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Broadcast 1453 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Thursday 04 Nov 2010
Guest: Robert Zimmerman. Topics: Election impact on space. Please note that you are invited to comment, ask questions, and rate this program on the new Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. We welcomed Robert (Bob) Zimmerman back to the show to discuss the impact of the recent congressional elections on space policy and programs. This was a difficult topic to address because nobody really has a clear idea of what will happen with the new congress let alone the Lame Duck congress...
Guests: Robert Zimmerman
Tags: www.behindtheblack.com, NASA policy, Constellation, NASA budget cuts, Space Shuttle flights, NewSpace, space frontier, commercial crew development, SpaceShip2, Orion, heavy lift, Discovery Space Shuttle, Deep Impact, Hartley 2, Viking Lander, space business climate, space funding, space exploration, commercial launchers, EELV, Falcon 9
Broadcast 1430 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Saturday 25 Sep 2010
Guest: Jim Muncy. Topics: U. S. space policy. Jim Muncy returned to The Space Show for space policy updates, policy related information, and how to make space relevant for the American people and Congress. Please note that you are invited to comment, ask questions, and rate this program on the new Space Show blog, http://thespaceshowoutsidethebox.blogspot.com. As we started the first of two segment for this two hour program, I suggested to Jim after reading his bio on air that things in the...
Guests: James A. M. Muncy
Tags: Commercial space, Constellation, Orion, EELV, Space X, Falcon 9, Congress and space policy, continuing resolution, NASA, Space Frontier Foundation, heavy lift, propellant depots, NASA FY 11 budget, NASA Authorization, NASA Appropriations, Hose ad Senate space bills, space as a frontier, human space exploration, HEFT, space tourism, ISS, making space relevant
Broadcast 1428 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Wednesday 22 Sep 2010
Guests: Classroom featuring Dr. David Livingston, Dr. John Jurist, Dr. Jim Logan and Dan Adamo, Dallas Bienhoff. Topic: Orbital Propellant Depot. Welcome back to this Classroom program focusing on an intense and comprehensive 2 hour 25 minute two segment program. Please note that as with all Classroom programs, your emails and comments are to be posted on The Classroom Blog at http://spaceshowclassroom.wordpress.com once this program is archived as the Lesson 13 Archived Program. I also want to...
Guests: Dan Adamo, Dallas Bienhoff, Dr. John Jurist, Dr. David Livingston, Dr. Jim Logan
Tags: orbital propellant depots, Boeing, NASA, Constellation, Ares 1, Areas V, heavy lift, Lunar Surface Rendezvous Earth-Moon LaGrange 1, L1, LEO depots, space traffic management, collision avoidance, Loiter on Orbit, Altair, Orion, angular momentum, launch windows, launch seasons, launch rates, launch costs, sea launch, IMLEO (Initial Mass to LEO), Space X, Falcon 9, space docking, Bigelow Aerospace, orbital debris, space shuttle, Program of Record, space regulatory environment, changing the space paradigm, Civil Space, trajectory constraints, Plain of Regression, Cryogenic fuel boiloff
Broadcast 1427 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Sunday 19 Sep 2010
Guest: Don Nelson. Topics: NASA management problems and resolutions. We welcomes Don Nelson of Nelson Aerospace Consulting to the program. You can learn more about what Don Nelson spoke about on this show by visiting his website, www.nasaproblems.com. In addition, please note that you are invited to comment, ask questions, and rate this program on the new Space Show blog, http://thespaceshowoutsidethebox.blogspot.com. In our first segment, Mr. Nelson introduced us to NASA management problems,...
