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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Irene Schneider, Friday, 12-19-08 (56.84MB; download) -- Guest: Irene Schneider returned to The Space Show for this program to discuss the Phoenix Lander on Mars, radiation, and Martian astrobiology including the search for present and/or past microbial life on Mars. Our discussion with Irene covered many topics as we took a close look at the ongoing search for microbial life on Mars, how it is being carried out, and what the chances are for finding such life on Mars. We talked about the harsh environment and noted that even here on Earth life can exist in extremes, even in high radiation, so why not on Mars? Irene took us through the exploration and discovery process step by step, so don't miss this discussion. We also talked about a manned Mars mission, radiation and the types of radiation, possible shielding, and much more. Irene very carefully outlined the different types of radiation and what they mean both for the trip to Mars as well as trying to live on Mars. This too is a must hear discussion. In later segments of the show, one listener called in to ask about ethical issues in giving birth and raising children on Mars. This opened up an entirely new discussion train on the show, not just about pregnancy and radiation, but also the absence or low gravity and what that might mean for a pregnant woman in such an environment. We then delved into the public interest in Spain, Europe, and the United States for going to Mars, space development, science, math, etc. Irene, having performed her graduate work at an American university and currently living in Madrid, was able to provide us insights from all three of these environments. You will certainly want to hear what she had to say about these three areas and you might just be surprised at what you hear from her. Her Master's Thesis is at http://www.geosc.psu.edu/~sschneid/Irene%20Schneider%20Masters%20Thesis.pdf. If you have a comment or question for Irene Schneider, please send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to her.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:05:39 UTC
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Jeffrey Manber, Tuesday, 12-16-08 (57.14MB; download) -- Guest: Jeffrey Manber was the guest for this special program. We started our discussion with a walk back through history with the Mir Space Station, MirCorp, the Dennis Tito space tourism experience, Russian contracts, Energia, and much more. As Jeffrey was the man behind it all, listen to how doors were opened, how the Russians were willing to work with MirCorp to have a commercial business with the Mir Space Station and to fly Dennis Tito to Mir, then the ISS. You will hear about the three blocks that got in the way of MirCorp success. The three blocks included a period of intense solar flare activity, the dot com crash, and then the intense emotional reaction of Dan Goldin who was the then NASA Administrator. Jeffrey elaborated on all of these blocks, especially with Dan Goldin and NASA, so you won't want to miss this discussion. We spent a long first segment of the show on MirCorp and NASA and then we switched to talking about the space and economic programs of China, Russia, Europe, and the United States. We talked about the robotic and cargo missions and the human spaceflight program and space exploration. Again, these are important discussions you will not want to miss. We brought in today's economic conditions and what the likely impact would on various national space programs including the European program, China's program, the Russian program, and our own U.S. space program. Jeffrey explained the importance of the emerging private sector for space transportation and maybe even the human spaceflight program. We talked about the importance of the emerging small sat business, his new venture with Professor Bob Twiggs of Stanford University and his website which will open early next month, http://www.sefspaceworks.com . If you have questions or comments for Jeffrey Manber, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to him.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:17:07 UTC
