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Date Aired: Sunday 10 Sep 2023

Guests: Tim Ventura

Tags: Tim Ventura, propulsion history, EV technology, battery development, Ukraine war, AI, robots, rocket technology, space tourism spaceships, fusion, nuclear space power, the Moon as a staging area for the solar system, Mars not now, mitigating gravity, UAP concerns, FTL travel, gravitational lensing, space tourism challenges, NASA, Private Sector, Blue Origin, SpaceX, space leads to unrealistic expectations, race car technology, comparing Ford Explorer to Tesla Model 3, Tesla technology, desktop computer comparisons, computer code, ARM chips, Intel chips, Windows on ARM, farm equipment with AI and advanced chip code tech, alternative propulsion, Woodward Mach Thrusters, autonomous killing machines, AI driving human spaceflight, defining gravity, new physics, quantum communications, antennas, string theory, life after death, UAP and consciousness, Global Consciousness Project, general relativity theory, Dr. Jack Sarfatti, worm holes, gravitational metal materials

Broadcast 4058 Rand Simberg

Date Aired: Thursday 20 Jul 2023

Guest: Rand Simberg: Topics: Apollo July 20th anniversary, Artemis 1 lunar mission, lunar south pole not Tranquility Base, multiple other important space news topics including the October concern about renewing the learning period for commercial space. 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...

Guests: Rand Simberg

Tags: Rand Simberg, July 20 Apollo anniversary, Space News on going back to Tranquility Base on Artemis 1, three reasons for returning to Tranquility Base, Artemis 1 to lunar S. Pole, purpose of exploration, tourism endangers Tranquility Base, entrepreneurs and the Moon, Musk and Mars, Starship, SLS, Gateway, July 20th as inspirational, America awareness for returning to the Moon, lunar ice and profitability, robots, AI, human lunar exploration vs robotic lunar exploration, Lady Ghost Busters, Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA and Blue Origin engines, Boca Chica, three commercial lunar companies, gravity prescription, commercial space stations, space settlement, centrifuges, Space News Op-Ed, Space Solar Power, fusion vs. SSP, space tourism not yet mature, Evoloterra, Boca Chica and Starship launch, renewing the learning curve for commercial launch Oct 2023, ending the learning period consequences, Small Sat Conference, AIAA Ascend

Broadcast 4036 Robert (Bob) Zimmerman

Date Aired: Thursday 08 Jun 2023

Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Multiple topics on space. For a short review of the discussed topics see our Tags for this show. The tags will be repeated below in this summary. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of the 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...

Guests: Robert Zimmerman

Broadcast 4020 Dr. Matthew Weinzierl

Date Aired: Friday 28 Apr 2023

Guest: Dr. Matthew Weinzierl: Topics: We discussed commercial space economics, Matt's Harvard classes relating to commercial space and economics plus his students, student interest in space, space as a long term play vs. short term economic news. 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: Dr. Matthew Weinzierl

Tags: Dr. Matthew Weinzierl, Harvard Business School, National Bureau of Economic Research, commercialization of space research project, economic implications of commercial space, case studies for commercial space graduate programs, Harvard commercial space programs, two year course growth and interest, triggers for increasing interest in commercial space, SpaceX, entrepreneurial space startups, science fiction, space awareness, commercial space company examples, current economic conditions for commercial space, financing and cash flows for investment, tight interest rate market, bubble for space economy, market size, public private partnerships, investment opportunities are fewer, teaching ethical space investing, 2015 US Commercial Space Law, line separating naysayers from ethical promotors, LEO debris ethical concerns, China and space ethics, orbital commons, geopolitics and national security in Harvard classes, orbital debris tax solutions, tax incentives for debris mitigation, orbital debris cap and trade, san

Broadcast 4019 Hotel Mars: Rick Fisher

Date Aired: Wednesday 26 Apr 2023

Guests: John Batchelor, Rick Fisher, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Orion, Artemis 1 & SLS update with updates on Starship, Raptor engine testing 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 consent from The Space Show (...

