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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. Alan Stern, David McBride, Monday, 2-28-11 (28.62MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Alan Stern, David McBride. Topics: 2011 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, emerging suborbital industry. 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 both Dr. Alan Stern and David McBride to the program to discuss the first day of the Next-Gen Suborbital conference, the announcements pertaining to the contracts with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to fly eight missions with payload specialists on both XCOR and Virgin Galactic flights. You can learn more about this conference and see its agenda by visiting www.swri.org/9what/events/confer/nsrc/2011/program.htm. You can read the SwRI press release on the flights at www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/pioneer.htm. During our hour long discussion with both guests, we talked about the conference, those attending, the program and some of the keynote talks as well as the identification of the Payload Specialists that have been named to fly three of the upcoming suborbital missions. We talked with Mr. McBride about the CRuSR program which is now based at Dryden and the funding for the program for both FY 11 and FY 12. In addition, the first suborbital research missions were described in some detail. A question was asked about what was meant by heavy lift, a discussion topic on the conference agenda. We also talked about X-15 as a suborbital research platform given the interest of Dryden which is at Edwards Air Force Base. A listener asked Dr. Stern about the disclosure and disclaimer requirements for the payload specialists as well as the medical standards and wondered if the payload specialist was treated the same as the spaceflight participant (tourist). Another listener asked Mr. McBride about the suborbital vehicle flight control systems given his experience in the field. David then told us about his Virgin Galactic flight simulator experience. Other listener questions wanted to know if around four minutes of microgravity would be sufficient to get useful information. Listen to what our guests said, as well as the training program they are going to be using to be able to maximize their microgravity time and focus to accomplish the research mission. Other questions were asked about NASA overall support for the suborbital industry as well as the research projects. Additional topics included the networking opportunities at the conference, possible suborbital flights from Florida rather than just Mojave and Spaceport America. At the end of our hour, I asked each guest for their takeaways for this discussion. Dr. Stern said there were three, highlighting the growing interest in the industry, the change within NASA to accept suborbital research flights and opportunities, and that the flights are becoming far more real today than they were even a year or two ago. Mr. McBride suggested the increased interest in the industry with NASA HQ along with the push to see an educational outreach objective with the flight. Post your comments and questions on The Space Show blog above. You can send emails to either guest through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:06:34 UTC
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Robert (Rob) Godwin, Sunday, 2-27-11 (46.92MB; download) -- Guest: Robert (Rob) Godwin. Topics: George Griffith, science fiction overview, science fiction authors and stories. 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 Rob Godwin to talk about two recently published George Griffith science fiction books, "Around The World In 65 Days: The Journal of the Real Phileas Fogg" and "The World Peril of 1910." Both of these books are available on the OGLF Amazon partners page and if you buy them using the following URLs, Amazon will make a contribution to The Space Show/OGLF. Please use www.amazon.com/dp/1897350279?tag=onegialeafou-20 and www.amazon.com/World-Peril-1910-Ron-Miller/dp/B004J10EXO/ref=onegialeafou-20. We started our discussion with Rob by getting background information and an overview of George Griffith who from 1893 to 1895 was the most famous science fiction writer in England. Later on, he drifted into obscurity. Rob talked extensively about both books plus others written by Griffith and we made comparisons with other science fiction writers of the time and even today. Much of the comparison was with H.G. Wells but as you will hear throughout our show, Rob really knows the history and authors of science fiction literature and he took us through a rather complete mini science fiction history. Later in the segment, we talked about steampunk and George Griffith being a sort of Spiritual Ancestor to the steampunk movement. At the end of this segment, Rob talked about tracking down Griffith's family members and the role of Alan Arnold Griffith with the jet engine. Don't miss this very interesting history. In the second segment, John from Atlanta called in and wanted to know about science fiction and space propulsion technology and faster than light travel. Rob introduced us to E.E. "Doc" Smith and his work and stories. We also talked about touring the solar system with science fiction, deep solar system travel and making a social statement using science fiction as did Wells. Richard Godwin asked a question about contemporary parallels to Griffith and Wells being Steven Spielberg who appears to be an anti technologist and Gene Roddenberry who thought that technology would solve our human social problems. This prompted quite a discussion that you will want to hear. Near the end of this segment, I asked our gust about modern day science fiction authors. In our final segment, Don Beattie phoned in to talk about using science fiction to improve STEM education in our school system. Rob had much to say on this subject given his efforts to get science fiction works into various schools and districts. At the end of the program, we talked about science fiction and especially George Griffith as a predictor of capabilities yet to come or be realized. If you have questions or comments for Rob Godwin, post them on the blog URL above. You can also send them by email to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:47:17 UTC
