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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Created on: 12 May 2005 Language: English |
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Alan Lawrie, Friday, 2-13-09 (57.01MB; download) -- Guest: Alan Lawrie. Topics: Saturn 1/1B rocket, A-1B manned flights, Saturn 5, rocket engineering, design challenges, Von Braun, lost knowledge. Alan Lawrie was our guest to talk about his new Apogee book, "Saturn 1/1B." We discussed the Saturn rocket program in-depth from the engineering qualifications and risk-taking to the management and leadership needed to make the program successful. Alan pointed out design challenges for the Saturn, including the common bulkhead and insulation issues, and he told us about the problems such as the explosion of the S-IV All Systems Vehicle with a frozen valve. In response to a listener question, he talked about the jobs assigned to the various astronauts at the time regarding the rocket, the lunar landing rocket, and the other systems. We talked about the condition of the Saturn archives, the availability of the historic information, and lessons learned from the Saturn program that can be applied to the Ares/Constellation program of today. We also contrasted the leadership and management at the time of the Saturn program with that of today's rocket and space programs. Another listener asked about comparing the Space-X model of building most, if not all the parts of the rocket in-house, where with Saturn, outside contractors were used. You will find Alan's response to this question quite interesting. Toward the end of the show, a listener asked Alan if there were any remains to be seen of the Sacramento rocket test facility he talked about frequently during the show and in the book. You will be surprised to find out that the hardware is available to be seen although not on any official tour. In fact, it's just outside on a road. Listen to what Alan said about it. I hope to go to Sacramento for a Space Show tour of this testing hardware so stay tuned for progress on this possibility. If you have comments or questions for Alan Lawrie, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to him.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:13:25 UTC
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Paul Cabot, Tuesday, 2-10-09 (38.15MB; download) -- Guest: Paul Cabot. Topics: Canadian Avro Arrow, Avro Company, innovative aerospace designs, out of the box aerospace engineers, Canadian aerospace industry history, Toronto Aerospace Museum,Victory Aircraft. Paul Cabot took us through the history of the Canadian Avro Company, one of the most innovative and out of the box aviation and aerospace design companies ever. We learned about the politics of cancelling potentially profitable, innovative, and exciting projects like the Jetliner, the Arrow, and many more. We discussed the brain drain to the U.S. for the Moon program when Avro was closed down when making the Arrow fighter/interceptor. Not only is the book, "Cold War Tech War: The Politics of America's Air Defense" a great read, it's also an exceptional reference book which an interested person will consult over and over again. As you will hear from Paul throughout this interview, the company was at the forefront of aircraft and rocket design only to be hindered by strange politics. We also heard how the Toronto Aerospace Museum has the only model of the Arrow for people to see and that the museum will soon become the Canadian Aerospace Museum. The author of the book who passed away at the young age of 44, Randall Whitcomb, did an excellent job of recording this important part of aviation history and when you hear this program I am sure you will agree about the importance of the Canadian Avro Company to aviation and later to space development. If you have questions or comments for Paul Cabot, you can email him at paulcabot.tam@bellnet.ca. To learn more about the Toronto Aerospace Museum, visit http://torontoaerospacemuseum.com/indexh.html.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:21:09 UTC
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Dr. Eligar Sadeh, Monday, 2-9-09 (64.14MB; download) --
Guest: Dr. Eligar Sadeh. Topics: Contested Space Domain, space weaponization, Iran, nuclear missiles, China and the ISS, treaties, space advocacy, military space, Israel. PLEASE NOTE THAT DR. SADEH EXPRESSED VERY STRONG PERSONAL OPINIONS IN THIS DISCUSSION REGARDING IRAN, ISRAEL, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND SELF-DEFENSE. THESE OPINIONS ARE SOLELY THOSE OF DR. ELIGAR SADEH. DO NOT ASSUME THESE OPINIONS APPLY TO THE SPACE SHOW, THE HOST, OR ANYONE ELSE. Dr. Eligar Sadeh spoke with us about U.S. space policy in the context of contested space and cooperative space. You will want to hear this discussion. The discussion then migrated to the issue of weapons in space and here Dr. Sadeh talked about space policy and rogue nations, specifically Iran. Dr. Sadeh was most outspoken about his comments regarding Iran, space, their recent satellite launch, and nuclear weapons. His comments sparked lots of listener questions and more guest opinions about our potential space and weapons policy as well as that of other nations. During this two hour and fifteen