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Richard Phillips, Monday, 12-15-08 (43.53MB; download) -- Guest: Richard Phillips was the guest for this program to discuss the space economy and space commerce participants. We started off with Rich defining the space economy, opportunities within it, entrepreneurial activity, and sustainability. This is a must hear discussion and program. We also discussed Momentum Management, the three arenas for space commerce, which were listed as : space being relevant to security, space being relevant to the environment and energy, and space and universal communications. We talked about space vision, investors wanting momentum and what that means, what growth really means, and the need for business sustainability. A listener asked about designing a WPA program for space. Listen to what Rich said about this idea. We talked about the need for leadership and leaders and just who the leaders are and where they would come from. We talked about the need for business education within the space community and to stop talking to ourselves and get out and talk to the non-space world. New technologies were discussed and companies, such as Bloom Energy, were held up examples. Trust and being the center of a company ecosystem were big parts of our discussion, so listen to hear all of this and more. I believe this business program blazed new territory, it put a new light on space commerce and space companies. This is in my opinion, a very important program to hear. You can learn more about Richard Phillips and his company, Phillips & Company by visiting their website at http://www.phillipscompany.com/ . If you have a question or comment for Richard Phillips, please contact him at rjphillips@phillipscompany.com . Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:40:05 UTC
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George Morgan, Sunday, 12-14-08 (42.72MB; download) -- Guest: George Morgan, playwright and author of "Rocket Girl," was the guest for this Space Show program. George's play is about his Mom, Mary Sherman, who invented the hydyne rocket fuel which is credited by many with saving the American space program. George told us the story of his Mom from her days riding a horse to school in Ray, North Dakota, to her coming to California to work for North American Aviation, to designing the hydyne rocket fuel for the Redstone rocket and our space program. George tells us what it was like for his Mom in these early years working in a company, alongside the men, keeping quiet, not seeking recognition for what she had accomplished, and having her fellow North American employees "protect" her from a system that was much different then than today. Several listeners called and many listener questions were asked of George, including how he documented his Mom's work, who he interviewed that also worked at North American Aviation at the time, and how he wrote the play titled "Rocket Girl" which tells this story. You must listen to what George has to say and learn about his Mom Mary Sherman and her contribution to America and our space program. George also talks about the play, suitable formats for it, and possible film or other productions that might come about in the near future. This Space Show program was also filmed in my broadcast studio with the services of Dan Shaw of http://danshaw.com/. We will place the entire program up on Google video with pictures of George and his Mom and I will let you know when the video is uploaded to Google. You can visit George Morgan's website (http://www.nevadabelle.com) for more information and to see other plays he has written. You can go to the page for "Rocket Girl by visiting www.nevadabelle.com/nevada_belle_web_site_015.htm . If you have a question or comment for George Morgan, please contact him at WGAwriter@aol.com. The play can be downloaded at www.musicboxint.com/plays/rocketgirl.pdf. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:38:06 UTC
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AIAA; OPEN LINES re ATWG & SSP, 12-11-08 (59.19MB; download) -- Guests: First Hour: Bob Dickman and Dr. Paul Nielsen. Second Hour: Open Lines
Bob Dickman, Executive Director of AIAA, and Dr. Paul Nielsen, Director & CEO of SEI, were the guests today for the first hour to discuss the upcoming AIAA 47th Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum & Aerospace Exposition in Orlando, Florida from January 5-8, 2009. In talking with Bob Dickman and Dr. Nielsen, we covered many of the sessions at the conference, talked about the keynote programs, the relocation of the conference from Reno, NV to Orlando, Florida, the networking opportunities at this conference as well as the student opportunities. We also discussed the AIAA commitment to STEM education, the Aerospace Exhibition and its importance in giving large and small businesses a chance to exhibit their line of products and services. The evening programs include the free, community available Dryden Lectureship, the Wright Brothers Lectureship, and the Von Karman Lectureship. Listeners asked questions about the mix with aviation and space as well as the potential for space careers given this economy. You can learn more about this conference by visiting www.aiaa.org and clicking on the link for the 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meetings. If you have questions for either of our guests, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to Bob and Paul.
