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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Rand Simberg & Bill Simon, Tuesday, 7-24-07 (50.08MB; download) -- Rand Simberg and William Simon returned for this Space Show program devoted to Evoloterra, their ceremony that honors humankind leaving Earth and landing on a new planet, the Apollo 11 Moon landing. You can download the Evoloterra ceremony at www.evoloterra.com. To do so, click on the astronaut's faceplate. Rand and Bill began the discussion by talking about why its important to have this ceremony and remember the landing. The discussion continued and addressed elements of freedom and what freedom means for people in the traditional context of the word and freedom in the context of being free of Earth's gravity to go to a new world on a different celestial body. Bill and Rand talked about this accomplishment as a tribute to western culture and civilization and much time was spent discussing this in the context of how our world is evolving today with political correctness, moral equivalency on many issues, and multiculturalism. The ceremony also is a superb rendition of important scientific and biological history of our planet and mankind. If you have not yet read this ceremony, I urge you to do so as soon as possible. You will want to hear their very strong statements and comments on these important subjects. As this program evolved into a two hour show, we also began addressing the VSE, the problems with it and the fact that it does not help us to become space-faring. We talked about returning to the Moon in light of recent Space Show guests that have not been so supportive of the manned moon missions. You might be surprised with their comments. When asked the same question I have been asking other guests and listeners about why its in the national interest to go back to the Moon sooner than planned, well, listen to the program to hear how Bill and Rand answer the question. Rand put forth ideas and scenarios on how to use space to make us a space-faring society. He also talked about the private sector and its capability and drivers to go to the Moon before NASA gets back there. Listeners asked them about competition from the Chinese and Indians and while Bill and Rand hold different views on this issue, their discussion was powerful and informative. Don't miss it. If you have comments or questions for Bill and Rand, you can contact them through their website or you can send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Rand's website and terrific blog, Transterrestrial Musings, is www.transterrestrial.com. Bill's website is www.nextparadigm.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:48:50 UTC
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Dr. Neville Marzwell, Monday, 7-23-07 (41.71MB; download) -- Dr. Neville Marzwell of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL). Dr. Marzwell is also the Manager of Advanced Concepts and Technology Innovation for NASA JPL. He has 31 years experience in defense and aerospace systems technologies in which he initiated various technology breakthroughs and paradigm innovations. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:24:56 UTC
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Dr. Jeff Foust, Sunday, 7-22-07 (43.38MB; download) -- Dr. Jeff Foust was the guest for this Space Show program. We started the discussion by asking Jeff how one submits an article to The Space Review (www.thespacereview.com). After talking about The Space Review, we asked Jeff for his comments on the New Space 2007 conference he attended this past week. Jeff provided a with a day by day accounting of the programming, starting with Thursday which was a commercial-military space plane day. He brought us current with what is happening with Operationally Responsive Space, dual use technologies with the military and the commercial side and more. On Friday he told us about the business opportunities side of things, the business plan competition that was held and about space policy, risk management, and related fields. Listeners asked questions about informed consent and Jeff also told us about the talks by the NTSB regarding the accident investigation process. You will certainly want to hear what Jeff has to report on this conference session. As a result of a listener question, Jeff told us that the entrepreneurial space CEO's and executives were paying attention to these issues and even working these matters with an industry representative group, the Personal Spaceflight Federation. The final day of the conference was about frontier development and Jeff brought us up to date on the possible applications and development of space solar power for national defense and security. Again, don't miss his comments. As we left the overview of the conference, Jeff was asked about news events, the main being the announcement that Scaled Composites was being bought out by Northrop. We had listener input to this discussion by Tom Matula and Dave Huntsman by phone. This is an important discussion, don't miss it. Jeff was also asked about Rocketplane and the recent announcements that the company had lost its engineering team. Jeff responded by talking about the priorities for the company regarding COTS financing milestones with a $500 million payment due at the end of this month. Thus, company focus must be on the COTS program. One listener asked about the trend for the entrepreneurial companies to be taking more and more government money from the military or NASA and wondered if public-private partnerships for space development were growing and if the face of entrepreneurial space was changing. Jeff talked about the need to have R&D and technology paid for by a customer, even the government. This is also a must listen to part of this interview. If you have questions or comments for Dr. Jeff Foust, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to Dr. Jeff Foust. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:17:33 UTC
