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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George Whitesides, Tuesday, 5-1-07 (39.09MB; download) -- George Whitesides, Executive Director of the National Space Society, was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming 2007 ISDC conference. George answered many listener questions about NSS policy and support for the VSE, plus questions about the likely political changes resulting from the coming 2008 elections. We also discussed the most effective way to communicate with our elected members of congress, both as individuals and as part of an advocate organization. In addition, we discussed effective pro space-faring messages. As for ISDC, we noted that there is both a financial symposium the day before ISDC starts and you can find out about it on the ISDC website, http://isdc.nss.org/2007/. Note that this symposium requires a separate registration. Also, there is a special teachers track for this year's ISDC so if you are a teacher or interested in this addition to ISDC, check it out at http://isdc.nss.org/2007/educationprogram.html . ATWG also has there conference before ISDC starts so if you are interested in their exceptional program, register for it and check it out at http://www.atwg.org/ (May 22-24). George described some of the special events for the conference including John Carmack bringing his launch hardware with him for show. The list of speakers is powerful, check it out at http://isdc.nss.org/2007/speakers.html. This year's ISDC is clearly a balance of quality programming for the new space ventures in New Space, the VSE plus more. There is no doubt it will be an outstanding conference. Sponsorships are still available so if this interests you, contact George Whitesides directly at george@nss.org. Tell George you heard about the conference and sponsorships on The Space Show. If you have additional comments or questions for George Whitesides about the upcoming ISDC or anything else for that matter, send him a note at george@nss.org. I look forward to seeing all of you at Dallas at ISDC. I will be recording interviews with people at the conference and will be creating Space Show programs based on being at ISDC, the financial symposium and the ATWG program so make sure you come up to me and share your thoughts and opinions with The Space Show. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 02 May 2007 15:12:42 UTC
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UP Aerospace Launch, Sunday, 4-29-07 (58.30MB; download) -- The UP Aerospace and Celestis Memorial Spaceflight launch from Spaceport America, New Mexico was the focus for this on the scene special two hour Space Show program. I was present for all the launch activities and I was able to not only bring you the full range of announcements from Mission Control, the final press briefing after the successful launch, and a full description of the launch and the 11 minute waiting period until we knew total success, but you will hear from many people attending and viewing the event. The Mayor Hatch, NM provides us with his comments as does a member of the Hatch City Council. You will hear from Leonard David, Barbara David, Wendy Doohan, the UP team with Tracy Larson and Eric Knight, and Charlie Chafer, CEO of Celestis. Elaine Walker had a very special payload on board, ashes from 9/11! You will hear from Elaine plus many ordinary people talking about the launch and their view of building and financing the spaceport in Upham, NM. In additional to the memorial part of the flight, there were many commercial and student payloads on the rocket. The student payloads were science experiments and I was able to talk with several students and teachers about the experiments. It is my understanding that the commercial projects were kept quiet but we will hear about possible commercial products resulting from this launch over the next few weeks. Once the interviews start on this program, its a nonstop show. No breaks, no Space Show messages, just the rolling of the recordings with only minor editing. Please remember most of the recordings were outside in a windy situation. Many of the people were very emotional when talking and from the entire experience as the remains of their loved ones were on this flight and the launch represented much closure to many, many families. The recordings on the bus were done in a very noisy environment filled with dust and bumps and noises from the bus that one could not believe as the road to the spaceport is really a well worn cow path. In fact, at one point, our bus had to stop as 5 or 6 horses were hanging around in the road and did not feel the need to move for the larger vehicle. We waited them out and eventually passed them by the side of the road. This was a terrific launch and experience and I was pleased to part of it. I hope you enjoy the Space Show brining this experience to you via radio as best as can be done. The launch video will be available on both the UP and Celestis websites and its being shown on cable news with Fox, CBS, CNN and others. Fox was on the scene as was the BBC and Reuters. My son Michael was with me along with his friend Nicole and they took some fun video of the launch, my interviews and more. We will soon have those videos up on YouTube so watch the website newsletter for the URLs and I will of course give them out on air when they are ready. As always, you comments and questions are welcome at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:52:07 UTC
