. Rowe can be reached via his website. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:39:40 UTC
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Rick Tumlinson, Friday, 1-20-12 (66.67MB; download) -- Guest: Rick Tumlinson. Topics: Why Space, space vision, NewSpace, SLS, opening the space frontier. 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 Rick Tumlinson back to the program for this nearly two hour discussion of space vision, leadership, programming, SLS, advocacy and more. In hour first 70 minute segment, Rick opened by talking about his ongoing op-ed series in the Huffington Post titled "Why Space?" So far he has two issues uploaded to the Huffington Post & I urge you to read them. You can see all of Rick's articles on the Huffington Post at www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-tumlinson. During our discussion, Rick stressed the need for space settlement and talked about this during the entire program. Additionally, Rick focused on the big picture space vision throughout our entire discussion. In the first segment, SLS came up but it was also talked about later in the show. Rick explained why he thought it was the wrong project for this point in time and had much to say about private industry launch & space transportation systems as compared to government programs. When asked if he thought SLS could be appropriate as a placeholder, he said no but listen to what he had to say about this idea. He talked about not picking winners and advocating a common sense space plan. I asked him for his plan and how to implement it. He then outlined a plan in several steps during the balance of the segment. Don't miss it. Listeners called & asked questions about the Chinese space program and cooperation and the same with the Russians. In the second segment, Rick started us off with a discussion about the Frontier approach for space development. He also talked about going to the Moon and why, but also about asteroids & Mars. He said we need to develop the skills and the insitu experience for living & working in space. Several times he mentioned that on the Moon and Mars we would be living underground due to the radiation. Rick then talked about space habitats including O'Neil like space stations/habitats. Several listeners asked about the role of HSF in developing our understanding of the universe, specifically for 2012 and beyond. John from Atlanta called in to talk about the lack of civility coming from the NewSpace community toward old space. This produced a spirited give & take with Rick which in a way focused on "guarantees" for the commercial company success as compared to government rocket programs. John suggested it was a bit risky putting all the "eggs" in unproven commercial company baskets when we know the government launch vehicle will work as long as the program is not cancelled. Don't miss what John and Rick had to say.. Toward the end, Rick talked about the Texas Space Alliance & his new organization, EarthLight Institute. He provided us with substantial detail about the EarthLight Institute plans, their website which is under construction, plus the book on asteroids that he is working on and will be out around the end of the year. He was asked about his continuing role with the Space Frontier Foundation & the activities of SFF. Please post comments/questions on The Space Show blog URL above. Rick's email address is rick@earthlightinstitute.org.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:22:52 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars Segment, Wednesday, 1-18-12 (4.76MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Kipping Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Kepler Space Telescope and the search for Exomoons. 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. The topics in this 11 minute plus segment focused on the Kepler Space Telescope (KST) and the search for Exomoons. Our guest was Dr. David Kipping, an astronomer based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Dr. Kipping has written extensively on the subject of exomoons and you can read one of his articles at www.time.com/printout/0,8816,2104376,00.html. During our segment, Dr. Kipping talked about transits, the role of exomoons in computer the mass of a planet and its makeup, size, speed, and more. We talked about how far out the KST can see and what it might take to discover Earth size moons. Toward the end of the segment, Mr. Batchelor brought up the role of red dwarfs in this discussion. If you have comments or questions, please post them on the blog URL above. Dr. Kipping has been invited to be a regular guest on an upcoming Space Show program. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:52:14 UTC
