Date Aired: Saturday 24 Jul 2004
Dr. John Jurist returned to the Space Show to discuss entrepreneurial and start-up space businesses from the perspective of an experienced and sophisticated investor. Dr. Jurist, having invested in several space business ventures in recent years, shared with Space Show listeners his insights, perspectives and lessons learned from having been closely associated with many companies striving to build a successful space operating/business company. His views and comments might be surprising to many...
Date Aired: Tuesday 20 Jul 2004
Rand Simberg and Bill Simon returned to The Space Show to celebrate July 20, 1969, the day mankind first took steps on another world, the Moon. To acknowledge the importance of this day and our having gone to another world, Rand and Bill wrote a celebration story, Evoloterra (www.evoloterra.com). For this special Space Show program, we conducted the celebration on air, pausing for questions from listeners, commentary, and reflection. Listeners are welcome to contact Rand and Bill about this...
Date Aired: Sunday 18 Jul 2004
Rand Simberg was the guest for this Space Show program and updated us on important events and activities happening in the space development world. Rand shared his Mojave Space Ship One experiences with us, told us what he thought this event meant to the space advocacy as well community, the government, NASA, Congress, and the general American population. Rand spoke about the upcoming presidential election, the differences in space policy positions between President Bush and Senator Kerry and he...
Date Aired: Tuesday 13 Jul 2004
Frank Sietzen and Keith Cowing, authors of the newly released book, “New Moon Rising: The Making of America's New Space Vision and the Remaking of NASA,” were the guests for this Space Show program. Frank and Keith talked extensively about their new book which delves into the behind the scenes making of the new space policy initiative proposed by President Bush in January of this year. Several questions were directed to Frank and Keith regarding the space policy, the presidential candidates and...
Date Aired: Sunday 11 Jul 2004
Dr. George C. Nield, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the FAA, was the guest on this edition of The Space Show. Dr. Nield took us through the process of obtaining a license to launch a private suborbital vehicle to space. We discussed all aspects of the process, the role of the FAA, the AST, its relationship with NASA, Congress, and most important, with the businessmen and women building the rockets and the vehicles. I asked Dr. Nield about the AST...
Date Aired: Tuesday 06 Jul 2004
Dr. Paul Spudis, Senior Staff Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland and Visiting Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, was the guest on this Space Show program. Dr. Spudis is also a member of the President’s Commission on the Implementation of U. S. Space Exploration Policy, whose report came out in June of 2004. During the program, Dr. Spudis talked about his experiences on the President's Commission, went into...
Date Aired: Sunday 04 Jul 2004
Manny Pimenta returned to the Space Show for this holiday broadcast to talk about the upcoming Space Frontier Foundation's (SFF) Return to The Moon Conference (RTM) to be held in Las Vegas the weekend of July 16-18. As a member of the Board of Directors and the conference coordinator, Manny spoke about the importance of this conference and the events of 2004 that have unfolded to date to make this year's conference amazingly special! In the context of the RTM, we discussed the new space policy...
Date Aired: Tuesday 29 Jun 2004
Dr. Carol Rosin, an expert on the militarization of space and transforming military space to commercial space, economic and job stimulation and more was the guest on this Space Show Program. As a result of keen interest in this topic and the questions/listener participation, this was an extra long program, nearly two hours. The entire program is archived. Dr. Rosin began her discussion by defining the subject, what is meant by terms such as the militarization of space, weapons in space, and...
Date Aired: Sunday 27 Jun 2004
Joan Horvath, the CEO of Take-off Technologies, LLC and the Executive Director of Global Space League, Inc., was the guest on this Space Show program. Having attended the launch of Space Ship One at Mojave, CA on the early morning of June 21, 2004, Ms. Horvath summarizes her experiences, what she saw, felt, and was thinking about during this historic event. She brings to Space Show listeners several important and unique perspectives. Ms. Horvath also brought us up to date on the efforts to...
Date Aired: Tuesday 22 Jun 2004
Special Open Lines for this edition of The Space Show. Multiple topics were discussed, several callers responded to discuss the NASA Centennial Challenge Prize and the Space Frontier Foundation Return to the Moon Conference in Las Vegas in July of this year. We also fielded several e-mail questions from listeners on a wide ranging variety of subjects. The Space Show rarely does open line programs. If you like this program, let me know and we will schedule more of them.
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Date Aired: Monday 21 Jun 2004
Space Ship One: Initial Flight. The Space Show is proud to bring its listeners this nonstop broadcast of the historic Space Ship One flight from Mojave, CA on the morning of June 21, 2004. During this flight, Space Ship One became the first privately financed, built, designed, and flown space vehicle to reach outer space at 100KM/62 miles, and safely return to its launch site as a completely reusable spacecraft. Broadcasting live from the scene was John Carter McKnight, a frequent Space Show...
Date Aired: Sunday 20 Jun 2004
Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today (www.universetoday.com) was the guest on this edition of The Space Show. We discussed his having created Universe Today, how he gathers and reports the news, his editorial bias, the Forum which provides a great opportunity for those interested in space to discuss many topics and find answers to lots of questions. Mr. Cain has read all 60 pages of the Aldridge report and spoke to us about the visionary direction the report focuses on, saying that...
Date Aired: Tuesday 15 Jun 2004
Dr. Chris McKay, a Planetary Scientist with the Space Science Division of NASA Ames, was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. McKay talked about the possibility of life on Mars, information being gleaned from the rovers, the impact of the meaning of methane on Mars and much more. In having dedicated his career to finding life on Mars, he was asked about the impact on the search for life in the solar system should it be confirmed that there never has been and is not now life on Mars. He...
