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 Hogan, Friday, 9-30-11 (44.67MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. John Hogan. Topics: Human Life Support for long duration spaceflight, space environmental needs & solutions. 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 Hogan who is with the Bioengineering Branch at NASA Ames to the show to discuss human life support issues, challenges, and where we are today in terms of being able to do long duration human spaceflight (HSF) and establish a human presence on the Moon or Mars. Dr. Hogan started our discussion with an overview of the early space missions including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, then onto ISS and the Space Shuttle. He talked about the life support issues from those missions up to where we are today, the evolution of systems, lessons learned, and the capabilities of systems then as compared to now and what will be needed in the future. We talked about the difficulty, challenges, and the fact that the longer period of time for the mission, the greater and more complex the systems will be to support the missions. Dr. Hogan talked about the need for maintaining cabin pressure, water, food, air temperature, radiation protection, waste removal and microgravity issues, all in the context of the systems provided by each of the programs mentioned above. As you will hear, the ISS is the test bed for life support. We talked in detail about water recycling and the current level of efficiency as compared to what will be needed on a Mars mission. We talked about CO2 removal from the systems and the methods for removing it, plus the waste which today includes methane. In the future the methane might even be used for fuel or other purposes. As for trash and solid waste, you do not want to miss how it is handled and the hardware that has been made to process the trash with usable byproducts. Near the end of the first segment, I asked our guest about the areas needing work before we could do a Mars HSF trip. Don't miss what he said about solid waste treatment, water and air issues. In the second segment, a listener asked about the Dragon being outfitted for HSF requirements and the stability of consumables and other systems over a long time in space. We talked about reducing the mass of the hardware systems as a key component of developing new systems and components for longer missions. Food production was discussed along with closed agricultural systems. Another listener asked about microbial growth & life in the vehicle and the steps taken to prevent such growth. In our final segment, we talked about the state of the art environmental test building at Ames, Sustainability Base, and the benefits going back and forth from space to Earth by developing the systems we talked about today. Energy use was also discussed and we talked about underground food production for the Moon as well as Mars, plus the terrestrial advancement known as Vertical Farming. Toward the end, we talked about the shelf life in space for food, other consumables, and pharmaceuticals. If you have comments or questions, please post them on the blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:02:56 UTC
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Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards, Sunday, 9-25-11 (42.13MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards. Topic: Moon Express, the Google Lunar X Prize, commercial space business and strategic planning. 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 on Moon Express, visit www.moonexpress.com. We welcomed Dr. Bob Richards back to the show for updates on Moon Express and the Google Lunar X Prize. We started our first segment talking about Moon Express, its team, their youthful age, and the fact that there is no shortage of people wanting to be involved in the project. The Google Lunar X Prize calls for the winner to meet the terms of the competition by the end of 2015 but Moon Express hopes to launch to the Moon in 2014. Bob talked about the importance of having backup plans and said many times over that space was hard and expensive and one must have backup plans and contingencies in case something does not work out as planned. Later in the segment in response to a listener question, he said the rocket ride represented about half the cost of the lunar mission. Moon Express has not yet announced the rocket they will use but suggested that such an announcement might be forthcoming in the first or second quarter of next year. In our second segment, Marshall called in from Dallas but as you will hear, mixing satellite mission parameters with a lunar lander mission does not work. Both Bob and I had much to say on the issue of making sure that when we compare things, we are comparing like things. Another listener wanted to know about leaving space debris on the Moon. Bob had much to say on this topic. Space property rights were discussed as were economic models. Lunar historical sites were discussed and it was suggested that hardware left on the Moon from the initial private missions would also be historical sites in a similar way to the Apollo landing sites. Throughout our discussion, Bob talked about the need for these efforts to be disruptive. In our third and final segment, we talked about the business and investment climate, especially in Silicon Valley where there are investors looking for the types of opportunities represented by some commercial space investments, i.e. Moon Express. The need to change perceptions is key. Later in this segment, I asked Bob to tell us the investor profile for these types of commercial space investments. This is an important discussion, don't miss it. The last question for Dr. Richards asked him for advice for start up entrepreneurs. Bob listed three things so don't miss this final part of our discussion. If you have comments or questions for Dr. Richards, post them on the blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:01:35 UTC
