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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Martin Schwab, Monday, 1-5-09 (57.69MB; download) -- Guest: Martin Schwab was the guest for this Space Show program which discussed space development and usage from a political science perspective. Topics included planetary defense, space in Hawaii, finding and cataloging NEOs and the statistical probability of one hitting the Earth. We discussed the NEO impact scenario from a policy and political science perspective, that is, public funding for something that has a low statistical chance of taking place anytime soon. This was an interesting discussion that you will want to hear. Martin talked about global government issues and strategies, do governments try to keep people out of space and why or why not, and much more. In the last segment of the program which was extended to two full hours, we discussed his Multi-Actor Synergy Technique Matrix or MAST. Martin will email this to you so please request it from him. Other topics that were discussed included the politics of space debris, weapons in space, third world space policy contrasted with the policies of the developed world and the companies engaged in commercial space business. You can ask questions or send your comments to Martin Schwab at mschwab@hawaii.edu or through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:25:42 UTC
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Rand Simberg, Sunday, 1-4-09 (43.91MB; download) -- Guest: Rand Simberg was the guest for today's Space Show program. Our discussion started by mentioning that Richardson had withdrawn his name from consideration for Secretary of Commerce in the Obama administration. We talked about this for a few minutes as there were some possible space ramifications to his appointment and now with his withdrawal. We then moved on to the issue of comparing COTS and Shuttle as was done on the RocketsandSuch blog and copied over to the Space Cynics site per our discussion last week. Rand took us through the analysis of the COTS award and shuttle to tell us why RocketsandSuch was incorrect in his analysis. This is a discussion you will not want to miss. In addition, Rand makes an important distinction between price and cost, so don't miss it. Other topics included women astronauts with young children, the Marine Corp vehicle SUSTAIN and point to point suborbital transportation, killer aps for the human spaceflight program, and human rating an Atlas V or the Delta IV heavy. You will want to hear what Rand says about making one of these rockets safe for human spaceflight. A listener asked about the Hubble Space Telescope upcoming repair mission and the value of a shuttle flight either for the Hubble mission or any shuttle mission. There was also much talk about looking ahead for space milestones in 2009, noting that 2008 was a good year for space, and what the Obama space transition team might or might not do, and what policies might evolve for 2009 and beyond. Other topics were discussed, so this is a must listen to Space Show program. Check out Rand's blog at http://www.transterrestrial.com . If you have a comment or question for Rand Simberg, please send it to him at simberg@transterrestrial.com . Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:50:06 UTC
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Dan Adamo, Friday, 1-2-09 (60.43MB; download) -- Guest: Dan Adamo was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss his White Paper, "Revisited Virtues of Lunar Surface Rendezvous (LSR)." Mr. Adamo started out explaining the nature of the current NASA plan for returning to the Moon which requires launching on Ares 1 and then Ares V over a four day critical launch interval. Dan explained the differences with LSR as he sees it and the NASA plan, making sure that listeners understood the programs and how LSR was unique. For starters with LSR, one launch, one class of vehicle, no rendezvous in TLI, probably economically leaner and a timer saver, plus much more. Listen to what Dan had to say about LSR and decide for yourself. He is interested in your feedback, especially if you see or find flaws in his reasoning and analysis. Dan will send you his white paper or I will, just request it from either of us. The entire two hour program was focused on clearly understand what Mr. Adamo was proposing as compared to the NASA program. In this context, he mentioned that Direct 2.0 might be better than Ares 1 but it still uses the same architecture as the NASA plan. Again, all of this is unnecessary using LSR! We talked about using expendable rockets such as the Delta, Atlas and others, and we talked about how Russia or China might go to the Moon. A listener asked Dan to explain why it was important to return to the Moon or for that matter to have a human space program. We even asked about bypassing the Moon and going directly to Mars or a NEO. You will definitely want to hear what our guest had to say in response to these questions and comments. Dan was asked about doing something useful in GEO versus only LEO. Don't miss his response to that inquiry. This was a very comprehensive discussion about going to the Moon and how best to do it. In the discussion, fuels were mentioned, storage was brought up, the Altair lander was discussed, international cooperation was suggested, and the ISS was the topic for some of the discussion. This is an informative, thought provoking, program which includes Dan having addressed NASA cultural issues, communications, problem solving, and some of his experiences when he was at JSC. You can email him with your comments or questions or to request his papers at adamod@earthlink.net or contact me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward your inquiry to him. I too have his papers and upon your request will be happy to email them to you. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:11:11 UTC
