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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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding...

Guests: Tim Cash

Tags: Tim Cash, Northrop-Grumman, SpaceX, Starship Demo Launch, Elon Musk, Saturn 5, F1 rocket engines for Saturn 5, F1 reliability rating, determining Starship engine reliability rating, 4 F1 engines compared to Starship 33 Raptor engines, fly then test then redesign then fly, physical testing, suggestion for adding Starship retro escape system, Dragon escape system, comparisons to Soviet N1 rocket failures, probable Starship major redesign, SpaceX Hawthorne team cheering, FAA accident investigation, Mars timelines, lunar return timeline, refueling for Starship to the Moon, Space Solar Power, SSP and passion, SSP primarily for niche and boutique markets, SSP and in-space usage, satellite repair, terrestrial rectenna issues, John Bucknell SSP efforts, is SSP pie in the sky, Starship demo pad damage, questions about the proposed 100 test flights, Starship staging difficulties, Starship acoustic concerns and issues, mitigating noise suppression, acoustic damages to engines, water deluge system, Starship flame trench

Broadcast 4004 Bob Zimmerman

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be...

Guests: Robert Zimmerman

Broadcast 3981 Dr. Charles Lurio, Tuesday, 2-7-2023

Date Aired: Tuesday 07 Feb 2023

Guest: Dr. Charles Lurio; Topics: Multiple commercial space and related topics discussed in this 100 minute program with Dr. Lurio. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are...

Guests: Dr. Charles Lurio

Broadcast 3969 Howard Bloom

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific...

Guests: Howard Bloom

Tags: Howard Bloom, Elon Musk, SpaceX, Falcon 9, SLS, Orion, Artemis, returning to the Moon, lunar landers, Gateway, Starship as a lander, Starship as a lunar habitat, Gateway probable fiasco, Bezos, Blue Origin, B-24 delays, ULA, Vulcan, Raptor engine comparison to Blue Origin output, making money in space, Mining, water usage, economy is king, concept of emergent properties, existential risks, Ukrainian war, Putin nuclear threats, Putin's goals, Musk multi-planet plan, the role of President Biden, Putin's objectives for London, NYC and Washington, DC, Elon needs a backup plan, ITAR, Howard's outreach group of experts, Musk Mars settlement plan, colonies in space, non-existent grand visions, SSPS as a game changer, Net Zero and SSPS, education, immigration, space mining, O'Neil colonies in space, space settlement, Al Globus LEO equatorial low radiation orbit, Musk death threats, media honesty

Broadcast 3907 DR. Robert Zubrin

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com....

Guests: Dr. Robert Zubrin

Tags: Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin, The Mars Society, New Atlantis Article How To Search For Life On Mars, NASA, RNA molecule, planetary protection, fear mongering, human Mars missions, Mars microbes, Panspermia, Covid pandemic, Starship, taxes, SpaceX, Elon Musk, nuclear power to Mars, nuclear waste disposal, subsea, fusion energy, entrepreneurial fusion, government sponsored fusion reactors, alternative fusion fuel, fusion spacecraft, Mars Sample Return, sample return to the Moon, science mission, Bob's better way to do Mars missions, Mars Society High School Design Project, design class benefits, a better way of teaching, time line for searching for life, presidential politics, Ukraine is a space war, Starship launch date, Starship crew to Mars, Mars Society Conference, children on Mars, O'Neill space colonies, gravity prescription, earlier gravity experiment proposal to Musk, planetary protection public debate, He3, Venus and human spaceflight, China's space program, Mars Society Call For Papers

Broadcast 3903 Mark Whittington

Date Aired: Tuesday 02 Aug 2022

Guest: Mark Whittington; Topics: Mark covered many timely discussion topics including the Inmarsat survey on the value of space with his ideas on how to correct the problem. Don't miss Mark's summary and his thoughts on the UAPs. Multiple topics, several callers, lots of email participation. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www....

