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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. William (Bill) Rowe, Friday, 3-18-11 (59.42MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. William (Bill) Rowe. Topics: Part 2 of 3 regarding vascular complications of spaceflight and applying these principles to our own health. Please note that 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. Dr. Rowe returned for Part 2 of his 3 part series on The Space Show in which he goes into great detail regarding human spaceflight, vascular complications, and how we take care of ourselves here on Earth. To learn more about Dr. Rowe and his work, visit his website, www.femsinspace.com. You can follow along on his site with this discussion as he directs us to various pages on his website applicable to the discussion. Dr. Rowe began the first segment by talking about the Apollo 15 astronauts, specifically James Irwin given that Mr. Irwin suffered a series of heart attacks after his return from the Moon. Dr. Rowe spent much time during examining the why of these heart attacks, health condition on the Moon and on the way back, blood pressure and other issues. He also told us about Irwin's expeditions to Mount Ararat in Turkey in search of Noah's Ark. As this was a longer than usual segment, in the latter part Dr. Rowe talked about Space Adaptation Syndrome, and he described the Bill Rowe Syndrome. We talked about obesity in space as a risk factor and as a risk factor here on Earth. Dr. Rowe introduced us to the term hyperkinesias and its relationship to space travel. As this segment ended, we talked about dehydration, magnesium, exercise protocols, and heart rate issues. Check out the comparison of Irwin's and crew member Dave Scott's heart rates on the first Apollo 15 lunar excursion at www.femsinspace.com/comparison.htm as Dr. Rowe had much to say about these heart rates. As we started the second segment, Dr. Rowe continued discussing heart rate issues, sleep deprivation, the use of Vitamin D3 and pharmaceuticals in space. He then introduced us to the subject of gene therapy for human spaceflight, starting with the replacement or modification of four specific genes and then working upwards from that point based on results and more data. When asked about a time line for being able to do gene therapy, he said it was unknown at this time as we were not there yet, but he repeated many times during the segment that he saw no solution to the problems regarding long duration human spaceflight except for gene therapy. Later in the segment, he talked about plasma and pharmaceutical issues in microgravity and repeated his opinion that only 1 G would work for humans regarding the longer missions. In the third and final segment, we talked about space tourism. He expressed his concern for middle age, fat, couch potatoes using medicines here on Earth and the impact of spaceflight on these people. Later in the segment, as a result of my questioning, he separated out suborbital tourism from orbital tourism issues. Regarding suborbital tourism, he mentioned the stress on the heart with the reentry G force which could cause a cardiac event real time or back on Earth. You do not want to miss what he had to say about this risk factor along with informed consent. During this part of our discussion, he cited several references and papers which you can find on his website per his directions, plus in various reviewed journals. In his concluding remarks, he talked about humans having 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the body and much of what he talked about today being a "silent" killer, even here on Earth! As you will hear, Dr. Rowe is not an advocate of taking medicines but instead of having a proper diet, exercise, and sleep to maximize our health and longevity. If you have questions for Dr. Bill Rowe, post them on the blog URL above. His email: drrowe@femsinspace.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:49:40 UTC
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Guillermo Sohnlein, Tuesday, 3-15-11 (43.92MB; download) -- Guest: Guillermo Sohnlein. Topics: Ocean research and commercial markets and their relationship to commercial space markets and development. Please note that 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. We welcomed back Guillermo Sohnlein to the program to discuss his new organization, OceanGate as well as the Space Angeles Network. To find out more about OceanGate, visit www.opentheoceans.com. For information about the Space Angels Network, visit www.spaceangelsnetwork.com. During our first segment, Guillermo told us about his move from the space world to OceanGate in Seattle about 18 months ago. In fact, as you will hear later in our discussion, our guest was actually introduced to the OceanGate opportunity as a result of the Space Angels Network. During our first segment, we talked about the OceanGate 5-person submarine that can dive to 936 feet, the Antipodes. Guillermo described the viewing capabilities, operating parameters, and the Coast Guard regulatory regime regarding the use of the submarine. You might find some things in common with AST and licensing spaceflight vehicles. Another discussion area