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

1. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome Dereck Williams of Start Aerospace (www.startaerospace.com) with a new commercial space manufacturing business model.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Sept. 21, 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, Sept.23, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome Grant Blaisdell of Copernic Space (www.copernicspace.com).

4. Sunday, Sept.25, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back master space journalist and author Leonard David. Please see www.leonarddavid.com for more information about his Inside Outer Space blog and report.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Sept.18.2022 – Dr. Armen Papazian talked about his new book, The Space Value of Money: Rethinking Finance Beyond Risk & Time [Amazon commission link].

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Sept.14.2022 – Eric Berger gave John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston an update on “Starship and SLS [Space Launch System] prep work and more“.

** Tuesday, Sept.13.2022 – Dr. Ajay Kothari made

the case of using thorium molten salt reactors for power generation in the U.S. and globally. Ajay also talked about SSP, nuclear power, launchers and related topic. He provided us with numbers and statistics.

** Sunday, Sept.11.2022 – Dale Skran, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Space Society, discussed “SSP [Space Solar Power], settlement, the human gravity RX, Starship plans, NASA and much more“.

** Friday, Sept.9.2022 – Dallas Bienhoff talked about “his joining with OffWorld (see www.offworld.ai) in addition to talking about other timely topics impacting space development, our efforts for a lunar return, new rockets and spaceships, human spaceflight, policy, adversaries and much more“.

** Hotel Mars – Dr. Michael Hecht, principle investigator of the MOXIE experiment on the Perseverance rover on Mars, spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about the latest results in extracting oxygen from the CO2 in the Martian atmosphere. “Michael explained Moxie, talked about the results, we talked about its future for Mars visitors and explorers, scaling it up for humans and much more.”

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

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

1. Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back John Bucknell of Virtus Solis Technologies for progress updates on Space Solar Power (SSP) development work.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): Dr. Michael Hecht, principle investigator of the MOXIE experiment on the Perseverance rover on Mars, will talk with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about the latest results in extracting oxygen from the CO2 in the Martian atmosphere.

3. Friday, Sept.9, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): TBD. Please check the Upcoming Show Menu on our website for details later this week.

4. Sunday, Sept.11, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome Dale L. Skran, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Space Society, to the program to discuss space policy and more.

Some recent shows:

** Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 – Interview with Grant Blaisdell of Copernic Space canceled due to technical problems and will be rescheduled.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Aug.31.2022 – Rand Simberg spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about the Space Launch System (SLS) and the attempts to launch it for the first time.

[ Sept.6.2022: Audio now available:

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** Tuesday, Aug.30.2022 – Dr. David Livingston led an open lines program with callers who discussed “SLS, Starship, home made airplanes, Las Vegas, Focus Fusion, JWST, redshift, Big Bang, The Lurio Report, and more“. Potential guests were asked to call in to make the case for their appearance on the show but there were no takers.

** Sunday, Aug.28.2022 – Dennis Wingo “was back with us to talk SLS, policy, returning to the Moon, China, SpaceX, Starship, Artemis and so much more“.

**  Friday, Aug.26.2022 – Barry Matsumori, COO of Impulse Space, discussed

the Mars plans with his company Impulse Space and with Relativity Space. We talked about the Mars mission, commercial nature of the mission and the Impulse plans for space transportation, orbital services and more.

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

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

1. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): This is your opportunity program to be a guest on The Space Show. Just give us a call, 1-866-687-7223.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): Rand Simberg will talk with John Batchelor, and Dr. David Livingston about the SLS launch attempts and more.

3. Friday, Sept.2, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome Grant Blaisdell of Copernic Space.

4. Sunday, Sept.4, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): No program today due to the Labor Day Holiday Weekend in the U.S.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Aug.28.2022 – Dennis Wingo “was back with us to talk SLS, policy, returning to the Moon, China, SpaceX, Starship, Artemis and so much more“.

