Date Aired: Monday 17 Sep 2007
This Mars Society Conference 2007 program is the third and final set of recorded interviews conducted at the conference on the UCLA campus. There are two guests interviewed for this program. First, you will hear from Claude who came to the conference from Paris, France. Claude is 84, very sharp, was with JPL at one time. You will want to hear what he says about his years in the space industry, his looking forward to Mars and other space adventures and much more. Claude is followed by a young...
Date Aired: Sunday 16 Sep 2007
Dr. Joan Vernikos was the guest for this Space Show program originally recorded and aired on Sept. 13, 2007 for a special replay on Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. Dr. Vernikos, the former Director of NASA's Life Science Division, is an expert in the effects of space, particularly gravity upon the astronauts. As we learned in this interview, she has taken her expertise regarding gravity and applied it to all of us non-astronauts for helping us to have healthy living here on Earth. Her book, "The G-...
Date Aired: Saturday 15 Sep 2007
Dr. Pat Hynes and Dr. Tom Burton were the guests for this Space Show program. Our subject to be discussed was the International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight (ISPS) to be held in Las Cruces, NM from Oct. 24-25, 2007. Visit http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/isps/index2.php for the agenda, information, registration, and more. We started our discussion with an overview of new speakers and developments for the ISPS. Pat updated us with the program introduction and speakers for the morning session of...
Date Aired: Thursday 13 Sep 2007
Irene Willhite, Curator/Archivist for the US Space...
Date Aired: Thursday 13 Sep 2007
Dr. Buzz Aldrin was a guest for this late Friday afternoon Space Show program. Buzz started off giving us an update of where we are today versus yesterday/yesteryear re the VSE, rockets, space station, and much more. We talked about his ShareSpace plan for advocate organizations and members to win space trips and related activities. Listen to his plan and let us know what you think of it. He received a few questions regarding possible problems with Aries I in the launch hardware NASA is...
Date Aired: Wednesday 12 Sep 2007
Bill Pullman, playwright and director, was with us for this short Space Show interview discussing his new play, Expedition 6. Expedition 6 is playing at the Magic Theatre at Fort Mason in San Francisco, Sept. 8-Oct. 7, 2007. Bill tells us the story of how he was inspired to write this play concerning the two astronauts and one cosmonaut stranded on the ISS after the loss of Columbia. Bill simulates microgravity in the play, listen to how he creatively does this with the cast and involving the...
Date Aired: Monday 10 Sep 2007
Dr. Bryan Laubscher and Eric Westling were the guests for this Space Show program. We began our discussion with a review of the rocket equation and both Eric and Bryan took us through the chemistry and physics of rockets, mass ratios, etc. With extensive questioning by listeners as well as myself, both guests explained why chemical rocket propulsion breakthroughs were unlikely. I urge listeners to pay attention to this discussion. If you disagree, send our guests a note and explain why they are...
Date Aired: Sunday 09 Sep 2007
Robert Jacobson, Co-Founder of the 62 Mile Club, was the guest for this program. Robert discussed how the 62 Mile Club was founded, its purpose, and its upcoming special event in the Los Angeles - Bel Aire on Oct. 4 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik 1. Robert answered many listener questions, including one question about the pollution rockets might cause upon launch, especially if the launch rate were to go up to a high rate. Both Robert and I answered the question so see what you...
Date Aired: Saturday 08 Sep 2007
Mel Marsh and Dr. Jim Pass were guests today for an excellent discussion about astrosociology and the coming sessions on this topic at Space 2007 in Long Beach, CA. Jim and Mel gave us a comprehensive discussion on astrosociology and its importance to our developing a space-faring culture and economy. As a result of listener questions, the subject of academic bias was talked about, something both Mel and Jim have experienced. Jim talked about the status quo within the sociology world, we talked...
Date Aired: Thursday 06 Sep 2007
Robert Pearlman, CEO and Founder of collectSpace, was the returning guest for this Space Show program. Robert is the master and expert regarding space memorabilia collecting. In fact, we started the program with a listener question about the whereabouts of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo capsules and their potential value on the collector market. We had a comprehensive look at space memorabilia, eBay, values, Moon rockets, Russian space items and the same from China and ESA. Robert pointed out...
Date Aired: Wednesday 05 Sep 2007
Mark Mayfield, editor-in-chief of LAUNCH Magazine, was the guest for this Space Show program. Our discussion will inform you about everything you have ever wanted to know about publishing a very high quality space magazine. Mark was asked several questions about his business and marketing plan and approach, his financing of the publication, target markets, writing level, and much more. We talked about his distribution plan including free copies at conferences, subscriptions, and sales at...
Date Aired: Tuesday 04 Sep 2007
John Draim was the guest for this special Space Show program. Mr. Draim, a retired captain in the USN, is an expert on floating launch and we discussed this type of rocket launch for the first hour of the program. We covered the history of floating launch, military vs. commercial launches, the advantages, disadvantages, and technology involved. Mr. Draim said multiple times that he has been involved with air launching of rockets, traditional ground/launch pad rocket launches, and floating...
Date Aired: Monday 03 Sep 2007
Dr. James A. Dewar was the special guest for this program. Mr. Dewar has re-released his book through Apogee, "To The End Of The Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket." This is a must read book and this is a must listen to show. Mr. Dewar guided us through the technology and perhaps even more important, the politics of the nuclear rocket program story for the years 1955-73 through the Nixon Administration. One can only wonder what our space world would be like today had this program not...
