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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Dr. Mark Sundahl, Monday, 11-19-07 (35.59MB; download) -- Dr. Mark Sundahl was our guest for this most informative Space Show program. How many listeners are familiar with the UNIDROIT working group and the Space Assets Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment? I was not aware of it and in asking many of my UND guest speakers, graduate students, and faculty members, there appears to be far too little awareness of this Convention, a convention that has the potential to facilitate commercial space development and financing on an international basis. Dr. Sundahl talked with us about this Convention, he explained it, and he helped us to understand its application across a wide stretch of commercial space activities, including suborbital space tourism. I am sure you will find this to be new and interesting and Mark encourages your feedback and support. He can be reached by email at mark.sundahl@law.csuohio.edu. In addition to discussing the Cape Town Convention, we talked other space law issues with the listeners including courts of jurisdiction, various liability issues and nations willing to submit to an international and domestic court, asset based space financing, point A to point B transportation and the regulations that might be involved, proprietary lunar remote sensing and the requirement to share it with other nations, the Rescue Treaty and its application to spaceflight participants and much more. This is an important Space Show program and when you listen to it, I am sure you will concur. Don't hesitate to contact Mark with your comments, questions, and inquiries regarding the Cape Town Convention. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:24:14 UTC
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Alan Chan, Sunday, 11-18-07 (35.53MB; download) -- Alan Chan was the guest for this Space Show program. Alan recently completed the movie, "Postcards From The Future." From the description on the film's website, www.postcardsfromthefuture.com, the movie is a "return to space epic large-format feature motion picture that explores our future in space - seen through the eyes of an engineer working to build a base on the moon, and who occasionally sends video postcards back to his wife and family on Earth." Alan received many listener questions about the film, space films in general, marketing space films and the attraction of space films in film festivals here and in other countries. We also talked about getting a film such as this on a known TV channel such as the Discovery Channel. Alan was interested in listeners with film marketing expertise as he would like to expand the marketing opportunities for the film Listen to what he says and if you are interested, contact him. Several listeners asked about filmmaking in general, film school, working on a set, and some of the other films he has worked on including the newly released "Beowulf." The film is now available on DVD for $15.99 at www.createspace.com/239006. There are also links to the DVD using www.postcardsfromthefuture.net. If you want to send additional questions or comments to Alan, you can do so at either info@postcardsfromthefuture.net or Alan@postcardsfromthefuture.net. Toward the end of the interview, a listener asked Alan about making money with this film and I asked about the possibility of Sony Pictures Imageworks distributing the film. This led to a discussion about making money and the bottom line for the film. We compared this to investing in a NewSpace company. The bottom line has to be there, the space theme or subject is not sufficient to carry the day for either a film or a different type of space investment.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:33:40 UTC
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Pablo DeLeon, Friday, 11-16-07 (57.83MB; download) -- Pablo DeLeon was the guest for this program which originally aired on Wednesday, Nov. 14 and was archived on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007.This interview focused on discussing exciting, innovative, and adventuresome student projects here at UND Space Studies. During the first hour of this program, we discussed Pablo's spacesuit lab and his student as well as his corporate spacesuit development activities. In this discussion, we also talked about elements needed to make a space tourism spacesuit, an EVA suit, and even the mechanical pressure suit developed by Dr. Webb. There is much involved in spacesuit development and construction so you will want to hear this discussion with listener questions. We also talked about the Space Grant North Dakota/Space Studies Mars Spacesuit Project which is an ongoing project here at UND and available to students on a volunteer basis. In later segments of this program, we talked about the space craft simulator that Pablo built which is modeled after an Apollo capsule. Students learn to fly this simulator which can simulate Mercury, Gemini and Apollo flights as well as Soyuz flights. This is available to all students, undergrads and graduate students. Having seen this simulator, I must say it is very realistic and students here are most fortunate to have this simulator as a training device. I am sure you will agree after hearing this discussion with Pablo. As a result of listener questions, Pablo discussed the simulator software and many of the technical aspects of this simulator. We also talked about the high altitude