Date Aired: Tuesday 05 Feb 2008
Guest: Mike Moore. Mike Moore was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss his new book, "Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance." We started our discussion by asking Mr. Moore to give us the premise of his book as well as a working definition for what might constitute a space weapon. This is a very interesting discussion. As you will hear, common sense and logic both play a fundamental role in how one defines a space weapon, since almost anything can qualify as a weapon just...
Date Aired: Monday 04 Feb 2008
Guest: Kathleen Connell. Kathleen Connell returned to The Space Show for this special program the day before Super Tuesday for the 2008 Presidential Primary Election Campaign. During the show, Kathleen spoke about space and politics, the place for space policy in the national dialog, and the work we need to do to bring this dialog into existence with political candidates, our representatives, and the general population. We briefly discussed the space policy of some of the leading presidential...
Date Aired: Sunday 03 Feb 2008
The Marshall Spaceflight Center took Charles Schollenberge and I on a tour of some of their facilities and I recorded each part of the tour. Sometimes the audio is challenging because of background equipment noise and the soft voice or proximity of the speaker. However, you should have no real problems hearing what was being explained to us. While Charles and I experienced this in person, I hope you can see using your mind's eye what we saw, or at least have a good visual idea of what was being...
Date Aired: Saturday 02 Feb 2008
Guest: Gala Event for the 50th Anniversary of America in Space in Huntsville, AL, Jan. 31, 2008. This Space Show program is a recording of the Gala Event held at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration for the dedication of the original, fully restored Saturn V Moon Rocket. The program starts out with an already in-progress special press conference with several astronauts. You will hear most of it although the audio can be challenging. In fact, the audio for this entire program is challenging...
Date Aired: Friday 01 Feb 2008
Huntsville: This is the first of several Space Show programs covering the 50th Anniversary of America In Space celebration here in Huntsville, Al. The first segment of this show is a sit-down with several executives of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce for a discussion about how space development, public money spent on space exploration, and how the skilled labor force has impacted the history, economy, education, and development of Huntsville , the region, and the country . We talked about...
Date Aired: Tuesday 29 Jan 2008
Guest: This is a Golden Oldie Program featuring John Spencer of the Space Tourism Society from August 15, 2001, immediately followed by Chuck Lauer from Pioneer Rocketplane (the predecessor to what is now known as Rocketplane Global) and the Oklahoma Spaceport from Christmas, Dec. 25, 2001. Compare and contrast both of these programs with the very recent appearances of each guest on The Space Show. Their most recent appearances were on Dec 30 2007 (John Spencer) and on October 28, 2007 (Chuck...
Date Aired: Monday 28 Jan 2008
Guest: Joan Horvath. Joan Horvath returned to The Space Show to talk about her new book, "What Scientists Actually Do." You can learn more about, look at the table of contents, and even read an excerpt at the website, www.whatscientistsactuallydo.com. Joan explained why she wrote the book, the need for it, and what readers are the target audience. Our discussion soon turned to education with Ms Horvath providing a broad look at science and engineering education in our country, both with...
Date Aired: Sunday 27 Jan 2008
Guest: Dallas Bienhoff. Dallas Bienhoff returned to The Space Show in order to update us and provide new information on the possibility of orbital fuel depots. This important discussion takes up the first segment of the show because such a depot would be applicable for returning to the Moon, visiting a NEO, going to Mars, or focusing on Earth imaging if that is the direction the next administration prefers when it takes office in January 2009. You will want to pay careful attention to what...
Date Aired: Friday 25 Jan 2008
Guest: Eric Wetzel. Eric Wetzel, Andrews Space, Inc. was the guest for this Friday Space Show program. We began the show by discussing the Andrews Space COTS proposal and several other unique Andrews projects. Unfortunately, Mr. Wetzel was unable to share much information with us because the Andrews COTS entry is still confidential and proprietary, but we did get the basics. From there, listeners asked him various engineering, space policy, and political policy questions. For example, he was...
Date Aired: Tuesday 22 Jan 2008
Guest: Jim Muncy. Jim Muncy returned to The Space Show for this special program. We covered many topics ranging from Jim's grad school days at the then-newly formed University of North Dakota, Space Studies Department to the politics of space. Former UND students were listening and asked Jim questions about what Space Studies was like in the late ' 80s and early '90s. For example, was NASA the only game in town with public space? Or were there any private sector space options back then other...
Date Aired: Monday 21 Jan 2008
Guest: Dr. Jay Buckey. Dr. Jay Buckey returned to The Space Show for a most interesting discussion about politics, space, and human factors affecting long-duration spaceflight. Since Dr. Buckey is running for the U.S. Senate from New Hampshire, I asked him about running on a space ticket, using space as a campaign tool, and using his former astronaut status to aid him in his campaign. You will want to hear his reply about these questions . We also talked about space issues in the recently...
Date Aired: Sunday 20 Jan 2008
Guest: Benjamin Solomon. Benjamin Solomon was the guest for this program in order to discuss his soon-to-be-released book, "An Introduction To Gravity Modification: A Guide to Using Laithwaite's and Podkletnov's Experiments and the Physics of Forces for Empirical Results." We started out with Mr. Solomon explaining what he means by gravity modification and why it's so challenging for the subject to be discussed in a credible way. Mr. Solomon spoke extensively about his experiments which he says...