Guests: John Batchelor, Rick Fisher, David Livingston

Broadcast 4017 Tim Cash

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 4008 Peter Garretson

Date Aired: Tuesday 28 Mar 2023

Guest: Peter Garretson; Topics: Commercial space development and vision, mining the sky, resources, space and China, the U.S. Space Force, developing a space economy, the need for space infrastructure, Space Solar Power 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...

Guests: Peter Garretson

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 3993 Laura Montgomery, Atty

Date Aired: Friday 03 Mar 2023

Guest: Laura Montgomery, Atty; Topics: The soon to expire human spaceflight moratorium, moratorium analysis, spaceflight safety regulations, space flight participants, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Starlink, FCC, liability concerns, commercial space expansion, the Outer Space Treaty, Code of Federal Regulation, debris mitigation 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: Laura Montgomery

Broadcast 3992 Hotel Mars with Eric Berger

Date Aired: Wednesday 01 Mar 2023

Guests: John Batchelor, Eric Berger, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: ULA possibly up for sale, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Starship testing, permits, Boca launch site, Artemis, testing re-entry, Raptor engines, BE 4 engine, lunar lander, financial stability, military, NASA 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...

Guests: John Batchelor, Eric Berger, Dr. David Livingston

Tags: John Batchelor, Eric Berger, Dr. David Livingston, SLS, Artemis 1, SpaceX, Starship, Boca launch site, environmental concerns, Raptor engines, Starship testing, Super Heavy, Blue Origin, ULA Vulcan, ULA up for sale

Broadcast 3991 Dr. Namrata Goswami

Date Aired: Tuesday 28 Feb 2023

Dr. Namrata Goswami, Tuesday, 2-28-23; #3991; Time: 1 hour 38 minutes Guest: Dr. Namrata Goswami; Topics: A detailed look at China and their comprehensive quest for power including space power, America's response and leadership concerns, lunar development and return, technology, AI, robotics, 3 D printing 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...

Guests: Dr. Namrata Goswami

Tags: Dr. Namrata Goswami, China's economic gains, economic gain timelines, comprehensive national power, China and technology, AI and robotic development, brief history timeline for Chinese national power, U.S. economic and power challenges to China, Russia, China and space, Chinese lunar policy, China's space goals, space the Chinese military, Ukraine, commercial satellite constellations, SpaceX, Starship, educating journalists about China, importance of understanding China's goals in space, broad picture showing more than just space concerns, dismissing China's space facts, 3D Printing, China's goal evidenced accomplishments, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on China and their lunar policy, South Sea Islands example, Taiwan, new evolving Russian-Chinese relationship, manipulation of the west, Iran, China's 2030 AI goal for space, reusable rockets in China, Nuclear propulsion, Long March 9 development timeline, China and space based solar power, Pakistan and space, Israel as a space power with China, American leade

Broadcast 3986 Dr. Peter Hague from the UK

Date Aired: Friday 17 Feb 2023

Guest: Peter Hague; Topics: Peter discussed his Planetocracy blog moving to substack plus a few of the major articles on the blog. We also discussed UK space, space international with the US, China, Russia and the EU 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 relevant to the...

Guests: Dr. Peter Hague

Broadcast 3974 Bob Zimmerman

Date Aired: Tuesday 03 Jan 2023

Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics: 2022 launch rate as a record, SLS, Artemis, Starship fuel compared to SLS, China and their program, India's program and launchers, life at Venus, Artemis moon landers 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...

Guests: Robert Zimmerman

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 3964 Hotel Mars with DOUG MESSIER of Parabolic Arc

Date Aired: Thursday 15 Dec 2022

Guests: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Orion, Artemis 1 & SLS update with updates on Starship, Raptor engine testing 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 consent from The Space Show (...

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

Tags: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston, Parabolic Arc, Orion, SLS, Artemis 1, SpaceX, Starship, Boca launch site, Lockheed Martin, skip maneuver, environmental concerns, Raptor engines, Starship testing, NASA, DearMoon, heat shield testing, Super Heavy

Broadcast 3962 Open Lines

Date Aired: Sunday 11 Dec 2022

Guest: Dr. David Livingston, host; Topics: Various topics as suggested by listeners in their emails and phone calls. The host also suggested multiple discussion topics. We covered many topics over the two hours of this program. We welcomed listeners to the final Open Lines discussion of the year. After I put forth some possible discussion topics, I also talked about possible changes with Open Lines in 2023 to get more callers and make it more interesting....

