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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. Joe Rosen, Friday, 8-27-10 (44.79MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Joe Rosen: Topics: Science, physics, comprehending the whole of the material universe, space issues, and more. We welcomed for the first time to The Space Show Dr. Joe Rosen to discuss his new book, "Lawless Universe: Science and the Hunt for Reality." You can purchase this book on the OGLF website through Amazon and Amazon will make a contribution to OGLF/The Space Show. Please use www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/books and select this title. Dr. Rosen is a deep thinking scientist so make sure you are comfortable and alert for listening to this 90 minute program. Our first segment started by asking Dr. Rosen why he wrote the book and to provide us with an overview of the book. The basic premise of his book and our discussion today was that science cannot fully comprehend the universe. To fully understand what Dr. Rosen talks about, I do urge you to not only listen to this full program but to read his book. Dr. Rosen talked about cosmology, theories, and distinguished real science from pseudo science. This discussion took us into the area of the use of language and the need for it to be precise in science and other disciplines. In our discussion about the limitations of science, we talked about multiple dimensions and much more. Our second segment started off with a discussion about our universe being unique. This was a basic thread and theme for the entire segment and balance of the show. Dr. Rosen explained how this challenges our basic understanding of what cosmology really is. A listener question took us into the realm of possible life beyond Earth. Dr. Rosen pointed out that being a unique universe did not limit the possibility of biological life throughout our universe. This entire discussion regarding our being a unique universe is important and its a must listen to segment of this interview. Toward the end of this segment, we talked about the unique universe might mean for science study as well as careers and funding. In our third and final segment, we started out by discussing perceived and objective reality. As you will hear, science cannot and does not meet our objective demands which strongly suggests the existence of a deep level than perceived reality, perhaps even beyond our understanding. A listener asked if this implied the existence of God. See what you think of what Dr. Rosen had to say about this. Later in the segment, we talked about popular scientific discussions, terms such as the Mind of God which he said were metaphoric, not to be taken literally. We discussed expectations within the general public and the non-science public and what this means for our overall scientific knowledge and expertise. This brought up cultural issues as well. Following this discussion, we talked about the difference between objective and subjective realities and the blurring of the lines between the two. I suggested why I think the lines get blurred and Dr. Rosen shared his thoughts on this issue as well. If you have questions or comments for Dr. Joe Rosen about his book, this program or other science questions, please email them to me at drspce@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to our guest. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:17:07 UTC
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Dennis Wingo, Tuesday, 8-24-10 (45.01MB; download) -- Guest: Dennis Wingo. Topics: Private space capital, visionaries, and private spaceflight. We welcomed Dennis Wingo back to The Space Show. Rather than describe this program by its three segments, I want to talk about the overriding theme of the show which focused on the need to have space visionaries and to attract and invest private capital in private space ventures. In having this conversation, Dennis also talked about the risks for companies in taking public money. We talked about the potential for a new congress to be deficit focused and in this economy, that might translate to a FY 11 NASA budget around $14 billion rather than the talked about $19 billion. Were that to happen, what would that mean for the private and entrepreneurial space companies, for Space X and others? Dennis talked about strategies for dealing with this type of potential scenario. We had lots of listener questions about Space X, government space, heavy lift, private space, and more. We talked about the consequences of having Congress go to continuing resolution were that to happen, about space advocacy and the space enthusiasts, and how all of us can play a more constructive role toward private space capital and attracting the space visionaries. One of the business and financial concepts that Dennis talked about since several listeners brought up ventures like asteroid mining or SSP as the answer to problems mentioned on this show was the concept of the time it takes to get to the first revenue dollar from a space project in comparison to what has to be invested up front. Dennis talked about this first dollar to revenue issue as its a huge issue that impacts space business ventures. Our discussion covered many other important details, approaches, and reality based facts. This is a no nonsense discussion that was and is extremely important and most timely. For those of you interested in private space and what space can do for humanity, you must listen to this interview with Dennis Wingo. Dennis took on the hard issues and choices facing NewSpace and the commercial and private space communities, offering us important and valuable ways to move forward toward our goals. If you have any questions or comments for Dennis Wingo, please email him at wingod@skycorpinc.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:58:19 UTC
