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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William Watson, Tuesday, 6-17-08 (39.14MB; download) -- Guest: William Watson, Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF), was the guest for this show to discuss the upcoming NewSpace 2008 conference, July 17-19, 2008 in Washington, DC. Will went over the list of speakers and panels, noted that the conference is single track unlike many other conferences, and responded to listener questions about students, NASA participation, side trips to possibly Goddard or Wallops, and much more. We talked about space education and career opportunities, specifically with the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. You can find out more about the conference and SFF by visiting www.space-frontier.org. For those of you intending to register for the conference, you should do so prior to July 1 in order to avoid a price increase. The same holds true for the online hotel reservation. If you visit www.space-frontier.org/Events/NewSpace2008/ you can check out the preliminary agenda, which is action-packed with important programming and topics. We also talked about networking at the conference and its added value to conference attendees. We also talked about the Space Contest which you can find on their website at www.space-frontier.org/Projects/SpaceContest/. There were listener questions about the SFF membership and the e-newsletter. Both are free and as Will explained, SFF is not a membership organization. If you want to subscribe to the newsletter, visit http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101309911800&p=oi. If you have questions or comments about the conference, SFF, or anything related to this show, please contact Will at wwatson@spacefrontierfoundation.org.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:01:24 UTC
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Homer Hickam, Tuesday, 6-17-08 (37.95MB; download) -- Guest: Homer Hickam was the guest for this special Space Show program. Mr. Hickam, author of "Rocket Boys," which was made into the acclaimed movie "October Sky," spoke with us about many topics and all of us had lots of fun while learning from someone who is, in my opinion, a true American hero. We started the discussion by asking him about his discovering two Tyrannosaurs in Montana. This took us directly to his early rocket launching days in Montana and putting Barbie dolls into space or near space. You have to hear this discussion to believe it. Barbie possibly should have be designated a spaceflight participant or something close to it , maybe even a skydiver since Barbie came back to Earth in a parachute. By the way, no even-handedness here as Ken was never launched on a Homer Hickam rocket. Leaving Barbie, we got down to serious rocket launching history with Homer in his days growing up in Coalwood, West Virginia. We talked about the different conditions then and now. Listeners asked him questions about school programs, how to inspire the youth, and much more. Homer was quick to point out that, while the conditions that he experienced as a kid do not exist anymore, there are lots of rocket clubs around the country for kids and adults to join and use to learn and launch rockets. Visit his website, www.homerhickam.com, as he has a link on the site for the rocket clubs across the country. We discussed the role of the NASA Administrator in the context of Homer taking on the job. Interestingly, he said if he took on the job, he would go to the American people to engage us all much more in space. Barbara from LA emailed in that first, she was not Barbie and was not riding on one of his rockets, and second what Homer was saying reminded her of the days of Von Braun when he did take space to the people. You should hear this exchange, it's terrific! Homer is putting together a Broadway play titled Rocket Boys The Musical and you can find out about it www.rocketboysthemusical.com. We played a few of the cuts (songs) from the play on the show. From rockets to moonshine, you have to listen. It's grand fun and the music is excellent. Pick up all the cuts at www.rocketboysthemusical.com/audio as we only had time to play parts of two of the play's songs. During another part of the discussion, I asked Homer about dreams and fantasies. He had much to say on this so again, you will want to hear this show. For example, he says he does not talk to students and parents about dreams. Instead, he uses the 3 P's: Passion, Planning, and Perseverance. Homer also introduced us to a special guest, Max the Cat. This is the first time a cat has spoken on The Space Show! If you want to see when Homer Hickham might be speaking in your area or on a book tour, check out his website. You can also email him from his site at H3Hickam@homerhickam.com. The contact page on his website is www.homerhickam.com/contact. Please put The Space Show in the subject line. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:52:38 UTC
