Date Aired: Monday 02 Jul 2007
Dr. Jim Logan was the guest for this special two hour and twenty minute Space Show program providing a comprehensive examination of human factors for space travel. Please note that Dr. Logan will soon have his personal website up and running so check on it later this month. You can find his site at www.drjimlogan.com. Also, Dr. Logan speaks for himself on this show, not for NASA. We started the interview with suborbital space in the first segment, then move to LEO and orbital, and then in the...
Date Aired: Sunday 01 Jul 2007
Michael Belfiore was the guest for this Space Show program. We started the interview with Michael discussing his new book which will be out at the end of July 2007, "Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldly Privatizing Space." Michael took us behind the scenes with the major players in the entrepreneurial space industry. He shares with us stories, perspectives, and important observations. We talked about business, management, and engineering trends...
Date Aired: Saturday 30 Jun 2007
Ross Tierney, Chuck Longton, and Stephen Metschan were the guests on The Space Show to discuss the DIRECT" Space Transportation System Derivative v2.0. Please visit the DIRECT website at www.directlauncher.com for information, pictures, and details for this alternative system for returning to the Moon. Our three guests explained the origin and the history of the program and what they are doing to have the DIRECT program considered by NASA as the program of choice for returning to the Moon....
Date Aired: Thursday 28 Jun 2007
Pat Bahn, CEO of TGV Rockets, was the guest for this Space Show program. We began the discussion with Pat updating us with new developments with TGV which focused on the successful completion of critical test firings with their 30,000 lb. engine. These tests were carried out at the NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and focused on the basic ignition and verification issues for the rocket engine which uses JP-8 fuel. Pat discussed at length the reasons behind using JP-8 as well as the...
Date Aired: Monday 25 Jun 2007
John Garvey, CEO of Garvey Spacecraft Corporation in Long Beach, CA was the guest on the program. Check out Garvey Space at www.garvspace.com. John was last on The Space Show Dec. 21, 2004 so we started our discussion and overview of things that have happened in the space industry since then, plus changes and progress in Garvey Spacecraft. This is an interesting and important overview. John explained how he works with California State University of Long Beach (CSULB) students with his rocket...
Date Aired: Sunday 24 Jun 2007
Alan Ladwig was the guest for this Space Show program. Alan, having just returned from visiting the Paris Air Show, brought us up to date on the space component and several other items of interest regarding the air show during the first segment. We learned of the lean NASA presence while other national space agencies were strongly represented. Also, the NewSpace industry here in the States was not represented. We talked about commercial and business jets, Boeing and Airbus competition, the new...
Date Aired: Saturday 23 Jun 2007
Professor Madhu Thangavelu was our returning guest today for this Space Show program. We started our discussion with Dr. Thangavelu with a frank look at the need for a space vision, the VSE in particular, and many components of the need for a space vision. We talked about this across borders, different age groups and then we started discussing it among students and younger Americans. Madhu shared his perspective with us regarding both space oriented and non-space students he works with at USC....
Date Aired: Thursday 21 Jun 2007
Nicholas Johnson, Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris at the NASA Johnson Space Center was the guest for this program. Have you ever wondered about orbital debris? Is your understanding and knowledge base about the subject short on real facts? Do you know the real risks with orbital debris for robotics, the manned program, space tourism? These and other questions are answered in detail on this show. Based on listener questions as well as information Nick shared with us, we talked about how the...
Date Aired: Wednesday 20 Jun 2007
Matthew Allner was the primary guest for this Space Show program. Matt was joined by his student Buddy and Buddy's father Glen as the team discussed the recently completed Spaceward Bound program with four West Middle School student from Sioux City, Iowa in which they participated in a three-day expedition to simulate a space expedition on Mars. Matt explained the program and we were then joined by Buddy who told us about the program from his student perspective. We learned about his goals,...
Date Aired: Monday 18 Jun 2007
William Watson was the guest for this Space Show program. William discussed in some detail the upcoming Space Frontier Foundation NewSpace 2007 Conference to be held in Washington, DC from July 18-21, 2007. You can check out the conference, register online and see the agenda and speakers by visiting www.space-frontier.org/Events/NewSpace2007. Will told us about special events, the keynote dinner speaker, the Advocate evening, and the panel format. Listeners asked many questions about format,...
Date Aired: Sunday 17 Jun 2007
Robert Zimmerman returned for this Space Show program. This time our conversation went across many subjects from NASA culture, to NASA award giving, credibility with the public, Administrator Griffin and his global warming comments, the ISS computer issues, the Shuttle, Direct 2, the Hubble, and much more. Bob went into depth about the importance of returning to the Moon, congressional funding, how the public feels about the VSE program, private sector versus public sector and taxpayer funding...
Date Aired: Saturday 16 Jun 2007
Frank White and David Beaver were the guests for this Space Show program which first aired on Wednesday, June 13 and is a replay program for Sunday, June 17, 2007. This program is also part of the ongoing Space Show series, "Our Spiritual Connection to Outer-space." We started the discussion with David updating us on the upcoming Overview Effect conference in Washington, DC on July 18. For all conference information including registration and hotel registration, please visit http://www.space-...
Date Aired: Thursday 14 Jun 2007
Stephan A. Schwartz was the guest for this Space Show program. We started our discussion by introducing Stephan's new book, "Opening To the Infinite." This is a must read book, its available at Amazon.com, www.stephanaschwartz.com and www.nemoseen.com. While this book talks about remote viewing (RV), its much more than that as you will learn from our conversation with Stephan. For example, you will learn how this material and information is directly related to our development of the space...