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Dr. Robert L. Hirsch, Friday, 2-25-11 (43.94MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Robert Hirsch. Topics: The world energy mess and its relationship to economic & space development & what we can do about it. 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 also visit the Apogee website for this book, "The Impending World Energy Mess: What It Is And What It Means To You!" at www.apogeeprime.com/prime/bookpages/9781926837116.html. The book is available on the OGLF Amazon Partner's website and if you buy it using this URL, Amazon will make a contribution to The Space Show/OGLF: www.amazon.com/dp/1926837118?tag=onegialeafou-20. Despite the very tough message in this book and our hard hitting discussion on this program, I consider this book and our discussion to be one of the most important books and Space Show programs ever. Without affordable and abundant energy, we will suffer the loss of much of our economy and maybe even our way of life. Space development may some day seem unimportant even to large parts of our own community. I decided to skip the usual segment by segment breakdown for this review. Dr. Hirsch began the interview with an overview of the geological issues regarding the main fossil fuels we use for energy. We talked facts about renewables and green technologies, keeping these options in perspective given our needs are now and in the immediate near term. I believe its worth noting the concluding remarks in the book's Foreword by Dr. James Schlesinger: "Readers of this book may question individual calculations by the authors, but they need to absorb the overall message of the analysis regarding the inability in the decades immediately ahead to increase production of liquid fuels, as demand rises." During our discussion, Dr. Hirsch was clear talking about the difference in liquid fuels and our electricity problems. We also talked about the energy future for the U.S. as compared to Canada, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Europe, and China. Electric cars, wind power, solar power (both terrestrial and space derived) were discussed and Dr. Hirsch said many time over that we need to bring to bear all the tools that we can, but for the near term and now, we are between a rock and a hard place. He told us that alternative fuels, green options, renewables cannot provide us with liquid fuels for transportation and cannot make a sufficient dent in our needs now or for the near term. As you will hear, the authors even have a chapter in the book on what individuals can do to protect themselves as much as possible from these problems and even realize opportunities from the predicament we are in. Much was said about the political agenda of politicians and others which complicate the matter and exacerbate the problems we face. Listeners asked lots of questions about alternatives, finding new oil fields, nuclear power, fusion energy, space solar power, global warming, and doing more drilling in the United States. We talked about the impact of the world energy mess on investment, capital acquisition, discretionary spending, and government policy in how it spends and allocates money. Dr. Hirsch said it was not that clear how this would play out in the private sector with the wealthy using space as the model. This was a comprehensive discussion on our energy needs for the future. Several times during the program we extrapolated to space development issues but the concerns are far broader than just space. At one point when pushed for a time line, Dr. Hirsch suggested 3-5 years until the oil started declining but the current Middle East problems have the potential to speed that up. Please post your comments and questions for Dr. Robert Hirsch on the blog URL above. You can also email them to me and I will forward them to our guest. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:12:01 UTC
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Dr. John Brandenburg, Tuesday, 2-22-11 (52.84MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. John Brandenburg. Topics: "Life And Death On Mar" and the evidence for a one time large nuclear reactor process on Mars around 200 million years ago. 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. Brandenburg's book, "Life And Death On Mars: The New Mars Synthesis" can be purchased from the OGLF Amazon partners page and then Amazon contributes to The Space Show/OGLF. Please use http://www.amazon.com/dp/1935487361?tag=onegialeafou-20. During our first segment, Dr. Brandenburg put forth his theory and talked about components in the Martian atmosphere that supported a long ago nuclear catastrophe on Mars. We specifically talked about Xenon 129 and 132 but he also talked about other elements supporting the theory of a long ago nuclear explosion. While our guest discussed nuclear fusion and fission physics, this is a very important segment for our discussion so do stay with the discussion though for many of us, myself included, it was challenging given the lack of background in the subject. One of the major issues facing his theory which he repeated throughout the discussion was the absence of a large crater on Mars which would have resulted from a catastrophic Martian nuclear explosion. At the end of the first segment, Charles called in to discuss parallels with