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Broadcast 4028 Hotel Mars with Doug Messier

Date Aired: Wednesday 10 May 2023

Guests: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Starship demo launch and environmental organization litigation against FAA for full EIR. 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...

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

Tags: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston, Parabolic Arc, Starship Demo Launch, environmental group litigation against FAA, requesting full EIR, alternative launch site at KSC, Starship pad and related launch damage, Starship impact on wildlife, Five environmental and cultural-heritage non-profit litigation, SpaceX proposed launch site modifications, Parabolic Arc May 1 article

Broadcast 4027 Dr. Pascal Lee

Date Aired: Tuesday 09 May 2023

Guest: Dr. Pascal Lee; Topics: Pascal addressed many issues and concerns about searching for life on Mars, Mars being too toxic for long stays/settlement, searching for life in caves, challenges re the lunar south pole, the Drake equation, finding extant life, Roswell, sleep ships for interstellar flight, using TORPOR to learn to hibernate, and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part...

Guests: Dr. Pascal Lee

Tags: Dr. Pascal Lee, The Mars Institute, Life on Mars, searching for life in the solar system, amino acids and life, left handed vs. right handed amino acids, looking for alien life, Mars life might be Earth life, genetics and the Earth genetic tree, ground ice, liquid water, extremophiles on Earth, underground best for Mars life searches, plasma drilling, sparks and CO2, Mars caves are best for life searches, lava tubes, volcanos, gravity issues, concerns over no tectonics, extant life, Musk multi-planetary vision, toxicity of living on Mars, Mars is deadly, Pascal's glacier discovery on Mars, The Mars Relict Glacier, radiation on Mars, Mars temperatures, the Martian temperate zones, robotics to find Mars landing sites, Moon before Mars, SLS for Mars over Starship, lunar south pole too challenging, water ice may not be economic resource, lunar basis with MOBILIT System, listener SLS concerns, Nuclear power, Thorium, Falcon Heavy, interstellar hibernation flights, TORPOR, multiple decades of flight, Pascal's dog

Broadcast 4026 John Strickland

Date Aired: Sunday 07 May 2023

Guest: John Strickland; Topics: Personal experience seeing the Starship Demo Test Flight at Boca Chica, U.S. energy policy and energy requirements, Space Solar Power, using GEO for SSP, SSP power delivery numbers, SSP compared to ground based solar, Nuclear Thermal Propulsion, nuclear electric power 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....

Guests: John Strickland

Broadcast 4025; Gianni Martire, Luke Sellers

Date Aired: Friday 05 May 2023

Guests: Gianni Martire, Luke Sellers; Topics: Using LIGO data (gravity waves) to detect unnatural movement to help see signs of extra-terrestrial life. 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...

Guests: Gianni Martire, Luke Sellers

Broadcast 4024 Hotel Mars with Laura Montgomery, Atty

Date Aired: Wednesday 03 May 2023

Guests: John Batchelor, Laura Montgomery, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Artemis Accords, returning to the Moon, international cooperation, Outer Space Treat, 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...

Guests: Laura Montgomery

Broadcast 4023 Dave Barnhart, CEO of Arkisys

Date Aired: Tuesday 02 May 2023

Guest: David Barnhart, CEO & Co-Founder of Arkisys, Inc.; Topics: The Arkisys Port, markets now and in the future, servicing Earth from space, servicing space to space businesses, matters of concern, existing competition, international customers 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: Dave Barnhart

Tags: David Barnhardt, Arkisys, Inc, USC research professor, The Port, power/data/control for commercial business to operate in space, ISS, size of The Port, transition to The Port platform, robotics, stability for payloads, space tugs, inventory control and storage, optimizing in space, in-space testing, multiple robotic arms, support for Earth, eventual space to space, market factors, Earth-based market, payloads and technologies serving Earth, coming markets, fuel, payloads, satellite servicing, last mile delivered as an issue, changing orbits in space, orbit change cost in fuel and power, LEO, moving from LEO to GEO, space debris concerns, resilient platform, Space hotels, safe haven destinations, ISS inflatable habitats, hotel life boats, domestic and international issues of concern, international customers, humans manning the first Port, Ports are exclusive robotic, replacement parts, uniform interfaces and connectors, how to accelerate innovation, space testing and experimenting, the third market

