The Space Show
The Space Show
The Space Show focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce, space tourism,space exploration and space development. The Space Show is committed to facilitating our becoming a space-faring nation and society with a growing and self-sustaining space-faring economy. The Space Show also focuses on other related subjects of interest to us all.
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Dennis Chamberland, Monday, 3-28-11 (46.09MB; download) -- Guest: Dennis Chamberland. Topics: Atlantica Expedition, space analogs under the ocean. 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 Dennis Chamberland, Expedition Leader and Aquanaut to the show. For more information, please visit the Atlantica Expedition website at www.underseacolony.com. We started our first segment with a mission overview of the Atlantica program including a discussion on the Atlantica One mission to be followed by the Atlantica Two mission. Mr. Chamberland offered us a comprehensive discussion of these two projects throughout our program so our discussion was not limited to the introduction and overview. We also talked about the acquisition and use of private submarines. During this segment, not only did we go over the criteria for site placement for both undersea habitats and crews, we talked about the gulfstream and we even fielded a question from a listener who wanted to know if residency in Atlantica Two would be exempt from state income tax obligations. As we started the second segment, we spent more time discussing the gulfstream as a source of energy for the habitat but and for marketing power onshore to Florida. Listeners asked our guest about other undersea habitats around the world and we asked Mr. Chamberland to compare Atlantica with the earlier Tucson Biosphere 1 and 2 experiments. At this point, we started talking comparisons between space and undersea habitats and requirements so don't miss this discussion. As you will hear, there are lots of points of comparison but also significant differences, including radiation, gravity and family separation issues. We talked about medical and life support issues as well as tourism relating to the Atlantica Two habitat which is designed to be a permanent undersea colony. Other topics discussed included solar power, the economic rational for the habitats, and even questions about what happens to the habitat with strong ocean waves, even a tsunami. Since Atlantica Two is being designed for families, I asked about pets going with the families. You might be surprised by this discussion. Informed consent and risks came up and we learned that many of the participants and those involved in the Atlantica Expedition are also working or involved in various aspect of the space industry. The connections and links with space and undersea habitats are obvious and strong. As for takeaways as we ended this discussion, Dennis suggested we keep in mind that most exploration projects in history have largely been private, not just public. For questions and comments, please post them on the blog URL above. You can also email Dennis Chamberland at explorer@underseacolony.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:59:43 UTC
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Dr. William (Bill) Rowe, Sunday, 3-27-11 (64.13MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. William (Bill) Rowe. Topics; Human spaceflight medicine and applications for terrestrial medicine and our personal lifestyles. 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 welcomes back Dr. William (Bill) Rowe for the third and final part of his three part series addressing space medicine for human spaceflight and how we can benefit from much of this information in our own lives here on Earth. Dr. Rowe referenced many documents found on his website so I urge you to have his site available as you listen to the program. www.femsinspace.com. In addition, here are the direct URLs to the three figures he talked about: Figure 1: www.femsinspace.com/figure1.html; Figure 2: www.femsinspace.com/figure2.html; Figure 3: www.femsinspace.com/figure3.html. During our first segment, Dr. Rowe spent considerable time using Charles Darwin and his work regarding the Galapagos Islands as a model for some of the space medicine discussion for this program. Listen carefully to this discussion as it definitely relates to how we move forward with the interview. Near the end of the first segment, we started talking about artificial gravity, a discussion that carried through to the end of the interview. Dr. Rowe said we needed 1G for longer term spaceflight missions and he talked about the why of that throughout the balance of the discussion, co-mingled with a discussion about nutrition, pharmaceuticals in space, supplements, vitamins, and more. In our second segment, we started out with Dr. Rowe talking about a Vitamin D deficiency and skeletal muscle problems arising humans in space over the longer term. Later in this segment, Dr. Paul Dear called in from the UK to discuss the gene therapy ideas Dr. Rowe discussed in Part 2 of this series. Dr. Dear, who has been a guest on The Space Show several times regarding his N-Prize, works at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, This is the lab where Crick and Watson discovered the DNA double helix, and the lab has about a dozen Nobel prizewinners. He currently leads a research team in genomics (DNA-based research) working on things ranging from cancer to ancient DNA (mammoths). Dr. Dear disagreed that gene therapy would be the way to go for human spaceflight given it was likely far off into the future. He suggested the use of genetic screening which he said was available and affordable at this time. This was an excellent discussion with the two experts coming to agreement. You definitely want to hear this discussion. In the third segment, Dr. Rowe got a call from Tim in Huntsville who brought up some interesting information regarding gravity here on Earth, specifically around the equator, then asking Dr. Rowe about variations of 1G that might be OK in space. Again, don't miss this excellent exchange. Later in this segment, we talked about a series of Dr. Rowe's Letters To The Editor which he pointed out on his webpage and the issue of peer review. Exercise in space was discussed but it remains a difficult task with no really good way of doing it to avoid the complications of being in microgravity. One of Dr. Rowe's concluding comments suggested that with only about 500 people having been in space, the population size to be studied is way too small and any such studies on such a small population may have some significant errors that would have been corrected in a much larger study. Bottom line, we need to see lots more people in space and we need to collect substantially more scientific data. For your comments and questions, please post them on the blog URL above. You can also email Dr. Rowe at drrowe@femsinspace.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:06:57 UTC
