Date Aired: Tuesday 11 Nov 2003
Mike Dinn and John Saxon joined The Space Show from Canberra, Australia as these two gentlemen were part of the Australian communications team that help make possible Apollo era and Skylab communications and television pictures available to us all, from the Moon and from space. Mike and John talked about their experiences, the work they did with NASA, their views on the space programs of today, space programs and education in Australia, the movie "The Dish" and lots more. This is an historical...
Date Aired: Tuesday 19 Aug 2003
Gene Kranz, former NASA Mission Control Flight Director during the Apollo program was the guest for this program. During this interview, we discussed his experiences with NASA during Project Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, NASA, Columbia, the future of the space program, space commerce and the private sector in space, and space development. Mr. Kranz outlines his four part plan to make space a priority again and to lead us forward to becoming a space-faring society in a space-faring world. We talk...
Date Aired: Tuesday 24 Jun 2003
Dr. Brad Edwards, director of research at the Institute for Scientific Research, Inc., provides us with an update regarding new developments concerning the space elevator since his last appearance on this program, October 9, 2002. During this discussion, Dr. Edwards talks about his probable funding coming from the government this fall for Phase A Engineering studies, his discussions with the Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, and Congress. In addition, we will learning about his new position...
Date Aired: Wednesday 14 May 2003
Elon Musk is the CEO of his new company, SpaceX. During this program, Mr. Musk explains what he is doing with SpaceX, his new rocket and launch vehicle company. He describes his vehicle, the Falcon, in detail, talks about its mission, payload capabilities, and why he felt it necessary to start his own rocket company. We discuss alternative access, NASA, the Colombia Accident Investigation Board, and other issues relating to developing and building an alternative launch vehicle and just how best...
Date Aired: Sunday 16 Mar 2003
Alan Ladwig is the featured guest for The Space Show for Sunday, March 16, 2003. Mr. Ladwig is the Chief Operating Officer of the Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G), a space entertainment and travel company that provides parabolic flight opportunities (weightlessness) on a commercial basis to consumer, commercial, and government markets. On this program, Mr. Ladwig discusses not only Zero-G and its parabolic flight plans, but his opinion that the space community portrays a limited view of the...
Date Aired: Wednesday 12 Mar 2003
Dr. Ken Johnston, former NASA Apollo Program test pilot, is the guest for this program. Dr. Johnston discusses with The Space Show audience such issues as where we were in technology at the end of the Apollo program and where we should be today, the 'Brain Drain' at NASA after the 'Moon Program', the Space Station that could have been, space and it's affect upon Earth's Culture and in theology, and what the reality will be for getting a private-sector lunar mission successfully to the Moon...
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