Broadcast 4022 Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle

Date Aired: Monday 01 May 2023

Guests: Aggie Kobrin and Rod Pyle: Topics: We talked about the upcoming ISDC 2023: A New Space Age, May 25-28, Dallas-Frisco, Texas. Check out their website at https://isdc2023.nss.org. 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: Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle

Broadcast 4021 Open Lines

Date Aired: Sunday 30 Apr 2023

Guests: Dr. David Livingston and Open Line callers; Topics: Multiple topics and discussions starting with the call about the new CO2 scrubber technology. Lots regarding Starship and the environment and new space companies plus 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. David Livingston

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

Attention Listeners: Refresh your Space Show website address

Date Aired: Wednesday 26 Apr 2023

Good Morning: Due to last night's aborted program with Aggie and Rod for technical reasons, we have changed subsequent program identification numbers to reflect last night's non-program. Please refresh your Space Show website address to accurately reflect program identification numbers regarding the archives and your subsequent blog posts. If you fail to do this, you will be posting comments for the actual program guest but your comments will appear under the identification...

Guests: Dr. David Livingston

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Program aborted with Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle due to technical problems.

Date Aired: Tuesday 25 Apr 2023

Listeners, this program was aborted halfway through due to a Cox Cable telephone outage. The program has been rescheduled for Monday, May 1, 7 PM PDT. Thanks for your patience. David Livingston

Guests: Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle

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Broadcast 4018 Dr. Erika Nesvold

Date Aired: Sunday 23 Apr 2023

Guest: Dr. Erika Nesvold; Topics: Space ethics, commercial space development, space settlement, and advancing in a way that also benefits Earth and those on Earth. 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...

Guests: Dr. Erika Nesvold

Tags: Dr. Erika Nesvold, space ethics, space settlement, solving environmental problems in space, labor rights for space, problem solving timelines, long term solutions, space helps us with Earth today, LEO is an environmental issue, space settlement for humans living off Earth without Earth, survival and sustainability in space, supportive of continued Earth trade, ethics as settlement dependent, company towns in space, for profit settlement, mining town analogy, benefit sharing, 1967 Outer Space Treaty, space as a commons, tragedy of the commons, nobody responsible for anything, the ethics of children in space, space tourism, cultural evolution via space settlement, deciding how to treat differences, regulations, development moves faster than regulations, the gravity RX, 1g settlements, the radiation issue, 1g has no alternatives, profits from space, Space debris, on orbit servicing, sharing LEO, naysayers to space development, genetic modification, ethics and genetics, unable to return to Earth, listening to alt

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 4015 Morgan and Lee Irons

Date Aired: Sunday 16 Apr 2023

Guests: Lee Irons, Morgan Irons; Topics: Lee and Morgan discuss their paper, "Pancosmorio (world limit) theory of the sustainability of human migration and settlement in space." You can download and read this paper from our blog, plus you can find additional articles explaining and detailing their Pancosmorio theory. 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: Morgan Irons, Lee Irons

Tags: Morgan Irons, Lee Irons, Deep Space Ecology Inc, Norfolk Institute, Soil & Crop Science PhD candidate, Lehmann Lab at Cornell University, Pancosmorio theory, human migration and settlement in space, recreate Earth's ecosystem with gravity and Oxygen for survival in space, self-restoring Earth-lie natural ecosystem, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, sustainability, resilience, The Fermi Paradox, terraforming, thermodynamics, Living In Space, cross disciplines, technofix, bioregenerative components, sustainable Earth levels, Level 1 sustainability, Level 2 sustainability, Level 4 sustainability, TRL 2, localized extinction, backups needed, timeline for development, dissipative structure, inductive reasoning, Cislunar development, ISS as an example, 1st generation gravity, partial gravity, gravity prescription, humans and 1g, imitating 1g with centrifugal force, Mars, spinning for 1g efficiency, gravity and electricity, meteor strikes, a single destructive event, dinosaur killing event 65 million years

Broadcast 4014 Mike Gold, Atty

Date Aired: Friday 14 Apr 2023

Guest: Michael Gold; Topics: The Artemis Accords, international participation, the Artemis project, lunar Gateway, commercial space development with PPP, space treaties, bilateral agreements, countering space development naysayers 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: Mike Gold