Guests: Don A. Nelson
Tags: Nelson Aerospace Consulting, NASA management, space shuttle, aerospace work force, Constellation, Areas 1, Orion, heavy lift, Static Margin, Center of Gravity, spacecraft safety, NASA accountability and oversight, Apollo, Marshall Spaceflight Center, Johnson Spaceflight Center, Kennedy Space Center, Jet Propulsion Lab, expendable launch vehicles, launch costs, chemical rockets, shuttle costs, robotic shuttle missions, NEOs, Return to the Moon, space media, Challenger, CAIB, NASA culture
Broadcast 1420 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Monday 06 Sep 2010
Guest: Dan Adamo. Topics: On orbit propellant depots and associated launch and flight dynamics. We welcomed Dan Adamo back to The Space Show to talk about on orbit propellant depots. Please remember that you can post comments, your own material, and even rate this show at the new Space Show blog, "The Space Show's Way Outside The Box Ideas And Plans Blog" at http://thespaceshowoutsidethebox.blogspot.com. Please use it. Our show was more than two hours and divided into two segments. During our...
Guests: Dan Adamo
Tags: on orbit propellant depots, ISS, Constellation, orbital and flight dynamics, libration points, LaGrange Points, launch season, launch window, cryogenic fuel transfer in space, lunar propellant depots, nuclear propulsion Ares 5 rocket, heavy lift, Orion, gravity lab, deep space propulsion, NEO telescope, radiation, orbital alignment, Apollo lunar landings, space traffic management
Broadcast 1406 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Thursday 12 Aug 2010
Guest: Charles Precourt. Topics: Ares, Constellation, space policy, heavy lift, commercial space. We welcomed back Charlie Precourt to the show for this interview on Monday, August 9, 2010 at ATK offices at Promontory, Utah. During our discussion, Mr. Precourt updated us on the space policy debate regarding the FY 11 space budget, space policy, continuing resolution and more. Topics discussed during our interview included the upcoming five segment Ares DM-2 cold motor test, heavy lift,...
Guests: Charles Precourt
Tags: ATK, Constellation, Ares 1, Ares V, Ares DM-2, heavy lift, Commercial space, rocket economics, space policy, Direct launchers, solid rocket boosters (SRBs), liquid rocket motors, space shuttle, Space Shuttle Main Engines (SME), Orion, NASA human spaceflight crew safety, launch abort
Broadcast 1379 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Monday 14 Jun 2010
Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston Topics: U.S. space policy, aerospace industry job layoffs, commercial launchers, NASA. This was another two hour hard hitting and listener driven hot topic Open Lines discussion focusing on space policy and what is happening in the aerospace industry, especially with NASA layoffs and rockets In the first segment, I opened with discussion points about the possibility of a show about the Peruvian space program, a tongue and cheek idea to do a quarterly...
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: Open Lines, NASA, aerospace worker layoffs, SRBs, heavy lift rockets, Peruvian Space Program, Falcon 9, Commercial Crew, COTS, Orion, Constellation, NewSpace, Obama Space Policy, commercial launch industry, commercial space markets, Senator Bill Nelson
Broadcast 1375 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Sunday 06 Jun 2010
Guest: Robert Zimmerman. Topics: Falcon 9 successful launch, U.S. Space Policy, Bat fungus and caves. We welcomed back Robert Zimmerman to talk all things space policy. We started our first segment with a discussion on the successful Falcon 9 launch on June 4, 2010. Bob said it was exhilarating to watch and we all had high praise for Space X. Our guest talked at length about the need for the private sector to continue with these successes to lower the cost of space access. Listeners asked our...
Guests: Robert Zimmerman
Tags: Constellation, Ares 1, NASA, Falcon 9, Space X, space policy, European space policy, Obama space, Return to the Moon, Apollo astronauts, ESA, ISS, Orbital Sciences, ITAR, GAO, Orion, continuing resolution (CR), bat fungus and caves
Broadcast 1360 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Sunday 09 May 2010
Guest: Gary Hudson. Topics: Obama space policy and FY 2011 budget. Gary Hudson was our guest today to speak about the Administration's space policy program and the Fiscal Year 2011 space budget recommendations. In our first segment, Gary defined heavy lift in the context of history. For example, early in the space days in the 1960's, heavy lift was thought to be a million pounds to orbit. Today we talk about 50 to 200 tons to orbit. During this segment we also talked about a Mars mission and...