Guests: Mark Whittington

Broadcast 3896 Lori Garver

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be...

Guests: Lori Garver

Tags: Lori Garver, Lori's book Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age, a brief history of Lori's involvement in space, L5 vision, society, Dan Goldin of NASA, X-33 program, Commercial space, commercial space as a disruptive source, SLS, Obama Administration, Deputy Administrator, Starship, Elon Musk, SpaceX, Chinese space/lunar program, The Wolf Amendment, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr, innovation, competition, Orion, importance of general public for space support, correcting misinformation, space launch environmental impact, NASA leadership, women in space leadership, space settlement, The National Space Policy and settlement, risks associated with group think, aerospace industry competition with SpaceX, Lori's 5 and 10 year plan, space property rights, space as a global commons, Lori and spaceflight, nuclear power/propulsion in space, NASA future, Lori's future and NASA

Broadcast 3889 Kent Nebergall

Date Aired: Sunday 10 Jul 2022

Guest: Kent Nebergall; Topics: Space settlement possibility, designs, programs, challenges, economics and more. Check out the guest's website, www.macroinvent.com. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space...

Guests: Kent Nebergall

Tags: Kent Nebergall, Macroinvent.com, space settlement projects, aspiring inventor and entrepreneur resources, Mars Society, space settlement 24 grand challenges, affordable launch, reusability, space debris concerns, food, space health risks, launching tonnage to space, space settlement economics, Kent's space settlement evolving economic timeline, Mars unknowns, biological issues, toxic concerns, off-Earth economic models, hobby vs. mission planners/designers, private space and O'Neill station economics, Kent's 1g designs, reproduction as a settlement grand challenge, children and space settlement, radiation, low gravity, ring structure, biodiversity, Mars life, Phobos as a backup plan, Inmarsat study What on Earth is the value of space, Elon Musk, Starship, Eureka Mars City Design, terraforming Mars, planetary protection

Broadcast 3881 Hotel Mars: Doug Messier

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. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior...

Guests: Dr. David Livingston, John Batchelor, Douglas Messier

Tags: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston, Parabolic Arc, FAA, Boca Chica, Starship, Elon Musk, SpaceX, approval mitigation conditions, environmental impact, suborbital test fight, five launches per year, ISS, Super Heavy, private space stations, SpaceX internal descent, sexual harassment charges

Broadcast 3877 Dr. Frances Zhu

Date Aired: Tuesday 14 Jun 2022

Guest: Dr. Frances (Frankie) Zhu; Topics: We talked about Dr. Zhu's University of Hawaii AI and Robotics Lab, robotic and AI capabilities, terrestrial vs space robots, ethical issues for a permanent lunar hab, robotic ethical issues, the value of robotic idle time, the need for autonomous robots and why plus more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our...

Guests: Dr. Frances Zhu

Tags: Dr. Frances (Frankie) Zhu, machine learning, controls engineering, engineering and ethics, AI, advanced robotics, motion capture, rover advances, wheels, Boston Dynamics, quadrupeds, bipeds, terrestrial robots compared to space robots, hopping example, lunar and Mars landings, independent control of humans, Perseverance example, moving toward autonomy examples, optimizing robots, NASA Artemis program, permanent human need with robots, robot ethics with humans, sentient robots, Google Chat Box incident, Marshall's 1974 riveting robotic example, lacking robotic self-motivation, ethics of humans on the Moon, 30 meter telescope tensions, Artemis Accords supporting international collaboration for peaceful uses, communication delays and autonomous robotic control, robotic idle time risk, machine learning on Earth, risk adverse behavior, Elon Musk, extreme environments, animal risks, the value of robots, robots for dangerous & repetitive functions, student interest in Dr. Zhu's robotic lab, Commercial space, drivers

Broadcast 3852 John Jossy, Tom Marotta

Date Aired: Tuesday 05 Apr 2022

Guests: John Jossy, Tom Marotta: Topics: Tom's new company, The Space Port Company. In addition, the need for finding out the gravity prescription for settlement, planetary settlement, orbital settlement, children and reproduction in space plus more. We welcome both John Jossy and Tom Marotta back to this 1 hour43 minute discussion starting with Tom introducing us to his new business, The Spaceport Company, then switching over for the bulk of our discussion regarding...