Date Aired: Sunday 13 Jun 2004
Dr. Jeff Foust, editor of The Space Review, was the guest on this edition of The Space Show. Dr. Foust shared with Space Show listeners new perspectives regarding the Aldridge Commission final report which has been leaked to the press and which is due out on June 16. In light of the preliminary information on the recommendations of this final report, we talked with Dr. Foust about possible reactions to the recommendations by Congress, the White House, space advocates, and the general public. Dr...
Date Aired: Tuesday 08 Jun 2004
Robert (Rob) Godwin of CG Publishing, Inc. and Apogee Books was the guest on this edition of The Space Show. Mr. Godwin discussed his latest book, "Mars: The NASA Mission Reports, Vol. 2" as well as Volume 1. While discussing Volume 2, he talked about the special interview with Warner Von Braun, the double-sided DVD that comes with the book, the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and much more. We also talked about the full line of space books published by Apogee Books as well as upcoming...
Date Aired: Sunday 06 Jun 2004
Declan O'Donnell, returning Space Show guest and noted attorney in the Denver, Colorado area, updates us on his space governance program with United Societies in Space (USIS). In addition, Mr. O'Donnell reported on some of the activities at the National Space Society annual meeting last week in Oklahoma City which motivated him to develop an action plan to make sure space is on the political agenda in this year's presidential election and within the political parties. Having been told that...
Date Aired: Tuesday 01 Jun 2004
Dr. Daniel C. Matt, author of "God and The Big Bang: Discovering Harmony Between Science and Spirituality," and one of the world's leading authorities on Jewish mysticism was the guest on The Space Show for this program as we continued with our theme of exploring our spiritual connect to outer-space. Dr. Matt, who graciously endured numerous KKNW telephone line technical problems on this show, helped us to both understand and see with a broader vision the relationship between science and...
Date Aired: Sunday 30 May 2004
Pat Bahn, CEO of TGV Rockets, Inc., returned as a guest for this Space Show program. Mr. Bahn updated us on the activities of his company and why he moved it to Norman, Oklahoma as he prepares to begin operations by 2007 as a suborbital launch company. He explained the advantages of being associated with the Oklahoma Spaceport Authority, its financing, and range facilities for vertical launches. Mr. Bahn also discussed space ports in general as many states are building them as well as creating...
Date Aired: Tuesday 25 May 2004
Dayna Steele Justiz was the guest on this Space Show program. Ms. Justiz talked about "selling NASA," that is NASA doing a better job of promoting its people, activities, plans, operations, etc. for developing space commerce, science, exploration and more. She spoke about how NASA seems controlled by the Public Affairs Office (PAO) which prevents the type of marketing that NASA should be doing and that even astronauts and others inside NASA want to do. She told personal stories about many NASA...
Date Aired: Sunday 23 May 2004
Virgiliu Pop, a well-known European attorney specializing in space property rights, was the guest on The Space Show for this program. One of the hot topics discussed at length on this show was the sale of extraterrestrial real estate such as property on the Moon, Mars, and throughout our solar system. Several companies do this around the world. Mr. Pop outlined the legal issues that in his opinion make the sale of this real estate OK for novelty purposes but illegal were one to consider it a...
Date Aired: Tuesday 18 May 2004
Dennis Hope, CEO of The Lunar Embassy and Acting President of the Galactic Government, returned to The Space Show. Mr. Hope discussed the origin of his business for selling ownership of lots on the Moon, Mars, Ios, and elsewhere in our solar system. He explained why he believes this is legal, the process his company has gone through and continues to go through to assure legality. Dennis responded to challenging questions from Space Show listeners asking him about the legality of what Lunar...
Date Aired: Sunday 16 May 2004
Dr. Brian Greene, the author of the new book, "The Fabric Of The Cosmos," was the guest on The Space Show today. Dr. Greene talked with Space Show listeners about developments and advances in theoretical physics. Dr. Greene was asked to apply the knowledge of theoretical physics to practical applications in becoming space-faring and developing our space resources. His response to this line of questioning was most honest and interesting. In addition, listeners e-mailed questions to Dr. Greene...
Date Aired: Tuesday 11 May 2004
Robert Zimmerman returned to The Space Show for this program to discuss a variety of timely topics including updates on the new space policy initiative proposed by President Bush last January, possible directions to take to implement the policy with or without NASA, and the status of the Hubble Space Telescope. In addition, we drew upon Mr. Zimmerman's vast knowlege and expertise about the former Soviet and now Russian space program and examined their contributions to space development,...
Date Aired: Sunday 09 May 2004
Sylvia Engdahl returned to The Space Show for this program to discuss the importance of becoming space-faring in light of new developments regarding space development, the President's space policy initiative to return to the Moon and go forward to Mars, the success of the Mars rovers, and our current political and economic situation in the United States. In addition to learning from Ms. Engdahl's perspective on these important issues and new developments, we spoke about her space work which is...
Date Aired: Tuesday 04 May 2004
Brian Chase, the Washington representative for the Space Foundation and the first chairman for the newly formed National Space and Satellite Alliance, was the guest on this edition of The Space Show. Mr. Chase told us about the work both of these organizations are doing to further the newly proposed presidential space policy initiative for returning to the Moon and going on to Mars and more. We learned how these organizations work behind the scenes and up front to facilitate the implementation...
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