was the fact that both the ocean and space have a common hostile to humans environment. In response to a question, we learned that it was more common for space folks to have an interest and work in ocean exploration rather than ocean types migrating over to having an interest in space. Toward the end of the first segment, we started talking about underwater ocean settlements and asked if they were needed as a stepping stone to space settlement. Guillermo mentioned several undersea settlement projects. One he mentioned, Atlantica, was the subject of some discussion. You can learn more about this project at www.underseacolony.com. We started the second segment with a question by Becky regarding inner and outer space as a metaphor for knowing ourselves. Guillermo thought this was a good analogy. I fielded an email question about VoIP phone lines and chat and did a short rant on the subject, then asked our guest about the similarities in the robotic versus human arguments in space and with ocean research. Regarding the oceans, our guest said there were two large categories for robotic missions, tethered which were controlled from the surface and pre-programmed remote missions. Later in this segment, we talked about commercial markets in ocean exploration and we did some comparisons with the challenges for commercial markets in space development. In the third segment, we talked about human viewing in the sub and compared it to using the submarine camera system. Due to breaking news about the Japanese nuclear accident, listener John called in to give us an update and then asked additional questions about undersea settlements. Stephen in Canada asked if there was an Overview Effect resulting from ocean exploration. For the balance of the program, we focused on The Space Angels Network. We talked about economic conditions for angel investing and our guest defined and contrasted angel investors with venture capital investors. He also talked about upcoming Space Angels Network events for accredited investors. Toward the end of the program, Guillermo said another point of commonality was the need for more global cooperation due to the costs and logistics of ocean exploration which is similar to what we are finding to be relevant for space exploration. If you have a question or comment for our guest, post it on the blog URL above. You can email Guillermo Sohnlein using g.sohnlein@spaceangelsnetwork.com or guillermo@opentheoceans.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:43:52 UTC
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Dr. William (Bill) Rowe, Monday, 3-14-11 (55.70MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. William (Bill) Rowe. Topics: Vascular complications of human spaceflight, oxidative stress, related medical issues for long duration spaceflight. Please note that 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. I believe it is important that you follow this discussion with Dr. Rowe's website, www.femsinspace.com. You will also want to see his submarine model for oxidative stress so also visit www.femsinspace.com/Oxidative_stress.htm. Our two discussion was divided into four segments but since their were overriding themes and Dr. Rowe weaved his information back and forth with segment overlapping so this interview summary will look at the discussion as a whole, not segment by segment. We started our discussion with Dr. Rowe by asking him to describe the optimum candidate for going a humans to Mars mission. Dr. Rowe had much to say about who should be selected and why, both based on medical issues and gender. This is an important discussion and forms the basis for this Part One of a three part series with Dr. Rowe on this overall subject. Later in this initial discussion, Dr. Rowe introduced us to his submarine model which we referred to throughout the interview. Here, Dr. Rowe talked about various rat studies and in addition regarding space-related plasma levels, dust exposure issues, and malabsorption in space. Dr. Rowe also talked about pharmaceutical usage in space. As he began referring more and more to the submarine model , he talked about the periscope of the submarine being equal to cytokines and said that obese people have what amounts to a manufacturing plant for cytokines which signal and trigger oxidative stress. He explained oxidative stress, the involvement of free radicals and then introduced us to issues surrounding adrenaline and its relationship with magnesium in space. Dr. Rowe introduced us to ischemia/reperfusion and the oxygen demand in space. He talked about the need to breathe 100% oxygen before a space walk and the likely need to be able to duplicate 1 G in the spacecraft for the long duration spaceflight. As our discussion progressed, Dr. Rowe introduced us to the calcium magnesium relationship and what this means for spaceflight, especially magnesium. He also talked about insulin resistance, blood pressure, and more, including iron. If you have comments or questions for Dr. Rowe, please post them on The Space Show blog URL above. You can also email Dr. Rowe through his website or directly by using drrowe@femsinspace.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:18:14 UTC
