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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62 Mile Club Special Event, Thursday, 10-4-07 (43.14MB; download) -- This special program is a simulcast of the 62 Mile Club special event, "Space...it's Closer Than You Think" program which was held Oct. 4, 2007 at the Luxe Hotel in Bel Air, California. You will hear all the terrific talks made during this impressive program which promotes the commercial space industry to future customers, investors and the general public. About 140 people attended the event, networking opportunities were awesome for those in attendance, and The Space Show bring all of the excellent speakers and talks to you. 62 Mile Club founders, Robert Jacobson and Eddie Van Pelt, lead off the program. They are followed by Dr. Vernon McDonald of Wyle Labs, a sponsor of this excellent event. You will also hear John Spencer of The Space Tourism Society and a regular on The Space Show, Rick Searfoss, former astronaut, XCOR Test Pilot, public speaker and regular Space Show guest, Rick Citron, also a past Space Show guest and accomplished space financier and space attorney, Gwynne Shotwell, VP of Space X and also a Space Show guest. Their talks are inspiring and informational. The Space Show thanks Robert and Eddie of the 62 Mile Club for their cooperation, support and vision in not only putting together an incredible program but in working with me to have this event broadcast live on The Space Show. For more information about the 62 Mile Club, their excellent work, and for membership, visit www.62mileclub.com. If you have questions or comments, email Robert at Robert@62mileclub.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:32:42 UTC
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Paul Dickson, Thursday, 10-4-07 (31.77MB; download) -- Paul Dickson, author of "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century," was the guest for this special Sputnik week program for The Space Show. Mr. Dickson is with us for about an hour without any breaks, discussing the impact of Sputnik from yet several different perspectives. In this discussion, we examine some of the non-space cultural issues such as the beginning of the women's movement, the integration issues of Little Rock, Arkansas and much more. Mr. Dickson fielded many questions about education, politics, the leader in the Kremlin at the time, Nikita Khrushchev, and President Eisenhower, and much more. In fact, Paul takes us into the Eisenhower administration in some detail regarding these early periods in developing a U.S. space presence. We talked about rockets, science, China and the modern space program of today. Paul expressed an opinion that sparked several questions when he suggested China might very well visit the Moon before we return to it. Listeners are urged to visit his websites, www.sputnikbook.net and his main site, www.pauldicksonbooks.com. You can email him through the contact link on his website which is newdefiner@aol.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:31:04 UTC
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Space Studies UND 20th Anniversary Message, Thursday, 10- 4, 2007 (5.06MB; download) -- Space Studies at the University of North Dakota 20th Anniversary Message with Dr. David Webb, one of the founders of the Space Studies program and the first Chairman of the Space Studies Department, and Dr. David Whalen, the current Chairman of The Space Studies Department. Happy anniversary to the UND Space Studies Department, all the professors, staff members, students, and alumni. You are doing a great job and the next 20 years will be better still. A special thank you to Drs. Webb and Whalen for making this important short message available to The Space Show audience. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:45:22 UTC
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Erika Lishock and Matt Bille, Wednesday, 10-3-07 (36.11MB; download) -- Erika Lishock and Matt Bille joined Space Show listeners for this special Space Show program as part of Sputnik Week on The Space Show. We started this discussion by exploring the meaning of the Sputnik anniversary for this time in 2007, from a global perspective as well as from the American point of view. We spent much time during the program discussing various lessons learned and what we should have learned from Sputnik and the early days of the space race and how such lessons can and should be applied to what we are doing in space today. We also talked about the importance of space as an asset for humanity for far more than just space development. Listeners asked many questions, including if we are in a new space race with China. Many questions were asked about our efforts to return to the Moon, if it is the right program to be undertaking and will political policy change the VSE over the coming years to something else. Erika and Matt referenced their outstanding book on these subjects several times, "The First Space Race." This book is still available through your favorite online store or your local book store. One part of our discussion dealt with what they had to do to research and write this book, just how available the documents were to them, and were there still key people around for them to talk with for their research. You will certainly want to hear about their work and what they have to say about the key people they were able to meet with who were still with us from this historic time period. Our guests addressed listener questions dealing with the way the U.S. made its choices for the space program from the vantage point of looking back as historians. Their concluding comments are very important and inspirational. You can send your comments or questions to Matt and Erika through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:50:43 UTC