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Timoth Dooley, Monday, 8-23-10 (45.23MB; download) -- Guest: Timothy Dooley. Topics: Victorian Space Age. We welcomes for the first time to the show Tim Dooley to talk with us about the Victorian Space Age. While this program was in three segments, this description will not be by segment as the majority of our topics crossed segment lines. Tim makes models of space and space related vehicles mentioned in stories by Jules Verne. He takes liberty with his designs, often bringing in some additional aspects not specifically part of the Verne story line or Victorian period. In addition to the models, as you will hear, each model has a first person story for its use and action during the Victorian period, i.e. the Victorian Space Age. When you hear Tim tell the story, its as if you are actually living the story in the Victorian Space Age time period. For those of you on Facebook, you can see 15 pictures of his models and its those pictures from the Facebook page that we talked about during the show. Please go to your Facebook page and then search for Timothy Mills Dooley and you will come to his page. If you would like to send a question or comment to Tim Dooley, please do so using mdooley4@hotmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:04:32 UTC
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Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz, Sunday, 8-22-10 (55.63MB; download) -- Guest: Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz. Topics: Space law updates, U.S. Constitution and space law, commercial space. We welcomed back Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz to update us on space law issues of which there were many. You can find her paper, "One Half Century and Counting: The Evolution of U.S. National Space Law and Three Long-Term Emerging Issues" that we discussed during the first segment at http://hlpronline.com/2010/06/gabrynowicz_space. The Res Communis blog that our guest referred to is at http://rescommunis.wordpress.com. The Space Law Center at Ole Miss can be found at www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu. In Segment One, we started out with space history which is the first part of the Harvard Law Journal article referenced in the first link above. We covered many important topics including Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty (OST), space as a global commons, jurisdiction, and more. In this segment, commercial space companies were discussed and we looked at what constituted a commercial venture. Legal licensing regimes were introduced, defined, and explained. Industrial policy for U.S. businesses was a discussion topic which you will definitely want to hear as part of our commercial space component. In Segment Two, we led off with a discussion about jurisdiction followed with a discussion about the Permanent Court of Arbitration drafting new Optional Rules for Arbitration of Disputes Relating to Outer Space and using satellite imagery as legal evidence. Toward the end of the segment, questions came up about the U.S. Constitution and its interpretation. This is a must hear analysis regarding the constitution as a living document and strict constructionist doctrine. In Segment Three, Joanne talked about the Space Law Archives at Ole Miss and very important additions to the collection. We talked about the need for a technical background in space law and our guest had much to say about this and various backgrounds useful for studying, understanding, and implementing space law. The subject of intellectual property for space came up as well as what might have to happen for China to become an ISS partner. Our guest listed two things so be sure to listen to this discussion. ITAR was discussed as was the entire issue of the U.S. government and others regulating space field and space industry. Toward the end of the program, property rights, liability, and accountability were introduced via listener questions as examples where there might be too much government regulation for space. Joanne referenced Article 6 of the OST in her reply to the listeners. Again, don't miss what our guest had to say about these important issues as she did not agree that space was too heavily regulated. See if you agree with what she said on this issue. Close to the end of the program, we talked about treaty law as the supreme law of the land and what that actually means. We concluded today's discussion with my asking Joanne if she had ever visited the home of Elvis in nearby Tupelo, MS. If you have a question or comment for Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz, please visit the Space Law Center website at www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu/Gabrynowicz.html. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:55:45 UTC
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Paul Wieland, Friday, 8-20-10 (55.22MB; download) -- Guest: Paul O. Wieland. Topics: Space as a problem solver, opportunities in space. We welcomed Paul O. Wieland to the program to discuss his book, "Crossing The Threshold: Advancing Into Space To Benefit The Earth." You can purchase this book from the One Giant Leap Foundation Amazon Partners page at www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/books or www.amazon.com/dp/0982512716?tag=onegialeafou-20 and Amazon will make a contribution to The Space Show. In our first segment, Paul talked about the genesis for the idea for his book which dated back to January 2000 with a phone call from a staffer in the Clinton administration. When I asked him what he thought about the VSE when it was announced, his comment was "DejaVu!" I suspect many of you will agree with him when you hear his story. He then said the book works to focus on the next ten years as we need to have critical