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Dr. David DeVorkin, Sunday, 3-13-11 (48.64MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. David H. DeVorkin. Topics: Astronomy and the Smithsonian Institution. Please note that 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. We welcomed Dr. David DeVorkin to the program. Dr. DeVorkin is the Senior Curator, Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum which is part of the Smithsonian Institution. We began our discussion with an overview of astronomy in the United States. Our examination of astronomy in the United States was a theme that carried through all segments of this Space Show program. We talked about various telescopes and observatories as well as astronomy in education. A listener asked about astronomy and observatories with the Native Americans. Toward the end of the segment, our guest fielded some questions about astronomy and its place at the Smithsonian. In the second segment, John asked a question about dark matter and dark energy which resulted in a good discussion. This was followed by a student asking about astronomy classes for non-majors that were light in math. Make sure you hear this discussion as Donald Duck and his nephews made it to The Space Show. Near the end of this segment, Richard in Montana called in with some questions about the relationship between NASA and DOD. In the third segment, Paul asked about the Smithsonian having an exhibit or gallery devoted to NewSpace and Commercial Space. David explained how and when exhibits are created and we also talked about the cost involved in creating an exhibit or a full gallery. David then talked about public observation and the Smithsonian planetarium. I asked about getting the Space Shuttle Discovery, the Enola Gay exhibit, and then Wanda inquired about the treatment of Pluto in the museum. Don't miss what David said about the condolence card given to Pluto. In the latter part of this segment, we talked about astronomy photographs for inspiring and motivating STEM education, CCD technology, and even telescope building clubs. David also mentioned ways that astronomy was changing, including the use of more open source astronomy data via the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System website for example (http://adswww.harvard.edu). Also referenced was the Sloan Digital Sky Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico program (www.sdss.org). If you have questions or comments for Dr. David DeVorkin, please post them on the blog URL above. You can email our guest at DeVorkinD@si.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:30:09 UTC
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Henry Vanderbilt, Friday, 3-11-11 (44.25MB; download) -- Guest: Henry Vanderbilt. Topics: Space Access Society, Space Access Conference, commercial space. Please note that 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. For more information about the topics of today's program, visit www.space-access.org. If you are needing to make Grace Inn reservations in Phoenix, visit www.graceinn.com. For questions or comments about the conference or our discussion with Henry Vanderbilt, please use space.access@space-access.org. During our first segment, we opened up with our guest saying that progress was being made toward developing commercial space and moving toward lower space access costs, but we were still not at the finish line which would be represented by radically cheaper space transportation. Henry took us through the list of conference speakers which can be found on the Space Access website above. He highlighted a few of the discussion topics including propellant depots, CCDEV 2 applicants, and the NASA Technology Roadmap among many others. He mentioned the Grace Inn which is again the conference hotel in Phoenix. Advance registration is by mail, paying at the door or using a credit card at the door results in a higher fee. As we began taking listener questions, there were several about space policy coverage at the conference and the differences in Senate as compared to House space policy. Several times during our discussion, our guest talked about making needed NASA policy types of reforms. Toward the end of the first segment, the heavy lift rocket subject came up. Henry had much to say about this so don't miss this discussion. In the second segment, we talked about astronaut safety as an issue facing the commercial spaceflight industry. Here again, our guest had much to say on this subject that you will want to consider. Expendable versus reusable rockets were discussed in the context of astronaut safety as was the business bottom line. As the second segment was nearing its end, listener Larry asked as question about the need for destinations and timelines and the fact that they were dropped for the administration's policy. Henry pointed out that they require a pinning down of technologies which means there are no resources deployed to advancing technologies. Again, do not miss this discussion. During the final segment, we discussed more aspects of the conference including its strong international component and the bloggers that are going to be there to blog and cover the conference. Kathy in Salt Lake City asked if Space Access was a NewSpace Conference but as you will hear Henry say, its broader than only NewSpace. For the balance of our segment, Henry talked about the conference facilities, highlighting more of those attending and speaking. If you have a comment or question for Henry, please post it on the blog URL above as well as sending it to Henry Vanderbilt per the above email address. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:46:54 UTC