Guests: Dr. David Livingston

Broadcast 3948 Bob Zimmerman

Date Aired: Tuesday 08 Nov 2022

Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics: A look at some key space events for 2022, a look toward 2023, company reviews, a look at the records being made in the launch industry this year, commercial space and national security space commentary, space economics 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...

Guests: Robert Zimmerman

Tags: Bob Zimmerman, Election day, best 2022 space programs/projects, launch industry record numbers, SLS, Artemis 1, private space launchers, China launch and space industry, Russia launch and space industry, ESA, India, Blue Origin, New Glenn Rocket, BE 4 engine, Vulcan, ULA, Celestis lunar memorial Enterprise mission, Astrobotics, new congress and SLS, SpaceX, Starship launch license holdups, Artemis project survival, FAA stalls Starship launch license, Musk overtasked with Twitter acquisition, UAE and Israel joint space project, Abraham Accords, is commercial space essential, unlimited commercial space possibilities, national security and commercial space, the weaponization of space, Outer Space Treaty, Brazil and Spanish model for space rules and right, Homestead Act for space settlement, needing a legal framework, politics and the impact on space, upcoming planetary missions, the Oklahoma spaceport

Broadcast 3936 Frank Slazer; Special Start Time @ 12:30 Pm PDT

Date Aired: Sunday 09 Oct 2022

Guest: Frank Slazer; Topics: The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, government space, commercial space, launcher comparisons with SLS and Starship, market analysis, lobbying with congress, 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 Space Show...

Guests: Frank Slazer

Tags: Frank Slazer, Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, space policy, space business development, our early space program, Frank's space career, motivated to learn how to live off planet, Coalition is a trade organization, advocate, educate, focus on government, NASA, Capital Hill, public private partnerships, commercial partnerships, international space projects, space project economic impact, inflation impact on space economy, Artemis, JWST, Canadian arms example, Italian pressurized shell example, SpaceX, Starship compared to SLS, market uncertainty, market risk examples, A 380 airliner, Falcon Heavy example, launcher reliability, government partnership with Starship for HLS, SLS sustainability, SLS launch cost breakdown, Shuttle comparison with SLS, space in our daily lives, ISS cost example, Apollo 1961-72, talking space with relevant members of congress, space tourism, space settlement, marginal costs, reducing unit costs, Starship for planetary missions, launch windows, space infrastructure. government co

Broadcast 3923 Dale Skran

Date Aired: Sunday 11 Sep 2022

Guest: Dale Scran; Topics: National Space Society, Space Solar Power, space settlement, human gravity prescription, energy for settlement, SpaceX, rocket reusability, lowering space access costs 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....

Guests: Dale Skran

Tags: Dale Scran, National Space Society, space solar power (SSP), core factors declining in cost, SpaceX, O'Neill structure construction, community interest, fusion for future energy, continuous sun energy, GEO orbits, protecting other satellites from SSP satellite beam, remote locations, competing with diesel fuel, supporting base power needs, ESA, ISDC, SSP for cislunar space, space settlement energy needs, LEO area, ISS model, NASA and support of space settlement, Artemis, reusability, O'Neill structure preference, on orbit construction capability, NSS Roadmap to Settlement, various paths to settlement, the gravity RX for human safety and families, NSS Roadmap 5 year revision, Space Act Agreement, JWST, artificial gravity RX, MOXIE on Mars, ISRU, three different gravity prescriptions, mice experimentation, monkey experimentation, timelines

Broadcast 3922 Dallas Bienhoff

Date Aired: Friday 09 Sep 2022

Guest: Dallas Bienhoff; Topics, OffWorld.ai, lunar return, policy, nuclear propulsion, depots, heat in space, orbital construction, a.i., robotics, terrestrial development for use in space 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 Space Show program....

