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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Open Lines, Sunday, 10-12-08 (59.58MB; download) -- Guest: Open Lines was the basis for this two hour Sunday Space Show program. Many topics were discussed with callers, those on chat, and through email, including the economic problems and the impact on space, Space Cynics and the recent set of posts regarding Masten Space Systems (http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/in-space-can-anybody-smell-the-bs/), Space Solar Power (SSP), the NASA Administrator, and more. Several of the questions and callers triggered my passion, so you will hear some heated commentary and discussions with the listeners. The trump question was asked by listener Axel, a 21 year old college student. If any of you want to attempt to answer Axel's questions, send them to me and I will forward them to him. This is a wide-ranging discussion, hard-hitting, opinionated, and showing frustration with today's economic and political problems and the lack of appreciation for space in the list of possible solutions to our problems. If you have comments or questions, send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:30:50 UTC
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Tom Olson, Friday, 10-10-08 (57.62MB; download) -- Guest: Tom Olson was the guest for this Space Show program to debrief us on the IAC 2008 conference recently held in Glasgow, Scotland. However, we first spent a few minutes talking about the case of Walt Anderson, the website which Tom created to explain the case against Walt and provide all relevant information about Walt, www.justiceforwalt.com. After discussing Walt Anderson, we then moved on to talking about the various sessions, the major talk by NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin, the special entrepreneurial track, and social networking at the conference. I asked Tom lots of comparison questions concerning the IAC and a typical American space conference as I wanted to understand the different perspectives of those attending the customary American conference and those attending this well respected and established global space conference. Listen to how Tom describes the different focus of the participants and those in attendance, plus their interest level, and their involvement in the space community. Tom gave us part of his Vision for Space entrepreneurial presentation and will make available his paper which he delivered at IAC. If you would like a copy, please send me an email requesting it. We also delved into the subject of space solar power, both in terms of the IAC and its economic validity. Now before those of you who are die hard SSP supporters go ballistic, yes, both Tom and I were cynical and asked some very hard economic questions about the viability of SSP with a little sarcasm here and there. Note that I was very clear in stating my strong preference for a serious demo plant to answer the unknown questions about it and to go from the theoretical on every level of SSP to some reality for real number crunching and analysis. So please, don't overlook the fact that support for SSP was made clear on this show, just real number crunching to make SSP valid, not some of the Kool Aid claims for it that circulate all too freely. A listener asked Tom about a recent Space Cynics post regarding Masten Space Systems. Listen to what Tom said and I supported Tom's comments. We talked about the interest in space tourism among those attending the IAC and Tom reported a very strong interest and that most everyone wants to go to space just like on this side of the great pond. Given our present economic crisis and bungling Congress and more, both Tom and I offered some rather terse comments for our "so called leaders" and Tom opined on the impact of the financial crisis on both the civil space program and the entrepreneurial private sector program, especially in raising capital for start-up companies. You will want to hear his analysis. During this two hour program, we covered many topics. Tom spoke openly and frankly about many topics including a response to a question I asked him about his willingness to invest his own money in any of the companies presenting at SIS in Los Angeles on Oct. 15. You will not want to miss his answer to my question. If you want to ask Tom Olson a questions, give him a comment, or request his IAC paper, please send your email to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to him.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:06:25 UTC
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Space Show TV with Drs. Webb & Whalen; Bob Werb, 10-7-08 (66.77MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. David Webb and Dr. David Whalen (first hour) and Bob Werb (second hour) were our guests for this final combined episode of the Space Show television program filmed on location in Cape Canaveral Florida. David Webb was the first department chair of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota and then became the first department chair of International Space University, we started our discussion with space education and how it has changed over the past 20 years, what students were like then versus how they are now. Then we changed course and started a discussion on space policy, the 50 year space plan, how we failed to sell space to the people, the role of NASA, and much more. In the second segment, we discussed past and potential future commercialization of space, why the public should care about space, and the future of manned spaceflight. You will want to hear this wide ranging discussion on these issues. Bob Werb of the Space Frontier Foundation was our guest today for this second hour and started the discussion by explaining to us about the importance of selling space for the long term and not the near term and then told us about the beginnings of the Space Frontier Foundation. Other topics we discussed on the show included why we have no polling data on space, the resources that can be found in space, and much more. Later in the program, Bob offered us a quote from "The High Frontier" by Gerald O'Neill, the expression of new ideas in NewSpace, reaching out to untouched markets, the difference between managing employees and managing volunteers at a nonprofit, STEM education, and more. Bob explained to use that he believes the message of the importance of space to different audiences, including NASCAR fans! You will certainly want to hear what he has to say about reaching new audiences! If you have a comment or question for any of these guests, please email drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to the appropriate person. If you want to view the The Space Show TV demo disk produced by Jim Lewis of CCI, please use this URL: http://port.cciflorida.com/drspace/ Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:10:58 UTC
