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Broadcast 3654 Dr. Clive Neal
Date Aired: Friday 05 Mar 2021
Guest:  Dr. Clive Neal; Topics:  Lunar exploration, lunar water, lunar prospecting, returning to the Moon, humans on the Moon, Mars, government policy, commercial space and making profits, space tourism and lots more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show...
Guests: Dr. Clive Neal
Tags: Dr. Clive Neal, Univ. of Notre Dame, Dept. of Civil Engineering & Geological Sciences, Lunar Exploration Roadmap, Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), robotic lunar exploration, human exploration of the Moon, polar water ice, LCROSS, lunar prospecting, technology advances, political issues, taxpayer return on NASA spending, SLS, Orion, Lunar Gateway, The Artemis Accords, Artemis Return To The Moon project, human space settlement, Artemis base camp, space industry growth during pandemic, SpaceX and Elon Musk, Dallas Bienhoff, Cislunar development, shielding, artificial gravity, human gravity prescription, Orbital Assembly, rotating space hotel, Blue Origin, Artemis costs, SLS as throwaway technology, competition, sustainability, ISS example, public private partnerships, government challenges, how should the Moon be explored, National Space Council, objective lunar development discussions, planetary protection concerns for the Moon, planetary protection concerns for Mars, lunar polar water contamination, Ma
Broadcast 3646 Dylan Taylor
Date Aired: Friday 19 Feb 2021
Guest:  Dylan Taylor;  Topics: Commercial space policy and investments, industry trends, available capital, NewSpace, traditional space, important timelines and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.   Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show...
Guests: Dylan Taylor
Tags: Dylan Taylor, Voyager Space Holdings, commercial space investments, commercial space bull market, prime companies, industry roadmaps and timelines, scaling up activity, innovation, pandemic influence on commercial space, DOD space, Civil Space, NASA, China, national security issues, hypersonics, bipartisan policy, commercial growth, NanoRacks, IPO compared to SPAC, capital multiplier effect, transportation, LEO focus, destinations next big thing, government regulation, space debris example, two space ecosystems with China and the US, commercial human spaceflight, European valuations compared to US valuations, outposts, free space structures, O'Neilian habitats, commercial SSP, Artemis delays, 10 year time line forecast, space settlements, St. Jude lotto for space tourism, Bloomberg calls for SLS cancellation, Orion, The High Frontier Film, free space interest, the O'Neil vision, rare Earth minerals, fusion, chemical propulsion
Broadcast 3645 Doug Messier of Parabolic Arc
Date Aired: Thursday 18 Feb 2021
We welcomed Doug Messier back to the program for a 94 minute discussion starting out with the success of the Perseverance Mars rover landing earlier in the day.  Most of the first segment was devoted to Perseverance, the various science experiments plans, the onboard hardware and instruments such as the helicopter, microphones, advanced cameras, MOXIE to make O2 out of the Martian atmosphere plus more.  Listen as Doug and callers/emailers discuss the instrument package, the...
Guests: Douglas Messier
Tags: Doug Messier, Parabolic Arc, Mars 2020, Perseverance landing, Perseverance science instruments, Perseverance helicopter, MOXIE, Mars Sample Return, supersonic parachute, Jezero Crater, travel distance to Mars, UAE Mars mission, Chinese Mars mission, Japan, commercial space investing, SPACS, BlackSky, Virgin Galactic, space bull market, Virgin test flight plan, spaceflight participant commercial operations, Virgin Galactic safety concerns, Blue Origin and suborbital flight, SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, RocketLab, Artemis, returning to the Moon, China and Russia robotic lunar base, SLS Bloomberg article, Orion, upcoming planetary missions, DART, ESA, Crew Dragon, NASA buys a Soyuz seat to the ISS, space tourism
Broadcast 3638 Dr. Greg Autry
Date Aired: Tuesday 02 Feb 2021
Guest:  Dr. Greg Autry;  Topics: A brief space policy history of accomplishment, Biden administration space policy, returning to the Moon, cost and budget issues, commercial space, and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts...