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Open Lines, Tuesday, 12-30-08 (63.92MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Nearly all the first hour of the program was devoted to business planning, due diligence, engineering, and number crunching analysis. I went through the business plan outline I use, responded to listener questions and comments and talked about some do's and don'ts regarding business planning, negotiations, and talking with investors as well as others. Later in the show, several listeners asked me about my thoughts on 2008 space milestones, my view of things to come in 2009, and my take on Dr. Griffin as NASA Administrator. Several listeners called to say thanks for The Space Show and to wish all the listeners and me Happy New Year. As always, your questions and comments are welcome at drspace@thespaceshow.com. My best to each of you for a safe, fun, and very good New Years celebration. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:56:35 UTC
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Jim Muncy, Monday, 12-29-08 (37.11MB; download) -- Guest: Jim Muncy returned for this Space Show program to discuss space policy in 2008 and its transition to 2009. We talked about the current Administrator Dr. Griffin and his efforts to remain at NASA plus what this would mean for continuing with the VSE and Aries as planned. Jim also mentioned some important public sector 2008 milestones, including the Zero G contract, the recent Cargo Resupply Services Contract, and improvements in DOD and Space Command. Jim talked about the NASA budget, sustainability, and he outlined desirable qualifications and characteristics for a NASA Administrator. ITAR was discussed in detail as was the regulatory environment for NewSpace. For the final guest for 2008 on The Space Show, Jim Muncy was outstanding with lots of important information to share with us. This is a must hear program. If you have a question or comment for Mr. Muncy, please send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to him.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:11:21 UTC
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Tom Olson, Sunday, 12-28-08 (52.89MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson was our guest for this special Space Show program which took a look at space in 2008 to get an idea of what space in 2009 will look like. We started the discussion with an update from Tom on his effort to win clemency for Walt Anderson as President Bush decides these issues before leaving office. Tom explained the process and said it was now just a wait and see what happens. We then shifted to a post on the RocketsandSuch blog (See http://www.rocketsandsuch.blogspot.com/ for more information). This article computes the cost to LEO using the shuttle versus the Orbital Science COTS launcher. There were lots of listener questions both supporting and challenging Rocket Man's analysis, so you will certainly want to hear this segment of the show. This blog article was also posted on Space Cynics on behalf of OldSpaceCadet, so you can find it there as well, see http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/ for the space cynics website. Tom was then asked for his view of 2008 space related milestones. He listed the successful Falcon 1 launch, White Knight Two and the work being done on SpaceShipTwo, the awarding of the COTS contracts, work on the Falcon 9 pad and testing, Lunar Lander Challenge winner Armadillo Aerospace, and the Phoenix Lander Mission. Listeners asked about other projects, happenings, or announcements during 2008, but this was Tom's list. Listen to what he said about these items and those proposed by listeners that he did not include on his list. There was also a detailed discussion about the rocket equation, small rockets, the space elevator, space investment summits, and space solar power. We focused on markets and customers for launch plans, what to do to make a business case for SSP or for a commercial space venture with the high cost of orbital access, and more. If you have a question or comment for Tom Olson, please send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:11:05 UTC