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Steve Bouley, Wednesday, 1-18-12 (31.86MB; download) -- Guest: Steve Bouley. Topics: Wideband Global SATCOM launch, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne engines, hypersonics, commercial space markets & 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 Steve Bouley of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) to discuss the Delta IV medium launch of the DOD Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communication satellite, hypersonics, lowing the cost of access to space, rocket safety and more. We started our discussion with a focus on the Jan. 19th 7:38 PM EST launch of WGS on the Delta IV medium which uses PWR RS-68 and RL10B-2 engines. Mr. Bouley provided us with thrust specs for the engines. He also went over the very impressive and highly successful track record for their engines and fielded questions about their manufacturing and quality control process. This took us to our next subject, equating reliability with experience and then understanding that the launch market is relatively flat with low launch rates which causes higher launch prices. There were several listener questions during this special one hour interview. The questions focused on human rating the rockets and what PWR would have to do to their engines to have them fly people to space. Don't miss Steve's response to this line of questioning. We talked some more about the flat demand and Steve was asked if PWR could easily and quickly ramp up their production line were demand to change quickly. The short answer was "yes." We talked about hypersonics and the evolution of technology development. We also talked about the likely path to commercial operation for a hypersonic vehicle. Our guest took a call from Jerry about SLS, SRBs, the Saturn V, and bringing back the F1A engine. Mike sent in a note asking about safety issues for a jet engine as compared to a rocket engine. Toward the end, our guest was asked to provide the very early history of PWR and rocket engine development. As our program drew to a close, I asked Steve to tell us about his work on launch day and if he still gets excited about a launch given he has seen hundreds of them during his career. Post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:33:13 UTC
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Dr. Roger Handberg, Monday, 1-16-12 (46.70MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Roger Handberg. Topics: Space policy, leadership, Asia space, ISS, & 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. Roger Handberg to the program for a comprehensive space policy discussion. During this program, several of his recent Space Review articles were referenced and I urge you to read them. See Dec. 19, 2011 "ISS Next: chasing humanity's future in space and the 'next logical step" (www.thespacereview.com/article/1993/1). Also Nov. 21, 2011, "American human spaceflight and future options, short-and long-term" (www.thespacereview.com/article/1974/1. Our discussion started with a brief overview of U.S. space policy for the new year 2012. Dr. Handberg said our policy was in a state of confusion and described the situation around the Kennedy Space Center as practically in shutdown mode. We talked history and what it was like in 1970 before shuttle. Dr. Handberg then talked about our robust science missions and projects but they don't get the attention like HSF & it is the HSF missions that are the problem. Dr. Handberg referenced the Augustine report and SLS. He also said the Chinese were moving ahead though they were still several decades behind the U.S. We then talked about the need to think beyond the SLS & beyond the existing ISS which has a limited remaining lifespan. In fact, thinking big and beyond the ISS is a major theme in his Dec. 19, 2011 Space Review article. We spent considerable time discussing what was next for the U.S. after the ISS. Our guest said we were at risk of repeating one of the major failures of Apollo, that is, what to do after the program ends. In this case, what does the U.S. do after the ISS ends? His analysis of the problem pointed to our having no clear vision and a strong need to reorganize the political system because NASA budgets are done yearly so no budget is ever finalized. He confirmed what many others have said and that was that president's don't care about space. We addressed commercial and private space, both for space stations and launch vehicles. Anthony in the UK asked him what he thought the single event might be for people to say we've now been overtaken. Dr. Handberg suggested that point might come when the ISS ends its life and there is nothing else while the Chinese have their own space station and are still going forward. In the second segment, I asked our guest for his thoughts on how college students have changed over his long teaching career. Don't miss this discussion. You might be surprised by what he had to say. Listeners asked him if and when he thought SLS would be cancelled for budgetary reasons. His response was most interesting. Other listeners asked more questions about SLS, the shut down of Constellation, the private HSF effort, and space markets. Near the end of the program, Maria asked him how to get Congress to consider space as an investment, not an expense. He said that today, all government spending is considered an expense and while space is an investment, thinking it will be treated that way by congress is to be in political denial. As the program was ending, I asked our guest how to make space advocacy more effective. He said we needed to get space conscious (not necessarily advocates) in key positions within government & the administration. He named a few positions as examples. Finally, we talked about the Outer Space Treaty, the EU Code of Conduct, & bringing back the National Space Council. Post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:27:10 UTC
