Date Aired: Friday 21 Apr 2023
Guest: Tim Cash: Tim went over the known details for the initial Starship demo test from April 20, discussing potential problems, possible remedies and rocket modifications. Furthermore, Tim talked about his passion in detail, space solar power. Starship modifications and the potential impact on lunar and Mars timelines were also discussed as was the rocket's acoustic damage at launch to the engines and the pad.
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Date Aired: Tuesday 21 Mar 2023
Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics: SpaceX and Starship plus FAA launch license delay, Blue Origin, ULA, U.S. launchers, 3 D printing, ice on Mars, Boca Chica launch site, Bloomberg's article on Musk and the Administration plus much more.
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Date Aired: Thursday 22 Dec 2022
Guest: Howard Bloom; Topics: Multiple space topics with a focus on Musk and SpaceX, state of the world with nuclear threats, Putin, China and totalitarianism, returning to the Moon, Mars, Artemis, Starship and much more.
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Date Aired: Tuesday 09 Aug 2022
Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin; Topics: Searching for life on Mars, sample returns, planetary protection nuclear energy, student design contests, Mars Society programs and upcoming convention, gravity prescription determination, human spaceflight, NASA, Starship, SpaceX and much more.
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Date Aired: Thursday 21 Jul 2022
Guest: Lori Garver; Topic: Lori talked about her new book, Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. In addition, listeners asked her many space policy and business questions in addition to her book commentary.
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Date Aired: Wednesday 22 Jun 2022
Guests: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: FAA approves Boca Chica for Super Heavy launches with conditions, environmental concerns, SpaceX internal descent, and more.
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Date Aired: Wednesday 30 Mar 2022
Guests: John Batchelor, George Dvorsky, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Competition for lunar human landers.
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Date Aired: Tuesday 15 Mar 2022
Guest: Dr. John Hunter: Topics: John was all over the place with topics. He updated us with Green Launch, spoke a lot about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, talked about rockets and speed, fuel, weapons, Green Launch markets, commercial uses, commercial satellites over Ukraine, beavers on the west coast and more.
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Date Aired: Wednesday 16 Feb 2022
Guests: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Starship launches at either the Cape or Boca Chica, the FAA, EIR essentials, possible Starship delays and more.
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Date Aired: Tuesday 25 Jan 2022
Guest: Dennis Wingo; Topics: Starship, returning to the Moon, commercial space and space mining economics and challenges, much needed in-space vehicles, Mars, returning to the Moon, U.S.-Russia space relationship and much more.
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Date Aired: Sunday 26 Dec 2021
Guest: Leonard David; Topics: Leonard brought up multiple space news stories for discussion on this show, plus we looked ahead to 2022 for what would likely be a continuing news story or a breakthrough story.
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Date Aired: Monday 25 Oct 2021
Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics: Multiple commercial space, space station, demo flight, financing and related questions including policy and more.
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Date Aired: Thursday 14 Oct 2021
Guest. Dr. Brian Green; Topics: Our guest discussed his new book "Space Ethics" along with leading us through a more detailed discussion about ethical issues for humans developing and living in space. See the blog post for information about his book and the Table of Contents for his book.
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Date Aired: Tuesday 05 Oct 2021
Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin; Topics: Mars Society Conference Oct. 14,19, 2021, why space, why Mars, Mars exploration, space exploration and our culture, drivers for a Mars settlement and more.
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Date Aired: Sunday 03 Oct 2021
Guest: Scott Truax; Topics: Scott talks about his books, his father Robert Truax, rocket building, the Sea Dragon Rocket and Evel Knievel's attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon.
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Date Aired: Wednesday 22 Sep 2021
Guests: John Batchelor, Rob Godwin, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Rob's book, "The Heritage and Legacy of the Space Odyssey, Fred Ordway, science fiction and today's reality plus more.
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Date Aired: Sunday 01 Aug 2021
Guest: Dr. Jonathan McDowell; Topics: Space tourism, billionaires and space projects, space telescopes, commercial space, China and commercial space, The Space Report, competition, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, ULA, SpaceX and much more.
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Date Aired: Friday 23 Jul 2021
Guest: Andrew (Andy) Chaikin: Topics: Andy's new Folio Society Two Volume Illustrated edition of his classic "A Man On The Moon," Artemis compared to Apollo, SpaceX, Mars, NASA, returning to the Moon, the Apollo 15 anniversary and the importance of this particular mission and more.
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Date Aired: Sunday 06 Jun 2021
Guest: Wayne White: Topics: The Space Pioneer Act focusing on homesteading, mining, and salvage law for the US moving forward with property rights, developing a space economy.
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Date Aired: Friday 04 Jun 2021
Guest: Temidayo Oniosun; Topics: Space in Arica (see https://spaceinafrica.com); African space policy, plans, projects, satellites and the corresponding industry, commercial space, African space fairing nations, investment, education and more. A comprehensive overlay of the African space industry, public and private.
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Date Aired: Monday 03 May 2021
John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Thursday, 5-6-21 Pre-record date, Rod Pyle, # 3683 was planned for Monday, May 3, 2021 but pre-recored Thursday, 5-6-21.
Guests: John Batchelor, Rod Pyle, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Space Settlement, The National Space Society, Ad Astral quarterly magazine and more.
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Date Aired: Wednesday 17 Mar 2021
Guests: John Batchelor, James Bennett, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Heavy lift rocket comparisons with SLS, New Glenn and Starship.
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Date Aired: Tuesday 02 Mar 2021
Guests: Dr. Christopher Morrison; Topics: News and updates for both space nuclear propulsion and space applicable surface power.
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Date Aired: Tuesday 15 Dec 2020
Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics: Multiple topics for tis program. See the tags and key words repeated below for a good summary of what Bob and I discussed with our callers for this program.
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Date Aired: Sunday 04 Oct 2020
Guest: Robert (Sam) Wilson; Topics: We discussed "The Value of Space" report produced by Sam Wilson and his co-authors. You can download it @ https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/Gleason-Wilson_ValueOfSpace_20200511.pdf..
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