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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http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/951-BWB-2008-05-27.mp3 (30.21MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. David Criswell (Golden Oldie Replay from 12/7/04): Dr. David Criswell spoke to Space Show listeners about the realities of space solar power beamed to Earth, specifically from the Moon. So far this was the most thorough discussion yet on The Space Show for this topic. All aspects of the space solar power issue were examined, including solar power from Mercury, LEO or other orbits above Earth, and the Moon. The benefits, costs, and risks were discussed in detail. In addition to the solar power discussions, we talked about He3, Fusion, Hydrogen, infrastructure requirements, and the politics of beaming solar power to Earth from the Moon and what this would mean for people everywhere on this planet, from China, to India, to us here in the United States. Dr. Criswell made an exceptional case for developing beamed solar power from the Moon to the Earth and to begin seeing Earth as a two planet-like system, the Moon and the Earth. We concluded our discussion by talking about ways listeners and others could help expedite the development of beaming solar power to Earth, how the space advocate organizations could help out, and who we should write letters to besides U.S. lawmakers. This program is an absolute must for anyone concerned about our planet, becoming space-faring, our energy needs today as well as into the future, and the soundness of our economy. If you have questions for Dr. Criswell after hearing the program or have trouble finding the papers he references in his discussion, please e-mail drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will get the links to you for his papers that he mentioned and forward your e-mail to him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 27 May 2008 17:53:11 UTC
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Graham Smith, Monday, 5-26-08 (41.40MB; download) -- Guest: Graham Smith was the guest for this program to discuss his album, "Eleven," which honors the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. During the program, we played samples of all 11 tracks from his album from his website: www.forallmankind.co.uk. Listeners sent in questions and called from Canada, the US, and the UK wanting to know his future music plans, how he composed space theme music, and if he would compose specific space music, for example, to highlight space tourism. Graham also is in FaceBook, MySpace, and more. His album can be purchased in the US on CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/smithgraham ; MySpace: www.myspace.com/grahamsmith11 ; Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=526219186. Graham also mentioned an upcoming Neil Armstrong film when he was asked about how his music might be used in a space movie. He provided us with these links: http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2273245,00.html and /www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/neil_armstrong_biopic_set_up_at_universal
If you want to ask Graham additional questions or send him comments, please do so through graham@gsmithmusic.co.UK.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 27 May 2008 04:10:44 UTC
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Rand Simberg, Sunday, 5-25-08 (39.61MB; download) -- Guest: Rand Simberg, who blogs at Transterrestrial Musings (www.transterrestrial.com/), was the guest on the show. Rand recently wrote an article about the possible space policies from each of the three leading American presidential candidates and we wanted him to talk about his views on this subject right here on The Space Show. This was a comprehensive discussion on space policy, not just the possible policy of each of our presidential candidates, and you will find this information most valuable. The bottom line, according to Rand, is that for space, it won't make a huge difference regardless of who becomes president and certainly we should look to issues other than space exploration to help us decide to vote for one or the other candidate. We talked about Ares and the rocketry hardware chosen to take us to the moon, we spoke about going to the moon as a potentially thriving commercial program rather than a government program, and Rand told us why he thinks NASA and the current VSE might just become irrelevant. We discussed lobbying, how to influence members of congress about space, what might even be the best type of program we, as space enthusiasts, should consider requesting of our congressional members. Space solar power came up and you will want to hear what Rand says about it, both technically and economically. We spoke about engineering and education in response to a listener question about not finding engineering classes to study how to lower the cost of space access by building radically different launch vehicles. Please check out Rand Simberg's blog, Transterrestrial Musings at www.transterrestrial.com. If you have a comment or question for Rand, his email address is as posted on his blog, simberg@transterrestrial.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 26 May 2008 03:30:18 UTC
