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Broadcast 4099 Richard Easton with Peter Wilhelm
Date Aired: Friday 06 Oct 2023
Guests:  Peter Wilhelm, Richard Easton; Topics:  An overview of Pete Wilhelm’s NRL and industrial career which was responsible for multiple advances in satellite and space technologies for national security and early commercial space. We reviewed many of Pete’s developments and accomplishments and talked about them 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,...
Guests: Richard Easton, Peter Wilhelm
Tags: Pete Wilhelm, Richard Easton, retired director of Naval Center for Space Technology, the NRL, honorary Saalfeld Award, materials science, scientific satellites, Cold War reconnaissance satellites, GPS, high performance, long-life satellites, different satellite launching systems, gravity gradient stabilization, thrusters, memory, meeting with Von Braun, GRAB the first spy satellite, timeation (Navigation Technology Satellite (NTS), SOLRAD program, meeting Elon Musk, Clementine, LACE, WindSat, TacSat 4, space debris concerns, Space Solar Power, computer development, military technology transfer, ocean launch, Atlas and government ICBM launch vehicles, spin stabilization, passive ranging, advantages from advanced electronics, the Space Surveillance System, Apollo sped IT by 20 years, Nuclear power
Broadcast 4087 Jim Muncy
Date Aired: Friday 08 Sep 2023
Guest:  Jim Muncy; Topics: Renewal of the commercial space learning curve, human spaceflight safety, regulation, risks, leadership issues, how best to enable the private sector in space development, FAA, DoT, DoC 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: James A. M. Muncy
Tags: Jim Muncy, SLS and sustainability concerns, commercial space learning period renewal, concerns about government regulation, unsafe vs. being safe, FAA, DOT, OCST, AST, new budget concerns, Ocean Gate, skirting U.S. law, Mike Listner analysis, hazardous and risky ventures, no expectation of safety, human spaceflight and safety, Axiom, advanced technology leadership, Greta on the Space News cover, the need for uniting leadership, space debris issues, Space Solar Power, national security, questioning the public in space, encouraging private space companies track record, enabling the private sector.
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 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 4016 Dr. Robert Zubrin
Date Aired: Tuesday 18 Apr 2023
Guest:  Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin;  Topics:  Bob talked about his new book, "The Case For Nukes: How we can Beat Global Warming and Crate a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future," nuclear power and why, invention and progress, SSP, nuclear propulsion 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...
Guests: Dr. Robert Zubrin
Tags: Dr. Robert Zubrin, The Case For Nukes: How we can Beat Global Warming and Crate a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future, nuclear power and progress, bronze, iron, aluminum, uranium, granite, fission, fusion, inventions, nuclear energy, Enrico Fermi, nuclear waste concern, nuclear power for space, small modular nuclear reactors (SMR), made in factories, markets for the SMR, economies of scale, molten salt thorium reactors, NY Worlds Fair, Vietnam War, Generation 4 reactors, Kraft Ehricke, Nuclear Thermal propulsion compared to Nuclear Electric Propulsion, Mars Direct, Bob's solutions, low enriched uranium, highly enriched uranium, public private partnerships, computers and microprocessors, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, U.S. nuclear power timeline, Third Wave movement, CO2 in the oceans, NetZero, Space Solar Power, boutique power, Malthusian movement
Broadcast 4007 Dr. George Sowers
Date Aired: Sunday 26 Mar 2023
Guest:  Dr. George Sowers; Topics:  Multiple topics for commercial space, space resources, cislunar development, propulsion and fuels, the need for figuring out the gravity prescription for humans in space, the Colorado School Space Resources program 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...
