The Space Show
The Space Show
The Space Show focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce, space tourism,space exploration and space development. The Space Show is committed to facilitating our becoming a space-faring nation and society with a growing and self-sustaining space-faring economy. The Space Show also focuses on other related subjects of interest to us all.
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Dr. Mike Gruntman; Karsan McGillicuddy, Sunday, 4-26-09 (58.19MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Michael Gruntman; Karsan McGillicuddy. Topics: History of rockets, astronautics, Grand Forks, ND, Space Aliens Grill and Bar. Dr. Mike Gruntman, Professor of Astronautics at the University of Southern California (USC) was our guest for the first segment of this special Space Show program. Dr. Gruntman delivered a colloquium talk to the Space Studies department of UND on April 6, 2009 on the history of rockets. With both his permission and the permission of Dr. David Whalen, Space Studies Chairman, this talk is being presented here as a Space Show program. The last segment of this program features Karsan McGillicuddy talking about the new Grand Forks, ND restaurant, Space Aliens Grill and Bar. Since I go to Grand Forks to teach in the Space Studies Department, I thought it appropriate and fun to tell listeners about this new restaurant with a space theme. I hope you enjoy the discussion with Karsan as much as I did plus I got to enjoy the fine food at the Space Aliens Grill and Bar with friends including Dr. Gruntman and Dr. Jurist. Later in the week Suezette and Bev from Space Studies joined Dr. Jurist and myself for another round at Space Aliens. To learn more about Dr. Gruntman and the USC program, visit http://astronautics.usc.com. Dr. Gruntman's personal website is http://astronauticsnow.com/MikeGruntman/. A similar lecture to the one you will hear with this program is on his site, along with his video clips and more can be found at http://astronauticsnow.com/vp/index.html. His talk was titled "The Road To Space: The First Thousand Years." To learn more about Space Aliens Grill and Bar, please visit http://www.spacealiens.com/. If you have comments or questions for either Dr. Gruntman or Karsan McGillicuddy, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to you.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:45:42 UTC
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Robert Zimmerman, Thursday, 4-23-09 (59.35MB; download) -- Guest: Robert Zimmerman. Topics: NASA Administrator, Ares, Orion, Constellation, ISS, space policy, bats, suborbital tourism, Hubble. Bob Zimmerman returned to the Space Show for this program, leading off with a discussion about the significance of the absence of a NASA Administrator. Bob explained some of the problems this creates for our space program, especially long term as we are nearing critical decision points in several of our civil space programs. You will want to hear his comments on this subject. In addition, he had no suggestion or ideas as to the next Administrator. Our discussion then took us into the Ares rocket family, COTS, Orion, Constellation, etc. Bob had much to say on both sides of many of the important issues surrounding Ares and the Constellation program. Bob did express strong support for the former Administrator, Dr. Mike Griffin. You will want to hear his supporting comments. I asked Bob about the space aspect of the military launch programs for Iran, North Korea and China and we talked about other national space programs as well. Bob suggested the space aspects of these programs might be strong enough to lead these nations away from their military focus as was the case with the former Soviet Union. Listen to what Bob had to say and see if you agree with him. Later in the show, we somehow got on to one of Bob's favorite topics, freedom to do pretty much what one wants. Examples Bob used had to do with his going caving and having property with caves on them that his wife and he make available to cavers despite efforts to close caving off due to the bat problem in the northeast. This discussion opened up a short segment regarding the problem bats are experiencing in the northeast, the unknown fungus that may be at the root of the bat problem, and the unexplained death of many bats and what this means. While bats and the fungus having nothing to do with space, it is a real and potentially serious problem and its worth hearing what Bob had to say about it as he is very up on the subject and has just written a journal article on the subject for a leading reviewed journal. Going back to space, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was discussed in detail including the upcoming repair mission. So was the James Webb Telescope. Bob had much to say about HST and took many listener questions about it. He explained the repairs in some detail. Listeners asked him about the ISS and its possible usefulness in the lunar and Mars programs. We also talked about the remaining life expectancy of the ISS. Many more topics were discussed and at the end of the show, a listener even asked Bob to explain his choice of government since he so frequently finds faults with most governments. When you hear his response, you will know Bob's idea of the perfect government. To find out more about Robert Zimmerman, check out his website at http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3cxxp/zimbib.htm . You can email him through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com or you can search for his email address on his website and then contact him directly. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:19:37 UTC
