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Broadcast 3873 Dr. Patrick Collins
Date Aired: Tuesday 07 Jun 2022
Guest:  Dr. Patrick Collins;  Topics:  Space Tourism, Space Solar Power, markets, snow melting satellites, SSP interest around the world, climate change including a possible ice age 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...
Guests: Dr. Patrick Collins
Tags: Dr. Patrick Collings, space tourism, Space Solar Power, air travel industry comparisons, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, orbital tourism, suborbital, space tourism bashing, anti-billionaire sentiment, Japan and space tourism, JAXA, returning to the Moon, Artemis, Russia and China lunar return, Dr. Charles Lurio, reusable rockets, SLS, sailing ships, opening up the Moon, private sector advantages. AXIOM, ILC Dover, snow melting satellites, ice age, Global Warming, beaming energy to Earth as a weapon, microwaves to melt snow, LEO satellites, GEO satellites SSP and the European interest, ESA, GAP with electric & space organizations, split rectennas, solar and wind needing backup, SSP development plant, 40 year timeline, former SPS 2000 program, microwaves as weapons of war, Nuclear power, SSP mass, launch capacity, power needs and requirements, Lunar space elevator, employment capabilities, space tourism market driver for SSP, LEO SSP demonstrator
Broadcast 3857 Dr. John Horack
Date Aired: Friday 22 Apr 2022
Guest:  Dr. John Horack; Topics:  The increasing value and wealth of LEO plus additional commercial/NewSpace activities and sectors, economic growth and national security. 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: Dr. John Horack
Tags: Dr. John Horack, Ohio State, the commercial value of LEO, long term perspective for value, future LEO value estimates, private equity, telecom industry, launch industry, mergers, industry bifurcation, market potential, the value of the right team, growth, learning from space, customers, U.S. has first stage advantage, ESA, other space nations, human spaceflight market, ISS, satellites for science, GPS, space weapons, China, SLS, space mfg, ISDC 2022, GEO markets, space economy integrating with way of life, Earth Day 2022, impact of Ukraine on commercial space, commercial space challenges, liquidity issues, risk assessment, orbital debris, space traffic mgmt, space settlement for the long term, gravity RX, space tourism
Broadcast 3837 Jim Muncy
Date Aired: Sunday 06 Mar 2022
Guest:  Jim Muncy;  Topics:  Ukraine, Russian space industry impact & decline, China & Russia mutual support, economic risks, misguided space policy advocates, SSP, government safety regulations, commercial industry strength and lots more during this nearly two hour 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.  ...
Guests: James A. M. Muncy
Tags: Jim Muncy, Ukraine, Russian space program destruction, SpaceX and cyber risks, Dmitry Rogozin director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, ISS, international cooperation, declining Russian space program, China-Russian future space support, Elon Musk, U.S. space program, Apollo-Soyuz Test Flight, Crimea, NASA & commercial space post Ukraine, U.S. economic fallout, commercial space economics, Artemis Accords, SLS, Orion, cost plus accounting, commercial space global engagement, SLS and sustainability, Starship success, Falcon Heavy, Russia & Chinese ties, space regulatory concerns, FAA focus, government regulations and safety, commercial industry self-screening, satellite constellations, junk science, space traffic management, misguided agendas, negotiating with government officials, government space expertise, Biden Administration, inflation impact, innovation, Space Solar Power, The Alliance For Space Development, March Storm
Broadcast 3821 Dennis Wingo
Date Aired: Tuesday 25 Jan 2022
Guest:  Dennis Wingo;  Topics:  Starship, returning to the Moon, commercial space and space mining economics and challenges, much needed in-space vehicles, Mars, returning to the Moon, U.S.-Russia space relationship 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...