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Barbara Sprungman David, Monday, 6-16-08 (40.13MB; download) -- Guest: Barbara Sprungman David was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss her new book, "Kids To Space: Mission Plans, An Educator's Guide." Barbara co-authored this book with Lonnie Schorer and this book is a follow-on to Lonnie's earlier book "Kids To Space: A Space Traveler's Guide." Please listen to the earlier Space Show with Lonnie from May 19, 2006 located at: http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/496-BWB-2006-05-19.mp3 . During this discussion with Barbara David, we covered many aspects of space education, teachers, the curriculum, finding time to teach space in the classroom, inspiring both kids and teachers, and even addressing the strange problem of finding the subject of space to be used as a "dumbbell course" for low achieving students. We talked about ways to make space education interesting and fun and how to communicate to teachers and school boards that space should be an important part of the curriculum. Drawing on the earlier book authored by Lonnie Schorer, we mentioned some of the most frequently asked questions by kids regarding space. We also talked about getting the books and the issue of teaching space before the NEA and even at the two political conventions coming up this August. If you are a teacher or educator or have a friend who is, this is a must hear show because it is important to have the space properly taught in the schools, starting as early as grade school. You can find out more about "Kids To Space Mission Plans: An Educator's Guide" at www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpaceSE.html. If you want to get in touch with Barbara David about this subject, the books, or teaching space in the school system, please do so at BarbaraDavid321@aol.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:36:35 UTC
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Andrew Thorpe, Sunday, 6-15-08 (44.93MB; download) -- Guest : Andrew Thorpe, author of "The Commercial Space Station: Methods and Markets" was the guest for this Space Show program. To learn more about Andrew's books and work, please visit his website: www.maxastro.com. We began our discussion with Andrew explaining why the current ISS is not the commercial space station he talks about in his book. You will want to hear this distinction. We then discussed a series of potential markets in space including microgravity, protein crystal growth, space tourism, and more. Our discussion then shifted to some of the human factors issues involved in keeping humans in space for a period of time. Two of the major issues that came up due to listener questions were bone loss and radiation. You will not want to hear this discussion as some of the listeners steeped in human factors expertise took Andrew and some of the other listeners to task with very challenging and direct questions. The same was true regarding some of the comments made about space tourism, especially those suggesting it might be the killer commercial space application. Listen and you decide. Andrew Thorpe's book provides important reasons and an understanding of the value of having a good commercial space station available for businesses to use. All of us profit with such a station. His book is widely available and I suggest you read it. If you have further questions or comments for Andrew Thorpe, you can reach him through the email address on his website, maxastro21@hotmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:54:02 UTC
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Dr. Donald Rapp, Friday, 6-13-08 (56.51MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Donald Rapp was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss his book, "Assessing Climate Change: Temperatures, Solar Radiation, and Heat Balance." This was a factual discussion of Earth's climate, climate change history over time, the Little Ice Age as a baseline, the hockey stick graph, and much more. Dr. Rapp takes a hard look at the climate talk and you will not want to miss what he has to say. He then defines the real problem as one of having sufficient energy for Americans and the world in the future. There were many questions leading to many different components and variations for this discussion, but later in the show Mike Snead phoned in and we had a lively discussion about space solar power and its place in what we are headed for with energy. For sure, do not miss this discussion. Elsewhere in this discussion, breeder reactors are discussed as a possible source for future energy. Dr. Rapp has a special Power Point presentation which he uses in his talks, so if you would like to see it, email me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will send it to you. It's about 5 MB, so make sure your email account can receive this size file. Dr. Rapp is very sensible in this discussion and if you approach this program at least with a quasi-open mind, I believe you will come away having advanced your knowledge of the climate issue, the potential global bill for climate repair of $45 trillion, and much more. At the end of the show, we connect the dots from our discussion with space development and becoming space-faring. At the end of Dr. Rapp's book, there is a scene by scene critique from a scientific perspective of the film, "An Inconvenient Truth," He shares some of this critique with us throughout the program. If you have questions or comments for Dr. Rapp, please send them to him at drdrapp@earthlink.net.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:00:39 UTC