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Conrad Foundation, Monday, 10-6-08 (40.41MB; download) -- Guests: Nancy Conrad and Joshua Neubert were the guests today to discuss the Conrad Foundation and the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award. Find out more by visiting the following websites: http://www.conradfoundation.org/ and http://www.conradawards.org/ . Josh and Nancy explained the purpose of the Conrad Foundation and their incredible awards program. I really think it's likely the best inspiring and motivating awards program for high school students that I have learned about over the past 7 years and I told both guests this on the show. We had many listener questions about the awards, the teams, school, and kids who seemed to be similar in behavior to what Nancy told us about Pete Conrad when he was a youngster in school. You will certainly want to hear this. At one point, Nancy provided listeners with a gifted school and toll free number for parents being challenged with their kids and their school. Among the many topics discussed was the ease or difficulty in selling space in today's world, in getting sponsors for the teams and the program, and more. We learned that the award program will be available to the public at NASA Ames and is set for April 2-4, 2009. I will soon be making "hold the date" announcements about this event. Nancy Conrad shared much with us about how the awards program and the Conrad Foundation were modeled after the goals and life of Pete Conrad who passed from us in 1999. One of the lessons learned and approaches taken to inspiring kids is to "color outside the lines." Listen to the show to understand this in the context in which we discussed it. Listeners asked about the judges for the awards contest. Here, we learned that the judges come from the venture capital community, entrepreneurs, the business, scientific, engineering, and other relevant communities. In addition, some are professors from leading colleges and universities, this enables the student teams obtain relevant college entry information and even assistance in some cases. I believe this program to be exceptional. Please make sure you share it and the Conrad Foundation with your friends and relatives, especially if they have high school age kids. Maybe they will want to enter the contest and one might be the winner. As you will hear, selected and winning teams are given marketing, patent, and other relevant assistance to actually bring their award winning product to market, if possible. This is an exceptional opportunity for high school students so share the information and help get the word out. If you have a comment or question for Nancy Conrad or Josh Neubert, please use the Contact link on the website at http://www.conradfoundation.org/contact.php or http://www.conradawards.org/contact.php .
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:49:16 UTC
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Dr. Nader Elhefnawy, Sunday, 10-5-08 (46.18MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Nader Elhefnawy had his debut appearance on The Space Show today in order to discuss his recent Space Review articles. Please check out http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1220/1 and http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1199/1. Our discussion was wide-ranging with excellent listener questions challenging our guest and his theories/perceptions or, in some cases, agreeing with our guest. We talked about what makes a business profitable, NewSpace (alt.space) and business development, timing, space tourism, regulations, risk, and even climbing Mt. Everest as an analog case. Economics was discussed including the GWP of the US and other nations, space solar power economics was again mentioned, downplaying the validity of SSP (I really wish a qualified person could respond to the economic challenges to SSP as posed by many of our economically and financially astute guests and listeners. If you can suggest someone to me to do the economics supporting SSP, please pass on the reference). Toward the end of the program, we talked about what makes a great space power, leadership, and how a great space power stays in the lead. You will want to hear this discussion. In the last segment as well, Nader talked about O'Neill space stations. He said he actually crunched the numbers on such a station and, in this segment, he shares with us his analysis, both as to numbers and to the number of shuttles or similar vehicles needed to realized the space stations. If you want to send a comment or question to Dr. Nader Elhefnawy, please use drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:54:20 UTC
