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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Bruce Pittman, Tuesday, 2-12-08 (35.96MB; download) -- Guest: Bruce Pittman. Bruce Pittman returned to The Space Show to talk about fusion energy, specifically aneutronic fusion from hydrogen (Deuterium) and Boron. During the program, Bruce explained the difference between the ITER/Tokamak approach to fusion vs. aneutronic fusion. Aneutronic fusion is fusion which does not release very much energy in neutrons so it reduces the need for radiation protection. Next, we discussed the funding of this as well as other fusion projects . He told us about the continued funding of fusion projects even though little progress has been made. We also talked about the politics behind funding this and other projects as well as other issues related to advancing cutting-edge science and engineering R&D projects. Listeners asked Bruce about fusion compared to the space elevator and also space solar power. You will want to hear what Bruce says about all of these technologies. Many listeners asked him about realistic timetables and costs for developing commercial fusion. Again, you will want to hear what Bruce has to say about establishing fusion at the commercial level. Bruce suggested we all read the GAO study on Fusion Energy published by the GAO in October 2007. The full name of this report is "Fusion Energy: Definitive Cost Estimates for U.S. Contributions to an International Experimental Reactor and Better Coordinated DOE Research Are Needed" and this report can be found at: www.gao.gov/new.items/d0830.pdf. You can email a question or comment or your suggestions regarding fusion advocacy to Bruce at bpittman@earthlink.net.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:11:39 UTC
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Burke Fort, Monday, 2-11-08 (37.20MB; download) -- Guest: Burke Fort. Burke Fort was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss the 8th Continent Project (www.8cproject.com). Mr. Fort explained how the 8th Continent Project integrates technology with space business concepts and projects and incorporates them into the global economy. When asked what type of technology or space related activity was the easiest or smoothest to integrate, he said those activities which use data in the form of a data stream are probably the easiest type of business or product to work with. You will want to listen to this entire discussion, it's illuminating! Mr. Fort was also asked about STEM education and the state of aerospace education in the country. His response was different than what we normally hear on The Space Show. Please make sure you listen to this part of the show. One thing Burke pointed out was the slow disappearance of the "giggle factor" for space commerce and activities. This helps the integration of space technology and financing of space ventures as they are being taken more seriously all the time. Burke also told us about the NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Campaigns and we talked about the NASA Means Business program. In response to a listener question about what triggered his space interest, Mr. Fort talked about being of the Baby Boomer generation and growing up with the space program as part of our culture. We compared that to how it is now. Then a southern listener in her mid-twenties sent in a note saying that her generation only has negative news to ponder and experience space. I brought this up to Burke and was actually surprised when he said he had heard this response before from younger Americans. This led to a very interesting discussion, don't miss it. If you want to send Burke Fort a question or comment, you can do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com or directly to him at burke.fort@8cproject.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:32:16 UTC
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Dr. John Jurist, Sunday, 2-10-08 (52.40MB; download) -- Guest: Dr. John Jurist. Dr. John Jurist, long time friend and supporter of the Space Show, was the guest on this slightly over 2 hour Sunday program. In this discussion, we covered many topics including science education, human factors, the balkanization of various components of the space industry , radiation, microgravity experiments, commercial space, suborbital and orbital space tourism, spaceport talk, and more. Dr. Jurist was asked about his science education ideas and what he would do to improve science education so he talked about rocket clubs and what it does for those participating in them. He also spoke about the importance of hands-on building and tinkering with things and what it means to fail and how this teaches vital concepts, and much more. He talked about being an activist with school boards, teacher groups, classes, etc. A listener asked him about the