Dr. David J. Whalen was the guest for this special Space Show broadcast originating from Grand Forks, ND as I am here teaching this week in Space Studies at UND. Dr. Whalen is the new Department Chair for Space Studies at UND and we spoke about the department, future plans, courses offered, competition with other space studies programs at different universities and more. Several students were tuned in and were asking about the start of a Ph.D program in Space Studies, more faculty, changes in the distance program, and tuition. When not talking directly about Space Studies here at UND, Dr. Whalen was asked about ITAR and export control, space policy and space history. One Arizona student even proposed that various space studies programs at universities arrange an academic type conference to address problems in the space industry, including ITAR. You will want to hear Dr. Whalen's response to this suggestion. Dr. Whalen also spoke about the history and the reason for a strong commercial space segment, using the Atlas ICBM as an example and what happened with it when it became a strong commercial launch vehicle. If you are interested in attending Space Studies here at UND or you want more information, visit the Space Studies website at www.space.edu. Check out the bios on the various professors and if one is in a field of interest to you, send him a note as email addresses are listed. If you want to send Dr. Whalen a note or ask a question, please use whalen@space.edu. We thank Leighton Broadcasting for making this program possible but please note there were audio and technical issues during this program resulting from Leighton's production of the show. We apologize to you for these glitches, fortunately there were only a few, and we hope to have them resolved for future broadcasts from Grand Forks.
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