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Responsive Space Conference, Tuesday, 4-24-07 (64.97MB; download) -- Responsive space was the subject for this special Space Show program broadcast live from the Responsive Space Conference in Los Angeles, CA (www.responsivespace.com). Several speakers and guests attending the conference discussed many topics of interest from responsive space to the Mid Atlantic Spaceport, space in the UK, engineering, and the need for more women and minorities in the space fields. Discussing these topics with were Stuart Eves of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited in the UK, Charles Kilmer of Boeing, Dave Jungkind of SEAKR Engineering, Dr. Billie Reed, Executive Director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, Ron Woll or Scitor Corporation, Dr. Jim Wertz, CEO of Microcosm, Dr. Tom Bauer of Microcosm, and Dr. Shahzad Khaligh of Boeing. Note that those with Boeing were speaking for their own opinions, not representing Boeing in any way whatsoever. While responsive space was the main theme of this program, it was soon made clear to us all that the commercial element must prevail, not only for the government side of responsive space but for the commercial needs for it and even the military. It was exciting to hear how more attention was now being paid to the necessity for successful commercial standards over the years and it was showing up in the discussions and plans at this 5th Responsive Space conference. As you will hear from each specific participant in this program, not only were Responsive Space issues discussed, but we learned about special projects underway with some of the companies, cutting edge technology such as IP in space, and much more. We had many listener questions and comments for the guests, especially Dr. Reed regarding the Mid Atlantic Spaceport at Wallops. Toward the end of the program, Dr. Bauer raised interesting questions about American or any rockets for that matter that today could meet the definition and standard for responsive space. Both Dr. Wertz and I attempted an answer. Please use drspace@thespaceshow.com if you would like to send a comment or question to any of the participants on this show. I will forward to the participant if I have the email address or I will work to get the address for your comment/question. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:32:04 UTC
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Richard C. Cook, Sunday, 4-22-07 (49.73MB; download) -- Richard C. Cook was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss Mr. Cook's book, "Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age." This is an important show because it provides us with an inside of NASA perspective on policy making and engineering and how the two often collide. This program also shows how the executive and legislative branches of the government get involved in operations and engineering, sometimes with deadly results. There are lots of applications for this discussion, not just the Challenger accident. During the show and as a result of listener questions, Richard gave us his take on what a due diligence program should consist of to make sure that policy and pressures do not conflict with the engineering and safety needs of the venture. This was also applicable to the developing suborbital space vehicle industry as Richard talked about possible points of comparison between the private businesses and NASA. We also about informed consent for the astronauts and for the private sector, risk taking, the business responsibility in risk taking the difference in risk taking with a military type vehicle versus a commercial vehicle. One listener asked Richard about the possibility of devaluing human life in risk taking with NASA. You will want to hear his answer. Many other related topics came up including teachers in space, pressuring before and during congressional testimony, blogs, space advocate and general public comments to his thesis in the book and lots more. This is an important show to hear and his book is an important book to read for we can learn much from it. You can email your comments or questions to Richard Cook by visiting his website at www.richardccook.com, then on the left side, click on contact. Please fill out the contact form, mention The Space Show, and Richard will respond to you. The direct URL is http://www.richardccook.com/contact.php. As always, you can email Richard through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Richard has many interesting papers on his site but this is the one he talked about during the show in response to another listener question: http://readingwritingmanagement.blogspot.com/2007/03/one-question-richard-c-cook.html.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:15:18 UTC
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John Thompson, Friday, 4-20-07 (69.23MB; download) -- John Thompson was the guest for this Friday Space Show program. John recently retired from the U.S. Marines after his fourth Iraq duty tour. We started the program by finding out about John's early interest in space and how he maintained that interest throughout his 20 year Marine career. John took us through many of the unclassified ways that space is used in the military and its importance, especially for Iraq and Afghanistan. As listener questions came in, our discussion with John focused on his thoughts and opinions about our presence in Iraq and what we should or should not be doing given the Iraqi war. I am sure you will find what he has to say of interest because it is not what we commonly hear on our traditional news services. As a result of another listener question, John directed us to his blog, Rocketaholic which can be found at http://rocketaholic.blogspot.com. On his blog one can find links to alternative news sources about Iraq which provide different information and perspectives that you do