Date Aired: Sunday 20 Jan 2008
Guest: Dr. David Livingston. This program, "Lessons Learned, Lessons Taught," expresses my opinion and thoughts regarding my recent experience with the New York Times Freakonomics blog and the poor editing of my essay response to "Is manned space exploration worth the cost? Why or why not?" Through a series of stupid decisions on my part, blind faith and trust, getting caught up in my own personal agenda, and some misleading emails from the Freakonomics corresponding editor , my essay was, in...
Date Aired: Friday 18 Jan 2008
Guest: Donna Shirley. Donna Shirley returned to The Space Show for this Friday program. We started our program with an overview of planetary science missions and the overall state of planetary science. Ms. Shirley discussed several specific missions including the Mercury Messenger, the probes currently on their way to Pluto, Jupiter, Mars, as well as a future lunar mission. Our conversation then took us into the realm of education, the current state of science and space awareness, and how best...
Date Aired: Tuesday 15 Jan 2008
Guest: Anousheh Ansari. Anousheh Ansari was the guest for the first hour of this Space Show program with the remainder of this nearly 2 hour program filled by Open Lines. Please visit Anousheh's website ( www.anoushehansari.com) for more information about her activities, interests, appearances, as well as her blog that she wrote aboard the ISS. We started the program by asking Anousheh about her interests in business and electronics and what triggered these interests for her. This led to a...
Date Aired: Monday 14 Jan 2008
Guest: Dr. Eligar Sadeh. Dr. Eligar Sadeh, of the Air Force Academy's Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, was the guest for this Space Show program. We started the program by asking Dr. Sadeh to tell us about the upcoming "National Space Forum 2008: Space Challenges Facing The New American Administration Of 2009," which will be held Feb. 7-8, 2008 in Washington DC. This Forum is sponsored by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and the Eisenhower Center for...
Date Aired: Sunday 13 Jan 2008
Guest: Dr. Paul Spudis. Dr. Paul Spudis of the Applied Physics Laboratory and Lunar and Planetary Institute was the guest for this Space Show program. We started off with a discussion of the Moon, the VSE, and the role the Moon plays in the VSE. Some of the issues raised and questions asked involved ice on the Moon, possible locations for a lunar settlement, temperatures within the lunar soil, the Google Lunar X Prize competition, and the lower labor costs in countries such as India and China...
Date Aired: Saturday 12 Jan 2008
DEEP SPACE MESSAGE: Rowen Poole , of "Persephone's Dream," submitted this Dec. 20, 2007 Deep Space Message. Here is the message relating to the song you will hear which will be archived with this Deep Space Message: Hello to anyone listening out there and to Space Show listeners. I am David Livingston, host of The Space Show, and we are bringing you another Deep Space Message. This message comes to you by way of the song, "Alien Embassy" by Rowen Poole and his band Persephone's Dream. Rowen...
Date Aired: Friday 11 Jan 2008
Guests: Andy Turner and Charles Miller. Andy Turner and Charles Miller were the guests today to discuss their joint team approach to the NASA COTS competition. In addition to the NASA COTS discussion, we also held a special contest for the best call-in question of the program. The prize was an once-in-a-lifetime tour of the High Bay at Space Systems/Loral in order to see how satellites are actually made. Our winner was Marshall Martin of Dallas, TX. You will want to hear his show-stopping...
Date Aired: Tuesday 08 Jan 2008
Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards. Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards was our guest for this Space Show program . We discussed Odyssey Moon Ltd, a commercial lunar enterprise based in the Isle of Man and the first official registrant in the Google Lunar X Prize competition. Bob began the discussions by explaining Odyssey Moon Ltd, its general business plan, their unwillingness to redevelop technology or hardware that they can buy commercially, and their plan for a continued lunar commercial presence. One...
Date Aired: Monday 07 Jan 2008
Guest: Alan Bean. Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Artist-Astronaut, was the guest for today's very special Space Show program. We started our discussion with Alan about when he developed his interest in art and if art and painting was often in his thoughts when he was in space, both on the Moon and on Skylab. During the program, Alan explained much about himself, his goals, and his space vision , and how his art expresses this and communicates with people of all ages. Additionally, we spent some time...
Date Aired: Sunday 06 Jan 2008
Guest: Chris Carberry. Chris Carberry, the National Political Director for The Mars Society, was our guest today to discuss space policy and particularly the space policy of the 2008 presidential candidates. We started the program by listing the current presidential candidates, from Hilary Clinton to Fred Thompson, and discussing each candidate's known space policy or lack thereof. As we discussed each candidate, listeners sent in further comments or questions about that candidate. You will...
Date Aired: Saturday 05 Jan 2008
Guest: Walt Anderson. Walt Anderson returned to The Space Show on three separate phone call interviews from his federal prison to tell Space Show listeners about his space vision , a space vision in general, and its importance for us and our planet. Walt was limited to 15 minutes on each call. The first 15-minute interview took place on Dec. 28, 2007 and the remaining 15-minute interviews took place on Jan. 5, 2008. In addition to talking with Walt about space vision , we discussed remaining...
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Date Aired: Friday 04 Jan 2008
Guests: Paul Devlin, Claire Missanelli, Amber Yoder. Paul Devlin, director of Blast: The Movie, Claire Missanelli, Producer, and Amber Yoder, Assistant Producer were the guests for this Space Show program. To learn more about Blast: The Movie and the ArtistShare program, please visit these websites: www.artistshare.com, www.blastthemovie.com, www.youtube.com/profile?user=pauldevlinproduction, www.blastthemovie.com, and www.blastshare.com. Mr. Devlin, an Emmy Award -Winning director, is...
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