Date Aired: Tuesday 10 Nov 2009
Guest: Douglas Mallette. Topics: space exploration for humanity, space vision, talking to the non-space community. Douglas Mallette was our guest for this show to talk about his new book, "Turning Point: How Space Exploration and Development Will Determine the Rise or Fall of Humanity." This book is available on the One Giant Leap Foundation Amazon partners book page, http://www.amazon.com/dp/0557091233?tag=onegialeafou-20. Remember, if you buy this book through the OGLF link, Amazon donates to...
Date Aired: Tuesday 20 Oct 2009
Guests: Jacob Gullish, David Vaccaro. Topics: Space competitiveness, NewSpace, commercial space, military space. This program was Part 2 of our two part series featuring the "Futron 2009 Space Competitiveness Index: A Comparative Analysis of How Countries Invest In and Benefit from Space." You can download the Executive Summary from www.futron.com or send an email request for the pdf file to me. The full report is available for purchase from the Futron website. In the first segment, we started...
Date Aired: Sunday 21 Jun 2009
Guests: Julie Jiru and Vicki Ann Belleau. Topics: space and telecom law, University of Nebraska Space & Telecom Law LL.M program, commercial and civil space. Julie Jiru and Vicki Ann Belleau were with us on today's Space Show program as they were part of the first ever class for the newly formed Space & Telecom Law Center with the University of Nebraska Law School in Lincoln, NE. Julie and Vicki talked about the program, its focus, classes offered, leading professors and guest speakers...
Date Aired: Sunday 31 May 2009
Guest: Dr. John Jurist. Topics: NewSpace, becoming spacefaring, dogma, Space Cynics, launch economics. Dr. John Jurist returned to The Space Show to offer a response to a Space Cynics comment posted on the Space Cynics blog on April 28, 2009 by Matt Colborn. Matt asked what the positive action people should take regarding pushing towards our becoming spacefaring. Dr. Jurist responded to Matt's question and you can read his response at http://spacecynic.wordpress.com/old-space-cadets-view/. Our...
Date Aired: Monday 13 Apr 2009
Guest: Michelle Evans. Topics: Orange County Space Society (OCSS), X-15, NASA, outreach. Michelle Evans, President of the OCSS, was our guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion by looking at the OCSS (www.ocspace.org), its programs, outreach, and focus toward inspiring both members and the public to value and participate in space development. Some of the issues that were talked about in this segment included NASA outreach and PR, NASA TV and the NASA Digital Learning Network (...
Date Aired: Monday 30 Mar 2009
Guest: Dr. Richard Kirby. Topics: Kepler Space University, space and liberty, Theory of Money, citizen astronomer. Dr. Richard Kirby returned to The Space Show today regarding his new book, "The People's Astronomer,"(Please visit http://www.keplerspaceuniversity.com/ to purchase your copy) and a discussion about space wealth creation for the people. We spoke about breaking many conventional paradigms on economics, scarcity, the theory of money, and more and Dr. Kirby explained how by observing...
Date Aired: Sunday 29 Mar 2009
Guest: OPEN LINES. Topics: NASA bureaucracy, Return to the Moon or Mars, low cost space access, North Korea space program, SPESIF, astrosociology, education. This was our regular Open Lines program and runs slightly longer than two hours. Our program started with a call from listener Marshall about the NASA bureaucracy and what is known as “bureaucratic drift.” This was an interesting discussion which we applied to other government agencies, even national healthcare given comments from other...
Date Aired: Friday 13 Mar 2009
Guest: OPEN LINES: Topics: China & U.S. debt, capital for NewSpace, VSE, low cost space access, business fundamentals, Phoenix Lights, UFOs. This was a busy Open Lines program as a result of the last minute cancellation by our Nigerian guest who was to talk about the African space program. In opening this Open Lines show, several topics were put on the table including the composition of the lunar surface, China and its concern over financing the U.S. deficit by purchasing government bonds...
Date Aired: Tuesday 17 Feb 2009
Guest: Dr. Henry Hertzfeld. Topics: economics for the nation, NASA, and space, investment, launch rates, government spending for space and R&D. Dr. Henry Hertzfeld returned to The Space Show to discuss the current state of our national and global economy and its probable impact on space development and programs. We examined the economic impact on companies that need to raise money, those which do not have clearly defined markets, and on those companies that are self-funded. In addition to...
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