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. Jordi Puig-Suari, Sunday, 10-21-07 (35.20MB; download) -- Dr. Jordi Puig-Suari was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Puig-Suari is the CubeSat Project advisor at Cal Poly University and this program was devoted to CubeSat projects, both university and otherwise. We started the discussion with the basics of cubesats and the Cal Poly program. Jordi also gave us his personal report on watching their university payload, along with many other universities, destruct on a failed Dnieper launch about 18 months ago. This is a failed launch description you will not want to miss. Much time was spent discussing the cost of a CubeSat program and the needed launches. At this time, such launches are around $40-50L and there is a backlog of 25-50 CubeSat projects that could easily be put together if there was a way to fly them to space. Unfortunately, the rides are scarce. In response to questions, Jordi explained the academic process of going through ITAR which was quite smooth and easy compared to some of the commercial horror stories we all know about. As part of our CubeSat discussion, Jordi explained how a satellite mission is decided upon and implemented. Another listener asked what grade the student has to be in to be involved in these projects and we learned that at least at Cal Poly all students can be involved and sophomores have been involved in some of the actual project management, etc. These programs are opened to a wide variety of students as you will hear. Linda asked a question about being able to launch a small CubeSat on a suborbital rocket given its light weight mass. Again, you will want to hear the answer and explanation. Several listeners and even a Mom emailed in questions about the academic program, how to prepare for such a program if one is still in high school, and even asking what the students are like socially that engage in this type of engineering CubeSat program. This is a comprehensive discussion of student satellite programs, especially cubesats, with crossover information on commercial CubeSat launches and projects. To get more information, visit www.cubesat.org. Click on the contact page to send a question, comment or to ask for information from Dr. Jordi Puig-Suari, http://cubesat.atl.calpoly.edu/pages/home/contact-us.php. Jordi's email address as provided on this page is jpuigsua@calpoly.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:29:05 UTC
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LtCol. Paul Damphousse, Friday, 10-19-07 (55.89MB; download) -- LtCol. Paul Damphousse from the NSSO was the guest for this special Space Show program. We started the discussion by explaining the Space-Based Solar Power Study as an opportunity for Strategic Security and why the National Security Space Office (NSSO) undertook this study. Listeners who have not yet seen the study or heard about the press conference held to announce the results of the study should visit the website of the National Space Society (www.nss.org) as the press conference audio is on their website as is the link to the 75 page solar power study. If you use this link, you will find the report and the audio: www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20071010.html. Col. Damphousse did a superb job in explaining the basics behind the study and in summarizing the findings and recommendations found within the study. Listeners asked many questions about solar power, beamed energy used as a weapon, space solar power economics, private or public sector development and why the U.S. should be involved in this rather than letting other nations spend their money to do it. You will want to hear the answers and the discussions regarding these and other questions as this is an important and must listen to discussion. In the latter half of the program, we switched topics and focus to discuss SUSTAIN which is the Marine Corps Small Unit Space Transport and Insertion concept. This discussion proved comprehensive and technical. While much of what we discussed was theoretical for us in 2007, the time table for SUSTAIN is reasonable and future looking and plausibility is dependent upon advances in engineering, technology, fuels, and more. In addition, the precision mission and operating envelope are yet to be finalized so there is time for input and creative examination to see how to build a space transport vehicle for a rapid insertion of a Marine Squad anyplace on Earth within two hours. Listeners asked hard questions about Delta-V, parachuting into a heavy fire zone, protecting the vehicle on the ground in hostile territory, mass that it can and would be expected to carry and much more. Listeners may want to read the Popular Science article on this concept vehicle from the January 2007 issue. As this is a concept in development, LtCol. Damphousse said he would welcome your feedback and input about the concept. He is clearly an out of the box thinker as you will learn from listening to this program and out of the box suggestions are welcome. So are your comments about the space-based solar power study. You can contact LtCol. Paul Damphousse at scpilot1@yahoo.com. Make sure you reference his appearance on The Space Show if you contact him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:30:52 UTC
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Frank Sietzen, Thursday, 10-18-07 (42.12MB; download) -- Frank Sietzen returned to The Space Show for this special program. Frank brought us up to date regarding the VSE in a comprehensive discussing ranging from the technical and the engineering to the policy and educational components needed for the VSE to be successful. Many listeners participated in this discussion which is a must listen to show. Frank detailed the budget aspects of the VSE and the state of our nation and brought them both together so we could understand what supporters of the VSE are facing in the coming election. As we continued talking about the VSE, congress, and more, we started discussing science and Frank recommended several science sources to explore to support what he was sharing with us. Here is the link to one of the reports from AAAS, http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/fy08.htm. In addition, he talked about spin-offs and suggested we explore the NASA spinoff website, http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/. His discussion tells how to make space relevant for everyone. A listener asked about China and other national space programs. You will certainly want to hear what Frank Sietzen has to say about the competing national space programs and what it may mean for America if we fall behind in leading the world on space. There is much more to this discussion which was extended to almost two hours. You can contact Frank Sietzen with your comments and questions by emailing him at fsietzen@yahoo.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:15:05 UTC