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Eric Lerner, Monday, 3-7-11 (45.56MB; download) -- Guest: Eric Lerner. Topics: Focus Fusion, fusion energy research and development. Fusion for space travel. Please note that 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. We welcomed back Eric Lerner for updates with Focus Fusion and Lawrenceville Plasma Physics. At times our discussion was very technical, especially with some of the listener questions. Eric had much to say about fusion, his progress and accomplishments, and fusion for space travel. Visit his websites for more detailed information, www.lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com and www.focusfusion.org. As we began our discussion with Eric, we learned that we still do not have net energy but work is proceeding and as I understand it, that goal is in site. Eric then talked about work and pictures with the plasmoid, confirming theories. This is an important discussion for understanding focus fusion and also our Space Show discussion. As our technical fusion dialog advanced, the first listener question asked Eric why he was able to report accomplishments and the formal fusion program with Tokomaks appeared to be problematic at best. Eric had much to say about the formal and traditional fusion programs, federal funding issues, and ITER. You do not want to miss what he had to say. One of his comments was that DOE and traditional fusion programs were not going on the right direction. The DOE and others had narrowly defined their options around 35 years ago so with narrowly defined approaches to fusion, the wrong path has been enhanced year after year. Toward the end of the first segment, Mr. Lerner was asked about other alternative fusion programs including the one with the Navy based on the work of Dr. Robert Bussard. Near the end of this segment, Kelly inquired about the size needed for a focus fusion reactor and the feasibility of using it with a car, semi, or airplane. Charles called in regarding his question about reactions with Lithium 7, Fluorine, and the use of deuterium-ritium neutrons. In our second segment, Eric returned our discussion to his accomplishments since he was last on the program in April 2010. Dave called in and Trent from Australia had a similar question, that is how can fusion be used to facilitate space travel and open up the space frontier. Eric and Dave talked about NASA funding opportunities but it was not clear fusion was eligible for NASA funding. As for fusion for space, Eric had much to say do don't miss this discussion. In our last segment, I explored the NASA no fusion funding policy with Eric and Harold in Las Vegas inquired about fusion projects outside the U.S. and how they were funded. Later in this segment, a listener asked Eric why he used the term scientific feasibility rather than breakeven. Eric also took a question about HE3 on the Moon as compared to boron here on Earth. Near the end, Eric talked some about alternative cosmology and the funding structure for his company for accredited investors. If you have comments or questions for Eric Lerner, please post them on the blog URL above. You can email him through the Lawrenceville website or lpp@lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com. Put The Space Show in the subject line. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:23:11 UTC
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Chris Carberry, Artemis Westenberg, Sunday, 3-6-11 (45.65MB; download) -- Guests: Chris Carberry; Artemis Westenberg. Topics: Explore Mars, Inc. and various Mars focused programs and awards. Please note that 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. To learn more about the programs discussed in this show, the Mars Exploration Magazine (MEM) and more, visit www.exploremars.org. You can also register for the conferences discussed during this program. In the first segment, we talked about the upcoming NTSA Awards with science teachers at the conference this week in San Francisco. We also talked about the other conference hosted by Explore Mars, The ISSMARS-DC Conference at George Washington University. Listeners asked questions about a time line for a humans to Mars mission and if it would be a public, private or combination of both type of mission. Our guests were asked about the impact of the domestic and global economic problems on Mars missions and the timeline. Other listeners wanted to know more about Mars and the need for heavy lift rockets. In the second segment, Chris talked about Explore Mars at the upcoming ISDC conference in Huntsville as well as other special events that have taken place and will be taking place. A listener question asked about the Mars Direct program and if there was any interest in it. Later