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ISDC 2008 #4, Tuesday, 6-10-08 (57.28MB; download) -- Guests: Col. M. V. (Coyote Smith; Dr. David Livingston: ISDC 2008 Interview # 4 starts off with a quality discussion with Col. M. V. (Coyote) Smith, USAF, regarding the business case potential and the need for developing space solar power. This is a hard-hitting discussion in the hotel coffee shop about what is needed for space solar power to be developed. During this interview, not only do we discuss business case facts, but energy policy, the capability of the private sector to develop a demo project, other nations and their work toward SSP as well as their capability to do the project. We also looked back in time to see if we were ready to start SSP back in the days of gas lines during the Carter presidency. Coyote also talked about the small SSP demo project to be carried out within a few years with the help of the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies in Colorado Springs, CO. This small demo project, designed primarily as a student project with students from the AF Academy as well as other schools, will light an LED from a space solar satellite that the students will build and deploy. You do not want to miss this discussion. The second part of this interview from ISDC is my session talk that runs about 75 minutes. My talk was entitled "Reality Check: How To Be Taken Seriously When Rhetoric Rules." The talk was recorded by someone other than me, so the audio quality is not great. However, it was sufficient to archive as part of this set of interviews. I start out my talk showing how I used rhetoric and bought into the Kool Aid of the time with parts of my doctoral dissertation. I move beyond myself as an example and talk about some issues I often talk about on the show, such as inflated and embellished rhetoric and why that poisons the well for the serious space players and those small, but solid companies search for financing and support. I also hit on some sacred cows and talk about the many churches that have developed over time in space development and NewSpace, securing a large membership of "true believers." SSP was one subject that fell into this category but I made an effort to distinguish between serious SSP developers and the Church of Space Solar Power. My talk is sure to ruffle feathers, make friends, anger some, and to be attacked. I urge those of you who want to take issue with some or all of my comments to do so, but remember, "shooting the messenger" does not help make your case. I suggest countering anything I say that you believe needs countering with facts and real life examples, not wish list items. If you can do that, I am all ears and am as interested in learning and advancing my thoughts as anybody else. Questions, comments, and inquiries about SSP with Col. Smith or my talk should be sent to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. If your comments are for Coyote, I will promptly forward them.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:54:58 UTC
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Chris Carberry, Monday, 6-9-08 (41.23MB; download) -- Guest: Chris Carberry, Executive Director of The Mars Society, returned for this Space Show program. As Chris was in attendance at ISDC 2008, we opened our discussion with a review of the presidential candidates' representatives who made presentations at ISDC this year. Here we talked about the questions asked by Miles O'Brian of CNN, the lack of knowledge by the representatives about important space issues such as ITAR, and the overall disappointment felt across the board by the poor showing and low level of interest evidenced during this sessions by those on the panel. Listen to our discussion for the full details of what went down during this ISDC program. Also, you may be able to see it on the CSPAN website by doing a search for ISDC 2008 or NSS. We talked about the idea of the candidates engaging in Town Hall meetings across the country and the best way for us to get into these meetings to ask space relevant questions even though the questions are often pre-screened to avoid certain issues, such as space. Chris gives us some good guidelines and stresses the importance of us all working to ask space questions of the presidential candidates. We also talked about the upcoming Mars Society annual conference which is in Boulder, CO from August 14-17, 2008. Online registration is now available on the Mars Society website : www.marssociety.org/portal/c/Conventions/2008. Click here for a list of keynote speakers including Elon Musk of Space X and more : http://www.marssociety.org/portal/c/Conventions/2008/11thConventionSpeakers/. Chris and I, along with listener questions, spoke about the importance of space advocacy and conferences, especially this year with the presidential election just around the corner. You can send your questions or comments to Chris Carberry about presidential politics and space policy, the Mars Society, or its upcoming conference at cacarberry@yahoo.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:30:31 UTC
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ISDC 2008 #3 Space Cynics Discussion, Sunday, 6-8-08 (42.64MB; download) -- Guests: Space Cynics Shubber Ali, Tom Olson, and me (DrSpace aka Professor L) met for this interview in the hotel coffee shop for an in-person discussion featuring the Cynics' view of several of the topics discussed at ISDC 2008. This was the first ever in-person Cynics show, but we hope to offer you more and with our fourth Cynic, Old Space Cadet, who could not be with us this year. We were also joined by Reda Anderson, who is now an Honorary Space Cynic. The gloves were taken off and our discussion was hard-hitting on many topics. We talked about several sacred cows, including the VSE and lunar development plans, space solar power, spaceports, suborbital tourism, and more. Your comments and feedback are welcome, but do it through the Space Cynics blog for all to see: http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/. If you do send a note to drspace@thespaceshow.com, be advised that I will copy and paste the note to the comments section on the blog for the announcement and link to this show, so please, put your comments directly on the Cynic website. All of your views and comments are welcome, even from those of you who will strongly and rudely disagree with the content of the discussion. You are still respected and welcome, though you may not feel that way after one or two Cynics address your question or comment. We do want to hear from you. We hope you appreciate this candid and very frank discussion. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:58:35 UTC
