Date Aired: Sunday 11 Oct 2009
Guest: Walt Anderson. Topics: Augustine Commission, Walt's future plans, legal updates, Mir Space Station and MirCorp. Walt Anderson returned to The Space Show for a series of four fifteen minute telephone interviews from his federal correctional facility in New Jersey. These interviews took place on August 19 and October 2, 2009. During these telephone conversations, Walt updated us on his legal status and the dropping of most of the charges against him by the IRS. Walt received a copy of the...
Date Aired: Tuesday 21 Jul 2009
Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Media interviews and privacy, NASA, Ares 1 and pork, Iran, How to be a guest on The Space Show. This two hour program was an Open Lines program divided into three segments. During the first segment, I covered a few topics and issues that I thought needed airing and discussing. For example, for listeners wanting to contact me or ask a question, please use drspace@thespaceshow.com, do not send me messages through Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. I...
Date Aired: Monday 29 Jun 2009
Guests: James Pura and Ryan McLinko. Topics: NewSpace 2009, lunar opportunities, Kool-Aid, NASA Ames. Our guests, James Pura and Ryan McLinko are the co-chairs of the upcoming NewSpace 2009 conference to be held July 17-20 at NASA Ames in Mountain View, Ca. For more information about NewSpace 2009, please visit http://newspace2009.spacefrontier.org. James and Ryan went through some of the featured programming and keynote speakers. We talked about the $5,000 Heinlein Prize that will be given to...
Date Aired: Tuesday 23 Jun 2009
Guest: Robert Zimmerman. Topics: space policy, NASA, human spaceflight, Hubble, SpaceX, LRO. Bob Zimmerman returned to The Space Show for this news update. He started the discussion with an evaluation of current space policy based on his perception of Obama's interest in space and the delay in appointing a new NASA Administrator. We talked about the human spaceflight program, science missions, engineering research and planetary research and returning to the Moon as a priority. Bob told us about...
Date Aired: Sunday 19 Apr 2009
Guest: Chris Carberry. Topics: Mars Society, NASA Administrator, terraforming Mars, life on Mars, commercial missions to Mars, Mars advocacy. Chris Carberry, Executive Director of The Mars Society, was the guest today to discuss the upcoming Mars Society Conference at College Park, MD on the campus of the University of Maryland from July 30-August 2, 2009. To find out more about the conference, please visit www.marssociety.org/portal/c/Conventions/2009. In addition, the Call for Papers is still...
Date Aired: Sunday 15 Feb 2009
Guest: Alfred Zaehringer. Topics: rocket science, rocket equation, Mars, chemical rockets, space tourism, low cost space access. Al Zaehringer returned to The Space Show to discuss his two books. Al was the editor of "Rocketscience: The Journal of the Detroit Rocket Society, Inc. 1947-1952," which is available from http://www.apogeebooks.com. This is a must have reference book, one of the very best of its kind. Apogee also rereleased his earlier book, "Rocket Science." We started the interview...
Date Aired: Monday 09 Feb 2009
Guest: Dr. Eligar Sadeh. Topics: Contested Space Domain, space weaponization, Iran, nuclear missiles, China and the ISS, treaties, space advocacy, military space, Israel. PLEASE NOTE THAT DR. SADEH EXPRESSED VERY STRONG PERSONAL OPINIONS IN THIS DISCUSSION REGARDING IRAN, ISRAEL, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND SELF-DEFENSE. THESE OPINIONS ARE SOLELY THOSE OF DR. ELIGAR SADEH. DO NOT ASSUME THESE OPINIONS APPLY TO THE SPACE SHOW, THE HOST, OR ANYONE ELSE. Dr. Eligar Sadeh spoke with us about U.S. space...