Uranium, specifically U235 when both Earth and Mars were formed. In the second segment, Charles called in to further discuss the natural fission deposits found in Africa which seem to have been deposited slowly over time. Charles was asking if the same thing could have happened on Mars, thus there would be an absence of a large crater. Charles and John had quite a lively discussion on this and related issues. The subject of Thorium in India came up and then Dr. Brandenburg talked about some of the Voyager findings and mentioned presenting his theories to the Pentagon's Mars Desk. Thorium reactors were discussed later in this segment when Tim called in from Huntsville. Later in this segment, I asked Dr. Brandenburg to tell us why those of us interested in Mars and even wanting to go Mars should care about this theory. You don't want to miss was Dr. Brandenburg had to say about living in a living universe and the need to become space fairing. He also talked about science being conservative and Martian science being even more conservative. John from Atlanta called in and talked more about controlled fusion and the subject of hybrid reactors came up, that is, putting a uranium blanket around a Tokamak which Dr. Brandenburg said would facilitate reaching breakeven very quickly. Don't miss what Dr. Brandenburg had to say on the subject of fusion energy, especially using hybrid reactors. A listener asked him about his science fiction novels which he publishes using the name Victor Norgard. We then talked about his upcoming poster presentation at the upcoming 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "Evidence For A Large, Paleo-Nuclear Reactors On Mars." Near the end of our discussion, our guest talked about space being a long term technology investment. As our discussion was drawing to an end, he took a listener question regarding the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. Dr. Brandenburg had much to say about the Moons, especially Phobos being the ideal place for the first Earth base to study and explore Mars. His pearls of wisdom stated that Mars lived as Earth lived and in many ways, may be pointing the way to us. If you have comments or questions for Dr. Brandenburg, post them on the blog URL above. You can also email them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to our guest. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:11:59 UTC
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Dr. Eligar Sadeh, Monday, 2-21-11 (43.55MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Eligar Sadeh. Topics: Towards a National Space Policy, commercial launch, NewSpace and space industry stakeholders. 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. Visit our guest's website, Astroconsulting International at www.astroconsultinginternational.com. In our first segment, Dr. Sadeh brought up the National Space Strategy Study and said we as a nation really only have a policy for the security space community though there are other components comprising the full space industry community. Many times throughout the show our guest referred to the recently released National Security Space Strategy document. We talked about the fact that not all space industry stakeholders have had a voice in the policy creating effort. We talked about the National Space Strategy Project for example and here he mentioned that while there were commercial space stakeholders participating in the program, NewSpace was not there. Later in the segment, the subject was the Europeans taking the lead with their Draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space Behavior and the fact that some guidelines are needed and now there are no guidelines. I translated guidelines into rules of the road. Dr. Sadeh talked about the need for space governance and what that might look like if in place. We talked about many in the private sector segment and NewSpace not wanting regulation or intrusive rules of the road and that to many, this constitutes a political risk to the development of the emerging commercial space industry. In our second segment, Dr. Sadeh then brought up the subject of low cost space access. He said this was not specifically a goal of most of the commercial space industry and that the actual launch price was only a small part of the overall space access cost, including space operations, and that commercial companies sought out other factors that were more important to them than just the launch cost. Don't miss this discussion. He did mention that two stakeholders, Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) and NewSpace did have low launch costs as a primary goal and he stated that these industry segments needed to be at the policy developing table. Eligar talked about the impact of space tourism in this segment and we discussed the perspective of DOD with unfettered civilian space access. Eligar did a good job in outlining the DOD perspective followed by his own perspective. You might be surprised by what he had to say. In our third segment, a listener asked him to connect the dots to troubles in the Middle East and increasing oil prices to space policy. In his response, he talked quite a bit about national security space but he did say that he doubted an added emphasis on national security space would crowd out the commercial space interests. He then outlined the commercial space segment within DOD space. We also talked about the possibility of creating a new cabinet level organization for space development. Later, a listener asked what he would say were he a keynote speaker at a NewSpace Conference given their dislike for regulation. He said that he would point out that regulations are going to happen, he pointed to AST for being able to create constructive and industry friendly regulations and he suggested that NewSpace and other stakeholders come to the table and play a role, exerting their leadership in policy making. He talked about Newspace needing to be proactive and to be a leader, not to be passive. If you want to offer a comment or ask Dr. Sadeh a question, please post it on the blog URL above. You can also send it to Dr. Sadeh by email either through the Contact page on his website or by using esadeh@gmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:44:26 UTC
