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 Aug 2005
Gene Kranz returned to The Space Show for this special program. Mr. Kranz talked about his upcoming History Channel sequel, "Beyond The Moon" Failure Is Not An Option II." The show airs August 28, 2005 on The History Channel, 9PM ET and PT. In addition to discussing this upcoming television special, we spoke at length with Mr. Kranz about the Space Exploration Vision (SEV) including the technology needed, the role of Congress, NASA, the American people, and the press. Mr. Kranz delves into each...
Date Aired: Tuesday 16 Aug 2005
David Hoerr and Patrick Stiennon, co-authors of "The Rocket Company," were the guests for this Space Show program. We talked extensively about their book which is an illustrated fictionalized account of the challenges faced by a group of seven investors and their engineering team in developing a low-cost, reusable, Earth to orbit launch vehicle. The books discusses the marketing, regulatory, and technical problems involved in carrying out the rocket business. We soon went from the fictionalized...
Date Aired: Sunday 14 Aug 2005
Jason Andrews returned to The Space Show for this special morning Space Show program to be repeated at its regularly scheduled time on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005. Mr. Andrews began the interview explaining how he had helped Andrews Space experience the rapid growth of 100% per year since the Company's inception in 1999. Mr. Andrews explained the their business focus and philosophy of working with NASA, SBIR, and government project money rather than investor money. This is an important discussion...
Date Aired: Tuesday 09 Aug 2005
David M. Harland was the guest for this Space Show program from his home in Glasgow, Scotland. We began the interview discussing his new book, "How NASA Learned To Fly In Space: An exciting account of the Gemini missions." Mr. Harland explained that it was the Gemini missions that provided the training and the know-how to carry out rendezvous in space, docking, space walking, orbital operations and more. In response to a question, he compared the way the Soviet systems operated to the American...
Date Aired: Monday 08 Aug 2005
Dr. Peter Diamandis returned to The Space Show for this update program regarding the X Prize Organization and the Zero-Gravity Corporation (www.xprize.org and www.nogravity.com). Dr. Diamandis brought us current with the X Prize and informed us about the coming X Prize Cup to be held in Las Cruses, NM October 7-9, 2005. For full details about the X Prize Cup, visit the X Prize website but first listen to this program as Dr. Diamandis provides a detailed explanation and description for all...
Date Aired: Sunday 07 Aug 2005
Dr. Red Whittaker was the guest for this special Sunday evening Space Show program. When listening to this program, Space Show listeners are urged to check out these related websites: www.frc.ri.cmu.edu, www.redteamracing.org, and www.workhorsetech.com. Dr. Whittaker began the interview with a discussion of the state of the art for robotics for space exploration, then for other robotic uses including farming, mining, earthwork, cleanup including situations such as Three Mile Island and...
Date Aired: Sunday 07 Aug 2005
Ben Shelef was the guest for this Sunday, April 7, 2005 Space Show program. We began our interview with Mr. Shelef by discussing the Spaceward Organization and its current activities. At the top of the list for Spaceward's programming is the Oct. 30, 2005 space elevator climber contest and also the educational outreach programs using the MSTL opportunities. There are also sponsorship opportunities for this 501C3 nonprofit as well as volunteer opportunities, especially for those in the San...
Date Aired: Tuesday 02 Aug 2005
Charles Chafer, CEO of Space Services, Inc., was the guest for this Space Show program. Mr. Chafer began the interview by discussing the services offered by Space Services, Inc., mainly space burials. He described the services but in addition, we talked about launching and secondary payloads, SpaceX and the Falcon 1 which Space Services is using for their next launch, the difficulty in buying a ride to space as a secondary payload for a space funerals, and more. Mr. Chafer also discussed the...
Date Aired: Sunday 31 Jul 2005
Declan O'Donnell returned to The Space Show to discuss the latest on issues relating to space governance. This discussion opened up additional topics including the impact on space governance and the financial markets for the success of Space Ship One and Burt Rutan, the developing suborbital tourism industry and enabling legislation for this industry. Mr. O'Donnell also explained the impact of treaty law on US law as treaty law takes precedence per our constitution. As a result of questions by...
Date Aired: Sunday 31 Jul 2005
Art Hingerty was the guest for this Space Show program. We began the discussion talking about the current Space Shuttle foam problems as Mr. Hingerty worked on the Shuttle in Florida during the Shuttle's early history. This discussion took us into exploring plausible alternatives to rockets for getting off Earth. Mr. Hingerty began discussing mag lift from a very realistic point of view. In response to listener questions and comments, we talked about the potential for mag lift on the Moon as...
Date Aired: Wednesday 27 Jul 2005
The Space Show goes off topic for this program with Dr. Robin Falkov to discuss the importance of Codex and its possible adverse impact upon our health freedom rights in the United States. Listeners can find out more about these issues by visiting Dr. Falkov's website at www.healthfreedomrights.com as well as by visiting the website for Dr. Ron Paul, Texas congressman from the 14th district (http://www.house.gov/paul/). Dr. Falkov, in response to listener questions and from her own knowlege,...
Date Aired: Tuesday 26 Jul 2005
Winston E. Scott (Capt. USN Ret.) NASA Astronaut and author of "REFLECTIONS From Earth Orbit" was the guest for this Space Show program. Capt. Scott began the interview by telling us about the Discovery launch this morning which he covered for MSNBC. After describing the launch in some detail, the cameras and equipment on Discovery, we turned to discussing his book. This book is not a typical space or astronaut book as it is told through the memories of Capt. Scott, prompted by events that...
