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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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Responsive Space 8th Conf. Live Audience, Tuesday, 3-9-10 (55.50MB; download) -- Guests: Responsive Space Live Audience. Topics: Responsive Space issues, affordable space, Israel and small states, Apollo 13, PR, California space issues. This was our annual live audience Responsive Space program from the 8th Responsive Space Conference in Los Angeles. There were no breaks in the show. We started the program with a discussion led by Dr. Jim Wertz who opened the conference with the admission that this might be the last Responsive Space Conference. Thus, we discussed the significance and the progress so far of the responsive space programs and concerns. This was a far reaching discussion addressing affordable space access, available launch services, the Israeli space program and the importance of responsive space to smaller states and much more. Many in the audience participated with Dr. Wertz including Col (ret) Yoram Ilan-Lipovsky, Gary Moir, Dr. Richard Van Allen, Robert Jacobson, and others. Dr. Wertz et al stressed over and over again that space was too costly, missions take too long, decision making takes too long and in comparison to our earlier space accomplishments, there was no justification for this today. Listen to the examples given from the past and then see where we are today. Our participants offered suggestions for why we are stuck where we are today so see if you agree. You will also note that many of the issues being addressed with the responsive space and military/government space communities are the same as we address in the commercial and private space environment, along with NASA and our civil space program. Listen to what our Israeli participant had to say about small nations and responsive space as well as the Israeli space program. As you will hear, affordable space assets are crucial to small countries. Also, note their missions involving F-15 rocket launches. Listeners asked about the problems being more of a procurement issues rather than something else. See if you concur with what our audience participants said about this. In addition to the responsive space topic, Gary Moir and Jim Busby talked about the upcoming plans for the Apollo 13 reunion celebration. Much is planned for this event and you can find out more by visiting www.aerospacelegacyfoundation.org. Later in our discussion, several of the audience participants talked about responsive space issues eventually being supportive of commercial and human spaceflight issues. Much was said about strategic versus tactical policy and decision making as well as programs. In addition, backups were talked about for responsive space and as you will hear, we are operating with zero backups! CubeSats were part of our discussion, the need for launches was discussed and the QuakeSat program was discussed. Toward the end of the program, we talked about the California space workforce, California political candidates and our space economy, and the need for the space industry to be more effective in promoting the potential of the economic potential of the industry rather than waiting on politicians to do it for us. Robert Jacobson spoke about the possibility for PR to be used to help promote responsive space issues. Don’t miss this discussion. If you have questions or comments regarding this show or those that spoke, send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will direct your comment to the most applicable person. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:06:11 UTC
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Dr. Erik Seedhouse, Monday, 3-8-2010 (43.66MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Erick Seedhouse. Topics: China and U.S. space programs and is there a space race? Dr. Erik Seedhouse returned to The Space Show to discuss his new book, "The New Space Race: China vs. the United States." You can purchase this book on the OGLF book page and Amazon will contribute to OGLF/The Space Show. Use this URL: www.amazon.com/dp/144190879X?tag=onegialeafou-20. In our first segment, Dr. Seedhouse summarized China's space policy and discussed space in terms of world leadership, particularly the human spaceflight program which is almost all of the Chinese program. He talked about the importance to China of the One China Policy and how this plays out in space and possibly even with the GAP that may result form the US not being able to fly astronauts to space for years. He mentioned the U.S. Space Doctrine and the concept of controlling battle space. ASAT technology came up, orbital access for the Chinese was discussed and he mentioned an incident where a Chinese satellite came with in 12 miles of the ISS. In our second segment, Jack from Virginia asked five questions regarding cooperation with China, our proposed new policy and the FY 2011 budget, Sino-American space cooperation, the space weapons treaty, and the Chinese use of Russian space technology, Dr. Seedhouse responded to each of these questions so don't miss this discussion. We also talked about the retirement of the Space Shuttle and money being proposed to terminate Constellation which he said could be used to help keep shuttle flying. Issues about the Soyuz also came up and were addressed. In the third segment, Erik had more to say about the One China Policy and its possible impact on Taiwan as well as the GAP. ITAR was brought up as were back channel discussions and negotiations that he was aware of between the U.S. and China. He introduced us to the Schriever war games and applied them to our space policy discussion. Make sure you listen to this discussion. In questions about treaties, he said they were very hard to enforce or police. He also responded to another question by listener Jack about Russian technology for China and said that China no longer had to rely on it, they were passed that point in their space research and development work. Toward the end of this segment, Dr. Seedhouse had more to say about the proposed policy, flexible path and how best to stabilize US space policy. He then talked about the need for policy to be destination driven. Toward the end of the program, he talked about the commercial launchers, Atlas, Delta, and the Falcon 9 under development. While he supports commercial space development, he also believes that we should be pursuing the government program so listen to his policy suggestions. I strongly recommend his book as it is hard hitting and factual regarding China and U.S. space policy. If you have a question or comment for Dr. Erik Seedhouse, you can email him at Erik.Seedhouse ATdrdc-rddc dot gc dot ca.. