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The Space Show this week – Dec.13.2022

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

1. Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back John Jossy for his review of 2022 and a look ahead to 2023.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Dec. 14, 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. SPECIAL SHOW: Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022; 7 PM PST (9:00 pm CST, 10 PM EST): We welcome back Bruce Pittman regarding settlement, commercial space news and more for 2022 and 2023.

4. Friday, Dec.16, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. Jim Logan and Dan Adamo. Multiple topics, large rockets, orbits, lunar return, and flight safety plus lots more. This is a program you do not want to miss!

5. Sunday, Dec.18, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): Michael Listner, Atty, returns for a legal and policy year in review and the plans for the coming year.

Some recent shows:

** Dec.11.2022 – Dr. David Livingston led an Open Lines discussion with callers on

[m]ultiple topics, lots of callers and emails. Some fundraising and brainstorming on how to produce better OL shows for 2022.

** Friday, Dec.9.2022 – Dr. Abraham (Avi) Loeb talked about “his Big Bang ideas, update us with his Galileo Project and more“.

**Wednesday, Dec.7.2022 – Dr. Space presents Space Show 2023 and our annual campaign – David Livingston discussed the “Space Show new plans for 2023, financial support during our campaign for the 2023 year“.

** Tuesday, Dec.6.2022 – Doug Ellison talked about the “documentary film “Good Night Oppy“, rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the JPL rover operational team, making the film and more“.

** Sunday, Dec.4.2022 – Gurbir Singh talked about

his new book which is an atlas of global launch sites. During the program we discussed many of the sites in the book plus other launch location information.

** Friday, Dec.2.2022 – Dr. S. Pete Worden discussed “The Breakthrough Prize Foundation, Starshot, Listen, Watch, message, searching for ET, global radio telescope locations, The Meer Kat telescope, Ireland’s new radio telescope, interstellar travel, laser propulsion, Dr. Avi Loeb and Galileo, identifying life, Venus, Mars, space settlement and lots more“.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Nov.30.2022 – Rick Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center (IASC) spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about the “Chinese space program, Chinese boosters, China’s lunar plans, Artemis, U.S. space policy and China, SLS, China and reusability, China’s lunar lander concepts“.

** Tuesday, Nov.30.2022 – Tom Gardner of Advanced Space discussed the “Capstone Project, engineering, lunar missions, CAPSTONE goals and objectives, cislunar development, NASA, Starship, lunar plans from other nations including China, Japan, UAE, ESA and Russia“.

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

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The Space Show this week – Dec.6.2022

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

1. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome Doug Ellison of JPL to discuss the new Amazon Prime film, Good Night Oppy.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Dec. 7, 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. Special Show – Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022; 7:00 pm PST (9:00 pm CST, 10:00 pm EST): Dr. Space discusses Space Show plans for 2023, the annual fundraising campaign now in progress and why supporting The Space Show is important. Your commentary is welcome.

4. Friday, Dec.9, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. Abraham (Avi) Loeb on his new Big Bang theory concept and more.

5. Sunday, Dec.11, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston – the last such program for 2022. Call in and tell us what is on your mind and what you expect for 2023. Call 866-687-7223.

The Space Show Asks For Your Support For Our Annual Campaign

Please support The Space Show during our Annual Campaign which makes possible our 2023 programming year. We are 100% listener supported so your help . is essential to Space Show programming. If you like the programming, our guests, our format which connects you real time to the guests and other listeners, plus our blog for archive listeners that also connects you with our guests, then please donate and support us. Your support is very important to us and makes possible our programming for the new year starting in January. Use the PayPal link at the top of our home page, www.thespaceshow.com, or if you prefer mailing a check, please make it payable to One Giant Leap Foundation, C/O Dr. David Livingston, 11035 Lavender Hill Dr, Ste. 160-306, Las Vegas, NV 89135.

The Space Show thanks you. We look forward to working with you for 2023 as guests, listeners, getting your guest and programming suggestions and feedback.

All the best,

Dr. David Livingston, Host

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Dec.4.2022 – Gurbir Singh talked about

his new book which is an atlas of global launch sites. During the program we discussed many of the sites in the book plus other launch location information.

** Friday, Nov.18.2022 – Brad Bergan discussed

his excellent new book, Space Race 2.0: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, NASA, and the Privatization of the Final Frontier [Amazon commission link]. Multiple topics from the book [were covered] plus we asked Brad many questions for this thoughts and opinions regarding space, commercial space and related topics.

** Thursday, Nov.17.2022 – Robert (Sam) Wilson, a policy analyst at The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy, discussed “his paper on the defense space budget and the congressional action that has followed, which particularly focuses on missile warning and tracking“.