not find in the mainstream press or coming from members of congress. When I asked him how someone would be capable of deciding which perspective or news source is more likely to be accurate, he told us the standard they used was to independently check nine different news sources, all with different perspectives. By checking at least nine different sources, one could then apply critical thinking skills to accurately understand the complete picture of the situation being researched. Of course for most of us, finding the time to research and check out nine different news sources on so many important issues is unlikely, thus in my opinion, we need to exercise extreme caution in forming our opinions about important events happening around us and with us. Listeners asked John about the recent Chinese ASAT test and what he thought about that as well as what was going on in the military at the time of the test. During the show, John referenced several websites for additional information on the topics we discussed so when you listen to this program, you might have a pencil and paper handy. Also as a result of listener questions, we compared the space interest of the people during Viet Nam against the space interest of our population during the Iraq war. Some interesting comments and perspectives were shared about space and these two wars. We also talked about the level of space interest among average military personnel. If you want to ask John Thompson additional questions or share a comment or two with him, please do so using thompsonje@gmail.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:42:02 UTC
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Paul Coffman, Tuesday, 4-17-07 (56.46MB; download) -- Paul Coffman was the guest for this Space Show program. We began the discussion on rocket engines and fuel given the background and experience of Mr. Coffman. We compared the Apollo engineering and designs to the proposed new hardware designs. We also speculated on what might happen with Congress as well as NASA were the VSE to be based on all new hardware and launch systems. Paul had interesting observations on these issues. We talked quite a bit about NASA funding, congress, and the budget process both from the Apollo era and now. Paul spent considerable time answering listener questions about engine design and fuels, as well as the possible development of new exotic fuels that would substantially outperform what is in use today with chemical rockets. Paul concludes that its not likely and that we are doing about as well as can be expected with chemical rocket engine design, fuels, materials and components. He said the low cost to orbit has been a goal for decades and we still cannot achieve it. He is uncertain if sufficient savings can be created on the business and systems side to dramatically lower launch costs because of the range, tracking and other issues. He said for NASA and government launches, reliability is more important than the cost and it should be the same for the commercial markets too. He said we are extremely risk averse on the pubic space side and the payloads are very costly so making sure the launch works is crucial. More so than saving money on the launch. Paul was asked about the implied assumption that lower cost means less reliability. Its an interesting discussion. We also talked about the suborbital business, methane engines, some experimental programs he has worked on, Saturn V details and comparisons with engines today and much more. I am sure you will find this a most interesting 90 minute discussion. If you want to send a comment or question to Paul Coffman, please do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:10:15 UTC
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Reda Anderson, Sunday, 4-15-07 (39.96MB; download) -- Ms. Reda Anderson was the special guest for this program which aired on both Tuesday, April 10 and Sunday, April 15, 2007. Ms. Anderson has purchased the first ticket to be a space flight participant on Rocketplane and we spoke with her about her interests in space tourism. However, as you will learn from this amazing interview, Ms. Anderson is a true adventure traveler and explorer. For example, she was in the last group to dive on the Titanic in one of the Russian submersibles. During the first part of this interview, we discussed her Titanic experience in detail. You absolutely will not want to miss this exciting and informative discussion! As for space tourism, Reda has much to say about shy she wants to go to space, what she expects from the experience and more. You will be surprised by some of her discussion comments regarding space tourism. For example, I asked Reda if space was just another adventure spot to visit or something special. Listen to the program to hear what she has to say. There were many listener questions during the show, a few of which were inquiring as to why Reda was willing to risk her life to fly to space. When you hear her answer, you will understand something about the terrific spirit Reda Anderson has and how important it is for us all to cultivate as much of this spirit that is within each of us as possible. A listener asked Reda about government regulation and clearly, Reda wants to make her own choices and be responsible for herself. I hope regulators listen to this show. We discussed much more on this program. I highly value this interview and my knowing Reda Anderson. Reda will take your comments and questions by email or you can as always send them to her through me. You can reach Reda Anderson at Redaflygal@aol.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:01:43 UTC
