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 Logsdon, Friday, 2-11-11 (46.22MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. John Logsdon. Topics: President Kennedy and our Moon program, space policy today. 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. Logsdon's book, "John F. Kennedy And The Race To The Moon" is available on the OGLF Amazon partner's page, www.amazon.com/dp/023011010X?tag=onegialeafou-20. If you buy the book through this URL, Amazon contributes to The Space Show/OGLF. During our first segment, we talked about JFK and his interest in space prior to his becoming president. As you will hear, he did not have much of a space interest and as president, JFK saw space as a tool to be used in support of our national policy. There was no indication that he saw space in connection with saving humanity or in the ways that were projected by science fiction and pop culture of the day. We learned that JFK appointed LBJ to be the lead on space policy for his administration. We then talked about Kennedy's main advisors and their thoughts on space. Of the group discussed, only Ted Sorensen was enthusiastic about the developing space program. Toward the end of the first segment, our caller asked about being able to change the paradigm of NASA away from winning the cold war to a modern NASA capable of taking us into the future. Don't miss what Dr. Logsdon had to say about this. In our second segment, Dr. Logsdon explained why he wrote the book and he also mentioned several of his public appearances across the country. If he is speaking near you, I strongly suggest you go hear him. In this segment, we discussed the fact that Kennedy always had as his main focus to use space as a tool of policy and to seek USSR cooperation with the US in going to the Moon together. In May 1961 at a meeting with Khrushchev in Vienna, Khrushchev rejected the cooperation idea. In 1962, there were top level discussions on speeding up our Moon program but eventually the decision was made to stay the course. Later in this segment, I asked our guest about lessons learned from Apollo that were applicable today. Don't miss this discussion. Toward the end of this segment, questions about commercializing space came up, especially in the context of today's space policy. In our third segment, we talked about JFK's final words on space and his visit to key space centers a week before his untimely death. We then talked about the impact of Apollo and our guest suggested that in terms of the evolution of our space program, the impact had been a negative. He suggested that the failure after Apollo was actually the failure to adjust to the post Apollo period. The Apollo program was not a failure. As we moved to the final minutes of our discussion, we talked about how our space program was in transition and we addressed space workforce issues given this period of change. If you have a comment or questions for Dr. John Logsdon, post it on The Space Show blog. You can also email Dr. Logsdon at logsdon@gwu.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:24:37 UTC
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Open Lines, Tuesday, 2-8-11 (74.80MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: We discussed a variety of topics dealing with all aspects of space commerce to the economy, and launch options. 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 this two hour program, we discussed a wide range of topics dealing with space policy, commercial space, EELV, Bigelow Aerospace, its doubling its space in Las Vegas and its plans for the Florida Space Coast, SpaceX and the Falcon 9, ATK and their new venture with Astrium to develop the Liberty Rocket for CCDev 2 competition and more. As we started our discussion, I went through a list of 14 discussion topics for this program and then during our discussion with callers, added two or three more items to the discussion list. I was a bit disappointed that nobody wanted to discuss the EU's Draft Code of Behavior for Outer Space or our new National Security Space Strategy but as you will hear, there was lots of interest in discussing NASA, the budget, Bigelow Aerospace and Space X plans with the Falcon 9, plus the new announcement by ATK regarding their CCDev 2 entry with Astrium, the Liberty Rocket. Perhaps the most controversial call came from Charles who is now in Las Vegas rather than Mojave, CA. Charles was asked about laser launch possibilities and he threw lots of cold water on the laser. He also was very critical of both NASA and Bigelow Aerospace and in fact suggested that because Bigelow was not developing his own transportation system, his venture would likely be unsuccessful. I argued against what Charles was saying and still believe Charles is off the deep end both with how he sees NASA and certainly how he views Bigelow Aerospace. A few listeners sent in emails saying about the same thing I just said. Trent from Australia was our first caller and he focused in on several of the discussion items I had mentioned, including stating he had been caught off guard by the ATK announcement. I think many of us were caught off guard by their announcement which went out yesterday morning. We also talked about the Competitive Space Task Force press announcement I had received and as the show ended, Trent sent this YouTube clip to me saying that it was shown at their press briefing, www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h_d6YVA1Kg. I want to find out more about this organization, possibly even have Rand and some of the others as guests to discuss their plans and goals. John from Atlanta called in, we had a follow up discussion on nuclear propulsion and some of the comments made on the Sunday Space Show, specifically about the U.S. becoming irrelevant with space policy with Asian countries. John also mentioned the letter by three members of the House wanting to redirect NASA Earth Imaging money to human spaceflight. Then John brought up the A-12 project as an example of cancelled projects and that started a mini discussion with John in Billings that continued by email after the show ended. For those interested in this project, let me know and I will send you some of the email links and information provided by both our listeners on this project as John in Billings provided John in Atlanta with some reference links and point clarifications on this project. If you have questions or comments for any of the callers or participants in tonight's show, first, post them on the blog URL above. You can also send them to me and I will forward them to the person of your choice. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:24:36 UTC