Teachers In Space program, not to be confused with the NASA Teacher in Space program, and you will want to hear what he says about this program as a tool for improving science and space education. One significant part of our discussion was the continuation of the negative talk that goes back and forth in some segments of the space community. Listen to what he says about this and why it's so destructive. He was also asked about the vibration issues with Ares 1 and he spent time explaining this problem to listeners as well as talking about possible solutions. I added in some information I learned both in Huntsville and at the National Space Forum this past week. Toward the end of the show, we discussed a killer app for justifying manned spaceflight. You do not want to miss what Dr. Jurist has to say about this subject. The issue of other nations, especially China, going to the Moon was discussed. Listeners provided some relevant comments from their own experience which added to this discussion. This is a comprehensive two plus hour show covering many important topics and issues facing our emerging space industry and our public space program. You can send your comments or questions to Dr. Jurist through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:06:37 UTC
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James Bamford, Saturday, 2-9-08 (23.18MB; download) -- Guest: James Bamford. James Bamford was the guest for this special Saturday morning Space Show program in order to discuss the upcoming NOVA PBS Television Special, "Astrospies." Mr. Bamford is the co-producer of the program and is an investigative journalist known for his expertise on the Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) and the National Security Agency (NSA). During this hour long program, Jim talks with us about the information he learned from both the Americans and the former Soviets about their secret military espionage astronaut programs which occurred at the same time we were implementing our Moon program. Jim answered many listener questions about how the project could have been kept secret, about why the MOL participants were now willing to talk, and what he had to do to get them to open up and talk freely about this still mostly classified project. The same questions were asked about his research into the equivalent Russian Almaz program and his visits to Russia to talk to those involved with their Almaz program. Other listener based questions dealt with what would have happened if President Nixon had not cancelled the MOL program, spy satellites and their entry into the field, the modern day usage of high altitude unpiloted craft versus spy satellites, and much more. I am quite sure you will find this program, and the upcoming Nova show, to be very interesting. "Astrospies" is scheduled to air on PBS on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 at 8PM ET/PT. You can find out more about it and confirm your viewing schedule by visiting www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/schedule-local.html. Please forward any questions or comments you might have for Jim Bamford to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:31:42 UTC
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Dr. Charles Lundquist; Dr. David Livingston, 2-8-08 (95.25MB; download) -- Guests: Dr. Charles Lundquist, 1st hour; Dr. David Livingston, 2nd hour. Dr. Charles Lundquist was the guest for the first hour of this Space Show program. He was one of the original team members who launched Explorer 1, America's first satellite in space, on Jan. 31, 1958. Listen to Dr. Lundquist tell the story of Explorer 1, his work with the Von Braun team, the Army Ballistic Missile Center at the Redstone Arsenal and much more. Dr. Lundquist tells us some fascinating stories as we walk back in time with him as he helped make history that evening fifty years ago. Dr. Lundquist then takes us forward in time to some of his work with more recent space projects including his space pioneers oral history project at the University of Alabama, Huntsville Library.
The second hour of this program (actually its closer to 1 hr, 45 minutes), as host of The Space Show, I deliver the First Annual Space Show State of Space Message. In this long speech, in the best tradition of our many of our long-winded presidents giving their own State of the Union speech, I cover space from the entrepreneurs, to NASA, and to the military. I talk about RLVs and the days of SSTO being just around the corner to knowing that I will soon flip a switch and my electricity will be coming to me from space solar power! Business planning, education, inspiring and leading others, politics, rhetoric, space tourism, and much more are the topics of this first Space Show State of Space message. I hope you have the patience to listen to it, I promise the message for next year will be shorter.