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Robert Zimmerman, Tuesday, 4-10-07 (47.88MB; download) -- Robert Zimmerman returned to The Space Show for this program. We discussed many topics from the shuttle schedule and repairs, to spaceports at Wallops and in New Mexico. Regarding the shuttle, Bob explained the importance of engineering delays and the fact that these types of delays are certainly a welcome change from the past when NASA might have compromised engineering for a specific schedule. For the spaceport discussion, we were joined by Jack Kennedy who gave us the latest information on the Mid Atlantic Spaceport and by Joe Latrell from Roswell who brought us current on the vote and the development progress for Spaceport America in New Mexico. The spaceport discussion took us into commercial perspectives versus government space program. We also talked about the recent Space X Falcon 1 launch and Bob had lots to say about it and its importance not just for Space X but for the industry. Later in the show we talked about Hubble, we talked about the science missions and the discovery of caves on Mars and the huge hexagonal shape discovered on Saturn. Bob discussed the public view of the science and robotic missions in comparison to the human space program. Bob also talked about space tourism and toward the end of the show, we discussed Administrator Griffin's 50 year view of the space program. Near the end, Bob talked about science, the lack of open science going on and the agenda behind compelling science to march to a specific point of view. I brought up the freedom issue and the fact that space offers us the potential of unlimited resource development, not a world of limitation and I used the upcoming program on Sunday, April 15 with Reda Anderson as an example of the power of looking forward to the unlimited, not buying into a world of limitations. As always, Bob's comments were clear, sharp, and to the point. Check him out at his website, http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3cxxp/zimbib.htm. Bob will take your email comments and questions and he always offers a reply. Please send them to him through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Robert Zimmerman will be returning to The Space Show several more times during 2007. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:41:25 UTC
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Charles Chafer, Monday, 4-9-07 (52.21MB; download) -- Charles Chafer, CEO of Space Services, Inc., returned for this special Space Show program. Our discussion with Mr. Chafer started with the upcoming UP Aerospace launch on April 28, 2007 in which Space Services is launching one of its memorial flights. Details about the flight can be found by visiting the websites www.memorialspaceflight.com, www.spaceservicesinc.com, or www.celestis.com. Mr. Chafer explained in detail the business plan and operational aspects of his space burial business, plus he answered many listener questions about this business. We also talked about the NOA Satellite project that Space Services, Inc. is working with, http://www.spaceservicesinc.com/intro.asp. This is a program to analyze the potential for next generation micro satellite and propulsion technologies, provided on a commercial “data buy” basis, for increased working times in solar storm forecasting and other government telecommunications needs. Listener questions addressed marketing and customer demographics, pets, costs, logistics, launch vehicles and the launch industry, and much more. If you want to see the April 28th launch, go to www.startrek.com as they are making available tickets to the launch. You can contact Charlie with your additional comments or questions by visiting www.spaceservicesinc.com/contact.asp or you can do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:21:11 UTC
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Dr. Benny Peiser, Sunday, 4-8-07 (50.44MB; download) -- Dr. Benny Peiser from the UK was the special guest for this Space Show program. We began our program by asking Dr. Peiser about the role space development and the desire to be space-faring in the contemporary thought and societal evolution of the UK and Europe. Hang on to your seat, this is the start of a hard realism about space, the UK, and Europe as the discussion extends to science, politics, education, and much more. We discuss the energy situation in some detail from the European perspective and with questions from American listeners from the US perspective. Listeners asked Dr. Peiser about just doing using more green energy. Benny, never short of facts and the truth, tells it the way it is and is likely to be for the near term. We talked about the threat from NEOs and interest in doing something about this threat in Europe and the UK, helping to pay for this and the attitude of just letting NASA and the Americans do it all. We talked about global warming, the satellite imagery showing expanding ice caps and more, and the political path to doing what is popular but not what works. Well, we have heard it before on The Space Show but now we hear it from a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Check out Dr. Peiser's very informative free newsletter, CCNet, www.staff.livjm.ac.uk/spsbpeis/CCNet-homepage.htm. You can subscribe to this excellent newsletter for free and I urge you to do so. If you want to send your comments or questions to Dr. Peiser, please do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Dr. Peiser will return to The Space Show for his realism, analysis, and solid information regarding space and other essential issues impacting us all, not just the UK, the EU, or the States. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:35:05 UTC
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