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Date Aired: Wednesday 26 Feb 2003
Jeff Greason, President and co-founder of XCOR Aerospace is the guest on this edition of The Space Show. XCOR is an award winning and leading company in the sub-orbital rocket business. During this program, we discuss the XCOR product line of rockets, sub-orbital flight and markets, space commerce, regulation, engineering, technology, and more.
Guests: Mr. Jeff Greason
Date Aired: Wednesday 19 Feb 2003
Peter Wainwright is the co-founder, administrator, and webmaster of Space Future, www.spacefuture.com, the foremost source of information on space tourism, space power, and vehicles on the Internet. During this program, Mr. Wainwright discusses not only the contents of the Space Future site, but commercial space policy, space tourism, launch vehicles, space solar power, and lots more.
Guests: Peter Wainwright
Date Aired: Sunday 16 Feb 2003
Dr. Thomas Matula, an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Houston - Victoria, where he teaches in their MBA program, discusses new businesses strategies that have the potential to break through many of the existing commercial space barriers. We discuss space development banks, spaceports, the state of space education throughout the United States, space tourism, and space commerce in the aftermath of the Columbia shuttle accident. Dr. Matula offers suggestions for dealing with...
Guests: Dr. Thomas Matula
Date Aired: Wednesday 12 Feb 2003
Dr. Lawrence Kuznetz is the Bioastronautics Flight Projects Manager Research Manager at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. This Space Show program not only discusses some of the projects and science advancements being developed at the Institute and with NASA, but also the Columbia accident as Dr. Kuznetz knew the astronauts, especially Laurel Clark and her husband, Dr. John Clark.
Guests: Dr. Lawrence Kuznetz
Date Aired: Sunday 09 Feb 2003
Pat Bahn and Ed Wright are working with the newly formed Suborbital Institute to further legislation, regulation, insurance, liability, and other relevant issues to expedite the creation of this commercial space industry. This Space Show program talks in-depth about suborbital space flight, the prospects for this new industry, and the work being undertaken by the Suborbital Institute. In addition, Mr. Wright explains in detail the prospects for rocket racing, its current status, and it...
Date Aired: Wednesday 05 Feb 2003
This is the Columbia Tribute Program. Previous Space Show guests and listeners call in or send emails which are read on the air, to express their condolences to the families of the Columbia astronauts. They also discuss their vision for the future of our manned space program. Copies of this Space Show program have been sent to NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, and Senator John McCain of Arizona.
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Date Aired: Wednesday 05 Feb 2003
John King is a nationally recognized teacher, coach, and program leader with extensive experience in helping space advocates reach their advocacy goals. As president of JLS Consulting, Mr. King is in the unique position to work with space advocates and their organizations to produce striking results. This Space Show program discusses space advocacy, its organization, vision and future, especially in the aftermath of the tragic Columbia Space Shuttle accident.
Guests: Mr. John King
Date Aired: Sunday 02 Feb 2003
Jim McDade and Tom McKeever discuss the Columbia shuttle accident and what it means to space development. In addition, we discuss the need for a new national day of recognition for our space program. Together as co-founders of a new drive to support such a day, Mr. McDade and Mr. McKeever started a petition drive which is explained to The Space Show listeners. You can learn more about this proposal and sign the petition by visiting http://www.july20th.us/.
Guests: Mr. Jim McDade, Mr. Tom McKeever
Date Aired: Wednesday 29 Jan 2003
Ms. Brook Mantia has been a dedicated space activist since joining the L5 Society (now the National Space Society) in 1979. She is the current president of the Golden Gate Space Frontier Society, the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of NSS. As a guest on The Space Show, Ms. Mantia discusses the importance of space commerce, space advocacy, ways to get involved in promoting space that can and will make a difference, and the need for more women to be involved in space organizations and support.
Guests: Ms. Brook E. Mantia
Date Aired: Wednesday 22 Jan 2003
Dr. Livingston, host of The Space Show, conducts an OPEN LINES program due to a technical problem with the telephone lines in contacting the scheduled guest. During this program, several important topics are discussed and Dr. Livingston presents his Code of Ethics for Off-Earth Commerce to the listeners.
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Date Aired: Wednesday 15 Jan 2003
John Carter McKnight is the author of a biweekly online column, “The Spacefaring Web,” (available by email and carried at http://www.SpaceDaily.com) which addresses economic, political and technological aspects of space development. During this program, Mr. McKnight explores these issues and searches for the best methods to facilitate space tourism and commerce. We also explore Mr. McKnight's unusual but highly accurate comparison of the teachings and values of P.T. Barnum with today's business...
Guests: John Carter McKnight
Date Aired: Wednesday 08 Jan 2003
Gene Meyers, founder of the Space Island Group, has the goal to privately finance the design, launch and construction of very large, commercial space facilities in orbit. Mr. Meyers will be discussing his plans and talking about the strategic partnerships he has developed to realize this Space Island goal.