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Robert A. Adamcik, Sunday, 2-20-11 (43.46MB; download) -- Guest: Robert (Bob)A. Adamcik. Topics: Space Shuttle Discovery and the space shuttle in general. 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 Robert (Bob) Adamcik to the show, author of the new Apogee release, "Voyages of Discovery: The Missions of the Space Shuttle Discovery. This book is available on the OGLF Amazon partners page and if you buy it there, Amazon contributes to The Space Show/OGLF. Please use www.amazon.com/dp/1926837134?tag=onegialeafou-20. In our first segment, our guest was asked why he focused on the Discovery shuttle. As you will hear, Arthur C. Clark had a lot to do with his focus on Discovery along with other reasons he discloses during our interview. I asked him about his biggest surprise he came upon while researching his book and it had to do with STS 131. Don't miss what he had to say about this mission. Charles called in to ask about the new genre of spacecraft being built, capsules, rather than winged vehicles. Our guest reminded Charles about Dream Chaser which is a winged vehicle. Toward the end of the first segment, listeners pointed out that Discovery had only flown (including the last mission scheduled for later this week) 39 missions yet it and all shuttles were rated for 100 missions. The listeners wanted to know if Discovery could fly 100 or more total missions. You might be surprised by the Bob's answer to this set of questions. In the second segment, we asked Bob for a list of his top three favorite missions. STS-120 was at the top of the list, followed by STS-51A, and then STS-63. You will want to hear what he had to say about each mission and why it made his favorites list. Our guest was also asked why Discovery was the return to flight shuttle after both the Challenger and Columbia accidents. Later in this segment, we focused on the payload capacity going to and back from the ISS and what it will be like in the future given the absence of this capacity/capability. Bob had much to say on this subject. As we started the last segment, we talked about the John Glenn flight, STS-95, Oct. 29, 1998. Our guest, having his roots in Ohio, then told us about the Buckeye mission, STS-70 in that the entire crew was from Ohio and what had to happen to make sure everyone was from Ohio. Later, we talked about Bob's research efforts including NASA, Rockwell, and Boeing. As you will hear, NASA had lots of information available but much of what both Rockwell and Boeing had was discarded! Later we talked about heavy lift and if we needed it. Our guest said absolutely. Don't miss his comments on this. He also said Hubble was perhaps the most significant of the Discovery missions. Near the end of the interview, he was asked about the issue of using solid rocket boosters (SRBs) for the shuttle and human spaceflight. Don't miss his response to this question. If you have questions or comments for Robert Adamcik, please post them on the blog URL above. You can also email Bob at robert.a.adamcik@gmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:32:41 UTC
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Marcia Smith, Friday, 2-18-11 (44.57MB; download) -- Guest: Marcia Smith. Topics: Mostly the FY 2011 and FY 2012 NASA budget, commercial space, and the federal budget process. 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. Please visit SpacePolicyOnline at www.spacepolicyonline.com for more information and to read Marcia's timely and important news articles regarding NASA, all of space, and much more. While our program unfolded in three segments, our discussion topics all focused on the FY2011 budget yet to be finalized and the newly announced FY 2012 budget, particularly the NASA portion of the budget. Ms. Smith updated us as to the status of FY2011 which has not been finalized and we learned the process it still must go through to become the nation's 2011 fiscal budget. We both talked about FY 11 in general and specifically the NASA part of the budget. At the same time, we discussed the newly proposed FY 2012 budget, including the NASA portion of it, and the fact that discussions and debate on the new budget must commence and move forward even without a resolution to what the FY 11 budget will be. Confused? Well, if you are, Marcia Smith will clear up all of your confusion in this 90 minute discussion. We did break down the components of the FY 12 NASA budget and compared them to the 2010 budget, the NASA Authorizations for FY 11 and FY 12, and we discussed the likely impact of budget cuts. As you will hear, areas of risk were pointed out and highlighted. You will hear both listeners and me refer to various tables on Marcia's website. To access this information, visit http://spacepolicyonline.com/pages/images/stories/NASAs_FY2012_Budget_Request.pdf. In talking about budget cuts, both Marcia and I made the point that non-national security and defense discretionary funding, even if cut by 100%, would not make much of an impact on the overall crisis we face re the deficit and debt that is mounting up. For spending reductions to focus only on the discretionary items, it seems almost futile as the bulk of our national spending is in the entitlements part of the federal budget. We talked throughout the interview about commercial space, human spaceflight, space exploration, and science missions. We also talked