Guests: John Jossy, Thomas Marotta

Broadcast 3849 Hotel Mars GEORGE DVORSKY

Date Aired: Wednesday 30 Mar 2022

Guests: John Batchelor, George Dvorsky, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Competition for lunar human landers. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation...

Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, George Dvorsky

Tags: John Batchelor, George Dvorsky, Dr. David Livingston, Artemis human lunar lander, SpaceX, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin, NASA competition, NASA budget, possible other bids, human lander budget allocation, Mars, NASA Mars timeline, SpaceX Mars timeline

Broadcast 3846 Manny Pimenta

Date Aired: Friday 25 Mar 2022

Guest: Many Pimenta; Topics: Many introduced us to his virtual reality simulation of the Moon, Virtual Moon (www.virtualmoon.space). During our discussion we talked about advances in virtual reality, his impressive team, demos now available & posted to our blog, plus his evolving plans for the continued Virtual Moon development. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived...

Guests: Manny Pimenta

Broadcast 3841 Dr. John Hunter

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program...

Guests: Dr. John Hunter

Broadcast 3837 Jim Muncy

Date Aired: Sunday 06 Mar 2022

Guest: Jim Muncy; Topics: Ukraine, Russian space industry impact & decline, China & Russia mutual support, economic risks, misguided space policy advocates, SSP, government safety regulations, commercial industry strength and lots more during this nearly two hour program. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. ...

Guests: James A. M. Muncy

Tags: Jim Muncy, Ukraine, Russian space program destruction, SpaceX and cyber risks, Dmitry Rogozin director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, ISS, international cooperation, declining Russian space program, China-Russian future space support, Elon Musk, U.S. space program, Apollo-Soyuz Test Flight, Crimea, NASA & commercial space post Ukraine, U.S. economic fallout, commercial space economics, Artemis Accords, SLS, Orion, cost plus accounting, commercial space global engagement, SLS and sustainability, Starship success, Falcon Heavy, Russia & Chinese ties, space regulatory concerns, FAA focus, government regulations and safety, commercial industry self-screening, satellite constellations, junk science, space traffic management, misguided agendas, negotiating with government officials, government space expertise, Biden Administration, inflation impact, innovation, Space Solar Power, The Alliance For Space Development, March Storm

Broadcast 3828 Greg Klerkx

Date Aired: Friday 18 Feb 2022

Guest: Greg Klerkx; Topics: Greg follows up on commercial space from his best selling 2004 book, "Lost In Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age." Together we examine commercial space (alt.space) in 2004 to day. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the...

Guests: Greg Klerkx

Broadcast 3827 Hotel Mars with Doug Messier of Parabolic Arc

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. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written...

Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, Douglas Messier

Tags: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston, Parabolic Arc, SpaceX, Elon Musk, Starship, Boca Chica, Cape SpaceX launch pads, FAA, EIR for Starship, Starship launch delays

Broadcast 3821 Dennis Wingo

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the...

Guests: Dennis Wingo

Tags: Dennis Wingo, lunar return, Starship, SpaceX, Elon Musk, transformational, expansion of commercial space, Starship flight rate, Artemis, SLS, NASA SpaceX confidence level, regulatory challenges for Starship, FAA using caution regarding Starship launches, Starship explosion equal to Hiroshima, Starship optimized for LEO, human spaceflight challenges BLEO, in-space cruisers need, five year timeline, Blue Origin rockets, space tourism, reusability, price is different from the cost, canceling SLS, Dr. Jim Dewar, Nuclear propulsion, nuclear propulsion brief history, nuclear upper stage, challenging space mining and solar system development predictions, Dennis comments on stupid wars, international competition, the use of international partners for space projects, China and the Moon, commercial space development overall risks, nuclear power in space, fusion development, Space Solar Power for grid applications, Wingo's SSP plan for the Pacific Ocean, Starship impact on SSP, U.S. Russian space relationship in light o

Broadcast 3807 Leonard David

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. \Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to...

