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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Joe Latrell, Monday, 8-20-07 (33.68MB; download) -- Joe Latrell, CEO of Beyond-Earth Enterprises was the guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion by asking Joe about his winning the recent business plan competition and the NewSpace 2007 conference. We covered his preparation for the competition, his critique during the day when the judges worked with Joe, his team, and the same for the other competitor, SpeedUp. Joe found the critique to be hard hitting and very useful and talks openly about it on the show and with listeners. Joe suggested a strong focus on what investors wanted and expected from a company in reading the business plan so you will want to hear this from Joe's perspective. Bill, a Virginia listener, asked Joe if his crew was still voluntary with day jobs or if they were full time now that the company was located in Roswell, NM. It was interesting to hear that two of the employees commute to Roswell each weekend to work on the rockets. At this time, there are three full time employees at Beyond-Earth. I asked Joe about buying rocket motors and if so, who does he buy from or does make his own. His answer was interesting. Don't miss it. Also, how he fabricates the rockets, the material used, and how he makes the motors if necessary. One listener asked him a few political questions about the Spaceport America and Gov. Richardson running for president. While Joe fell short of endorsing Richardson, he did tell us an interesting story about the serious interest Richardson has in space development. You will want to hear this story. One thing Joe and his crew understood from the business plan "school" was their need to really understand their market. The suggestion was given them that they might be better off splitting the company into two parts, one for the consumer products and one for launch services. I'm sure you will find this a most interesting discussion. The Beyond-Earth Enterprises website is at www.beyond-earth.com/. You can reach Joe Latrell through the website by selecting Company at the top and to the right. Or you can email him directly at joe_latrell@beyond-earth.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:19:37 UTC
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SmallSat Conference Program, Friday, 8-17-07 (68.83MB; download) -- SmallSat Conference interviews make up this special recorded Space Show program. While at SmallSat, I interviewed just a few of those attending to get their perspective on either what they were doing at the Conference and why they were there, or their views on small satellites and updates regarding space development. For example, the first interview was conducted at the booth representing the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Island (www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html). Most listeners will recognize this location as the launch site for the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket. However, this interview with Jack McCreary is far more comprehensive than just what SpaceX does at the site, plus we start the interview with a continuation of the history of the Wendover Air Base as Jack was stationed there when Robert Golka was doing Tesla coil experiments at Wendover. You must hear this fist hand report of witnessing these experiments! Learning about the full role of the Reagan Test Site is important for our space development community, as well as our national defense. This special program also talked with several of the Utah State students and some in charge of their famous Space Science Lab. Leonard David of space.com spent 30 minutes with us, wine in hand, during the SpaceX party. We also spoke with Rich Glover who is the CEO of a start-up making space water, sports and energy drinks. Find out about his marketing approach for getting repeat customers. He flew his products on the UP rocket that flew on April 28, 2007 out of Spaceport America. And speaking of UP Aerospace, Eric Knight joins us for a discussion and new information about the UP plans for upcoming and future launch activity. One of my favorite interviews for this program was with two of the people from SpaceX manning their booth at SmallSat. Here we meet Roger Gilbertson who the new Media Coordinator and Lauren Dreyer who is in their Texas location as a Business Development Engineer (you can find their email addresses at www.spacex.com/contact.php). This is a great discussion about issues and topics not normally brought up when I do a Space X program with either Elon or Gwynne but I promise you, this is a Space X interview that you will not want to miss. If you want to send questions or comments to those being interviewed, if they provided contact information or email addresses, please use them. Otherwise send your comments and questions through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will be glad to forward them to your intended person. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:04:13 UTC
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Jim Petersen @ Wendover, Tuesday, 8-14-07 (53.81MB; download) -- Jim Petersen, President of the Historic Wendover Airfield Association, was the guest for this special Space Show program. Please excuse the few rough edits that are a result of my travel and attendance at the SmallSat conference as I am using my laptop and not the full editing facilities and programs available to me in my office. As the President of the Historic Wendover Airfield, Jim met me at Wendover on Sunday, April 12, 2007 and gave me a personal tour and interview of this site. Both Jim and I realize this is radio so it may be hard for some of you to visualize what we describe and what Jim explains about this historic site. He has sent me digital pictures of Wendover which I can send to interested listeners. In addition, while I somehow left home without my digital camera, I did use a disposable camera to take some pictures on my own and they are also digital. If you would like me to email