technology development for human space flight and its challenges. He also talked about why this was so important and he certainly made the case for it in his book. Our topic switched to full utilization of the ISS and he said he outlined a program in his book, The International Space Decade. Paul mentioned global issues, cooperation, and he then received a question from a Denver listener about the possibility of adverse consequences on space spending due to our economy and the global economy. Before the end of the first segment, Paul talked about the high cost of space access as a barrier and ways to get around that through the program he described in the book regarding the government guaranteeing to purchase 1,000 space launches over a decade for $15 million per launch. We talked about this in some details so let us know what you think of the idea. In the second segment, we talked about new ideas for space access and Paul focused on the space elevator and then nuclear propulsion, specifically talking about NERVA. Paul also referenced the potential of airships to orbit. We had a caller from Pool, England who wanted to know more about nuclear propulsion and NERVA. Toward the end of this segment, I asked Paul about timelines for his suggested programs to go into place and about space solar power. For the third and final segment of today's show, we started talking about challenges and international compatibility of various space hardware between the US and another country. Paul cited water purification systems using iodine and others using silver. He did talk about space vision which was also an important part of his book, saying that vision comes from the top down. He said while space does not hold all the answers to the problems we face today, it can certainly help address and mitigate them. We then talked about interest, awareness, and culture and several listeners emailed in their thoughts on these issues, getting more interest in space among the general public and our members of congress. I could not help ranting about the challenges we have with long duration projects given the way we fund and do things on the short term and for the next election cycle. Paul has a website for his book, www.threshold2020.com. If you have a comment or question for him, you can email him at contactus@threshold2020.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:11:14 UTC
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Dr. Pete Worden, Thursday, 8-19-10 (29.32MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Pete Worden. Topics: Space policy, NASA Ames, space biology, small sats, inspiration. We welcomed back Dr. Pete Worden, Director of NASA Ames for this special one hour program. We started our discussion with a focus on US space policy and our future in space. Dr. Worden supported the presidential plan and since Congress does not yet have a final, approved policy, we did not address the congressional ideas to date. Dr. Worden explained in detail why the presidential plan was good for our space policy. In providing us with this perspective, we talked about the history and the future of human spaceflight and what it means to us all. This is a must listen to discussion. We did talk about the potential of going to CR (continuing resolution) but as you will hear, nobody supports uncertainty. Our discussion took on the heavy lift issue and its importance to leaving Earth. We also talked about the comments made by former NASA Administrator Dr. Mike Griffin at the recent Mars Society Meeting regarding the Delta V needed to go to a nearby asteroid versus Mars or Phobos. Pete had much to say about this, has crunched the numbers and as you will hear, disagrees with Mike's comment made at the Mars Society Conference. In addition to talking about the Delta V to go to an asteroid, we talked in general about doing a flyby and landing on a NEO as well as Mars. We switched topics and talked next about suborbital research flights and the NASA CRuSR program which is now managed out of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. The NewSpace part of the space industry came up for discussion and you will hear Pete say that he is an enthusiastic supporter of NewSpace. I then asked Pete if he had changed his position on SSP. The answer was no but it was very positive toward researching, developing and using beamed energy. This again is a must listen to discussion including business plan and economic analysis of terrestrial energy capabilities versus space solar power systems. I brought up the new research by Dr. Fitts et al showing muscle atrophy and deterioration on long duration space flight even with exercise and Dr. Worden commented on the role of Ames in this and similar research and how important it was and is to our future in space. This took us into an area of listener questions about variable gravity LEO research stations, mammal gravity research on the ISS and more. We then talked about other AMES projects including biofuel research for green aviation, growing algae for fuel and more. Toward the end of the discussion, we talked about solar sail technology and the AMES participation with Marshall in the NANOSAIL-D project. Here, we went over launch availability for small satellites, cubesats, and the issues surrounding this common problem. Pete expressed a great interest in small satellites and cubesats with an increasing role to play in our future, even for individuals. In our final minutes, we talked about NASA AMES and Google Sat with Android cell phones and sounding rockets, STEM education, inspiration for our youth and future trends. Finally, Dr. Worden was asked to comment on recent comments made by Dr. Stephen Hawking about leaving Earth as an imperative and possibly meeting up with and communicating with ET. If you have questions or comments for Dr. Pete Worden, he can be reached through the NASA AMES website (www.nasa.gov/centers/ames or you can send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to his office. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:32:22 UTC