Guests: Dennis Wingo
Tags: Dennis Wingo, lunar return, Starship, SpaceX, Elon Musk, transformational, expansion of commercial space, Starship flight rate, Artemis, SLS, NASA SpaceX confidence level, regulatory challenges for Starship, FAA using caution regarding Starship launches, Starship explosion equal to Hiroshima, Starship optimized for LEO, human spaceflight challenges BLEO, in-space cruisers need, five year timeline, Blue Origin rockets, space tourism, reusability, price is different from the cost, canceling SLS, Dr. Jim Dewar, Nuclear propulsion, nuclear propulsion brief history, nuclear upper stage, challenging space mining and solar system development predictions, Dennis comments on stupid wars, international competition, the use of international partners for space projects, China and the Moon, commercial space development overall risks, nuclear power in space, fusion development, Space Solar Power for grid applications, Wingo's SSP plan for the Pacific Ocean, Starship impact on SSP, U.S. Russian space relationship in light o
Broadcast 3818 Robert (Bob) Zimmerman
Date Aired: Tuesday 18 Jan 2022
Guest:  Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics: Annual launch rates and predictions, China's Long March 5B, Mars rovers, ancient molecular life on Mars, light carbon atoms, life in the solar system, Carbon-12, UV light, Musk and Starship, Georgia's preliminary spaceport approval, exploring the lunar poles 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....
Guests: Robert Zimmerman
Tags: Bob Zimmerman, 2021 comprehensive launch rate & analysis, 2022 launch predictions, China's Long March 5B, Mars rovers, perseverance, Curiosity, Curiosity rover wheels, ancient life on Mars, Starship, Georgia spaceport, proving Starship to be economically viable, Bob's book, ULA, Vulcan BE4 engine delays, Blue Origin and the BE4 engine problem, The Lurio Report with Dr. Charles Lurio, fusion energy, Commonwealth Fusion, Sen. George McGovern, Boca Chica EIR for Starship launches, Boca Chica as an international spaceport, Dr. Martin Elvis, SLS, Artemis, Orion, space as a political campaign issue
Broadcast 3817 Brian Dunn
Date Aired: Sunday 16 Jan 2022
Guest:  Brian Dunn;  Topics:  Brian's hard sci-fi book "Tube-Town-Frontier" plus what he says will be plausible lunar development for establishing humans on the Moon and select commercial businesses.  During this program Brian detailed his book which again as hard sci-fi, is based on real science and could happen. 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...
Guests: Brian Dunn
Tags: Brian Dunn, Tube-Town, hard science fiction, plausible stories, lunar lava tubes, lunar human habitats, claims on the Moon, the book Tube-Town-Frontier, lava tube benefits, Starship, SLS, CLPS program, CLPS missions, sci-bots, lunar factory, lunar gravity, lunar tourism, visiting Tube-Town, the International Space Program (ISP), ESA, RTG usage, using mobile power, lunar food farming, issues of governance, ISS as the governance model, lunar space suits, ballistic mats, lunar medical concerns, communications, budgets, cost estimates, finance projections, Starship missions, tourist timeline, establishing a second lava tube for residency, expected outcomes from book &Tube-Town promotion
Broadcast 3812 Marcia Smith
Date Aired: Friday 07 Jan 2022
Guest:  Marcia Smith:  Topics:  We reviewed space activities for the year 2021 and looked at space, both NASA and commercial space, for 2022. 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...
Guests: Marcia S. Smith
Tags: Marcia Smith, SpacePolicyOnline, Space review for the year 2021, Commercial space, space tourism, JWST, NASA. the new National Space Council, Biden Administration, NASA Administrator Nelson, fiscal 2022 budget concerns, congress and space, Space infrastructure, Norms of Behavior, Russian ASAT Demo, anti-space tourism sentiment, new space regulations for 2023, ISS extension, Russian space behavior, commercial space and space policy, the gap in the value of space between general public and space community, congressional continuing resolution, ASAT test was a surprise, Russia and space debris, space tourism regulations, Congress and China on space, space settlement, SpaceX and Mars, stability needed, Starship and the FAA delays, SLS, Tic Tac and UAP, Starlink and sustainability issues, the NASA authorization, space situational awareness
Broadcast 3807 Leonard David
Date Aired: Sunday 26 Dec 2021
  Guest:  Leonard David;  Topics:  Leonard brought up multiple space news stories for discussion on this show, plus we looked ahead to 2022 for what would likely be a continuing news story or a breakthrough story.   \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...
