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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Dennis Wingo, Monday, 7-11-11 (49.43MB; download) -- Guest: Dennis Wingo. Topics: Commercial space, NASA budgets, economic space development. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. 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 Dennis Wingo to discuss commercial space policy & development with us. I started our Q&A by asking Dennis about his Space Ref Open Letter to Armstrong, Cernan, and Lovell regarding their open letter published a month or so earlier in USA Today. You can read what Dennis had to say at www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1538. This brought on our discussion on heavy lift rockets & Dennis explained why he was critical of the Space Launch System (SLS). He then talked about the bifurcation of space decision making, suggesting two issues were at play. Don't miss what he had to say about this. We continued discussing NASA, policy, and budgets. Among the many things Dennis said one was that we were at the point of having to write off NASA exploration other than in LEO. Mr. Wingo went on to discuss NASA architecture, the updates he was making to his book, "Moon Rush" & more. Our guest fielded several listener questions, one of which inquired about a commercial market for DragonLab. Another dealt with what Dennis might say were he addressing people with different views and those having lost their jobs due to the end of shuttle. Dennis said some very interesting things in response to this question, including stating the shuttle workers were true heroes. In further discussions about policy, Dennis referenced the interstate highway system and said that if people, including Congress, appreciated space more, we would have a space policy worthy of development with a realistic budget just as the interstate highway system had a budget to accomplish great things. As this segment was coming to an end, Mr. Wingo talked about the value & importance of Silicon Valley to space & he expressed his views on what was needed for improving our nation's economy. As we started the final segment of our 75 minute discussion, Will called to follow up on his earlier email about the possibility of our ending HSF, but also to ask Dennis for his thoughts on the space IQ of the general public based on my earlier baseball game comments. This led Dennis to a discussion on ISRU which remained with us for the balance of the program. Lunar mining came up along with PGMs & the need for commercial projects to expand our development throughout the solar system. Such commercial development would have at least a partial focus on reducing the logistical burden to space exploration & development. In closing, Dennis affirmed the need for a commercial path to space development. If you have comments or questions for Dennis Wingo, post them on the blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:50:42 UTC
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Dr. Erik Seedhouse, Sunday, 7-10-11 (45.74MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Erik Seedhouse. Topic: Space medicine, human spaceflight, bioethical issues for human 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 Erik Seedhouse to discuss human spaceflight (HSF) space medicine and his new book, "Trailblazing Medicine: Sustaining Explorers During Interplanetary Missions." Erik started our discussion with some of the highlights from his book regarding space medicine including cell repair technology, radiation, microgravity and comments about the Mars 500 experiment. When asked for the primary challenges he focused on radiation and microgravity. I asked him about mental and behavioral issues and he said that they were not as critical and that we were soft, referencing early expeditions of Shackleton, Nansen, and others. He received a listener question about shielding using dirt or water & he had much to say about this, including the weight penalty. Don't miss this discussion. Artificial gravity and spinning the HSF vehicle were also discussed as was the need for pre-emptive surgery before the flight. Bioethical issues came up during a discussion about pregnancy on a long duration space voyage. In the second segment, Erik talked about genetic testing, more on bioethical issues and rules, suborbital issues, and human hibernation. Erik then brought up cell repair technology and the possible use of multiple crews for the longer missions. In our final segment, nuclear propulsion came up & our guest advocated VASIMR. I mentioned the comments Dr. Zubrin had to say about VASIMR and John called in to also advocate nuclear propulsion but not necessarily VASIMR. I asked Erik for his plan on doing HSF and he said we needed a goal. We also talked about his book providing us with a review of the golden years of exploration from which we could learn much that could be applied to space exploration today. Lunar exploration and habitats were discussed, death of a crew member was discussed, bioethical issues came up again and were seen as issues a government would not want to tackle. He suggested the private companies would be doing the HSF long duration missions. Post your comments or questions for Erik Seedhouse on the blog URL above. You can email Erik at DrErikSeedhouse@hotmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:42:46 UTC
