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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James E. Dunstan, Sunday, 2-4-07 (53.32MB; download) -- James E. Dunstan returned for this special Space Show program to discuss and summarize FAA/ST Human Space Flight Requirements for Crew and Space Flight Participants. To aid in your following this discussion, I suggest you download the following documents from Jim's website: www.gsblaw.com/resource/pub_result.asp?ID=125813212007 for his article titled, "Human Spaceflight Regulations: Bill of Rights or Regulatory Space Oddity?" and also www.gsblaw.com/img/emailer/James_Dunstan_FAA_Human_Space_Flight_Regs_Summary_1_07.pdf for the detailed chart on the FAA's Report and Order. During the program, Jim went through many of the regulations, explained what they mean and with listener participation, we discussed both the positive and negative side of specific regs as well as the process. There were many listener questions regarding safety and regulation as well as informed consent. Toward the end of the program, we even discussed the wild side of possible spaceflight participant litigation several months or years after the tourist flight even with a signed informed consent agreement. You will not want to miss this discussion and Jim's comments and analysis. We also talked about various states passing laws to give strength to informed consent by exempting from liability companies that comply with established procedures and requirements. Jim talked about the feedback to the process from within the alternative space community and we compared the level of feedback to what would have happened in other industries. As you will hear, allowances are made for the development of the space industry and the relatively small number of businesses working right now to develop a private sector business and space tourism business. We talked about the friendliness and support of AST toward the industry but a listener asked if this rather close relationship might backfire if in the future Congress mandates tough regulations for the industry. Jim explained the legislative and regulatory process for us and we talked about probable future scenarios for more stringent regulation. We also gave credit to FAA/AST for the work and job they are doing and for actually caring about the industry and businesses it is required to regulate. We feel AST is an exception for the positive within government bureaucracy. Also, we need to remember that private spaceflight does not yet exist, the vehicles do not yet exist and we are asking AST to regulate that which is only a possibility for the future. Looking back on the aviation industry, it was already developed and growing when the government started to regulate it. With private space enterprise, there is significant potential but it is still a future tense industry and its not easy to create effective and supportive regulations for that which does not yet exist. Jim also talked about the way in which AST is addressing human factors and risks. While this issue may not be as important for suborbital space tourism, human factors will be far more important for orbital and space destination activities. At some point, it is likely that the regulatory procedure will address human factors in a far more comprehensive fashion than such factors are addressed in today's requirements. Jim Dunstan is available by email to receive your comments and questions. Please email him at jdunstan@gsblaw.com or you can send your comments for him through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will promptly forward them to Mr. Dunstan. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:27:06 UTC
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Dr. Fred Singer, Friday, 2-2-07 (51.59MB; download) -- Dr. Fred Singer returned to The Space Show to discuss the global warming situation and to tell us more about his plans to go to Mars via its moon, Demos. The first part of the program addressed global warming as Dr. Singer has published a major new book on the subject, "Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1,500 Years." Dr. Singer and his co-author, Dennis Avery, use real science, superb examples and explanations to show why the claims that global warming is caused by mankind, greenhouse gasses and carbon are likely bogus. I strongly recommend that his book be read, but also listen to this show and listen to what the science tells us from around the world. The science, including ice cores, tree rings, recorded and other forms of history point to natural cycles for climate warming having nothing to do with carbon or greenhouse gasses. Dr. Singer answered listener questions about the science and the agendas of those promoting greenhouse/carbon/man induced global warming. This is a discussion you should not miss and its an opportunity to engage one of the world's foremost experts on the subject with your follow up questions and comments. The second part of the show focused more on Mars and why we should consider going to Mars by means of landing and placing a scientific outpost on its moon Demos. Dr. Singer's plan is simple, direct, less costly, and can certainly be implemented faster than plans to put humans directly on Mars. Listen to what he says about this type of program and why it needs to be implemented sooner rather than later. He responded to several listener questions on the topic and is available to continue to accept your comments and questions by email. His website is www.sepp.org which is for the Science & Environmental Policy Project. Dr. Singer publishes an excellent bi-monthly global warming newsletter which is available for free on his website by clicking The Week That Was (TWTW). His website contains other items of interest from books we might want to read to information on his Mars program and ideas. You can email Dr. Singer at comments@sepp.org or as always through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Again, I strongly recommend that you buy and read his book, "Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years." If you want to know science, truth and facts about this issue, this is the book to read. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:10:09 UTC
