Date Aired: Thursday 09 Nov 2006
Paul Eckert, Robert Dickman and Carl Walz were the guests for this special program to discuss making the VSE a long-term reality as well as the coming AIAA Dec. 4-6 2nd Space Exploration Conference which will be held in Houston. We started the panel discussion with Bob Dickman explaining why the AIAA has this conference and its role in helping to establish the VSE as a long-term reality for the nation. Paul Eckert of Boeing was next and he went through the conference agenda with us, focusing on...
Date Aired: Wednesday 08 Nov 2006
Dr. Tom Matula returned to The Space Show for this program. Dr. Matula has a specialty in private spaceports so we began the discussion talking about spaceports in New Mexico and elsewhere. Dr. Matula addressed financing and market issues, political risks, orbital and suborbital destinations, and more. He provided us with a comprehensive analysis of the developing spaceport industry, the markets for the spaceports and the likely timing and commercial success of various spaceports under...
Date Aired: Tuesday 07 Nov 2006
Dr. Wendell Mendell returned to The Space Show for this program. Dr. Mendell started the discussion looking back over his 40 plus years of being with NASA and discussing how things have changed within the organization and based on my question, with the American public regarding space issues. I asked about his thoughts with the various NASA administrators that he has known and then we turned our attention to the main topic of the evening which focused on changes at NASA based on the VSE. Dr....
Date Aired: Sunday 05 Nov 2006
Manny Pimenta returned to The Space Show for this program to discuss his newly created and released DVD, Lunar Explorer. Lunar Explorer is the world's first interactive global model of the Moon available for home PCs. It gives you a realistic visual experience of being on the surface of the Moon and having worked with samples of this program at conferences, I can attest to its high quality and simulated reality. Manny discussed how he got the idea to create the experience and the process he...
Date Aired: Sunday 05 Nov 2006
This is the Deep Space Message from Dr. Terry Wheelock in Texas: Message 1: The Word of God The Testament All my life I wondered who and what God is As I grew up I read that God is This or God is That I was told God is This or God is That As I read, listened, and looked I Found this is not God So I questioned if God even Exists I asked if God Exists God Appeared And Spoke these Words I am God God of All All that is, Was, and Will Ever Be All is of God Tell All I am God After God spoke these...
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Date Aired: Friday 03 Nov 2006
Professor Haym Benaroya returned for this Space Show program. We began the discussion with Dr. Benaroya updating us on his upcoming conference, the Rutgers Symposium on Lunar Settlement, June 3-8, 2007 in New Brunswick, NJ (www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu). The professor highlighted the keynote speakers and talked about the conference format, goals, and objectives. In the second segment of the interview, we spoke mostly of lunar and space settlement engineering and technology. As a result of listener...
Date Aired: Thursday 02 Nov 2006
Cathy Shields, Jim Chilton and David Brock were the special guests for this program which discussed how small businesses can work with NASA in supporting the nation's VSE and Partnering with New Orleans which is focused on how to do business with Boeing Space Exploration. This program was most informative as we learned about NASA Small Business Specialist Center Industry Assistance programs, how these programs work with companies such as Boeing, and then how Boeing mentors and works with...
Date Aired: Tuesday 31 Oct 2006
Gil Moore and Lowell Randall were the guests for this very special Space Show program. As Lowell actually knew and worked with Dr. Robert Goddard, we started the interview by asking Lowell about Dr. Goddard, his work, his secrecy, his vision, and the way he was treated by the press and the government. Lowell Randall gave us some important insights into Dr. Goddard and those early days of starting a rocket industry in the U.S. Gil joined in the discussion as he too was part of building the...
Date Aired: Monday 30 Oct 2006
Dennis Wingo returned to the program to discuss the importance of space vision, politics, national security, and the politics of limitation and reduced technology. This program provides listeners with a thorough analysis of the importance of space in supporting the future of humanity. Its largely a big picture vision program though we did talk about specific projects and subjects. For example, Dennis explained why from his analysis, low cost access to LEO is not that important in furthering...
Date Aired: Sunday 29 Oct 2006
Brent Sherwood was the guest for this special two hour Space Show program. Mr. Sherwood is a space architect with JPL who has an interest in figuring out what we will do when we return to the Moon, what we can and what we should do on the Moon, he knows about closed loop systems which we will need for lunar and all space settlement and transportation, and he has intriguing theories about the way nations choose their public space programs. We discussed all of these areas with Mr. Sherwood and...
Date Aired: Friday 27 Oct 2006
Dr. Joseph Pelton, author of "Space Exploration and Astronaut Safety" and Director of the Space And Advanced Communications Research Institute at the George Washington University was the guest for this Space Show program. We began our interview with Dr. Pelton discussing his book and narrowing in on astronaut safety, especially with regards to the shuttle. Dr. Pelton took us through various aspects of shuttle design and operations to explain astronaut safety issues. We talked about engineering...
Date Aired: Tuesday 24 Oct 2006
Joan Horvath returned to The Space Show to discuss her new book, "Saturn: A New View." We started the discussion with a short review of the Personal Spaceflight Symposium and the X Prize Cup held last week in Las Cruces, NM. After returning from the first break, Joan talked with us about the book, the cooperation involved to put it together, the amazing photos used in it and the editing process to put the photos and book together. We then discussed the VSE, NASA, JPL, science funding and...
