The Space Show

John and I welcomed back Eric Berger of Ars Technica to discuss the Starship demo flight 6 plus the potential for a wild space policy in the new administration given the Musk association with Trump and probably ongoing Artemis issues. We talked about flight #6, remaining test goals for the rocket system and many different policy concerns for the new year including the status of SLS Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

We welcomed our guest to discuss his paper, "A model for economic freedom on Mars" plus his recent book "Sovereign Mars: Transforming Our Values through Space Settlement" We talked quite a bit about a possible Mars economic system, settlement, do's and don'ts, capital usage on Marx, permissions for this or that from Earth and lots more. Toward the end of our hour, Jacob spoke to the UAP matter we have heard so much about. He was also clear that both his paper and his book were really thought experiments to get people talking about these issues soon rather than later. We talked Earth governance issues, possible timelines, Musk and how to target a larger audience for both Mars and settlement. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.

Welcome to this Tuesday evening-Wednesday afternoon program with Bob. For those that listened live, you know that we had some serious technical glitches during this discussion and that we aborted the program about 30-40 minutes before our planned conclusion. The technical problems were repaired and I repaired the program as best as I could plus I added in the concluding segment from Wednesday after a brief pause and short introduction to this special segment. You will hear some of the technical issues but 100% of the program and content is there and easy to listen to, including the spliced in segment from Weds afternoon. Bob had much to say on multiple issues post election, space policy, SpaceX, Musk, SLS and other timely topics. Please read the full summary at www.thespaceshow.com as soon as I can get it published. The summary will post as of Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Welcome to this Open Lines discussion. I reminded everyone that we are now in our annual campaign and we ask for your contributions to help fund us for 2025. See the PayPal link in the upper right corner of the home page. John Hunt called to update us on the latest congressional UAP hearings this past week John's call was followed by Marshall re weather satellites and information changes, then John from Fremont re the new federal court decsion re environmental news, the CEQ, and in keeping with the recent Chevron decision. This is a plus for SpaceX and our industry. David from AZ called to tell us about a website to get articles that are behind paywalls. Artemis, SLS and Starship/Musk were also significant topics for this program. See the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.

We welcomed Peter to discuss one of his recent blog posts, Planetocracy.org, regarding the steps needed to be completed before humans to Mars happens. Peter's article is on the blog for this program. Not only did we go over the steps Peter outlined in his excellent article, he got calls and listener questions asking about other issues for humans to Mars. Most often he heard comments about Musk, SpaceX and how the human factors or medical issues might be resolved for those going to Mars. This mostly focused on microgravity and radiation. Don't miss these discussions. Please read the full summary for this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

We welcomed Dr. Hank Alewine to Hotel Mars to talk about possible NASA and commercial space budgets and programs post the presidential election. Commercial space activities were a big part of our discussion. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

Eric Roesh, also sometimes referred to as ESG Hound, was our guest for this 91 minute program discussing the SpaceX water deluge system for Starship and much more. Eric is up on and works with environmental regs and requirements and addressed the deluge system from the regulation and safety perspective. Our guest pointed what he thought might be sirting the rules, pushing boundaries and possible courting an industrial accident/disaster. We talked about industrial chemical and other disasters when rules were violated with our guest naming several examples. Eric also pointed out that much of rule compliance requires self-reporting. Water toxicity was discussed, the small water storage pool used deluge water for Starship and much more. Even if you disagree with Eric, I consider this an important program with an important discussion. Your blog comments are welcome, just be civil. Also, if you have different takes on the rules, policies and regs other than what our guest expressed, please put them forth on the blog. Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.

John and I welcomed Dr. Miroslav Broz to discuss his latest research on "most meteorites traced to three space crackups." Please see the full summary at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.

We welcomed freelance science writer to the program to discuss nuclear power for space including propulsion and surface power. Jon talked about NASA and DARPA plans, the SpaceX-Musk position on nuclear power to Mars as compared to chemical propulsion, plus we went over the history of the nuclear rocket. Jon talked about the work going on with government regarding legacy hardware and technology. Nuclear was talked about in terms of cislunar space, the Moon, free space and Mars. Safety was a discussion topic as were the R&D economics for developing nuclear propulsion and power. Jon had more to talk about with the callers and email questions. Please read the full summary at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024.

Dr. Hank Alewine, CPA from UAH in Huntsville was our guest today to look at the economy and financial possibilities for commercial and public space with the new Trump administration. National debt was a big part of our discussion along with the constraints that result from the massive debt. We also talked about the possibility of significant policy and legislate reforms plus the status of SLS and Artemis was big on our discussion agenda. We had a few good phone calls, several emails, including one about the labor concerns in the new administration and going for merit over DEI. I believe this was a fairly complete discussion on these topics early after the election. For sure results and new experiences will dictate additional examinations of this topic once the new administration is in place. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.