Guests: Leonard David
Tags: Leonard David, space tourism, SpaceX, Elon Musk, John Carmack, Starship, SLS, multi-planet species, Artemis, NASA Public Private Partnerships (PPP), returning to the Moon, China, super space race, economic consideration, Starship lunar lander, 2022 Year of The Moon, JWST launch, 29 days of terror, Musk Babylon Bee interview, wild cards for space development, Space Force, UAP information, New Space Journal, Russian Mars water study, perseverance, the value of PR, China and the Moon, covid space and economic impact, Tic Tac, Dr. Avi Loeb Galileo Project, SETI challenges, paranoid planet, overview effect, Kessler Syndrome, Space debris, National Space Council, space settlement, Mars 2022 with EXOMARS, RocketLabs, Cislunar development, the SLS future with Starship success
Broadcast 3782 Dr. Casey Handmer
Date Aired: Friday 05 Nov 2021
Guest:  Dr. Casey Handmer:  Topics:  The primary topic was Casey's blog article "Starship is still not understood" at https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2021/10/28/starship-is-still-not-understood.  Later in the show, we talked about his latest blog post, "Scaling carbon capture" at  https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2021/11/01/scaling-carbon-capture. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show...
Guests: Dr. Casey Handmer
Tags: Dr. Casey Handmer, Starship, NASA, SpaceX, Starship negative consequences, tonnage to LEO, six to ten year lead time, program manager, public vs. private sector capabilities, new business models for space, industry coalitions, SLS, uncertainties, competitive risks, oversight risks, management threats, NASA optimization, orbital mass, the mass margin, acoustic risk for Starship, Musk as key man risk, commercial space stations, Starship direct to the Moon, LEO space station commercial markets, Blue Origin Orbital Reef, module plans, Orbital Reef is hub and spoke model, Orbital Reef compared to ISS, carbon capture, Space Shuttle shut down with loss of jobs, NASA criticism
Broadcast 3775: The Annual You Can Be A Guest On The Space Show Program
Date Aired: Sunday 24 Oct 2021
Guest: Open Lines and auditions hosted by Dr. David Livingston; We addressed the latest with UAPs, SLS and the government, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, space farming, the O'Neill Settlement Game The High Frontier (http://highfrontier.com/about), Ryan's call on wanting to be a Space Show guest on his ides for "downshifting to a space economy." Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived...
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: Open Lines, Space Show audition, Ft. Worth John, SLS, AIAA, heavy lift, SLS 10 year time line, NASA Administrator on UAP's, DIA and UAP's, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon, Marshall on space food for settlement, space farming, antiseptic space environment, Fremont John call, space settlement strategy, Maker community, DIY community, Ryan's call, Downshifting To A Space Economy, space settlement and tyranny, Lunar settlement, Martian settlement, SpaceX launchers, the gravity RX for humans in space
Broadcast 3747 Charlie Precourt
Date Aired: Friday 27 Aug 2021
Guest:  Charles (Charlie) Precourt; Topics:  Artemis, SLS, solid rocket boosters (SRBs), SRB propellant, lunar return timelines, human lunar lander, Gateway, Gateway lunar orbits, plus 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...
Guests: Charles Precourt
Tags: Charlie Precourt, Northrup-Grumman, Artemis, SLS, NASA, SLS boosters, solid rocket boosters, recovering SRB's, Orion, human landers, mission performance facts, lunar habitats, SRB safety, SRB propellant, launch dates, timelines, the Lunar Gateway, Gateway orbits, 5 segment booster, abort on launch feature, SLS for humans and cargo, SLS Block 1B, SLS Block 2, SLS capabilities, deep space mission analysis, SLS acoustic signature, vibration modification, lunar return 2024 landing, SLS inventory for seven flights, launch costs and operations analysis, SRB detonation vs. deflagration
Broadcast 3735 Open Lines
Date Aired: Sunday 08 Aug 2021
Guests:  Dr. David Livingston;  Topics:  Multiple callers on a wide variety of topics over a 2.5 hour time period.  Our discussions on this show regarding space activity and return to the Moon naysayers was likely the dominant topic for this program.  Don't miss the discussions, especially Kim's at the end of the program Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived...