rocket program here at UND, another program Space Studies students and others can engage in while doing their academic work. Some of the rocketry launches are available on YouTube so use the search term provided on air to see these cool videos of the students launching the rockets. During the last part of the program, we talked about the VSE, Aries I and Aries V hardware configurations, shuttle derived hardware versus designing hardware for the humans on board and then outward. This is an important discussion, you will not want to miss it. We also talked some politics, returning to the Moon, the Chinese, Indian and other national space programs with or without United States leadership. Again, you will want to hear this discussion. Education came up in the final segment and not just space education but general education and history awareness. Pablo described some of the space history classes that are being implemented here in the Space Studies department. A listener also asked Pablo if he might consider another X Prize entry in the future given that he was an contestant in the first X Prize. You can learn more about Pablo's rocketry and space activities at his own website, www.pablodeleon.com. It will come up in Spanish but if you want the English version, look for the link in the upper right corner. If you want to ask Pablo questions or send a comment to him, please do so at deleon@space.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:10:16 UTC
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Dr. Burton Lee, Tuesday, 11-13-07 (66.93MB; download) -- This program featuring Dr. Burton Lee is another from my Space Studies classes at UND . Dr. David Whalen, Department head of Space Studies has permitted me to place this class on The Space Show website archives. This class was recorded with Dr. Lee on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 regarding the financing of space ventures by angels, venture capitalists and others. While Dr. Burton Lee has been a guest on The Space Show several times in the past, he used a special presentation for this class discussion and presented information and facts not previously discussed or as detailed on The Space Show. Because of this, I wanted to make this class available to a wider audience and I appreciate Dr. Whalen giving me permission to archive this class discussion as a Space Show program. If you want to ask Dr. Lee questions or make a comment about this discussion, please do so using drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward your note to Dr. Lee. Again, this is not a Space Show program, it is a graduate class in the Space Studies program at UND. The copyright for this show remains with UND and Space Studies. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:13:12 UTC
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Dr.Vadim Rygalov, Tuesday, 11-13-07 (61.16MB; download) -- Dr. Vadim Rygalov was the guest for this special two hour Space Show program. Dr. Rygalov continued his discussion from the last time he was a guest on the program regarding mental, emotional, and stressful situations encountered by cosmonauts and astronauts as a result of long term spaceflight. We began the discussion talking about the high stress environment in space and human psychological factors, first with suborbital tourism and future tourist stays of up to a week or so at a space hotel. We then shifted the focus to longer term stays for professional astronauts/cosmonauts for the Moon, then tourists. Dr. Rygalov received many listener questions asking about depression, earth separation, taking meds such as anti-depressants, and mixed gender crews. Dr. Rygalov provided us with fist fight stories from the Soviet space program's numerous isolation tests, fear and anxiety within the crew in space and much more. One listener, Fred, even asked about detailed hygiene, sanitary, and bathroom issues for tourists on longer stay space trips. Dr. Rygalov went into detail about mental, emotional, and stressful issues for space travel, the research that is still needed, who is now doing the research if at all, and our present state of readiness to undertake colonization or even a trip to Mars. He was also asked about radiation issues, microgravity and much more. This is a very comprehensive discussion about mental, emotional, and stressful issues relating to our being in space. These facts are not commonly known and are not usually discussed in human factors discussions or among space advocates or even NASA but as we will learn from Vadim, NASA knows these facts as well and their files are full of the stories and issues as are the Soviet and Russian space files. Toward the end of the program, the discussion took a surprising turn as Vadim said he had only discussed perhaps 30% of what is in Soviet space files on these issues. Much of the rest is still classified, he is still not free to discuss some things, and he did not even mention the transcendental effects that space has had on many cosmonauts and astronauts. As a fun question, I asked Vadim if there were cases in the Soviet space files about cosmonauts reporting alien experiences or seeing something like aliens. You can imagine my surprise when he said yes and told us that these were full crew experiences, not just an isolated case with one cosmonaut here and another there. Unfortunately, time for this program and our use of the studio with Leighton Broadcasting in Grand Forks did not permit us to explore this subject in more detail with Vadim, but he did conclude by suggesting we all stay open minded on many issues relating to space and the space environment. If you want to ask Dr. Vadim Rygalov any follow up questions or give him comments, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will promptly forward them to him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:57:19 UTC
