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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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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Sharon Weinberger & Open Lines, Monday, 12-1-08 (42.53MB; download) -- Guest: Sharon Weinberger, author of "Imaginary Weapons," was our guest for the first hour followed by a half hour of Open Lines. Sharon provided us with the history of her research regarding her book and we began our discussion with nothing less than the hafnium 5 kiloton hand grenade. From this point, we discussed how such projects are funded, the dream of an isomer bomb, DOD and DARPA standards, and much more. At different points in the discussion, we extrapolated to NASA and space expenditures using Ares 1 and other space projects. Some of this discussion took us to the subject of crackpots and whack-job inventors and projects and why such projects get funded. Sharon told us about her crackpot index which is on pages 230-231 of her book. This index or test could easily be applied to space projects so check it out as I strongly urge you to obtain and read this book. Sharon us told us about her new book written with her husband, "A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry." Many more examples from the book, from the space field and from related fields, were discussed as part of the imaginary thesis. Some of the examples were cold fusion, zero point energy, certain types of futuristic weapons, and more. You can learn more about Sharon Weinberger and her work by visiting her website, http://www.sharonweinberger.com/ . If you have questions or comments for Sharon Weinberger, please use her website and reference The Space Show or send them to me and I will forward them to her. For the Open Lines segment, a caller asked about peer review and listeners wanted to know if I had any information about the next NASA Administrator. One listener asked about my thoughts on Mrs. Clinton as Secretary of State and redoing ITAR. You can hear my responses to these listener comments and questions in the Open Lines segment.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:06:49 UTC
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Dr. Robert Richards, Sunday, 11-30-08 (38.84MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards was our guest for this Space Show program. We started our discussion with an update on the Optec meteorological lidar unit flown aboard the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander. As Bob reported to us, all worked to their complete satisfaction with the unit. We then discussed the Odyssey Moon Limited venture which was the first contestant in the Google Lunar X-Prize competition. To learn more, visit http://www.odysseymoon.com. We talked about new additions to the company, the need to form an American subsidiary to partner with NASA in a public/private venture, and the need for people to bring to the table real space business experience. We engaged in a fairly comprehensive discussion about what it takes to close a business case for going to the Moon for commercial purposes and a listener even asked Bob how they could do something commercial while NASA seems so bloated in what they are doing to return to the Moon, this notwithstanding the scope of the Google Lunar X-Prize activity versus returning to the Moon with humans. This is an interesting discussion, you will not want to miss it. In addition to much time spent discussing going to the Moon and the competition in the Google Lunar X-Prize, we talked about big picture space development and space policy. This is also an important discussion you won't want to miss. Google's interest in space was discussed as was ITAR, space education and the ISU, and the importance of vision. If you have questions about Odyssey Moon, the Google Lunar X-Prize or anything discussed on this show, please send them to Dr. Bob Richards through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. In addition, you can use the Contact page on the Odyssey Moon website (http://www.odysseymoon.com/index-4.html) for the Canadian office, info@odysseymoon.com. If you use the latter address, please put to Bob's attention and reference The Space Show in the subject line.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:09:01 UTC
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Jane Reifert, Friday, 11-28-08 (57.15MB; download) -- Guest: Jane Reifert, President of Incredible Adventures, was the guest for this Space Show program. Please visit the Incredible Adventures website at http://www.incredible-adventures.com for more information about the adventures discussed on the show, for custom adventures, or with your comments and questions. We talked with Jane about many of the travel adventures offered by her company, the medical requirements to participate, travel and other requirements, and more. We also spent considerable time talking with her about the essential components of a successful commercial travel adventure and we then applied to this discussion to suborbital and orbital space tourism and other space missions. At one point during the show, Jane said "Space is just another adventure" and this proved to be a popular comment. I also think it is right on the mark and 100% applicable to all of space. In fact, we spent some time talking about marketing space ventures, some of the problems in the way they are presently marketed and more. Another thing Jane said is "Don't promise what you cannot deliver." Our commercial and marketing discussions for commercial space ventures are scattered throughout our two hour show today but do listen for them. Jane has a good handle on this subject for making money. If you ever wanted to know about adventure travel programs, what is involved in putting them on and their marketing, as well as the adventures themselves, this is the program to listen to and to follow up with Jane. You can reach Jane Reifert thorough a number of ways using the Incredible Adventures website including snail mail to 6604 Midnight Pass Rd - Sarasota, FL 34242, phone calls to 1-800-644-7382, and email to Jane at info@incredible-adventures.com. If you send email, please put "For Jane re Space Show" in the subject line.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:02:44 UTC
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Jim Lewis; Brian Mosdell, Wednesday, 11-26-08 (46.59MB; download) -- Guests: Jim Lewis, followed by Brian Mosdell, are the two guests for this recorded set of interviews made while at Cape Canaveral on Nov. 17 and Nov. 19, 2008. In the first segment, Jim Lewis of Communications Concepts talks about the special documentary now playing on the Documentary Channel, "One Giant Leap - 50 Years of the American Space Program." I have seen this documentary and its one of the best documentaries commemorating the 50th anniversary of America in space. Its hosted by Corbin Bernsen and has great interviews with Hoot Gibson, Alan Shepard's daughter Laura who has the golf club Alan used for hitting the golf ball on the Moon (or the simulation model), Bill Pogue, Jon McBride, Al Worden, Jack King, and others. You can see this documentary on your documentary cable TV channel, but the DVD is available for purchase at www.spaceflightnowstore.com. It's well worth seeing and owning. During this discussion, Jim talks about making the documentary, some of the astronaut and media personality stories that are not in the program and more.
A few days later, Brian Mosdell, Director of Space X Florida Launch Operations, gave me a walking tour of the work going on for the Falcon 9 pad. After driving what seemed like an eternity by various launch pads at KSC, I found my way to the Falcon 9 pad which was recently used in 2005 as an Air Force Titan pad. I was struck by how much incredible progress is being made to transform this pad into the Falcon 9 pad. It's impressive! I was also impressed by the fact this pad was used not that long ago to launch a Titan and the rust and deferred maintenance was overwhelming. This speaks to the harsh environment that our launch infrastructure at the Cape must endure and the high cost of maintenance that surely must be incurred by the Air Force and NASA to maintain this infrastructure. Brian walked me through, and over, all parts of the pad, explained everything, nothing was held back. I had totally free access to the pad, all questions were answered, and it was fascinating. I only wish The Space Show website had video and photo capacity as I would post some of the pictures that I took so you could see what Brian was talking about. However, much of what he explained can be seen on the Space X site. I do have a few digital photos from my tour, so assuming I can send them by email, if you send me a note at drspace@thespaceshow.com, I will attempt to send them to you. By the way, the sun was so very bright, I could not see a thing in the viewfinder of the camera so I was guessing at what I was taking the picture of, but some are presentable. I was mostly focused on the interview and the recording and as I was on my own for this without an assistant, picture taking was secondary at best. My hat continues to be tipped to Space X and all of the team for their amazing openness, transparency, friendship, and desire to communicate with The Space Show audience. Space X and its team really are outstanding and we all wish for their great success. As you will hear on the tape, Brian is expecting Falcon 9 to be on the pad before the end of this year. A few days after I completed this interview, they had a successful Falcon 9 engine test firing at their Texas location. I look forward to the complete renovation of this pad and successful launches of Falcon 9 from the Cape. If you have any questions or comments for Brian, you can send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:19:44 UTC
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