Date Aired: Sunday 22 Oct 2006
Constance Adams returned to The Space Show for this special program. The theme of this program was reality check. Ms. Adams is a specialist in designing closed loop systems for space, space stations, future settlements, etc. We went into depth about what is required for a closed loop system, what our state of the art is today, what is needed for the future, what our problems and issues are and how these problems are solved. We also talked about evolving new technologies in the field, the...
Date Aired: Tuesday 17 Oct 2006
Dr. John Mankins was the guest for this special Space Show program. We began the interview by asking Dr. Mankins what would be needed to transform space to a more ordinary component of our terrestrial economy. This discussion led us to a detailed discussion regarding energy from space and space solar power. Dr. Mankins took us through ground infrastructure, the launch component, alternative launch possibilities, the space component with satellites, and the economics of power. We compared costs...
Date Aired: Sunday 15 Oct 2006
Nicholas Eftimiades was the guest for this special Space Show program. Nick began the interview by providing us with the background for his founding the Federation of Galaxy Exploers (FOGE). In listening to Nick tell us about his plans and the implementation of them, we soon learned the reasons behind his success in only four short years and just how his organization, rich with volunteers, ha been able to enrich the lives the children participating in the program. We also learned that the...
Date Aired: Friday 13 Oct 2006
Dr. Sam Dinkin returned as the guest for this Space Show program. We began the interview with a brief update from Dr. Dinkin on his new blog, Decisive Win (www.decisivewin.com). Check it and comment on it. Dr. Dinkin continues to write for The Space Review but his posting on his own blog will now constitute his blogging rather than his previous contributions to Transterrestrial Musings. The conversation then moved on for updates about SpaceShot, Sam's new start-up skill game to allow people the...
Date Aired: Tuesday 10 Oct 2006
Andrea Seastrand, Executive Director of the California Space Authority (CSA), was the guest for this Space Show program. Ms. Seastrand explained to us the role of the and we discussed many of its programs and the upcoming conference Dec. 1 and 2 in Los Angeles. The 2006 Transforming Space conference and SpotBeam Awards Dinner will be an important event to attend with a power packed program as well as those in attendance. Ms. Seastrand also hinted surprises for us given the conference is in Los...
Date Aired: Sunday 08 Oct 2006
Dr. Alan Binder returned as the guest for this Space Show program. Alan began the interview with updates and clarification regarding his Lunar Prospector project. This developed into a discussion about NASA and the public space program and how best to get into space. Alan believes the private sector is most suited for the job, would like to see NASA become like a DARPA and is strongly supportive of the entrepreneurial space community. He is less supportive of the large aerospace industry and he...
Date Aired: Friday 06 Oct 2006
Daniel Bateman returned as the guest for this Space Show program. Daniel updated us on what's new with the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center and lots is new. Their displays are new and they have partnered with a museum on the West Coast to display the Spruce Goose and additional space items. Listen to Daniel as he describes this new venture. We talked about education outreach, what works and does not work. The surprising parts of this program had to do with Daniel giving us valuable insights...
Date Aired: Thursday 05 Oct 2006
The Space Show Deep Space Message for this month was submitted by the Senior Writer at Space.com, Leonard David and his wife Barbara. Here is the text of their message: Hello to out there…from over here. We don’t speak your language, so you may think that this message is more chirp than chatter from our little niche in the Great Universe. But if you do decipher this communiqué, we’re broadcasting from a small planet close to a neighboring star – a world of mostly water that we call Earth. Go...
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Date Aired: Thursday 05 Oct 2006
Marshall Martin provided this month's Deep Space Message. Here is the text of his message: To Whom It May Concern: By the time you receive this message, my planet Earth maybe gone and all my descendants too. Many think it will be by war or global warming. I know there are bigger problems looming like: A major asteroid impact, loss of our radiation blocking magnetic field, and or a stellar dust cloud blocking our sun's warming rays. If this happens, know that our species constantly fought with...
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Date Aired: Thursday 05 Oct 2006
Bob Krone provided the Deep Space message for this month. Here is his text: "The space community on earth has the widest spectrum of intelligence to be found anywhere in the world"
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Date Aired: Thursday 05 Oct 2006
This Deep Space message was provided by my University of North Dakota graduate students from the spring 2006 semester. Their message was in two parts as shown below: "Hi my name is Chalbeth Reynolds. I'm 24 earth years old. I want to experience intergalactic travel and I love to try new cuisines. Looking for a being to take long planetary surface walks with and watch the solar system's star rise. If you're interested, beam me up sometime." "To our solar system partners, we are just wondering if...
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Date Aired: Thursday 05 Oct 2006
This Deep Space Message comes to us from Spain and listener Eduardo de la Torres Santos. Edu chose not to provide the written text for his message but you can hear it clearly on this archive.
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Date Aired: Thursday 05 Oct 2006
This Deep Space Message was submitted by Dr. John Jurist. Here is the text: "This is John Jurist. If you receive this message, you have technology. How many other societies do you know of who have not had their technology outstrip their ability to manage it?" "And on behalf of The Space Show and all Space Show listeners, Dr. Jurist we thank you for your transmission to deep space and as we say each month to those of you who may be out there some place listening to us here on Earth, thanks for...
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