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The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston

The Space Show® focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce and space tourism, as well as other related subjects of interest to us all. doctorspace.substack.com

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Soviet Venus Venera probe returns to Earth after 50...

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/17

John and I welcomed Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com to discuss the recently revealed Soviet-era mission to explore Venus — the Vener-72 program. This mission has resurfaced in the news following the unexpected reentry of one of its probes into Earth’s atmosphere on May 10, 2025, after spending over 50 years in orbit.In this two-part program, Anatoly takes us through the fascinating history of the Soviet Union’s Venus exploration efforts, with a special focus on the Vener-72 mission, which

John Batchelor Hotel Mars with Anatoly Zak,...

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/17

John and I welcomed Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com to discuss the recently disclosed Soviet era program to explore Venus, the Vener-72 mission. This mission made the current news given the failed Venus probe reentered Earth's atmosphere May 10, 2025 after orbiting Earth for more than 50 years. During this two segment program, Anatoly described the entire Soviet Venus exploration program along with the two probes making up the V-72 mission with one of them failing. This was an exciting and

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ISDC 2025 Preview, Terrific Speakers, Programming &...

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/14

Welcome to our ISDC 2025 Preview Program!Aggie Kobrin and Rod Pyle joined us to share an exciting look at what you can expect at this year’s International Space Development Conference (ISDC), happening in Orlando. For full details, visit https://isdc.nss.org.Aggie and Rod walked us through a stellar lineup of keynote speakers and program track participants—including the likely next NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman. Attendees will enjoy a packed schedule and unique opportunities, such as special

Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle, Tuesday, 5-13-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/14

Welcome to our ISDC 2025 preview program. Aggie Kobrin & Rod Pyle were with us to let you know what you will experience at this year's ISDC in Orlando. For more info, visit https://isdc.nss.org. Aggie and Rod took us through the list of very exciting speakers and program track participants that you will hear, including the likely next NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman. Along with the conference schedule, you will have the opportunity to participate in special tours of KSC, the Cape and the great

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Photonic Laser Propulsion, with Dr. Young K. Bae

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/13

Dr. Bae returned to the program to discuss his new book, Photonic Laser Propulsion. He explained the underlying technology, answered numerous listener questions, and explored topics such as development timelines, implementation strategies, lunar and Martian missions, comparisons with chemical rockets, and the broader economics of space exploration. Throughout the discussion, we also examined how this technology could shape humanity's future in space.Dr. Bae opened with a detailed introduction to his

John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 5-7-2055

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/11

We welcomed Dr. Jaimie Blok of Cal Tech and JPL to introduce us to and talk about the new SPHEREx space telescope now scanning all of the sky. This is a most interesting two segment discussion about SPHEREX, scan skies, what is being searched for and more. Please read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Dr. Young K. Bae, Friday, 5-9-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/09

Dr Bae returned to the program to discuss his new book, "Photonic Laser Propulsion" plus he explained the technology, answered many listener questions plus we talked time lines, a general development plan, the Moon, Mars, beamed laser propulsion comparisons, chemical launch rockets, economics and our vision for humanity's future. Dr. Bae started out with a lengthy intro to the book and his photonic laser propulsion work, he used a quote about inspiration from Carl Sagan and much more. Later in the

Jim Clash, Tuesday, 5-6-25

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2025/05/08

Jim Class, well known adventurer and Forbes writer joined us to talk about his adventures, even his almost space adventures. His bio mentions many of exploits but hearing him tell us about them is better than reading about them. For instance, his discussion of the U2 flight and what he had to do re the "space suit" required for U2 flights. He has videos and more on his Forbes website, https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash. Read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date,

Marc Feldman, Sunday, 05-04-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/06

Marc Feldman, co-author of the important new book, "Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit," was our guest for this program. Marc did an excellent job talking about software and hardware risks from the ground and space. He talked about the power of cartels in commercial businesses and how they will evolve to space activities. He used many examples, answered listener email and phone questions plus he talked about the Space Force and why they as yet do not have these risks on their

John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 4-30-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/05/03

We welcomed both Marc Hon and Avi Shporer from MIT to discuss the lucky discovery of a planet that is rapidly disintegrating nd producing a comet-like tail. The team tells how they discovered this item by looking at images and data from the TESS satellite . During our discussion, we learned that there were other disintegrating planets but that they are rare. According to their data, in another million to two million years the planet will be gone. It is very close to its sun, very hot and 140 light

