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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Dr. Madhu Thangavelu, Monday, 2-23-09 (60.70MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Madhu Thangavelu. Key Topics: Altair, Cislunar system, CEV, NASA, teleoperations, time delay, ISRU, education, medical problems. Dr. Madhu Thangavelu returned to The Space Show to discuss the creative problem-solving evidenced by his recent December 2008 USC class, "Return to the Moon: Looking Glass 204 Team Project." Dr. Thangavelu explained the focus of the class and then went through some of the student team solutions to problems we face in returning to the Moon. The subject range included the Altair Descent Stage, working in the cislunar system, medical and human factors issues that must be resolved prior to going to back to the Moon, and much more. In addition to listing the student team projects, listeners asked many questions to expand some of the topics, especially around the time delay issue of using robotics for real time teleoperations. The issue of real time was discussed in detail, see what you think about it. ISRU was also discussed in some detail as its very important for our future permanent presence in space. Toward the end of this extra-long two hour, 15 minute program, Madhu provided us with his rationale for human spaceflight and the need for US congressional space leadership. This led to an 11th hour discussion on space leadership when I was asked about his "wish" that President Obama "does the right thing" for space and makes the changes we all want. When Madhu asked if I agreed, well, I guess I let loose on my soap box with wishlist thinking and what I look for to indicate real change as a possibility from any politician or so-called political leader. We concluded with my "wishing" for success in Madhu's message reaching the President and the appropriate people to make it happen as all of us supporting space development and exploration want the type of vision outlined by Dr. Thangavelu (or something very similar to it). Since I hold politicians in and so-called political leaders of all parties in fairly low esteem, well, you can imagine my soap box rant. If you want to follow up with Dr. Madhu Thangavelu for comments or questions about this show, or if you are interested in learning more about your possible participation in his USC class as a distance student with or without credit, please email him at thangavelu-girardey@cox.net . Please copy your email to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com .
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:04:47 UTC
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Dr. Sean Casey, Sunday, 2-22-09 (38.07MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Sean Casey. Topics: SOFIA, astronomy, student interns, NASA science missions. Dr. Sean Casey returned to The Space Show to update us on The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) project. In the process of discussing SOFIA and infrared astronomy (please see http://www.sofia.usra.edu/ for more details), we talked about other types of astronomy, atmospheric, and space observation. We also learned that there were possibilities for student interns on the project, so if you are interested in an internship or know someone who is, send a note to Dr. Casey. There were numerous listener questions about the technical aspects of the special Boeing 747SP modifications and the telescope as well as support equipment. As the SOFIA aircraft flies at 41,000 feet with the door open, you will want to hear about the design, engineering, and operation of this unique airborne observatory. Listeners asked other questions addressing the value of science and astronomy in general and the mix of science and human space programs in NASA. You can learn much more about SOFIA, possibly even arrange a tour of the SOFIA plane at Palmdale, just visit the SOFIA website listed above. You will find this program to be informative and interesting, so visit the SOFIA website for more information. If you have questions or comments about SOFIA or for Dr. Casey, please email him at scasey@sofia.usra.edu . Please copy me on your note at drspace@thespaceshow.com .