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OPEN LINES, Tuesday, 8-17-10 (68.41MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. David Livingston; Open Lines. Topics: SpaceX and Mars, Israel Brain Gain, heavy lift, congress, human spaceflight, U.S. economy. Tonight's program was a two hour fifteen minute wide ranging Open Lines program covering numerous topics and issues. During the first hour long segment, we covered my opening agenda of 13 items, most of which were discussed in some detail during this program. It seems the favorite was the Israeli Brain Gain program I mentioned based on an Aviation Week and Space Technology article. The justification for human spaceflight was discussed per the comments I read from the new Mary Roach book, "Packing For Mars." We had lots of callers about depots, rocket design, heavy lift, and more. We also talked about the senatorial candidate on the Democratic side for Washington state, Michael Goodsaceguy Nelson as he ran on an almost exclusive space development platform. You can find out more about his campaign at colonizespace.blogspot.com. In the longer second segment, we took a long call from Sage in Atlanta about my comments regarding congress, funding long term space and other projects, my own Congressperson and her PR brochure I received, and what interests space cadets. Then our recent guest Thalia called to update us on the Washington election and the results for Mr. Nelson and some other issues. Dwayne called near the end of the program, mentioned the SpaceX Mars plans and had some interesting comments about it. He also talked about the earlier caller John being out of the box and my "kneejerk" reaction to what John was proposing. As you will hear, I did apologize for my harsh treatment to caller John from Atlanta and have since given him blogs and other sources where he can work to get validation of his rocket theories. John has been invited back with whatever he finds out about his plan. I welcome your comments, feedback, and questions regarding this Open Lines show. If you have such for me or for any of the listeners that sent in email, chat, or called the show, please send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will see to it that the person you are addressing gets your message. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:51:27 UTC
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Hu Davis, Monday, 8-16-10 (44.02MB; download) -- Guest: Hu Davis. Topics: Space Solar Power. We welcomed back to the program Hu Davis to talk about SSP. In our first segment, Hu went over the history of SSP and earlier studies that showed SSP to be very promising as a source of power for our grid. He referenced many of these studies so you can find them on the net if you are so inclined to do so. He referenced earlier EIR reports that showed positive impact for land use, water usage, and safety. He also referenced reports and studies by the PowerSat Corporation (www.powersat.com) that supported what he talked about throughout today's program. He said it was easy to be a cynic, especially when two powerful communities had a vested interest in opposing SSP. The two communities he referenced were the oil and gas industry and the utility companies. Fusion was mentioned in this discussion as well. In segment two, listener and former Space Show gust John Vornle called in to discuss the utility industry, Dr. Chu and the DOE, and the financing of SSP by private capital, including the studies that Hu talked about. John got questions about the ROI and payback needed by those putting up private capital for the SSP studies so don't miss what he said about this. Both Hu and John talked about this being a domestic US system, even if some of the private capital came from outside the United States. The issue of the political will of the government was discussed and John referenced the need for a government contingency contract to support the needed SSP studies. Listen carefully to the contingency contract discussion and description. Both John and Hu said this was an uphill battle. The issue of launch costs was brought into the discussion and both Hu and John had much to say about it. I threw into the mix information on this subject as provided by other guests who have discussed this issue on The Space Show. The efficiency of the SSP hardware was mentioned as well. Dr. Phil Chapman, another Space Show guest, called in to talk about getting spaceflight costs down and said as have others, that its a function of systems, business operations, insurance, and lots of reasons, not just the launch rate. When Phil was asked about the best direction for our civil space policy, he suggested something on the order of the old NACA with a focus on R& D for reusable engines, heat shields, and technology development. The third and final segment had a discussion of timelines for doing the study and moving forward with the program suggested by Hu and others on this show. We talked about the need for any SSP study to be impartial and potential conflicts of interest among those qualified to do such a study. As Hu closed the program, he said he was tired of hearing all the time about what we cannot do. He said its what we can do and used JFK and going to the Moon as an example. He said we can repeat our greatness and demonstrate an equally great purpose, proving to the world what we can do and what we accomplish. If you have a comment or question for Hu Davis, please email him at hudavis@gvtc.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:41:34 UTC