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Gregory Cecil & Shuttle, Friday, 7-8-11 (78.52MB; download) -- Guest: Gregory Cecil. Topics: Reflections on the Space Shuttle and human spaceflight on the day of the final shuttle launch. 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. Visit Mr. Cecil's website for more information at www.rv-103.com. Toward the end of the program, Mr. Cecile mentioned CBS 60 Minutes with Scott Pelley. Check out part of the CBS interview @ www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7372705n. The Pew Research Organization URL for the U.S. space leadership survey discussed at the end of this 2.5 hour interview is @ http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2047/poll-space-exploration-shuttle-program-final-mission. We welcomed back Greg Cecil to share with us his space shuttle experience, stories & thoughts on this day of the final shuttle launch with Atlantis. During the first 45 minute segment, Greg talked about having worked on the shuttle, fielded questions on the thermal protection system (TPS) tiles and ablative heat shields, & said how this day was bittersweet. Several times during the full interview, Greg mentioned that he thought it would be ten years or so before American astronauts again rode to space on an American rocket & as you will hear throughout the 2.5 hours, our guest had much to say about space policy, the direction the country is now headed, the need for identified missions, including destinations, and more. He was asked questions about the astronauts visiting the shuttle workers before a flight and he told a few stories about such visits. At the start of the much longer second segment, John called in from Atlanta to talk about the TPS question he had sent in earlier by email. Greg spent some time discussing TPS, advances, & the different parts of the shuttle needing thermal protection. One of the points he made was that most of the shuttle tile replacement after a flight was due to the need for rust inspections of the shuttle body so tiles were removed & destroyed in that inspection process. The life expectancy of a shuttle came up given that the orbiters had only flown a third of their rated number of missions. Human spaceflight was discussed & here Greg talked about the need for mission identification & destinations. He also said he thought it would be much harder and riskier for the commercials to be successful that most think. I asked Greg about the proposed NASA FY 2012 budget which was recently made public & we talked about the NASA budget in the context of the U.S. economy. Tim called in & said it was a sad day reflecting back on the shuttle without a replacement. He was also critical in that shuttle failed to bring down the cost of space access. He had much to say about both NASA and congressional administrations. Later, we talked about shuttle contributions, specifically some of those involving telemedicine and EMR ambulance equipment. Elliott wanted to know the general public reaction to Greg when mentioning to people that he worked on shuttle. Greg had much to say about this including the fact that the space literacy level of the general population is low. This led me to bring up the recent Pew Research Organization's survey on U.S. space leadership being essential for our country. Check out the survey at the Pew URL I listed earlier in this summary. Visit Greg's website, you can sign up for his free newsletter & join his Facebook group. Post comments & questions for Greg on the blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:27:39 UTC
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Open Lines, Wednesday, 7-5-11 (70.93MB; download) -- GuestSearch: Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: The Economist articles, space policy, shuttle retirement. 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. This was an Open Lines program. I spent the first half hour going through a list of possible and suggested discussion topics. Two topics that seemed to interest listeners the most were the series of articles in the July 2-8, 2011 Economist magazine with the cover story saying it was the end of the space age. Also, the upcoming shuttle retirement and last flight with Atlantis. After my putting out the suggested topics, the first call was from Willis Shirk regarding nuclear propulsion and his article that was recently published on the history of NERVA. Willis might post his article on the blog. Next, we heard from Farnaz who told us about the upcoming The 10th Annual Space Generation Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. For more information, visit http://spacegeneration.org/index.php/activities/sgc-2011-cape-town. Next up was our friend Charles who wanted to talk about the articles in The Economist. There are three separate space articles in this issue plus a related DOD article. Charles thought the articles and the cover story title to be applicable to what is going on in civil space today. In our short discussion, we went over the basics that The Economist reported on as well as their conclusions & I highlighted my differences with the article and Charles. After Charles called in, several others called in about The Economist articles so we discussed this subject for most of the program. Callers both supported the conclusions reached by The Economist and opposed them. If you have not yet read these three articles, I urge you to do so. Mark called in with a Huntsville update, comments on Senator Shelby & his new approach to SLS, The Economist, and more. Mark continued commenting during the program to other caller comments & I read his emails on air. As we started the second segment of this 135 minute program, Bonny Lee Michaelson called to tell us about shuttle and the Dial A Shuttle program of the past. This was