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Dan Shaw, Friday, 12-26-08 (53.97MB; download) -- Guest: Dan Shaw was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss the subject of his doctoral studies work, Collaborative Tools and Techniques in Aerospace. We talked about the need for such services given the ever increasing quantities of data, images, etc, that need to be displayed, catalogued, and brought to the public. Museum and private company archives were discussed, but so were Space Show archives for transcription. You will want to hear Dan describe the various ways collaborative tools and techniques as well as distributive human computing and proofreading could be applied throughout the space industry. You may find relevant applications for this in your own work. In addition to discussing this subject and Dan's doctoral work, we also talked about his filming space conferences and his work with the study of vortexes. We also discussed accuracy in reporting and archiving, especially with Wikipedia and Wiki type projects. You will want to visit Dan's websites for more information about these subjects, http://www.danshaw.com and http://www.beyondearth.org . His vortex information is at http://www.vortexmaps.com . During our conversation, Dan mentioned another useful website for NASA public domain images and for internet archiving, http://www.archives.org. On this site, you can search for NASA images. If you have questions or comments for Dan about his doctoral studies work and projects, his conference film work, or his vortex work, please contact him at dan@danshaw.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:08:54 UTC
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Kris Kimel, Tuesday, 12-23-08 (49.01MB; download) -- Guest: Kris Kimel, president and founder of KSTC, was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss Kentucky Space (Please see : www.kentuckyspace.com for more details). Mr. Kimel explained the origins of Kentucky Space and later in the show, he told us about his ambitious 2009 plans which include three balloon launches and up to two suborbital launches. By June, they hope to fly at least one, maybe two orbital payloads, push further along in their collaboration with UC Berkeley and Johns Hopkins University, and do more with CubeSats and Bob Twiggs in the fall of 2009! During the show, we discussed in detail the program with the six participating Kentucky universities, the students, their leadership and professors, and the credit they receive for their work in the program. Kris described several of the possible small satellites that would be part of the program and we discussed some of the difficulties with such a program such as the lack of wide spread availability of student launches. Kris also told us about the event IdeaFestival which can be found at http://www.ideafestival.com/ . Leadership, management, and financing were also topics discussed plus potential participation from students outside Kentucky. We also talked about the N-Prize and possible Kentucky Space interest in the project. As you will hear, this is a first rate program with quality space and business leadership. If you have a question or comment for Kris Kimel, please contact him at kkimel@kstc.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:35:11 UTC
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Monday, Robert Zimmerman, 12-22-08 (49.79MB; download) -- Guest: Robert Zimmerman returned to this Space Show program to honor Apollo 8 on its 40th anniversary and to discuss the state of the space industry as we wind down 2008 and look forward to 2009. Bob suggested that perhaps Apollo 8 and the reading from Genesis on Christmas Eve forty years ago as Borman, Anders,and Lovell orbited the Moon was perhaps the most important space mission of its time. You will want to hear Bob tell the story of Apollo 8, how Genesis was selected to be ready by the astronauts, and the role of NASA PR at the time in the selection of the reading passage. In the second segment, we talked about calculating the accident rate of rockets based on a listener question. This led us to a discussion of Space X and the Falcon 9, the Hubble repair mission and the use of one or two pads for the rescue vehicle so the Aries 1-X rocket could be fired on schedule, plus we discussed human spaceflight in general. This discussion continued to the final segment as we talked about the Obama Space Transition Team, their interest in human spaceflight and what this might mean for a future NASA. A listener asked about Direct 2 as an option to the troubled Aries 1, as well as questions about NASA with regards to the Aries program. Other topics for this show included insurance costs, the replacement of the NASA administrator and much more. 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 ], Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:21:43 UTC
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Dr. Nader Elhefnawy, Sunday, 12-21-08 (44.92MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Nader Elhefnawy returned to The Space Show to discuss the role of space throughout literature. As you will hear, space in one form or another has been part of literature since early times although it is not normally considered as a destination or place. In addition, now it's almost exclusively found in science fiction and this genre is waning in interest and popularity. You will want to hear what Dr. Elhefnawy has to say about this throughout this program. We talked about many literary works and authors over the centuries to see how they portrayed or used space and how this has changed over the years. Many of these works are mentioned on the show and I recommend you check them out for further information about the subject. This discussion with Nader provides a fascinating walk through literature and the use of space that you will want to hear and think about. If you have comments or questions for Dr. Elhefnawy, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com or you can email Nader at thndrbtle@aol.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:53:35 UTC
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