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:23:55 UTC
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Rosanna Sattler, Friday, 2-20-09 (57.04MB; download) -- Guest: Rosanna Sattler, Atty. Topics: spaceflight participants, informed consent, liability issues, assumption of risk. Rosanna Sattler returned for this Space Show program to discuss spaceflight liability for companies and spaceflight participants. Our discussion started out with an understanding of the various terrestrial liability, tort, and other laws in place that will likely apply to commercial spaceflight. This is an important show to listen to because it explains the existing body of applicable law to the emerging personal spaceflight industry in the context of the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004. Contrary to the popular thinking of many, the industry is regulated, not so much on the federal level, but through the varying laws of the different states. In fact, you might find some of the issues about liability and jurisdiction to be more than confusing given the differences among states in their liability and related laws. This is a must hear program if you want to be clear thinking about this industry, be you a potential spaceflight participant, a spaceflight operator, or vehicle manufacturer. One of the issues that came up from listeners several times was the need for spaceflight participants to draw upon legal expertise in examining a company contract and the informed consent documentation that will be given to them. The body of law and regulations that will apply to the spaceflight and the liability, liability which may very well include the participant, is broad and variable depending on venue and jurisdictional issues. If you have comments or questions for Ms. Rosanna Sattler, please email her at rsattler@pbl.com and send a copy to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com . Thank you.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:49:19 UTC
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Dr. Henry Hertzfeld, Tuesday, 2-17-09 (85.33MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Henry Hertzfeld. Topics: economics for the nation, NASA, and space, investment, launch rates, government spending for space and R&D. Dr. Henry Hertzfeld returned to The Space Show to discuss the current state of our national and global economy and its probable impact on space development and programs. We examined the economic impact on companies that need to raise money, those which do not have clearly defined markets, and on those companies that are self-funded. In addition to the economic issues, we talked about achieving low cost space access with a higher launch rate or with RLVs, and we examined spaceports, spaceport financing, and space tourism. Other issues included traffic management and the legal and regulatory issues surrounding satellites given the Iridium and Cosmos satellite collision last week. Listeners asked about making the economic case for going to the Moon, Mars, or human spaceflight in general. You will want to hear what Dr. Hertzfeld had to say about making an economic case for most space programs. Uncertainty and not knowing were common themes during the program as it was said many times that we were in "unchartered waters" at this time given the new administration, Congress, the economic situation here and around the world, and the lack of a new NASA Administrator let alone NASA policy. Henry did explain why it was likely that things for civil space will not change much but then again, nobody knows for sure. I believe this to be an important show placing space development and exploration in the proper context with what is happening nationally and globally. If you have comments or questions for Dr. Henry Hertzfeld, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to him.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:59:34 UTC
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Stephen Doyle, Monday, 2-16-09 (46.51MB; download) -- Guest: Stephen E. Doyle, Atty. Topics: Space law, space property rights, space traffic management, liability, space debris, space tourism, and much more. Stephen Doyle was our guest for today's Space Show program to discuss various aspects of space law. As it turned out, this was a very comprehensive discussion on a variety of space law issues including space traffic management, space tourism, liability issues, space property rights, the Outer Space Treaty, international contributors to space law, and so very much more. I recommend this as a must hear program. The space property rights discussion and the discussion about space traffic management, especially in light of the recent satellite collision involving the U.S. Iridium satellite and the inactive Russian Cosmos satellite, were second to none! But listeners will learn much about many topics as Mr. Doyle was an outstanding teacher for us. His knowledge and experience from his years in space law and policy work afford us special insights into the intricacies of the UN treaties, space law in general and in specific to the issues listeners asked about and which were talked about on the program. We will certainly invite Stephen Doyle back to The Space Show given there is so much we can all learn from him. If you want to send him a question or a comment, do so using sedoyle7@sbcglobal.net. Please copy me on your question or comment. You can find out more about Stephen Doyle by visiting his website at http://oldinsulators.com/stephenedoyle/ . Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:34:58 UTC
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Alfred Zaehringer, Sunday, 2-15-09 (43.82MB; download) -- Guest: Alfred Zaehringer. Topics: rocket science, rocket equation, Mars, chemical rockets, space tourism, low cost space access. Al Zaehringer returned to The Space Show to discuss his two books. Al was the editor of "Rocketscience: The Journal of the Detroit Rocket Society, Inc. 1947-1952," which is available from http://www.apogeebooks.com. This is a must have reference book, one of the very best of its kind. Apogee also rereleased his earlier book, "Rocket Science." We started the interview with Al telling us about the Detroit Rocket Society, some of the leaders who were part of it, and some stories from some of the people whose work is in the Journal. We then moved forward to questions about achieving low cost space access, chemical rockets, markets in space, drivers for the cost of a launch, fuel and more. Al was as blunt, outspoken and factual on this show as he was on his two appearances back in early 2005. We talked to him about his experiments in trying to manipulate the rocket equation and more. Listen to what he had to say about this and much more. We discussed the future of chemical rockets, the space industry, space advocacy, leadership, policy, regulation, and even nuclear rockets and the space elevator. In response to a listener phone call, we talked at length about amateur rocketry during the early days of the Detroit Rocket Society and today. And we discussed the best way to do Point A to Point B transportation. Is it better to scale up from suborbital or to scale down from true orbital? Listen to what Al had to say about this subject. We talked about many other space engineering, propulsion, and rocket issues. If you have questions or comments for Al Zaehringer, you can email him direct at janmay@comcast.net. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:17:09 UTC
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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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