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David Bullock & Nancy Atkinson, Monday, 11-12-07 (42.22MB; download) -- David Bullock and Nancy Atkinson were the guests for this program to introduce us to the new online space magazine, Space Lifestyle Magazine (see www.spacelifestylemag.com). David started out explaining how he got the idea for the magazine, its purpose and how it is being distributed as well as describing its content. Nancy brought us up to date with the content of the first issue which is already out and available on their website. The magazine is distributed free of charge but those interested should subscribe to be on the mailing list for announcements and new quarterly issues. Many listeners asked questions, including several about the business model for the magazine since there is no subscription fee. You will want to hear how David sees Space Lifestyle becoming successful and profitable. In the first issue, Nancy told us about her feature article and the book review and this led to questions about how books are selected for review, do they have to be hardback, paperback, or can they be online. One listener asked David about the editorial policy and the selection of articles for the magazine. Others wanted to know if Space Lifestyle would accept ideas or even articles from interested readers. The answer is yes but as David said, he prefers that the writer "pitch" him on the idea before writing and submitting a full article. Nancy also told us about other articles she writes, specifically for Universe Today. David was at X Prize Cup covering the N-G Lunar Lander Challenge this year and since he was at X Prize Cup in previous years, we asked him about his perception of the Cup as visitor and then as a journalist covering the events. You will not want to miss his answer. You can send questions and comments to both David and Nancy. For David, you will find an email contact at www.spacelifestylemag.com (fill out the contact form, put Space Show in the subject line). For Nancy, visit her website at www.nancyatkinson.com. Her email address is under Contact or use nancyatkinson04@yahoo.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:44:57 UTC
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Dr. Ron Fevig & John Nordlie, Sunday, 11-11-07 (42.27MB; download) -- Dr. Ron Fevig and John Nordlie were the guests for this program which had as its primary topic for discussion the high-altitude balloon launch and payload program here at the University of North Dakota. In addition, note that this program originated from Leighton Broadcasting in Grand Forks, ND. Along with listener questions and answers from Ron and John, this is a comprehensive discussion of student high-altitude balloon programs. We discussed, costs, tracking, finding payloads, mass, types of payloads and much more. John told us about the UND balloon payload with a geiger counter that happened to record an X-class solar flare several years ago as an example of one type of balloon payload experiment here at UND. We also talked about the NASA HASP program, negative or zero pressure balloons, helium versus hydrogen, cold weather and much much more. As a result of listener questions, we also discussed the student rocket program at UND and in this part of North Dakota, participating with high school students, community and Native American colleges. You can learn more by visiting John's website at http://blizzard.rwic.und.edu/~nordlie/. You can contact Dr. Ron Fevig at rfevig@aero.und.edu. You can contact John Nordlie at nordlie@rwic.und.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:21:11 UTC
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David Shiga & Patrick Beatty, Friday, 11-9-07 (50.16MB; download) -- Patrick Beatty and David Shiga were the guests for this program originating from Grand Forks, ND and focusing on X Prize Cup and David's "breaking news" interview at Bigelow Aerospace. Please note that this program has audio distortion and problems that cannot be cleared. The audio issues stem from the studio I used in Grand Forks and the fact that Patrick had to use a less than adequate public telephone for the interview. I apologize for these problems and assure all listeners that The Space Show is taking steps to deal with phone line quality issues. Please watch for an announcement on this subject soon. As for this show, the first hour we talked about X Prize Cup as Patrick joined with me in announcing the Cup on Saturday and then was the main announcer on Sunday as I left for home. David was at the Cup as media to focus on the Lunar Lander Challenge and Armadillo Aerospace. The three of us discussed our views and experiences at X Prize Cup, Armadillo, the N-G Lunar Lander Challenge, and also the air show provided by Holloman AFB. We also discussed the Personal Spaceflight Symposium held prior to the Cup in Las Cruces. Many listeners asked questions about X Prize Cup and the other events and I am sure you will find our discussion informative. In the second hour of this program, David Shiga who is a reporter for the New Scientist Magazine, told us about his visit and interview with Bob Bigelow and Bigelow Aerospace. David also talked about finding out about the new Bigelow prize to offer $760 million for space transportation (see http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12836-bigelow-aerospace-to-offer-760-million-for-spaceship.html). Patrick joined in the conversation as did listeners with lots of questions about Bigelow Aerospace and their work. This is definitely a two hour most interesting program/discussion. You can direct your comments and questions for Patrick and David using patrick.beatty@gmail.com and david.shiga@newscientist.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:40:55 UTC
