Date Aired: Saturday 11 Aug 2007
Dr. Pat Hynes was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming Personal Spaceflight Symposium in Las Cruces, NM from Oct. 24-25, 2007 (http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/isps/index.html). We began our discussion with an overview of the Symposium as well as X-Prize Cup. Dr. Hynes and I then discussed the speakers, topics, and agenda in detail. This is a power packed program with great speakers and topics so not only will you want to hear about it on this program, you will want to attend...
Date Aired: Thursday 09 Aug 2007
Chip Proser was the guest for this Space Show program. We discussed his new documentary which is now finished, "Gaia Selene: Saving the Earth by Colonizing the Moon." The discussion was far more comprehensive than the documentary with questions about space solar power, nuclear power, energy from the Moon, energy wars, and more. Chip also talked about the interviews that he has done at ISDC, many of which are now online. You can see much of the ISDC interviews by visiting www.mooncolony.tv or...
Date Aired: Monday 06 Aug 2007
Dr. Mike Gruntman was the guest for this Space Show program. First, please be aware that this interview had substantial phone line noise which could not be cleared up during the call or show processing. We do apologize for any inconvenience this "noisy" conversation causes you. We began the program by discussing his award winning book published by AIAA, "Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry." AIAA has just completed a second printing of the book with a substantial...
Date Aired: Sunday 05 Aug 2007
Gerald Blackburn was the guest for this show regarding the work of Aerospace Legacy Foundation (www.aerospacelegacyfoundation.org). The discussion with Mr. Blackburn took us down historic roads as we learned about the historical preservation and out reach programs of the Foundation, especially with the old Downey Boeing site and the City of Downey, California Columbia Memorial Space Sciences Learning Center. In addition, listeners asked Jerry questions about his work experience which spanned X-...
Date Aired: Saturday 04 Aug 2007
Monte Davis was the guest for this almost two hour special Space Show program. Mr. Davis had as a focus for this show to discuss the Space Shuttle and lessons learned from it, if any. As such, this program looks at the question of cheap space access, the role of the shuttle, our expectations, RLVs and much more. Monte went into detail about the difficulty of accessing space and why the systems in place now and the programs we are now developing it work against cheap access. He also talked about...
Date Aired: Thursday 02 Aug 2007
Dr. Pete Worden was the guest on this Space Show program for the first hour, followed by Open Lines. In talking with Dr. Worden, we began the interview with the changes that have taken place with NASA Ames since Dr. Worden became its director. We covered many topics from support of the VSE, Devon Island, and astrobiology. Dr. Worden updated us on several Ames priorities which include software for the constellation program, thermal protection, robotics as the lead for the L-Cross Mission in 2008...
Date Aired: Tuesday 31 Jul 2007
USAF Col. Michael V. Smith (Coyote) was the guest for this Space Show program. As Chief of Future Concepts of the National Security Space Office, Col. Smith looks forward in time to how best to design and bring to fruition advanced technology that is not yet doable today in 2007. The program today largely focused on Space-Based Solar Power (SSP) and the Feasibility Study he is undertaking, a study which ends Sept. 15, 2007. Later during the show we also talked about launch platforms and the...
Date Aired: Monday 30 Jul 2007
Michael Kelly was the guest for this Space Show program. The main focus of this show was our reusable launch vehicle (RLV) discussion. Mike took us through all aspects of RLV engineering, R...
Date Aired: Sunday 29 Jul 2007
Robert Richards was the guest for this Space Show program. We began talking about the upcoming NASA Phoenix mission to Mars as Bob's company, Optech, Inc. in Canada, had a Mars weather station on board. We talked about various aspects of the mission and the weather station, from how it was built, to having backup hardware in case of a launch disaster, to doing Martian missions and more. This discussion led to yet another discussion about the importance of the manned space program for the Moon...
Date Aired: Saturday 28 Jul 2007
Shubber Ali was the guest for this Space Show program. We covered many discussion topics from the accident at Scaled last week to the problems reported with NASA, including possible shuttle sabotage and possible drunk shuttle crews. The points made by Shubber on these topics are interesting and to the point so don't miss them. We also talked about SSP and its possible R...
Date Aired: Thursday 26 Jul 2007
Dr. Jon Clark was the guest for this Space Show program. This show covers many issues and aspects of human factors for space, ranging from sport diving from high altitude or even space to the more common discussion topics of air sickness. We discussed the forces that one encounters when making this type of jump, we talked about the equipment needed, we compared it to SCUBA, and much more. Scattered throughout the program we discussed crew safety, ejection from a disabled spacecraft, and much...
Date Aired: Wednesday 25 Jul 2007
Elon Musk was the guest for this special Space Show program. Mr. Musk was with us for half an hour, the balance of this hour long program was open lines. During Elon's visit with us, he brought us up to date with Falcon 1 with an expected launch date for first quarter 2008. We also talked about the challenges of rocket building, we compared Space X to the complexity of Pay Pal and Elon talked to us about the Russian Roulette characteristic so strongly present with rocket building. Listeners who...
Date Aired: Monday 23 Jul 2007
Rand Simberg and William Simon returned for this Space Show program devoted to Evoloterra, their ceremony that honors humankind leaving Earth and landing on a new planet, the Apollo 11 Moon landing. You can download the Evoloterra ceremony at www.evoloterra.com. To do so, click on the astronaut's faceplate. Rand and Bill began the discussion by talking about why its important to have this ceremony and remember the landing. The discussion continued and addressed elements of freedom and what...