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:56:20 UTC
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The Space Show Classroom Lesson 4 Due Diligence 3-7-10 (47.70MB; download) -- Guests: Bruce Pittman, Dr. John Jurist, Dr. Jim Logan, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Classroom Lesson 4: Business and Engineering Due Diligence. Visit The Space Show Classroom Blog for the presentation material from our panelists, http://spaceshowclassroom.wordpress.com. Bruce has a Power Point presentation for your review, Dr. Jurist has his investment laws and a Power Point presentation, and I've uploaded the business plan outline I use when writing a business plan. We started our first of two segments for Lesson 4 with guest panelist Bruce Pittman introducing us to the basics of business, marketing, and financial due diligence. The initial part of our conversation focused on markets and what is real or not real. We talked about multiple income streams and used suborbital flights as a model. We addressed the subject of financial and marketing assumptions and how to determine if they are reasonable. Listeners asked about alternative ways of determining the credibility of a business plan and the people involved with it so don't miss this important discussion. Risk factors, competition, and the need for a risk management strategy were discussed in this segment. Bruce and John talked about the need for a compelling story and the use of third party experts with credentials to help look at a venture, especially on the engineering due diligence side of the analysis. Bruce also said that the same rules apply for space as for terrestrial businesses but there are additional factors which he outlined during this Classroom program. John in Atlanta called about reusable rockets and getting the first stage back. This was a comprehensive discussion on the economics of reusability so don't miss it. Toward the end of the first segment, we talked about proprietary issues in a business plan and the use of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and how that is understood by investors. Again, don't miss this discussion. We started the second segment with Bruce telling us about the Space Investment Summit upcoming in Chicago this May. Check it out at their website, http://spaceinvestmentsummit.com. Its possible you can submit a business plan to the Summit so if this interests you, by all means check it out. In talking about the standards for the business plans, we talked about the presentation and the need for a superb Executive Summary. Later in this segment, we talked about wish list thinking and separating our emotions from the practical job at hand to evaluate the plan or opportunity. In this segment, we talked about timing, having an experienced management team and recognizing when its time to bring in professionals to fill the gaps in management not being filled by the original team members. We described the difference between angel investors and venture capital and Bruce introduced us to the idea of corporate venture capital. Knowing the customer was a recurring theme for this show but as we neared the end of the program, we were asked about a company with only one customer, the government. Listen to what our panel members had to say about this. As we went to the concluding remarks, you will hear Dr. Jurist urge caution and scrupulous honesty. Bruce said it was an exciting time but that it was hard writing good business plans and factor in that it will always take two to three times as much energy to do what you plan on doing and two to three times as much money as you think it will take to get the job done. You can send comments or questions to Bruce Pittman at bpittman@earthlink.net and for the co-hosts, our addresses are on the blog. However, remember, all comments and questions regarding this program should be posted on The Space Show Classroom Blog under Lesson 4 Archives. Any emails I receive will automatically be posted on the blog. The Space Show Classroom blog address is http://spaceshowclassroom.wordpress.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:21:56 UTC
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Howard Bloom,Tuesday, 3-2-10 (59.26MB; download) -- Guest: Howard Bloom. Topics: NASA space policy, visionary leadership. Our guest for this two hou program was Howard Bloom who returned to discuss space vision and the Administration space policy proposals. In our first segment, we learned that his new book, "The Genius Of The Beast: A Radical Revision of Capitalism" is already in its second printing after just nine weeks! This book is available at the OFLF Amazon book partners page and if you buy it through this link, Amazon will contribute to OGLF/The Space Show. Use www.amazon.com/dp/1591027543?tag=onegialeafou-20. Howard then pointed us to his editorial, "The Biology of Obama's Vision Crisis: The Case for Looking Up" on Reality Sandwich at www.realitysandwich.com/obamas_vision_crisis. Howard discussed vision, its importance to space and to our