During the second hour of the show, I discussed some of what has been going on at the ATWG conference this week at NASA Ames and later it turned into quasi Open Lines. Tuesday afternoon was the much talked about debate on SSP with Pete Worden, the NASA Ames Center director opposing SSP for lack of a business case and Gary Barnhard supporting SSP. Listen to how I describe the debate and what people thought of it, but please remember that my filter is more in alignment with Pete than with Gary. I want my prejudice known up front because everything you hear does go through a filter, even if the people don't tell you that. Two listeners called about the SSP program, funding, and starting small. I also mentioned the fringe element of SSP as Pete called them the "zealots." I had much to say about this element. Wednesday, Neville Marzwell talked about SSP and his talk was outstanding. I hope to soon have Neville back on the show again and I understand his presentation slides will be uploaded to the ATWG website. As soon as I know about that, I will let you know so you can download them. Neville talked about experiments that have already been done that confirm SSP, the cost of experiments, how some experiments might be destructive because they are not properly designed, and more. Neville Marzwell was a shot in the arm and more for those that believe SSP is ready for now. I commend ATWG for a very fine conference and the courage to sponsor this debate/discussion and other programming regarding SSP. If you have any questions or comments about the last hour of the show or anything related to this, The Space Show, SSP, ATWG, please contact me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will either respond as best I can or put you in touch with someone who can help you.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:24:05 UTC
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Dr. Tom Jones & Dr. Ellen Stofan, Tuesday, 12-9-08 (41.28MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Tom Jones and Dr. Ellen Stofan were the guests for this program to discuss their new book, "Planetology: Unlocking The Secrets Of The Solar System." We started our discussion with Drs. Jones and Stofan telling us how they got together and collaborated on this book which contains 250 unique color photographs plus an equal amount of exciting and informative text. Tom and Ellen told us how this book came to be and why it is different from other planetary books in that it portrays a comprehensive portrait of the solar system including Earth, not a planet by planet description which seems to be more common for books dealing with planetary science. We talked about harsh features throughout the solar system including Earth, but that we have life here which may suggest Earth is actually less harsh than other planets in our solar system. Listen to what Tom and Ellen had to say about this. We also discussed radar images of Earth, what the colors mean and cloud penetration, as well as how they were taken from orbit. We further discussed Earth imaging in the context of better enabling us to be good stewards of Earth. We spoke about specific images in the book, images both of Earth and throughout the solar system. In fact, as you will hear me say some of the Earth images look exactly like images on Mars or another planet as Tom and Ellen show not just differences that exist throughout the solar system but similarities as well. One part of our discussion that I found particularly interesting involved the Earth imaging of the Congo, specifically the area known as the Virunga volcano chain, home of the endangered mountain gorilla. These images from orbit, and the others in the book, are outstanding, most interesting, and very informative. Toward the end of the show, we talked about planetary defense and possible incoming asteroid hits on Earth. Do not miss this discussion. We also talked about finding Earth-like planets around other star systems. This is also the last chapter in Tom and Ellen's book and you will want to both read what they say and hear their comments on finding such planets. Another topic of interest addressed the time line for doing planetary space missions. Is the time line so long because of funding or for other reasons? Listen to what our guests said about the time line for project development and funding. This is a great book for holiday gifts. Also, it would be outstanding for schools so one possibility might be your gifting it to a school library. To learn more, visit Tom's website, http://home.comcast.net/~skywalking/. You can send comments or email to Tom at http://home.comcast.net/~skywalking/contact.htm. To send your comments to Ellen, please use estofan@yahoo.com. As always, you can send your comments to them both through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:20:13 UTC
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Dr. Ben Bova, Monday, 12-8-08 (39.46MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Ben Bova was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss his new book, "Mars Life." Our discussion went in and out regarding "Mars Life," politicians and the importance of space, political leadership, how politicians view science fiction writers, and much more. We talked a lot about the need for political leadership and the comprehensive understanding of why space is so important and what its potential benefits are and what they mean for us all. We also talked in-depth about space solar power and as you will hear, I put the economic questions to Dr. Bova, so you will want to hear what he has to say about economic as well as other challenges facing SSP. I asked many questions about his book which is the third in his series on Mars. As the story is about scientists on Mars finding archaeological ruins from a previous village/civilization, it's a great read and I recommend it. In talking to Ben, I asked him if finding such ruins on Mars for real would be a motivator to go to Mars sooner, not later. Listen for his reply. Listeners asked Ben about science fiction and space enthusiasm, plus the extent of science fiction in other nations and cultures. As for science fiction writing, using the preface of his book, I asked about not being constrained by facts in writing the book. His response about constraint, facts, limits, and out of the box possibilities is most instructive. You can learn more about Dr. Ben Bova at his website www.benbova.net. If you have a comment or question for Dr. Bova, please send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to him.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:26:35 UTC