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Frank Stratford, Friday, 9-23-11 (57.62MB; download) -- Guest: Frank Stratford. Topics: Human Spaceflight to Mars via Frank's op-ed in The Space Review, "The Mars Consortium 2011 (www.thespacereview.com/article/1914). 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 Frank Stratford to discuss human spaceflight (HSF) to Mars and his consortium idea on financing an HSF mission to Mars. Frank started out by suggesting that Mars advocacy had strong parallels to the earlier Apollo program. That said, he also said that until we had significantly lower cost and less risky space access, it would be unlikely for governments or the private sectors to mount an HSF mission to Mars. Given his analysis, he developed his Mars Consortium 2011 program which calls for a venture involving academia, the private sector, government, and others. Frank said over and over again, cheap space access was the main ingredient needed to make this happen. He then talked about destinations which became a big part of today's discussion. He drew parallels with the Wright Brothers but said space is empty, nothing like here on Earth, even when the Wright Brothers made history. R&D was brought up as well as the need for space markets. But the destination topic prevailed for the balance of this segment. Several listener email questions came in but we always came back to the need for cheap space access, lowering the risk and destinations. In our second segment, John called in from Atlanta to discuss the need for an RLV. I took issue with him as you will hear as I think before we talk about hardware, we need to know the mission, what it is going to be used for and why we are even doing it. I said just building an all purpose do everything rocket would not cut it. I also brought up RLV economics as compared to ELV economics if the markets and launch rates are not sufficient to drive upward demand for an RLV. Frank, John, and I talked about these issues for several minutes, working the discussion back to the consortium idea. But John held to his guns for the need for an RLV and corresponding R&D. We also talked about the Space Launch System, its very high cost, its confusing mission, and the probability it would be cancelled. This brought me to ranting about long term projects falling to a congress which only funds projects on a yearly basis. I said over and over again to John and Frank that our process was broken given how much time it takes to do a space project and the annual funding process. Frank offered that with a mission with a destination & timelines, these challenges could be overcome. What do you think? As we neared the end of our discussion, I asked Frank for an assessment of space enthusiasm in Australia for Mars and other space projects. We also discussed Mars launch windows as a listener brought this up given others saying we could go to Mars in ten years without considering the position of Mars relative to Earth to minimize astronaut travel time. If you have comments or questions for Frank Stratford, do post them on the blog URL above. You can also reach Frank through www.marsdrive.com. His email address is frank.stratford@gmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:50:49 UTC
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Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Krauss; Open Discussion (44.80MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Krauss. Topics: For the first hour, we discussed Dr. Richard Feynman & Larry's new book. In the last segment, we did an open discussion with Space Show announcements & a caller. 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. Krauss back to the program as hew as a guest several years ago when his book, "The Physics of Star Trek" was published. For the first half of the hour with Dr. Krauss, we discussed his new book, "Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science." Dr. Krauss told us much about the late Dr. Feynman, his science, quantum mechanics, his Nobel prize, and more. I asked Dr. Krauss how it was that Dr. Feynman was on the Challenger accident review panel and he replied that he was a Nobel winner, he was famous, and he brought integrity & stature to the board. A listener asked why the New Age community always referenced Dr. Feynman and his work. Here, Dr. Krauss had some very interesting things to say so don't miss his comments. In summary, while Feynman was open to investigating out of the box claims and ideas, he did not hesitate to debunk them and many in the New Age community do not understand his work and science. We talked about the