Guests: Dr. Greg Autry
Tags: Dr. Greg Autry; technology and space, SpaceX, XPrize, Dr. Mike Griffin, COTS, Obama and commercial space, increased NASA budgets, bipartisan support, new space vision, Biden Administration and space so far, space policy stability, HLS, Artemis, The Artemis Project, returning to the Moon, international space partners, China, space competition, space regulatory environment, RocketLab, space financial bubble, GPS, Richard Eastman, EMP risk, global satellite wealth, human spaceflight value, space budget and cost issues, F35 cost overruns, ISS, Orion, multi-planet species, middleclass and suborbital spaceflight
Broadcast 3580 Dr. Robert Zubrin
Date Aired: Thursday 01 Oct 2020
Guest:  Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin;  Topics: The upcoming Mars Society all virtual and free conference plus man additional topics which Bob addressed. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of...
Guests: Dr. Robert Zubrin
Tags: Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin, The Mars Society, 23rd Annual International Mars Society Convention, Rising Together,, virtual conference, free, registration at www.marssociety.org, conference YouTube archives, SpaceX, Starship, Artemis, public private partnerships, space is bipartisan, lunar return program, ISS, life on Mars issues, planetary protection, Outer Space Treaty, human contamination on Mars, sample return missions, endangering Earth with Martian samples, Covid 19 example, human factors for Mars via SpaceX, risk factors to and from Mars, risk factors on the Martian surface, settlement concerns, radiation, microgravity, SLS, Orion, Orion in LEO for artificial gravity research, Mars human, landing site, landing at mid-latitudes with water ice, NASA Mars plan, IDA.org humans to Mars report, Artemis as the wrong goal, bio markets, propellant concerns, ISRU, China and Mars, Venus missions, future Mars Society conferences
Broadcast 3563 Mark Whittington
Date Aired: Friday 28 Aug 2020
Guest:  Mark Whittington; Topics: The latest on returning to the Moon, presidential politics and space, space policy, commercial space international space alliances plus many additional topics and issues of interest. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com . Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program....
Guests: Mark Whittington
Tags: Mark Whittington, space news journalist, Author, Curmudgeons Corner Blog, election year politics and space, current return to the Moon policy, NASA SLS, Orion, congress, commercial lunar landers, ISS, Lunar Lander competition with SpaceX, Blue Origins, & Dynetics, space exploration platforms, Earth observation, Mars, first woman on the Moon, lunar timelines, Artemis project, The Artemis Accords, space tourism, planetary missions, UAE, Israel, public interest in space, Elon Musk, SLS cost increases, Starship as a lunar lander, Starlink, NASA funding, For All Mankind, Asteroid Mining Company, rare Earth metals, gravity prescription, regulatory concerns, planetary protection, Space Force, China and space, international alliances and space
Broadcast 3543 Rand Simberg
Date Aired: Monday 20 Jul 2020
Guest:  Rand Simberg;  Topics:  Apollo 11 lunar landing, the Evoloterra Ceremony and relevance for today and our future, human spaceflight and settlement, NASA, commercial space, space billionaires, space for science only and much more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.   Comments and questions should be relevant...
Guests: Rand Simberg
Tags: Rand Simberg, Apollo 11 lunar landing, Apollo program, Evoloterra ceremony, Artemis, SLS, Orion, Boeing, Lockheed, 2024 lunar landing timeline, SpaceX Starship, Blue Origin, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, U.S. Congress, China's lunar program, The myth of the Chinese Treasure Ships, Evoloterra historical timeline, returning to the Moon the right way, ISS, NASA and jobs programs, Apollo 11 51st anniversary, the Cold War, the Soviet Union, the Ralph Cordiner of General Electric competitive commercia space essay, the importance of returning to the Moon, space billionaires, NASA's lunar and Mars fantasy, public private partnerships, Apollo cargo cult, The Artemis Accords, bilateral agreements, Multilateral Agreements, the Moon Treaty, Zombie treaty, selling items from the Moon, The Homestead Act as a model, The Outer Space Treaty, commercial space opposition, Should humans bring life to the Solar System or not, Planetary Society, Evoloterra during the pandemic, Evoloterra for sheltering at home, Evoloterra for home schoo
Broadcast 3536 Robert (Bob) Zimmerman
Date Aired: Tuesday 07 Jul 2020
Guest:  Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics:  Multiple topics with many phone calls tonight. See the repeat of Tags/Key Words below for a summary of discussion topics. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a...