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Dr. Alan Binder, Friday, 7-20-07 (61.18MB; download) -- Dr. Alan Binder was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Binder started the program out by honoring today, July 20, for the Apollo 11 Moon landing and the Viking 1 landing on Mars. The first segment of the show is devoted to his telling us about these programs, especially Viking as he was one of the PI's on the Viking program. You will certainly want to hear his first hand experiences with Viking. In addition, he talks about data analysis and the need for it after a mission but the problems within NASA concerning data. Don't miss this discussion. During the balance of the program, Dr. Binder talked with us about the likely capability of NASA being able to complete the VSE and take us to the Moon. He is not optimistic on this point and tells us why throughout the program. To illustrate the point, he tells us about the Lunar Prospector Mission and what went on behind the scenes with him and NASA. Furthermore, he recommends listeners interested in learning about NASA and what it was like doing a successful commercial program within NASA that they read his two books, "Moon Quake" and also "Lunar Prospector: Against All Odds." Both books are available on Amazon.com or through your favorite bookstore but if you want an autographed copy, order it through Ken Press in Tucson at area code 520-743-3200 or email ken@kenpress.com. Tell Ken you heard Dr. Binder regarding the book on The Space Show. You can also find these books through is website which is www.lunar-research-institute.org/. Alan fielded many listener questions about commercial lunar missions, closing a commercial lunar biz plan, potential lunar competition from China, India, and Asia in general and much more. One listener asked him about a possible space race with Asia, another emailed in that the Asian countries are far from committing the financial resources needed for a manned lunar program so mostly likely its all rhetoric coming from these other nations. Alan provided interesting perspectives and opinions on these and other comments. Dr. Binder also talked about his proposal which would substantially change NASA in a DARPA type program for space development. The new NASA would contract with private companies for space development R&D the way DARPA contracts with private companies for defense issues. We talked about the chances for this type of revision to be made to NASA in the coming 2008 elections. Don't miss what he has to say about this. We also talked about why we should go to the Moon in light of recent Space Show programs and why it would be in the interest of America to go to the Moon much quicker. This question was also taken from an earlier Space Show program. I told Alan that since answers are not forthcoming on these questions, I am beginning to think that collectively we are getting the space program we all deserve. Alan disagreed so you will want to hear what he has to say in response to my comments. This is a comprehensive discussion with Dr. Binder on NASA, its abilities, programs, lunar commerce and development and much more. If you want to send Dr. Binder a follow up question or comment, please do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:59:48 UTC
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Donald Beattie, Tuesday, 7-17-07 (40.16MB; download) -- After graduating from Columbia College and receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy, Don Beattie began a first career as a carrier pilot serving on active duty from 1951 - 1956 and in Ready Reserve squadrons until 1967. While serving, he flew eleven different type prop and jet aircraft. Upon leaving the Navy, he returned to graduate school at the Colorado School of Mines receiving a M.S. degree in 1958 with majors in Geological Engineering and Geophysics. Hired by Mobil Oil after graduate school, he began a second career supervising a geology field party mapping the large Mobil concessions in little known, jungle and rain forest regions of Colombia S.A., including the mountainous area along the Panama/Colombia border. During the rainy season, he was wellsite geologist on a number of wildcat wells drilled in remote locations of the Llanos and northern Colombia. His final position before leaving Mobil, was District Geologist for Northern Colombia. While working in Colombia, he learned that NASA was recruiting geologists to help plan Apollo lunar exploration. He was accepted for a job at NASA Headquarters and began work in September 1963 in the newly formed Advanced Manned Missions Office. In this position he participated in planning for Apollo and post-Apollo missions. From 1965 to 1973, he managed NASA offices that had responsibility for the development of experiments, training, and simulations for these missions. In his final position, he was NASA Headquarters Program Manager, Lunar Surface Experiments. At the end of the Apollo Program, he transferred to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and was appointed Director, Advanced Energy Research and Technology Division. This appointment coincided with the first “oil shock” and Division programs grew dramatically for the next three years. A major initiative was RD&D for renewable energy. Hundreds of demonstration projects were installed in the next three years on buildings throughout the U.S. For the two major national energy studies conducted at this time, The Nation’s Energy Future released in 1973, and Project Independence released in 1974, he led the Solar and Geothermal energy panels. In 1975, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) was formed by President Gerald Ford combining energy research programs from many government agencies. Beattie was appointed as Deputy Assistant Administrator (later as Assistant Administrator) for Solar, Geothermal and Advanced Energy Systems. The latter responsibilities included managing high energy physics and magnetic confinement fusion programs previously under the direction of the Atomic Energy Commission. President Carter, at the beginning of 1978, further consolidated federal energy programs by establishing the cabinet level Department of Energy (DOE). Beattie was appointed as Assistant Secretary (acting) for Conservation and Solar Applications reporting to DOE Secretary James Schlesinger. He held this position until August 1978 when President Carter’s nominee for the position was finally approved. As a senior manager at NSF, ERDA, and DOE, he testified frequently before House and Senate committees explaining and defending programs and budgets. He returned to NASA in August 1978 as Division Director - Energy Systems Division. This office was responsible for managing all the energy RD&D programs underway at Lewis Research Center (LeRC), Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center, Langley Research Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. These programs were carried out by using funds transferred from other agencies such as DOE and AID. Advanced technology projects were built and demonstrated for solar and wind energy, electric and hybrid vehicles, magneto hydrodynamics, and fuel cells. For example, LeRC managed contracts that built and operated the world’s largest, multi-megawatt, wind turbines on the island of Oahu and along the Columbia River. Leaving NASA in 1983, Beattie joined BDM International, a enginee Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:32 UTC