possibility of changing or having different laws of physics. No way but listen to what he had to say about this. In the second half hour with Dr. Krauss, we talked space policy, specifically human spaceflight. As you will hear, Dr. Krauss said very little science has been done and is being done on ISS & its not been nor will it ever be cost effective. Pretty much the same for shuttle. He talked about why we have human spaceflight which he said was for adventure, if it was worth the cost, and the NASA science missions which are valuable. He had much to say about the cost overruns on the JWST and said without the human spaceflight component, all of this could easily be afforded. You do not want to miss this segment as it will challenge your thinking on many levels. When I asked our guest about specific human factors benefits such as bone loss developments, he said it was unclear if the same could not have been developed on Earth far cheaper. The same for protein crystal growth when I cited the CF gene work and success. See if you agree with him and why or why not? We came back after the break for a short segment of announcements for future Space Show programming, my comments about listener feedback to the show, and we took a call from John about out of the box ideas such as an inflatable space tower. If you have comments or questions, post them on the blog URL above. We want to hear from you. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:17:14 UTC
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Nancy Conrad, Sunday, 9-18-11 (42.38MB; download) -- Guest: Nancy Conrad. Topics: The Conrad Foundation & Conrad Awards, STEM education for high school students, space & 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. We welcomed Nancy Conrad back to the program to update us on new activities with The Conrad Foundation, The Conrad Awards & The Spirit of Innovation Awards for STEM educational outreach among U.S. high school students. Please visit www.conradfoundation.org and www.conradawards.org for more information. In our first segment, Ms. Conrad provided us with an overview of the Foundation and the awards, the goals, projects, recipients, and the new website which will launch within a few days. We talked about the sponsorship by leading corporations both in the space arena as well as in other industries. Ms. Conrad also mentioned her recent testimony before Congress on STEM education & space policy. She described the teams, the portal, the competition, and some of the recent successful student projects. Nancy stressed educational collaboration and said that the next award winners will also be going to the UN sponsored conference, Rio + 20. Ms. Conrad referenced her late husband, former astronaut Pete Conrad, his educational problems as a student, and how important it was to change the educational system, citing Pete and others as an example. In the second segment, our guest stressed that the competition was open to all students with the model based on what worked with the Moon shot. She said about 1/3 were girls, there was no cost for entering, the process has been simplified and streamlined, and that there are no academic pre-requisites. The semi-finals are to be held in March 2012 at NASA Ames with five teams from each category which our guest discussed during all segments of today's program. I asked our guest if the space policy confusion has impacted the student interest in space. Don't miss what Ms. Conrad had to say about this. As the segment ended, Ms. Conrad stressed being inclusive and that a future goal is to expand the awards to students in other countries. In our final segment, a listener asked for ideas on working with the class when the teacher says there is no time for outside support or activities. Don't miss her suggestion. As we neared the end of the discussion, we talked about The Conrad Foundation five year milestones & goals, educational globalization, and student teams. If you have comments or questions, post them on the blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:21:17 UTC
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Col. William R. (Bill) Pogue, Friday, 9-16-11 (50.31MB; download) -- Guest: Col. William R. (Bill) Pogue: Topics: Col. Pogue's experiences as a Korean war combat pilot, a member of the AF Thunderbirds, & astronaut on Skylab. 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. Also visit Col. Pogue's website, www.williampogue.com. We welcomed Bill Pogue back to The Space Show to discuss his new autobiography, "But for the Grace of God: An Autobiography of an Aviator and Astronaut," and his experiences as an USAF aviator and astronaut. In our first segment, we talked about his enlistment in the AF and his going on to fly combat fighter bombers during the Korean War. His book has lots of stories in it we did not get to during the program, including bombing the wrong target & the surprise ending of the incident. He talked about many of his experiences, the planes he flew such as the F-84, and how he handled the N. Korean flak fired at him and the other pilots. We then talked about his joining the AF Thunderbirds and formation flying. These are interesting stories that we don't get to hear that often from the person actually making the history. We then did a fast forward to get to his NASA