Date Aired: Sunday 08 Feb 2004
Chip Proser, award winning film, television, and documentary maker, was the guest on this edition of The Space Show. Mr. Proser, having worked on many space themed movies and scripts, provided an insiders look at the role played by Hollywood, television, and documentaries regarding space subjects. He concluded that Hollywood is not necessarily the friend of space that many in the space advocate community think it is and he explained why. He also talked to about space documentaries and...
Date Aired: Tuesday 03 Feb 2004
Rick Sterling was the guest for this Space Show program. Mr. Sterling spent considerable time outlining his views, based on his research which includes the statements and comments by leading space scientists and researchers, that most likely there are artifacts on the Moon and on Mars. In addition, Mr. Sterling strongly supported the new space policy initiative for returning to the Moon and sending humans to Mars as proposed by President Bush. He made the case over and over again as to why such...
Date Aired: Sunday 01 Feb 2004
Frederick Ordway III was the featured guest for this Space Show program. We spoke extensively about Wernher von Braun and his Rocket Team, their work in Germany, their coming to the United States, and how they developed our space program. Mr. Ordway also discussed the space development and exploration visions for the future that von Braun is known for, and suggested solid reasons why as a nation we did not move forward to make those visions our nations reality, especially sending humans to Mars...
Date Aired: Tuesday 27 Jan 2004
Dr. Clark Lindsey returned to The Space Show for this program. Dr. Lindsey, founder and owner of www.hobbyspace.com, one of the web's best resources for space and space related matters, interviews, and factual information for advocates, the general public, and everyone, talked about the importance of bringing a proper space understanding and appreciation to the public and all people interested in space. We examined the Bush space policy proposal in detail, discussed a return to the Moon and on...
Date Aired: Sunday 25 Jan 2004
Dr. Angie Bukley returned to The Space Show and Dr. Jim Burke made his first appearance on the program in today's edition. We discussed the space policy initiative submitted by President Bush, the push to the Moon and Mars by nation's other than the United States, what the Moon has to offer and much more. We discussed space access, the best use for the International Space Station, the International Space University, China and its policy, and why we should be returning to the Moon. Dr. Bukley...
Date Aired: Tuesday 20 Jan 2004
Leonard David, the senior space writer for space.com is the guest for this edition of the Space Show. We talk about the latest with the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, how JPL works and handles these two rover missions, his free and unfettered access to both data and JPL employees so that he can report and bring to everyone the latest on what is being discovered about Mars from these rovers. Mr. David also talks about his own views on the rovers, Mars, the type of e-mail he gets from...
Date Aired: Sunday 18 Jan 2004
Jim Schulz, Founder and President of Space Resources, Inc. (“SRI”), is the guest for this Space Show program. During the program, Mr. Schulz explained both the concept and the details of SRI, the target market, its space access plans and launch vehicle options, the regulatory environment that will most likely apply to SRI, the financing of the venture, and more. We also talked about the Bush space policy program recently announced, the public's reaction to the program and extensive space...
Date Aired: Tuesday 13 Jan 2004
Jim Benson, founder and CEO of SpaceDev, a publicly traded space development and exploration company, was the guest for this edition of The Space Show. Mr. Benson discussed SpaceDev projects and its long term plans for its private space program through 2015 and longer. We talked about the importance of having a business background when managing a space company, we talked about the early history of SpaceDev and the barriers put in the SpaceDev path by NASA. My observation was that these barriers...
Date Aired: Sunday 11 Jan 2004
Jeff Birks, UK space enthusiast and policy expert, joined The Space Show to discuss the Mars rovers, Beagle 2, British and European space policy, attitudes in the UK and across Europe regarding space development and exploration and more. He also provided us with his insights on the proposed President Bush space policy for returning to the Moon and on to Mars, the Chinese space program, and more. Included in the discussion are low cost launch options, new launch technologies including updates on...
Date Aired: Tuesday 06 Jan 2004
Laura Woodmansee, author of Women Astronauts, joined the Space Show to discuss women in space as astronauts and in other related fields. Ms. Woodmansee cited numerous careers involving women in space, including museum curator, artist, and even a nun! It was a most interesting and informative discussion. Ms. Woodmansee was asked about the differences between men and women in space, if any, and the paths taken by each gender to create a career in space. We discussed both her books, how she was...
Date Aired: Sunday 04 Jan 2004
Curt Newport is the author of Lost Spacecraft: The Search for Liberty Bell 7. Mr. Newport talks about the effort to recover the Mercury program space capsule flown by Gus Grissom. Both his experience and reaction to seeing Liberty Bell 7 on the ocean floor are remarkable. In addition, Mr. Newport talks at length about finding things in the ocean, working on projects from plane crashes to the Challenger accident. Join us as we explore innerspace as well as outer-space with Curt Newport.
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