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David Hook, Sunday, 12-7-08 (44.91MB; download) -- Guest: David Hook was our guest for this Space Show program bringing us up to speed on the TSA's proposed rule changes for aircraft weighing in excess of 12,500 lbs. David's company, Planehook Aviation Services, LLC, has created eight videos on YouTube for people to see and learn how to respond to the TSA prior to the close of the comment period. To see these videos, go to the YouTube and search for the Planehook channel. There, you will find the eight videos (please see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42p_-Q12rLQ). To the right, you will see the other Planehook videos. During the interview, David explained the proposed regulations and we talked about why one should care and oppose them. We went into the proposed regulations from an economic and business perspective as well as from the security perspective. In addition, we talked about the proposed changes by AST for personal spaceflight vehicles and while TSA and AST are separate regulatory bodies, they merge at certain airport/spaceports such as Mojave. Hear what David Hook had to say about the potential of serving two masters, the AST and TSA. Later in the program, we asked about TSA applications from the aviation field to the cruise, yacht, commercial fishing, and other boats out of our ports. TSA is already involved in port security from the cargo perspective but given the direction TSA wants to go with general and business aviation, it's not a far stretch to think that there will be regulations applicable to cruise and related port activity. This program is a comprehensive discussion of these issues as well as an instructional guide for anyone wanting to provide TSA with comments. You can learn more about this issue by visiting Planehook's website at http://www.planehook.com/ . If you have questions or comments for David Hook, you can send them through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com or directly to David at david.hook@spaceflightsecurity.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:39:58 UTC
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Eva-Jane Lark, Friday, 12-5-08 (60.53MB; download) -- Guest: Eva-Jane Lark was the guest host for this special Space Show and I was the guest that Ms. Lark interviewed. Eva-Jane started out asking me about my initial interest in space. Listen to what I said about my interest starting at a very early age. Eva-Jane did a stellar job in drawing me out in detailed responses to very good questions on many subjects ranging from business planning and development issues, to some personal issues and financial issues regarding The Space Show, and my goals and objectives with The Space Show. Many listeners participated and all questions went through Eva-Jane. One series of questions asked to me by the guest host Eva-Jane and a listener dealt with what annoyed me and boy, did I get on a soap box! Listen to what gets under the skin of DrSpace! On the flip side, she asked me what gave me the most pleasure and you will hear that as well. Based on one set of comments, an idea for a new Space Show program was developed, a Space Show program devoted to comedy. Suggestions and ideas for the guest(s) and how that show might develop are welcome. Eva-Jane drew me out on some of my favorite topics, education, students, reality versus that which is not real, selling or promising that which does not exist, expectations, science fiction and space enthusiasm and much more. She also inquired about my interactions with both the listeners and guests, remarkable people I've met, show setbacks and accomplishments, and people who work behind the scenes to make The Space Show happen, including board members of One Giant Leap and my editor. Space infrastructure was discussed as was space solar power which is presently the most popular subject talked about on the program. Eva-Jane was a terrific guest host and she is welcome back to this again anytime! If you have questions or comments for either the guest host, the host, or both of us, let us hear from you. My address is drspace@thespaceshow.com and you can reach Eva-Jane Lark at ejlark1 at gmail dot com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:27:37 UTC
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Thalia Kohls, Tuesday, 12-2-08 (45.56MB; download) -- Guest: Thalia "ad.astra" Kohls was our guest for this show to discuss alt.space and NewSpace from an outsider's perspective. Thalia shared with us her views and experiences in communicating with NewSpace participants on blogs and in other venues and you will hear why she is critical of this community. I too have shared many of her experiences and commented on them during the show. We also spoke about engineering, science, and inspiring space projects like humans to Mars. Thalia expressed the view that she was not very optimistic about seeing a return to the Moon in her lifetime. A listener around the same age chatted in saying practically the same thing. You will not want to miss this discussion. We took a look at NASA, SSP, space tourism, and RLVs from her perspective as an outsider. This is a discussion you will not want to miss. As you will hear, this was definitely an unusual program with important points of view looking in at various aspects of the space industry by someone who definitely likes and supports space, but primarily resides outside the space community. Thalia's comments should be a learning experience for us all. If you have a comment or question for Thalia Kohls, please send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to her. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:51:10 UTC
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