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Frank Stratford, Friday, 5-23-08 (58.40MB; download) -- Guest : Frank Stratford, CEO of MarsDrive (www.marsdrive.com), was the guest for this Space Show program. We started out by having Frank update us as to the purpose and mission of MarsDrive, then we talked about the MarsDrive petition, especially the version placed on the Space Cynics website (please see http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/peer-review-comes-to-the-space-cynics-so-have-at-it/ for more information). Frank was very direct in discussing the petition as well as its purpose, objectives, and results so far, plus MarsDrive's future plans for it. You will want to hear what he has to say about the petition, going to Mars, humans, robotics, and trips by the public and by the private sector. We also talked some about the lack of an official space program in Australia and I am sure many of you will be surprised by what he has to say about this matter. During the show, listeners asked him questions about the US space policy and the policy we know so far from our presidential candidates. While Frank is "down under," he was quite well abreast of our campaign issues around space, so you will want to hear his take on all this. Actually, as you will hear, Frank is a strong and articulate advocate of private space development for profit, understands the important of doing things in stages and by incremental steps, and even is willing to take second or third place to projects that may have a higher priority than Mars, but may also lead to a stronger path for humans to Mars. This was made clear when a listener asked him about his preference on an SSP project or a human mission to Mars. We covered many topics on this show related to Mars, space commerce, policy, the international Mars community and more. If you are going to ISDC 2008, MarsDrive will have a booth and there will be a MarsDrive presentation. Find the booth and listen to the talk. If you have questions or comments for Frank Stratford, you can email him at info@marsdrive.com. Please put Frank's name and The Space Show in your subject line.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 23 May 2008 22:10:45 UTC
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Dennis Wingo, Tuesday, 5-20-08 (42.20MB; download) -- Guest: Dennis Wingo was the guest for this Space Show program. We started out discussing energy which, as Dennis stated, is a very complex problem. This led to our discussion of the Moon as a microcosm of the Earth's macrocosm environment. Dennis also described the process for lunar construction for solar power hardware and then getting it to Geo from the Moon. As you will hear, listeners asked him if it would be humans on the Moon doing the hardware construction or robotics. You will want to hear what Dennis has to say about this. We talked some about political policy and Dennis explained why, in his opinion, he did not think it mattered that much for space as to who became president. He further stated that he believes going to the Moon will happen by the private sector on its own, far faster than any program with NASA. He also mentioned that he thought the Shuttle would be extended to fly to 2013. Listen to the show to find out why. Later in the show, Dennis was asked for a plan for the private sector to go to the Moon and he described a possible venture to interest wealthy tech and risk investors from Silicon Valley. A listener asked him to describe his start-up company and its initial funding, so don't miss this part of the show. If you have questions or comments for Dennis Wingo, please address them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 21 May 2008 07:19:09 UTC
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Dr. E. O. Smith, Monday, 5-19-08 (40.38MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. E. O. (Neal) Smith, author of "When Culture and Biology Collide: Why We Are Stressed, Depressed, and Self-Obsessed," was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Smith's website is www.eosmith.com and you can find out more about his book there as well as learned about his other work. In fact, all his past journal articles are available for download. While you might think this program and his book are not space related, as you will hear during the program, it's very easy to connect the dots from what Dr. Smith writes and talks about to space. More to the point, what he has to say in his book and this Space Show program about our biology and culture, and their intersection, is important. Also, when we do talk about space, listen carefully to what Dr. Smith says about NASA, the budget, science and exploration, and the manned program. Please remember that, while many of you will disagree with some of what he says, he is not your enemy. As I say on the show, we in the space community need to be able to address concerns raised by Dr. Smith. One listener, a former student of Neal's from Emory University, inquired if Neal would be supportive of Queen Isabella funding and supporting the Columbus effort to find new trade routes to India. In fact, this listener asked if Dr. Smith would advise Columbus to not make the trip given what was being said about space. Neal provided an outstanding response because, in just a few crystal clear words, he expressed the value of the Columbus effort. Don't miss this discussion, it's outstanding in my opinion and we would like your feedback. We covered other aspects of space, such as the need for the social sciences in the space development community. Again, please listen and let us know your thoughts. We talked about STEM education and regular education, leaning on Neal to tell us how students have changed over his years of being a professor at Emory and how the university and educational programs themselves have changed. We talked about leadership, political and otherwise, not specifically for space, but across the board. We talked about the conflicts with our biology and culture and we explored what culture is, how culture is defined, technology and culture, and much more. There were many listener questions about his book and even in applying his book to space, an area not of great interest for Dr. Smith. This is an important program, an educational and most informative discussion with an extremely bright and articulate professor, writer, and thinker. Don't miss it. For sure, Neal Smith will be returning to The Space Show. If you have a question or comment for Neal or want to know more about his book or his works, check out his website and http://www.eosmith.com/contact.html. The email address he lists on his site is eosmith@eosmith.com or you can contact him at eosmith@emory.edu.