these pictures to you, let me know. As these are pictures, again, make sure the email address you provide me can take a large quantity of data as I do not want them bouncing back or finding that I have to send them one by one to lots of listeners. Jim's pictures are slightly less than 2mb and mine are not yet developed but as I have approximately 25 possible photos to send, assume my pictures are about 5-6mb. Jim Petersen took us through a verbal tour of this historic airfield, but more important, the history that Wendover is associated with as it was part of the Manhattan Project. Listening to Jim you will learn details about the project and the atomic bombing training and missions that you likely did not know as Wendover was the training location and much more. As we go on the tour with Jim, you will hear me describe the bomb loading pits and see pictures of the actual pits. You will hear us standing and talking in the B-29 hanger that housed Enola Gay and Boxcar plus their crews and the other B-29's which were part of the program. The same for parts of the base that were dedicated to B-17's and B-24's. We describe photos for you and some of the innovative things that were done during wartime, like the chair on an important contraption made from a Pepsi carton. We walk through the enlisted men's barracks, we visit the remaining O-club which is first on the restoration projects. We go to the briefing room where the pilots and crews were briefed before missions. Jim takes us to the mock up of Little Boy, the Hiroshima bomb, an exact replica of it signed by the crew, including Col. Tibbets. We learn the history of Wendover, its secrecy during the war, even the fact that no flights were ever recorded coming into Wendover. Jim is an excellent historian so if you are at all interested in history, this somewhat different Space Show program will grab your attention. The Historic Wendover Airfield is now a nonprofit and they are seeking contributions to restore the base and preserve it for history. I assure you, this is a worthy, interesting and important project to support if you are looking for good causes to donate to, in addition to The Space Show. Visit their website at www.wendoverairbase.com/. Jim Petersen can be reached for donation information plus your questions and comments at admin@wendoverairbase.com or jimpetersen@att.net. The Wendover mailing address is Mailing Address: 345 S. Airport Apron, Wendover, UT 84083.
Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:58:58 UTC
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Dr. Jim Wertz, Monday, 8-13-07 (37.47MB; download) -- Dr. Jim Wertz, CEO of Microcosm, Inc., was the guest for this special Space Show program to discuss Operationally Responsive Space (ORS). The discussion with Dr. Wertz began with his working definition of ORS. I believe this program will provide listeners with a comprehensive discussion of the subject, possible commercial applications and drivers, DOD needs and applications, R&D, technology, engineering, and even time tables for product development. Costs and budget issues were discussed, both for NASA, DOD, and our total commitment to space. Dr. Wertz also discussed ways to lower the launch costs and space access. As an example, he discussed the pump used by NASA for the shuttle with over 10,000 parts in it. This is a very interesting discussion that you will not want to miss. Listeners asked many questions including some about suborbital space transportation from point A to point B and the upcoming V-Prize as the listener thought this might actually be an economic and technology driver for DOD and their vehicle needs. Again, you will want to hear what Dr. Wertz has to say about this idea. Another listener asked about the need for DOD to comply with ITAR and if it impacts ORS efforts. The simple answer provided by Jim was yes but his following ITAR discussion is a must listen to discussion for anyone interested in this topic. As we have heard before, even our own government including DOD is not immune from ITAR compliance. Dr. Wertz will do his best to answer your questions or respond to your comments, or provide you with more information about ORS and the upcoming Responsive Space Conference set for the end of April 2008 in Los Angeles. Check out the conference at www.responsivespace.com and to send Dr. Wertz an email, use the contact information provided at the site. Or you can email Dr. Wertz directly at jwertz@smad.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:36:18 UTC
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Dr. Pat Hynes, Sunday, 8-12-07 (43.27MB; download) -- Dr. Pat Hynes was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming Personal Spaceflight Symposium in Las Cruces, NM from Oct. 24-25, 2007 (http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/isps/index.html). We began our discussion with an overview of the Symposium as well as X-Prize Cup. Dr. Hynes and I then discussed the speakers, topics, and agenda in detail. This is a power packed program with great speakers and topics so not only will you want to hear about it on this program, you will want to attend this program. Listeners asked Dr. Hynes many questions ranging from registration, logistic, and hotel questions to issues relating to the topics and speakers that will comprise the Personal Spaceflight Symposium program. Pat had much to say about the background of many of the speakers, information which is not posted on the website or may not be known by everyone so you will definitely want to hear what she has to say about this conference. You can call the New Mexico Space Grant office for information about the Symposium at (505) 646-6414. You can send Pat your comments and questions through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com but if your questions pertain to the symposium, its best to use nmsgc@nmsu.edu. There is still sufficient time to register for this program but hotel space becomes very tight as we get closer to the event. I urge you to select your hotel early from the list on their website, mention the conference code as shown there, and book early. If you attend this program and I strongly urge you to do so, please find me to say hello. As I have been saying all year since the 2006 Personal Spaceflight Symposium, this is an outstanding conference, one of the very best I attend each year and given the program discussed on today's show, 2007 will be even better. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:12:19 UTC