Guests: Gene Meyers
Date Aired: Wednesday 01 Jan 2003
Jim McDade, the Director of Technology at the University of Alabama Birmingham Business and Engineering Complex, is also the founder and coordinator of SpaceADG electronic newsletter. During our interview, Mr. McDade discusses his areas of interest, including giving us excellent reasons why we need to be exploring space. He also talks about the Moon/Mars debate, the Moon hoax, The Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger accident. McDade helps us to identify the facilitators for helping humanity to...
Guests: Mr. Jim McDade
Date Aired: Wednesday 25 Dec 2002
Paul Blase, the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of TransOrbital, Inc., the company preparing to send private missions to the Moon. This program discusses the TransOrbital TrailBlazer mission with Mr. Blase, along with the full range of commercial lunar missions being planned by TransOrbital. We talk about the mock-up payload process, and about both his and the TransOrbital relationship with The Mex-LunarHab (MLH) Project and the Mex-AreoHab (MAH) and MLH projects. Since this interview is the...
Guests: Paul Blase
Date Aired: Wednesday 18 Dec 2002
Richard Godwin is a space aficionado, space advocate and joint owner of Apogee Books which among many topics, documents our history in space. He is very interested in the education of kids regarding space and he wants to start an annual space fair. His focus is on working to get the public to see how valuable space research is for the overall economy and he discusses his ideas on our program. He also shares his insights from his work on asteroid and planetary defense issues. In addition, Mr....
Guests: Mr. Richard Godwin
Date Aired: Thursday 12 Dec 2002
Dr. Steven Dick, an astronomer and historian of science at the U.S. Naval Observatory since 1979 and a well known expert in the field of astrobiology and its cultural implications, discusses the possibilities of extraterrestrial life, its implications for our life and culture, the likelihood of it existing, and whether there are any commercial possibilities in this area. We will also discuss with Dr. Dick the history of life on other worlds and the entire issue of searching for life off Earth.
Guests: Dr. Steven Dick
Date Aired: Wednesday 04 Dec 2002
Dr. Douglas A. Vakoch of SETI discusses whether our search for life in the universe is really about discovering life off Earth or learning more about ourselves. We also explore just how we might turn our search for ET life into a successful commercial venture, and if the search for life off Earth helps, hinders, or is a non-issue for expanding space commerce. We will also discuss the latest on his research and the SETI efforts to find ET life.
Guests: Dr. Douglas A. Vakoch
Date Aired: Wednesday 27 Nov 2002
Mr. Sam Coniglio shares with us some of the new ways he is working to keep the public excited about space travel. We also ask him about reusable launch vehicles (RLVs) and the advent of affordable space travel given his previous experience with the DCX. Other issues addressed with Mr. Coniglio include the relevance of public space travel to society at large, space tourism market research studies and their meaning to this new industry, space architecture and how this field is developing with an...
Guests: Mr. Samuel Coniglio
Date Aired: Wednesday 20 Nov 2002
George Osorio was the guest for this program which focuses on one of Mr. Osorio's special interest projects, the search for life in the solar system. In addition to discussing the process of looking for life off Earth, Mr. Osorio brings his experience and expertise to bear regarding the design characteristic of the ISS and its commercial facilities and applications, plus lots more.
Guests: George Osorio
Date Aired: Wednesday 06 Nov 2002
Dr. Wendell Mendell, Manager of the Office for Human Exploration Science at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Dr. Mendell discusses human space exploration, lunar development, and other relevant space development topics.
Guests: Dr. Wendell Mendell
Date Aired: Wednesday 30 Oct 2002
Rick Tumlinson, leading advocate, champion, and authority for commercial space development. Mr. Tumlinson discusses many of his famous space projects and activities, the barriers he encountered, and discloses how he worked through the barriers to successful resolutions. We have an in depth conversation with him regarding the need and urgency to develop a human presence in space.
Guests: Mr. Rick Tumlinson
Date Aired: Wednesday 23 Oct 2002
Robert Becerra, Attorney. Mr. Becerra discusses The FAA, its AST office and the issuing of launch licenses. He tells us about the typical requirements to obtain a license from the FAA for launches of expendable and reusable vehicles, and for reentry vehicles. Our guest has substantial experience with the process itself and many of the requirements, the launch regulations, and the required FAA applications
Guests: Mr. Robert Becerra
Date Aired: Wednesday 16 Oct 2002
Leonard David, Space.com & The World Space Congress, Houston, Texas, October 2002. Mr. David guides us through major events and developments breaking at the World Space Conference in Houston, Texas.
Guests: Leonard David
Date Aired: Wednesday 09 Oct 2002
Dr. Brad Edwards, The Space Elevator. Dr. Edwards explains the space elevator concept which is a revolutionary low-cost proposal for moving people and payloads into Earth orbit and then outward into space. His discussion includes mention of Eureka Scientific, the company aiding researchers with their space elevator efforts, along with explaining the concept of the "ribbon" which will stretch 62,000 miles from Earth to space, anchored here on Earth to an offshore sea floating platform near the...
Guests: Dr. Brad Edwards
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