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Dr. Bob Krone, Friday, 10-3-08 (57.08MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Bob Krone was with us today to discuss scientific breakthroughs for intelligence here on Earth and in space, the ATWG, their new book, their upcoming conference at NASA Ames from Dec. 9-11, 2008, SSP, the Hawaiian Demonstration, and the Kepler Academy. We went into detail about all of these subjects during the show, starting with the intelligence discussion and the work being done by Dr. Ben-Jacobs and Dr. Isaacson. This work will likely influence how we do things in the future, both here on Earth and in space, so listen carefully to this cutting edge discussion. We next put our attention on ATWG and the new book that is being written under the auspices of Dr. Sherry Bell. You can find out more about ATWG and their upcoming conference, even do the online registration, by just visiting www.atwg.org/ . A major discussion topic for today's show was space solar power and the Hawaii Demonstration, part of which was filmed for the Discovery TV Network as one of the shows for their Planet Earth series. Bob explains the experiment and the work of Drs. Mankins and Marzwell, so you will want to hear what he has to say. We also discussed the economics of SSP and the launch systems needed to get this infrastructure into space so definitely listen to this discussion. We then edged forward to electric cars, state of the energy industry reporting being worked on by Mike Snead (a previous guest on the show), and an overall energy discussion. As we entered the final segment of the show, we talked about the Kepler Academy in Edmonds, Washington and the program being implemented, including the 1,000 Earth Space Stations. We made time at the very end of the program for Bob to share is quasi-UFO story with us based on his experience with George Von Tassle at the Giant Rock Airport, California in 1963. You can contact Dr. Bob Krone with comments, questions, feedback, and more at bobkrone@aol.com. To find out more about the cutting edge book, "Beyond Earth," please visit www.beyondearth.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:24:12 UTC
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UND Space Studies from the IAC 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland, 10-2-08 (27.28MB; download) -- Guests: Bev Fetter, Matt Allner, Nate Ambler, and North Dakota State Senator Ray Holmberg were our guests today live from Glasgow, Scotland reporting back to us from the IAF 2008 conference sponsored by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). We began our discussion with Matt who talked about his two presentations regarding space psychology research and spaceship crew performance. Note who collaborated with him on these studies as he describes them both and his presentations. Matt shared with us some of his networking experiences and it's easy to see why conferences such as this one are important, not just from the student perspective, but also from the university given the opportunities for new student recruitment. Following our discussion with Matt Allner, we welcomed surprise guest Senator Ray Holmberg. Senator Holmberg explained why it was important for a North Dakota senator to be present at this international space conference. Talk about state support for the UND Space Studies program, this was incredible! This is a must hear segment on a very important program. Among the many questions asked Senator Holmberg, I brought up the fact that graduates of Space Studies often leave the state for space careers with NASA and other parts of the space industry and there North Dakota so far is weak on keeping the graduates in the state. He said he and his colleagues are aware of this and they have initiated programs to develop an aerospace presence in the state and they do understand the importance of keeping this wealth within their own state borders. What an outstanding state senator for space! In response to another of my questions, he said he would be available to potential students if they want to talk to him about the program, North Dakota, or aerospace in North Dakota. His email address can be found at the conclusion of this archive narrative. I strongly urge prospective students and those interested to take advantage of this great connection and let Senator Holmberg hear from you if you are considering Space Studies or have questions about the school or the industry in North Dakota. Nate Ambler was our next student guest and, like Matt, a veteran Space Show guest. Nate told about his paper that he is presenting tomorrow, the final day of the conference. He also talked a bit about recruiting and hanging with students from other school programs including some from MIT, Georgia Tech, Purdue, ISU, and others. He also said that UND Space Studies had among the largest student delegation at the conference. He too has valued the networking possibilities coming his way by being at this conference and he urged undergraduate and graduate students to present and attend conferences whenever possible. Toward the end of the program, Bev Fetter joined us to talk about the Space Studies program in more detail. Bev is the main administrative person in Space Studies and a key player in the program, its support, all student activities and more. She talks about the interest that foreign as well as American students expressed in the program by visiting the Space Studies booth at the IAC. As you will hear, some students enrolled in other programs are interested in Space Studies due to the interdisciplinary character of the program. We also talked about scholarship funding for graduate students and as you will hear, it is available for UND Space Studies students. I asked Bev to tell us something about the selling points for Space Studies that were most effective at the IAC this week in Glasgow and she kindly obliged my request. If you want to ask questions or comments about UND and Space Studies, please contact Bev Fetter at info@space.edu. For Matt or Nate, please send your note to me and I will forward it as requested. If you want to send a note about Space Studies or North Dakota aerospace or anything related to Senator Holmberg, his email address is rholmberg@nd.gov. In contacting any of these guests, plea Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:11:13 UTC
