The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Tuesday, Feb.8, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): Douglas Messier of Parabolic Arc returns with all that is happening in space news to date in 2022.

2. Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): No Hotel Mars this week.

3. Friday, Feb.11, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): Brett Hoffstadt with Steve Tanaka are guests regarding their new children’s book [Goodnight Moon Base (Amazon commission link)] and lunar development effort. See book URL and info on the upcoming menu on our home page.

4. Sunday, Feb.13, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): Joe Carroll is back with his ideas and solutions for solving our space debris issues and problems.

Some recent shows: (There were no live shows in the previous week.)

** Wednesday, Jan.26.2022 – Hotel Mars – Tom Roeder spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “U.S. Space Force protection of Cislunar space and assets“.

** Tuesday, Jan.25.2022 – Dennis Wingo discussed “Starship, returning to the Moon, commercial space and space mining economics and challenges, much needed in-space vehicles, Mars, returning to the Moon, U.S.-Russia space relationship and much more“.

** Sunday, Jan.23.2022 – Dr. Thomas Matula and Dr. Darryl Mitry discussed

their new book, Beyond the Covid Shock: The Great Economic Transition“. We applied much of the economics from the book and the discussion to both the public and commercial space industry. Listeners and callers also asked lots of general economic questions given the state of today’s economy and how the pandemic is impacting it.

**Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan. 19.2022 – Dr. David Grinspoon spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “the recent findings on Mars of a unique carbon signature that might suggest ancient molecular life for Mars“.

** Tuesday, Jan.18.2022 – Robert Zimmerman talked about “[a]nnual launch rates and predictions, China’s Long March 5B, Mars rovers, ancient molecular life on Mars, light carbon atoms, life in the solar system, Carbon-12, UV light, Musk and Starship, Georgia’s preliminary spaceport approval, exploring the lunar poles and more“.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.

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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): No Show Today but see the suggested Golden Oldie on the website archive-program summary page.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): TBD. Check the Upcoming Show Menu at www.thespaceshow.com for updates on scheduling.

3. Friday, Feb.4, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): No Show Today but see the suggested Golden Oldie on the website archive-program summary page.

4. Sunday, Feb.6, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): No Show Today but see the suggested Golden Oldie on the website archive-program summary page.

Some recent shows:

** Wednesday, Jan.26.2022 – Hotel Mars – Tom Roeder spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “U.S. Space Force protection of Cislunar space and assets“.

** Tuesday, Jan.25.2022 – Dennis Wingo discussed “Starship, returning to the Moon, commercial space and space mining economics and challenges, much needed in-space vehicles, Mars, returning to the Moon, U.S.-Russia space relationship and much more“.

** Sunday, Jan.23.2022 – Dr. Thomas Matula and Dr. Darryl Mitry discussed

their new book, Beyond the Covid Shock: The Great Economic Transition“. We applied much of the economics from the book and the discussion to both the public and commercial space industry. Listeners and callers also asked lots of general economic questions given the state of today’s economy and how the pandemic is impacting it.

**Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan. 19.2022 – Dr. David Grinspoon spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “the recent findings on Mars of a unique carbon signature that might suggest ancient molecular life for Mars“.

** Tuesday, Jan.18.2022 – Robert Zimmerman talked about “[a]nnual launch rates and predictions, China’s Long March 5B, Mars rovers, ancient molecular life on Mars, light carbon atoms, life in the solar system, Carbon-12, UV light, Musk and Starship, Georgia’s preliminary spaceport approval, exploring the lunar poles and more“.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.

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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back Dennis Wingo for news, views, commercial space happenings, policy and more.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan. 26 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): TBD. Check the Upcoming Show Menu at www.thespaceshow.com for updates on scheduling.

3. Friday, Jan.28, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): No live program today. Check the Upcoming Show Menu before air time for the suggested Golden Oldie for play on this date.

4. Sunday, Jan.30, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): No live program today. Check the Upcoming Show Menu before air time for the suggested Golden Oldie for play on this date.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Jan.23.2022 – Dr. Thomas Matula and Dr. Darryl Mitry discussed

their new book, Beyond the Covid Shock: The Great Economic Transition“. We applied much of the economics from the book and the discussion to both the public and commercial space industry. Listeners and callers also asked lots of general economic questions given the state of today’s economy and how the pandemic is impacting it.

**Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan. 19.2022 – Dr. David Grinspoon spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “the recent findings on Mars of a unique carbon signature that might suggest ancient molecular life for Mars“.

** Tuesday, Jan.18.2022 – Robert Zimmerman talked about “[a]nnual launch rates and predictions, China’s Long March 5B, Mars rovers, ancient molecular life on Mars, light carbon atoms, life in the solar system, Carbon-12, UV light, Musk and Starship, Georgia’s preliminary spaceport approval, exploring the lunar poles and more“.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.

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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back Robert Zimmerman for updates and more.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): TBD. Check the Upcoming Show Menu at www.thespaceshow.com for updates on scheduling.

3. Friday, Jan.21, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): No Program today.

4. Sunday, Jan.23, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. Thomas Matula with Dr. Darryl Mitry regarding their book, Beyond the Covid Shock: The Great Economic Transition. Part of this discussion will focus on the economic transition and space economy.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Jan.16.2022 –  Brian Dunn talked about “his scifi book with shades of reality and plausibility, TubeTown Frontier, which refers to building a settlement in lava tubes on the Moon“.

** Friday, Jan.14.2022 – Dr. James R. Wertz discussed “his lunar development, economic and settlement plans“. Here are three files presenting more details of his proposed settlements.

• O’Neill Lunar Tourism 2.pptx
• Building an O’Neill Lunar Colony 2.pptx
• O’Neill Lunar Colony Overview 3.pptx

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan.12.2022 – Jeromy Grimmett, founder and CEO of Rogue Space Systems, spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about commercial in-space servicing and “the Space Force plan Orbital Prime which will select winning company technology to partner with to remove LEO space debris“.

** Tuesday, Jan.11.22 – Joe Carroll discussed “Artificial gravity, Starship as a tanker, space settlement, debris mitigation, solar system surface gravity, Joe’s recent Space Review Article, ‘How to clarify human futures beyond Earth‘”.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.

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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back Joe Carroll for updates regarding artificial gravity [via rotating structures], tethers and more.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): Jeromy Grimmett, founder and CEO of Rogue Space Systems Corporation, will talk with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about the “Space Force plan to use private companies to mitigate space debris“.

3. Friday, Jan.14, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. James R. Wertz to discuss his lunar development and economic plans. See his three presentations on our blog page.

4. Sunday, Jan.16, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome Brian Dunn to the program to discuss his TubeTown plan and concept/project.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Jan.9.2022 – Dr. Anna Krylov of the USC Chemistry Dept. spoke out “about mixing science with ideology“.

** Friday, Jan.7.2022 – Marcia S. Smith of SpacePolicyOnline.com “joined us again for a look at policy from 2021 into 2022, congressional actions or lack of actions, plus lots more“.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan.5.2022 – Eric Berger spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about

the delay faced by SpaceX regarding Starship launches at Boca Chica due to questions needing to be answered and evaluated regarding the EIR under review. Eric suggested there was a lot to the report and that SpaceX has many questions to evaluate and answer so he did not see any signs with the FAA slow walking Starship approval. He also speculated that Starship might need more time to get ready for test launches so SpaceX was ok with the delay, answering the questions and readying Starship.

** Tuesday, Jan.4.2022 – Dr. Malcolm Davis discussed “Asian space and national security focused on China and Australia, commercial space in Australia, space policy, space weaponization, nuclear weapons and the first strike defense posture and more“.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.

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