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Dr. Clay Moltz, Friday, 3-25-11 (45.76MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Clay Moltz. Topics: U.S. Space Policy and Strategy, international space cooperation and competition. 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 Dr. Clay Moltz to the program to discuss national space policy, international space development, competing national space programs, the impact of commercial space on policy here and abroad, and much more. We started our first segment with an overview of space strategy and policy as of today, talking about the need for a clear vision and a clear set of goals. Dr. Moltz examined our current space policy, looking at both the positive attributes of our current policy and what the administration is striving for as well as some of the challenges created by the same administration space policy. Dr. Moltz talked about the fact that we now have a much needed National Security Space Strategy and a new National Space Policy. In talking about commercial space and going forward, we looked at the possibility of emerging opportunities including energy, exploration, and returning to the Moon, possibly all with international partners. Toward the end of the first segment, our guest suggested that some research exploration missions might be suitable for private corporations in that not everything may unfold through the government side of space development. In our second long segment, we talked about human spaceflight and connecting it to the interests of the public. Part of this discussion focused on how we do such short term funding of projects which are very long term in nature. A listener asked Dr. Moltz about the deterioration of our national space infrastructure per comments being reported in the press. Dr. Moltz addressed this issue as part of a very challenging and difficult transitional period that we are now experiencing and that it will cause pain as we move forward. We talked about the loss of existing space jobs as compared to the kind of commercial space jobs that will be created by the emerging private sector in space. We talked about disruption, winners, and losers. Later in this segment, we turned our attention to China and their space program. Our guest had much to say about the Chinese program and what our policy should strive to do with China regarding space. We talked about the ISS, China and the European Draft Code of Conduct, the old test ban treaty as a predictor of present day Chinese behavior, and the existence of U.S. fear concerning the Chinese program. Perry asked about the Iranian and North Korean space programs which our guest said were largely missile driven. As our discussion ended, we talked about the need for space leadership to come from the top down, from the Administration, not usually from Congress. As we concluded, Dr. Moltz listed a few priorities he would act upon were he making U.S. space policy. For your questions and comments, post them on the blog URL above. If you have a question or comment for Dr. Moltz, forward it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will send it to our guest. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:22:05 UTC
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Cliff McMurray, Bart Leahy, Tuesday, 3-22-11 (46.47MB; download) -- Guests: Cliff McMurray, Bart Leahy. Topics: ISDC 2011 Conference, space advocacy, space policy, space networking. 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 Cliff McMurray and Bart Leahy to the program to discuss the 2011 ISDC Conference to be held in Huntsville, AL May 18-22, 2011. For more information, registration, hotel, and even abstract submissions, visit www.isdco2011.org. While our discussion unfolded in the typical three segments, this summary will simply reflect the ISDC content, conference details, and specialty items discussed throughout all segments of our discussion. The theme for this year's ISDC Conference is "From The Ground Up." During the first part of our discussion, Bart Leahy who is this year's conference chairman, took us through the conference and location logistics, registration issues and some of the tours. He also talked about the Space Investment Summit that takes place the day before the conference at the same hotel but with a separate registration. Bart then told about many of the featured and keynote speakers plus we talked about some of the more important and public topics such as heavy lift which is addressed in the Space Launch Systems track. One of our listeners asked our guests to tell us how NSS differed from other NewSpace organizations and conferences and referenced the Space Frontier Foundation. Both of our guests responded to Paul's email question. We discussed the various tours offered to those attending the conference. We talked about the impressive business park in Huntsville that is home to many aerospace industry companies, the tour of the NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, the University of Alabama Huntsville propulsion engineering and research department, and our guests even mentioned the possibility that some attending ISDC might want to visit the home of Jack Daniels located in nearby Lynchburg, TN. Many questions came in about submitting abstracts and as you will hear, there is still time to do so though a few of the tracks are already filled. Later, we also learned that there would be an organized tour of United Launch Alliance (ULA) in nearby Decatur, AL. Listen for details for admission to the tour as you need to be a U.S. citizen for this tour. Our two guests spent a good portion of the program discussing the outstanding networking that results from attending an ISDC conference and we spent some time going through various tracks and why they were the favorite of our guests. As you will hear, the three of us had lots of fun during this discussion and as we all pointed out, not only is ISDC chocked full of information, facts, and networking opportunities, it is also lots of fun as represented by our discussion during this program. Later, we returned to the Space Investment Summit program as our guests wanted to say more about it. I also asked Cliff to tell us about his new business, Antares Enterprises LLC. If you would like to comment or ask questions about this program, please post them on the blog. For conference information, you can use the contact information on the ISDC website. You can also email Cliff McMurray at cliff@antaresenterprises.com. Bart Leahy can be contacted using isdc2011.chair@nss.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:36:37 UTC