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Shubber Ali, Tuesday, 9-30-08 (45.19MB; download) -- Guest: Shubber Ali was our guest today in order to discuss our economic situation and its fallout for civil and private space, space solar power (SSP), space investment, venture capital, and much more. Several callers asked Shubber questions ranging from how NewSpace Companies should strategize for survival or moving forward given our economic crisis and one caller even asked for models of how aviation companies did it in the 1930s. Shubber commented that at one time Boeing even made wooden furniture and another caller pointed to several companies who already have a secondary product line ranging from medical equipment to book sales and more. We had lots of discussion about cheap access to space and the lack of economics behind space solar power. Shubber also pointed out the advancement in many energy related technologies applicable to terrestrial energy production which also make it more challenging to develop space solar power on any type of economic basis. One listener, Thalia from Seattle, called in to ask why otherwise very smart people do such stupid things in alt.space. Shubber provided a good response to her questions and I referred her to the Dorky Space Cadet paper written by the Old Space Cadet on the Space Cynics blog, http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/. You can do a global search at the blog for "Dorky Space Cadet" and find this paper which provides an answer of sorts to the question asked by Thalia. As Thalia has a classical education and knows Greek and Latin, both Shubber and I asked her questions about her ability to write and her perceptions about space and why and how she became a space cadet. Later in the discussion with Shubber, a listener sent in a note asking why Space Cynics gives out a Walking Eagle award and challenging our doing so as a Cynics project. Note the responses that Shubber, Old Space Cadet (he was on the phone asking Shubber a question) and I provided for Roger who sent in the question. In addition, Shubber was asked about Zubrin's idea to mandate flex fuel car engines and this led to an energy program discussion. We also discussed markets and what makes an industry, especially as related to space tourism and spaceports. As to be expected, Shubber provided us with hard hitting, factual and reality based analysis on many important aspects and programs in the space community and in our country. You can send your comments or questions to Shubber Ali through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com or to him at spacecynic@mac.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:22:00 UTC
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Bruce Damer, Monday, 9-29-08 (39.16MB; download) -- Guest: Bruce Damer was with us to discuss virtual reality and 3D simulation for space. To learn more, visit his websites: www.digitalspace.com , www.digitalspaces.net , and www.damer.com/ . The discussion began with some comments about our current economic crisis in the United States and what it might mean for the civil as well as the private space program. Whatever views and perspectives one brings to the table on these problems, Bruce and I agreed that it does not bode well for space spending and investments. It's far too early to see how these financial problems will be worked out or their overall impact on the nation, not just the space program. We then shifted our focus to the pending repair of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and its delay until early 2009. Bruce is doing an educational outreach simulation for the Hubble repair, this is something you will want to follow and download when it becomes available. A listener brought up the idea that advanced virtual reality might someday make a manned mission to Mars unnecessary. This was discussed on a program earlier this year, but you will certainly want to hear what Bruce had to say about the idea. Transhumanism was brought up in the context of virtual reality and Bruce's Project Biota, so you will want to be certain to hear this discussion. Other listener questions asked about virtual reality being used for modelling and planning along the lines of Cad-Cam software. You might be surprised at what Bruce had to say about this. Toward the end of the show, a listener asked about some of the futuristic projections by Ray Kurzweil. Don't miss this part of the discussion as it discusses the need to be well-grounded. If you have a question or comment for Bruce Damer, please send him an email at bruce@damer.com or b.damer@digitalspace.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:40:36 UTC
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Roger & Richard Easton, Sunday, 9-28-08 (43.14MB; download) -- Guests: Roger Easton and his son Richard Easton were the guests for this Space Show program. Roger Easton was the designer of the Vanguard 1 satellite, which was key to the Vanguard project, and was the person who conceived, patented, and led the development of critical enabling technologies for the US GPS system. He was also the recipient of the National Medal of Technology which was awarded to him in November 2005. We started the discussion with Roger Easton about Vanguard and the precursor program, the Viking Sounding Rocket program. Roger shared with us details about these programs from his memory and experience. Richard supplemented when necessary and also shared with us details of his related research. We discussed Vanguard and Viking for Segment 1, switching over to GPS after the first break. Here we talked about timation, the NRL, the formation of GPS, its challenges, its future, and competition. We talked about various atomic clocks and listeners asked for details. We went back in time to the Naval Space Surveillance System and the early experiments with timation involving the main observatory in the UK. Later in the show, a listener asked if there might be roots to GPS in science fiction writing, Richard said he found a weak reference to it in an 1860's book, so listen to this part carefully. We also talked about accuracy in reporting and Richard suggested that maybe up to 60% of what is written about these subjects is inaccurate! Our discussion with Roger Easton was broad and wide-ranging and it was an honor to talk to him and have this show as part of his Oral History. Special thanks to son Richard for helping us to set this up. We send our appreciation to Roger and his peers for their service to our nation and space and rocket programs. If you have a question or comment for either Roger or Richard Easton, please send it to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward it to them both.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:10:53 UTC
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