Date Aired: Sunday 12 Oct 2008
Guest: Open Lines was the basis for this two hour Sunday Space Show program. Many topics were discussed with callers, those on chat, and through email, including the economic problems and the impact on space, Space Cynics and the recent set of posts regarding Masten Space Systems (http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/in-space-can-anybody-smell-the-bs/), Space Solar Power (SSP), the NASA Administrator, and more. Several of the questions and callers triggered my passion, so you will hear...
Date Aired: Sunday 07 Sep 2008
Guest (first hour): Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz was the guest for this special Space Show television show filmed on location in beautiful Cape Canaveral, Florida. We started our interview by discussing the relevance of space law as well as recent changes in this area, particularly in regards to Earth observation and remote sensing. Professor Gabrynowicz went over the original purpose of satellites for scientific research and the process by which countries agree to make relevant data freely...
Date Aired: Friday 01 Aug 2008
Guest: Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz from the University of Mississippi School of Law returned for this program. We started our discussion with updates regarding remote sensing and the disaster reporting component of the global remote sensing network. This information is available on the Res Communis Blog located at http://rescommunis.wordpress.com. In fact, this blog should be required reading for everyone on a daily basis for its factual content impacting the space world, civil, government,...
Date Aired: Monday 09 Jun 2008
Guest: Chris Carberry, Executive Director of The Mars Society, returned for this Space Show program. As Chris was in attendance at ISDC 2008, we opened our discussion with a review of the presidential candidates' representatives who made presentations at ISDC this year. Here we talked about the questions asked by Miles O'Brien of CNN, the lack of knowledge by the representatives about important space issues such as ITAR, and the overall disappointment felt across the board by the poor showing...
Date Aired: Friday 23 May 2008
Guest : Frank Stratford, CEO of MarsDrive (www.marsdrive.com), was the guest for this Space Show program. We started out by having Frank update us as to the purpose and mission of MarsDrive, then we talked about the MarsDrive petition, especially the version placed on the Space Cynics website (please see http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/peer-review-comes-to-the-space-cynics-so-have-at-it/ for more information). Frank was very direct in discussing the petition as well as its purpose,...
Date Aired: Tuesday 01 Apr 2008
Guest: David Dunlop, the Director of Project Development for The Moon Society (www.moonsociety.org), was the guest for this special two hour program. We started our discussion talking with David about why we should be returning to the Moon rather than going to Mars or a NEO. Listen to what he says and see if you agree. Also, would you go to the Moon to have a McDonalds' hamburger for lunch? He invites one of our listeners to do this and you will want to hear this somewhat playful discussion as...
Date Aired: Sunday 21 Jan 2007
Shubber Ali returned for this special Space Show program which was extended to 2 1/2 hours. We began our discussion with Shubber by asking him for his take on the VSE. the lunar launch architecture designed to take us to the Moon, and the time period for the program. Shubber wasted no time in taking us through the complicated political world surrounding the VSE and letting us know why he does not think it will happen. This led to a discussion about space advocacy, space support, commercial...
Date Aired: Saturday 01 Jul 2006
Bill Boland returned for this Space Show program. We began the interview with a detailed discussion about the new Teachers in Space Program as part of the overall programming of Space Frontier Foundation. Bill explained the program and answered listener questions it, even those that were skeptical. We then focused on space advocacy and the Space Frontier Foundation. In this segment, we talked about the new SFF projects, funding political action in space policy, the private sector and the public...
Date Aired: Tuesday 23 Aug 2005
Joe Latrell, CEO of Beyond-Earth Enterprises, returned to The Space Show for this program. Mr. Latrell not only provided us with an update for his company, Beyond-Earth Enterprises, but he responded to questions about the private space industry, NASA, the space shuttle, the VSE, space advocacy, and much more. Mr. Latrell also talked about the Beyond-Earth presence at the coming XPRIZE Cup program in October 2005 in New Mexico, the use of various launch sites from Frederick, Oklahoma to the...