Guests: Leonard David

Broadcast 3776 Bob Zimmerman

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a...

Guests: Robert Zimmerman

Tags: Bob Zimmerman, Sierra Nevada, Blue Origin, The Orbital Reef Commercial Space station, Blue Moon human lunar lander, Jeff Bezos financing, private investment up front, private customers, SpaceX, Elon Musk, private space stations, Axiom, critique of human space tourism flights, naysayer voices, private money independent of government, Prince William and The Royal Foundation with the BBC, UK space conflicts with their commercial industry, Northern Scotland, Boca Chica, billionaires, taxes, FAA slow walking Starship, environmental impact, Artemis Accords, bilateral agreements, end running the OST, India and Artemis, Brazil and Luxembourg with Artemis, Dr. Charles Lurio, Biden Admin slow walking Artemis, NASA and a second human lunar lander, Australian space industry, space station plans and financing, cost plus contracting not being used on private stations, nanoscale commercial station systems, space manufacturing, materials, small commercial rocket launchers, Bezos vision compared to Musk vision, SLS or Starshi

Broadcast 3770 Dr. Brian Green

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com....

Guests: Dr. Brian Green

Tags: Dr. Brian Green, applied ethics, Space Ethics by our guest, exploring the final frontier, interactions with humans, the Earth and outer space, planetary protection, SpaceX, Elon Musk, space settlement, Mars, the Moon, Article 9 of the OST, aerospace engineering, why Space Ethics, space debris concerns, national security space, weaponizing space, commercial operations, space mining, contamination for Mars or the Earth, searching for ET intelligence, interacting with ET intelligence, China and ethics, space tourism, humans and purposeful meaning, AI and technology ethics, China ethics align with the CCP, ethics vs. rules for space, legislature and ethics, the case against space, private space flight ethics, robotic probes vs. humans as a probe, satellite kill weapons, medical ethics, Bioethics, business ethics, ethics and government, social media ethics

Broadcast 3767 Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written...

Guests: Dr. Robert Zubrin

Broadcast 3766 Scott Truax

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. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written...

Guests: Scott Truax

Broadcast 3763 Open Lines

Date Aired: Sunday 26 Sep 2021

Guest: Dr. David Livingston hosts Open Lines; Topics: Multiple callers discussing multiple topics on today's program. See the tags and key words as a guide to our discussion topics. A few of our calls were lengthy, thus our program was 2 hours nine minutes in length. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. ...

Guests: Dr. David Livingston

Tags: Open Lines, copyright issues, Inspiration 4, Michael Listner, naysayers to commercial space, UN Sec. General space commentary, geopolitics, tipping points, legislation to abolish the Space Force, Dr. Doug, inflatable mockup habitat, space advocacy, Moon first, Mars settlement advantages, Active Retirement Communities, Australian journalist on UAP's, Fremont John Lightening Round on the blog, space mining, Moon vs. asteroids, NSS five year launch projection review, lunar earnings prediction, clouds on exoplanets, exoplanet atmospheres, the future of the ISS, selling space to the public, how space benefits us on Earth, Bezos and Blue Origin, Elon Musk, Bezos-Musk punches, space solar power example, Kim as a space messenger, Dr. Tom Matula space economics concerns, Dan Adamo on space settlement viability issues, Kim on sports and arts

Broadcast 3761 Hotel Mars Robert (Rob) Godwin

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. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior...

Guests: Robert (Rob) Godwin