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Ann Singer, Wednesday, 1-31-07 (42.59MB; download) -- Ann L.Singer was the guest for this special Space Show program. Ms. Singer is a professional grant writer working with The Space Show/One Giant Leap Foundation for educational program funding for The Space Show and other soon to be announced projects. Ann started the discussion with an introduction of how she become a grant writer from her corporate finance and banking background. Ann was then asked about her space knowledge prior to hearing about The Space Show and we discussed how she evolved to coming to understand the value and importance of space in our lives from her interaction with The Space Show and me. Listeners asked many questions and two callers focused on the space story, that is, what it was that turned her around into being a supporter of space development and made it possible for her to see something in space that she had not seen before. You will certainly want to hear how Ann describes this process. We also talked about the importance of telling the right space story, of connecting it with people and their lives. Again as with so many Space Show programs, we talked about the OECD reports and their amazingly insightful way of viewing space and its benefits for us right here on Earth now. Ann was asked about the message she would give to young adults, even grade school children as well as teens up to about 30. Don't miss her comments on this as she nails the importance of space for us all but in particular, the younger among us. Ann talked about the impact Frank White's book, "The Overview Effect" had on her as I gave her a copy early in our professional relationship. Again, you will want to hear what she has about its meaning to her once she learned about it. Questions came up about the space knowledge of most foundations. Ann pointed out that it was usually weak but when space was part of a broader context, it fits within the guidelines of many foundations and their programming support. This Space Show program is different from others because we have gone outside the space world to talk about financially supporting space programming. You will hear an outsider to the space community talk about space, what it used to mean to her and what it now means to her. You can send your comments or questions to Ann at annlsinger@aol.com or as always through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:22:55 UTC
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Joe Latrell, Tuesday, 1-30-07 (48.98MB; download) -- Joe Latrell, CEO of Beyond-Earth Enterprises, returned to The Space Show to provide us with new information about his company and rocket flights. We started the program discussing Beyond-Earth's move from Colorado to Roswell, NM and the business environment for his rocket company in Roswell. Joe then brought us up to date on his launches, customers, payloads and more. He put forth the scenario that one should closely examine the incremental growth and development progress of a company as it strives to meet its goals and milestones as this incremental progress can determine the quality of the business and its operations. Joe then explained how Beyond-Earth Enterprises (B-EE) was making progress toward its near term goal of launching a payload of up to 50 lbs. to approximately 70 statute miles. He said the engineering, hardware, all of everything they need is now ready to do this but having a launch site is not yet a certainty. This took our interview into a discussion of Spaceport America which is to be built in southern New Mexico, the amateur launch site in Black Rock, NV, the Oklahoma Spaceport and other possible locations. Joe's comments about the need for a spaceport to complete his mission plan was an eye opener and showed us the political side of spaceport issues, not just the technical, environmental, or economic side of the issues. Joe had provided a few discussion points for this show which included issues of balancing customer privacy with company PR which we discussed in detail. Don't miss this discussion. We also talked about New Space (alt.space) company website claims and the rhetoric not matching reality. We asked Joe about this and how a company should go about balancing the talk and the claims with reality. Again, don't miss this discussion. We then talked about the press, the definition of space, suborbital space, orbital flight, etc. Again, you must hear this discussion.
Many listeners participated in this program and Joe fielded some very difficult and challenging questions. One set of listener questions asked Joe about his B-EE timeline for space development which is on his website and the likelihood of B-EE to meet or come close to the target dates/deadlines. You can continue to send your questions or comments to Joe Latrell. Visit his website, www.beyond-earth.com and then click on contact to send Joe an email. Here is the specific e-mail link: www.beyond-earth.com/company/contact.shtml. As always, you can send your comments and questions to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to Joe. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:49:35 UTC
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Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project, Sunday, 1-28-07 (39.84MB; download) -- Erika Wagner, Thaddeus R. F. Fulford-Jones, and Rosie Combs-Bachmann were the guests for this program to discuss the Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project. To learn more about this project, visit the following websites:
(1) www.marsgravity.org and (2) www.yournameintospace.org. Our Mars Gravity Team explained the program in detail to us, answered many questions about the moustronaut planned experiments, and about sending your name or logo to space on their vehicle in 2010. We talked about the science behind the experiment, other schools and students involved in the project, and how the space community has reacted to and responded to the project, both of which are quite positive. We learned about the launch plans, the rocket of choice, launch delays and the impact on the mice, and much more. The Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project and the Your Name In Space Program are projects all of us should know about and support. Check out the websites and contact the students by email for your questions, your involvement, even your application to be a summer intern, a program open to high school, college and even adult participants. Also, check them out at Facebook by dong a search for name in space or something similar. You can send a comment or question buy putting "Space Show" in the subject line of your email and addressing it to info@marsgravity.org. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:01:08 UTC