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

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The Space Show this week – Nov.21.2022

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

1. Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): Thanksgiving Recess. No program today. Please support The Space Show in our annual fundraising campaign. Your donation helps The Space Show continue for 2023. See www.thespaceshow.com for the PayPal link at the top of the home page. Thank you.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): No Hotel Mars Today. Thanksgiving Recess. No program today. Please support The Space Show in our annual fundraising campaign. Your donation helps The Space Show continue for 2023. See www.thespaceshow.com for the PayPal link at the top of the home page. Thank you.

3. Friday, Nov.25 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): Thanksgiving Recess. No program today. Please support The Space Show in our annual fundraising campaign. Your donation helps The Space Show continue for 2023. See www.thespaceshow.com for the PayPal link at the top of the home page. Thank you.

4. Sunday, Nov.27, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): Thanksgiving Recess. No program today. Please support The Space Show in our annual fundraising campaign. Your donation helps The Space Show continue for 2023. See www.thespaceshow.com for the PayPal link at the top of the home page. Thank you.

Some recent shows:

** Friday, Nov.18.2022 – Brad Bergan discussed

** Tuesday, Nov.15.2022 – Dr. John Brandenburg returned to the show “to update us with some new information pertaining to his hypothesis about large nuclear bomb like explosions on Mars hundreds of million years ago“.

** Sunday, Nov.13.2022 – Keith Henson came

back after a decade or so to talk for two hours with us about radiation for humans on the Moon, why go to the Moon, tourism, settlement, then SSP, an economic analysis and much more. Great calls, emails, a very good two hour discussion.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Nov. 9.2022 – Anatoly Zak spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about Russia “and the Lunar Gateway, Roscosmos, the Orel crewed spaceship“.

** Tuesday, Nov.8.2022 – Robert Zimmerman returned for a “look at some key space events for 2022, a look toward 2023, company reviews, a look at the records being made in the launch industry this year, commercial space and national security space commentary, space economics and much more“.

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

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The Space Show this week – Nov.7.2022

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

1. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): Robert Zimmerman is back with us for a 2022 roundup and a look forward to 2023.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Nov. 9, 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, Nov.11, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): No show due to the Veterans Day holiday.

4. Sunday, Nov.13, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back Keith Henson on several topics including power sats, the big laser to power Skylon-derived vehicles to orbit, and the Nubian arch, plus more.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Nov.6.2022 – The Open Lines ” had multiple callers for this program, both to discuss space topics plus to tell us their story of their interactions with The Space Show“.

** Friday, Nov.4.2022 – Andrew Chanin “was back with us to discuss the UFO EFT, investing in commercial space, space as an essential part of our economy, rising interest rates and capital flow to the industry plus more“.

** Sunday, Oct.30.2022 – Jason Achilles talked “about sound on other planets, the microphone on Mars, technical details of such microphones and sound systems plus the Exocam.io for seeing landings on other planets“.

** Friday, Oct.28.2022 – Thomas Marotta gave an update

on his Spaceport Company, launch and related issues. We also talked space settlement, commercial launch markets, the gravity RX, cislunar reliable transportation and much more.

** Tuesday, Oct.25.2022 – Thomas Lagarde discussed “Space architecture designs, current projects, primary space design concerns such as space toilet, orbital construction, tourism, settlement, government vs. private projects, life support, plants in space and more“.

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

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The Space Show this week – Oct.31.2022

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

1. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): No Space Show program today.

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

3. Friday, Nov.4, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome back Andrew Chanin regarding commercial space investing, the UFO EFT and lots more.

4. Sunday, Nov.6, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): OPEN LINES today. We want to hear your Space Show story plus what’s on your mind regarding space. Call us at 1-866-7223.

Some recent shows:

** Friday, Oct.28.2022 – Thomas Marotta gave an update

on his Spaceport Company, launch and related issues. We also talked space settlement, commercial launch markets, the gravity RX, cislunar reliable transportation and much more.

** Sunday, Oct.23.2022 – Dr. David Livingston led an open lines program with callers.

Thank you to those that offered me best wishes for the NSS Space Pioneer Award for 2023 which I will receive at ISDC 2023. We talked multiple topics with several callers and listeners sending in emails. The topics included fusion energy, interplanetary travel with fusion (or not), Starship, cislunar, and company news plus more.

** Friday, Oct.21.2022 – John Strickland returned to the show and

announced that I was being honored by NSS with the Space Pioneer Award at ISDC in May. Dr. Sherry Bell and friend called in from The Mars Society Gig regarding the announcement. We continued talking about SLS, Artemis, Starship, SSP, Settlement and more.