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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Lon Levin, Friday, 11-30-07 (110.46MB; download) -- Lon Levin was the guest for this two hour Space Show program which first aired Wednesday, November 28, 2007. Writing a short synopsis of this program is a challenge due to the variety of interesting and important topics mentioned by Lon and listeners. Among the topics we discussed included space investment and the investing process, management, emotions, confidence, being turned down and rejected, listening skills, getting feedback, dreams and realities versus fantasy, business plans, the idea, and execution. If you have ever thought about starting your own business or wondered what it takes to start your own business, you should not miss this program. We talked about markets, market research and real time market information on an ongoing basis including focus groups and other market analysis tools. We also looked at the making of XM Radio and here we addressed it from its inception with Lon through the current period although Lon is no longer associated with the company and thus is limited in what he can say about it. We also discussed satellite technology, the launch side of business, what it was like when he was contacting the launch providers and satellite companies for the first time, and how he managed to get financial support to keep XM going until they could start operating. With listener questions and the discussion provided by Lon, we spoke about the regulatory environment and the FCC. This is an essential discussion that you do not want to miss. We also mentioned his involvement in t/Space and COTS. In our discussion of COTS, Lon addressed raising capital, Kistler, t/Space plans to the degree that they can be made public at this time, and the overall strengths of the COTS program. When you listen to him, you will have a sense of how he positions what he is doing to raise the capital and to use the facts, whatever they may be, as an asset in his positioning and presentation. We also talked about the future, the importance of COTS to space development, the Moon, Mars, and how he feels that in ten years or so, LEO will be privatized and commercialized. You can hear it all in this comprehensive, information packed program. We also talked about new business ventures and technologies using satellite communications and his role in his new project, Slacker. Visit www.slacker.com for more information on this company and what it will provide for us all. Lon Levin will answer your email questions and respond to your comments. Please forward them to him through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:41:37 UTC
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Dr. Paul Eckert, Tuesday, 11-27-07 (35.64MB; download) -- Dr. Paul Eckert was our guest for this Space Show program which focused on the upcoming Space Investment Summit 3, Dec. 5-6, 2007 in San Jose, CA. Visit the Summit website at www.spaceinvestmentsummit.com. Dr. Eckert started our discussion with an overview of this meeting and we followed that by going through the list of speakers, keynotes, business plan presenters, conference structure. Listeners asked about the pricing, who can attend, the availability of audio after the conference ended, and more. After the conference, check the website under archives for the presentations and audio where available from the discussions. Listeners also asked Paul about the screening process for the business plan participants and you will want to hear this discussion. In addition many comments were offered about the quality of people participating in this event, especially from outside the space community. Questions were asked if this indicates the emerging space industry was finally ready or close to being ready for prime time. Again, don't miss this discussion. One listener asked why Boeing, a representative of the large aerospace community and "old space" was sponsoring a New Space and entrepreneurial event. Do not miss Paul's response to this important question. Check out this event at their website, www.spaceinvestmentsummit.com and get the archives after the conference attends. If you want more information about the Summit, visit www.spaceinvestmentsummit.com/contact.html use the info@spacecommerceroundtdable.com address or one of the others on this page. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:28:01 UTC
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Ted Spitzmiller, Monday, 11-26-07 (36.47MB; download) -- Ted Spitzmiller returned to The Space Show to discuss his newly published "Astronautics: Book 2 - To The Moon And Towards The Future, A Historical Perspective of Mankind's Efforts To Conquer the Cosmos." We began our discussion with a bit of history regarding the circumstances that led us to the Moon and then we looked forward to examine our national as well as the international environment of today at a time when we are working to return to the Moon. This proved to be a most interesting discussion, visionary, and educational. You do not want to miss it. We talked about learning lessons from history for both the good and the bad and we asked Mr. Spitzmiller about the lessons we should learn that will aid us in our efforts to go forward with the VSE as well as the lessons that will likely hinder us. We also spoke about Mars and as you will hear from our guest, he strongly supports a humans to Mars mission for a variety of reasons, even bypassing the Moon. There were several listener questions about about this, including bypassing the Moon for a visit to a NEO. Hear why Ted does not favor such a NEO mission, especially over a mission to Mars. Other listener questions dealt with the use of the ISS and its potential commercial value, mass drivers, alternatives to chemical rockets including nuclear power. Toward the end of the program, we talked about scramjets, Point A to Point B scramjet or suborbital transportation, and the needed regulatory overhaul to support such changes in technology. The subject of the business SST jets came up, how they handle the pressure creating the sonic boom and how these companies are already working to change the regulations to allow for super sonic flight over the U.S. Ted's book is widely available at book stores and online, its published by Apogee and would make a great holiday gift. If you have comments or questions for Ted, please send them to him at ted_ spitzmiller@hotmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:00:40 UTC