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Don Green, Monday, 2-7-11 (47.22MB; download) -- Guest: Don Green. Topics: Dr. Napoleon Hill and the Napoleon Hill Foundation, his book "Think and Grow Rich," and applications for space entrepreneurism. 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 Don Green, Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation to the show to discuss the application of Napoleon Hill philosophy to space entrepreneurism. For more information, please visit their website, www.naphill.org. While this program covered the traditional three segments, this summary omits the segment by segment description for one short summary of our discussion. Also, as you will hear, we were giving away three book sets to callers during the show. We had only one caller, the rest of listeners chose email so I have two book sets left that will go to the first two people emailing a question for Don Green, copied to me and posted on the blog. Each book set contains three Napoleon Hill books as described on the show. If this offer interests you, you should expedite sending your question to Don Green, the blog, and me as only two of you can win the book set. Our discussion started out with Don Green providing us with background information on Dr. Hill. We talked about the most famous of his books, "Think and Grow Rich" which was initially written in 1937. If you have never read this book, I urge you to do so as its as relevant today as it was when it was written. Mr. Green was asked many questions about the most important of Dr. Hill's rules for success and he always came back to having a burning desire to do the venture, a real passion that consumes the person, plus have achievable goals. This subject came up several times during the program. Don Green also talked about his international work in taking the philosophy of Dr. Napoleon Hill to other nations, including Asia and specifically countries that have space programs, China, India, Japan, even South Korea. Maybe this helps shed light on some of the tools used in these countries to further their space industry success. Many of the listeners were familiar with Napoleon Hill concepts and asked about the Cosmic Habitforce as well as for clarifications on the Mastermind. We even took a call about the U.S. economic system and businesses doing one thing here but relying on sweatshops for labor overseas. Don Green had much to say about this so don't miss his concepts. Other concepts discussed included the Law of Attraction, the Law of Retaliation, and using sex as a business driver for success. If you have a comment or question for Don Green, you can email him at TheNapoleonHillFoundation@uvawise.edu. In addition, post your comment on the blog. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:03:38 UTC
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Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, Sunday, 2-6-11 (52.63MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese. Topics: National Security Space Strategy, U.S. Civil and Military space policy. 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. Joan Johnson-Freese to the program to discuss our National Security Space and Strategy Policy. There were several documents referenced in this discussion and I recommend you download and read them. The National Security Space Strategy released last week is at www.defense.gov/home/features/2011/0111_nsss. The National Security Space Strategy Fact Sheet is at www.defense.gov/home/features/2011/0111_nsss/docs/2011%2001%2019%20NSSS%20Fact%20Sheet%20FINAL.pdf. The EU Draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities can be found at www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/images/stories/EU_revised_draft_code_of_conduct_Oct_2010.pdf. We started our first segment with a discussion about the National Security Space Strategy and learned that while we are not short of space policy organizations, documents, and efforts, our national space policy is not unified or organized. We discussed our policy in the context of both the Chinese and Indian space policies amid the pros and cons of doing business with China. I was not surprised to learn that the U.S. is on the road to becoming irrelevant from the perspective of other emerging national space programs. With listener questions focusing on China, we discussed both American and Chinese perspectives and the probable consequences of how we decide to relate to China with space policy. Our discussion move to the U.S. DoD perspective and we learned about the DIME term for our nation's diplomatic, information, military, and economic strategies. As you will hear, our guest suggested that we all too often emphasize the "M" in that term and not always to our own benefit. Toward the end of the first segment, we began talking about the EU's Draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities. In our second segment we fielded listener questions asking about China as well as inquiring about some of the more obvious problems with our current proposed space policy. Later in this segment, I asked Dr. Johnson-Freese about her commentary article in Astropolitics in response to a space and strategy target article in the same journal by Dr. James Clay Moltz. Dr. Johnson-Freese talked about comparing nuclear policy and strategy with space policy. I urge all of you to read this issue of Astropolitics, Vol. 8 Numbers 2-3, May-December 2010. A listener asked about the use of nuclear power for advanced propulsion and our guest suggested we would face legal problems doing it but other countries probably would not face such obstacles. The question of an Asian Space Race came up and you don't want to miss what was said about this