career. Here, he had many stories and experiences to share with us all the way from astronaut selection to working with other astronauts such as Alan Bean, Wally Schirra, Al Shepherd and others. You will enjoy these stories as well as learn new things about the personalities of those making up our early space program. Bill talked about being selected as part of the backup crew for Apollo 16 and why that crew was never announced publicly. He then told how he joined the Skylab team with fellow astronauts Jerry Carr and Ed Gibson. Bill took us through his training, crew dynamics, his near record seven plus hour space walk and more. In the second segment, he said the Skylab training spanned three years. The intellectual training was mostly devoted to the solar observatory to image the sun in ultra violet and x-rays for the first time. He talked about his exercise routine to combat the problems associated with microgravity and radiation issues. He applied the radiation concerns to a Mars mission. I asked him to compare a space walk then to a modern one on the Shuttle or the ISS, including the differences in EVA suits. Don't miss this comparison. Bill had much to say about the view on a space walk as compared to inside the station. In our final segment, we honed in on crew size. He said they had no crew issues because they united in facing the common enemy, Mission Control. Don't miss what he said about this. We talked about space tourism, ordinary people going up for two week trips, commercial launchers, and more. He supports these activities and sees no issues, especially if its a two week trip. Near the end, we talked about modern space policy, more on commercial launchers, American space leadership & NASA human spaceflight oversight. He had much to say on these issues as well as the risks facing us regarding the loss of our space leadership status. He concluded with the takeaways from Skylab & his experiences then to today. Post your comments & questions on the blog URL above. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:55:06 UTC
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Dr. John Jurist, Dr. Haym Benaroya, Tuesday, 9-13-11 (67.04MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. John Jurist, Dr. Haym Benaroya. Topics: Creating the perfect U.S. Civil Space Policy, Part 1. 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 Drs. Jurist & Benaroya to help design the "perfect" U.S. Civil Space Policy. Part way through the program, we realized that we would need a Part 2 so our guests will return in a few weeks to propose our Action Plan. During Part 1, we thrashed over the problems, how to deal with them, and we took listener calls & emails with their important feedback. All in all, the three of us were very satisfied with how Part 1 unfolded. We still want your feedback so post your comments & ideas on the blog. In our first hour long segment of our two our discussion, our guests along with listeners went over some of the common problems faced in designing space policy. We had a focus on connecting with the general population and at times, listeners said we were doing the same thing we said others do such as say/propose the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome. We talked about ways to break the "Ground Hog Day Loop Model. During our first segment, we talked about R&D and Dr. Jurist proposed an idea for an independent committee to oversee space and remove congress from its micromanagement, especially with technology. Listen to his proposal and let us know what you think of it. We also talked about the very long term nature of space projects, usually lasting 5-20 years or so, while Congress funds annually, not long term. Our guests suggested ways to address this problem. At one point I introduced the iPhone, consumer electronics comparison. See what our guests had to say about that one! We also talked about ways of expanding and building the economy, even in times of constrained budgets. This discussion included comparisons with space, infrastructure & entitlement program costs and benefits. As we started the second segment, Ben from New Jersey called us with the idea that the large goal should be space colonization. We had a terrific discussion with Ben and by the time I summarized his call, we had a clearer idea of how to structure the action plan. John called in from Atlanta suggesting the first step was to return to human spaceflight ASAP and preserve our HSF lead. Once this is done, the space policy follows. Each of our guests commented on John's idea and all of us had much to say about U.S. leadership and space leadership in particular. Kelly called, agreed with John Hunt and talked about commercial space customers other than NASA, plus R&D & more. We talked about investment capital and situations that encouraged private sector investment. In closing out Part 1, each guest summarized their takeaways from the discussion and agreed to be back to deliver the Action Plan (policy) we talked about throughout our discussion. Feedback is crucial, we want your comments, ideas, questions on The Space Show blog. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:41:28 UTC