fascinating. I'm sure all of you will find this discussion to be very interesting, possibly even new for you as it was for me to learn about this program and its accomplishments. Don't miss it! John called in re heavy lift and the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle/Orion as well as NASA's track record on program cancellations. This led us both to conclude that if SLS is started, its more likely than not that Congress will eventually cancel the program. Tim from Huntsville sent us an article from an environmental site suggesting how bad it might be to mine the Moon, develop HE 3 & fusion which they said was right around the corner. The article was heavy in the Kool Aid category but it did lead to a discussion about the gap between environmental groups & space development. We talked about efforts to bridge the gap & I cited some examples of the extremes coming from environmental groups that I have addressed on other Space Show programs. Trent called in from Australia but his phone line was not that good this time. His main point was that he thought it awesome that 4 CCDEV2 providers, including Boeing & Blue Origin, are meeting their milestones & being successful along with Space X. If you have comments or questions about this program, post them on the blog URL above. If you want to email any of the callers, send it to me & I will forward it to the person you designate. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:10:04 UTC
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Grant Bonin, Sunday, 7-3-11 (58.97MB; download) -- Guest: Grant Bonin. Topic: Using Smaller & Existing Launch Vehicles rather than building a new heavy lift rocket. 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 Grant Bonin to the program to discuss his ideas on using smaller launch vehicles for lunar and Mars missions rather than developing a new heavy lift launcher. Read his recent article on this subject in The Space Review (TSR), www.thespacereview.com/article/1861/1. Grant opened with the launch/LEO bottleneck which is cost to orbit. He talked about the conventional wisdom as well as his earlier aerospace training suggesting that for human space exploration to the Moon, Mars, and even beyond, we need a heavy lift rocket. He mentioned the Aries V program which he said was for the most part reconstituted as the Space Launch System (SLS) and then he asked if heavy lift and SLS were the right answer to the bottleneck problem. He said he had changed and evolved over the past decade and that is what his TSR article was about and his thesis for this discussion. In defining the problem, he said one of the major issues includes the up front costs and higher fixed costs as there will not be a high flight rate for the rocket. He mentioned the private companies did not want to do this because of the absence of a market but when we talked about the Falcon Heavy and needing to fly only four times/year to be cost effective, he said Space X operates under a different analysis, manufacturing routines, and even paradigms from NASA and its traditional contractors. In this segment, Grant talked about the costs issues in building a new heavy lift rocket & told us how these missions could be done using existing EELVs, the Falcon 9 and depots. Charles called & both talked about the need to diversify suppliers to LEO rather than putting all eggs in one basket regardless of it being a government or a private sector basket. Grant said heavy lift could not be competitive because of all the startup and development costs & what he said earlier. Using existing vehicles avoided this cost burden. Later in the discussion, he mentioned the NASA anchor tenant concept. In the second segment, caller John Hunt suggested his 50+mt 2 stage heavy lift concept. Grant said it was not necessary & the R&D costs could be avoided by using existing rockets. John questioned the capability of existing rockets to do manned missions to the Moon and Mars. Later, Grant affirmed the flexible path as a good direction as well as his support for the COTS and CCDEV programs. Throughout the discussion both Grant and I talked about the likelihood of government programs being cancelled, even after spending billions of taxpayer dollars on them, including the new SLS Congress has mandated to NASA. Grant also mentioned that he thought Congress mandating what rocket to build to NASA was absurd. We talked about NASA dragging its feet on the project & possible senate action to compel NASA to do what is in the authorization law. I then read some quotes confirming NASA's position to move forward on SLS as recently reported in the Washington Post. Our discussion then switched to the goals of our space program which Grant said was settlement. We talked about this during the program but he returned to the subject as our discussion was ending. He said settlement had to be the long term goal of the program & at times during our discussion, he took issue with destination goals such as going to Mars. If you have questions or comments for Grant Bonin, post them on the blog URL above. Grant can be reached by email at grant.bonin@utoronto.ca. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:42:03 UTC