Guests: Robert Zimmerman
Tags: Bob Zimmerman, Artemis, presidential election, private sector lunar return, 2024 lunar return timeline, H.R. 5666, lunar return and change of administration, space events impacting Bob Zimmerman, Apollo 8, Dr. Robert Zubrin advocating for Apollo 8 Artemis like mission, SLS, Orion, Dragon, CST 10, Axiom, Boeing, engineering academic studies, eBooks versus print books, Elon Musk, Behindtheblack.com, upcoming Mars missions, UAE, Mars Rover update, upcoming Chinese missions, Israeli military launch, James Web Space Telescope (JWST), Starship, Long March 5, Long March 5B rocket, Blue Origins, Roman Space Telescope (WFIRST), White nose and bats, learning about extinction events
Broadcast 3534 Open Lines
Date Aired: Sunday 28 Jun 2020
Guest:  Dr. David Livingston;  Topics:  Multiple topics discussed today with callers and from email questions. Welcome to our two segment slightly more than two hour program.  Our discussion topics can best be grasped by reviewing our Tags/Key words for the show which I have duplicated here:   Robert Jacobson, "Space Is Open For Business," Robert's new eBook offer, Elon Musk 49th birthday, cats in space, Peter Navarro & space as the 4th industrial revolution...
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: : Open Lines, Dr. David Livingston, Robert Jacobson, Space is Open For Business,, Elon Musk 49th birthday, cats in space, Peter Navarro & space as the 4th industrial revolution, space economy, Senate demands release of secret UFO files, Tic Tac, Marshall says tampering with radar, magic illusions, commercial space & the election, H.R. 5666 National Aeronautics Space Administration Authorization Act of 2020, John Hunt and The Admiral Thomas Wilson Document – Secrets of UFO Cover-up Revealed, SLS, Orion, giant black hole in early universe, proposed space regulations required for space settlement by, Moonwards, NASA funs SETI study, Moonwards logo store, telescopes, galaxies from 100 years ago, Mars not the Moon, science fiction, Moon travel time compared to Mars roundtrip travel time, nuclear propulsion to Mars, Starship to Mars with orbital refueling, lunar Starship service
Broadcast 3520 Hotel Mars Eric Berger
Date Aired: Wednesday 03 Jun 2020
Guests: John Batchelor, Eric Berger, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Boeing problems and culture, CST 100 Starliner, Phantom Express cancellation and more. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even...
Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, Eric Berger
Tags: John Batchelor, Eric Berger, Ars Technica, Dr. David Livingston, SpaceX, Falcon 9, Demo-2 flight, ISS, return to US human spaceflight, Falcon's 10th anniversary, Starship explosion, SLS, Orion, Crew Dragon astronauts, SpaceX culture, Boeing Starliner CST-100, NASA, Tesla, Demo-2 media production, Elon Musk
Broadcast 3517 Dr. Madhu Thangavelu
Date Aired: Friday 29 May 2020
Guest:  Dr. Madhu Thangavelu;  Topics:  Multiple space topics covering the SpaceX Demo-2 flight for return to human spaceflight, returning to the Moon, lunar landers, policy, SLS, Orion, important timelines and more.  Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific...
Guests: Professor Madhu Thangavelu
Tags: : Dr. Madhu Thangavelu, ASTE 527, future of launchers, polar landing site, equatorial landing site, 2024 lunar return mission, USC MAXIM mission, Crew Dragon Dem-2 to ISS, SpaceX, Blue Origins, SLS, Orion, NASA, congress, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, USC Fall 2020 classes, Lunar Gateway, ISDC 2021, Covid-19 and Human Spaceflight, SpaceX Starship, SpaceX Falcon 9, Boeing CST 100, test pilots, rocket equation, lunar landers, LEM, Space Policy Directives, Cislunar development, lunar lander selection companies, Artemis Accords, The Artemis Project, Moon Village Association, Mars human missions, rocket reusability
Broadcast 3514 Cristina Chaplain
Date Aired: Friday 22 May 2020
We welcomed Cristina Chaplain back to the program for a two segment 90 minute discussion regarding the GAO, space, DOD, national security, congress and other key relationships.  Ms Chaplain recently retired from her director position at the GAO so we got a good, accurate and reflective perspective on NASA, human spaceflight, launchers, public private partnerships, DOD and space plus much more.  We started our important discussion with our guest going over the official GAO relationship...