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Dr. Pat Patterson & Robert Meurer, Monday, 7-16-07 (38.17MB; download) -- Dr. Pat Patterson and Robert Meurer were the guests for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming SmallSat conference in Logan, UT (www.smallsat.org) and the small satellite industry. We started the discussion with Dr. Patterson by having him provide us with general schedule, agenda, and theme information for the upcoming SmallSat conference. This is an outstanding conference and if you can be in Logan or are near there at the time of the conference, August 13-16, I urge you to attend. You can get full conference and registration information at the above Small Sat website. As Pat mentioned that the conference was 22 years old, the first listener question had to do with small satellites 22 years ago and the state of miniaturization in the satellite industry s either an evolutionary process or breakthrough process. You will want to hear what Pat has to say about this but he did point out that we came from small satellites and grew to the very large ones in use today. Continuing to develop the small satellite technology and the uses for it is a natural outgrowth of the telecommunications industry. Listeners asked our guests about the use of small satellites in enhancing the manned space program and they wanted to know if astronauts could launch, control, and retrieve small satellites to facilitate a specific manned space mission. The answer was yes and in some instances this is already happening. One listener asked about small satellites being used with cameras to track NEOs and we learned about programs under consideration and possible development with the ATEN class of NEOs. We also talked about the international space community and the use of small sats by other nations. You will want to hear about small satellite usage by others. Also, ITAR issues came up regarding not just the SmallSat conference but in other international business ventures with other space-faring countries. One listener asked the guests about past predictions for the industry and then recapping the actual year for which the predictions were made. As we learned, not always are the same papers or projects that are part of the prediction track at the conference the same used for year in review. This is an interesting question so you will want to hear the comprehensive reply. If you have follow up questions or comments for our guests, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com or visit www.smallsat.org and use the contact link on the website which is www.smallsat.org/contact-info. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:07:55 UTC
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Sam Coniglio, Sunday, 7-15-07 (45.09MB; download) -- Sam Coniglio was the guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion talking about space tourism and specifically the Space Tourism Society (www.spacetourismsociety.org). Sam told us about the work of the organization and the upcoming Orbital Design Challenge which is designed to be a competition to create interiors and a lifestyle for the Bigelow Aerospace Nautilus orbital habitat. You can get more information about this challenge at the Space Tourism Society website as well as by listening to this discussion. We also talked about other issues about space tourism including packaging the tourism product, spaceships, flight profiles, the language used to promote space tourism, government regulation and contacted elected officials and much more. Sam also told us about Burning Man and how that relates to space tourism. Do not miss this discussion. We discussed Sam's photo history of the space tourism and development industry as nobody has the photographic history of this developing industry as does Sam. For information about the Space Tourism Society, click on the contact link on the website. You will email, telephone and mailing address contact information. If you want to reach Sam with follow up questions or comments, his email address is sam.coniglio@gmail.com. His photographic and other links are below in his bio. You can also see many of his photos at his flicker site, www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:11:27 UTC
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Dr. Henry Hertzfeld & Dr. Pierre-Alain Schieb, Friday, 7-12-07 (52.21MB; download) -- Dr. Henry Hertzfeld and Dr. Pierre-Alain Schieb were the guests for this special Space Show program to discuss the Space 2030 reports talked about frequently on the program. The Space 2030 reports were issued by the Organization For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD) and our two guests were on the team that studied and issued these reports. As Dr. Schieb explained early in the program, the main goals of OECD were to help create a path for needed space infrastructure development and to facilitate a friendly business environment for space development. With help from the listeners, we explored the behind the scenes OECD work, intentions, conclusions, and recommendations for space development. As the OECD sees space as a tool to be used to better economic development for countries here on Earth and to enable technologies, you will want to hear this program. We also talked about how these reports are used by member governments and others. Later in the program listeners asked about launch rates, the return to the Moon program and even going on to Mars though the OECD reports do not address the manned space program at this time. Also brought up were the UN treaties and their possible impediment to space development. The Law of the Sea Treaty was also mentioned. In response to a listener question, Dr. Schieb said that of the applications looked at by the OECD, broadband was the lions share, perhaps as much as 70-80% of the business. We also talked about what can be done now versus what has to be created for applications to be useful in the future. Many other issues and subjects were discussed making this an important Space Show to hear. Listeners can send follow up comments or questions Dr. Hertzfeld or Dr. Schieb through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com or to Dr. Hertzfeld at hrh@gwu.edu and Dr. Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org. Visit www.oecd.org and in the search box in the upper right corner, type in Space 2030 and you will go to much of their space document publication section. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:45:05 UTC