minute program, Dr. Sadeh spoke about education, leadership and space management, Congress, and much, much more. In fact, this was one of the most comprehensive far ranging Space Show programs with Dr. Sadeh who has been on the show many times. Later in the program, we discussed the peer reviewed journal Astropolitics and he offered to send listeners various articles from the journal if requested. He also said he would like to do special Space Show Astropolitics journal edition, sort of "The Best Of The Space Show." Listen to his idea and tell us what you think of it. Such a project would need a special audio and text editor as well as targeted funding. Eligar mentioned some upcoming articles in the next issue due out in April 2008. Toward the end of the program, we talked about ITAR and Eligar offered his ideas for solving ITAR reform. Dr. Eligar Sadeh can be contacted with your comments, questions and journal article requests by using esadeh@gmail.com. He wants to hear from you.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:06:06 UTC
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Dave Thompson, Sunday, 2-8-09 (42.82MB; download) -- Guest: Dave Thompson. Topics: Dr. Who, science fiction, Daleks, electronic screwdriver, BBC, regeneration, James Bond. Join us for this most entertaining, informative, and pleasurable trip through the BBC television series, Dr. Who. Dave Thompson, in his book, "Eclectic Gypsy: An Unauthorized Biography of Doctor Who," starts us at the beginning of the famous British sci-fi television series and takes us down to the 11th Doctor who is about to make his appearance. Dave told us about the Daleks, his favorite alien race, the Cybermen, and the Slitheen. We compared British sci-fi to American science fiction, especially Star Trek and Robert Heinlein. We talked about the cultural and educational influences of Dr. Who, not just in the UK but everywhere. Dave Thompson received lots of fun questions from listeners and when Anthony called in from Poole, UK, we even talked about the new James Bond actor, Daniel Craig. One listener asked about the use of the phone booth in Dr. Who and we compared that to the use of a phone booth in other well known TV series and movies. Dave explained how he wrote the book, which is in the form of press releases and news stories from worlds visited by Dr. Who. The book is published by Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc. You can get more information at http://www.cgpublishing.com/Books/9781894959896.html . You will absolutely enjoy this interview and if you are not already a Dr. Who fan, you might just become one! If you have questions or comments for Dave Thompson, you can use his website form, www.davethompsonbooks.com or you can email him at dave@davethompsonbooks.com . Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:58:50 UTC
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UND Space Studies Special Program, Friday, 2-6-09 (49.24MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Robert Kelley, Dr. George Seielstad, Nate Ambler, Joseph Kerian, Mark Grygier, Ben Schilling, Michael Thomas, Pablo DeLeon. Topics: UND multidiscipline educational vision for space and more, AgCam, spaceflight simulators. This special program consists of various segments separated from each other by about 5-7 seconds of spacing as there are no breaks separting the different interviews. We started this special taped set of interviews with an interview with Dr. Robert Kelley, the 11th President of the University of North Dakota. During this discussion, I asked Dr. Kelley about the unique facilities here at UND and how these facilities can serve a truly multidiscipline space studies program and even the bigger picture for UND. Dr. Kelley expanded on what I said and discussed the overall vision he has for UND and as you will hear, space is an important part of the UND vision. For students wanting a space education, you can hear the intensity of the commitment to space studies from the university president himself, so don't miss this interview. Our next segment was with Dr. George Seielstad, the Director of the Northern Great Plains Center for People & the Environment at UND. Dr. Seielstad developed UMAC and AgCam so you will hear how this program came about, what its purpose was and is and why it's so important to farmers in this region, but also anywhere as the program can be expanded. You will also hear how AgCam remained alive after the shuttle program was in limbo following the Columbia accident. Following Dr. Seielstad, we talked with the AgCam students who will be manning various stations once AgCam is turned on around March 20 on the ISS. You will hear what each student does at each duty station, their background, and qualifications to enable them to work these programs which will make AgCam so important. Note that the students are cross trained on the other positions as well. For the final segment of this special UND program, we return to Space Studies and to the Spaceship Simulation Lab which is the brainchild of Pablo DeLeon. Pablo built a SpaceShipOne simulator and he has an Apollo simulator. He has software that can fly any profile of any spacecraft from the X-15 to docking with the Gemini to the Apollo-Soyuz handshake to any mission