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Lucinda Land, Friday, 7-1-11 (46.13MB; download) -- Guest: Lucinda Land. Topics: The Mars Society and the upcoming 14th Annual International Mars Society Conference. 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 Lucinda Land, Executive Director of The Mars Society to update us on the organization and the upcoming conference scheduled for August 4-7, 2011 in Dallas, Texas. Visit the conference website for more information, registration, and hotel information, www.marssociety.org/home/join_us/convention. We started out talking about the main keynote speakers. Most of these speakers can be seen along with a short bio by visiting www.marssociety.org/home/join_us/convention/marsconv2011speakers. As Lucinda tells us about each speaker and their planned talk, you will see that this Mars Society Conference covers many interesting Mars related topics as well as cutting edge space exploration topics such as the Kepler Mission, Mars Science Lab, and more. Lucinda also told us about some of the specialty panels including nuclear propulsion, radiation, microgravity and more in the multi-track program. Lucinda went over the full range of networking opportunities along with the details for the reception, banquet, and outreach program. Later in the discussion, listeners asked about the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) and how to participate as crew. The same for FMARS located at Devon Island. Conference registration details were provided along with the hotel information for the Embassy Suites Grapevine in Dallas. The registration rate increases on July 20 so if you can be there for this year's conference, you want to be sure to register before then to get the Early Bird rate. Near the end of our discussion, Lucinda talked about the two other Mars Society Conferences, The Australian Mars Exploration Conference in Perth, Australia July 23-24, 2011 and the European Mars Convention in Neuchatel, Switzerland from Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2011. Another important point Lucinda made about the conference dealt with the Steering Committee meeting on Wednesday afternoon. This meeting is open for all to attend as you do not have to be on the Steering Committee since its open to conference attendees. If you have comments or questions about our discussion, post them on the blog URL above. You can email specific Mars Society and conference questions to Lucinda Land at lucinda@marssociety.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:35:32 UTC
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Jim Maser, Thursday, 6-30-11 (33.32MB; download) -- Guest: Jim Maser. Topics: Issues relating to our national aerospace industry and workforce. 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 Jim Maser, president of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), to discuss U.S. aerospace industry & workforce issues facing our country. You can read some of his comments on these issues: http://defense.aol.com/2011/06/19/crisis-grips-americas-space-program-as-shuttle-era-ends; www.dodbuzz.com/2011/06/21/pas11-a-warning-from-the-rocket-men; & www.pw.utc.com/media_center/executive_speeches/jim_maser_03-30-2011.asp. Note that our program was one hour without a break. Mr. Maser started our discussion with a concise summary of the problems facing our aerospace industry today, including a short history lesson on how we got from the 1960's to the space program of today, plus the differences between eras. Mr. Maser talked about the retiring of the Space Shuttle, the loss of about 10,000 jobs, and the uncertainty that exists today in not knowing what comes next. We addressed space policy issues with the White House, Congress, and segments of the space industry. At one point referring to Shuttle in 1972 with a gap, he said gaps are pretty much required in the transition from one government program to another but unlike in 1972 when we knew what we were transitioning to, now we don't know what we are going to be doing. This uncertainty is not good for business, strategic planning, employment, investment, and progress. Later in our discussion, we talked about old space, traditional aerospace, New Space, & Commercial Space. Jim suggested we really need to be focusing on Future Space, the new model that makes both commercial and civil space more effective and efficient. It allows for both segments to be effectively developed. At another point in our conversation, he addressed issues of launch demand & elasticity. Here, he referenced his experiences while at Sea Launch. Later on we talked about new industries going to LEO and the ISS, freeing up NASA to do what it can do best, taking us beyond LEO to deep space, Mars, and more. In talking about commercial launches, he went over demand, risk, and both fixed and variable costs. We also spoke about Department of Defense (DOD) space and its connection with NASA and civil space, plus the importance to our nation of these segments. Political leadership was discussed and a listener even asked Mr. Maser for his thoughts on some of the comments to his articles posted on blogs. Later in the segment, he talked about Pratt Whitney energy development projects built upon space technology, competition for engineers among different segments of the engineering community, and the importance of STEM education for our future. He also told us about the hypersonic work going on at PWR. As we neared the end of our discussion, Mr. Maser said it was possible that we were facing a day of reckoning. Another listener asked if he thought New Space & commercial space development would create an amount of jobs equal to those being lost at this time. Don't miss his answer to this question. In conclusion, Jim talked about Apollo and the Shuttle programs as part of the great heritage of our country. He said we needed to move forward to create the next great space programs for our future and there is urgency in doing this. If you have comments or questions for Jim Maser, post them on the blog URL above. I will forward email to him if you send it through drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:54:55 UTC