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Bob Werb, Monday, 3-21-11 (59.99MB; download) -- Guest: Bob Werb. Topics: The shared space vision of what we can achieve by opening the space frontier. 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 Bob Werb back to the program to discuss the really big space picture and why so many gifted people in the space field share a vision about what can be achieved and made possible by opening the space frontier. Our program was divided into the typical three segments but our discussion themes went across all segments so this summary will take that into mind. Bob started and ended our discussion by reading a visionary quote by Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill. Bob selected an excellent quote to read so be sure to listen carefully to it as we start our discussion and as we concluded it 90 minutes later. As you will hear Bob say throughout this discussion, the human breakout into space is a really big deal! This essentially transforms human civilization for all time and its just now starting. Bob then provided us with some historical parallels using the agricultural and industrial revolution and other transformative points in human history. Our discussion took us to his main points which included dividing up what NewSpace people give as the motivation for going into space. Bob then discussed five categories with us, science, survival, spiritual and personal, protecting the Earth's Biosphere, and prosperity, peace, and freedom. As you will hear, we spent most of our time discussing the last two items on his list, protecting Earth's biosphere and issues relating to prosperity, peace, and freedom. We covered subsets of each group such as things like telescopes, microgravity, and the "ignorosphere." Subsets within industry that we talked about included the ISS and commercial experiments, CRuSR, SSP, religion, and more. When we got to the fifth item on Bob's list, Bob talked economics with us regarding how best for government to assist the private sector in creating jobs and why space is one of the best answers to job creation. We took a question from listener Jack about the Zero G Zero Tax issue. Bob talked about Teachers In Space and much more. The Decadal Survey was also suggested as a model for an excellent way to prioritize issues for moving forward with human spaceflight. If you have questions or comments for Bob Werb, please post them on the blog URL above. You can also email Bob at bobwerb@spacefrontier.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:56:40 UTC
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Dr. Scott Pace, Sunday, 3-20-11 (46.96MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Scott Pace. Topics: Japanese space policy, U.S. space policy, changes in policy, new directions, 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 Dr. Scott Pace to the program. Having just arrived from a space conference and set of meetings in Tokyo, Dr. Pace told us about his being there during the earthquake and tsunami. We then discussed how the Japanese space program budget and mission might change or be influenced in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami. I also asked if Japan might now seriously pursue space solar power given the issues that have come to light with their nuclear power program. Dr. Pace offered us excellent insights on this issue so don't miss what he had to say. Next, we turned our attention to U.S. space policy, starting with what is probable for FY-11 once a new budget is actually passed. Keeping the NASA budget flat for the year seemed to be the most likely scenario. We then talked about the wide swings the NASA budget goes through and I inquired about space actually being a wealth builder as so many of us believe it to be. You might be surprised by this discussion so again, don't miss it. Questions came in about commercial space and our being able to sustain the human spaceflight portion of our civil space program. In discussing these matters, Dr. Pace provided us with some analysis of the Augustine Commission and the administration's space policy direction. Toward the end of the first segment, we discussed the GAP and what this means for national security and our space program once the shuttle has retired. We started the second segment with our caller asking about international cooperation for space development. Dr. Pace discussed the lack of a clear architecture, specifically the Moon, and how this impacts other national space agencies. We then talked about human spaceflight and the questions that it can and should be addressing. He outlined the why and rational behind human spaceflight. Our guest suggested our questions regarding human spaceflight follow the model of the Decadal Survey. Space tourism was discussed as a possible commercial driver, safety issues came up as did the need for heavy lift and winged vehicles to the ISS but not for anything beyond the ISS. As you will hear, much of this architecture depends on the actual space missions, what they do and where they go. Toward the end of the segment, a listener asked what our guest meant by the term proven vehicle using the success of the Falcon 9 as an example. As we started the third segment, we talked about NASA policy as a jobs program, especially with Constellation, other program cancellations, and the fact that there were and are no magical solutions to space transportation issues. We also talked about NewSpace and the transition from shuttle to something else. Space workforce and jobs came up again as did issues surrounding what is happening with our space infrastructure. Toward the end of the discussion, Dr. Pace was asked about NASA having considered orbital propellant depots when he was with NASA and what he thought about their usage. Don't miss his comments on this subject. We then moved to space flight testing programs as compared to the new Boeing 747-8 jet. If you have questions or comments for Dr. Scott Pace, post them on the blog URL above. You can also send them to space1@gwu.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:29:09 UTC
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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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