possibility. In our third segment, I asked about the Common Heritage of Mankind (CMH) language and space as a Global Commons. This took us back to the Draft Code of Conduct discussion and the need for rules of the road for all space stakeholders to be able to access and carry on their desired activities in space. Comparisons were made with air routes and sea lanes. Toward the end of the segment, we talked about space education, including some recent educational efforts for members of Congress and their staff. You will likely be surprised at the stories you hear. Our guest talked about revising the National Space Council as a way to possibly counter some of the issues discussed during today's interview. If you have a question or comment for Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, post it on the Space Show Blog URL above. You can also send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to Dr. Johnson-Freese. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:21:27 UTC
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Michael Belfiore, Friday, 2-4-11 (53.78MB; download) -- Guest: Michael Belfiore. Topics: Commercial space, technology and space, space innovation for the future. 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. Our discussion with Michael started off with Michael talking about technology innovation and specifically energy. I asked him about SSP and then we honed in on NASA. He said this time was a big turning point for NASA as it transitioned away from operating government launch vehicles to buying the services from commercial companies. Michael suggested much was on the table in this process and it was still not clear where space policy would end up. A listener asked him about a recent NY Times article about likely funding cuts for commercial crew and comments about the absence of a commercial market. You can read this article at www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/science/space/01private.html?partner=rss&emc=rss. Michael was also asked about returning to the Moon and the need for destinations in our space policy. We started the second segment with a continued discussion on the European Code of Conduct for Outer Space and the likely objections to it by NewSpace on the grounds it may restrict commercial space. We talked about the rules of the road for orderly space commerce, collision avoidance, debris mitigation, etc. We then moved on to human rating EELVs, Orion, Bigelow Aerospace, and SpaceX. Later, Michael was asked if NASA should evolve into a more DARPA like organization. Michael spent some time with us discussing this issue. We then talked about possible FY 11 NASA budget cuts and the progress being made by many of the NewSpace companies. Michael promoted his blog which is at www.michaelbelfiore.com. We talked about space conferences and the important conferences for NewSpace. If you have questions or comments for Michael Belfiore, please post them on The Space Show Blog URL above. You can also email Michael at michael@michaelbelfiore.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:09:01 UTC
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Berin Szoka, Tuesday, 2-1-11 (45.50MB; download) -- Guest: Berin Szoka. Topics: Internet freedom and regulation with parallels to commercial space 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 Berin Szoka to discuss the state of internet freedom, related issues, and the parallels with commercial space development. We started our first long segment talking about the new book published by TechFreedom (http://techfreedom.org) , a new technology policy think tank, titled "The Next Digital Decade: Essays On The Future Of The Internet." You can read or download it at http://nextdigitaldecade.com. Berin began this discussion by going through the book's introduction which can be found at http://nextdigitaldecade.com/summary. As you will hear, the book focuses on freedom and thought leadership by having brought together 26 thought leaders with expertise in internet law, philosophy, policy, and economics, writing 31 essays addressing the important issues surrounding the internet, its freedom, possible regulation, and even government control. Some of the issues talked about during this segment included the use of the internet kill switch (Egypt) and the pending congressional power giving a U.S. president similar types of authority. Berin talked about this pending U.S. legislation in some detail. In addition to talking about the cyber security bill, he provided us with information regarding the different schools of thought concerning support for technology. Later, he was asked about think tanks in general and we learned that the structure of a U.S. think tank was somewhat unique when compared to think tanks in other countries. Listen for this explanation. Another listener asked for clarification of net neutrality. Berin provided us with a detailed analysis of net neutrality, not just for the U.S. but how it was now playing out in Canada with the Canadian version of this concept. This took us to a discussion of what is referred to as regulatory capture. Berin said that net neutrality was the worst for innovation so don't miss this important discussion. We also talked about common carriage and how its being applied to the internet. In our shorter second segment, Berin told us about the upcoming NewSpace Conference which will be at NASA Ames July 28-31, 2011. Visit http://newspace2011.spacefrontier.org. As you will hear, Berin will likely have an internet freedom panel at the conference to discuss the very issues we have been discussing tonight, plus much more. I suggested to Berin that there also be a workshop to teach those interested how best to use social media tools to promote the NewSpace, internet freedom, or another cause. Stay tuned for details on this as I am sure I will do some NewSpace PR programming as we get closer to the conference date. As we moved toward the end of the program, we talked about the untapped potential of the internet and its power for helping to establish cultural change, something that many in the space community are also working hard to do. During the program, Berin suggested several books and authors for reading on the issues discussed tonight. Though these books are not listed on the OGLF Amazon partners webpage, if you intend on buying them, let me know and I will give you a special Amazon/OGLF code to use when ordering the book so that Amazon will contribute to The Space Show. Contributions keep The Space Show going so if you are interested in the suggested books or anything else on Amazon, contact me for the OGLF Amazon partners code. If you have questions or comments for Berin Szoka, you can post them on the blog URL above. You can also email Berin at berin.szoka@gmail.com. His blog is at http://twitter.com/#!/Tech_Freedom. Berin's twitter account is Berin Szoka@BerinSzoka.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:14:37 UTC