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UND Space Studies Class with Dennis Wingo, Wednesday, 11-7-07 (62.21MB; download) -- This program is brought to you as a courtesy by the Space Studies Department at the University of North Dakota. It is a recording of my class held here in Grand Forks, ND on Nov. 7, 2007 regarding how to achieve a lower cost to orbit/space. Dennis Wingo was the guest speaker for this class and was speaking by telephone to my class. Special thanks to Dr. David J. Whalen, Department Head of Space Studies here at UND for permission to place this class recording on The Space Show website as an archived program. Mr. Wingo was an excellent speaker with the class and what he had to say was not only interesting, but very important. I asked for permission to put this class recording on the website to allow more people to hear what Mr. Wingo has to say regarding how best to get to lower costs for space access. You will hear Dennis talking about markets, applications, and the economics regarding low cost space access. If you want to ask Dennis Wingo questions or make a comment, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward your note to Dennis. Again, this is not a Space Show program, it is a graduate class in the Space Studies program at UND. The copyright for this show remains with UND and Space Studies. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:03:53 UTC
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Charles Miller, Tuesday, 11-6-07 (27.63MB; download) -- Charles Miller was the guest for this Space Show program. Charles continued our discussion on space based solar power (SBSP) and the recent NSSO report, but this time more from the business case and financial perspective as he was a leading participant in helping to research and provide reliable and useable information for the NSSO in their study. During this interview, Charles was asked many questions by listeners about the global reach and effectiveness of a potential space based solar power system, closing the business case for SBSP, and even terrestrial energy options. There were many questions about the "green" component of SBSP and even working with environmental groups for SBSP rather than being at odds with these groups. You will want to hear these questions and the answers. Charles addressed nuclear, wind, terrestrial solar, etc. but the bottom line is that we have a very real pending problem with energy and we should not discount any option or put aside any potential source of energy for our future needs. Charles explains this very well and this makes this discussion not only timely but very important. Charles brought up the national security aspect of SBSP so don't miss this part of the discussion; When asked about the technologies needed to have SBSP, low cost space access tops the list so we discussed our efforts in moving toward low cost space access. Again, this is a discussion you will not want to miss. We discussed SBSP in connection with foreign government and island nations. And of course, the fundamental question of what's next for the NSSO, SBSP, and who foots the bill. An important set of questions for Charles dealt with influencing political candidates and their advisors to push SBSP. Charles provided us with important insights to how the political advisor/candidate system works and how to effectively use the few minutes one has with a candidate to advocate what is important. His response may surprise some of you but then please pay attention as the insights he is giving us into how to effectively work our political system with space and other issues is most valuable. And nobody knows this better than Charles Miller as he is the founder of ProSpace! Listeners are invited to contact Charles Miller to support and work toward the ultimate realization of SBSP (much work is still needed, this is a grounded and reality based discussion, not a religious experience), plus your comments and questions are welcome. Send your comments, questions, and inquiries to Charles at spacepolicy@yahoo.com. Mention this Space Show in the subject line. Also, visit the blog that has the SBSP info on it that Col. Coyote Smit is still working though he is doing his doctoral studies in the UK. The SBSP blog is at http://spacesolarpower.wordpress.com/. Charles thanked the many people that worked on this report and the blog to bring it to reality and to give SBSP the credibility and the opportunity that it deserves. If anyone was missed when being thanked, its an oversight, both Charles and I apologize, but we know the many people who contributed to this project on a tireless basis and all of you are very much appreciated. And this blog is exceptional and the people behind it and that made it available to us all deserve very special thanks indeed. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:23:38 UTC
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