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Mueller, Villarreal & Van Roy, Tuesday, 10-16-07 (41.48MB; download) -- Dr. Paul Mueller, James Kendall Villarreal, and Brian Van Roy were the guest for this special program to discuss the Intercollegiate Rocket Launch Competition. You can find out more about this exciting competition by visiting http://spacegrant.usu.edu/esra. Dr. Mueller started out with an explanation of the program and then both James and Brian talked about their teams, membership, funding, rockets, and technical issues. Listeners asked several questions ranging from the application of what they learn in these rocket programs on the academic level to what they might do in a career at NASA, ULA, or even a company such as Space-X. Listen to their answers to hear just how good these experiences are for future careers for students. One listener asked them about university and peer acceptance of their work and programs throughout the university setting, including students, administration, and other professors. You will find their responses to this question most interesting. All three talked about the various competitions, how they do their rockets and motors, fuel, and much more. This is an excellent program about college level student rocketry, educational outreach and it clearly makes the case to expand these activities to other schools and even into the upper grade levels of high school. From learning appropriate safety measures to team work, to the engineering and science needed to do this substantial rockets, these are outstanding programs with outstanding students as you will hear. The Space Show looks forward to doing more programming with these guests and other university rocket program. If you want to follow up with comments or questions for our guests, you can reach Dr. Mueller at pmueller@engineering.usu.edu; James Villarreal at 'james.villarreal@asu.edu; and Bran Van Roy at vanroyb@msoe.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:42:07 UTC
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David Urie, Monday, 10-15-07 (34.86MB; download) -- David Urie was the guest for this Space Show program. Mr. Urie, recently with the Rocketplane Kistler Group, is now a consultant regarding space business development. With space engineering experience pre-dating Sputnik 1, we talked in detail about rocket engineering, technology, markets, and economics. We discussed the feasibility of suborbital space tourism, orbital space tourism, the $100/lb to LEO cost, the Marine Space Transportation Vehicle and much more. Listeners asked lots of questions about Rocketplane, fuel placement on a passenger vehicle, the need for space suits, and more. We talked about R&D costs and related it t the $1.5 billion reported to be the probable development cost for the EADS Astrium suborbital vehicle. Don't miss his comments about this potential cost. Also discussed was Venture Star for which David is considered to be the father the concept. We discussed its problems, financing, and how the market for it disappeared. Toward the end of the show, a listener asked David Urie to describe a desirable flight test program for a suborbital space vehicle. You will certainly want to hear what such a program would be like. If you have any questions or comments for David Urie, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:26:33 UTC
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Dr. Joseph Pelton, Sunday, 10-14-07 (36.52MB; download) -- Dr. Joseph Pelton was the guest for this Space Show program. For this program, we discussed the upcoming Reach To Space - Space Commercialization Conference in Washington, DC, Nov. 12-13, 2008, www.reachtospace.org. We started our discussion regarding space tourism and space commerce as part of the conference. This is a good discussion, you will want to hear it. Listeners asked about the future economic potential for the telecommunications industry and for buying risk down with other commercial space ventures. Dr. Pelton mentioned several of his books, one of which addressed many of the questions asked on the show. This book, "Space Exploration and Astronaut Safety" published by AIAA. Check it out at www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=360&id=1580. If you are an AIAA member, you get a discount on their book purchases. This is an exceptional book that addresses many of the questions and issues raised during this show. In addition, Dr. Pelton mentioned a new book he is working on completing in 2008 regarding citizen astronauts and space tourism. Dr. Pelton will be back on the show when this book is published. Regarding the conference, a listener asked if it would be available by DVD. Dr. Pelton told us that this would be archived with Power Points matching the voice presentation. Check out www.spaceflight.org and www.clarkefoundation.org for information on viewing the conference on these sites. During our discussion, we also discussed the NASA centers and their potential place in a more commercially oriented space program. Dr. Pelton also talked about a more balanced public space program between science and manned missions and he stressed safety throughout the show, especially with space tourism. This is an excellent discussion, you should certainly listen to it. If you have any questions or comments for Dr. Pelton, please send them to him at jpelton@seas.gwu.edu. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:24:04 UTC
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Mike Snead, Friday, 10-12-07 (52.52MB; download) -- Mike Snead was the guest for this special Space Show program live from Grand Forks, ND as I am here teaching at UND Space Studies this week. Our topic was establishing space infrastructure and there is nobody more capable of discussing this topic than Mike Snead. As you will hear during this show, creating and putting into place space infrastructure is essential to becoming space faring. Mike received many listener questions about infrastructure ranging from costs, deployment, public versus private responsibility, technology, etc. Many listeners wanted to know why we had not done a comprehensive show on this subject before this one. Questions were asked about the Moon, the timing of infrastructure deployment per the time line Mike suggested and if contradictions existed due to the timing differences. Listen for his response. We also talked about the National Aerospace Plane Program and scramjet. You will not want to miss this discussion. Mike also talked about space advocacy and how to be effective with it. This is a very comprehensive discussion of space infrastructure and the reasons why we need it and it needs to be a priority. Mike Snead has a blog, check it out at http://spacefaringamerica.net. His email address for additional comments and questions is mike@mikesnead.net. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:48:59 UTC