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Cathy Harper, Friday, 1-26-07 (53.96MB; download) -- Cathy Harper was the guest for this Space Show program. Our interview with Ms. Harper began with a quick discussion of the White Sands Film Festival. After suggesting a category in the film festival for YouTube type space commerce PSAs for the teen through young adult market, we moved on to discussing the Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Ms. Harper told us about many of the fixed exhibits, new exhibits such as Space Ship One, coming programs and events, the IMAX theater, and more. We talked about educational outreach for the museum in both Alamogordo and the southern New Mexico region. To find out more about the museum and its events check out www.spacefame.org. Cathy received many listener questions about the museum, its location, membership, popular exhibits and more. One listener asked her about visiting the museum and including a visit to Trinity Site at the same time. You will want to hear the details provided for interesting tours to Trinity Site the two days it is opened to the public which for 2007 are April 7 and Oct. 6th. Cathy us talked with us about Space Port America, the new commercial spaceport being developed near Las Cruces, NM. You will want to hear this discussion as she explains the funding from the state legislature, the upcoming bond issue, the tenants, UP Aerospace and much more. We also talked about attracting new space businesses to the southern part of New Mexico and Cathy updated us on various chamber of commerce activities and future plans. We also spoke about helping to bring the spaceport to fruition by supporting the New Mexico Space Alliance (www.newmexicospacealliance.org). or the Southern New Mexico High Tech Consortium. This is an important Space Show program as we not only talked about the Alamogordo museum but space education, inspiration, the developing commercial space world going on in New Mexico and so much more. You can continue to ask questions and submit your comments to Ms. Harper by emailing her at cathy.harper@state.nm.us. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:23:32 UTC
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Dr. Bryan Laubscher, Tuesday, 1-23-07 (41.42MB; download) -- Dr. Bryan Laubscher was the guest for this special Space Show program. We spoke extensively about the Space Exploration 07 Conference combined with the Space Elevator Conference which is scheduled for March 25-28 in Albuquerque, NM. Check it out at http://www.sesinstitute.org/. Not only did Bryan describe the conference and its unique features such as the extensive use of panels and audience participation, plus something new which he described as "Shotgun Science," we talked technolgy regarding the space elevator, the nanotubes, carbon fiber, the differences, and more. Bryan explained the rocket equation and why the space elevator is probably the only real alternative to chemical rockets and their limitations. There is still time to submit abstracts to this conference, just follow the information available at the conference website or you can email Bryan. You will want to hear this show for the space elevator updates and also to learn about the special features of the Space Exploration 2007 Conference. There is still plenty of time to register too! If you have additional questions or comments for Dr. Laubscher, contact him by email at blaubscher@msn.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:34:49 UTC
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Shubber Ali, Sunday, 1-21-07 (62.57MB; download) -- Shubber Ali returned for this special Space Show program which was extended to 2 1/2 hours. We began our discussion with Shubber by asking him for his take on the VSE. the lunar launch architecture designed to take us to the Moon, and the time period for the program. Shubber wasted no time in taking us through the complicated political world surrounding the VSE and letting us know why he does not think it will happen. This led to a discussion about space advocacy, space support, commercial space business ventures and how Shubber would talk about these subjects to bright visionary young adults that have tuned the VSE and Mars out for a variety of reasons as documented by recent market studies. One listener called in to challenge some of what Shubber was saying and Shubber and Meghann had an important and spirited conversation. You will not want to miss it. We then spoke about multiple topics including space blogs, the lack of accountability in what people say and write and why it is destructive to this developing industry when rhetoric and writings are far from anything real. Shubber discussed the recent Chinese anti-satellite test and the idea of a rekindled space race with China to facilitate our program for returning to the Moon. He also asked hard questions about why we are going back to the Moon, is the VSE a sustainable commercial and economic program, can it survive the test of our political system and thinking of taxpayers today in light of mounting federal deficits, rising costs, inflation, etc. There were many callers to this program wanting to challenge Shubber Ali on what he was talking about and his conclusions so I believe this to be a must hear show, probably one that has the potential to anger you as it did some of the callers. Shubber is also working on a new book and he updated us on what the book was about, its timing and when it would likely be on the market. Toward the end of the program, Shubber was asked about the importance of continuing the space development program if for no other reason to be able to save humanity in face of damage or catastrophe for Earth by moving off planet to the Moon or even Mars. Again, you will not want to miss this discussion. Shubber Ali welcomes all comments and questions so email him at spacecynic@mac.com. If you want to follow his posts as well as the posts of the other three authors on the Space Cynics blog, visit http://space-cynic.blogspot.com/. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:16:11 UTC