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 20 May 2008 04:44:35 UTC
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Amaresh Kollipara, Sunday, 5-18-08 (46.61MB; download) -- Guest: Amaresh Kollipara, Founder and Managing Partner of Earth2Orbit, LLC, was the guest for today. During the first segment of the show, Amaresh told us about Earth2Orbit and the procurement of commercial launch services using Indian launchers. As a result of listener questions and comments, Amaresh discussed student and academic payloads as potential customers for his services, he outlined a time table and the preliminaries of their business plan for starting out with about a launch per quarter or four launches per year. We talked about possible drivers for getting that launch rate up to help drop launch prices. ITAR came up several times and you will want to hear what he had to say about it and its effect on his business plans. During the second segment of the program, we talked about space economics and entrepreneurism. We spoke both in general and about specific projects like space solar power. A listener asked him for his business rules for emerging and entrepreneurial space companies, so you will want to hear this discussion. Amaresh was also asked to tell about the entrepreneurial opportunity that he believed most likely capable of producing a profit at this time. You might be surprised, listen and hear what he has to say. Other topics discussed in this segment dealt with satellites and software, markets, the real product being sold (not necessarily space), suborbital space tourism, and more. In the final segment, we continued talking about business and entrepreneurism SSP and political policy. We also talked about extravagant rhetoric and the damage it does to the professional financial community when looking into space investments. Amaresh commented about the space investment forums and why they are necessary even at this early stage of commercial space development. At the end of the show, he offered us an excellent summary of the important topics discussed today, connecting all the dots for us and the various space threads for our varied topics of discussion. You can email Amaresh Kollipara with your comments or questions by using amaresh.kollipara@gmail.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 19 May 2008 02:39:03 UTC
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Responsive Space Conf. #6, 5-13-08 (144.32MB; download) -- Guests:Responsive Space Conference #6 interviews include Roland Coelho, Alex Chin, Rex Ridenoure, Tina Le, Alex Baklashov, Amistur Rosenfeld .All are part of this recorded series of interviews from the 6th Responsive Space Conference held at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, CA from April 28-May 1, 2008. This series of interviews focused on the students who were present at the conference. Two different sets of students were interviewed, the first were involved in building small satellites at Cal Poly in San Louis Obispo, CA. The second group of students were from San Jose State University and have interned with the NASA Ames Business Portal group. They are also involved in different aspects of space development with very different goals and objectives. Rex Ridenoure of Ecliptic Enterprises was the sponsor for the San Jose Students, so you will hear his participation in the program as well. I know you will find all these students interesting, particularly Tina's work on offsets. The final guest is Amistur Rosenfeld from MicroSat Israel. Amistur spoke about some important responsive space and small satellite history with the United States and Israel, plus he goes off in several other directions, including his comments about what he heard from military leaders at the conference and the Iraqi war. I know you will find what Amistur has to say interesting and probably controversial. If you have questions or comments for our guests, here are their email addresses: Alex Chin: achin@calpoly.edu; Roland Coelho: roelho@calpoly.edu; Rex Ridenoure: rridenoure@eclipticenterprises.com; Tina Le: le.tina@yahoo.com; Alex Baklashov: alexbaklashov@gmail.com; Amistur Rosenfeld: please go through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 13 May 2008 19:58:04 UTC