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Dr. David Schrunk & Dr. Madhu Thangavelu, Tuesday, 10-9-07 (37.55MB; download) -- Dr. David Schrunk and Dr. Madhu Thangavelu were our guests for this program regarding their book, "The Moon: Resources, Future, Development and Settlement," published by Springer/Praxis 2007. This book is available at Amazon.com and other book stores. During or program, both our guests fielded many questions regarding lunar development and why we should be doing it. They even received questions about environmental protection on the Moon and raised the concern of lunar development damaging the Moon's environment. This round of questions came in the third and final segment of the show, make sure you hear their response to the listener and my comments on the subject as well. We talked about inspiration and this books works to inspire, especially with younger people, students, and those we often hear about as not being interested in space. We talked about why the Moon over a direct visit to Mars and again, you will want to hear their response. Several political quests ions were asked about the VSE surviving the upcoming 2008 elections. I guess its the season so we are preparing for more political questions with guests, that's for sure. Both David and Madhu addressed the political question and possible priority changes in NASA with a different administration. We all agree on the importance of maintaining the VSE and even understanding how it can be supportive of different agendas. Will the political leaders concur? This of course is one of the great unknowns at this time. Both David and Madhu also talked about the use of robotic tools for lunar development and how to use them in conjunction with humans. The again reminded us of the great potential in resources awaiting on the Moon that can be beneficial for us here on Earth as well as for space development. If you have follow up comments or questions, for Dr. Schrunk, please email him at DOCSCILAW@aol.com and for Madhu, please go through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Of course you can use the drspace@thespaceshow.com address for both. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:10:26 UTC
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Dr. David J. Whalen, Monday, 10-8-07 (42.05MB; download) -- Dr. David J. Whalen was the guest for this special Space Show broadcast originating from Grand Forks, ND as I am here teaching this week in Space Studies at UND. Dr. Whalen is the new Department Chair for Space Studies at UND and we spoke about the department, future plans, courses offered, competition with other space studies programs at different universities and more. Several students were tuned in and were asking about the start of a Ph.D program in Space Studies, more faculty, changes in the distance program, and tuition. When not talking directly about Space Studies here at UND, Dr. Whalen was asked about ITAR and export control, space policy and space history. One Arizona student even proposed that various space studies programs at universities arrange an academic type conference to address problems in the space industry, including ITAR. You will want to hear Dr. Whalen's response to this suggestion. Dr. Whalen also spoke about the history and the reason for a strong commercial space segment, using the Atlas ICBM as an example and what happened with it when it became a strong commercial launch vehicle. If you are interested in attending Space Studies here at UND or you want more information, visit the Space Studies website at www.space.edu. Check out the bios on the various professors and if one is in a field of interest to you, send him a note as email addresses are listed. If you want to send Dr. Whalen a note or ask a question, please use whalen@space.edu. We thank Leighton Broadcasting for making this program possible but please note there were audio and technical issues during this program resulting from Leighton's production of the show. We apologize to you for these glitches, fortunately there were only a few, and we hope to have them resolved for future broadcasts from Grand Forks. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:26:15 UTC
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Andrea Seastrand, Janice Dunn & the California Space Authority, Friday, 10-5-07 (49.97MB; download) -- The Honorable Andrea Seastrand and Janice Dunn, both of the California Space Authority (CSA), were the guests for this program. We started our discussion talking about the upcoming Transforming Space 2007 Conference in Los Angeles, CA, November 5-8, 2007. For Space Show listeners, you can register for a $100 discount by putting "Space Show" in the coupon slot on the online registration form. You will hear Ms. Dunn make this generous offer at the end of the interview. Visit www.californiaspaceauthority.org for more information, the conference agenda, and registration, as well as all the information we discuss during our program. Andrea and Janice fielded many questions from Californians about space awareness and development in the state, plus many listeners were anxious to know about the level of space interest and awareness among our federal and state elected officials. We also learned that California represents about 31% of US space expenditures and about 19% of global space expenditures. We not only learned about space and our elected officials in California, but also with our universities, businesses, and educational leaders. In discussing the upcoming conference for CSA, we got a first hand report of the California space industry, including the growing New Space industry. Not only did Ms. Seastrand Ms. Dunn go into detail about the upcoming conference (see www.californiaspaceauthority.org/conference2007/index.html), we discussed CSA political action efforts in Washington, DC and also in Sacramento. For the upcoming conference in Los Angeles at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, we also learned about special events including a fashion show, a Back to the Future DELOREAN car, and more surprises which you will hear mentioned on the show. Don't miss this program, its a comprehensive look at California space business, an important upcoming conference for the entire space industry, and special events. You can contact the CSA through their website and follow up questions for Ms. Seastrand and Ms. Dunn can be sent to janice.dunn@californiaspaceauthority.org and andrea.seastrand@californiaspaceauthority.org. Mention this Space Show program in your emails. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:30:05 UTC
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