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Franz Gayl, Sunday, 8-15-10 (55.48MB; download) -- Guest: Franz Gayl. Topics: SUSTAIN, Marine Corp and space, Commercial and dual use space development. We welcomed Franz Gayl to the program to discuss the SUSTAIN Technology Roadmap and its pending release. In our first segment, Franz spent considerable time explaining the SUSTAIN project, the purpose of the technology roadmap and possible results once it is released. We also talked about the need for new technologies to be multipurpose, multifunction, and dual use because of escalating costs. This was a theme throughout our discussion as you will hear. Government and commercial projects will have a better chance of success if they can used across various platforms and appeal to multiple markets. This includes the SUSTAIN concept. Toward the end of this segment, we discussed governments inability to be fast and responsive as is the case with the commercial industries. You don't want to miss this discussion. During the second segment, we talked about the Marines interest in space. As you will hear, its the capability that drives the interest for the Marines and others, its not space. But if the capability requires space, they are fine with that. Its not about building new, cool spaceships and other space hardware. Its about having specific capabilities. The domain of space is definitely secondary to the mission and capabilities. During this segment, I asked Franz about the news reports of his being a whistleblower in Iraq as a civilian. This is a complicated subject and issue but Franz explained and discussed it well. Being a whistleblower often means going against the culture of the involved organization or group, in this case the Marines and even aspects of DOD. This is an important discussion and demonstrates why leadership is so very crucial for the military, the political types, policy makers, and civilians. This is a must hear and very important discussion. As we started the third and final segment which was about fifteen minutes longer than usual, Dave Hook who was part of the SUSTAIN team with Dr. Jurist and myself called in to ask about the SUSTAIN concept aiding US Forces with future asymmetric threats. You will certainly want to hear this discussion with Franz and David. Next, Franz provided us with the historic background for SUSTAIN and its goal of stopping something that could expand to a major issue and cost for the U.S. Toward the end of this segment, we talked about the Marines and energy and the Expeditionary Energy Office being created. Franz will submit recommendations for SSP to be part of this process but as you will hear, he has no idea if it will survive and make the cuts. We then talked about DOD programs and their costs versus commercial wanting a bottom line and ROI. Since many believe that DOD will ignore the costs unlike the commercials, I asked Franz about that. You might be surprised by his response. Near the end of the show, Lt. Col. Paul Damphousse USMC called in to talk about the heroic role Franz had played in the SUSTAIN roadmap and when the roadmap is made public, both Franz and Paul will be back on the show to focus in on that roadmap in detail. If you have questions or comments for Franz Gayl, you can email him at franz.gayl@gmail.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:59:53 UTC
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Small Sat 2010 Interviews, Saturday, 8-14-10 (51.55MB; download) -- Guests: Jack McCreary; Paul Lithgow; Dr. Billie Reed. Topics: Reagan Test Center, Comtech Aero Astro projects, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), commercial space. This program consists of three back to back interviews from the SmallSat Conference in Logan, Utah for August 2010. The three interviews play with about ten seconds or so between each program. You will hear some background noise though we did our best to hide out in a far corner of the cafeteria for the interviews. Still, students and conference goers are loud, especially when using their cell phones. Our first interview was with Jack regarding the Reagan Test Center at Kwajalein. It focused on the new control center opening up in Huntsville which will control all launch activities through this new, modern, fiber optics center. Jack described the center, the technology, and what it all means during this interview. Our second segment was with Paul Lithgow of Comtech AeroAstro. Paul was with us for the first time at last year's SmallSat and he is back with new projects his company is undertaking, new products, more opportunities for students and interns, and a surprise segment about the need to teach business to aerospace engineers for balanced work and reality checks. You do not want to miss what Paul had to say about this when I brought it up near the end of the interview. Our third and final segment features the return of Dr. Billie Reed to the program. Dr. Reed runs the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) which is the commercial part of the federal launch facility at Wallops. Billie updated us on commercial activities at MARS, we went through their launch manifest, we talked about using MARS for suborbital and even human spaceflight. We also talked about getting hardware to MARS by air, boat, rail, and truck as having access to good, low cost transportation is crucial to the success of any spaceport. As you will hear, there are limited liability laws in place for MARS users, there is an Enterprise Zone and a Foreign Trade Zone. If you have questions for either of our three guests, you can email them direct as they each provided their email addresses during their segment or you can email me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will send it to the person of your choice. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:53:57 UTC
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