Date Aired: Tuesday 16 Dec 2003
Watts Wacker, one of the most celebrated and influential minds and futurists in modern business, was the guest on this Space Show program. Mr. Wacker examines the trends that may lead us to enhanced space development, space tourism, and a even a return to the Moon with humans as well as sending humans to Mars. We talked about what would be required from society as well as government to make these developments happen. We talked about the business of futurism, how it works, what is analyzed and...
Date Aired: Sunday 09 Nov 2003
Tony Webb, the founder of the space lotto for space tourism, was the guest on The Space Show for this program. Mr. Webb discussed in detail his espace lotto program and how it will help space tourism and entrepreneurial suborbital and other space companies. He also explains the legal issues involved both here in the United States and in other countries. We talked about the various prizes available for lottery winners, how to get the media behind the project, especially in Europe where progress...
Date Aired: Tuesday 01 Jul 2003
Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Philip K. Chapman was the guest on the July 1, 2003 Space Show. During our Space Show discussion, we talked about his recent SpaceDaily.com editorial titled, "The Failure of NASA: And A Way Out," as well as space solar powered satellites, space tourism, commerce, and much more. Dr. Chapman suggested concrete steps to enhance our space program and the private sector as the driving power behind further space development and exploration.
Date Aired: Tuesday 03 Jun 2003
Rand Simberg, a former project manager with Rockwell International, now publishes a weekly article with Fox News Online as well as maintaining a superb space policy weblog. During this program, Mr. Simberg discusses various aspects of space policy, the manned space flight program as maintained by NASA, the ISS, space commerce and space tourism, affordable space access by the private sector, and much more. Mr. Simberg is quite outspoken about what is needed for our nation to move forward in...
Date Aired: Sunday 01 Jun 2003
David Ashford is Managing Director of Bristol Spaceplanes Limited, a spaceplane and space tourism consultancy with plans to develop the Ascender sub-orbital spaceplane. Mr. Ashford discusses space tourism, the use of reusable launch vehicles, both orbital and suborbital, his X-Prize entry, the Ascender Suborbital Vehicle, barriers to affordable space access, and space policy by government space agencies such as those in Europe and NASA. Mr. Ashford also talks about his new book, Spaceflight...
Date Aired: Sunday 13 Apr 2003
Tereza Predescu, the Director of Communications for Space Adventures is the guest for The Space Show for this program. Space Adventures is the world's leading space tourism company. Tereza discusses the reality for space tourism, both suborbital and orbital, plus other commercial space ventures. She describes in detail the tourist packages offered by Space Adventures so that tourists today can experience space right here on Earth. We also discuss the nature of public relations, the coming new...
Date Aired: Sunday 02 Mar 2003
Dr. Patrick Collins was the first guest on The Space Show on June 13, 2001 and returns with us now to celebrate this 100th Space Show program! Dr. Collins is an exceptionally well-known and respected authority on space economics, space tourism, reusable launch vehicles, and space solar power. In this edition of The Space Show, we discuss space development and tourism economics, launch vehicles, political policy, space tourism, the Columbia and the Space Shuttle, and space solar power, along...
Date Aired: Sunday 16 Feb 2003
Dr. Thomas Matula, an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Houston - Victoria, where he teaches in their MBA program, discusses new businesses strategies that have the potential to break through many of the existing commercial space barriers. We discuss space development banks, spaceports, the state of space education throughout the United States, space tourism, and space commerce in the aftermath of the Columbia shuttle accident. Dr. Matula offers suggestions for dealing with...
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