The Space Show this week – July.18.2022

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

1. Tuesday, July. 19, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome Dr. Daniel Tompkins of GrowMars (www.cgarden.org) who will discuss bioplastic machines to grow greenhouses in space and self-replicating living structures.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, July. 20, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): Dr. Harold C. Connolly Jr. will talk with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about the asteroid Bennu, which was visited by the NASA probe, OSIRIS-REx. Connolly will answer the question, “Is Bennu a rubble pile“.

3. SPECIAL SHOW: 10 AM PDT; 1 PM EDT: We welcome Lori Garver to discuss her new book, Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age [Amazon commission link].

4. Friday, July.22, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST):  We welcome back Mike Snead to discuss the USAF as an aerospace force and much more.

5. Sunday, July.24, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. Christopher Morrison for a nuclear power, nuclear propulsion and fusion energy discussion.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, July.17.2022 – An Open Lines program with David Livingston who talked with callers “about multiple topics including the Parabolic Arc report on Masten Space Systems and the lander problems, NSS with Dr. Sherry Bell, UAP and what congressional intelligence committees saw or did not see re classified videos, the latest SpaceX Starlink launch and more.

** Friday, July.14.2022Scot Stride discussed “his engineering work for various NASA planetary missions plus we talked about SETI, solar system SETI, searching beyond the solar system, the different types of searches and more“.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, July.12.2022 – space attorney Laura Montgomery  talked with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about space law and the Artemis Accords and other programs.

** Tuesday, July.11.2022Gary Calnandiscussed CisLunar Industries, the Micro Space Foundry now being developed, the plan for debris removal and ISRU like mfg of space products from the space debris. Gary talked financing, partners, AI and much more.

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

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