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Eric Knight, Friday, 1-19-07 (63.14MB; download) -- Eric Knight, CEO of UP Aerospace, Inc., was the guest for this special Space show program. We began the interview talking with Eric about his amateur experiences and his having launched an amateur rocket to space prior to starting UP Aerospace. Eric stated it was very hard to do, outlined some of the many sacrifices that were made to be able to have a successful amateur launch to space. I asked about the total cost for doing this and he could not estimate it given all the volunteer labor and other contributions that went into the project to become part of the total development costs. We talked about the earlier UP Aerospace launch, the redesign of the tail fins to correct the problem that caused the first launch to be unsuccessful. Listeners asked Eric many technical questions about the launch, rocket flight in general, the rocket engine and fuel used for their rocket. We also talked about the flight profile, the types of payloads and their respective sizes that could be on the rocket and how the payload size impacts the altitude of the rocket. In response to a listener question about a New Mexico press story, both Eric and I talked extensively about the need for quality space journalism and the downside of sloppy reporting. Don't miss this discussion. Also in response to a listener question, Eric explained how UP Aerospace launches school payloads and experiments from grade school up. He explained and discussed some of the programs in place to financially support these student activities so that UP Aerospace can fly the mission at no cost to the students or their school. This is most innovative and its outstanding! Don't miss hearing what Eric has to say about this as it should be available to a broad base of school and students across the country. Toward the end of the program, ITAR came up and he confessed one of his strategies in dealing with it regarding Canada: He does not take a laptop with him when he needs to go to Canada to talk with his partner. You will want to hear what he has to say about this strategy and ITAR. We also talked reentry with him, we talked about AST and the regulatory environment and again, don't miss this discussion. To learn more about UP Aerospace, visit their website at www.upaerospace.com. To send Eric Knight a follow up question or comment, please put "Space Show" in the subject line and send it to information@upaerospace.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:47:08 UTC
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Richard C. Hoagland, Wednesday PM, 1-17-07 (53.03MB; download) -- Richard C. Hoagland was the special guest for this two hour Space Show program. We began our discussion with a look at the VSE, its hardware for returning to the Moon, the time table for doing so, and the COTS program. Richard discussed some of the challenges presented by the VSE and suggested that some of what NASA was doing did not make much sense. He talked about an alternative hardware and launch methodology called "Direct" which he summarized for us as well as letting us know who developed the concept and that it could likely save NASA upwards of $35 billion and ten years, yet despite having people behind it with quality credentials for designing such a program, there is no interest in it or other alternative suggestions by NASA. Richard suggested that maybe the public VSE program is designed to be less than successful for not so obvious or transparent reasons. Richard made the case for their being artifacts on the Moon as discovered by Apollo and that is the real reason for going. The time is right now because other countries have caught up with the US with technology to get to the Moon, i.e. China and India and that the US, as evidenced by public statements and documents over the recent years, is committed to controlling all aspects of space and this includes the Moon. Thus, the real effort is to get back to the Moon out of the public view to control what is on the Moon. He suggests the public program we all know as the VSE is a diversion. During the program and with listener questions and comments, Richard said that he had photographic evidence which he is releasing at two of his upcoming talks in Los Angeles, Feb. 9-13. You can find out more about his talks at the LA Conscious Life Expo by visiting his website, www.enterprisemission.com. He said Space Show listeners would likely be upset and angry at what he was saying but he challenged listeners to come see his evidence in LA and to be a peer reviewer of what he will be showing. He said listeners could get the same photos directly from the NASA sites that make Apollo pictures available to the public to see for themselves after they see what he shows in Los Angeles. Toward the very end of the show, I asked Richard about our collection of Moon Rockets and he updated us with some very interesting facts about how we are tracking down missing moon rocks once given to countries with dictator leadership. This was an easy story to find using Google during the remaining minutes of the show and if you are not familiar with it, pay attention to the search terms Richard provides in this part of the discussion and check it out yourself. We discussed many other topics on this show including the coming LRO mission, various Apollo missions, Apollo astronaut transcripts and much more. If any of you do go to hear Richard C. Hoagland when he speaks in Los Angeles Feb. 9-13, please let me know and let me know what your peer review of his evidence concludes. I would be very interested in your conclusions and thoughts so let The Space Show know. Also, make sure you go up to Richard and introduce yourself and tell him you heard him on this Space Show program. Please provide him your feedback as well. You can send your questions or comments to Richard through me and I will promptly forward them to him. Please use drspace@thespaceshow.com. Selected by: David Livingston [ stations ], Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:29:55 UTC
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