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Robert (Bob) Zimmernan, Monday, 9-12-11 (77.99MB; download) -- Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman. Topics: Space science missions, NASA budget constraints, civil space policy issues, commercial space, space politics. 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 Bob Zimmerman back to this two hour program. We took a break at the end of one hour so there are two segments to our discussion. In addition, there was an audio glitch at the start of the second session so you will notice some rough editing cuts. All of the substance is there but I had to cut out segments that were dominated by background noise to the point that the discussion was unclear at best. Finally, while The Space Show works very hard to avoid partisan politics, with Bob as the guest, that is not always possible and that was the case with this interview. That said, Bob was largely going after incumbents of all parties in his policy and economic comments, saying people wanted a change from do nothing members of Congress to those that support the status quo. He did talk about the two special elections being held today in NY and in Nevada, saying that people are changing how they vote due to their unhappiness with things in the country. When I tried to pin him down about space being a major component of the unhappiness, as you will hear, even from the NY caller who got in just before we shut down the program, space is simply not a factor. Our first discussion topic was the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its funding problems. Bob had much to say on this issue, the fights within NASA and he referenced the excellent Space Review article of this week by Jeff Foust which zeroed in on the issue: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1926/1. We then talked about space workforce issues. Bob thought this was a false issue. Since he does not believe in gov. space programs nor does he want them, he thinks the space workers will go to work for the privates & be unleashed from NASA & gov. constraints so their creativity & productivity will be substantially greater. Throughout the program, Bob expresses his displeasure about gov. space programs, repeating that he did not want a gov. program, not even for basic research. We talked about the ISS and the Soyuz rocket failure. Bob had much to say about this and said the policy leading up to this was idiocy spread over many administrations & congressional sessions. Caller Tim asked why NASA was a failure (he assume it was) & if we would get back to the Moon soon. Bob responded to both questions, see what you think of his answers. Our first topic in the second segment was the bat situation with the white nose fungus. Bob is an expert on this issue & I always get a bat update from him. The news is not good & you will hear him say we are seeing natural selection at work and the species extinction process. Tony asked about funding SSP & a pilot energy plant at the Canton Atoll in the South Pacific and Trent called from Australia to talk about the recent Falcon 9 engine anomaly. Near the end of the program, I asked Bob what he thought space policy would be like if we actually elected a space enthusiast president. He said he did not want that because he does not want a government space program. As the program was nearing its end, we talked about specific & very successful science missions, Blue Origin, space tourism, & suborbital spaceflight. Bob brought up the special elections & how people wanted change. Post your comments/questions on the blog URL. You can contact Bob through his blog, http://behindtheblack.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:01:06 UTC
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Laurie Wiggins, Sunday, 9-11-11 (46.06MB; download) -- Guest: Laurie Wiggins. Topics: Systems Engineering for space projects and 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. For more information about our guest, visit her website at www.ljwenterprises.com. In addition, visit the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) website for more specific information on SE at www.incose.org. We welcomed Laurie Wiggins back to the show and learned about her new businesses including LJW Enterprise. Ms. Wiggins updated us on her space activities and then jumped right into to a discussion on the importance of systems engineering (SE) across many disciplines, including space projects. Among the early discussion points for SE, we learned that it meets customer needs, looks at the big picture, and has grown substantially in its uses and applications since it was first introduced in the classroom in 1950 at MIT. We also learned that SE is a separate engineering discipline as are the other engineering fields such as mechanical, structural, electrical, and aerospace. Ms. Wiggins was asked about its use in other national space programs and she told us that ESA had a strong SE program as does Russia and other nations as well. We started our second segment asking Ms. Wiggins if a small start up company building rockets or something similar could afford to use SE. Laurie's response was most interesting so don't miss it. Also, she referenced two examples directly related to space, one with the Arianne V back in 1996 and another citing NASA's Lewis Spacecraft failure. Do not miss this discussion. Later in the segment when talking about SE benefits, Ms. Wiggins pointed out that were