a student wants to fly. Listen to how Pablo describes flying SS1, the X-15, docking with Gemini and more. In a previous interview with Pablo, we discussed the Apollo capsule, but this was the first time we talked to Pablo about the simulation lab complete with SS1 in it. Students coming to UND SpSt have some one of a kind opportunities to learn and expand their base and knowledge about space from flying spacecrafts to working on a real project on Station such as AgCam. I took photos in the AgCam lab and also in the simulator lab and they will soon be up on The Space Show FaceBook site. I will be sure to announce it on air when those pictures have been uploaded. If you have a question or comment about any of the guests participating in this unique UND Space Studies recorded program, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward your comment or question to the person(s) you request. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:56:36 UTC
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Dr. Bryan Laubscher, Monday, 2-2-09 (57.31MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Bryan Laubscher. Topics: Space elevator, space elevator traffic management, planetary defense, elevator timeline, Japanese space elevator. Dr. Bryan Laubscher returned to update us on the space elevator conferences from 2008 and the upcoming 2009 conference which will be August 12-16, 2009 in Redmond, WA. Some of the many space elevator topics discussed included the progress being made with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), space policy and the elevator, the Japanese elevator, and more. Bryan made the point that we needed new and stronger infrastructure materials and R&D on carbon nanotubes was providing us with needed information and incremental increases in materials strength which will lead us to the space elevator. Dr. Laubscher discussed the CNTs for suspension bridge and other construction and did a very good job making the case as to why we need new and stronger construction materials, then connected the dots from this to the space elevator. We talked about the space elevator in Japan and elsewhere around the world, space weapons, and the use of the elevator in planetary defense. He told us about the need for space elevator traffic management and how that problem is critical to the elevator's development and is now being worked by those involved in the elevator project. We also talked about the significant progress made by the teams that enter the elevator climber contest year to year using more and more powerful lasers to power their climbers. You will want to hear about this improvement. In response to a listener question, Dr. Laubscher addressed tethered balloons and other devices that might play a role with the elevator. Even the Japanese cartoon Gundam came up regarding Japanese space elevator interest. Bryan suggested some websites of interest including http://www.isec.info/ and http://www.spaceelevatorconference.org/ . The space elevator site will soon change to the 2009 conference. If you have questions or comments for Dr. Bryan Laubscher, please send them to him at belaubscher@comcast.net. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:28:36 UTC
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OPEN LINES, Friday, 1-30-09 (75.53MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. David Livingston with Open Lines. Topics: Civil space, NASA, Big Bang, favorite Space Show programs, student programs, affordable space access, Obama space policy. All topics were welcome on this Open Lines Space Show program. We had a mix of callers and email/chat questions on a variety of topics including how to establish civil space, space tourism, affordable space access, Obama's probable space policy, and the challenge of landing large payloads on Mars. We also had a call about the coming film based on the play "Rocket Girl" from George Morgan (see the 12/14/08 episode of The Space Show) regarding his Mom, Mary Sherman. Launch regulations were discussed, planning a course of college level space studies was addressed, and several listeners as well as myself commented on the possible directions President Obama's space policy might go once it's announced. This Open Lines program included requests for guest and program feedback/suggestions from you the listener for future Space Shows. I also mentioned that Open Lines for February would focus on a succinct, to the point five minute presentation to a member of Congress regarding support for space or space development. Listeners will have the opportunity to perfect their "pitch" and call it into the next Open Lines show and I will be the Member of Congress or the staffer as will other listeners. The goal is to help everyone perfect a message to their elected representative to help create the type of space program people want. If you have comments or questions about this program, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:20:35 UTC