Guests: Dr. George Sowers
Tags: Dr. George Sowers, Colorado School of Mines, golden age of commercial space, space resources, space lunar surface, most excitement small to medium companies, refueling economy, selling propellant in space, thermal risk, Viper Mission, lunar PSR areas, Cislunar 1000, Cislunar development, cislunar development timeline, selling ULA, space settlement, Colorado School of Mines Space Resources Graduation program, online studies, Big Idea Challenge Program, Lunar Outpost Co., stem degrees, space robotics, Space Solar Power, U.S. D.O.E., nuclear energy, Thorium, free market economic opportunity, water ice on the Mon, Lunar poles, hydrocarbons, C type asteroid, carbon, mining water out of asteroids, propellant innovation, nuclear propulsion options, LCROSS, humans in space, space agriculture, earth worms in lunar regolith, free space development, gravity prescription
Broadcast 3931 Sarah Scoles
Date Aired: Tuesday 27 Sep 2022
Guest:  Sarah Scoles;  Topics:  Sarah talked about your science journalism, nuclear and also extraterrestrial work, articles, and books including her current work in progress, we talked about her target market for her articles, commercial space, Artemis, settlement, SSP 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: Sarah Scoles
Tags: Sarah Scoles, science journalist, DART mission, Jupiter, nuclear weapons, weapons scientists and engineers, extraterrestrial interests, UAP research, SLS, Artemis, space settlement interests, SLS cancellation, Space Solar Power, AFRL, beam power, space settlement energy and power requirements, arms control, weapons verification, measuring radiation, commercial space imaging, national security with commercial space, Starlink and political influence
Broadcast 3930 Leonard David
Date Aired: Sunday 25 Sep 2022
Guest:  Leonard David;  Topics:  Leonard discussed a variety of space topics ranging from public to commercial to planetary to human spaceflight. He included lunar return, Starship, SLS, Artemis, national security space issues, China and Russia and lots 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...
Guests: Leonard David
Tags: Leonard David, Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE, SLS, Artemis 1, The Artemis Project, returning to the Moon, the need for two viable heavy lift launch systems, SLS sustainability, Saturn V costs per unit development, anxiousness for a return to the Moon, Space Solar Power, DOE and SSP, X-37B, B-21, NRL, SSP players, SSP economic viability, military uses for SSP, space settlement, ISS, private space stations, Lunar settlement, settlement sustainability concerns, space tourism, Space Force, space investment salesmanship, the SpinLaunch concept, UAP issue, Avi Loeb, The Galileo Project, disclosure, public approval/disapproval, Starship, abort systems, space safety and rescue, artificial gravity, cattle mutilation, challenging economy and commercial space, supply chain concerns, Chinese space station
Broadcast 3913 Dr. Namrata Goswami
Date Aired: Friday 19 Aug 2022
Guest:  Dr. Namrata Goswami; Topics:  The national security aspects for space with the U.S. China and other nations. U.S. leadership problems, Chinese leadership, Chinese gains with other countries 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: Dr. Namrata Goswami
Tags: Dr. Namrata Goswami, space as a democracy, The Second Space Race: Democratic outcomes for the Future of Space in The Georgetown Journal, U.S. trends, serious leadership issues, U.S. compared to China, U.S. vision concerns, Artemis, climate change China style, Africa, South America, China's Belt & Road, Ukraine and space, cognitive gap, competition in space, competition overview and realism, global leadership deficit, NOAA, Dept. of Commerce, Space Force discussion, sustainable Chinese leadership, the importance and value of space, bipartisan open source research, space not seen as a priority with the U.S. government, consequences should Chinese leadership prevail, role of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval decline, ASAT tests, important timelines, nuclear concerns, demographics with the analysis, cheap labor, U.S. space policy five years out, Space Solar Power, China with Molten Salt Reactor leadership, Long March 5 reentry
Broadcast 3873 Dr. Patrick Collins
Date Aired: Tuesday 07 Jun 2022
Guest:  Dr. Patrick Collins;  Topics:  Space Tourism, Space Solar Power, markets, snow melting satellites, SSP interest around the world, climate change including a possible ice age 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. Written...