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: Open Lines, Dr. Gil Levin memorial, Space Show survey, suborbital flights, Branson, Bezos, space naysayers, space tourism, Starship and Superheavy, billionaires and space, Virgin Galactic price increase, farming, Bill Gates and farm acquisitions, SLS, cargo to LEO, Starship water landing, SpaceX and Swarm Technology, SpaceX valuation, Inspiration 4 flight, Varda Space Industries, Blue Origin and ISRU, synthetic geology, planetary sunshields, why go to the Moon now, Earth in crisis attitude
Broadcast 3731 Dr. Jonathan McDowell
Date Aired: Sunday 01 Aug 2021
Guest:  Dr. Jonathan McDowell;  Topics:  Space tourism, billionaires and space projects, space telescopes, commercial space, China and commercial space, The Space Report, competition, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, ULA, SpaceX 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...
Guests: Dr. Jonathan McDowell
Tags: Dr. Jonathan McDowell, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, SpaceX, Elon Musk, Musk vs. Bezos?, suborbital tourism market, Blue Origin goals, Virgin Galactic focus, SpaceX Inspiration 4 mission, orbital tourism market questions, AI for Bezos and SpaceX Dragon, ULA Vulcan, Blue Origin BE 4 rocket engine, Musk testing plan, Bezos on testing, lunar human lander award to SpaceX, Blue Origin and GAO appeal, commercial space takeoff since late 80's, cubesat revolution 2013, mega satellite constellations and the Falcon 9, Chinese launchers vs. SpaceX, reusability, Boeing Starliner (CST 100) compared to SpaceX dragon, Boeing -McDonnel Douglas merger, CPA vs engineering, asteroid mining timeline, SLS, JWST, space telescope flagships, Decadal Survey, Gill Levin's passing, Hubble Space Telescope, ground based telescopes compare to space telescopes, space traffic management, FOCAL project, Johnathan's Space Report, demos and testing, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, science and math
Broadcsat 3725 Rand Simberg
Date Aired: Tuesday 20 Jul 2021
Guest:  Rand Simberg;  Topics: Apollo 11 52nd anniversary, suborbital tourism with Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, The Evoloterra.com ceremony, the need for a smart design spacecraft, Artemis, SLS, going to space for the "right' reason 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...
Guests: Rand Simberg
Tags: Rand Simberg, Apollo 11 anniversary, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, suborbital tourism, SpaceX, orbital tourism, Evoloterra.com, the suborbital market, suborbital smart design spacecraft, SpaceX Starship factor, China, Russia, ULA and the delayed BE4 Blue Origin engine, regulatory risks, space as a religion, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, New Shepherd vehicles, orbital values, SST compared to Point to Point, Artemis, Relativity Space, Rand on Earth's Natura Harbor op-ed, first Artemis crew on the Moon, opportunity cost, SLS, Rand vs. Ft. Worth John on political reasons for space, FAA and SpaceX
Broadcast 3723 John Strickland
Date Aired: Friday 16 Jul 2021
Guest:  John Strickland;  Topics:  John's two new book, "Developing Space" and "Settling Space," space policy, sources of energy and power, challenges, policies and human spaceflight, Mars, the Moon, NASA, commercial space, reusability 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...
Guests: John Strickland
Tags: John Strickland, Developing Space, Settling Space, space history, NASA, importance of knowing history, FAA and SpaceX at Boca, launching to the east, SLS, DCX, NSS ISDC, space mining, space as a hostile environment, space solar power (SSP), cislunar space, gravity prescription, 1G in rotating space settlements, free space settlement and 1G, the need for experimentation, Holman Transfer Orbit, Mars approaching speeds, human spaceflight medical challenges, radiation, microgravity, Martian moons as the destination, CO2, New Horizons and Mars, Thorium reactor, liquid thorium power, fusion energy, building space settlements
Broadcast 3710 Mark Whittington
Date Aired: Tuesday 22 Jun 2021
Guest:  Mark Whittington;  Mark's new book, "Why Is America Going Back To The Moon," U.S., China, & Russian lunar plans, plus multiple other topics brought up by listeners. 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: Mark Whittington
Tags: Mark Whittington, Why Is America Going Back To The Moon, The Hill, Curmudgeons Corner, U.S. reasons for going back to the Moon, climate change, Artemis project, The Artemis Accords, commercial space support, Congress and the Moon, 2024 lunar landing target date, space race with China, China lunar plans, China and space tourism, American public and human space flight/exploration, SLS, Starship, NASA equity ad, Venus missions and climate change, space settlement, China's space station, Russia and the ISS, Chinese/Russian planetary missions, JWST, Tic Tac, FAA approval for New Shepherd & Virgin Galactic, National Space Council, V.P. Harris and space, Executive Secretary for the National Space Council, Mars Sample Return, Mars 2020
Broadcast 3678 Eric Berger
Date Aired: Tuesday 27 Apr 2021
Guest:  Eric Berger; Topics:  Eric's new book, "Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX."  In addition, Eric answered multiple questions about SpaceX, NASA, other companies, Elon Musk and returning to the Moon. 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...