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Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin, Tuesday, 6-28-11 (59.54MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin. Topics: Human spaceflight to Mars 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. Dr. Zubrin has completely rewritten in book, "Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must" and it became available this date. You can buy this completely updated Case for Mars from the OGLF Amazon partners page using www.amazon.com/dp/145160811X/ref=as_li_tf_til?tag=onegialeafou-20. If you buy it using the OGLF link, Amazon makes a nice contribution to OGLF/The Space Show. Our two our discussion with Dr. Zubrin was in two segments. We started with Dr. Zubrin telling us what was new in his book. He had some very interesting observations. For example, the robotic section was very different from when he wrote the original book 15 years ago, but this was not the case with the human spaceflight section of the book. From this discussion, Bob covered lots of topics including Mars rovers, the upcoming Mars Science Lab mission and he even talked about funding the Vasimr project. He compared & contrasted funds for this project to no funds for nuclear propulsion research. Dr. Zubrin spent considerable time talking about the need for a mission and he compared and contrasted a mission driven program to what we have seen unfold for decades with ISS, the shuttle, and existing hardware. For example, we have an ISS, what can we use it for? The same for the Space Shuttle. Funding for projects that would eventually be cancelled seemed to be the name of the game. This brought up space policy, leadership & courage. He said the bright spot in all of this was the private sector space development, specifically Space X. From here, Dr. Zubrin talked about heavy lift, partial heavy lift, and how essential it was for going beyond LEO. We talked about challenges awaiting a manned Mars mission. Bob had much to say about engineering issues such as landing big payloads on Mars as well as human factors issues, specifically microgravity on the human body. Don't miss this discussion with Dr. Zubrin citing examples supporting what he was talking about such as WW2 bomber pilots, hypoxia, and the use of O2 masks. In our second segment, Bob described both Mars Direct and Mars Semi-Direct. He detailed the Falcon launches, the time lines, the use of the Dragon capsule with inflatable's attached to it, and the available power for the mission, all starting around 2018. When asked for the action plan to get the program going, he said courage was needed and we talked about that while also discussing the need for new systems, technology, etc. Listeners were calling and asking him questions during the program. He was also asked about the push for international cooperation for manned missions. He also got a question on fusion energy since he mentioned his experiences working in the fusion field. You might be surprised by what he had to say & his suggested time lines for fusion reactors. Bob was asked about the Orion capsule as compared to Dragon and for his thoughts on a Moon base. Phobos missions came up & he went into detail as to why he believes a Phobos mission is dumb. A listener asked about space solar power and low cost launches to LEO. Bob explained why he is not supportive of SSP and then shifted to the Transorbital Railroad idea to get launch costs to LEO down to around $20/lb. He concluded by saying that history was not a spectator sport and we must make things happen. Post your questions and comments on the blog URL above. If you want to email Dr. Zubrin, do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:29:24 UTC
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Laura Delgado, Sunday, 6-26-11 (70.00MB; download) -- Guest: Laura Delgado. Topics: Space policy, the frontier analogy, Cold War 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 Laura Delgado to discuss the marketing of human spaceflight as a frontier or as part of the Cold War. Do read her article on this on SpacePolicyOnline.com at www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/images/stories/commentary_on_NASA_history_conference_final.pdf. During our first segment of this 2 hour 15 minute program, Ms. Delgado introduced us to the topic based upon her having attended a NASA and National Air & Space Museum conference on key milestones in human spaceflight (HSF) over the past 50 years. Among the issues participants brought into question at the conference included the applicability of using the frontier model for advocating space HSF development as well as making space policy based on left over policies from the Cold War. Ms. Delgado hit many nerves during this program, both in support of her position and from those challenging her. Our toll free line was ringing nonstop and I was even picking up emails from listeners complaining that the line was always busy. What a switch for Space Show listeners, demand for the phone over email! I certainly tip my space cadet hat to Laura for driving a passionate and quality discussion on these issues. Three big Saturn V cheers for Laura and her inspiring appearance on The Space Show this afternoon. Among the topics discussed in the context of Laura's SpacePolicyOnline commentary and her on air analysis, we talked about toughing it out for astronauts, a one way Mars trip, international