Guests: Dr. Patrick Collins
Tags: Dr. Patrick Collings, space tourism, Space Solar Power, air travel industry comparisons, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, orbital tourism, suborbital, space tourism bashing, anti-billionaire sentiment, Japan and space tourism, JAXA, returning to the Moon, Artemis, Russia and China lunar return, Dr. Charles Lurio, reusable rockets, SLS, sailing ships, opening up the Moon, private sector advantages. AXIOM, ILC Dover, snow melting satellites, ice age, Global Warming, beaming energy to Earth as a weapon, microwaves to melt snow, LEO satellites, GEO satellites SSP and the European interest, ESA, GAP with electric & space organizations, split rectennas, solar and wind needing backup, SSP development plant, 40 year timeline, former SPS 2000 program, microwaves as weapons of war, Nuclear power, SSP mass, launch capacity, power needs and requirements, Lunar space elevator, employment capabilities, space tourism market driver for SSP, LEO SSP demonstrator
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 3830 Dr. Angie Bukley, Karen Jones
Date Aired: Tuesday 22 Feb 2022
Guests:  Dr. Angie Bukley, Karen Jones;  Topics:  The value of space, LEO assets, satellite data for monitoring climate change and the space environmental impact on climate on a global basis, green rocket fuels, environmental justice, SPS 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...
Guests: Dr. Angie Bukley, Karen Jones
Tags: Dr. Angie Bukley, Karen Jones, Aerospace Corporation, value of space, importance of LEO assets, understanding climate changes, harmful rocket emissions, LEO debris risks, GEO & MEO assets and orbits, ethical space issues, value of satellite data, AI, decision support tools, environmental accountability, Conference of Parties #26, LEO comsat constellations space data, commercial space environmental enforcement, commercial volunteerism, NOAH satellites, agricultural satellites, potential enforcement agencies, cislunar space, human factor in space significance, circular economy, environmental sustainability, rocket emissions, impact on stratosphere, rocket fuels, green rocket fuels, methane discharge detection, Rwanda satellite constellation, Space Solar Power, National Space Council, statutory language, environmental justice, transparency, making the case for space, net zero goal
Broadcast 3796 Michael Listner
Date Aired: Sunday 05 Dec 2021
Guest:  Michael Listner; Topics:    National Space Council meeting, Russian ASAT Test, weapons including nuclear weapons in space, space policy, Chinese hypersonic weaponry, 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. Written...
Guests: Michael Listner
Tags: Michael Listner, National Space Council meeting, Space Solar Power, long term funding studies, Russian ASAT test, National Security Forum at the Regan Library, Russian ASAT a test or demo, UK space habitat norms for responsible space behavior, economic sanctions, fossil fuel as a force multiplier, space policy is geopolitical, lack of consequences, Ukraine policy, Space debris, Russia and China debris concerns, ASAT threat, U.S. ASAT tests, space control, general population awareness, Starship direct to the Moon, bypassing Artemis, Artemis Accords, Poland and France with Artemis, space as a commons, China's hypersonic missile weapon, FOBS, FOBS and the OST, OST and nuclear weapons in space, X-rays lasers in space, Program 439, LBJ program called Sentinel, space weapons pushback, commercial space debris concerns, U.S. Space Force, NEPA and space development, space development and commerce regarding space policy, Space Thoughts by Michael Listner
Broadcast 3768 Emily Carney
Date Aired: Sunday 10 Oct 2021
Guest: Emily Carney; Topics: Emily's blog work with the NSS known as "This Space Available," her series on Space in the 70's, Apollo lunar topics, Skylab, the Space Shuttle and history, 70's planetary missions, Gerard O'Neill, 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...