in this segment, Larry in San Diego mentioned the need for real political leadership. This turned into quite a discussion so don't miss it. John then called in from Atlanta to advocate nuclear propulsion for Mars. In the final segment, Chris talked about his recent experience meeting Congressman Barney Frank regarding humans to Mars, commercial space, and our space program. Don't miss how he assessed this meeting as Congressman Frank is not a friend of much of the space program. Both of our guests spoke about policy and throughout the program, Artemis shared with us some European highlights and space policy issues/awareness things throughout the Netherlands. Toward the end of the program, we talked about finding microbial life on Mars and what this may mean for Explore Mars and their efforts to get a human to Mars. We got a perspective from each of our guests plus listener feedback to their two sets of comments. The issue of human factors for long spaceflights came up with listener Bill in Virginia. Again, both our guests opined on the subject. Don't miss their comments. What do you think? If you have a question or comment, please post it on the blog URL above. You can also email Chris Carberry at carberry@exploremars.org. Artemis can be emailed at artemis@exploremars.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:05:39 UTC
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Max Vozoff, Friday, 3-4-11 (43.64MB; download) -- Guest: Max Vozoff. Topics: SpaceX, launch industry, human spaceflight safety, space policy, space budgets, commercial space. Please note that 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. We welcomed Max Vozoff back to the program. Max now has his on space consulting company, MV2Space which he discussed in detail throughout our program. We started off by acknowledging his five years with SpaceX followed by why he decided to strike out on his own and what he hopes to accomplish in the space industry and with his own company. During our first segment, it was not surprising that Max received lots of questions about SpaceX, Falcon 9, Falcon 9 Heavy, Dragon and more. In discussing the Falcon 9 and launch pricing, especially in light of news that EELV pricing is going up, Max talked about the need to have as a primary objective reliability and then a disruptive price. Here he talked about the classic launch and pricing infrastructure and what draws management in so don't miss this important discussion. Later in the first segment, the commercial suborbital industry came up for discussion so don't miss what Max had to say about this developing industry. In the second segment, Max talked about CCDEV, Dragon and DragonLab. He told us about a program to use Dragon for STEM education from all 50 states for K-12 education on a yearly basis. Several listeners asked more questions about DragonLab. Near the end of this segment, I asked Max about SRBs for human spaceflight as compared to liquid rocket motors. We had a good discussion on this and Max had much to say so again, don't miss this discussion. Toward the end of the segment, we talked about the Falcon 9 Heavy and firing 27 engines together. We kicked off the third segment talking about a partnership including Max Vozoff, FIRESTAR Technologies, Inc. and others, Innovative Space Propulsion Systems (www.ispsllc.com). This company hope to be able to replace hydrazine as a fuel with a new monopropulsion fuel, NOFBX. Near the end of the program, a listener asked Max about job applications at SpaceX and how challenging it was to be hired by the company. Mad had much to say about the process and who gets employed so again, don't miss what our guest had to say about this matter. As the program neared the end, we talked about reusability and flight test programs for the Dragon/Falcon 9 system. If you have a comment or question for Max Vozoff, please post it on the blog URL above. You can also email Max Vozoff using mvozoff@mv2space.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:54:33 UTC
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Dr. Joshua Colwell, Dr. Dan Durda, Wednesday, 3-2-11 (34.73MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Joshua Colwell, Dr. Dan Durda. Topics: 2011 Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, suborbital spaceflight. Please note that 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. We welcomed our two guests, Dr. Joshua Colwell and Dr. Dan Durda as we began and third and final program in this series from the 2011 Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference on the campus of the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando. We started this first segment with each guest providing us with his overview perspective of the conference. Both guests said the conference was cross cutting and interdisciplinary, covering many different fields of space science and development. Our guests provided us with a comparison between the first conference of this kind held last year and this one, then with a look forward to expectations for the industry by the time of the third conference to be held around this time in 2012. I’m sure you will find the year by year comparisons to be impressive. During this segment, I