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Dr. Roald Sagdeev, Wednesday, 10-3-07 (29.25MB; download) -- Dr. Roald Sagdeev was the special guest for this Sputnik 1 celebration program live from Moscow, Russia. Dr. Sagdeev provided us with historical and important insights from the Soviet space program and Sputnik. We talked about the cultural impact of Sputnik, space policy issues, returning to the Moon by the US, and going to Mars. Listeners asked questions about comparing the Russian space program with NASA, joint space operations, international cooperation, and ISS management and functions. One listener ask him about risk taking by the Russian Space Agency as opposed to NASA. You will definitely want to hear his answer to this question. Several questions were asked about the awareness of the Russian people to Sputnik and its impact on the Russian culture. Again, you will want to hear what he says because he makes it clear that all this took place in a closed society. We looked forward to the space future, we talked about space races between competitive nations, and we talked about becoming space-faring and how to do it. If you have any questions or comments for Dr. Sagdeev, please direct them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:33:55 UTC
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Ted Spitzmiller, Tuesday, 10-2-07 (33.52MB; download) -- Ted Spitzmiller was the guest for this special Space Show program. As a space historian and author of the newly published series of books by Apogee, "Astronautics: Book 1-Dawn Of The Space Age" and "Book 2-To The Moon and To The Future," we talked important space history starting with Sputnik 1. As this week is the 50th anniversary of Sputnik, we did focus on the impact of Sputnik on America and the world, plus the early days of the American space program. Many listener questions came in for Ted. One listener wanted to know the turning point that showed us that America had won the space race. Ted suggests it was the Gemini program and you will certainly want to hear this discussion. Another listener wanted to know about the NASA then and now, the differences, and a comparison of technology then and now and with the Russian technology. Ted goes through the various rockets, including the USSR R-7 in quite some detail. We also bring up the difference in presidential and congressional leadership then and now and the commitment to America first then and now. Costs, economics, and related issues were discussed as listeners wanted to know about space stations and why we are not living on them. Ted suggested that going straight to the Moon may very well have precluded the O'Neill space colony idea of large, rotating and orbiting space station colonies. As a result of other questions, we spoke about the space shuttle, Apollo, and the VSE of today. Ted Spitzmiller will be returning to The Space Show in the near term and we will continue this historic perspective with more of a focus on his Book 2. You can send your comments and questions to Ted at ted_ spitzmiller@hotmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:51:21 UTC
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Bruce Damer, Monday, 10-01-07 (36.63MB; download) -- Bruce Damer, CEO of DigitalSpace, was the guest for this Space Show program. Please visit his website while listening to this program as many of the 3D visuals and graphics we talk about are on the site, www.digitalspace.com. We talked about his work with NASA, the challenges in getting NASA to see value in this work and to begin working with Bruce and his company. We talked about using this media to attract new people to the space movement, especially younger members of society. Bruce talked about being stuck in 19th century technology and moving forward to 21st century technology, not just in space but in other fields as well. Questions were asked him about virtual reality becoming so good it would replace the real event. You will want to hear what he says about this and much more. One very interesting line of discussion that emerged was about how one has to use solid engineering and science to move forward in the virtual and 3D world. You cannot create fantasy and illusion without knowing reality and building on it. This led us to discussions about STEM education in America and Bruce even suggested that if we cannot turn this around, we may not be the nation that leads the way to becoming space-faring. This was an interesting discussion you will not want to miss. Bruce Damer has much to say about both the real space world and the virtual space world so I consider this an important show. You can send Bruce Damer your comments and questions bdamer@digitalspace.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:30:00 UTC