Guests: Emily Carney
Tags: Emily Carney, Emily's NSS blog, Emily's Space And Things podcast, Emily's blog series Space in the 70's, space history, Apollo Lunar history starting in the 60's, Apollo-Soyuz Test Flight Mission, The Space Shuttle, human element for spaceflight, commercial spaceflight 70's precursor events, the population space mood for the 70's, Gerrard O'Neill, astronomy on Skylab, Skylab Space Station, Viking mission, Voyager mission, Skylab science, saving Skylab, using remaining Apollo flight hardware, Saturn 1B, Saturn 5, Space Solar Power, L5 organization merger with NSS, NASA Ames, O'Neill structures
Broadcast 3748 Dr. Paul Jaffe
Date Aired: Sunday 29 Aug 2021
Guest:  Dr. Paul Jaffe; Topics: Space Solar Power (SSP) research and development progress, microwave beamed energy work, laser beaming and propulsion, weaponization, commercial development, energy politics and economics, government policy, timelines, demos and experiments. 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: Dr. Paul Jaffe
Tags: Dr. Paul Jaffe, Naval Research Lab, NRL Space Solar study report, PRAM, X-37B, microwave power beaming, Space Solar Power, IEEE, sunlight in space, LEctenna project, rectennas, RF issues, SSP in GEO, AFRL SSPIDR Project, SSP commercial operations timeline, heliostats, unknowns and uncertainties, energy cost analysis, government subsidies, energy policy, picking winners through policy, coal plans, GPS, using extraterrestrial materials for manufacturing SSP hardware, pumped hydro, Tesla batteries, launch costs, life expectancy, specific power, Comsats, watts/kilogram, Cal Tech SSP R&D, spectrum allocation issues, laser power beaming, SSP as a weapon, lower power densities, wave length, SSP and astronomy concerns, SSP and ham radio concerns, beamed energy propulsion, Starshot, blank check funding progress
Broadcast 3736 Dr. Haym Benaroya
Date Aired: Tuesday 10 Aug 2021
Guest:  Dr. Haym Benaroya; Topics:  Returning to the Moon with humans, Artemis, lunar development action plan, hardware advancements, regolith and low gravity concerns, large rocket acoustic signatures and challenges, noise abatement blast wave, blast vibrations, low frequency vibrations 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....
Guests: Dr. Haym Benaroya
Tags: Dr. Haym Benaroya, returning to the Moon, Artemis, Gateway, lunar construction, regolith issues, AI, robotics, spacesuits, funding, delays, Space Solar Power, lunar south pole competition and challenges, physiology concerns, gravity concerns, action plan, why do the Moon now, China, national security, Martian soil compared to lunar regolith, Dallas Bienhoff engineering, Cislunar, rocket acoustic signature challenges, noise waves, historical comparison, blast wave, vibration challenges, Starship concerns, water dampening, low frequency challenges, offshore oil platforms for launch pads, superstructure issues, costs, ocean waves, earlier sea launch efforts
Broadcast 3676 Jim Muncy
Date Aired: Friday 23 Apr 2021
Guest:  Jim Muncy; Topics: Space policy and the Biden Administration, returning to the Moon, NASA budget, human lunar lander program and selection, Sen. Nelson as the next NASA Administrator, China and space policy plus additional topics. 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: James A. M. Muncy
Tags: Jim Muncy, NASA Administrator, Retired Senator Bill Nelson, Father of SLS, SpaceX, cost issues, lunar landers, NASA lunar lander budget, funding drives lander selection, returning to the Moon, Artemis, Biden Administration and returning to the Moon, NewSpace investment opportunities, NewSpace investment bubble, China, choices for dealing with China and space matters, space as part of needed infrastructure, private sector buildout for space infrastructure, US national debt and space investment, deregulation, space settlement concerns, American values for space, NASA valuing results, SLS-Orion and the Moon, Starship, political pushback to SpaceX lunar lander selection, Blue Origin entry, backup team budget dependent, why human spaceflight and the Moon, Earth Day, Big Blue Marble photo, environmental movement and space, solar power satellites, Space Solar Power, STEM, The High Frontier Documentary, NASA and climate change
Broadcast 3666 Hotel Mars with Dr. Haym Benaroya
Date Aired: Wednesday 31 Mar 2021
This program was pre-recorded Tuesday afternoon, March 30, 2021.   Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Haym Benaroya Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Russia China plan for a lunar South Pole base, future lunar settlement development, lunar mining economic value 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...