about competing interests in congress and the need for the space enthusiast/advocacy community to speak with a united voice to be more effective. Other issues that were addressed included international cooperation, foreign competition, and the restrictive language to be debated in the House CR bill forbidding NASA to work with the Chinese. Listeners had several questions regarding the possibility of shutting down the government due to both sides being unable to reach a compromise on the budget. Marcia made a very strong case for evaluating the public benefit of gov. programs so that quality programs, including NASA, are not cut with regard to merit. One of her suggestions as we neared the end of the program for the 11th hour situation we now find ourselves in regarding FY 11 and probably FY 12 was to use the FY 10 budget across the board. We took several questions about the budget and the ISS as well as continuing some aspects of Constellation, specifically the new heavy lift vehicle. The issue of NASA as a jobs program came up and you do not want to miss this part of the discussion. As you will hear, we must decide as a nation how important it is to move to a technically literate workforce that can also inspire the youth and students of the nation to move us forward. If you have questions or comments for Marcia Smith, please post them on the blog URL above and you can also email them to Ms. Smith at the email address info@spacepolicyonline.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:00:52 UTC
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Dr. Alan Stern; Open Lines, Tuesdasy, 2-15-11 (54.83MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Alan Stern; Open Lines. Topics: The upcoming Next-Generation Suborbital Research Conference starting Feb. 28, 2011 in Orlando for the first hour, then Open Lines for the last 45 minutes. 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. During the first hour of the program, Dr. Alan Stern was with us to discuss the upcoming Next-Generation Suborbital-Researchers Conference 2011 (NSRC 2011) which will be held at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Feb. 28-March 2, 2011. Advanced registration ends Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 so if you are interested in attending, make sure you do the advanced registration. Student registrations are also available. Please visit their website http://nsrc.swri.org. You can check out the conference program by visiting www.swri.org/9what/events/confer/nsrc/2011/program.htm. Not only did Dr. Stern provide us with the conference logistics including advance and student registration information, but we discussed the highlights of the program agenda. We mentioned the three special Space Show programs that we will do with people in attendance at the conference. For early details and times for these special programs, please see the coming attractions section of The Space Show website newsletter. Later in the segment, Dr. Stern fielded several questions about the emerging suborbital markets, using next-generation vehicles for research as opposed to the NASA sounding rockets, and the NASA CRuSR program was described in some detail. We asked Dr. Stern about overall NASA support for both next-generation suborbital flights and commercial space. We learned that foreign payloads were welcome on the domestic flights and that we were getting closer to payloads being ready to fly when the vehicles are ready to fly. Toward the end of the first segment, Terry asked Alan about the New Horizons mission as Alan is the PI for this important planetary mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Alan had much to say about the mission, its discoveries so far, and its current location and mission progress. You don't want to miss this New Horizons update. At the end of Alan's segment, I asked him if the NSRC was a NewSpace conference. As we learned, NewSpace is definitely a segment of this conference the suborbital subject but the conference is broader than just NewSpace. Again, if you are considering or planning to attend, do the advanced reservation as we discussed in the first few minutes of the program. As we started our short Open Lines segment, I began the discuss by restating that a requirement to post on Space Show blogs is civility. Please note these simple rules for posting on our blogs. After my civility discussion, Dave Huntsman called to talk more about the amazing achievements of Dr. Stern, especially in putting together the Suborbital Research Conference in the first place. Dave raised some important points for consideration and he was right on, Dr. Stern deserves and has earned an amazing amount of credit and applause for his work in this field. The last caller was John Hunt from Atlanta who wanted to talk about the NASA FY 12 budget and why NASA can't do things, especially rocket building, much easier, simpler and for less money. This was about a 25 minute discussion with email comments from listeners addressing what John was talking about. If you have questions or comments regarding the upcoming conference, use the contacts listed at the bottom of the NSRC 2011 homepage. Comments or questions for Dr. Stern or the two Open Lines callers should be posted on the blog and forwarded to me so I can pass them on to the designated recipient. Please use drspace@thespaceshow.com. Do post all comments on The Space Show blog. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:06:10 UTC