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Dr. Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Sunday, 9-30-07 (36.72MB; download) -- Dr. Kristin Shrader-Frechette was the guest for this special and important Space Show program. Dr. Shrader-Frechette spoke with us about radiation, career radiation dosages, what this means for spaceflight, even short suborbital spaceflight. She stressed over and over again during this interview that there is no safe limit for ionizing radiation and that even absorbing a small amount of this radiation in a suborbital flight can cause us health issues depending on our own body chemistry, our lifetime radiation dosages and more. As a result of this awareness about radiation, the key will be to make sure those going to space are fully disclosed on all the radiation health risks and that they receive comprehensive informed consent. This is going to be a challenge. Many listeners asked her questions about various types of spaceflight, various types of X-rays for radiation, shielding, the full disclosure process. One listener inquired as to who would have the liability and the responsibility for making the disclosure to spaceflight participants. Other listeners asked about training to educate the rocket builders, space tourism companies, even attorneys and regular doctors as to these issues. You will want to hear her response to these questions. One thing she suggests is keeping track of our lifetime radiation. In fact, if we know the type of X-ray we received and the year, the radiation dose can be fairly accurately calculated. Since we track our vaccinations and other health issues, keeping a record of lifetime radiation exposure is reasonable. As the discussion progressed, we talked about political issues, people challenging the radiation information governmental agencies, the UN and others. We talked about research and peer and grant funding and the political process involved in such funding, both from the perspective of the private sector paying for the research and the government paying for it. Dr. Shrader-Frechette was challenged by some listeners regarding the atomic bomb survivor data from the studies after the war, regarding suborbital radiation dosages, and other methods of tracking, studying, and understanding radiation. We talked about other medical problems resulting from exposure to too much radiation, not just the cancer rates. We also discussed the public policy and ethical aspects of this issue and people that take on behaviors or risks that have an imputed cost in health and medical care that impacts us all. Finally, Dr. Shrader-Frechette brought to our attention specific legislation that she believes will make a difference in many of the areas we discussed on the program. However the many subjects we talked about on today's show, the issue of radiation, lifetime amounts, the fact that there is no safe dosage for ionized radiation, and the fact that shielding equals high mass, it is clear that for future long duration space activities involving humans, radiation will be a serious issue as will full risk disclosure and comprehensive informed consent.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:19:27 UTC
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Beth Reynolds & Driss Takir, Friday, 9-28-07 (60.62MB; download) -- UND Space Studies Students Beth Reynolds and Driss Takir were the guests for this program which originally aired on Wednesday, Sept. 26 and is archived as of Friday, Sept. 28, 2007. Dr. John Jurist was the co-host for this program as he was one of the guest speakers for this week's class focusing on human factors for space travel and settlement. Beth and Driss were asked many questions about the Space Studies program, an inter-disciplinary program versus a focused program, perhaps on space engineering, and about how their perceptions about space development were being influenced by their studies, lectures, and the various disciplines in the UND program. Both students discussed their future plans for continued academic studies or entering the space business world. Specific human factors issues came up, both from listeners as well as from the students, Dr. Jurist, and myself. One of the major class topics of the week was about radiation so that was a focus of this program. Also, gravity as a challenge for humans to figure out for long duration space flight and settlement. For those of you listening to this program who might be future students here at UND Space Studies or any other space program, our guests have offered to take your comments and questions and to talk with you about the specifics of this graduate program or graduate school in general. Both Beth and Driss are outstanding students so I think you will find it interesting to hear what they have to say, their thoughts on space development and why they are in a space studies program. To contact Beth, Driss, or Dr. Jurist, please go through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:53:28 UTC
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Dr. Mike Gaffey & Vishnu Kanupuru, Tuesday, 9-25-07 (45.55MB; download) -- Dr. Mike Gaffey and Vishnu Reddy Kanupuru, Ph.D. candidate at UND in Earth System Science and Policy, were the guests for this Space Show program co-hosted with Dr. John Jurist. We began the discussion with Dr. Gaffey updating us on new developments with the Space Studies department at UND. From there, we began a discussion of Earth and Planetary Sciences, telescopes - both Earth-based and space-based, and telescope observing. We asked about the recent possible meteorite in S. America and impacts and planetary defense in general. The subject and importance of in-situ resource development and usage was also discussed and Dr. Gaffey stressed the need for our ability to work in-situ for space development and settlement. One listener asked about the exploded planet theory for Mars and the asteroid belt. Dr. Gaffey explained why this theory is not valid, you will want to hear this discussion. We also spoke to Drs. Gaffey and Jurist, along with Vishnu, about collective Ph.D. education and wisdom. You will certainly want to hear this part of the discussion. If you have questions or comments for any of our guests or our co-host, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. If you have questions or comments about attending Space Studies at UND, please direct your email to me and I will forward it to the appropriate person in the department. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:52:46 UTC
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