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Chip Proser, Friday, 8-10-07 (50.23MB; download) -- Chip Proser was the guest for this Space Show program. We discussed his new documentary which is now finished, "Gaia Selene: Saving the Earth by Colonizing the Moon." The discussion was far more comprehensive than the documentary with questions about space solar power, nuclear power, energy from the Moon, energy wars, and more. Chip also talked about the interviews that he has done at ISDC, many of which are now online. You can see much of the ISDC interviews by visiting www.mooncolony.tv or www.moonsociety.org. Also, http://stickymedia.com. Many listeners asked questions but what it finally came to do was Chip giving us an action plan, different from that of other guests, to move interest toward space development. His recommendation is that we contact the heads and top people of the various networks and movie companies to let them know that there is a huge market that wants space programming show what it would be like to colonize the Moon or have a lunar colony, to get energy from space, etc. He told us that the subject of their programming and interest is all market driven. Furthermore, if we get attention in the media, we can start to get the attention of those in congress and elsewhere. I liked the plan that Chip suggested and will follow through on with my own letters and recommendations. Chip suggested searching for the contact information for the studios and the executives on Google, www.imdb.com and also www.mystudio.com. Let us know what you think of this idea but first listen to the entire discussion so you fully understand the context in which Chip was making this recommendation and what he said about other efforts to get attention for space matters. Mr. Proser is also working a new documentary about colonizing the Moon in ten steps. He discussed his idea of the ten steps, listeners sent in and call him with some changes and recommendations, and he asks for input from listeners on the ten steps. Listen to what he says and contact him with your suggestions and ideas. Chip can be contacted with your comments and questions at chippro@aol.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:07:54 UTC
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Dr. Mike Gruntman, Tuesday, 8-7-07 (33.58MB; download) -- Dr. Mike Gruntman was the guest for this Space Show program. First, please be aware that this interview had substantial phone line noise which could not be cleared up during the call or show processing. We do apologize for any inconvenience this "noisy" conversation causes you. We began the program by discussing his award winning book published by AIAA, "Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry." AIAA has just completed a second printing of the book with a substantial price reduction. Also, for those of you who are AIAA members, if you buy it from AIAA, you get the AIAA discount. This is a superb book and I recommend it as one of the needed space reference and informational books. We then shifted our focus to Dr. Gruntman's new book, "From Astronautics to Cosmonautics." In this book, Mike tells the important story of two pioneers of space exploration, Robert Esnault-Pelterie and specifically, Ary Sternfeld. These two pioneers brought us the words astronautics and cosmonautics. As Mike explained, the term astronauticcs is well documented but the history of the word cosmonautics is poorly known and Ary Sternfeld is largely forgotten. As Mike discussed with us, this book tells the story of the two words and describes the unusual life of Ary Sternfeld who was a pioneer rocket engineer, ideologically a socialist/communist, a Jew, and one who went to the Soviet Union but soon encountered discrimination and all sorts of problems as did other minorities in the old Soviet Union. Dr. Gruntman received several listener questions about Ary Sternfeld, asking if he could be compared to the German rocket scientists from World War II such as Wernher von Braun. You will find the response by Dr. Gruntman to be most interesting on this subject. We also discussed why bright people make dumb choices as exampled by Sternfeld choosing to live in the USSR with the discrimination, etc. During the next segments of the discussion with Mike Gruntman, we talked about space education, ideas on how to improve it, science and math education starting in K through 12 and on into middle school, high school and college. Mike described successful space engineering programs and suggestions for improving our space science and engineering education, especially in light of how dependent the US has now become on space and space based resources. Dr. Gruntman's website where you can learn more about his books, papers, and projects is http://astronauticsnow.com, a a site dedicated to astronautics, spacecraft design, space technology, and the history of astronautics. Please send your comment and questions to Mike at mikeg@usc.edu or use the information provided for contacting him through his website. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:42:08 UTC