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Marsha Freeman, Tuesday, 4-21-09 (43.75MB; download) -- Marsha Freeman is the author of hundreds of articles on the U.S. space program--the Space Shuttle, space station, NASA science programs, space agency budgets, the history of the German space pioneers, the Soviet and Russian space programs, space medicine and biology, and the Japanese and European space programs, magneto hydrodynamics energy conversion, hydrogen technology, applications of superconductivity, the electricity industry and technology, plasma technologies, fusion energy, nuclear technology, and magnetically levitated transportation systems. She has published in Fusion Magazine, Executive Intelligence Review magazine, 21st Century Science & Technology magazine, Acta Astronautica, Space World magazine, New Federalist newspaper, Science Books & Films, Space Governance Journal, The World & I, Quest Magazine,The Encyclopedia of the Midwest, and other periodicals. Author of How We Got to the Moon: The Story of the German Space Pioneers, published by 21st Century Science Associates, 1993; and the German translation, Hin Zu Neuen Welten: Die Geschichte der Deutschen Raumfahrt-Pioniere, published by Dr. Bottiger Verlags-GmbH, 1995. Author of Challenges of Human Space Exploration, published by Springer/Praxis, 2000. Editor of the up-coming History of Rocketry and Astronautics volume, published by the American Astronautics Society, of proceedings of the History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, at the 57th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, Valencia, Spain, October 2006. Witness before the United States Congress at hearings on science, energy, space, and transportation budgets and policies. Invited speaker at conferences and symposia on energy, space, and technology topics; guest lecturer at New York University; invited speaker by the AIAA and NASA Ames Research Center; and presenter at International Astronautical Federation Congresses, including a Memoir of Krafft Ehricke, a Memoir of Arthur Rudolph, and paper on the history of the Apollo program. Currently - Technology Editor, Executive Intelligence Review Magazine & Associate Editor, 21st Century Science & Technology Magazine Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:18:59 UTC
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Dr. Chris McKay, Monday, 4-20-09 (40.36MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Chris McKay. Topics: Mars, life in the solar system, moons of Saturn, South Pole Station, Antarctica. Dr. Chris McKay was the guest for this show which started out by discussing the NASA Mars program today. As Dr. McKay said, the program is in trouble and you will want to hear why he said this. Also, pay attention to the competition Mars now receives for searching for life from the moons of Saturn. What this means for Mars programs in a competitive funding environment is up in the air. Also, you will want to pay attention to how the humans to Mars program merges nicely with the science and the astrobiology for Mars though in reality, these programs are still treated as separate. Dr. McKay had much to say on this subject during this show so you will definitely want to sit up and listen. In addition to talking about the search for life throughout the solar system and outer planets, we talked about the finding of methane on Mars and what that might really mean for life, we talked about ethical and planetary protection requirements for both lunar and Martian samples plus our going to Mars. Listen to what Chris said about how we have already contaminated Mars with perhaps up to 400 different bacteria! Later in the show I asked Chris what the Mars program would look like were he in charge. Here he talked about three important steps including the establishment of a Moon base, going beyond the Cis-lunar environment to a NEO to prove that humans can venture deeper into space and do it safely, and then undertake several sample return robotic missions from Mars. In this context, we discussed the requirements for containment and caution. We brought up the subject of a possible private mission to Mars on a commercial basis and this brought us to discussing the early Mars Oasis project proposed by Elon Musk. Here, Dr. McKay told us he was an advisor on that project for planetary protection as well as other issues. Don't miss this important discussion about the possibility of private Mars missions. In response to a listener question, Dr. McKay talked about the constant debate of going to the Moon or Mars, which one first, etc. He had much to say on this topic and his comments may surprise you. SETI came up as a method for searching for life and he then went into some discussion about the two methods of searching for life, looking throughout the solar system as he does as an astrobiologist or listening and searching for communication of some type as is the case with SETI. Several times during our program, Chris referenced Antarctica and the South Pole Station as a model for space exploration and development. He even mentioned the tourist spot in Antarctica, White Desert. Many other topics were discussed on this show, its definitely a must listen to program. If you have a question or comment for Dr. Chris McKay, you may email him at chris.mckay@nasa.gov. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:15:37 UTC