Tags: Michael Gold, Redwire, NASA, Artemis Accords, safety zones, Norms of Behavior, Lunar Gateway, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, international participants, bipartisan alliance, UAE, HOPE Mission, Artemis participants, Africa, Outer Space Treaty, the OST and Artemis Accords, Artemis safety zones, treaty of principles, the Artemis Program, Russia, China, NASA Administrator Nelson and China view, Chinese technology, quantum in space, commercial space questions, possible areas of cooperation, public private partnerships, Age of Innovation, an American accelerated space capability, China and AI, AI can be frightening, solar array production, DART mission, solar on Gateway, lunar power, sun lenses, SSP, nuclear, SSP robotics, space development naysayers, greed, climate change, space development as an enabler, small ISS centrifuges, determining the gravity prescription, lunar south pole, spinning for gravity levels, commercial LEO destinations, biotech research, improvements needed in talking up space development

Broadcast 4013 Hotel Mars with Daniel Suarez

Date Aired: Wednesday 12 Apr 2023

John Batchelor Hotel Mars, 4-12-23, Daniel Suarez 2 segments, #4013 Guests: John Batchelor, Daniel Suarez, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Daniel's new book, "Critical Mass," plus space mining, economics, policy, politics, property rights, ISRU usage, and so much more, evening blending the science fiction of his book with what is happening in space technology and policy today. John Batchelor and I welcomed Daniel Suarez to discuss his new book, "Critical Mass." We...

Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, Daniel Suarez

Broadcast 4012 Dr. Greg Autry

Date Aired: Tuesday 11 Apr 2023

Dr. Greg Autry, Tuesday, 4-11-23, # 4012 Guest: Dr. Greg Autry; Topics: Dr. Autry made the case for both the use of nuclear power and the need for rational climate discussions. He supplied facts and details to make his case. We also talked economics, our challenges, possible solutions, space and the economy 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...

Guests: Dr. Greg Autry

Tags: Dr. Greg Autry, Nuclear power, climate change, having a climate discussion, green energy, Natural gas, SSP, terrestrial solar, Greenpeace, space nuclear power, Nuclear propulsion, Dr. Robert Zubrin, Dr. Bhavya Lal, nuclear power plans, nuclear regulation, nuclear waste, toxic components in Earth's atmosphere, CO2 and the oceans, hysterical self-promoters, Peak energy, the electric grid, EVs, public education, public manipulation, real leadership, renewable energy challenges, Colorado river water rationing, desalinization, Mexico, Earth's environmental challenges, U.S. and global economic challenges, rising inflation, interest rates, repairing the U.S. economy, going for growth, the space economic sector, space can drive economic recovery, challenging the climate crisis industry, commercial space investments, developing cislunar space, energy for the Moon and Mars, climate model problems, space supplying climate data, emission free energy, Thorium

Sunday, April 9, 2023: No program today due to Easter Sunday

Date Aired: Sunday 09 Apr 2023

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Broadcast 4011 Tom Cooke

Date Aired: Friday 07 Apr 2023

Guest: Tom Cooke, CEO of Spacely.work; Topics: Spacely's program for matching independent workers to needed skills in the aerospace industry. See their website for more information, www.spacely.work. 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: Tom Cooke

No program this evening due to guest illness

Date Aired: Tuesday 04 Apr 2023

Guests: Dr. David Livingston

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Broadcast 4010 Dr. John Brandenburg

Date Aired: Sunday 02 Apr 2023

Guest: Dr. John Brandenburg; Topics: AI, John's book, "The War of the Singularity: The Human Race is Cancelled," the risks and dangers of artificial intelligence, containing it 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...

Guests: Dr. John Brandenburg

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Broadcast 4009 Duncan Farrah

Date Aired: Friday 31 Mar 2023

Guest: Dr. Duncan Farrah; Topics: Dr. Farrah's new paper, "Observational Evidence for Cosmological Coupling of Black Holes and its Implications for an Astrophysical Source of Dark Energy." Additional topics related to the components of this research such as super massive black holes as a source of dark energy, the laws of physics, learning science, the scientific method and much more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs &...

Guests: Duncan Farrah

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