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Dr. Paul Dear, Friday, 6-6-08 (55.67MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Paul Dear, creator of the N-Prize, was the special guest for this Friday Space Show program. Visit www.N-prize.com to learn more about the N-Prize competition. We started our discussion with Dr. Dear explaining to us how he created the N-Prize competition, what it's all about, the rules, the existing entries, and other facts and details related to it. Dr. Dear originally posted the idea on the creative and crazy idea site, www.halfbakery.com. While discussing the N-Prize and making a satellite that weighs between 9 and 19.99 grams that can actually do something useful, lots of listeners phoned Dr. Dear to talk about this contest and his ideas. Several of the callers have entered the N-Prize contest and talked some about their projects. Don't miss these discussions. We talked extensively about using the N-Prize for student projects and why that would be a good idea. You will want to hear this discussion. We also talked about the creative process used by Dr. Dear to come up with ideas such as N-Prize and, while Dr. Dear has a great sense of humor and does not take seriously that which many of us cherish, his approach, attitude, and methodology are nothing short of inspiring, motivating, and success oriented. Listen to what he has to say about work in the lab, N-Prize, or any creative and discovery process. Also listen to what he says about failure. I believe this to be a very important Space Show program as not only is it wildly entertaining, but Dr. Dear offers us the path to a larger public involvement in space development and an outstanding approach to science, experimentation, and idea generation. If you have questions and comments about the N-Prize or from listening to Dr. Paul Dear on this program, please send them to info@n-prize.com. Put "Space Show" in your subject line. Also, visit the N-Prize Google discussion group, http://groups.google.com/group/n-prize. Both of these addresses can be found by clicking Contact on the N-Prize website.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:17:37 UTC
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Dr. Paul Hardersen, Tuesday, 6-3-08 (41.22MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. Paul Hardersen, Assistant Professor of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota, returned as the guest for this Space Show program. We started our discussion with the new developments at Space Studies, including a new department head with the selection of Dr. David Whalen, the hiring of two new professors, Drs. Ron Fevig and Jim Cassler, and the appointment of the newest adjunct professor, Dr. John Jurist. Dr. Hardersen went on to discuss the changes to the Space Studies observatory as the UND Observatory is operational with new astronomical equipment, including two optical telescopes and one radio telescope, all internet controllable. These are remote controlled for the students, both on campus and distance students, and Paul explains how this works during our discussion. Having access to these telescopes is a major advantage for those attending the UND Space Studies program. When asked about observing and weather conditions for Grand Forks, Paul pointed out that the weather is not that extreme, that Grand Forks is, in fact, several hours south of Canada, and the observing is all done over the internet, so you don't need to brave the cold. Dr. Hardersen also talked about recruiting new students, specifically on-campus students, and there is a push for doing this at this time. You can check out the department and get more information on the program by visiting www.space.edu. The recently held ISDC conference came up given that there were many students in attendance at that conference, plus the upcoming SmallSat Conference, and Dr. Hardersen pointed out that these conferences and others like them will become a major focal point for future Space Studies students, faculty, and recruiting efforts. A few listeners inquired about jobs that might be available once one finishes the MS in Space Studies. Dr. Hardersen describes the process in detail of the student working with his/her advisor early in the program to assure proper networking and eventual job placement. As I said during the discussion, students that I know have all landed excellent positions within the space industry. This is a comprehensive discussion about Space Studies at the University of North Dakota, but also space studies in general, competition for space studies students among many universities in the States as well as overseas such as ISU. If you have questions about Space Studies, want information about attending UND, or just have comments or questions for Dr. Hardersen, you can reach him at his office phone of (701) 777-4896 and tell him you heard him on The Space Show. His email address is Hardersen@space.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:50:11 UTC
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