This week David Livingston is attending the National Space Society‘s annual conference – ISDC 2019 – in Washington, D.C. So there will be no Space Show webcasts until next week.
Some recent shows:
** Sun, 06/02/2019 – Science fiction author and professional space historian, Gideon Marcus talked about his Galactic Journeys. website, “a portal to 55 years ago in science fact and fiction, covering the Space Race, the books, the movies, and the culture of the early 1960s”.
1. Monday, May 27, 2019; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): No show for today. Monday is for special and timely programs only. Also, this is Memorial Day in the United States.
3. Wednesday, Wednesday, May 29 2019: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.
4. Friday, May 31, 2019; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am-1 pm CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): We welcome Dr. Greg Matloff and C. Bangs, authors of the award winning book, Stellar Engineering, which looks at the possibilities of advanced civilizations building enormous structures in space.
5. Sunday, June 2, 2019; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome Gideon Marcus of Galactic Journeys. This program will be a walk through space history and time like none other.
** The Space Show – Tue, 05/21/2019 – Dr. Philip Metzger discussed “starting space industrialization, establishing Cislunar transportation, lunar development, asteroid development, thinking big, Mars and more”.
** Sun, 05/19/2019 – Emily Carney talked about Space Hipsters, which she co-founded, “and lots more regarding space programs, education, outreach, policy, and getting young women interested in space”.
A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest:
In Via Satellite’s debut episode of “On Orbit,” host Jeffrey Hill sits down with Geeks Without Frontiers CEO David Hartshorn to decipher Digital Divide statistics and discuss the role that hybrid networks, satellites, and specifically the new LEO/MEO constellation satellites will play in providing connectivity to the world’s 4 billion people without access to broadband. We also talk about the importance of electric power as a resource, and how private industry firms are investing in developing economies through connectivity.
1. Monday, May 13, 2019; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT): This is a special program welcoming John Jossy, Kim Holder, and Rick Kwan who will talk about the innovate and cutting edge NewSpace technologies presented and discussed at Space Access 2019. This includes the exciting innovation going on in the commercial space entrepreneurial community.
3. Wednesday, May 15, 2019; Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.
4. Friday, May 17, 2019; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am -1 pm CDT; 12:30-2 pm EDT): We welcome back Dr. Linda Spilker of JPL to wrap up Cassini and more.
5. Sunday, May 19 2019; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome Emily Carney to the show regarding Space Hipsters, which she co-founded.
Recent shows:
** Fri, 05/10/2019 – Professor Madhu Thangavelu of USC spoke about “lunar return policy & mission needs/planning, ISDC Moon Track, using space for better living on Earth and much more”.
** Tue, 05/07/2019 – Robert Zimmerman discussed “a variety of topics starting with the smallsat industry with launchers and ending with comments about the Boeing 737 Max and possible Boeing space impact”.
** Mon, 05/06/2019 – Dr. Greg Autry talked about “the upcoming ISDC Conference, space budgets, spending and the US national debt, and the Chinese space and lunar policy plus US concerns about China and space and the Mon”.
** Sun, 05/05/2019 – Talked with Leonard David and then followed with an open lines discussion with listeners. Topics covered included “Leonard’s new book “Moon Rush: The New Space Race, policy and budget challenges for returning to the Moon, presidential candidates and space policy, Navy-Air Force UFO policy reporting changes and more”.
A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest:
and about “the Gateway, lunar return, Mars, policy, China, Pell Grant funding and more”.