Guests: Dr. Haym Benaroya, John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston
Tags: John Batchelor, Dr. Haym Benaroya Dr. David Livingston, China-Russia MOU on a lunar surface/orbit station, Chinese and Russian lunar habitat engineering, TRL for lunar development, robotic compared to human lunar surface work, Artemis, lunar south pole, water ice, US competition with China and Russia, mining the Moon, potential lunar developmental value, the Moon as high ground, radiation, Space Solar Power, microgravity, micrometeorite protection, lunar development compatibility concerns, robotic and AI TRL today, lava tubes, living underground
Broadcast 3656 Dr. Jeffery Greenblatt
Date Aired: Tuesday 09 Mar 2021
Guest:  Dr. Jeffery Greenblatt;  Topics:  Orbital Assembly Corporation spinning space hotel the Voyager Space Station development, preliminary demos, the gravity ring, artificial gravity 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: Dr. Jeffery Greenblatt
Tags: Dr. Jeffery Greenblatt, Orbital Assembly Corp, New Space Conference, SpaceX inspiration, The Voyager Space Station orbiting hotel, LEO, technology demos, Gravity ring, D station, gravity prescription, spin rate, fundraising, fact or fantasy, space tourism market, pricing, depth & breath of wealthy person market, vertical integration, subcontractors, docking, Dream Chaser vehicles for lifeboats, Voyager Station central hub, 1 g spin rate, view of Earth as one spins in the hotel, Voyager Space Station dimensions, windows in the Voyager Space Station, Space Solar Power, virtual reality windows with views, Bigelow modules, Axiom modules, Chief Visionary Officer, EVA, spacesuits, gravity ring as a stepping stone, artificial gravity experiments, TRLs for hardware and infrastructure development, investor skepticism, regulatory risks, Voyager Space Station medical facilities, viewing Voyager as it flies overhead like viewing the ISS
Broadcast 3634 Dr. John Mankins
Date Aired: Tuesday 26 Jan 2021
Guest:  John Mankins;  Topics: John's project with the US and Australia, space solar power technology, costs, regulatory concerns, national and international support, technology advancements, launch advancements, economic breakeven 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...
Guests: John Mankins
Tags: John Mankins, Space Solar Power, Artemis Innovation, Solar Space Technologies (SST), base load space solar power generation for Australia, SSP GEO satellites for Australia, wireless technical challenges, Australian demo SSP satellite program, SSP hardware advancements, SSP costs decline, SSP launch improvements, advanced robotics, space manufacturing of large & complex facilities, Australia and SE Asia SSP markets, low intensity microwave frequency, Green movement and SSP, X-37B wireless power beaming experiment, modular infrastructure repairs, US SSP leadership, fusion energy, SSP entrepreneurs, SSP public support, bypassing traditional utility companies for direct SSP connections, SSP satellite deployment plan, solar electric power, Orbital Assembly, EMP resistance, SSP policy maker champions, roadblocks include perception, regulatory, spectrum and more, transmission loss of power, SSP and national security, PG&E, Solaren Corp, SSP and the grid, SSP costs per KWH
Broadcast 3622 Sunday, 12-27, Open Lines
Date Aired: Sunday 27 Dec 2020
Happy New Year and my best to all for a safe and healthy 2021.  Don't forget, there is still plenty of time left to support The Space Show with a Pay Pal gift or your check.  For questions, please email at drspace@thespaceshow.com.  Guest:  Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston; Topics:  Multiple Open Line Topics discussed with a variety of callers.  See the tags and key words for major discussion topics. Please direct all comments and questions regarding...
Guests: Dr. David Livingston
Tags: Open Lines, Robert Jacobson, commercial space review, recent commercial space events and transactions, SpaceX, Tesla, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, mergers and acquisitions, 3D Printing, Virgin Galactic public stock model (SPAC), sample return missions for the year, Artemis, Biden Administration and space, Space Solar Power, fossil fuels, electric car efficiency, electric vehicle compared to gasoline cars, terrestrial solar, solar and agricultural land, multiple caller predictions for2021, Starship to orbit for 2021, SSP compared to ground based solar, Elon Musk on SSP, SLS predictions, Artemis prediction, suborbital tourism prediction, total electrical vehicle efficiency, Nuclear propulsion, SPD # 6 dated Dec. 16, 2020, nuclear fuel enrichment less than 20%, Ultra Safe Nuclear Company, inflatable habitat analog model, space settlement, how to know and see a SpaceX Boca Chica launch, the Covid vaccine risks, lowing the pandemic
Broadcast 3620 Kim Holder, John Jossy
Date Aired: Sunday 20 Dec 2020
Guests:  Kim Holder, John Jossy;  Topics: Introducing the new Moonwards, the demo, Moonwards details and plans, why Moonwards, open source platform to experience a realistic simulation of a town on the Moon. 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: Kim Holder, John Jossy
Tags: Kim Holder, John Jossy, Moonwards, realistic simulation of a town on the Moon, Moonwards demo, Lalande Crater, 3D game, Moonwards timelines, Godot, open source, building homes in Moonwards, Space Solar Power, Nuclear power, game and demo instruction, GitHub, Moonwards game description, lunar rover, Moonwards events, Moonwards neighborhoods, realism, Alan Shepherd golf ball event, Moonwards capabilities for game players, Moonwards funding needs, art exhibits, space organizations, space organizations using Moonwards, Moonwards consulting services, game dev, FOSS, Moonwards priorities, Moonwards and human factors medical realities, Moonwards future with nuclear rockets, skyhooks, energy generation, Moonwards and societal impact, reality 3D models, the Moonwards backstory, Kim's vision and world view
Broadcast 3619 Dr. Jim Vedda, Karen Jones
Date Aired: Friday 18 Dec 2020
Guests:  Dr. Jim Vedda and Karen Jones;  Topics, Jim and Karen's paper, "Space-Based Solar Power: A Near-Term Investment Decision."   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...
