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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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Open Lines, Sunday, 11-17-2024

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2024/11/18

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

Dr. Peter Hague, Friday, 11-15-24

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2024/11/16

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

The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 11-13-24

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2024/11/16

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 Roesch (ESG Hound), Tuesday, 11-12-24

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2024/11/13

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

The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 11-6-24

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2024/11/13

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.

Jon Kelvey, Sunday, 11-10-24

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2024/11/11

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

Dr. Hank Alewine, Friday, 11-08-24

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2024/11/09

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

Alan Chan, Sunday, 11-3-24

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2024/11/04

We welcomed Alan back to the program to discuss his new space science fiction book, "Abundance." The book is available on Amazon, B&N, and other sites. Alan talked about the plot of the book, how he used state of asteroid mining today to construct the first book in his trilogy series Many of the questions Alan got pertained to Book 2 which Alan is only now in the early stages of writing. We talked about the characters, failing astronaut school and much more. Its a great story and read so check it

Dr. Jason Steffen, Friday, 11-1-24

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2024/11/04

We welcomed Dr. Jason Steffen re his new book "Hidden In The Heavens" Our guest was part of the initial Kepler Mission team and his books describes that mission from the inside. We also talked about exoplanets, telescopes, searching for life and much more. Don't miss this exceptional discussion. Read the full summay of the program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 10-30-24

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2024/10/31

Ian Pamerleau, PhD student at Purdue was our guest for this program. We discussed Ian's Nature Astronomy article which is linked to our blog for this program, "Ancient and impure frozen ocean on Ceres implied by its ice-rich crust." We delved into Ceres, the ice on Ceres, its probable origins, the type of ice and the difference with relaxed and unrelaxed craters. We also talked about the suggested muddy ocean on Ceres, the rigid ice rheology, Clathrates and Occator crater. Please read the full

The John Batchelor Hotel Mars Program, Wednesday,...

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2024/10/31

John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 10-23-24

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2024/10/31

John and I welcomed Dr. Ted Schultz to the program to discuss his article in Science regarding the dinosaur killer asteroid created opportunities for ants to live and prosper. This was a very interesting discussion about a world of living entities that flourished due to the killing off of life including plants, dinosaurs and almost everything else. Don't miss our look at the ant world from this perspective. Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for Wednesday, Oct. 23,

Dean Cheng, Wednesday, 10-30-24

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2024/10/31

We welcomed Dean Cheng back to the show, six years after his first appearance. We talked extensively about China, their space program and goals, Artemis, US space policy and challenges with it. Also on the table was a discussion about the lack of understanding in the US that space is essential, especially since in China the situation is different. Dean talked about space with other Asian countries plus the consequences of China passing us as the global space leader. Mars Sample Return was a

Joyce Mo, Tuesday, 10-29-24

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2024/10/31

Joyce Mo from Princeton Satellite was with us to tell us about their development of a Space Rapid Transit Vehicle, a TSTO horizontal takeoff and landing vehicle. Their space vehicle will be a combination of a hypersonic first stage with a rocket to LEO for the second state. During the program Joyce went into the technical aspects of their program, mass loads, potential fuels, their hypersonic development aspects and more. We talked both R&D and operational time lines, needed regulations and

Dr. John Barentine, Sunday 10-27-24

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2024/10/27

Dr. John Barentine was with us to discuss concerns and issues with LEO satellite light pollution and astronomy. Our discussion was yet very specific. We talked mitigation policies, strategies, materials and technology. Domestic, international and the UN. Regulations were mention but for now regs are a light touch issue. Also discussed was the issue from business and corporation perspective plus we got glimpse on how some of the businesses are attempting to research and work the problem, including

Andrew Chanin, Friday, 10-25-24

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2024/10/25

Andrew Chanin was our guest today for 61 minutes regarding the UFO ETF, commercial space investment, military and defense space, Musk and SpaceX plus more. Don't miss this discussion. Read the full summary of this show at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

Open Lines, Tuesday, 10-22-24

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2024/10/24

This was a special Open Lines Tuesday evening program. Our topics included Musk and his political behavior plus his being targeted, safe elections without violence, space and the election, SSTO development, Starship replacing SLS, the need for a national rocket and more. Read the the full summary of this program for Tuesday, 10-22-24

Dr. Kelsey Johnson, Sunday, 10-20-24

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2024/10/21

The Space Show welcomed Dr. Kelsey Johnson, astronomer from the University of VA. Kelsey has a new book out which is beyond terrific, "Into The Unknown: The Quest To Understand The Mysteries Of The Cosmos." We talked about the contents of the book but also other big questions and mysteries in the universe. We had good callers and several excellent listener emails. Her book, while being profound, is also grounded in today's reality, our knowledge plus how we can keep expanding - or can we? Read the

Matt Gialich, Friday, 10-18-24

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2024/10/18

We welcomed guest Matt Gialich of AstroForge to the program to discuss their space mining plans, their operations and challenges so far plus their short to medium term plans for asteroid mining for PGM and applicable asteroids. We talked technology, economics, regulations and more. For more info, please see the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, 10-18.-24.

John Batchelor Hotel Mars Wednesday, 10-16-24

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2024/10/18

John and I welcomed Dr. Doug Plata to the program to discuss the recent Starship #5 launch and catch of the returning first stage. Doug also addressed future uses and visions involving Starship and its capabilities. Please see the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 @ www.thespaceshow.com.

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