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Chris Carberry, Sunday, 4-19-09 (46.33MB; download) -- Guest: Chris Carberry. Topics: Mars Society, NASA Administrator, terraforming Mars, life on Mars, commercial missions to Mars, Mars advocacy. Chris Carberry, Executive Director of The Mars Society, was the guest today to discuss the upcoming Mars Society Conference at College Park, MD on the campus of the University of Maryland from July 30-August 2, 2009. To find out more about the conference, please visit www.marssociety.org/portal/c/Conventions/2009. In addition, the Call for Papers is still outstanding so if you are interested in submitting a paper for this conference, please visit www.marssociety.org/portal/c/Conventions/2009/news/2009ConventionCallForPapers/. During our discussion, Chris went over the key note speakers and some of the major conference themes. As the show progressed, we talked about terraforming Mars, methane and possible life on Mars, the next NASA Administrator and what would be a good way for NASA to facilitate a humans to Mars mission as soon as possible. See if you agree with what Chris Carberry said NASA should do. Another topic that came up for discussion was effective advocacy. We talked about having a unified space advocacy approach rather than lots of space advocate organizations pursuing their own agenda. Comparisons were made to national lobby and advocacy organizations such AARP and the NRA. I think you will find Mr. Carberry's comments on this issue to be most intereesting. Student programming for The Mars Society was discussed as well as student pricing and dorm space for the upcoming conference. Chris also told us that this year's conference would make use of lots of panels, more so than in the past. Toward the end of the program, Chris was asked about joint projects with environmental groups and the alleged conflicts space advocacy organizations have with environmental groups. Listen to what Chris has to say about this and some upcoming Mars Society projects. If you have a question or comment for Chris Carberry or want to know more about The Mars Society and the 2009 convention, please email Chris at carberry@marssociety.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:17:17 UTC
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Pharis E. Williams, Friday, 4-17-09 (57.31MB; download) -- Guest: Pharis E. Williams. Topics: fusion, Superluminal Space Craft, science funding, propulsion. Our guest today was Pharis E. Williams and our subject was out of the box scientific and propulsion theories. We started our discussion with the two papers Pharis delivered at this year's SPESIF conference. The first was "Fusion for Earth and Space." Here, Pharis talked about the potential of fusing deuterium nuclei in helium nuclei to create a different model of fusion. Pharis discussed this theory in detail and he answered lots of questions about how mainstream science sees and treats such theories, how his theory could be validated, and more. Its a comprehensive discussion you will not want to miss. His other paper delivered at SPESIF was "Superluminal Space Craft" and here Pharis discussed the potential for faster than light propulsion and how it might work. He introduced us to the Five Dimensional World and the theory that mass is independent of space and time. As with before, we talked about his theories in the mainstream science world and then in the out of the box world represented by the excellent SPESIF Conference and before it, STAIF. I'm sure you will find his physics discussion quite interesting. We also talked about unified theories and how to know what or which out of the box theory to pay some attention to since there is no shortage of people coming up with theories representing everything under the sun. This is another must listen to discussion but briefly, his guidance hinged around making sure that the author of the theory had his facts and grounding in science and engineering correct, in addition to making sure the math being used was correctly being used. As someone who receives up to a dozen requests a month to be on this show from authors and others that claim to have THE theory of everything, I found the suggestions of Pharis to be most helpful but clearly something else is needed to help discern something that is potentially real from the crackpot side. In fact, I am working on a show to help us identify crackpot science and if it comes together, I will start announcing it right away. The subject of the old Senator Proxmire Golden Fleece Awards came up during our conversations about