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Dr. Robert Zubrin, Tuesday, 7-10-07 (34.32MB; download) -- Dr. Robert Zubrin was the returning guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion with Bob with a focus on the upcoming 10th Annual Mars Society Conference which will be held on the UCLA campus over the Labor Day weekend 2007. You can register for the conference and find out more about it at www.marssociety.org. This year the conference is speaker-packed and clearly this is a conference to attend. Also, political action sessions are more important than ever because as you will hear in the first segment of tonight's program, there are efforts underway to either delay or even kill the Mars robotic and manned space programs. Bob talks about these efforts at length so for those of you who agree on the importance of Mars science, a return mission, and a manned Mars mission, pay attention to the warnings Bob is telling us about and help take action to make sure these vital programs are not killed or put on a back burner. We move our discussion toward the Devon Island Mission, then the analog site in Utah. You can see the reports from Devon and Utah on the Mars Society website and you can be a volunteer for the two week program at the Utah site. Listeners asked Dr. Zubrin about possible show stoppers for going to Mars, radiation and zero g. You will not want to miss Bob's important, factual discussion of these two important issues. Dr. Zubrin was also asked about using different propulsion to get to Mars faster. Bob had a very interesting take on this, don't miss his reply. Several listeners asked about a private manned Mars mission, its probable costs, the time frame to do it, and why someone or a group of people would fund it. Again, you will not want to miss Bob's discussion about such a mission. We also discussed his new book which will be released in the fall, "Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil." This issue was developed by Bob based on his insitu Mars work. As part of this book, he has written an excellent article for The New Atlantis titled "The Hydrogen Hoax" and published for Winter 2007. You can read this article at www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/13/zubrin.htm. You can place an advance order for his book and read more about it by visiting the Amazon site, www.amazon.com/Energy-Victory-Winning-Terror-Breaking/dp/1591025915/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/102-6246410-8044965?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184131446&sr=8-5. You will find his plan to legislate that all cars sold in America within three years be flex fuel cars to be intriguing and worthwhile. If you have questions or comments for Bob, please forward them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will send them on to Dr. Zubrin. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:30:01 UTC
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Neil Woodward, Monday, 7-9-07 (47.97MB; download) -- Commander Neil Woodward from NASA HQ was the guest for this Space Show program. We started our discussion with Commander Woodward asking him about his aircraft carrier flight and landing experiences. In addition to experiencing night and bad weather traps through this vicarious conversation with Cmdr.Woodward, including learning how much time we had for survival in cold water with various Navy survival equipment, listeners began asking him questions about aircraft pressurization issues and relating his comments to the need for space suits in suborbital flight. We also talked ejection and the potential of space skydiving as a sport. You will want to hear his comments. We then switched to discussing the COTS program. One of the questions asked Neil had to do with the possible NASA strategy of dealing with a COTS partner that flames out. Will this adversely impact the full COTS program, does the remaining money go to the other COTS contender, does it go to the non-paid COTS contenders or back to the NASA budget. You will want to hear his response to this question. Another listener asked why COTS was considered so risky given our experience and know-how in getting to space. The listener included Russia and other space nations in the experience pool. Neil explained the business risk side of the COTS program and the technical and space risks. You will want to hear his full remarks. This discussion led us to an exchange about risk in general and the risk averse nature of NASA, the Navy, and the country. We also discussed issues relating to the NASA ESMD. We talked about the budget priorities as compared to bottom line and even low cost space access priorities. We also discussed completing the ISS, keeping international agreements, and more. At one point, I asked Neil about the time it was taking to return to the Moon and was it a function of funding from Congress, technology, or a combination of both. Our discussion pointed toward a funding issue but with limitations. I then asked him how we as advocates and supporters of the VSE program could influence congress to do the program quicker. His suggestion was to tell members of congress why it is important for the heath and benefit of the country that we go to the Moon much faster. As you will hear during the program, I put it out to listeners to send in your answer to his question. Listen to the discussion and send in your answer. If you would like to send in a comment or follow up question for Cmdr. Neil Woodward, please do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:25:04 UTC
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