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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Ky Michaelson, Sunday, 2-25-07 (42.92MB; download) -- Ky Michaelson was the guest for this special Space Show program. We began the discussion with Ky by asking him how he got involved and interested in rockets and then to the point, how he was able to launch the amateur rocket to space which his Civilian Space eXploration TEAM (CSXT) did in 2004. As you will hear from the discussion, fighting the government and regulatory environment proved every bit as challenging as building and flying the rocket but as Ky said, he paved the way for others and it should be easier for others to follow what his CSXT accomplished. You will not want to miss this discussion. Its not theoretical, its not academic, its the real experience of the guy in the trenches trying to build and fly his rocket to space. Many listeners called to either support, thank or praise Ky Michaelson to ask him questions about the Rocketbelt, his upcoming plans and more. Also on this show, we learned of a very interesting event which Ky supports, the Thunder of Niagara Air Show featuring rocketbelts to be held at the Niagara Falls Air Guard from August 11-12, 2007. Check it out at www.thunderoverniagara.com. Ky's story and experiences are inspiring. But when listening catch the toil, commitment, the costs (more so than dollars), the difficulty, and the support he needed and used to get the job done. Visit Ky Michaelson's website at www.kymichaelson.com. You can also email him comments and questions at order@kytec.us. When you visit his website, check out the museum show of his work in St. Paul that is on permanent display. The pictures and information are excellent. Ky Michaelson is a true American hero and a legend and he will be returning to The Space Show. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:58:09 UTC
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Professor William E. Burrows, Friday, 2-23-07 (63.23MB; download) -- Professor William Burrows was the guest for this special remote location Space Show program. Please note that you will hear background noise on this archived program which was a result of electrical interference traced to hotel electrical wiring. Professor Burrows began the interview with an introduction to the survival imperative which is the title of his book, "The Survival Imperative: Using Space To Protect Earth." From this point forward, a most interesting, informative, and clearly eye-opening conversation followed for the duration of the two hour program. Not only did we go into detail about the survival imperative, we discussed the militarization of space both before and after the Chinese ASAT test last month. We discussed space plans for nations such as China, India, Russia, and the US. This will surely prove controversial for many listeners but its important that all sides of this issue be heard and understood and Professor Burrows does a stellar job in guiding us through the issues and the analytical process. We also talked about reporting and journalism both as to the space community and for our nation in general. Since Professor Burrows is a journalism professor at NYU, he had many important insights to share with us about his peers, academia, and students. We talked about students, especially what's important about space to them, if anything, and much more. We explored NASA, the VSE, and their inability to effectively communicate with the American people about the importance of their missions and why we should be returning to the Moon or doing something else in space. We also talked about funding issues and congress. Early in the program, Professor Burrows explained that survivability was the main reason for going off planet, to the Moon, etc. Listeners took issue with his comments and asked him about the need for the human spirit to explore new frontiers and continue to push outward. You will not want to miss his discussion on this issue. Other issues we discussed included the ISS and his thoughts on it. Don't miss hearing them! As his book has an open letter to congress in it which all of you should read and use with your own members of congress, I asked about its effect, if any, with congress to date. If you want to contact Professor Burrows with your comments or questions, please do so at william.e.burrows@nyu.edu. As always, you can go through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward your comments to him. I look forward to welcoming Professor Burrows back to The Space Show for more discussions on these and other important space issues. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:30:12 UTC
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Phil Richter, Tuesday, 2-20-07 (40.24MB; download) -- Phil Richter was the guest for this Space Show program. Phil is the conference coordinator for the Space Exploration 2007 Conference and Second Space Elevator Conference, both of which are in Albuquerque, NM March 25-28, 2007. This program was dedicated to discussing this conference, explaining why it is a unique space conference and what it has to offer for people attending. Carla, a listener and one who is presenting at the conference, called to talk about her presentation which focuses what was once present in our community and now seems missing in terms of being able to undertake the type of space program represented by the VSE. Her paper will certainly be informative. Mr. Richter then discussed some of the keynote talks planned for the conference including talks by Dr. Alan Hale, Dr. Brad Edwards, Dr. Benaroya, Ben Shelef, Dr. Bryan Laubscher, and several from NASA including John Connolly who leads the engineering design for NASA's next human lunar lander. This conference makes wide use of panel discussions as well as individual papers so it is sure to be informative, exciting, fast moving, and a terrific event for networking. Check out the information at www.sesinstitute.org or call Phil Richter at 505 670-5296. You can also email Phil with your questions and comments at filipi@aol.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:19:19 UTC
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Jeff Krukin, Sunday, 2-18-07 (106.25MB; download) -- Jeff Krukin returned for this Space Show program and to turn the tables on me by interviewing me for The Space Show. He did a superb job as a guest host of The Space Show and I hope all of you enjoy this change of pace program. I commend Jeff for his great idea and enthusiasm to do this type of program. I know you the listeners will find it interesting, informative and entertaining. During the first segment of the show, Jeff brought us up to date with the Space Frontier Foundation and the coming SFF conference in the Washington, DC area from July 18-21, 2007. Please refer to the SFF website for conference details and registration. Visit www.space-frontier.org. Several listeners asked questions about the coming conference and the Overview Effect part of the conference and you will definitely want to hear this discussion. Regarding Jeff's interview with, just listen to it. I was asked questions about the business and financial side of The Space Show, my vision for the show, my inspiration, COTS, why space, outreach, and lots more. I also went off on a rant how space needs to be for all of us regardless of where we live and our national borders. If you want to contact Jeff Krukin, please email him at jkrukin@spacefrontierfoundation.org. The specific page for the SFF conference is http://www.space-frontier.org/Events/NewSpace2007/. As for contacting me, as always at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:26:10 UTC
