The Space Show this week – Mar.21.2023 | Space-for-All at HobbySpace

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

1. Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2023; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back Robert Zimmerman for news and policy information updates.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): Dr. Jeffrey Foust of Space News will give an update on the SpaceX Starship project to John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston.

3. Friday, Mar.24, 2023; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome Sebastien Jean of Phison to discuss the role solid-state drives (SSDs) are playing in space missions. Don’t miss this one!

4. Sunday, Mar.26, 2023; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. George Sowers for commercial space and more updates. George is a professor at the Colorado School of Mines.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Mar.19.2023 – Chris Carberry of Explore Mars discussed

in detail the upcoming H2M event later in May. See www.exploremars.org for details. Not only did we discuss the event but multiple issues relating to humans getting to Mars.

** Friday, Mar.17.2023 – Dr. Chris Impey, professor in astronomy at the Univ of Arizona, spoke about

timelines to Mars, settlement and humans in space. For the second half we talked about his upcoming new exoplanet book plus exoplanet research and discovery.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Mar.15.2023 – Dr. Harold C. Connolly Jr. talked with John Batchelor and David Livingston about

the finding of more than 20 amino acids in the sample returns from Ryugu. We talked about both Ryugu and Bennu being from the earliest part of our solar system in the far out part of the Ort Cloud. Dr. Connolly explained the significance of the amino acids but also he talked organics and what they mean. He said Ryugu was a pristine example of the early solar system. In terms of exposing the samples to Earth’s atmosphere, he said there was negative impact and for Bennu and other sample nitrogen would be used as a type of preservative.

** Tuesday, May.14.2023 – Richard Easton talked about

the Vanguard rocket which turned 65 years old, early navy and army satellites, the Explorer 1 and America’s first satellite, alternative histories had the U.S. been the first to space, not the USSR and much more. In addition, Richard talked about GPS, a subject close to him since his Dad is considered the inventor of GPS. Also, early Naval Research Lab history was discussed as applied to space.

** Sunday, Mar.12.2023 – Open Lines program dedicated to

…the memory of Space Show guest and friend, Dr. Bill Rowe. We talked about Space Show costs, possible deletion of the toll free line, our call in 702 number experiment, naysayers, space development and settlement, bank failure and startup space ventures or capital hungry space ventures.

** Friday, Mar.10.2023 – Fabian Alefeld discussed “space manufacturing, additive manufacturing (3D printing), materials, advances, uses and much more“.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Mar.8.2023 – Dr. Haym Benaroya of Rutgers University spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about

the Moon and on to Mars. […] Note the focus on was new technologies to clean lunar regolith, possible Mars dust and soil as well. Also the use of new types of nuclear reactors for power on both the Moon and Mars. John asked our guest about drones on Mars given the success of Ingenuity.

** Tuesday, Mar.7.2023 – Dr. Alan Hale gave a “comprehensive discussion on comets, discovering comets, sky surveys, comet mythology, and more“.

** Tuesday, Mar.7.2023 – Dr. Heinrich Pas spoke

… about his new book, [The One: How An ancient Idea Holds The Future Of Physics [Amazon commission link]]. We zeroed in on quantum physics, consciousness and much much more. Several excellent phone calls and emails.