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Meidad Pariente, Monday, 1-31-11 (39.69MB; download) -- GuestSearch: Meidad Pariente. Topics: GTO/GEO potential satellite collisions and their impact, space and STEM educational outreach in Israel. 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 our first segment, we talked with Mr. Pariente about the Ilan Ramon International Space Conference in Israel and the paper delivered by our guest regarding GEO-GTO possible satellite collisions and the impact of such a collision on the GEO belts as well as on society. This entire segment is dedicated to discussing this potential problem which as you will hear, has potentially very serious consequences for us all should such a collision take place. In our second segment, we talked about space education and related programs in Israel. Our guest described the nano satellite program in Israel and the space engineering programs both in high school and college. These are bending metal programs, not theory. We learned that municipalities fund these programs, especially at the high school level through the three year course to launch of the student nano satellite. Listeners asked lots of questions about the high school program, including the gender mix of the students and the motivation behind the students engaging in these programs. We talked about space as an inspiring and motivating tool in Israel and learned that it was, along with technology in general. Later in the segment, listeners asked about space tourism interests in Israel and then we attempted to compare the Israeli educational programs with those here in the U.S. We started the third segment with an email from the African Space Institute concerning the interest from Israeli students in space and also what caused the increase in girls having an interest in satellite development in Israel. Another listener asked about ITAR issues in Israel and the Israeli GPS system under development. We concluded our discussion with a look at the probabilities of a GEO-GTO satellite collision. For more information, please visit www.spacecialist.com. If you have questions or comments for Meidad Pariente, please post them on The Space Show Blog URL above. You can also email our guest at meidad@spacecialist.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:16:41 UTC
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Dwight Steven-Boniecki, Sunday, 1-30-11 (46.76MB; download) -- Guest: Dwight Steven-Boniecki. Topics: Lunar based television and technology. 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 Dwight Steven-Boniecki to discuss his new Apogee book, "Live TV From the Moon." You can buy this book from the OGLF website and Amazon will make a contribution to The Space Show. Please use this URL when ordering: www.amazon.com/dp/1926592166?tag=onegialeafou-20. During our first segment, Dwight told us about his early interest in the lunar and space program when he was a young boy in Australia. His story advanced to San Diego to working in the film and TV industry and to being very curious as to how some of the Apollo lunar TV footage was made, especially when Neal Armstrong came down the ladder to the lunar surface the first time and we could see it all on live TV. During this first segment, not only does out guest tell how much of the footage and TV video was done, he talked about the help he received in researching the subject for his book. He described the early technology of doing color using the Sequential Color Converter, color wheels in the cameras, and the cameras by Westinghouse and RCA. In the second segment, we talked about the astronaut training involved to work the cameras and broadcast the TV signal back to Earth. Listeners asked about the costs for the TV equipment, training and broacast, and we talked about the debate within NASA as to broadcasting live TV from the Moon. Later in the segment, our guest received a few questions about the Hasselblad still cameras used on the Moon and we talked about their thermal protection modifications. John in Atlanta called in to talk about the Transformer movie conspiracy and the missing 21 minutes and our guest even told us how the Transformer movie came up with the 21 minute gap! We started the third segment with a listener question about the famous golf shot on the Moon and how that was broadcast for TV. Listeners asked about the potential for a lunar reality TV show and as you will hear, Dwight was not too optimistic that such a program would be a sustainable financial success. Later in the segment we talked about Skylab and the use of multiple cameras on the station. Dwight also talked about the camera mounted on the Lunar Rover. As the program neared its end, we talked about going from analog to digital and the system of cameras and color broadcasts on the Space Shuttle through the 90's and then later. At the end of the segment, I asked about depth perception on the lunar surface as shows by a series of photographs in the book. Dwight had much to say about lunar depth perception or the absence of it so don't miss this discussion. Our guest directed us to the website www.livetfromthemoon.com as well as www.apollohoax.net. If you want to contact our guest, you can do so through www.apollohoax.net/contact or you can send your comment or question to me and I will forward it to him. Please put your comment or question on The Space Show Bog as well, using the above URL.