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Rand Simberg, Friday, 2-16-07 (56.01MB; download) -- Rand Simberg returned for this Friday morning Space Show program. We began our discussion looking at some of the political issues surrounding space, NASE, the VSE, and private space development. We talked about the new congress and space, NASA as a jobs program, difficulties with the VSE, rocketry, heavy lift, on orbit construction and lots more. We discussed returning to the moon, possibly going to an asteroid, NASA budget cuts and what they mean for the overall space program as well as for the COTS program and for Centennial Challenges. Several callers engaged Rand in philosophical conversations about why go to space and then about rockets, could we do it with existing rockets, man-rating the Atlas 5 and lots more. You will find Rand at his best and a most interesting conversation. Later in the program we discussed launch and flight costs and Rand took us through an analysis of average cost per flight to space and then the marginal cost of flight to space. He used the shuttle as an example and this was a continuation of a theme he recently discussed on his blog, Transterrestrial Musings (www.transterrestrial.com). Later in the show we talked about Space-X, the Lunar Lander Challenge contest, spaceports and his new space business consulting company, Wyoming Space Information Systems. You will certainly want to hear this show from the discussion of the NASA budget crunch to congress to technical and engineering issues regarding space access. You can contact Rand Simberg with your additional comments and questions by emailing him at simberg@transterrestrial.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:58:33 UTC
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Rick Tumlinson, Thursday, 2-15-07 (55.45MB; download) -- Rick Tumlinson returned for this special Space Show program. The first part of the interview was focused on visionary space leadership, the VSE, congress, how NASA does business, NASA leadership, and inspiration. Rick was at his best, you need to hear what he has to say and this discussion. As this two hour program developed, we altered the focus of the discussion to look into private commercial space development in general and then narrowed the focus to talk about his new business ventures. Rick's comments and insights regarding commercial space development are a must! During these discussions, we spent some time talking about changes that might happen regarding the VSE, most likely not going to the Moon because of the way NASA is doing it, but instead going to an asteroid. Rick explains the benefits of doing so and while he is supportive of that type of mission, he points out would be based upon the failure of the lunar part of the VSE and that weakens the overall program. Rick also discussed his new business ventures under the umbrella of Extreme Space. We spent most of our time discussing Orbital Outfitters (www.orbitaloutfitters.com/Home.html). This business is designed to build crew and passenger stylish and affordable spacesuits for the space tourism market, then lease them to the flight operators. He discussed the Orbital Outfitters business plan, the various versions of the spacesuits, and the likely users. He then said that the passengers would be able to retain as a souvenir the outer spacesuit garment and a simulated flight helmet. He fielded many listener questions on Orbital Outfitters, many of which were technical. He suggested that if listeners wanted more technical answers than he was able to provide to write to the company or send an email so that the technical people could respond. The spacesuit discussions and questions were most interesting. Toward the end of the program, Rick also talked about China and their space program and our similar attitudes in developing the frontier, he talked about his other business he is forming, Space Medicine Associates which is designed to do medical testing for space flight participants. He also talked about the coming Space Frontier Foundation conference later in July in Washington, DC. You can contact Rick Tumlinson with your comments and questions at rick@ricktumlinson.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:07:44 UTC
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Dave Masten & Michael Mealling, Tuesday, 2-13-07 (40.35MB; download) -- Dave Masten and Michael Mealling were the special guests for this program which focused on the entrepreneurial company, Masten Space Systems (www.masten-space.com). Michael began the discussion by providing us with introductory information about Masten Space Systems, then he told us about their exclusive program, SodaSat. You can fly your own payload including your own scientific experiment on their rocket in a container such as a soda can or larger. Check it out at their website. With first flights commencing in early 2008, this opens up possibilities for those interested in experiments, unique small payloads, and helping school kids and their classes fly their creative payloads on the Masten rocket and then get it back to study the results of the flight on your payload. We also talked about additional Masten products including their 500 lb thrust liquid propellant rocket engine. This discussion sparked several listeners to ask questions about the marketing plans for this rocket. You will want to hear these discussions and what Dave and Michael say about the potential market and how such engines can be sold in this niche market. As the Masten website contains many pictures and even videos of rocket tests and more, listeners asked questions about the tests, tank pressures, and more. Check this out at their website and also you can search for some of the videos and pictures on YouTube by using Mealling as the search term. We also discussed the manufacturing process of the rocket, doing it in-house, contracting out to traditional and larger aerospace companies and subcontracting to other entrepreneurial companies. Again, an important discussion you will want to hear. We discussed business management and skills with a rocket company and what Dave and Michael thought were the best educational qualifications for working in an entrepreneurial rocket company. You will not want to miss this discussion.