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Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, Monday, 2-14-11 (61.03MB; download) -- Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman. Topics: NASA FY 11 and newly released FY 12 budgets. 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. Also check out Bob's blog at http://behindtheblack.com. You can also download the NASA FY 12 budget overview at www.nasa.gov/budget. This was a two hour program with a break after the first hour. In addition, its the first of a series of programs The Space Show will present dealing with the NASA FY 12 budget and space policy. For 2010, The Space Show presented more than 120 hours of programming devoted to discussion of all sides and perspectives of the Administration's proposed space policy, the debate and FY 11 budget issues. For 2011, we will also be presenting all sides and perspectives regarding space policy issues and the FY 12 NASA budget. Thus, this is the first of a long and comprehensive set of Space Show programs that will undertake to evaluate and understand our emerging space policy and the budget that goes with it. In today's first segment, Bob provided us with a quick overview of the FY 12 budget which had only been released a few hours earlier in the day. We talked some about the CR for FY 11 that will be debated this week, including the restrictive Chinese language that was inserted into this bill. During this segment, we took a call from Dr. Charles Lurio who publishes the well known and respected Lurio Report (www.thelurioreport.com). Charles and Bob together discussed many of the details, problems, and issues with the segment of the new NASA budget designated for commercial space and impacting the NewSpace segment of the space industry. Don't miss this exchange of ideas and information. Later in the first segment, Jack Kennedy sent in an email that focused on budget impact for space telescopes. Here, we talked about the Kepler Space Telescope and it easily being the bright star in the astrophysics part of the NASA, but Bob also talked about the problems facing the astrophysics part of the NASA budget due to the James Webb cost overruns and the approximate $4 billion going into the revised heavy lift/Constellation program which Bob does not support as you will hear him say throughout our discussion. During our second segment, a listener asked about a recent news article suggesting $190 billion for corporate sponsorship for a Mars human mission. Bob talked about and returning humans to the Moon, especially via the private sector. Other topics discussed in this segment included more on budget issues, suborbital development and the NASA CRuSR program, popular support for space in Texas and the rest of the country, a proposed JPL/Indian lunar retrieval mission, and issues surrounding commercial markets, their existence, and how they might drive commercial space development regardless of our civil/NASA space policy. We concluded the show with an update from Bob on the situation facing certain species of bats with the fungus that is destroying many of them. Bob did his usual white nose syndrome bat update for us as he follows this situation very closely. If you have questions or comments for Bob Zimmerman, please post them on both The Space Show blog URL above and on Bob's behindtheblack.com site. You can also email Bob at zimmerman at nasw dot org.
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Esther Dyson, Sunday, 2-13-11 (42.74MB; download) -- Guest: Esther Dyson. Topics: Space investments, commercial space, NewSpace, business opportunities in 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. Visits Esther Dyson's website, www.edventure.com. Also visit the NASA Advisory Council website at www.nasa.gov/offices/nac/home/index.html. Our topics for this program included commercial space, business, engineering, STEM education, NewSpace, and investing. Early on we talked about the confrontational situation within congress and how it impacts NASA and our space program. Space entrepreneurism was mentioned, federal money to NewSpace companies was talked about, and we discussed space angel investors. Esther talked about liquidity issues in space investments, public and private companies, and then several questions about Bigelow Aerospace came in. Toward the end of the first segment, Esther was asked about the proposed new ATK-Astrium Liberty Launch Vehicle and synthetic biology. We started our second segment with a more involved synthetic biology discussion which you do not want to miss. Here, Ms. Dyson talked about terreforming as well as altering molecules to help evolve activities on the Moon or Mars. She also mentioned that here on Earth we are working in this direction with biofuels and she said we will need biology in space, not just manufacturing and the bending of metal. Later in this segment, our guest was asked about space business plans and the long term nature of space investments. Several listeners asked Ms. Dyson for her thoughts on investing, different companies or markets, but we were not on the air to give out investment advice which we did not do. Esther did mention some of the companies she has invested in and earlier in our discussing, she mentioned that she was about a third into space but also into other areas including Russian activities and the health care field. Tax incentives for space development were mentioned and then Esther was asked about her Cosmonaut Training in Russia. For sure listen to what she had to say about this training, space sickness, the centrifuge and pulling 8 G's, her place in the Soyuz, and much more. In our last segment, Esther talked about the NASA Advisory Council and the Technology and Innovation Committee of which she is a member. Toward the end of the show, our guest was asked about SSP and alternative launch capabilities. This prompted her to discuss the Dyson Sphere regarding space energy, a concept originally described by her father. If you have a question or comment for Esther Dyson, please post it on the blog URL above. You can also email Ms. Dyson at edyson@boxbe.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:39:15 UTC
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