Date Aired: Sunday 21 Nov 2004
Elaine Walker returned to The Space Show to discuss many important subjects ranging from Devon Island, the Moon Habitat with the Mexican Space Society, space advocacy, the new space policy vision and its impact on space development and advocacy. Elaine did a superb job in thoroughly discussing the Mars Analog site at Devon Island and the importance of the research going on at this Artic Circle location and the Haughton Crater. Known as the Nasa Haughton-Mars Project, Elaine, having spent two...
Date Aired: Tuesday 31 Aug 2004
Jeff Krukin was the guest for this Space Show program. Mr. Krukin began the interview by explaining his Human Space Connection program. This program consists of three major components addressing the environment, the extension of the global economy all of us are now experiencing, and the fact that space contains abundant resources. Mr. Krukin answers questions and provides excellent supporting information for these three components and his Human-Space Connection program. In addition to this...
Date Aired: Sunday 15 Feb 2004
Steven Wolfe returned to The Space Show to discuss aspects of President Bush's newly proposed space policy to return to the Moon and take humans to Mars. Not only did Steven Wolfe evaluate and discuss this policy from various points of view, he also discussed space advocacy, its plusses and shortfalls, especially when considering the type of space policy program now on the discussion table. Steven and I also suggested ways for space advocacy to be more inclusive, thus to advocate to and with...
Date Aired: Wednesday 17 Dec 2003
Rick Tumlinson joined the Space Show for this special program to discuss space policy, the return to the Moon, the importance of this 100th anniversary of powered flight and the Wright Brothers, space advocacy, Mars, and more. He told the true and accurate stories of the end of Mir and the Lance Bass effort to go to the ISS. Rick put forth his ideas for space access, commercial space, redesigning NASA with a new mission and lean and mean operational status. Rick Tumlinson is a visionary space...
Date Aired: Tuesday 21 Oct 2003
Dennis Wingo, President of Skycorp, Inc. and Chief Technical Officer for Orbital Recovery Corporation, was the guest on The Space Show for this program. Mr. Wingo shared his thoughts with us regarding effective space advocacy, the importance of proper business planning for space business ventures, on orbit construction and repair and geo satellite life extension through his company Orbital Recovery Corporation. We also discussed the Chinese space program, military space, politics, and new...
Date Aired: Tuesday 14 Oct 2003
Jim Spellman, the founder and director of the Western Spaceport Chapter of the National Space Society and a member of the California Spaceport Authority, was the guest on The Space Show for this program. Mr. Spellman discussed the Chinese launch this evening, joining the United States and Russia as the only nations that put a human in space. All aspects of the Chinese accomplishment were discussed, including possible political and military ramifications in this country, Russia, and Europe to...
Date Aired: Tuesday 07 Oct 2003
Dr. Al Differ, the Director of Analysis with JP Aerospace and a member of the Board of Directors for the Space Frontier Foundation, was the guest for The Space Show for this program. Dr. Differ discusses balloon launches, space access, the importance of space advocacy and how to make it work, various aspects of space policy, solar sails and related technology, space profitability, markets, and space organizations. We also discussed the economics of space policy and development.
Date Aired: Wednesday 16 Apr 2003
Elaine Walker, well known space advocate and activist as well as accomplished musician and singer is the guest on this edition of The Space Show. Ms. Walker discusses space advocacy and her unique journey into this world and her use of music to promote space development. We also highlight several of Elaine's musical compositions and scores, discuss her Chaos Melody Theory, and the need for space development and education. In addition, Ms. Walker discusses her involvement in futurist societies...
Date Aired: Wednesday 02 Apr 2003
Loretta Hidalgo and George Whitesides are the co- founders of Yuri's Night. Not only does this show focus on the Yuri's Night celebration and its importance, we also explore space advocacy, various space development programs and policies, and possible solutions to moving space commerce and the public's interest in space forward. Loretta and George disclose and detail their respective visions for a space-faring world. Loretta and George are experts in non-traditional space outreach and education...
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