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Gerald Blackburn, Monday, 8-6-07 (39.21MB; download) -- Gerald Blackburn was the guest for this show regarding the work of Aerospace Legacy Foundation (www.aerospacelegacyfoundation.org). The discussion with Mr. Blackburn took us down historic roads as we learned about the historical preservation and out reach programs of the Foundation, especially with the old Downey Boeing site and the City of Downey, California Columbia Memorial Space Sciences Learning Center. In addition, listeners asked Jerry questions about his work experience which spanned X-15 to the ISS. Questions asking him to compare then and now were frequent, especially regarding our willingness to accept risk in the days of X-15 and Apollo versus now. Also, he was asked about the focus of the Apollo work, was it on the mission, on crew safety, equally on both. Listen to what he says in response to this question. He was also asked about the feeling the workers had on the Apollo project in terms of the public support behind what they were doing and if it mattered to them or not. Again, you won't want to miss his response. We talked with Jerry about the early days of aviation in Downey going back to the summer of 1929. One listener asked him about his teaching experience and the space IQ of both students and teachers. Here again, don't miss his reply. You might be shocked when you hear what students said about the first man on the Moon! The Aerospace Legacy Foundation website is full of great historic pictures and information so don't miss it. You can send your questions and comments to Jerry through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:36:54 UTC
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Monte Davis, Sunday, 8-5-07 (45.58MB; download) -- Monte Davis was the guest for this almost two hour special Space Show program. Mr. Davis had as a focus for this show to discuss the Space Shuttle and lessons learned from it, if any. As such, this program looks at the question of cheap space access, the role of the shuttle, our expectations, RLVs and much more. Monte went into detail about the difficulty of accessing space and why the systems in place now and the programs we are now developing it work against cheap access. He also talked about the role of the private sector, what it can likely do and not do, space tourism, and much more. Several listeners asked him many questions about the problem as he defined it and how best to undertake a plan that does lead us to low cost space access so we can develop a space-faring capability. You will want to hear the questions and his answers. Also, toward the end of the program, he was challenged by a listener for making it more difficult to raise investment capital by saying and even writing the things he was talking about on today's program. For sure, you will want to hear his response to this listener. He also has a proposal and action plan for how to move forward, through small steps, incrementalization. You will definitely want to hear his program. You can continue asking Monte Davis questions or sending him your comments at monte.davis@verizon.net. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:47:26 UTC
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Dr. Pete Worden & Open Lines, Friday, 8-3-07 (55.16MB; download) -- Dr. Simon Pete Worden (Brig. Gen., USAF, ret.) is the new NASA Ames Research Center Director. Prior to becoming Director, Dr. Worden was a Research Professor of Astronomy, Optical Sciences and Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona where his primary research direction was the development of large space optics for national security and scientific purposes and near-earth asteroids. Additionally he worked on topics related to space exploration and solar-type activity in nearby stars. He is a recognized expert on space issues—both civil and military. Dr. Worden has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific technical papers in astrophysics, space sciences, and strategic studies. Moreover, he served as a scientific co-investigator for two NASA space science missions. In addition to his former position with the University of Arizona, Dr. Worden served as a consultant to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on space-related issues. During the 2004 Congressional Session Dr. Worden worked as a Congressional Fellow with the Office of Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), where he served as Senator Brownback's chief advisor on NASA and space issues. Dr. Worden retired in 2004 after 29 years of active service in the United States Air Force. His final position was Director of Development and Transformation, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA. In this position he was responsible for developing new directions for Air Force Space Command programs and was instrumental in initiating a major Responsive Space Program designed to produce space systems and launchers capable of tailored military effects on timescales of hours. Dr. Worden was commissioned in 1971 after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan. He entered the Air Force in 1975 after graduating from the University of Arizona with a doctorate in astronomy. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Dr. Worden served in every phase of development, international negotiations and implementation of the Strategic Defense Initiative, a primary component in ending the Cold War. He twice served in the Executive Office of the President. As the staff officer for initiatives in the George Bush administration's National Space Council, Dr. Worden spearheaded efforts to revitalize U.S. civil space exploration and earth monitoring programs. Dr. Worden commanded the 50th Space Wing that is responsible for more than 60 Department of Defense satellites and more than 6,000 people at 23 worldwide locations. He then served as Deputy Director for Requirements at Headquarters Air Force Space Command, as well as the Deputy Director for Command and Control with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations at Air Force headquarters. Prior to assuming his current position, Dr. Worden was responsible for policy and direction of five mission areas: force enhancement, space support, space control, force application and computer network defense. Dr. Worden has written or co-written more than 150 scientific technical papers in astrophysics, space sciences and strategic studies. He was a scientific co-investigator for two NASA space science missions. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:08:52 UTC
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