{"id":4006,"date":"2013-08-16T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T20:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2013-08-16T21:40:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T21:40:56","slug":"space-on-the-john-batchelor-show-this-week-bob-zimmerman-hotel-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4006","title":{"rendered":"Space on the John Batchelor Show this week: Bob Zimmerman &#038; Hotel Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his two visits on the <a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/\" target=\"_d\">John Batchelor<\/a> radio program this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Bob Zimmerman<\/a> spoke about the following topics:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/podcasts\/2013\/08\/13\/second-hour\" target=\"_d\">Tues 8\/13\/13 Hr 2 Batchelor <\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air Force to shut part of its orbital space tracking system.<\/li>\n<li>ATK joins Stratolaunch.<\/li>\n<li>Serious problems with SpaceShipTwo?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/podcasts\/2013\/08\/15\/fourth-hour\" target=\"_d\">Thurs 8\/15\/13 Hr 4 Batchelor<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=newssearch&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCwQqQIoADAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887324769704579008820953158510.html&amp;ei=jpsOUpnqL6n_yQGaoYBY&amp;usg=AFQjCNE7cl_mN_SfKJ0UeJa5vU0XoZ6n3g&amp;sig2=xPmPYNiSU4pmDPKZzqQSfg&amp;bvm=bv.50768961,d.aWc&amp;cad=rja\" target=\"_blank\">Bob&#8217;s op-ed in the WSJ on the SLS boondoggle <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Orion delays and overruns<\/li>\n<li>Sierra Nevada testing Dream Chaser crew vehicle<\/li>\n<li>SpaceX Grasshopper does <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/2t15vP1PyoA\" target=\"_blank\">sideways flight test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>And on the weekly <em>Hotel Mars<\/em> segment, David Livingston and Batchelor talked with Dr. David Brain about the\u00a0 NASA&#8217;s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (<a href=\"http:\/\/lasp.colorado.edu\/home\/maven\/\" target=\"_d\">MAVEN<\/a>), which will launch to the Red Planet in November:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/15\/john-batchelor-hotel-mars-wednesday-8-14-13\/\" target=\"_d\">John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 8-14-13 | Thespaceshow&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Here are videos of the recent Grasshopper test that Bob mentioned:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2t15vP1PyoA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HXdjxPY2j_0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his two visits on the John Batchelor radio program this week, Bob Zimmerman spoke about the following topics: Tues 8\/13\/13 Hr 2 Batchelor Air Force to shut part of its orbital space tracking system. ATK joins Stratolaunch. Serious problems with SpaceShipTwo? Thurs 8\/15\/13 Hr 4 Batchelor: Bob&#8217;s op-ed in the WSJ on the SLS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4006\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space on the John Batchelor Show this week: Bob Zimmerman &#038; Hotel Mars<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-space-policy","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-12C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5669,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5669","url_meta":{"origin":4006,"position":0},"title":"Mars Quarterly, Fall 2013 + Opportunity rover on Hotel Mars + Bob Zimmerman on Batchelor show","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mars Society\u00a0opens access to the latest issue of the \u00a0The Mars Quarterly (Fall 2013). === Dr. William Farrand\u00a0of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado\u00a0talked with David Livingston and John Batchelor on this week's Hotel Mars segment about the history of the Mars rover Opportunity and what it has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3900,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3900","url_meta":{"origin":4006,"position":1},"title":"Spacecasts: Bob Zimmerman, Alan Hale, Jeff Foust, Bob Zubrin, and Blaze Sanders","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a list of Spacecasts of interest from this week: Bob Zimmerman spoke on the John Batchelor radio program on Thursday:\u00a0Thurs 8\/8\/13 Hr 2 - John Batchelor Show Topics included Curiosity\u2019s first year on Mars, the effort to bring Kepler back to life, and the Dawn spacecraft's journey from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3782,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3782","url_meta":{"origin":4006,"position":2},"title":"Space on The John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman + Hotel Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bob Zimmerman talked about space during two episodes of the\u00a0 John Batchelor radio program this week. Wed 7\/31\/13 Hr 3 Batchelor :\u00a0\u00a0 On Friday, an astronaut on ISS controlled and steered a rover on Earth.\u00a0 While zipping around Earth several hundred miles above the planet\u2019s surface, the European Space Agency\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4378,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4378","url_meta":{"origin":4006,"position":3},"title":"Space on the John Batchelor Show","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bob Zimmerman recently reported on space news on the John Batchelor radio program: Wed 9\/4\/13 Hr 3 JBS: Indian GSLV development problems Re-nationalization of the Russian space industry Hurricane shortage this summer Fri 9\/6\/13 Hr 4 JBS: Losing contact with Deep Impact probe ATK's five segment booster for SLS has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3595,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3595","url_meta":{"origin":4006,"position":4},"title":"The John Bachelor Show : Space News from Bob Zimmerman","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"On Tuesday evening Bob Zimmerman gave his latest space news update on the John Batchelor radio program: Tues 7\/23\/13 Hr 3 - John Batchelor Show (podcast) The topics included: Spacesuit soap opera: NASA still doesn't know what caused the leak, and is rushing spare parts to Russia to try to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3660,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3660","url_meta":{"origin":4006,"position":5},"title":"Space on The John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman + Hotel Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In Bob Zimmerman's latest visit on the John Batchelor radio program, he spoke about the following topics: Thurs 7\/25\/13 Hour 3 -\u00a0 John Batchelor Show 1. 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