nation, and he commented on the lack of vision we all face today. In this segment we talked about the GAP and dependence upon Russia for human spaceflight for several years. Howard brought up the need for space infrastructure, he referenced India in this discussion, SSP, and China Howard brought up DEMO 2008 and the presentations made about new business opportunities. He said all assumed a technology in place which is not in place and pointed this out as opportunity for new commercial space ventures. Don't miss what he said about DEMO and commercial opportunities. Next in the discussion was Howard's assessment that NASA Administrator Charles Bolden blew it with the Feb. 1 announcement in that he did not talk with his PR team and do it correctly. Howard had much to say about thi throughout the program. The issue of the US maintaining its leadership and standard of living came up and a listener challenged the idea that the US would always be on top. Howard suggested that it might be possible for the US to turn south on these issues but that others such as India and China would continue the climb up so humanity as a whole would likely keep experiencing the upward momentum, possibly under new leadership. See what you think of this discussion. Howard was asked what he would do were he the head of the space program. He said he would have us go to a comet as the ultimate fuel depot in space and to develop resources to demonstrate the huge wealth potential for space development. He also said he would do massive PR to show NASA creates wealth. Drawing upon an example from his current book, "The Genius Of The Beast," he used Venice as an example of a great center going down due to policy and the lack of vision and said we cannot let this happen to the U.S. As we started our second segment, Joe in Houston asked about space biological research on the ISS re mice and centrifuges for bone loss studies. He also inquired about the use of Russian technology. Listen to what Howard said in response to these questions as the issue of artificial gravity was part of the response. Later in this segment, I asked Howard a series of questions to determine if a private company could do the PR he was talking about and over what time period it would take to accomplish the goals of turning around our perceptions on space. Don't miss this discussion. Near the end of this segment, we discussed the Iranian space program and its recent launches of animals. Howard said this was really a way of saying Iran had a payload capability and will soon have an ICBM for coverage of all the Middle east and beyond. We concluded the program with Howard talking about joining his group, the Space Development Steering Committee. Howard can be reached through his Facebook account by searching for him or use HowBloom. You can find him on Twitter by using HowardXBloom. Questions and comments can go through his social networking account or through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:46:42 UTC
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Cynda Collins Arsenault, Monday, 3-1-10 (43.16MB; download) -- Guest: Cynda Collins Arsenault; Topics: Secure World Foundation (SWF), space community organization, space security. Cynda Collins Arsenault was the guest for this program to discuss the formation of Secure World Foundation, space security, and other relevant and related topics. In our first segment, Ms. Arsenault told us about her reaction to hearing JFK talking about putting men on the Moon and that she wanted to go to space on airline flights to the Moon. Years later in 2003, Cynda and her husband Marcel Arsenault, started Secure World Foundation (www.secureworldfoundation.org). As you will hear, SWF was not formed to specifically engage in space policy but to determine where it could make the most impact. Space issues were then seen as the path to pursue. Listen carefully to this story, its not only interesting but very important. As you will hear, much of the success for SWF and for other organizations lies in the ability to develop an excellent staff. In addition, SWF has a bottoms up approach rather than a top down approach. There is much in what Cynda says that can benefit us all as we develop our own organizations and programs. The issue of space debris was discussed in the context of the work being done regarding the establishment of a global space policy on debris issues. Toward the end of this segment, a listener asked Cynda about her own continued involvement in SWF. Listen to how she describes her involvement with the organization and what she says for the future for both SWF and herself. In our second segment, we started off by understanding the SWF approach to issues such space security, NEO and planetary protection, and Earth observation. Cynda again emphasized the bottoms up practical approach. She said that in looking at an issue, they look at what needs to be done and then put it in place to make it happen. They want to influence decision and policy makers. Space as a global commons was discussed. A listener asked about SWF relationships with world governments, space agencies and even the military. As you will hear, SWF has good relationships with all of these entities and even has Observer status as an NGO with COUPOS. SWF is also part of Action Team 14 for NEO response. We learned that SWF has been helpful in working with Latin American groups to develop their own space policy. ITAR issues were mentioned and we talked about limitations imposed by ITAR. Toward the end of this segment, we learned that SWF was growing by leaps and bounds and in fact they are looking to fill specific positions. If you are interested, check out the information on their website. We talked about space tourism and space solar power though both are not SWF issues. Toward the end of this segment, Ms. Arsenault said that they bring people together who are solution minded. In our third and final segment, Cynda talked about needing priorities not just for SWF but in our private lives as we talked about challenging situations that we face yet we still find time to do other important work. She talked about the importance of building a community and said things are often not easy and they are messy. We next talked about her experiences in talking to members of congress. Listen carefully to what she says and her strategy when talking to them about space or other issues. Remote sensing and Earth warning systems were mentioned, especially in light of recent earthquakes and Tsunami warnings. Toward the end of the program, we talked about the SWF role with ISU. If you have a comment or questions for Cynda Collins Arsenault, you can email her at cyndaca@swfound.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:19:00 UTC