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Kevin Forsyth, Sunday, 1-15-12 (45.43MB; download) -- Guest: Kevin Forsyth. Topics: The history of the Delta Launch Vehicle plus related topics. 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 Kevin Forsyth to the program to discuss the history of the Delta launch vehicle and his corresponding website at http://kevinforysyth.net/delta. Follow along with our discussion with the log on Kevin's site as we addressed many of the Delta flights listed on the log. We started our discussion with Kevin by asking him how he came to have an interest in Delta launch vehicles. From there, we talked about some of the very early Delta rocket launches including the Echo satellite. Of course at the start, the Delta was the Thor Delta and Kevin takes us through the Thor evolution to the Delta 2. Kevin explained many of the Delta modifications and the system used by NASA, DOD, and others to identify the launch vehicle for a given mission. You can see these designations on his log. During the first segment, he received several listener questions asking him why the Delta IV was not part of his website history. As you will hear, Kevin considers the Delta IV to mostly be a different rocket from the Delta family and he talked about it several times during the full program. One of the questions asked Kevin was about keeping the Delta 2 flying. We talked about this during both segments of the program. He was also asked if he thought killing Constellation and the policy change to Obama Space had anything to do with shutting down the Delta 2 line. He said no because the primary user of the Delta 2 had been the Air Force launching GPS satellites. However, the GPS satellites got to be too big for a Delta 2 and when that happened, keeping the line and the infrastructure going was too costly given the number of launches that would likely take place on a Delta 2, especially without the DOD GPS market. As to a private company taking over the Delta 2 line and setting it up as a separate launch company/vehicle, he said he did not think it would happen. See what you think of his explanation. In our second segment, we talked about many of the better known Delta 2 launches. A listener asked about the stars in the Delta logo and Terry called in to ask about the role of Von Braun in developing the Delta rocket. Here, Kevin talked about the early rocket designers and their role with the Thor and other rockets. Kevin was asked about Delta 2 rockets making it to museums and rocket gardens and then he fielded listener questions about the Delta main engines. Marshall called in about Delta rocket fuels compared to the fuels of other rockets and an email came in from Patty about the SRB strap-on boosters. Tim from Houston asked questions about the Falcon 9 in comparison to the Delta 2 and Randy wanted to know about using the remaining Delta 2 rockets for the Google Lunar X Prize contestants. Toward the end of the program, we talked about Vandenberg launches for Earth imagine satellites in polar orbits. At the end, Kevin and I did a short summary of the roughly 50 years of Delta launch history. Post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog URL above. Kevin has contact information on most pages of his website. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:07:01 UTC
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Dr. Perry Ballard, Friday, 1-13-12 (42.50MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Perry Ballard. Topics: Space Test Program, Secondary payload capacity 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 Dr. Perry Ballard, Chief Engineer, DOD Manned Spaceflight Payloads Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, JSC. Dr. Ballard began our discussion with an overview of the DoD Space Test Program (STP), why it was created, its purpose, and some of the experiments that have flown with great success because of STP efforts. Dr. Ballard also spoke about the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) imaging spectrometer mission which with the help of STP flew on the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) on the ISS. Dr. Ballard responded to listener questions about the impact on STP of budget cuts as well as payload capacity downgrades due to the retirement of the shuttle. You might be surprised by his response to these questions. Another issue that was addressed was the NASA two year integration period for ISS missions. Lots of questions came in about this, most wondering if a private company such as Bigelow could substantially reduce the two year period. This prompted a more thorough discussion about integration and each rocket's environment as well as the way it rides. Professor Fevig from UND Space Studies asked about opportunities for student-built spacecraft to be launched as a secondary payload into GTO. Launching to GTO, specifically cubesats, also turned into a significant discussion that you will not want to miss. At the end of this segment, Perry received some questions about assisting with payloads for sounding rockets. In his response, he said they also work with balloon launches and sometimes even with high altitude aircraft. In our second segment, we talked about secondary payload capacity and the need for the payloads to be ready when the capacity is ready. If the payloads are not ready, the capacity can go elsewhere. This is quite a challenge for the university and cubesat community. When you listen to what Dr. Ballard had to say about this issue, some of the challenges, the relationships with payloads, integration, timing, missions, and orbital dynamics, will become much clearer. Later in this segment, Perry was asked about STP using foreign launchers and also finding rides for foreign payloads. In our final