displeasure with the frontier model, old west mythology and romance, plus much more. One of the key points that Laura made was not to stop the frontier model but to be aware of the potential negative impact it has on groups of people that are or can be interested in space as its not a universal positive analogy. We talked about broadening the base for getting people interested in space, not narrowing the base with a "my way or the highway" approach. We also talked about being better listeners and finding out what motivates a particular audience so that space advocates can resonate with the audience in question. Our second segment was the very long segment and in it we talked about the trend and even the need for international cooperation in HSF, even talking about the Paris Air Show policy statements made on this subject. Funding issues came up and we went over how NASA is funded and how it uses it money. A few listeners challenged Laura on her thesis, also on the point that international cooperation is preferable as the listeners indicated that international cooperation would be more costly and worse than our typical space funding of projects. We drove home the point that even international programs required quality leadership and management. Later in this segment, we clarified the frontier metaphor and talked about different types of frontiers including the technology frontier. I believe you will find this discussion as interesting, informative and fun as did all of the listeners participating with Laura via email and their phone calls. Post your comments and questions on The Space Show blog URL above. If you want to email Ms. Delgado, send your note to me and I will forward it to her. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:02:27 UTC
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AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Friday, 6-24-11 (36.87MB; download) -- Guests: Bob Dickman; Wayne Hurwitz. Topics: The AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit along with the International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference. 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 welcome Bob Dickman, Executive Director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Wayne Hurwitz of Northrop Grumman to discuss this upcoming conference and AIAA programming with us. Visit the conference website at www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2424 for more information and registration. This conference will take place at the San Diego Convention Center from July 31-August 3, 2011. Note the special tour on Wednesday afternoon, http://aiaa-mjpc11.abstractcentral.com/planner re the "Renewable Energy Research Promotion and Implementation in San Diego" tour. Our one hour program (followed by a brief open lines list of topic suggestions) started with Gen. Dickman providing us with a brief AIAA and conference overview and history. As you will hear, this is primarily a technical conference with approximately a thousand scientists, engineers, academics, and others in attendance, delivering technical papers and talks. The key conference theme this year is "design, test, and fly." Gen. Dickman told us about keynotes including General Sheridan and Elon Musk of SpaceX. We also talked about the luncheon programs and speakers and the exhibits in the Exhibit Hall representing both groups supporting the conference. There are special hotel rates and early bird as well as student and retired rates for attending the conference. One early listener question asked about hypersonics and as you will hear, this topic is covered on Monday with a key X-51 panel. We then talked about the technical aspect of the conference and the networking opportunities which are abundant. There is also a commercial panel Monday afternoon featuring several panel members from the New Space industry. Later in our discussion, we talked about the Wednesday afternoon tour mentioned above. As you will hear, a certain number of participants is required for this tour so make your reservation for it early. The tour cost is $40 and can be paid for at the time of your conference registration. Among the many listener questions, one dealt with the Call for Papers for the 2012 conference. The Call for Papers will be announced at this year's conference so for those attending, you can get the information there, otherwise from the AIAA website. Our two guests fielded several questions about advanced and breakthrough propulsion being addressed at the conference. Additional inquiries dealt with international space programs and the space activities of other nations. You will hear that this conference has a growing international aspect to it. Also note that there are participating education credits available for classes on Thursday and Friday after the formal part of the conference ends. Near the end of our discussion, another program we learned about was the Engineers as Educators Workshop designed for training engineers and others to go into the classroom to teach and inspire kids about space and related topics. This free training program is Tuesday evening, 7-10 PM (www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2424&viewcon=other1420&id=1420). The final segment contains a list of possible topics for the next Open Lines program on July 5. For questions or comments, post them on the blog URL. If you have a question about the conference or specifically for one of our guests, send it to me for forwarding. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:15:00 UTC
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