The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:
1. Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. Robert Zubrin. Take the opportunity to talk with Bob. See his latest article: How To Search For Life On Mars: First, stop refusing to look, Robert Zubrin, Steven Benner, Jan Špaček, The New Atlantis, July.22.2022.
2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): Dr. Haym Benaroya of Rutgers University will talk with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about new lunar habitat related developments.
3. Friday, Aug.12, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome Michelle Del Valle, Co-Chair of the Space Frontier Foundation‘s NewSpace 2022 conference to be held August 24-26 in Seattle.
4. Sunday, Aug.14, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back Ryan Reynolds to discuss SSP (Space Solar Power), space settlement, reality checks, plausibility, and a cost/benefit analysis of doing something versus nothing. Join us.
Some recent shows:
** Sunday, Aug.7.2022 – Tyler Ryan Bender discussed the Beyond Earth Institute space policy organization, getting back to the Moon and more.
** Friday, Aug.5.2022 – Tony Whitman and Darin Noel of L3 Harris and original members of the James Webb Space Telescope design and engineering team discussed
their part in developing the JWST. We spoke engineering, telescopes in general, JWST and its mission plus much more.
** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Aug.3.2022 – Dr. Frances Zhu of the University of Hawaii AI and Space Robotics lab spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “AI, robots, intelligence as applied to each, plus the question of a bad or good robot“.
** Tuesday, Aug.2.2022 – Mark Whittington talked about
many timely discussion topics including the Inmarsat survey on the value of space with his ideas on how to correct the problem. Don’t miss Mark’s summary and his thoughts on the UAPs. Multiple topics, several callers, lots of email participation.
** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop
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