Dr. Jessica West, Friday, 5-2-25

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2025/05/02

We welcomed Dr. West to the program to discuss her paper which is on our blog, "Freedom In Outer Space Is At Risk." In addition, we talked about her additional work concerning weapons, nuclear and otherwise and how best to avoid space weaponization. Other topics included space debris, NGOs, China and Russian space goals, the Outer Space Treaty Article One and how best to assure freedom of space for all. We talked about what appears to be a growing contradiction including commercial space and

John Hunt, Tuesday, 4-29-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/04/30

John Hunt returned with news and timeline updates regarding the evolving UAP story. John talked about the different whistleblowers and what they had to say. Since none of them have any hard evidence, just their stories and observations, I kept asking John why we should believe what they had to say. John listed many good reasons why they might be credible. We also talked about government behavior which seems to yell out loudly that there is something to hide and coverup. Otherwise, why would

Open Lines, Sunday, 4-27-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/04/28

Welcome to our Open Lines discussion covering many topics Note my message for a Drupal 7 expert to assist in maintaining our website. If you are that person or know someone please refer them to me. We talked about the suggested NASA science cuts, the Roman telescope and the size of its mirror. Another topic was the Russian "nuclear" possible satellite that is reported tumbling and out of control. There was much speculation about the purpose of this satellite per the Reuters article. Michael

John Batchelor Hotel Mars with Dr. A.J. Kothari,...

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/04/27

Ajay was back with us to discuss his approach to returning to the Moon using Falcon Heavy rather than the infrastructure planned for in Artemis. Our guest went through the economics supporting his plan but also the faster timeline which he said would assure us getting back on the Moon before China. In the second half of our program, our guest promoted the use of a Molten Salt Thorium reactor for our power, also in space. He pointed the progress being made on bring thorium power to market in both

Dr. David Bell, Friday, 4-25-25

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2025/04/25

We welcomed Dr. David Bell, Director of the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science which is an institute of the parent company, Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Our guest introduced us to USRA, then we discussed its history and some of the history associated with AI and machine learning for space as well as other industries. We talked about ways in which AI has been used in space and is now being used for space exploration, weather analysis with satellites, imaging and

Joe Carroll, Tuesday, 4-22-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/04/23

Joe Carroll was our guest for updates and discussions about the gravity RX, multi-planetary vs. interplanetary, space exploration versus prepping for space settlelment, robotic development and more. Lots was said about Musk and his plans for humans to Mars questioning his ability to handle life support, the needed human infrastructure and his timelines. We had multiple callers, a few of which were quite lengthy. The same for emails which I read on air. The Mars Moon debate was rehashed, Starship

John Batchelor Hotel Mars with Laura Montgomery,...

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/04/23

Laura Montgomery, Atty, was back with us to stress the importance of establishing space property rights for the commercial industry and future plans for space development. She went over laws, regulations, policies and treaties and made a very strong case for property rights. In addition, she suggested how to accomplish with space development and was U.S. laws would be to use as models, precedent and planning. Read the full summary of this program when it appears at www.thespaceshow.com for this day,

Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, Tuesday, 4-15-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/04/16

Bob return for multi-topic discussion ranging from the recent successful Blue Origin all woman suborbital flight to the latest with NASA budget and science cut rumors, Jared Isaacman hearings for NASA Administrator, Starship demos, repairs, Artemis good and bad, possible SLS, Orion and Gateway cuts and much more. Bob spent lots of time with his analysis of the pending Nancy Roman telescope which is rumored to be on the budget cutting list though Bob see the OMB rumored and leaked news as a Trump

Mark Whittington, Sunday, 4-13-25

The Space Show by Dr. David Livingston ·

2025/04/13

Mark was with us today to discuss multiple topics including suggested White House OMB NASA Science budget cuts. We spent the first part of our program going through these suggested cuts with Mark saying he doubted congress would agree to them. He also mentioned that Musk had posted on Twitter that he was not in support of these cuts. Several callers and those sending in emails also did not support the cuts. Other topics included Boeing and NASA on their plans to repair the Starliner, Starship

Chris Carberry & Sam Burbank, Sunday, 3-30-25

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2025/03/30

Chris and Sam talk about the documentary movie made from the recent book authored by Chris, "Alcohol In Space." Our guests had lots to say about the cultural use of alcohol so why would it not be used in space. They also talked about the use of it so far in space though that info was limited. Sam even mentioned it for use after a hard day of work in space because space is challenging and hard. We fielded many listener emails and a few calls. We also talked about the use of alcohol for analog sites

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