Date Aired: Sunday 02 Sep 2007
This is the second of three Mars Society Conference program recorded live at the 2007 conference. The part of this program is a private space tourism presentation by Dr. Larry Kuznetz to Reda Anderson and myself. Larry gives this presentation on cruise ships to general cruise ship audiences. The second part of this program has The Space Show going bar hopping though the second bar would not permit us to record in it. The first location for the evening, the bar at the very exclusive Bel Aire...
Date Aired: Saturday 01 Sep 2007
This is the first of two Mars Society interview programs from the 2008 Convention, August 30-September 2, 2007. For this program, there are three interviews. The first interview is with Dr. Scott Horowitz, the NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration. Dr. Horowitz was one of the keynote speakers for Friday, August 31 and in that address he did a comprehensive presentation regarding the NASA plan to take us back to the Moon and on to Mars. In his Space Show interview, which was limited due...
Date Aired: Thursday 30 Aug 2007
This Golden Oldie Space Show programs features Leonard David from October 2001 and Dennis Wingo from November 2001. When you hear what they said back then, go back in time with them as they were both on just after 9/11. Do a comparison with then and now. How have things changed, where has the progress been, where are we stagnating based on these two interviews. Your feedback is always welcome. Remember, these older programs were one hour shows on the old Phoenix station and each show had...
Date Aired: Monday 27 Aug 2007
Dr. Al Harrison was the guest for this Space Show program. Note that this program has phone line audio issues that cannot be processed out of the recording. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes you in listening to this exceptional program. Dr. Harrison is the author of the new book, "Starstruck: Cosmic Visions in Science, Religion, and Folklore." As a psychologist, Dr. Harrison is certainly qualified to examine the relationships we have with space, cultures, physics, astronomy, myths...
Date Aired: Sunday 26 Aug 2007
This AIAA Space 2007 Conference discussion program featured Mike Lounge of Boeing, Dr. Randii Wessen of JPL, Col. Richard White Jr. of SMC Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA, and Bob Dickman, AIAA Executive Director. The purpose of our program was to let listeners know about the content, the variety, and the importance of this upcoming conference in Long Beach, CA from Sept. 18-20, 2007. Each guest spoke about an area of special interest featured at the conference, in addition to pointing NewSpace...
Date Aired: Saturday 25 Aug 2007
Ben Shelef, co-founder of Spaceward Foundation (www.spaceward.org), was the guest for this show. Spaceward is sponsoring the 2007 climber and space elevator games in Salt Lake City this year, Oct. 19-21, 2007. Check it out at the Spaceward Foundation website. Not only did Ben tell us about the climber contest and also the tether contest, he noted that for winners there is a million dollars to give away courtesy our favorite NASA! Its $500K for the winner of each contest but Ben explains this...
Date Aired: Thursday 23 Aug 2007
Golden Oldie Program: Guest 1: Dr. Peter Diamandis from August 8, 2001. Guest 2: Elon Musk from Oct. 24, 2001. Both of these programs represent the first time Peter and Elon were guests on The Space Show (at the time, it was Business Without Boundaries). Again, you will hear some of the original Business Without Boundaries spots, commercials, music, etc. None of the interviews have been deleted but you might detect some strange editing as I had to make these shows conform to hard breaks for...
Date Aired: Monday 20 Aug 2007
Tonight you will hear the very first Space Show program featuring Dr. Patrick Collins on the subject of space tourism. This program was recorded live on June 13, 2001 when the program was known as "Business Without Boundaries" and is slightly less than one hour in length. As you listen to this show, consider the state of space tourism in 2001 as discussed by Dr. Collins and the current state of space tourism. Is there progress, much progress or just marginal progress? What do you think? If you...
Date Aired: Sunday 19 Aug 2007
Joe Latrell, CEO of Beyond-Earth Enterprises was the guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion by asking Joe about his winning the recent business plan competition and the NewSpace 2007 conference. We covered his preparation for the competition, his critique during the day when the judges worked with Joe, his team, and the same for the other competitor, SpeedUp. Joe found the critique to be hard hitting and very useful and talks openly about it on the show and with listeners....
Date Aired: Thursday 16 Aug 2007
SmallSat Conference interviews make up this special recorded Space Show program. While at SmallSat, I interviewed just a few of those attending to get their perspective on either what they were doing at the Conference and why they were there, or their views on small satellites and updates regarding space development. For example, the first interview was conducted at the booth representing the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Island (www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html). Most listeners will recognize this...
Date Aired: Monday 13 Aug 2007
Jim Petersen, President of the Historic Wendover Airfield Association, was the guest for this special Space Show program. Please excuse the few rough edits that are a result of my travel and attendance at the SmallSat conference as I am using my laptop and not the full editing facilities and programs available to me in my office. As the President of the Historic Wendover Airfield, Jim met me at Wendover on Sunday, April 12, 2007 and gave me a personal tour and interview of this site. Both Jim...
Date Aired: Sunday 12 Aug 2007
Dr. Jim Wertz, CEO of Microcosm, Inc., was the guest for this special Space Show program to discuss Operationally Responsive Space (ORS). The discussion with Dr. Wertz began with his working definition of ORS. I believe this program will provide listeners with a comprehensive discussion of the subject, possible commercial applications and drivers, DOD needs and applications, R...
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