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Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Tuesday, 1-27-09 (29.10MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Topics: Pluto, planets, Disney, Kuiper belt, terrestrial planets, gas giants, NASA, human spaceflight, geopolitical drivers. Dr. Tyson returned to The Space Show to discuss his new book, "The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet," which details the reclassification of Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet. Dr. Tyson explains why this change was made and what the IAU action really means. You may be surprised to learn the decision is not binding! In the discussion, Dr. Tyson told us how Pluto was named and then we talked about the almost parallel history of America's most favorite Disney pup, Pluto the dog. One can see how easy it was for many people to blur the lines and associate Pluto the planet with Mickey's dog. Part of our Pluto discussion centered on the scientific need to organize planets differently by their properties. You will want to hear this part of our discussion. Neil also told us how it came to pass that he got blamed for demoting Pluto from planet status and what it was like to get hate mail from small kids and adults and to come face to face with pop culture. We also discussed scientific versus human spaceflight, humans returning to the Moon and their possible contribution to science, Mars astronauts, and more. Dr. Tyson even took a listener question about the subject of astrology! Having read his new book, I can wholeheartedly recommend it to you. It's fun, it's informative, and very educational. In fact, it's not until the last chapter where Dr. Tyson makes his educational recommendations regarding Pluto and its new classification. This is definitely a book you will want to read and have for your library. If you have a comment or question for Dr. Tyson, please forward it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to him for his consideration. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:03:03 UTC
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Brian Weeden, Ben Baseley-Walker, Monday, 1-26-09 (49.31MB; download) -- Guests: Brian Weeden and Ben Baseley-Walker. Topics: Secure World Foundation, space situational awareness, space weaponization & militarization, satellite defense. Brian Weeden and Ben Baseley-Walker of the Secure World Foundation presented solid information and strategies for addressing problems around space traffic management and space situational awareness. Our guests were very realistic about the topics discusse. Not only did we talk about space policy and how policy is created, we talked about space weaponization and ways to avoid it, such as the distributive satellite defense. Listeners asked lots of questions about treaties violations, trust and verify, and much more. I believe this to be one of the finest space policy programs ever to appear on The Space Show. Our guests explained how the Secure World Foundation interacts with policy makers in this country and abroad, and how space policy is ultimately decided. This is a program you definitely will want to listen to and possibly reference in the future. Visit http://www.secureworldfoundation.org for more information about the organization and to send email to the Foundation for questions about Secure World, etc. Brian's and Ben's email addresses are on the website, but if you have questions or comments for them, please use the following email addresses: Ben: bbw@swfound.org ; Brian: bweeden@swfound.org . Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:17:11 UTC
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Dr. Jeff Bell, Sunday, 1-25-09 (65.47MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Jeff Bell. Topics: Apollo 8, Soviet L1 Zond, Obama space policy, SSP, Ares 1 & V, economics, Martian methane, NASA science missions, human spaceflight. Dr. Jeff Bell began the discussion today by referring back to an end of the year Space Show program which addressed Apollo 8 and a recent article written by Miles O'Brien on the same subject which ignored the rush for Apollo 8 because the Soviets were planning their own lunar flyby mission with the L1 which was more commonly referred to as the Zond spacecraft. You will want to hear what Dr. Bell has to say about this, about safety, risk, national prestige, PR and more. We also zeroed in on a likely space policy for President Obama and the new US Congress. Jeff could not predict the policy, but you will find his comments and understanding of the situation ahead for space to be most interesting and to the point. A listener asked about space solar power and that opened a huge door for a Dr. Jeff Bell rant. Don't miss it. We talked about the space and specifically the lunar programs for India and China, space tourism, the Marine's SUSTAIN concept, human spaceflight and science missions. Toward the end of this extra long nearly 2 and 1/2 hour program, Jeff was asked for his priorities were he in charge of NASA. Listen and see if you agree with him. NewSpace was discussed, the Scaled accident was discussed as was the Cal Osha report, spaceports were a topic, and much more. This is quite the comprehensive discussion and you won't want to miss it. If you have a comment or question for Dr. Jeff Bell, send it to me and I will forward it to him. Dr. Bell does not always respond to questions and sometimes his response is a long time coming. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:34:21 UTC
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