the process used for funding science projects and interestingly Pharis noted that one impact of the awards was to dry up funding sources for unusual science projects given the risk and the fear of being given a Golden Fleece. If you don't remember or know what a Golden Fleece Award was, check it out here or on lots of other internet sites: http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2007/04/16/senator-proxmire-would-give-golden-fleece-award-to-abstinence-programs/. Pharis Williams has written a new book, "Physics Against The Odds" and you can find it online or at your local bookstore. His website is http://www.physicsandbeyond.com/. If you have questions or comments for Pharis Williams, please contact him through his website at http://www.physicsandbeyond.com/contact.htm. Make sure you note that you are contacting him from his appearance on The Space Show. In addition, you can send your email to him through me and I will be glad to forward it to him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:54:11 UTC
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Dr. Frans G. von der Dunk, Thursday, 4-16-09 (43.44MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Frans G. von der Dunk. Topics: space & telecom law programs, space tourism, NEO's, ITAR, space debris. First, I apologize for my rough and raspy voice as I am still recovering my cold, coughing, and virus whatever. Thanks for your patience and tolerance. Our guest tonight, Dr. Frans von der Dunk, started our discussion by describing the new University of Nebraska - Lincoln LL.M Space and Telecommunication Law program (please see http://law.uni.edu/spacelaw). We talked about the students attending, their backgrounds the national versus the international mix of students, the focus of the program, and the law subjects covered. If you are a law school graduate and interested in a graduate law program, space and telecommunications law just might be your ticket. Listen to what Dr. von der Dunk says about the program and more important, the career opportunities that await graduates of the program. After discussing the law school program, we moved on to many important issues ranging from liability and space debris to space tourism. A caller asked about UNIDROIT and the Cape Town Convention dealing with space financing and more. You will want to hear this discussion. Our caller also asked about liability issues for space flight participants both in the U.S. and the likelihood that other nations will follow the U.S. model. Our guest discussed the appropriateness of the liability waivers and the legislation now in place but subject to change upon expiration of existing regs or if specific events take place. Again, you will want to hear what Dr. von der Dunk had to say on these issues and the modeling of the American regulations and policies by European nations. Later in the program we discussed liability issues for NEO mitigation and the market situation for the European GPS system, Galileo. ITAR was discussed as was international space law compliance by China, North Korea, Iran, and other nations. Our discussion did address the recent missile launch by the North Koreans. Toward the end of the show, the issue of space property rights came up and a listener asked a question about her deed she bought giving her ownership of property on the Moon. Dr. von der Dunk discussed the buying of lunar or other space property in some detail and did not believe it to be valid or legal. You can contact Dr. Frans G. von der Dunk with your questions or comments at fvonderdunk2@unl.edu. You can learn more about his space consultancy, Black Holes BV by visiting www.black-holes.eu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:11:25 UTC
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Michelle Evans, Monday, 4-13-09 (42.10MB; download) -- Guest: Michelle Evans. Topics: Orange County Space Society (OCSS), X-15, NASA, outreach. Michelle Evans, President of the OCSS, was our guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion by looking at the OCSS (www.ocspace.org), its programs, outreach, and focus toward inspiring both members and the public to value and participate in space development. Some of the issues that were talked about in this segment included NASA outreach and PR, NASA TV and the NASA Digital Learning Network (http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/), among a wide variety of other non-NASA subjects. In the second segment, we focused on Michelle's research and upcoming book on the X-15. She described her approach to writing the book, interviewing people still with us today who were involved in the X-15 project, and even visiting the famous Edwards AFB X-15 crash site. As you will hear in the discussion, her perspective is from the personal level of those involved rather than the technical and engineering side of the project. He book, "X-15: Wings Into Space, Flying the First Reusable Spacecraft," is scheduled for release in late 2011 and is being published the University of Nebraska Press. Her book is part of the Outward Odyssey series covering human spaceflight history. We hope to feature Michelle and her book on The Space Show when it is available. During our final program