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Open Lines, Sunday, 2-28-10 (63.75MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: U.S. Space Policy, Indian space program, DOD and NASA, Spanish balloon space tourism project. This was a two hour Open Lines program divided in two segments with many listeners using the toll free line! Thank you listeners! In our fist segment, our first caller John from Atlanta led off with his views on the administrations space policy proposals. We talked about the need to have targets, goals, and a defined program. We talked about the space workforce, NASA and our civil space program as a jobs program as compared to needing our space workforce for the good of the nation. The commercial companies were also included in this discussion. See what you think about what John and I said and let us know your perspective on the administration's proposals. Kelly was our next caller who also talked about the administration space policy proposals. As you will hear, while no fan of Ares, Kelly sees many problems with what is being proposed. We also talked about the revised totals for job losses due to the shuttle retirement which are now estimated at 25,000. We took another caller, Dr. Jurist who asked about some possible combination of human spaceflight being taken over by DOD or shared with DOD and what Kelly and I thought about that. Listen to this three-way discussion. As we started the second segment, Jose Mariano Lopez-Urdiales called from Barcelona, Spain to share with us his views on the administration's space policy as well as what he was sensing to be a strong perspective throughout Europe on the new policy proposals. He also talked about the engineering work force age and aerospace engineering education in China, Europe, and the US. We then switched to the topic of his space tourism balloon project and Dr. Jurist phoned in on the other line to talk about some of the technical challenges faced by such a project. Listen to what Jose says about the project, the view when the balloon reaches about 35km, the projected cost, the issue of helium, winds, speeds, pressurization, and time aloft for the mission plus probable launch sites. He is taking ticket orders now so visit his website at www.inbloon.com to learn more about the project, the venture, and the cost. You can email Jose through the website contact page or by contacting him using spacetourism@gmail.com. Our discussion with Jose, Dr. Jurist, and myself, plus Reda asking chat questions was quite comprehensive about this new space tourism project. See what you think when you hear it and visit his website. His first tourist flights are projected to occur between 2013 and 2015. Toward the end of the program Charles Pooley from Mojave and Microlaunchers called the program. He was not positive on the balloon space tourism project nor is Charles positive on space tourism anyway. Those of you that are frequent listeners will not be surprised to learn that Charles again advocated changing NASA to more of a NACA type organization. He then suggested that for a commercial company to make money, they had to be in the space launch vehicle business, thus negating the business plan for example for a company such as Celestas that buys rides on existing rockets for its payloads. This was an intense discussion with Charles and Reda who was using chat, and other listeners so don't miss it. If you want to contact any of the listeners who participated in today's Open Lines program, please send your note to me and I will forward it to the person of interest. As always, your feedback and suggestions are most welcome at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:38:19 UTC
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Dr. Pascal Lee, Friday, 2-26-10 (59.97MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Pascal Lee. Topics: Phobos, Mars, SETI & the Drake Equation, space policy. Dr. Pascal Lee returned to The Space Show for an exciting discussion on several relevant and most interesting topics. In our fist segment , we discussed humans to Phobos and Deimos before going to Mars. Dr. Lee explained why these were better initial destinations than Mars, especially Phobos. Did you know that it would be less costly to go to Phobos than our Moon? This is a very comprehensive discussion that you will not want to miss. Later in the segment, we talked about the coming Mars Explorer ESA mission that will fly within 50 km of Phobos for high resolution pictures. We also talked about the planned Russian Grunt Mission which is a sample return mission. This led to a discussion on planetary protection measures and more. In our second segment, a listener asked if someone jumped high on Phobos if they would break free of Phobos gravity. The answer was yes but listen to the segment for details. We next talked about the SETI Institute, the Drake Equation, and Pascal's theory that N might actually be a small number. In support of this, Dr. Lee referenced the Fermi Paradox. See what you think of the possibility of