Guests: Dallas Bienhoff

Broadcast 3919 Hotel Mars with Rand Simberg

Date Aired: Wednesday 31 Aug 2022

Guests: John Batchelor, Rand Simberg, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: SLS upcoming launch on Artemis 1 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 of the Space...

Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, Rand Simberg

Tags: John Batchelor, Rand Simberg, Dr. David Livingston, SLS, next launch date, cause of the recent delay, faulty sensor workaround solution with risk, SLS history, Go Fever, high cost of SLS makes it unsustainable, media launch pressure, congress and lessons learned, R 25 engines, Starship readiness, Artemis 1, human lunar landers, SpaceX

Broadcast 3918 So You Want To Be A Space Show Guest Night

Date Aired: Tuesday 30 Aug 2022

Guests: Multiple callers and email listeners; Topics: SLS, Starship, home made airplanes, Las Vegas, Focus Fusion, JWST, redshift, Big Bang, The Lurio Report, 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...

Guests: Dr. David Livingston

Tags: So You Want To Be On The Space Show, Open Lines, Marshall's self-made airplane, Eric Lerner of Focus Fusion, alternative Big Bang theories and the JWST, redshift, phantom galaxies, Robert Goddard, SLS, SpaceX, Starship, Dr. Lurio, The Lurio Report, SLS on social media, Lori Garver's new book, sustainable lunar program

Broadcast 3917 Dennis Wingo

Date Aired: Sunday 28 Aug 2022

Guest: Dennis Wingo; Topics: SLS, Artemis to the Moon, Starship development, various space visions and their differences, space education outreach, leadership, 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...

Guests: Dennis Wingo

Tags: Dennis Wingo, SLS, The Dennis Wingo Blog, OSTP questions and Responses on his blog, Artemis 1, SpaceX, Artemis 2, Artemis 3, Starship with HLL, regulatory system, program risks due to economic conditions, Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, DC 3 comparison, ULA Vulcan, Geocentric mindset, Eastern Ukrainian resources, solar view point, geo and solar views conflict with one anther, possible 2024 presidential viewpoint, tension between NASA and privates, Japan changes nuclear plans, small matter reactor (SMR), Nuclear propulsion, citizen power, Starship resupply, mass drivers, sustainability of Artemis $4.1 billion cost, SSP, the bureaucratic view, leadership needed, Commercial Space Act of 1998, space for freshmen members of congress, ISS, NSS, letter writing to congress, Russia and an early ISS pullout, Starship cargo to the Moon timeline, 100 tons to the Moon for a lander, Mr. Moon's demise, quit listening to doomsayers

Broadcast 3916 BARRY MATSUMORI

Date Aired: Friday 26 Aug 2022

Guest: Barry Matsumori; Topics: The Impulse Space - Relativity Space first commercial mission to Mars, Impulse space orbital development and transportation services model and timeline, commercial to the Moon, possibly Venus 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: Barry Matsumori

Tags: Barry Matsumori, Impulse Space, COO, SpaceX, Virgin Orbit, BridgeComm, optical communication technology, Mars partnership with Relativity Space, launching first commercial mission to Mars, multiplanetary existence for humanity, commercial payloads to Mars, 3D printed launch vehicle Terran R, development of space transportation services for the inner solar system, Mars Cruise Vehicle, Mars Lander, trans Mars injection, reusable launch vehicle, 5 meter payload fairing, government and commercial customers, Inspiration, The Impulse Space commercial payload timeline to Mars, regulatory issues and concerns, sterilization of vehicle and payload, planetary protection, lunar missions, additional cargo mission destinations, description of commercial market for Mars, EIR concerns, anti-mission blowback, sending images back to Earth, using the DSN, propulsion system to be used, launch windows, multiple missions per launch window, investor financing, bureaucratic challenges, docking, depots, refueling, propellant, green

Broadcast 3912 Hotel Mars with Dr. Matthew Weinzierl

Date Aired: Wednesday 17 Aug 2022

Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Matthew Weinzierl, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Commercial space economics, inflation, interest rates and markets, student interest in commercial space, job growth in this sector 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...

Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, Dr. Matthew Weinzierl