Guests: Dr. James A. Vedda, Karen Jones
Tags: Dr. Jim Vedda, Karen Jones, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, Space-Based Solar Power: A Near-Term Investment Decision, Dr. Peter Glazer, Space Solar Power, NASA, space solar power history, X-37B, GEO SSP technology, SSP giggle factor, Dept. of Energy, SSP historical and events timeline, rectenna, solar power satellites (SPS), repair & maintenance for the SPS systems, SPS interagency working group, Biden Administration and SPS, climate change research, Earth Science, Green New Deal, solar and the US energy grid, clean energy priorities, safety and environmental concerns, IEEE, ANSI, low level microwaves, higher power density systems and safety, military examples used to support SPS, Northrup-Grumman Program, lowering costs, spinoffs, wireless transmission, carbon free energy goals, IoT, electric car charging, John Mankins, Australia and SPS, additional historical examples supporting SPS, financial community support, demo systems to support economics, China and SPS, SPS regulatory concerns, high demand us
Broadcast 3491 Mike Snead
Date Aired: Friday 10 Apr 2020
Guest:  Mike Snead;  Topics:  Space Solar Power, the  new White House Executive order for space resources & infrastructure, SSP for infrastructure, bring back Wright Patterson spaceplane design from 1980's 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...
Guests: Mike Snead
Tags: Mike Snead, Space Solar Power, Executive Order Encouraging International Support for Recovery & Use of Space Resources, Space infrastructure, space budget concerns, cislunar space, SLS, private sector launchers, SpaceX, Blue Origin, USAF goals, DoD, Spaceplane 198's development, complete spaceplane reusability, Two Stage Two Orbit system from 1980's, Wright Patterson spaceplane development program, SSP and the NASA charter, technology readiness levels, GEO SSP, fossil fuels, Nuclear power, robotics, lunar return, lunar development, Green New Deal, TRL-9, U.S. Space Force
Broadcast 3484 Dr. Paul Jaffe
Date Aired: Sunday 29 Mar 2020
Guest:  Dr. Paul Jaffe; Topics:  Space Solar Power analysis, technology, usage, power beaming 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. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted...
Guests: Dr. Paul Jaffe
Tags: Dr. Paul Jaffe, Naval Research Lab, Space Solar Power, space solar powered satellites, Dept. of Defense, D3 Space Solar Power Proposal, safe power beaming, technology advancements, TRL's, national priorities, China concerns, SSP demo projects, military SSP needs, microwave beaming, laser beaming, optical beaming requirements, the electrical grid, remote location beaming, oil prices and SSP, fusion energy, SSP vulnerability to an EMP, GEO SSP satellite interference with LEO, spectrum allocation issues, SSP cost assumptions, SSP and space settlement, SSP and O'Neilian space stations, power beaming risks for humans, LecTenna,, SSP power capture, SSP efficiency issues, FCC, ITU, presidential science policy, personal SSP usage, previous power beaming technology experiments, SSP from the Moon

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