Guests: Cristina T. Chaplain
Tags: Cristina Chaplain, Government Accounting Office (GAO), congress, national security, NASA, JWST, human spaceflight, Office of Inspector General, Space Force, USAF, cyber space, cost controls, public private partnerships, private sector analysis, ISS, Soyuz, international partners, China, Russia, SpaceX, Boeing, SLS, Orion, taxpayer value for HSF, Artemis and GAO, Loverro resignation, GAO and White House, DOD Space leadership, NRO and GAO, NASA and DOD overlap, launch analysis, GAO with classified programs, F35 project, Big project problems, GAO and the national debt, space as being essential, DOD order quantities lower pricing compared to NASA
Broadcast 3507 Dr. George Sowers
Date Aired: Friday 08 May 2020
Guest:  Dr. George Sowers;  Topics: Executive Order on space resources, The Artemis Project, returning to the Moon, NIAC Phase 1 study, Colorado School of Mines Space Resources program Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.   Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts...
Guests: Dr. George Sowers
Tags: Dr. George Sowers, Colorado School of Mines Space Resources Program, The Artemis Project, The Executive Order for space mining resources & the Moon, Phase 1 NASA NIAC Grant, 2015 Commercial Space Act, space property rights, Moon Agreement, Multilateral Agreements, bilateral agreements, space as a global commons, returning to the Moon technical challenges, SLS, Orion, lunar water ice at the poles, lunar polar regions, making rocket fuel on the Moon, NASA CLPS Program, robotic lunar landers, human lunar landers, lunar manufacturing processes, human lunar outposts, lunar mining, lunar robotics, lunar dust, lunar landing pads, lunar development Plan B, NASA PRISM Program, lunar meteorite auction, research and space tugs, cislunar business development, NASA propellant market guarantees, propellant market as an enabler for commercial space development, Space Resource Graduate School program, lunar program and the election
Broadcast 3506 Hotel Mars with Eric Berger
Date Aired: Wednesday 06 May 2020
Guests: John Batchelor, Eric Berger, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  NASA study awards for human lunar landers as part of the Artemis Return To The Moon Program. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even...
Guests: Eric Berger, John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston
Tags: John Batchelor, Eric Berger of Ars Technica, Dr. David Livingston, Artemis Moon Landers, SLS, Orion, SpaceX, Dynetics, Blue Origin, crewed lunar lander development, congress, available and future launchers, Artemis Return to the Moon program
Broadcast 3505 Dr. Haym Benaroya
Date Aired: Tuesday 05 May 2020
Guest:  Dr. Haym Benaroya;  Topics: Lunar return, costs, wealth building, challenges, needed technology, national policy and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and...
Guests: Dr. Haym Benaroya
Tags: Dr. Haym Benaroya, returning to the Moon, White House Executive Order, The Artemis Accords, mining on the Moon, lunar mission funding, NASA funding and budget, needed technology, political will, national interest, lunar return challenges, lunar water, Lunar poles, landing at the lunar South Pole, lunar dust toxicity, lunar mining challenges, 2024 timeline, 2028 timeline, human gravity prescription, ISS, lunar chemistry, lunar mining concepts, lunar fuel concepts, gravity issues, Apollo missions, Chinese lunar plans, lower lunar missions costs by Blue Origin & SpaceX, repeating Apollo flags and footsteps mission profile, creating wealth through lunar development, reusable lunar systems, lunar robotics, creating more lunar wealth than lunar mission costs, lunar student interest, NASA Kilopower for the Moon, SLS, Orion, NASA CLPS Program, NASA Artemis 3 study program
Broadcast 3488 Dennis Wingo
Date Aired: Sunday 05 Apr 2020
Guest:  Dennis Wingo;  Topics: The Dennis Wingo blog article from March 11, 2020 "Finding Our Purpose In Space."  Lunar exploration details, benefits for investment dollars. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show...
Guests: Dennis Wingo
Tags: Dennis Wingo, Finding our Purpose In Space,, tax payers, National Space Council, SP1, lunar return, Humans to Mars, human spaceflight brief project history, lunar landers, surface time on the Moon, lunar return mission times, Lunar Gateway, Gateway HALO orbit, lunar return goals, entrepreneurial mindset, lunar landing site, lunar frozen LLO orbits, science consensus advisors, ISS, Low Lunar Orbit, stable lunar orbits, Orion, Orion modifications, risks, Starlink, space solar power at L1 or L2, lunar nuclear power, poor lunar design quality, LLO orbits above 39 degrees, lunar Delta-V needs, Starship, SLS, Artemis, space as key to our future, NASA current rational, relevant and valuable space policy
Broadcast 3428 Dr. Charles Lurio
Date Aired: Tuesday 10 Dec 2019
Guest:  Dr. Charles Lurio;  Topics:  NewSpace 2019 review and a look ahead for 2020. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.   Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior...