segment, we talked about the work of his office with the amateur satellite network, the challenges to provide ground stations for schools, and to increase broadband capacity. He talked about the mission priority list he gets that he has to work with and the priorities for science missions above all else. Later in this segment, he put forth his own idea of getting sponsors, Space Grant, and others to supply rocket motors to student groups, classes, organizations, to help inspire students by actually doing things rather than just hearing a lecture or reading a book. See what you think of his idea and run with it if you like it. His idea is centered around getting students to build spacecraft, to bend metal so to speak. Since the rocket motor may be the most expensive part needed, if it can be furnished by a sponsor, he believes it can be a driver for STEM education at different grade levels through college. If you have comments or questions for Dr. Perry Ballard, please post them on The Space Show blog URL above. Any notes you have for Dr. Ballard can be sent through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:01:41 UTC
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The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 1-11-12 (4.83MB; download) -- Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Seth Shostak, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Kepler Space Telescope and SETI. 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. The topics in this 11 minute plus segment focused on the Kepler Space Telescope (KST) and the search for life supporting planets as an enhancement to SETI. Dr. Shostak explained several of the recent KST discoveries in the context of SETI and answered many related SETI questions posed by John and me. For example, I asked Seth if KST was changing the odds and the number of potential targets per the Drake Equation. Don't miss this segment which helps us all understand the added value of KST and SETI. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog for everyone to see and read. You can learn more about Seti at www.seti.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:37:28 UTC
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Dr. Bruce Cordell, Tuesday, 1-10-12 (64.51MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Bruce Cordell. Topics: Using Maslow Windows to determine future space exploration and development trends. 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. Bruce Cordell to discuss new information pointing to a boom period of space exploration and development based on the trend analysis using Maslow Windows. During the first part of our discussion with Dr. Cordell, he went over Maslow Windows, what they are and why they can be used to suggest a coming boom period in space exploration/development. You can learn more about Maslow Windows and his work from his website, http://21stcenturywaves.com. He talked about the need for optimism and also told us what to look for in terms of precursors to the boom period. As you will hear, some of the precursors are very disruptive, even similar to what is going on in our economy today. Bruce then went into his latest post on his website, "State of the Wave: 10 Space Trends for 2012." We managed to get through most of the ten trends during both segments of our discussion, starting with #10 "Phobos-Grunt Symbolized A Key Approach To Mars Exploration." As you will hear, Bruce spent some time talking about the trends, his analysis of them, and some of the specifics underlying why he selected the item as a trend with his Maslow Windows analysis. Rather than go through each of the trends in this summary, I suggest you open up his website document regarding these 10 trends as you are listening to the discussion. Of the trends discussed in the first segment, we focused on China and also #8, Critical States. In the second segment, a listener asked Bruce how he knew the boom would be in space rather than the more typical terrestrial industrial economy. Don't miss what Dr. Cordell had to say about this. Bruce then returned to discussing the issue of critical states and the role they play in the economy as well as in political policy. Wild card items came up many times during the discussion, especially in the second segment. Euro zone issues topped the list for the wild card discussions. Another key trend talked about in this segment was #7, "Nasa's Kepler Discoveries Trigger A Copernican-level Expansion of Worldviews." In fact, a good portion of the rest of the program as well as callers focused in on this trend, the discovery of Earth-like planets, and even the search for ET. Dr. Cordell put forth many theories including those that we are alone in the universe and why that is so. This is a discussion you will certainly want to hear. Near the end of the program, we advanced to the #1 trend, "Several Wildcards Could Dramatically Influence U.S. and Global Trends in 2012 and Beyond." Here, Dr. Cordell talked about political realignments, the importance of our 2012 elections, and that people tend to support those that lead us to prosperity. Since that can be subjective among the voters, Dr. Cordell did elaborate on it before our program ended. Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog URL above. You can also email Dr. Cordell through his website and post on his blog as well.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:05:25 UTC
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