segment, Michelle was asked about the OCSS and its participation in Yuri's Night celebrations and why there always seemed to be lots of focus on museums for outreach with the listener wondering if the blue collar part of our economy was somehow ignored. You will certainly want to hear her response to this listener question. She also talked with us about her business, Mach 25 Media (www.mach25media.com). Mach 25 Media specializes in aerospace and other photography, writing, video and related educational programming, fashion design, and more. Not only will you want to hear what she has to say about her business and what she does for her prestigious list of clients, you will want to visit her website. After spending some time discussing her business, Michelle was asked how she finds the time to run OCSS, her Mach 25 Media business, and write and X-15 book with detailed research supporting the book. You will definitely want to hear how she does this as many of us juggle lots of things and Michelle appears to have the formula for doing so down pat! As we approached the end of the program, I asked Michelle about her own space fairing timeline and what it meant in her lexicon to be space fairing. Again, you will want to hear her response to this question. Other important topics were part of this discussion so this is a must listen to program. In addition, as you will hear, membership in the Orange County Space Society is global, certainly not limited to Orange County, California. You might consider joining the organization as its an outstanding way to stay connected with many important aspects of space advocacy, development, and more. I'm a new member, I hope you too will sign up by visiting their website. If you want to ask Michelle Evans a question or give her comments about this discussion, please email her at mach25@sbcglobal.net. One final note. As usual, I asked her for concluding Pearls of Wisdom or special concluding thoughts. Please pay attention to what Michelle Evans offered Space Show listeners as her Pearls of Wisdom. Thank you, Michelle. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:07:57 UTC
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Avinash Siravuru, Sunday, 4-12-09 (46.72MB; download) -- Guest: Avinash Siravuru. Topics: Indian space program, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), SEDS in India, space entrepreneurism. Avinash Siravuru was our guest today from India to tell us about space development and exploration in his country. We learned about many of the ISRO programs, the student and advocate organizations such as SEDS, and we even received a good answer as to why so many Indian students study the STEM courses and do so well while we here in the United States lag behind in STEM education and engineering. You will want to hear what our guest said about these subjects and see if you agree. Other subjects that we discussed were the Indian lunar program, the Indian launchers, low cost space access as a goal of the ISRO, the military side of the Indian space program, and entrepreneurism in the Indian space community. As you will hear, entrepreneurism is not present but as Avinash suggested, perhaps in a few years it will start to show up. A listener also asked him about business classes for those in the space program. As this subject is now addressed on many Space Show programs, you will appreciate the comparison with America and India on this issue. We talked about space advocate organizations and which ones have a presence in India, our guest told us about the latest Yuri's Night Party, and we even listed the classes our guest has taken so far as a junior majoring in mechanical engineering. For those of you familiar with the American engineering curriculum, compare the two and let me know how they differ. Avinash provided us with the following websites which might interest you: SEDS-VIT's website...http://vit.ac.in/student_Chapters/seds_vit/index.html. The SEDS-INDIA website is :http://india.seds.org/. If you have questions or comments for our guest, please email him at sirneonash@gmail.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:15:11 UTC
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Charles Pooley & Iain Finer, SAS 09, Tuesday, 4-7-09 (36.65MB; download) -- Guests: Charles Pooley and Iain Finer. Topic 2009 Space Access Society Conference, rockets, suborbital and orbital flight, space tourism. This program consists of three separate reporting segments from Charles and Iain who were at Space Access in Phoenix, AZ . They kindly phoned in three reports to The Space Show. Charles and Iain talked about the speakers and comments, mostly from what caught their attention and interest, but also from an overall perspective of the conference this year. All three segments will play together without any breaks but there will be about a 5-7 second pause before starting each new report. If you have questions or comments for Charles or Iain, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward to both of these guests. We appreciate Charles and Iain being available to The Space Show for these reports. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:21:27 UTC
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