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Andrew Chaikin, Sunday, 11-25-07 (37.50MB; download) -- Andrew Chaikin was the guest for this Space Show program. We began the interview discussing his well-known book, "A Man On The Moon" and his added new "Afterword" in honor of the 50th anniversary of our being in space. The discussion soon expanded to subject of our returning to the Moon and here Andy, the listeners, and I exchanged ideas about our prospects for getting back to the Moon, telling the space story as Andy does in his books, others getting to the Moon before the US and how Andy might write about that and how it might impact him as an individual, plus we talked about changing the vision and going to a NEO rather than the Moon. This is an interesting discussion, don't miss it. We also talked about reliability and safety for rockets, he fielded many questions about the emerging private sector and of course he provided his take on how space can be relevant to the people. Andy is working on a new Mars book and we talked at length about his work in progress and going to Mars. He shared with us some new information that he got when he attended the Viking Mars reunion of sorts in 2006. You certainly want to hear what he has to say and report from this event. When asked if the Viking people at the reunion thought Viking had discovered life on Mars, well, listen to what he has to say about this in a most firm and definitive answer. One listener asked him to rate the space IQ for the various journalists that have interviewed him including those with several NPR program, Charlie Rose and more. Visit his website for more information, www.andrewchaikin.com. You can send your follow up comments or questions to him by email at contact@andrewchaikin.com Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:58:27 UTC
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Ky Michaelson, Friday, 11-23-07 (49.16MB; download) -- Ky Michaelson returned to the program to discuss his new book, "Rocketman: My Rocket-Propelled Life and High-Octane Creations." This book is widely available and I urge listeners to buy and read it, and by listening to this show, you will understand the why of my recommendation. Visit Ky's website at www.the-rockeman.com. His email address is order@kytec.us. During this program, Ky related to us many of his stories and adventures with speed, cars, rockets, and space. Many listeners asked him about custom making a rocket item for them and as you will hear, his biggest concern in doing so is liability. Safety concerns were primary as well. We had several callers from Ky's past adventures and experiences and you will want to hear them and what they have to say. A listener asked both Ky and the caller about rocket racing .You will want to hear what both said regarding this new, emerging sport. Other listeners asked him about the difficulty and the costs involved in launching a rocket to space. In his reply, he pointed out that its only been done one time since and that serves to demonstrate the challenges for anyone wanting to do this. He told us he had hoped that his doing it would open the way for others to follow, but so far the reality is that has not happened. Ky told us some great stories that are in the book, such as buying a rocket or missile from an SR71 as he was passing Edwards AFB. We talked about going 300 mph and what that was like. This information is also in his book. Ky also shared with us his plans for Bonneville next year. You do not want to miss hearing him tell about about what he will do at that 2008 event. These two hours with Ky Michaelson is entertaining, important, valuable, and clearly informative. You can send your comments or questions to him at order@kytec.us. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:59:59 UTC
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Hal Fulton, Tuesday, 11-20-07 (38.97MB; download) -- Hal Fulton, VP of MarsDrive, was the guest for this program. You can follow our discussion by visiting the MarsDrive website, www.marsdrive.com. During this interview, we spoke with Hal about why Mars and the timing for going to Mars, the outreach and educational efforts for MarsDrive, educating teachers first, then students, LEO first, and more. One of the listeners inquired about Hal's book, "The Space Activist's Handbook," and we learned that politicians were rated in the book as to their position on space issues. Listeners and I asked him about the ratings for a few politicians and also about the congressional votes that support the individual ratings. Listeners also asked Hal about Second Life, why MarsDrive is in Second Life, and what MarsDrive hopes to achieve by being in Second Life. This conversation was extended to include YouTube, MySpace, and FaceBook which as Hal and I both pointed out have the potential to reach far more people regarding Mars and space matters than most any other means. You will not want to miss this discussion. Another interesting discussion string on this program came from a UCLA graduate challenging the reasonableness of going to Mars and wondering if all of this is just a silly pipe dream for our nation and society. This UCLA grad asked about costs for a Mars mission, timelines, and other questions as she was trying to make a mission to Mars real from her perspective. I am not sure this listener was satisfied by the answers, what do you think? Later, an architect from San Francisco joined the discussion wondering what type of settlement would actually exist on Mars early on and then later. For example, by settlement did Hal and MarsDrive mean a real community on Mars with services and places to go similar to what we have here on Earth or more like living like cavemen. You do not want to miss this discussion. Also, another listener from Wichita asked about the human factors issues for going to Mars, including microgravity, radiation, mental, emotional, and stress issues for long duration spaceflight/settlement. Again, don't miss this discussion. Hal Fulton can be reach for additional questions or comments or for more information about MarsDrive by email at hal.fulton@marsdrive.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:39:07 UTC
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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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