**  Friday, Aug.26.2022 – Barry Matsumori, COO of Impulse Space, discussed

the Mars plans with his company Impulse Space and with Relativity Space. We talked about the Mars mission, commercial nature of the mission and the Impulse plans for space transportation, orbital services and more.

** Tuesday, Aug.23.2022 –  Rand Simberg covered “SLS, commercial space economics, small launch companies, regulation, SpaceX, Blue Origin, space races with China and Russia, human spaceflight certification and much more as multiple topics discussed in this program“.

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* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

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

1. Monday, Aug. 22, 2022; 7 pm PT (9 pm CT, 10 pm ET): Michael Listner will continue his discussion from  Sunday’s show, which was interrupted by a technical problem, on possible near term regulation of the commercial space industry.

2. Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022; 7 pm PT (9 pm CT, 10 pm ET): We welcome back Rand Simberg on multiple commercial space and policy topics.

3. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022; 1:00 pm PT (3:00 pm CT, 4:00 pm ET): TBD. Check the Upcoming Show Menu at www.thespaceshow.com for  updates on scheduling.

4. Friday, Aug.26, 2022; 9:30-11 am PT (11:30 am-1 pm CT, 12:30-2 pm ET): We welcome Barry Matsumori, Chief Operating Officer of Impulse Space, to talk about their Mars venture with Relativity Space and more.

5. Sunday, Aug.28, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PT (2-3:30 pm CT, 3-4:30 pm ET): We welcome back Dennis Wingo on his recent blog commentary and more.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Aug.21.2022 – Michael Listner talked about “the possibility of near term regulation for the commercial space industry“.

The discussion was interrupted 45 minutes into the program due to technical problems. Part 2 of the discussion will be broadcast on Monday, August 22, 2022 at 7 PM PDT, 10 PM EDT.

** Friday, Aug.19.2022 – Dr. Namrata Goswami discussed “commercial space in light of national security and policy, Asia, China, Ukraine and more“.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Aug.17.2022 – Dr. Matthew Weinzierl of the Harvard School of Business and Economics  spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “commercial space economics, inflation, interest rates and markets, student interest in commercial space, job growth in this sector“.

** Tuesday, Aug.16.2022 – Isaac Arthur

talked about [his] “Science and Futurism” YouTube channel program plus multiple topics he has discussed and which were also of interest to Space Show listeners through phone calls and emails. Multiple topics were addressed in this discussion.

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* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

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

1. Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome Isaac Arthur to the program. Isaac is known for his Science and Futurism podcast series.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): Matthew Weinzierl will talk with John Batchelor, and Dr. David Livingston about Commercial space economic and financial challenges, stock values and more.

3. Friday, Aug.19, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. Namrata Goswami to discuss National security space, Asia, China, space and democracy and more.

4. Sunday, Aug.21, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back Michael Listner, Atty., who will discuss recent remarks from the administration regarding the regulation of commercial space. You can see Michael’s initial thoughts on this at his latest Space Thoughts Youtube video.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Aug.14.2022 – Ryan Reynolds participated in a

nearly two hour discussion with callers and those sending in email [regarding space solar power (SSP)], space settlement, the reality of each, dreaming and much more. Don’t miss it. Join the discussion via our blog. Ryan will be responding to blog comments.

** Friday, Aug.12.2022 – Michelle Del Valle came

to the show for the first time to discuss the upcoming [Space Frontier Foundation‘s] NewSpace conference in Seattle from August 24-26. Note the special offer for attending that SFF has posted on our blog. Using this special offer is the way to go if you are attending this event. Michelle guided us through the program, speakers, goals of SFF and the event plus much more.

** Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Aug.10.2022 – Dr. Haym Benaroya, professor of engineering at Rutgers Univ., spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “[h]uman spaceflight to the Moon and Mars, lunar and Martian soil, growing crops, water ice, lava tube living and living in the Starship“.

** Tuesday, Aug.9.2022 – Dr. Robert Zubrin touched

on multiple topics including searching for life on Mars, NASA, the upcoming Mars Society convention, their high school design competition and more. Good calls and emails on human factors, humans on Mars, Starship, etc.

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

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