Guests: Dr. Charles Lurio
Tags: : Dr. Charles Lurio, The Lurio Report, CST 100, SpaceX Crew Dragon, ISS, Soyuz flights, NASA, Artemis, returning to the Moon, commercial lunar landers, SLS, Orion, entrepreneurial space development, commercial Moon landers, US Congress, SpaceX Starlink, light pollution, astronomy & LEO satellites, 2019 big space events, SpaceX 2019, Falcon Heavy launches, Rocket Labs, partisanship and space policy, NewSpace financial success, planet, Virgin Galactic, commercial space investment funds, Blue Origin, Firefly, LEO space debris, Made In Space, human spaceflight missions, small launcher business for 2020
Broadcast 3403 Hotel Mars with Bill Harwood
Date Aired: Wednesday 30 Oct 2019
Guests: John Batchelor, William (Bill) Harwood, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics: The NASA Artemis return to the Moon project You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation...
Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, William Harwood
Tags: John Batchelor, William (Bill) Harwood, Dr. David Livingston, NASA, Artemis, Return to the Moon, lunar campaign, Greek sister of Apollo, SLS, Orion, Lunar Exploration, lunar landers, crew vehicle, descent stage, Lunar poles, commercial spacecraft, Orion capsule history, Artemis congressional funding, added $1.6 billion for FY 2020, Lunar Gateway, ESA propulsion development, Gateway orbit, spacesuits, new JSC design, options for getting to the Gateway, SLS operational timelines
Broadcast 3389 Robert (Bob) Zimmerman
Date Aired: Monday 14 Oct 2019
Guest:  Robert (Bob) Zimmerman;  Topics:  Bob covered multiple topics in this one segment 123 minute program featuring listener phone calls and email questions. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.   Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show...
Guests: Robert Zimmerman
Tags: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, SpaceX, Elon Musk, Starship, a Howard Hughes and Elon Musk comparison, glaciers on Mars, Artemis, The Gateway, lunar landers, Bridenstine and Artemis contracts, NASA budget concerns, Congress and the return to the Moon, NASA planetary missions, debt financing for space missions, SLS, Orion, sequestered Earth based telescope mirrors, the TMT observatory plans for Hawaii, the CERN Collider, Behind The Black website, Alexei Leonov, the first spacewalk, the Apollo Soyuz Test Flight, SpaceX Mars landing sites, and More
Broadcast 3364 Dr. Jeff Foust
Date Aired: Tuesday 27 Aug 2019
Guest:  Dr. Jeff Foust; Topics:  Multiple timely and current events in the private, commercial and public space sectors.  Our discussion topics reflected the excitement in today's growing space industry. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.    Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show...
Guests: Dr. Jeffrey Foust
Tags: Dr. Jeff Foust, Starhopper test, SpaceX, Starship, NASA and Starship, SLS, Orion, SLS bipartisan support, returning to the Moon timetable, National Space Council, Starship Mark 1, Artemis, 2020 congressional funding, congressional future years lunar return funding, Newt's $2 billion lunar competition, NASA exploratory programs, mainstream aerospace and prizes, Space Command, Space Force, China space policy, Chinese culture & rules in space, China fear in space, Russian docking issues, Russian robot on the ISS, robotic space assistants, Mars 2020, EXOMARS, Elon Musk on terraforming Mars with nukes, planetary protection, Tardigrades on the Moon, Russian RD 180 engines, SpaceX accomplishments, BE4 engine, Raptor engine, China's Mars mission, UAE, Arch Foundation and tardigrades, World Satellite Business Week, large GEO comsats, O'Neillian vision for new life in space
Broadcast 3358 OPEN LINES
Date Aired: Sunday 18 Aug 2019
Guests:  Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston;  Topics:  Multiple topics as brought to us by callers and through listener emails.  Callers spoke to one another.  Don't miss this program. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written...