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Date Aired: Monday 11 Jun 2007
Andrew Hoppin, Robbie Schingler, and Jessy Cowan-Sharp joined The Space Show for this program which focused on the innovative NASA Ames CoLab (Collaborative Space Exploration Laboratory) project. To follow this discussion and to learn more about CoLab, including subscribing to the CoLab newsletter, visit http://colab.arc.nasa.gov. We started this program with Andrew giving us a comprehensive introduction and description for the CoLab program, the need and purpose for virtual and open source...
Date Aired: Sunday 10 Jun 2007
Dr. Pascal Lee returned for this Space Show program. Pascal began the program with an update on what has been happening with the Devon Island NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) at NASA Ames. As one of the longest funded ongoing programs, I inquired as to the reasons for its staying power, continued funding, and its attraction to NASA top level management. Pascal's answer is interesting and important. We talked about the research done at the analog site, how it is providing useful information that...
Date Aired: Saturday 09 Jun 2007
Dr. Burton Lee returned for this Space Show program to update us on the recent Space Venture Finance Symposium which was held in Dallas on May 24, 2007. This was a comprehensive review of this important event. Burton not only went into detail about many of the talks and the symposium programming, but he fielded many listener questions and entertained two listener toll free calls. In response to several listener questions, he outlined the plans for future space investing programs including a...
Date Aired: Thursday 07 Jun 2007
Gwynne Shotwell was the guest for this Space Show program. Ms. Shotwell began our discussion with a brief introduction and history for Space X and the Falcon rocket. We then discussed Space X and the Falcon is a most comprehensive way including listener questions and participation. Gwynne talked about COTS, Dragon, the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, launch locations and spaceports. She was asked about employment opportunities with Space X and fielded many listener questions on this topic, including...
Date Aired: Tuesday 05 Jun 2007
Alex Howerton was the guest for this Space Show program. Alex provided us with a rundown on the Rutgers Lunar Symposium, then we switched to hearing about NASTAR and their space tourist training program. With regards to talks that Alex had heard at the Rutgers Lunar Symposium, he noted what Dr. Jim Logan said as Dr. Logan suggested for major hurdles for long term space development: radiation, lunar dust, hypo-gravity, and synergistic effects. Listen to Alex take us through the meaning and...
Date Aired: Monday 04 Jun 2007
Tom Olson was the guest for this special Space Show program intended to update us on the ISDC conference that just ended in Dallas, TX. Please note that for this interview, there were audio issues with the telephone line with Tom that could not be cleared for this show. I asked Tom to tell us his favorite talk at ISDC was and while he said there were not major show stoppers as there were last year with the luncheon talk by Burt Rutan, he did say he was very impressed with Alex Tai and also...
Date Aired: Sunday 03 Jun 2007
Rick Sterling was the guest for this Space Show program. He came in at the last minute as a standby when the regularly scheduled guest was unavailable and The Space Show thanks Rick for standing in and for a job well done. We spent a good portion of the program talking about the alternative hardware program for returning to the Moon, Direct 2. Rick explained Direct 2, answered listener questions about this program, including some engineering questions about first and second stages, engines,...
Date Aired: Saturday 02 Jun 2007
Stefanie Michaels (aka Adventure Girl) was the guest for this Space Show program. Adventure Girl is exactly what her name suggests, a vibrant young woman seeking adventures and experiences and sharing them with the rest of us. One of her latest adventures was a ride on the Zero G plane out of Las Vegas with Buzz Aldrin and others. This flight was so successfully, Stefanie will soon be doing other Zero G flights for her fans to participate in with her. Here her describe her adventure on the...
Date Aired: Thursday 31 May 2007
Dr. Bruno Stanek in Switzerland was the guest for this Space Show program. During this interview, we covered many important subjects including the way it was during the Apollo period of our space program to what is happening now with our space program. Dr. Stanek talked about media and press, a hate America point of view and why he thinks it exists, and why there is the spread of bogus science beliefs including how we never went to the Moon and later in the show, even some of the global warming...
Date Aired: Monday 28 May 2007
Dr. Angie Buckley and Dr. Gilles Clément were the guests for this Space Show program to discuss their new book, "Artificial Gravity." During the program, Drs. Buckley and Clément made the case for an extensive study of artificial gravity and related issues for long term spaceflight and space settlement. We discussed many of the human factors associated with humans being in microgravity for long periods of time. This discussion included a look at the physiological problems, nutritional issues,...
Date Aired: Sunday 27 May 2007
Marshall Martin was the guest for this special Space Show program. Marshall is a faithful Space Show listener, an unaffiliated space advocate, and a listener that asks exceptionally good questions to a wide variety of Space Show guests. This interview started out by asking Marshall about his interest in space and how he comes up with so many unusually high quality questions for Space Show guests on a wide variety of topics. As you will hear when listening to the program, Marshall applies some...
Date Aired: Saturday 26 May 2007
Esther Dyson was the guest for this Space Show program. Please be aware that there are audio problems with parts of this program as a VoIP phone line was used for the interview. VoIP audio problems cannot be edited out of the recording. Both Esther and I appreciate your understanding regarding this matter. This interview with Esther Dyson is outstanding! We began the interview by learning about Esther's amazing workshop program, Flight School. Flight School will be held this June 20-22 in Aspen...
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