Guests: Eric Berger
Tags: Eric Berger, Ars Technica, Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX, Falcon 1 rocket, Kwajalein launch site, Musk management style, early SpaceX giggle factor, Falcon 1 launches, Starship, SpaceX NASA human lunar lander award, SpaceX opposition, legal challenges to Starship human lunar lander award, SpaceX glass dome on Crew Dragon, Inspiration4 mission, Inspiration4 safety FAA and safety concerns, SLS, Orion, the Lunar Gateway, launch checklist for the 11th item, Falcon 1 slosh issue was 11th risk item, SpaceX hiring, SpaceX Texas relocation, SpaceX award a tipping point for Starship & SLS, Additional funding for backup lunar lander proposal, NASA budget and Artemis funding, SpaceX lunar lander project technical risks, SpaceX award high risk for NASA, 2024 lunar landing in play, SpaceX thermal tile Florida program, SpaceX domestic & foreign competition
Broadcast 3670 Hotel Mars TBD
Date Aired: Wednesday 14 Apr 2021
Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Jeff Foust, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  John and I discussed with Jeff the nomination of former Senator Bill Nelson of Florida as the new NASA Administrator. We talked programs, budgets, Sen. Nelson's support for NewSpace-Commercial space, SLS and much 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...
Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, Dr. Jeffrey Foust
Tags: Hotel Mars, John Batchelor, Dr. Jeff Foust, Dr. David Livingston, Sen. Nelson nomination for NASA Administrator, SLS, Lori Garver, NewSpace, Commercial space, NASA Administrator qualifications, Artemis, The Artemis Accords, The Wolf Amendment, China, NASA budget, congressional expertise and support, Sen. Nelson then versus now, Sen. Nelson and leadership
Broadcast 3661 Robert (Bob) Zimmerman
Date Aired: Tuesday 23 Mar 2021
Guest:  Robert (Bob)Zimmerman; Topics: Mars, Perseverance, Curiosity, searching for signs of life on Mars, suborbital tourism, Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, Blue origin, the NASA Mars program, possible NASA Administrator Artemis, Abraham Accords, Israel and the UAE and multiple other 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.  ...
Guests: Robert Zimmerman
Tags: Bob Zimmerman, Mars rovers, perseverance, Curiosity, Ingenuity, helicopter, Martian thin atmosphere, Chines Mars rover discussion, ground penetrating radar, water ice on Mars, searching for life on Mars, NASA PR, vanishing Mars water, Juno at Jupiter, the Moon, China on the Moon, Chinese lunar sample return, Marshall Martin phone call, Ingenuity flight time, NewSpace market economics, RocketLab, Virgin Galactic, SPACS, Blue Origin suborbital flight, dark matter, dark energy, Halton Arp theories, Viking, the NASA Mars Program, theories compared to data, Newton on theories, Sen. Nelson as NASA Administrator, quasars, quasars and red shift, Griffith Observatory telescopes, SLS, JWST, lava tube Martian habitats, Antarctica as a Martian analog, cosmology, General Relativity, SLS recent engine test, Starlink
Broadcast 3660 Open Lines
Date Aired: Sunday 21 Mar 2021
Guest:  Dr. David Livingston, host; Topics:  Commercial space review with Robert Jacobson plus multiple and various space topics per several callers plus emails from listeners. 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: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: Open Lines, Robert Jacobson, Commercial space, NASA-SpaceX space traffic mgmt. agreement, SLS, Artemis, the Dear Moon project and application, Jeff Bezos, Relativity Space, 3D rocket printing, Starlink, Clubhouse, Marshall Martin, Falcon Heavy gimbaling, Voyager Space Holdings potential IPO, Los Angeles upcoming space conferences, Oumuamua new explanation, Kim Holder, AIAA SF Chapter April 1 webinar, Comet Leonard, farming Mars, interplanetary agriculture, TAO Zero, Tic Tac update, John Hunt on the Muon Catalyzed Aneutronic Fusion Drive, Dr. Doug on Sen. Nelson for NASA Administrator, artificial gravity prescription, O'Neillian space colony and AG, AG on the Moon or Mars
Broadcast 3659 Hotel Mars with James Bennett
Date Aired: Wednesday 17 Mar 2021
Guests: John Batchelor, James Bennett, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Heavy lift rocket comparisons with SLS, New Glenn and Starship.   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...
Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, James C. Bennett
Tags: John Batchelor, James Bennett, Dr. David Livingston, heavy lift rockets, SLS, Starship, New Glenn, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Elon Musk, Russia-China join lunar colony plans, The Blue Origin New Armstrong rocket, SpaceX progress, SLS problems & challenges, SpaceX performance, SLS testing challenges, Blue Origin step by step slow progress, SpaceX credibility, SLS analogy to Lord of the Rings, Russia and China lunar colony capability, Russia China political announcement, Starship as the DC3 of solar system travel
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 3650: Open Lines
Date Aired: Sunday 28 Feb 2021
Guests:  Robert Jacobson was a first segment guest, then followed by Open Lines callers on multiple topics.  Topics:  Gravity prescription, pregnancy in space, robotics, space settlement, O'Neill free space colonies, 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: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: Open Lines, Robert Jacobson commercial space report, satellite industry stability, human spaceflight, SpaceX and St. Jude contest, Inspiration 4, Astrobotic, Luna Library, LunaPrise, ULA, Relativity Space, 3D rocket, ESA Moon Village, lunar landing pads, debris mitigation, Moonwards spacesuit, sustainable access meaning, space settlement, lunar tire marks, regulatory concerns, UN on long term space settlement, Lunar Gateway, SLS, SLS cancellation complexities, Starship heat resistant tiles, Lunar-Mars settlement and the gravity prescription discussion, O'Neill colonies and 1g, space settlement and children, research to determine the gravity prescription, centrifuge in LEO, AI, self-replicating structures, gravity prescription animal research, pregnancy in space, ethical issues, irresponsible space tourists
Broadcast 3637 James Bennett
Date Aired: Sunday 31 Jan 2021
Guest:  James Bennet;  Topics: Space policy, commercial segments, financial stability for the space industry, the importance of US space leadership 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: James C. Bennett
Tags: James Bennett, commercial space disruption, The Economics of Space: An Industry Ready To Launch, space educational challenges, NASA Administrator Bridenstine, space industry financial stability, SLS, Starship, human spaceflight, new space industry paradigm, China and the US commercial space industry, U.S. space leadership, Artemis Accords, Outer Space Treaty, space property rights, space solar power (SSP), beaming power from space, beam powered air transportation, ISS as a power beaming model, Starlink, nuclear power for space, commercial fusion, people in space as an industry driver, robots in space, space bitcoin mining, space tourists are biomedical experiments and research products, space colonies, fusion for space travel, ISS in the future, Thorium reactors, Biden Administration wait and see, National Space Council, space hardware, available capital for space investment and growth, harmful taxation, ESA, Rocket Labs, revisiting SLS with Starship success
Broadcast 3621 Dr. Ajay Kothari
Date Aired: Tuesday 22 Dec 2020
Guest:  Dr. Ajay Kothari; Topics: Multiple topics related to getting back to the Moon and why, China space policy, art and poetry, humanity needs space exploration, the Fermi Paradox, The Drake Equation plus 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....
Guests: Dr. Ajay Kothari
Tags: Dr. Ajay Kothari, continuing space development/exploration, space relations with China, U.S. Space Force, Artemis, SLS, Lunar Gateway, going straight to the Moon from Earth, SSP, the benefit of Eastern minds, Fermi Paradox, The Drake Equation, India and Chandrayaan II, benefiting humanity, Chinese nationalism, China's real space timeline, Biden's NASA Transition Team, repurposing SLS, lunar water ice, Chinese Moon rocket, going directly to the Moon economics over the Lunar Gateway, Chandrayaan II analysis, art and poetry along side engineering, using capital models for incentives

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