Date Aired: Sunday 22 Jul 2007
Dr. Neville Marzwell was the guest for this Space Show program. We began this program asking Dr. Marzwell about the VSE from his vantage point. I mentioned that in recent shows I was caught a bit off guard by guests that were not supportive of the manned mission to the Moon, plus the fact that the VSE does not seem to grab the attention of the non-space public the way going to the Moon did for my generation in the 60's. Dr. Marzwell cited specific survey results about what people want regarding...
Date Aired: Saturday 21 Jul 2007
Dr. Jeff Foust was the guest for this Space Show program. We started the discussion by asking Jeff how one submits an article to The Space Review (www.thespacereview.com). After talking about The Space Review, we asked Jeff for his comments on the New Space 2007 conference he attended this past week. Jeff provided a with a day by day accounting of the programming, starting with Thursday which was a commercial-military space plane day. He brought us current with what is happening with...
Date Aired: Thursday 19 Jul 2007
Dr. Alan Binder was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Binder started the program out by honoring today, July 20, for the Apollo 11 Moon landing and the Viking 1 landing on Mars. The first segment of the show is devoted to his telling us about these programs, especially Viking as he was one of the PI's on the Viking program. You will certainly want to hear his first hand experiences with Viking. In addition, he talks about data analysis and the need for it after a mission but the...
Date Aired: Tuesday 17 Jul 2007
This is a Deep Space Message by Michael Belfiore, author, speaker and Space Show guest. Here is Michael's message: Greetings! You've reached the human civilization in the early 21st century on planet Earth. We're the third planet from our sun on the western spiral arm of the galaxy.... Well, you know where to find us. Now, tell us where you are, and we'll send out a probe to meet you. We regret that we cannot meet you in person yet, unless you come to us...and, well, maybe you'd better hold off...
Date Aired: Monday 16 Jul 2007
Donald A. Beattie, author of the Apogee book, "ISScapades: The Crippling of America's Space Program," was the guest for this Space Show program. Given Mr. Beattie's vast NASA, NSF, and related government experience, we discussed in depth decision making, budget and funding, and policy with regards to government programs, specifically those relating to the ISS and our space program. I strongly recommend your reading his book as well as listening to this show as our discussion is heavy on solid...
Date Aired: Sunday 15 Jul 2007
Dr. Pat Patterson and Robert Meurer were the guests for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming SmallSat conference in Logan, UT (www.smallsat.org) and the small satellite industry. We started the discussion with Dr. Patterson by having him provide us with general schedule, agenda, and theme information for the upcoming SmallSat conference. This is an outstanding conference and if you can be in Logan or are near there at the time of the conference, August 13-16, I urge you to attend....
Date Aired: Saturday 14 Jul 2007
Sam Coniglio was the guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion talking about space tourism and specifically the Space Tourism Society (www.spacetourismsociety.org). Sam told us about the work of the organization and the upcoming Orbital Design Challenge which is designed to be a competition to create interiors and a lifestyle for the Bigelow Aerospace Nautilus orbital habitat. You can get more information about this challenge at the Space Tourism Society website as well as by...
Date Aired: Thursday 12 Jul 2007
Dr. Henry Hertzfeld and Dr. Pierre-Alain Schieb were the guests for this special Space Show program to discuss the Space 2030 reports talked about frequently on the program. The Space 2030 reports were issued by the Organization For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD) and our two guests were on the team that studied and issued these reports. As Dr. Schieb explained early in the program, the main goals of OECD were to help create a path for needed space infrastructure development and to...
Date Aired: Monday 09 Jul 2007
Dr. Robert Zubrin was the returning guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion with Bob with a focus on the upcoming 10th Annual Mars Society Conference which will be held on the UCLA campus over the Labor Day weekend 2007. You can register for the conference and find out more about it at www.marssociety.org. This year the conference is speaker-packed and clearly this is a conference to attend. Also, political action sessions are more important than ever because as you will hear...
Date Aired: Sunday 08 Jul 2007
Commander Neil Woodward from NASA HQ was the guest for this Space Show program. We started our discussion with Commander Woodward asking him about his aircraft carrier flight and landing experiences. In addition to experiencing night and bad weather traps through this vicarious conversation with Cmdr.Woodward, including learning how much time we had for survival in cold water with various Navy survival equipment, listeners began asking him questions about aircraft pressurization issues and...
Date Aired: Saturday 07 Jul 2007
Dr. George C. Nield of the AST office was the guest for this Space Show program. We began the interview with Dr. Nield giving us an update on new developments within AST and the industry since the last time he was on the show. His report was positive and upbeat, make sure you listen to it. George also reviewed the mission of AST as mandated by congress. AST has the job of making sure there is public safety for the uninvolved public on the ground and also to license and promote space...
Date Aired: Thursday 05 Jul 2007
Dr. Stuart Eves of Surrey Satellite Technology LTD (www.sstl.org) was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Eves began our discussion with a brief history and overview of Surrey Satellite followed by a description of the small satellites that Surrey makes for its unique market niche. Listeners asked questions about ITAR and export issues, the Surrey Space Center academic programs and export restrictions/impact regarding students as well as international business, and Surrey's UK lunar...
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