Guests: Gary C. Hudson
Tags: Obama Space Policy, Augustine Commission, commercial launchers, Falcon 9, Constellation, NASA, heavy lift, EELV acceleration profile, man rating EELV, the GAP, Black Zone Argument, risk aversion, COTS program, Orion, ULA, sea water recovery liquid rocket motors, propellant depots
Broadcast 1347 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Monday 19 Apr 2010
Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: policy, Obama Space, commercial space, various space start-ups. This was a two hour plus OPEN LINES program with almost non stop listener telephone calls in addition to email and chat. We started our fist segment with a phone call from Bob Zimmerman. Bob did a 15 minute or so rant on Obama space, the April 15 space conference at the Cape and more so don't miss this energetic start for this program. At the end of Bob's comments, he spoke about...
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: Obama Space Policy, NASA, Constellation, Commercial space, Climategate, space shuttle, congressional budget, Open Luna, open source, Astronauts For Hire, Orion, breakthrough propulsion, suborbital space, human factors, aerospace engineering, nuclear reactor, Naval reactors, Lockheed and NASA path, SpaceX, fully reusable RLV, Vasimr, ISS, Microlaunches
Broadcast 1314 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Tuesday 23 Feb 2010
Guest: Jim Muncy. Topics: Administration's space policy proposal, commercial space. Jim Muncy was our guest for this 90 minute program without a break to discuss the Administration's new space policy proposal. Jim started the discussion saying that the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) strongly supported the administration policy and that he wanted to help explain the program to us. He said the plan was for opening the space frontier as opposed to the continuation of a centrally planned...
Guests: James A. M. Muncy
Tags: NASA, space policy, NASA Program of Record, Constellation, Orion, Commercial space, President Obama's proposed space policy, Boeing, Space X, Sierra Nevada, Blue Origins, Augustine Commission, space shuttle, Space Frontier Foundation, commercial crew transportation, heavy lift vehicles, Mars, Moon, goals, Atlas 5, Delta 4 Heavy, Falcon 9, GAP, space settlement, Apollo on Steroids.
Broadcast 1310 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Thursday 18 Feb 2010
Guest: Dr. Jim Vedda. Topics: U.S. space policy, capabilities driven rather than destination driven, "Choice, Not Fate." Dr. Jim Vedda returned to the program to discuss his new book, "Choice, Not Fate: Shaping a Sustainable Future in the Space Age." The book is available through the One Giant Leap Foundation (OGLF) Amazon partners program and if purchased through OGLF, Amazon contributes to OGLF/The Space Show. You can order this book using this specific URL: http://www.amazon.com/dp/...
Guests: Dr. James A. Vedda
Tags: Choice, Not Fate: Shaping a Sustainable Future in the Space Age,, space policy, NASA, Apollo, destination driven space program, capabilities driven space program, human spaceflight, spaceflight skills, Orion, cultural shift, Ares, Constellation, sunk costs, futurist literature, space vision, long term planning, U.S. annual budget process, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, space solar power (SSP), power sat demo, teleportation, space economics, Vision versus Fantasy, suborbital tourism, Air Commerce Act of 1926
Broadcast 1284 (Special Edition)
Date Aired: Sunday 03 Jan 2010
Guest: Ross Tierney. Topics. Direct 3.0, Constellation, NASA, political process. Ross Tierney returned for this two hour program to update us with Direct 3.0 in light of the Augustine report and the upcoming announcements regarding U.S. Civil Space Policy. In our first segment, Ross brought us current with Direct 3.0 and the Augustine Commission. This is a comprehensive discussion. We also talked about work force issues and job losses in the space industry as a result of potential space policy...
Guests: Ross Tierney
Tags: Direct 3.0, Constellation, Ares 1, Ares V, heavy lift, Jupiter 130, Jupiter 100, Jupiter 200, ISS, GAP, Commercial space, NASA, Augustine Commission, political process, space workforce issues, Senator Shelby, Alabama space industry, ATK, Boeing, Lockheed, Orion, Life Cycle Cost, Detroit, solids compared to liquids, human spaceflight, EELV, SPS

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