there a software error, in the early stages using SE it could be fixed for $100 in our example. If the error was not discovered until the test stage, the cost could be $400 to fix it. If the error needs fixing in the operational stage, it could cost upwards of $10K for repair.. For hardware, the ratio is 30:1 and even many times higher if the hardware is in operations when an error is discovered. As we started our final segment, Laurie was asked about SE and the recent Blue Origins failure. While she could not shed any more light on the failure than what has been reported in the news, she did say that she knew SE was in use with the company. As for the future of SE, it is very bright. It is expanding into medical equipment devices and even showing up in student internships and high school classes. Toward the end of the program, I asked Laurie about SE as part of a Power Point rocket project. She suggested we ask penetrating questions to determine if there is substance behind the theoretical rocket or if its vaporware, indicating that one would need to go at least three levels deeper in analysis than what is on the slide to detect a real project. Some of the questions she suggested included asking if there were any wind tunnel tests available with complete data. Another was to ask if a systems requirement review (SRR) was available and if there were any preliminary design milestones identified to date. We also talked about the Space Launch System, the Booz Allen Hamilton cost estimate for the heavy lift launcher of $38 billion and using that money for CCDEV2 companies as a potentially more cost effective option. If you have comments or questions for Laurie Wiggins, post them on the blog URL above. You can also email Laurie through her website at www.ljwenterprises.com/Contact.html. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:09:28 UTC
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AIAA Space 2011, Friday, 9-9-11 (45.42MB; download) --
Guests: Bob Dickman, Dr. Jeff Puschell. Topics: AIAA, Space 2011 Conference in Long Beach, CA, technology, policy, economics relating to space. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. To learn more about Space 2011, visit www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2426. You can do online reservations for both the conference and the hotel or other hotels in the area. The Smartphone App mentioned on the show is now available as I downloaded the iPhone App from the App store last night. Very cool & free. The URL for watching the streaming part of the conference is www.livestream.com/aiaa. The Accompanying Person's Briefing we talked about near the end of our hour long discussion will be at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 27 in the Pacific Room of the Hyatt Regency Long Beach. This will essentially provide ideas on how people can spend their time, brochures, etc. Our AIAA discussion was the first hour of the program. I made some Space Show announcements and talked about future programming/feedback for another 15 plus minutes after we returned from the break at the end of the AIAA portion of the show. We welcomed both Bob Dickman, Executive Director of AIAA and Dr. Jeff Pushcell, the Principal Engineering Fellow & Chief Scientist, Space Systems at Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems to the program to discuss Space 2011 in Long Beach. The conference is Sept. 27-29 at the Long Beach, California Conference Center. We started our discussion with General Dickman providing us with a brief overview of AIAA, membership information, and conference logistics. This year's conference theme is Enhance Today, Inspiring Tomorrow & this served as theme for our discussion. Dr. Puschell entered our discussion regarding the technology sessions of the conference and more. As you will hear, there is a special focus on the legacy of the Space Shuttle and lessons learned from it. Hard questions being asked and answered at the conference include but are not limited to commercial space & how to enhance it in times of constrained budgets, enhancing robotic exploration and technology, and more. Also, there is a focus on key DOD technologies including extra-terrestrial resources. We talked about the space educational aspect of the conference, the famed Education Ally, and a special teacher session. Our guests went over the keynote and plenary panels/speakers. We learned that the four member STS 135 crew will be there and part of the keynote luncheon address on Wednesday. Our two guests highlighted the conference poster session and we focused heavily on the outstanding networking possibilities at this conference. Another networking special is the Tuesday, September 27 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.: AIAA Young Professionals (YP) Program: Optimize Your Engineering Career from the Start. YP programs are intended for those 21 to 35. Not only will this conference be a value pack of information & contacts, this discussion, even if you cannot attend, opens the way for you to see the panels being streamed & much more. Post your comments & questions on the blog URL above. Contact AIAA through their website using www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=293 for specifics about this conference.
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