Date Aired: Sunday 24 Jul 2005
Joe Lennox, author and space educator returned for this very special Space Show program aimed at our younger listeners in our Space Show audience. Everything we discussed in this program was directed toward and with a perspective of speaking to kids from the fourth grade on up. We began the discussion by commenting on the Return to Flight with Discovery scheduled for Tuesday morning, July 26. We then began discussing Joe's new book which is directed toward kids regarding space education,...
Date Aired: Tuesday 19 Jul 2005
Col. Gary Henry, USAF, was the guest for this Space Show program. Col. Henry, author of “The Decision Maker’s Guide To Robust, Reliable, And Inexpensive Access To Space.” (http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc/henry.pdf.) spoke to us about many of the issues involved in launching rockets. Some of the issues addressed were federal range and fee issues, his experiences at Vandenberg AFB working with the large government launchers as well as SpaceX and Elon Musk with the Falcon and lessons...
Date Aired: Monday 18 Jul 2005
Rand Simberg and Bill Simon returned to The Space Show to again the July 20, 1969 event that put humans on the surface of the Moon for the first time in history. Rand and Bill wrote an amazing ceremony, Evoloterra (www.evoloterra.com --- click on the helmet of the astronaut for the actual ceremony). Its an honor to share this celebration, this ceremony, and to recognize this event with our Space Show extended family around the world. This year, Rand and Bill, rather than reading the ceremony,...
Date Aired: Sunday 17 Jul 2005
Charles Miller, CEO of Constellation Services International, Inc. (CSI), was the guest for this Space Show Program. Mr. Miller brought us up to date with CSI activities and programs, including a contractor with t/Space and the CSI Lunar Express System. This discussion evolved to exploring NASA, its leadership under the new administrator, and some of its programming and planned programming. Mr. Miller spoke a lot about the importance of reality checks and business planning and the need to be...
Date Aired: Tuesday 12 Jul 2005
Rob Godwin of Apogee Books returned to The Space Show for this special program. We began the interview with Rob by discussing the Apogee new science fiction publication which is the original and authentic sequel to the H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds," "Edison's Conquest of Mars" by Garrett Putnam Serviss. This book is only available at the Apogee website, www.apogee.com. In addition to discussing the book, its fine art work and great story, Mr. Godwin told us that Apogee is going to be...
Date Aired: Monday 11 Jul 2005
Scot Stride, a senior engineer at NASA JPL in Pasadena, California, was the guest for this Space Show program. Mr. Stride discussed SETI programs with us and highlighted his discussion with the SETI alternatives, SETV (Search for ET Visitation) and S3ETI (Solar System SETI). Mr. Stride provided listeners with a superb background and history on SETI, how it started and how it became what it is today. Mr. Stride also discussed the Allen Telescope Array and what it will mean for future SETI...
Date Aired: Sunday 10 Jul 2005
Dr. George C. Nield, Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation FAA/AST-2, was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Nield began the interview by explaining the obligations of the AST, the recently signed Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, and the way the AST views its regulatory mission and responsibility. He took listeners through the process of what is involved in getting an RLV launch license and mentioned that the AST has guideline information, a book, and...
Date Aired: Tuesday 05 Jul 2005
Tim Pickens returned to The Space Show for this program to discuss new developments with his company, Orion Propulsion www.orionpropulsion.com/main.php?orionprop=1). We began the interview discussing new developments with Orion including proposals for the Hybrid Launch Vehicle program, development of igniters and RCS thrusters for the t/Space crew vehicle and the work the company is doing for the AirLaunch, LTD. program. Mr. Pickens discussed hybrid rocket engines, his work on the Space Ship...
Date Aired: Sunday 03 Jul 2005
Daniel Bateman, the Community Outreach Manager for the Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center was the guest for this program. Mr. Bateman began the show by discussing the various educational and outreach programs sponsored by the Center, the adult and younger astronaut training programs, and the curriculum support offered by the museum. He also discussed their program to lease artifacts from their collection and how interested parties can avail themselves of speakers from the Center for their...
Date Aired: Tuesday 28 Jun 2005
Brian Enke joined The Space Show as the guest for this special program. Mr. Enke discussed his new science fiction mystry book, "Shadows of Medusa." In discussing this book and its plot, issues relating to sending humans to Mars came up as the book is about three people going to Mars, but with substantial intrigue and secret agendas. In terms of talking about Mars, we discussed water, methane, and the possibility of life on Mars, the culture of risk aversion in our society, engineering, humans...
Date Aired: Monday 27 Jun 2005
Tim Ventura, CEO of American Antigravity, was the guest for this special Space Show program. Mr. Ventura's specialty is antigravity research and making sure that American Antigravity serves as a community and web based resource for antigravity and gravity modification research. During this program, we discussed the prospects of antigravity research resulting in tangible methods to allow a different quality of space access than what we now have with rockets. Mr. Ventura discussed the leading...
Date Aired: Sunday 26 Jun 2005
Dr. Alan Hale was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Hale, founder and director of the Southwest Institute for Space Research, spoke to us about his coming event, A Comet's Tale party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of discovering the Hale-Bopp comet. Dr. Hale also updated us about his Earthrise Project, an online book he has available consisting of all is writings and editorials for the past ten years, and his radio program on an FM station in Alamogordo, New Mexico. In response to...
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