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: Open Lines, Dr. David Livingston, Forbes Article, SpaceX Mars plan, Dr. Reisman comments on SpaceX life support, agile engineering, SpaceX Starship development, human factors issues, SpaceX life support critical path, SLS, Orion, lunar return, The Gateway, Crew Dragon, planetary protection, tardigrades crash-landed on the Moon, Elon Musk on nuking Mars for terraforming Mars, Mars solar wind and water vapor dissipation, lunar return reality assessment, Apollo contributions, lunar return timeline, rocket development schedules, Starship acoustic signature, speed of light issues, closed loop life support, U.S. National Space Program, Mars life support TRL, Marshall Spaceflight Center & HSF for the Moon, Home Hickam Open Letter to NASA, readiness for HSF to Mars
Broadcast 3355 Hotel Mars with Dr. Jeff Foust
Date Aired: Wednesday 14 Aug 2019
Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Jeff Foust, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  SLS, delays, NASA, congressional support, NASA leadership changes, Artemis 1 launch to the Moon, lunar gateway.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written...
Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, Dr. Jeffrey Foust
Tags: John Batchelor, Dr. Jeff Foust, Dr. David Livingston, SLS, Orion, Artemis 1, Green Run Static Test, SLS delays, NASA Administrator Bridenstine, SLS complexities, SLS costs and budget, NASA Leadership Team for human spaceflight, SLS cubesat missions, alternative rockets to the Moon, congressional support
Broadcast 3353 Dr. Craig Hardgrove
Date Aired: Sunday 11 Aug 2019
Guest:  Dr. Craig Hardgrove;  Topics:  NASA planetary missions using CubeSats,  lunar water ice at the poles, the LunaH-Map mission, and more.  Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a...
Guests: Dr. Craig Hardgrove
Tags: Dr. Craig Hardgrove; LunaH-Map Mission, planetary science missions, cubesats for planetary missions, redundancy, SINGR, Gamma-Ray Spectrometer, Curiosity, Mars rovers, small spacecraft development, cubesats, CubeSat scientific instrumentation, SLS, Gateway, Orion, private spacecraft, SpaceX, lunar return, MARCO CubeSats at Mars, CubeSat life expectancy, CubeSat debris, lunar debris, low thrust propulsion, 6U cubesat, single string engineering, future NASA science missions, Titan, hydrogen abundance at the lunar South Pole, micro systems advances, computer advancements, neutron spectrometer, SLS bathtub costs, water under the lunar surface regolith near the poles, liquid lunar water, water vapor, LCROSS, water ice percentage, PI project time management, NASA going forward with smallsats & cubesats
Broadcast 3347 Bob Zimmerman
Date Aired: Tuesday 30 Jul 2019
Guest:  Robert (Bob) Zimmerman;  Topics:  SpaceX Starship progress, NASA lunar program, Congress,  budgets, private sector excitement, tax dollars vs. private dollars and much more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts...
Guests: Robert Zimmerman
Tags: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, Behind The Black, Starhopper, Reusable Saturn 5 like rocket, Starship, SLS, SLS Green Run, Orion, Orion software, Falcon Heavy, Artemis, SLS performance dates, NASA lunar program administration, Private Sector, The New Colonial Movement, India, Chandrayan-1, India and the Moon, China, Russia, ESA, Firefly, Israeli lunar lander, Team Indus, UAE Mars Probe Hope, James Webb Space Telescope, segmented space telescopes, docking, SP1, urgency, OrbitBeyond, light pollution due to LEO satellite constellations, space program public opinion polls, American attitudes toward returning to the Moon, tax dollars for space, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, national debt, NASA planetary mission program, lunar 2024 landing, 2019 global launch rate competition
Broadcast 3342 Doug Messier
Date Aired: Tuesday 16 Jul 2019
Guest:  Doug Messier; Topics:  Virgin Galactic updates, human spaceflight, NASA key personnel changes, congressional funding for NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin and much more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.   Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show...
Guests: Douglas Messier
Tags: Doug Messier, Parabolic Arc, Virgin Galactic, sales/flight projections. SpaceX, Blue Origin competition with Virgin Galactic, returning to the Moon, Artemis, NASA, SLS, Orion, Return to the Moon timelines, NASA human spaceflight personnel changes, Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA Administrator Bridenstine, Mars, Charles Lurio, OneWeb satellite constellation, satellite light pollution, SLS Green Run test, NASA three stage lunar lander, Apollo program

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