If you have any questions or comments about either portion of this Friday Space Show program, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:51:38 UTC
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Mike Moore, Tuesday, 2-5-08 (24.66MB; download) -- Guest: Mike Moore. Mike Moore was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss his new book, "Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance." We started our discussion by asking Mr. Moore to give us the premise of his book as well as a working definition for what might constitute a space weapon. This is a very interesting discussion. As you will hear, common sense and logic both play a fundamental role in how one defines a space weapon, since almost anything can qualify as a weapon just like here on Earth. Mike does a terrific job of cutting through the chaff on this issue, making it clear what can rationally be considered a weapon. The subject of operationally responsive space came up and we talked about approaches to defending space assets and supporting the war-fighter in combat. I shared with him my understanding of the need to quickly launch with lots of replacement satellites and other assets. This would probably be the best way to defend space-based assets rather than trying to use weapons to defend those assets. Again, this is a good discussion and you will want to hear how Mike sees the situation. We also spoke about how many in the military view space dominance and space weapons. In addition, we talked about pitfalls of a space dominance policy and how it can drive nations to conflicts. Here, a listener asked about the Chinese ASAT test last year being a result of the changes President Bush made to our National Space Policy. Mike did not believe that was the case, but you will want to hear the full discussion on this issue. Mike brought up the treaty that other nations want to create which would go further with banning space weapons than our current treaties we now have in force. We learned that the U.S.and Israel consistently block these new treaty efforts. We also learned that this has been a policy of administrations of both parties. It's not one party or the other. Eventually during the program, we defined the problem as being directly associated with national security and defense, thus it becomes harder to see space dominance as a separate issue. We also talked about this issue becoming a political in the near future. Visit the Independent Institute website for more information about Mike Moore and his book, www.independent.org/. Mike wrote a Space Review article on Jan. 28, 2008 and you can find it on The Space Review website at www.thespacereview.com/article/1049/1. If you have comments, questions, or feedback for Mike Moore, please email him at
m-smoore@socket.net. I urge all of you to buy his book and learn about this subject. It's important and has the potential to shape our space-faring future one way or the other. We need to be informed about this issue.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:29:44 UTC
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Kathleen Connell, Monday, 2-4-08 (36.62MB; download) -- Guest: Kathleen Connell. Kathleen Connell returned to The Space Show for this special program the day before Super Tuesday for the 2008 Presidential Primary Election Campaign. During the show, Kathleen spoke about space and politics, the place for space policy in the national dialog, and the work we need to do to bring this dialog into existence with political candidates, our representatives, and the general population. We briefly discussed the space policy of some of the leading presidential candidates, so if you are unfamiliar with a candidate's policy, you can hear about it on this show. We also talked about education and the public school system. Kathleen fielded many questions about how to improve STEM and related education and we tossed around some ideas on how to make the improvements. We also linked STEM education to the VSE and then expanded this subject to include liberal arts, law, history, medicine, etc. We also mentioned professional organizations like the AIAA and celebrations like the 50 years of America in Space and their role in helping to educate and inspire students. The subject of space history came up and a few listeners posed the question are we dwelling too much in the past and trying to recreate Apollo when our world in 2008 is nothing like our world in the late 1950's and 1960's. This is an interesting discussion and analysis. We also talked about energy and space based solar power and its place in politics and in R&D. Please visit Kathleen's website, www.missiontohumanity.com for more information. You can send Kathleen Connell your follow up comments and questions at connell.kathleen@gmail.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:26:15 UTC
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Marshall Spaceflight Center, Sunday, 2-3-08 (57.16MB; download) -- The Marshall Spaceflight Center took Charles Schollenberge and I on a tour of some of their facilities and I recorded each part of the tour. Sometimes the audio is challenging because of background equipment noise and the soft voice or proximity of the speaker. However, you should have no real problems hearing what was being explained to us. While Charles and I experienced this in person, I hope you can see using your mind's eye what we saw, or at least have a good visual idea of what was being shown to us. We started out in the X-Ray Calibration Lab which supports Chandra. Here we saw the x-ray testing devices, the cleanroom, the control center and more. In addition, we received the boiler plate update regarding Chandra. From Chandra, we went to the R&D Lab for Propulsion. Prior to the announcement of the VSE, this lab worked on matter and anti-matter