Dave Masten and Michael Mealling are happy to take your comments and questions. You can email them at info@masten-space.com. Please put The Space Show in the subject line. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:54:06 UTC
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Ken Davidian, Sunday, 2-11-07 (38.55MB; download) -- Ken Davidian was the guest for this program to discuss NASA Centennial Challenges. Ken began our discussion by telling us some prize history, the origins of the NASA Centennial Challenges and the way in which the program works. Ken went through the prizes being offered, their respective supporting allied organizations. Several questions from listeners addressed the timing and dates of the prizes, what happens if a prize is not won, how does it work when the prize is extending over multiple years. By far, the most questions came in about the lunar lander contest, its allied organization X Prize Cup, and why it is only available to be won at one time during the year. Ken did talk about some of the budget process for this year and next, why the prize money is at this time set low, and why Centennial Challenges mostly appeals to the entrepreneurial business community, not the large aerospace industry. Your suggestions and comments are welcome at NASA Centennial Challenges. If you make a suggestion or contact Ken using this specific address, please put The Space Show in the subject line. Use ccideas@nasa.gov (this address goes to Ken). Ken can also be reached at kdavidian@nasa.gov. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:33:31 UTC
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John Powell, Friday, 2-9-07 (52.72MB; download) -- John Powell, President and Founder of JP Aerospace, returned for this Space Show program. We started off the program with updates regarding JP Aerospace with current missions, recently completed mission, and future missions. John brought to our attention his advertising/logo programs which are readily available for interested people as a means to participate and support the work of JP Aerospace. Check it out at www.jpaerospace.com. With listener questions and John's information, we spent considerable time reviewing and talking about the technical, engineering, and scientific aspects of balloon launch, atmospheric temperature, sunspots, and more. Several listeners asked John to go into the future and tell us where he sees his operation in 10-20 years. John's vision and methodology for accomplishing his vision are important and you will appreciate learning about both by listening to what he has to say. One listener asked John if because of balloons he was exempt from federal and AST regulation. Not so. You will want to hear about his specific regulatory environment and the balloon pilot requirements. John also talked again about the PongSat program, he pointed out many different and interesting pictures and mission analysis pages on his website and much more. He described both artic and and Antarctic vortexes and how they impact a balloon launch. You can continue to ask John questions or send him your comments at jpowell@jpaerospace.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:13:16 UTC
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Dr. Jay Buckey, Tuesday, 2-6-07 (39.98MB; download) -- Dr. Jay Buckey was the guest for this Space Show program, discussing space medicine issues and some insights into NASA psychological issues given the current news events with a NASA astronaut. We opened the program with the discussion psychological screening, could it be done more effectively and more routinely, especially given the fact we learned such screening or analysis is only given an astronaut when the candidate is selecting into the program. This is a discussion you will want to hear. We then talked about space medicine issues, specifically as they pertain to long term space flight. Here we also discussed psychological issues but also Dr. Buckey examined radiation and the issues surrounding it for the longer duration flights and programs. He suggested active shielding with magnetic fields will probably be better than passive shielding though much work needs to be done to create it and make it work. A listener asked about artificial gravity and Dr. Buckey agreed that it was important but explained to us the engineering and other trade offs with it. Other issues and topics we discussed included likely future advancements in medicine and technology, prescription drugs in space, and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) and some of the projects Dr. Buckey work with as a Team Leader for NSBRI projects. Here we talked about commercial application to some of the research including detecting and sizing bubbles in the blood to prevent decompression sickness and other problems, lunar and Martian dust issues to protect the lungs, and more. Listeners should visit www.nsbri.org for more information about this organization and its work. Dr. Buckey's book, "Space Physiology," is widely available and suggested to listeners who want to know more about these and other issues. Listeners can also read his article in Dartmouth Medicine, "Taking a long view." Check it out at http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/summer06/print/grand_rounds.php. You can send your questions or comments to Dr. Buckey through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will promptly forward them to him. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:20:40 UTC
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