N being a small number and what this implies for life throughout the galaxy as well as universe. A listener asked Dr. Lee if he could end up being disappointed by findings on Phobos or Deimos. He said no but don't miss the explanation behind his answer. As we started segment three, a listener wanted to compare the possibility of life on Europa against Phobos and wanted to know how NASA prioritized such missions. Pascal did a superb job in explaining the differences in Europa and Phobos in the context of possible life and he explained the two NASA philosophies on such missions. This is a good summary of how NASA missions are decided, developed, and implemented. Later in the segment, we asked Pascal about the proposed changes in the new NASA space policy. He divided his response into two areas focusing on both strategic policy and tactical policy. He has concerns that the tactical side will not be met but you need to hear this complete discussion to understand this important information. He did say that any program needed three ingredients including a mission with well defined goals, a time schedule, and sufficient resources to get the job done. He also said the private sector needs engagement and is also bound by these three requirements. In terms of vision, he suggested the general public wants to be inspired and these three tactical ingredients lead to the public's inspiration. Dr. Lee also said a superior public relations effort has to be undertaken to change the public perception of space and to help people understand its real value and worth to us all. As we started segment four, caller Larry wanted to know about the Phoenix Lights and related issues in conjunction with scientific research. He was inquiring if Dr. Lee had seen a special National Geographic documentary and was interested in exploring if SETI might be doing it wrong.. This discussion facilitated Dr. Lee in talking about scientific research, the search for ET, UFOs, Roswell, scientific evidence, etc. See what you think of this discussion. Toward the end of the show, Dr. Lee introduced us to exploring the Moon and Mars using Pressurized Rovers. This is definitely something to follow and to be excited about. Check out the Mars Institute for more information about Dr. Lee and his work at www.marsinstitute.info. If you have a question or comment for Dr. Pascal Lee, you can reach him through the website or at pascal.leeATmarsinstitute.net Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:32:50 UTC
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Dr. Mario Pinheiro, Greg Meholic, Thursday, 2-25-10 (42.62MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Mario Pinheiro; Greg Meholic. Topics:" Advanced propulsion ideas and theories. Greg Meholic was the co-host with me for this special program featuring Dr. Mario Pinheiro from Portugal to talk about his plasma physics and fluidic space time research that may have applications for advanced space propulsion. In our first segment, Greg and Dr. Pinheiro provided us with background information on plasma physics, fluids, space time and Maxwell equations. As you will hear, Dr. Pinheiro applied math formulas to the Maxwell equations to make them more dynamic and this forms the basis of some of his research. We also discussed the extreme theoretical and any realistic time lines to commercial or relevant hardware. You do not want to miss this discussion. Other subjects discussed in this segment included the aether as a quantum vacuum. Greg referenced the Tri Space Universe and subluminal and superluminal space. A listener asked for a definition of mainstream science and why the subjects being discussed on the show were not considered mainstream. As we approached the end of this segment, our guests said that a theory is that gravity is the space between the space in the Tri Space model or between sub, luminal, and superluminal space. As we started the second segment, Trent from Australia asked about a paper on magneto electro particles by Alex Feigel. Our guests were familiar with this work and discussed it. Other listeners wanted to know how this advanced physics could help facilitate a different type of space transportation. Our guests described some theories on how propulsion could be derived from what we were exploring on the show so don't miss how this science can evolve to being very relevant for space travel and access. Later in this segment, I asked Professor Pinheiro how he remained grounded while working on far out, out of the box theories. Here our discussion led us into the area of peer review and both Greg and Professor Pinheiro had much to say on the peer review process, especially for advanced or out of the box theories. This is a very important discussion, don't miss it. Listener Elisabeth brought up the issue of science fraud as a result of what we are seeing and reading about in climate science and asked our guests if all science was now contaminated with fraud. Greg and Dr. Pinheiro provided a stark difference in science based on math as we discussed on this show and science relying on data and analysis which is much easier to be manipulated. Also, more money flows to the latter and money can be corrupting. This is a very important discussion about the importance of honest science, manipulation, and corruption and I am sure you will want to hear it. Fusion was brought up by a listener toward the end of the show and Dr. Pinheiro made the additional comment that in his opinion the best science today was done in the U.S. and Japan. He ended with an appeal for us in the States to continue doing real fundamental research. Make sure you hear his closing comments. If you have questions for Greg Meholic or Dr. Mario Pinheiro, here is how to contact each of them: Greg: orionstar2209@yahoo.com. For Mario Pinheiro, use mpinheiro@ist.utl.pt. To down load abstracts and papers from the SPESIF conference referred to during this program, visit http://ias-spes.org/SPESIF.html. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:14:41 UTC