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Robert Zimmerman, Monday, 5-12-08 (46.10MB; download) -- Guest: Robert Zimmerman was the guest for this program to discuss his new book about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), "The Universe In A Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It." This is an excellent book, a must read for those of you who want to know more about the HST. Having read the book and after talking to Bob, it's easy to realise that there is still much to learn about HST's history, from CCD cameras to mirrors and NASA contracting. The information in the book about the mirror error and how it got so far through the system is fascinating. We talk about this on air. Bob also talked about the personalities involved, Spitzer, O'Dell, and others. Listeners asked questions about the upgrades that will soon be made to Hubble and the likelihood of the project being cancelled at some point in the future. Listen to why Zimmerman thinks Hubble is bullet-proof and see if you concur. During our discussion about Hubble and his excellent book, Bob spoke about the inspiration derived from Hubble and he received some listener questions about this issue. You will want to hear this discussion. His early history of Hubble, some of the engineering issues and even comparisons with NASA issues that led to the Challenger accident are all there and you will want to hear what he has to say because the mirror problem was part of the same system that led to Challenger. Later in the show, we talked about presidential space policy and politics, the private sector versus NASA for space transportation and advancements in the field, market makers such as Bigelow, and the need to have human exploration over virtual reality or anything else. Bob kept repeating over and over during this show how the debate has already been concluded. The answer is Americans want to go to space. Do you agree? Listen and let us know your thoughts. In response to listener questions, Bob did not think that the space policy of either of the presidential candidates could kill the space program and he even went so far as to say that even a President Obama would find it very difficult and challenging to dismantle NASA or substantially weaken the space program. Among the many reasons for his thoughts included the jobs involved in various congressional districts which would not be put at risk by members of Congress. You can learn more about Bob Zimmerman at his website, http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3cxxp/zimbib.htm. If you want to send him questions or comments or inquire about his book, use zimmerman@nasw.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 13 May 2008 05:06:15 UTC
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Greg Zsidisin, Sunday, 5-11-08 (58.32MB; download) -- Guest: Greg Zsidisin was the guest for this special extra-long Mother's Day Space Show program clocking in at around 2 hours, 12 minutes. During the program, Dr. Buzz Aldrin called in twice . Bill Haynes , who was with Skylab and the Minuteman missile program , also called Greg. We started the discussion with Greg talking about his recent series of articles in The Space Review (www.thespacereview.com). To find them, go to "The Space Review" homepage and in the search box in the upper right, put in Greg's last name. Greg walked us through the space policy differences among the three presidential candidates, plus the likely policy of Ron Paul. You will want to hear this discussion. We talked about Obama's policy regarding taking from NASA's budget in order to pay for his "under five" educational program. Listen to this discussion and read about it and see what you think about this issue. At this time, Buzz Aldrin called in and talked about the work he was doing with the Eisenhower Foundation to support the VSE with key members of Congress and policymakers. Buzz was with us for quite a while and this proved to be an excellent discussion among Greg, myself and Buzz. You will not want to miss it. When Buzz left the show, Greg was asked several other listener questions. These questions ranged from our policies and treaties being able to cope with space commerce to the best way individuals can speak out and help, given the understanding that organizations are often restricted in what they can do because of the 501C(3) rules and regulations. About this time, we got a call from Bill Haynes, a friend of Buzz's, who held opposite views than Buss and he advocated the private sector building a space transportation system rather than doing government contracts and partnering with the government and NASA. Listen to this discussion and then decide if you agree. I am working with Mr. Haynes to bring him back for a full show on some of the issues he mentioned. Both Greg and I, while not disagreeing with Bill, were of the thought that we still have a government/civil space program that needs the support and attention of the public. You will want to listen to Greg on this subject. Later in the show, Buzz called back and continued these discussion themes. As we approached the end of this extra-long program, Greg told us about his space contest which you can read about at his website www.spacecontest.org. He is offering a thousand dollars (as you will hear, I tried to get him to offer Euros as a bigger incentive, but he held to the dollar standard) for the best YouTube video articulating "Why Space?" Visit his site, listen to this discussion, and enter the contest. He believes the contest will take place from June 1-July 20, but he has not finalized these dates. Also, he is the sole judge so to win, you must "wow" him! Also during the show, we did talk about YouTube and its potential impact on space policy and space development as well as the soon-to-be Space Show YouTube show. Listen to what Greg has to say about this. If you want to contact Greg Zsidisin regarding his contest, comments, or questions for this show, please do so through www.spacecontest.org and gregnjny@yahoo.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 12 May 2008 03:33:57 UTC
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