research, but it now focuses almost exclusively on the Ares and the human engineering behind the making and servicing of Ares. This is a fairly comprehensive tour with engineers working the on the Ares program. For sure, NASA is spending lots and lots of money on Ares, bending metal, and striving to make it work. With all the Ares problems that were made public, our speakers assured us lots of people were working on the problems and would come up with fixes and solutions. The team we met with was most impressive! The Space Show has some upcoming programs regarding Ares problems, plus I am working to get the Ares Program Director to be a guest on the show. Assuming these programs pan out, you can decide for yourself if you think Ares will fly or not, with what payload, and at what cost. This is a very important project and all of us need to be concerned and supportive of success in getting back to the Moon/implementing the VSE. Our third stop was the operations center for ISS payloads. We listened to a short video and you will hear the audio. We then had a presentation about the room, the equipment, and the people we saw. There were lots of questions, even questions about the space tourists who have visited the ISS, and their thoughts on the tourists. You will surely want to hear this discussion. Our final Marshall stop was the R&D Environmental Lab. Here they have a working model of part of the ISS and astronauts and other test subjects come here, exercise on equipment identical to that on the ISS and have their sweat and urine collected and made into potable water. They are working on basic, very early closed loop systems. We discussed this and much more during this segment, plus you will hear a surprise which was a first for this Marshall division and a first for The Space Show and me! Listen and laugh along with those of us in the lab. We then left Marshall and did a driving tour through the Redstone Arsenal with civilian personnel serving the Army. If you have questions or comments, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:01:05 UTC
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Gala Event: 50th Anniversary of America In Space, Huntsville, Saturday, 2-2-08 (86.02MB; download) -- Guest: Gala Event for the 50th Anniversary of America in Space in Huntsville, AL, Jan. 31, 2008. This Space Show program is a recording of the Gala Event held at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration for the dedication of the original, fully restored Saturn V Moon Rocket. The program starts out with an already in-progress special press conference with several astronauts. You will hear most of it although the audio can be challenging. In fact, the audio for this entire program is challenging and you will hear me explain why during my introductory remarks. You will hear the opening remarks and credits, the National Anthem, the prayer, the audio to several MoviTone and old news clips about the early days of our space program and its development. Also featured are special recorded messages from Tom Brokaw and Walter Cronkite, and a letter read on behalf of Dr. Stuhlinger who was ill and, like the others, could not be present for the festivities. In addition, there was an award given to the German rocket team behind Explorer 1 and the Saturn V and acceptance remarks by Konrad Dannenberg. Discovery TV plays the trailer for their June 2008 special television documentary on the early days of the space program and you will hear the special Saturn V grand finale. During a break in the formal program, I take you on a walking tour of the main room and the Saturn V. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Again, I do apologize for audio quality issues , but it was not easy to record this program with the ambient background noise and the need to hold the microphone to loud speakers.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:51:12 UTC
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America In Space - Huntsville Program 2-1-08 (59.28MB; download) -- Huntsville: This is the first of several Space Show programs covering the 50th Anniversary of America In Space celebration here in Huntsville, Al. The first segment of this show is a sit-down with several executives of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce for a discussion about how space development, public money spent on space exploration, and how the skilled labor force has impacted the history, economy, education, and development of Huntsville , the region, and the country . We talked about the public perception of space in this area, its acceptance, Wernher von Braun and his German rocket team, and much more. The second segment is a tour of the von Braun Research and Propulsion Center at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. We observed a student methane rocket test, saw the history by year of Von Braun in Huntsville from 1050 until he was sent to Washington, DC, all via colorful and informative wall posters in the building's main hallway. We saw the vacuum chamber and heard the interesting story on how the department got it as well as their ion engine. The final segment of this show was a driving tour through the Cummings Research Park . This tour provided an excellent verbal picture of the space related economic growth of the city and region. With us for the UAB and Cummings tour was Nataliya Koroleva, daughter of Russian engineer Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov who designed the rocket which lifted Sputnik to orbit Oct. 4, 1957, so you will hear some Russian spoken on some of this tape. If you have any questions or comments about this show, please direct them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com . Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:17:22 UTC
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