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Jim Muncy, Wednesday, 2-25-10 (40.61MB; download) -- Guest: Jim Muncy. Topics: Administration's space policy proposal, commercial space. Jim Muncy was our guest for this 90 minute program without a break to discuss the Administration's new space policy proposal. Jim started the discussion saying that the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) strongly supported the administration policy and that he wanted to help explain the program to us. He said the plan was for opening the space frontier as opposed to the continuation of a centrally planned government directed program. Under this new policy proposal, the private sector was being given a greater role in space. Among the private companies being talked about were Sierra Nevada with ULA, Boeing, Space X, Blue Origins, and others. Jim explained commercial crew programs and the shift to using them and said that opening up space per the new policy would allow many more people to participate in space. Listener Kelly challenged this assumption during a call he made to discuss this and other points with Jim. Heavy lift was discussed in detail, don't miss what Jim had to say about heavy lift . We talked about the state of the U.S. economy and our deficits on any space program and you do not want to miss this important discussion. As you will hear, all space is discretionary spending and this is going to be squeezed unless we find a way to make space far more valuable to us all than it currently is and Jim believes this new policy approach has a much better chance of doing that than say the Program of Record. We talked about time tables and goals as well as going to Mars and other interesting places. Listen carefully to what Jim had to say about setting time tables and developing specific flight or other schedules. We talked about technology demonstrations and Jim said these were flight demonstrations and this did not mean just doing lab work. Jim talked extensively about using existing rockets rather than the need to keep building a new giant rocket that we cannot afford. This was a theme throughout our discussion and its a major point in the proposed new space policy. We talked about the GAP, keeping the shuttle flying for a longer period of time to minimize the GAP, and the process that Congress will use to debate and eventually send legislation to the President. Toward the end of the program, Jim got received a listener question suggesting that the SFF did not represent the views of everyone wanting to see space developed so what about those that don't see space the way SFF sees space. Pay particular attention to how Jim responded to this listener question as Jim did an excellent job of demonstrating how people with different objectives and perspectives regarding space can find common ground and agreement even with challenging and complex issues and policies. If you have a question or comment for Jim Muncy about this program, our national space policy, or SFF, please contact him at james.muncy@polispace.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:14 UTC
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Jim Funaro, Tuesday, 2-23-10 (41.37MB; download) -- Guest: Jim Funaro. Topics: Contact Conference, cultural anthropology for exploring space. Jim Funaro returned to update us about this year's Contact Conference, March 26-28 at NASA Ames. Visit the conference website for detailed conference information and registration at www.contact-conference.org. In our first segment, Jim let us know that this conference was the 26th Contact Conference! We talked about the quarter century history of the conference and some of the memorable early programs. Jim also described a new feature for the conference this year, the use of two teams that will not talk to each other about what they are planning but will meet on Sunday to simulate an unrehearsed First Contact meeting! Don't miss Jim's description of this unique conference program. We also talked about the Cultures of Imagination (COTI) program which you can read about on the Contact website at www.contact-conference.org/c02.html. Toward the end of this segment, a Phoenix listener asked about the movie Avatar in the context of the discussion about anthropology and space. As we started our second segment, Jim picked up on the Avatar question and said that there was an Avatar panel for this year's conference. He spent some time discussing this and the movie from the anthropology and space perspective. You will certainly want to hear this discussion. Additional listener questions came in regarding Stargate SG-1. I asked Jim why in our current space policy discussions there appears to be an absence of anything related to cultural issues for space development and exploration. Don't miss Jim's explanation for this. In our third segment, a Canadian listener asked about the sci-fi series Defying Gravity. Jim talked about some of the papers that will be presented at this year's conference and said that Contact was an interdisciplinary conference meeting with talks crossing many different fields of interest. He listed many of the major speakers and their papers so don't miss what will be addressed at Contact this year. A Boston listener asked about ET contact with humans and another asked Jim if he thought there were conspiracies in place regarding hiding ET contact. He said no. Toward the end of the program, Jim told us about the book he was writing and its possible release later this year. If you have a comment or question for Jim Funaro about this program or the upcoming Contact Conference, please email him at jafunaro@cabrillo.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:38:56 UTC
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