asked our guests a question I have been getting many times over since this series started. The question focused on what can actually be done in 3-4 minutes of microgravity and is suborbital space even relevant given orbital space. You do not want to miss how both guests responded to this line of questioning. I believe they gave the best answer yet to this genre of questioning and concerns for suborbital research flights. As the first segment was drawing to a close, a listener asked about any noticeable difference between the international and the domestic suborbital research groups and the same for international as compared to domestic student programs. Both guests said they could not discern any differences based on location or nationality. As the segment was ending, I asked Dr. Durda to tell us about the actual experiment he was going to fly as a payload specialist. Dan described the three initial experiments, his training, and some characteristics of his proposed flight/mission/experiment. Starting off in the second segment, our lead question dealt with commercial markets for suborbital research as compared to government, academic, and student markets. Also in this segment, we talked about suboribtal and its impact on students as a motivating tool. Our guests had much to say about this so don’t miss this discussion. Dr. Lurio called in to inquire about CRuSR. Later, Laura Seward, a grad student in the program at UCF with Dr. Colwell called in to talk about the marketing session at the conference and to tell us the extent of interest in commercial markets, particularly material sciences by the Japanese. I took the opportunity to ask her some questions about her interest in pursuing space and science studies and the UCF program., as well as the impact on her studies of the suborbital program. We ended the program with our guests providing us with their takeaways from the conference and pearls of wisdom. Summed up, they said from last year to next year, it was concept to reality to flights, lessons learned, and information gained. Please post your comments or questions on the blog URL above. You can email either guest by going through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:52:36 UTC
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Bretton Alexander, Tuesday, 3-1-11 (29.10MB; download) -- Guest: Bretton Alexander. Topics: Commercial Spaceflight Federation, commercial space, suborbital research flights. Please note that 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. You can find out more about the Commercial Spaceflight Federation by visiting www.commercialspaceflight.org. For this program, our guests and agenda changed as George Whitesides was unable to join us due to a delayed flight arrival time and Mr. Alexander had attended a CCDEV2 set of meetings that took him away from the Orlando suborbital researchers conference. Despite the changes, Mr. Alexander was a very welcome guest as I have been wanting to feature the Commercial Spaceflight Federation on The Space Show for more than a year. We started off with Brett telling us about the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, its membership, its purpose and goals. We talked about the realities of going up on the Hill and lobbying/influencing congress to support commercial space development and public-private partnerships with NASA for the commercial space industry, specifically for human spaceflight. Brett had much to say about the budget issues, the congressional focus on cost cutting and NASA FY 11 and FY 12 budget proposals. We also talked about the capabilities of the commercial sector to provide LEO and ISS transportation and that it would be the most cost effective way to develop this transportation system moving forward. Later in our first segment, I asked Brett about his experience in space policy working for both the Clinton and Bush White House so don't miss what he had to say. As one of the authors of the Vision for Space Exploration, he did say he was sorry to see that it did not work out but as you will hear, for budgetary and other reasons, changes had to be made. We talked about using the NASA FY 2010 $18.7 billion budget as the flat budget for five years but of course that has not yet been finalized. At the end of the first segment, we talked about the Open Letter to Congress regarding commercial crew development. You can read the letter at www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1509. In our second segment, Brett went into more detail about commercial crew development (CCDEV), its funding and the second part of the program known as CCDEV2. Later in the segment, I asked what key events we should be on the watch for and he suggested the CCDEV 2 selection later this month, more Falcon 9 and Dragon launches plus the planned Orbital launches for later this year. He also said to watch Virgin Galactic for the engine tests and of course to see how the legislation and the budget unfolds, both for FY 11 and FY 12. If you have questions or comments for Brett Alexander, please post them on the blog URL above. You can also email them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:20:19 UTC
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