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Todd Neff, Friday, 1-28-11 (44.26MB; download) -- Guest: Todd Neff. Topics: Ball Aerospace, Deep Impact, additional Discovery Class Missions. 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 Todd Neff to the program to discuss his new book, "From Jars To The Stars: How Ball Came to Build a Comet-Hunting Machine." This book will be on the One Giant Leap Foundation (OGLF) Amazon partners page and if you buy it using the OGLF link, Amazon makes a contribution to OGLF/The Space Show. Please see www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/books. We began our program by remembering the 25th anniversary of the Challenger accident. We then moved to topic of the day, the Deep Impact Mission, which was the subject of the new book written by our guest. Todd told us why he wanted to investigate and report on this story with Ball Aerospace and as you will hear, Todd provided us with an interesting and seldom discussed history of not only Deep Impact, but also solar pointing and more. For those of you who like space history, you will really appreciate this discussion. Todd starts around 1948 and takes us up to Deep Impact which was launched in 2005. During our second segment, Todd continued with the Ball Aerospace history and he focused on the Discovery Class Missions. He then explained why comets were such interesting targets and how Ball determined that doing Discovery Class Missions was the "sweet spot" for the company. Toward the end of this segment, we talked about the success of Deep Impact and how it was measured for the benefit of Ball Aerospace. In the third segment, we talked about offshoots of the various programs that Ball was involved in and Todd mentioned Digital Globe and Kepler along with other Discovery Class Missions. During the program listeners asked questions about the history we were discussing. Near the end of the program, Todd was asked for the method used to actually hit Temple 1. Also near the end of the program, we talked about mission creep, cost overruns, and the NASA culture. If you have comments or questions you can also email Todd Neff at todd@toddneff.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:12:57 UTC
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Declan O'Donnell, Tuesday, 1-25-11 (51.98MB; download) -- Guest: Declan O’Donnell. Topics: United Societies In Space (USIS), commercial space, treaty law, changing the law. 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. Note that this is Space Show number 1,500! We welcomed back Declan O’Donnell for updates with the USIS organization, The Buzz Aldrin Library, and commercial space legal issues based on the United Nations Treaties. We started our first segment with Declan telling us about the recent Boulder conference that both Buzz and he attended that addressed suborbital flight and suborbital flight training for the people wanting to participate in space tourism. He said there appears to be lots of people interested in the space experience as well as going to space and that so far from his perspective, money was not much of a roadblock, if at all. Declan then switched to discussing USIS. In this discussion, he put for the idea of the Space Development Authority as the way to accomplish the best legal regime to promote, manage, and develop commercial space. He cited two examples for the authority model, the TVA and the Chunnel Authority. Declan suggested that we create the Space Development Authority which would eventually be managed and funded separately from governments. At this point in our discussion, Declan talked about potential legal challenges to commercial space based on the benefit sharing language in the U.N. treaties, specifically in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST). Declan told us about his having recently spoken about potential legal challenges to commercial space at a recent NASA meeting in Hawaii. Listen to what he had to say about this meeting and the reaction of those in attendance. This is an important discussion, listen carefully, and post comments to the blog as to what you think about the potential problem Declan points out. As we started our second segment, our guest went on to say that Article 11 of the Moon Treaty provided the solution to this problem. In addition to the Moon Treaty clause, Declan talked about the procedure for changing the law using the IAF to validate the concept that space can be inhabited and developed for people now and his IAF suggestion and procedure offered the legal proof needed based on the Moon Treaty clause. Listeners asked Declan why we don’t just withdraw from the OST and since the U.S. has not signed the Moon Treaty, why is it even applicable to us. Don’t miss his important answers to these questions. Other issues and listener questions that came up dealt with legal challenges, what courts would have jurisdiction and here, you will hear Declan say that any federal court in the U.S. would have jurisdiction and that such a case if and when it comes up will eventually go to the Supreme Court because of its wide ranging importance. Near the end of the program, Declan described a new USIS program underway with Boy Scout packs, the Aerospace Venture Club. We also talked about the forthcoming issue of the USIS publication, Space Governance. As you will hear, I offered to send to interested listeners a recent USIS email containing many of the documents Declan discussed during the show. If you are interested in this email, please send your request to drspace@thespaceshow.com. If you have comments or questions for Declan O’Donnell, please post them on The Space Show Blog per the above URL. Declan also invited listeners to join in with USIS. His email address is djopc@qwestoffice.net. Declan can also be reached at 1-800-633-2828. His fax number is 1-303-666-8595.
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