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Space Atty Camisha Simmons was back with us to both preview her ISDC 2025 upcoming talk and to discuss her recent Space Review article which you can find on our blog. During our discussion, Camisha made a compelling case for congressional clarification regarding property rights per the Commercial Space Act of 2015. Our guest received several phone calls and multiple emails regarding potential legal conflicts once we start resource usage and more in space. Don't miss this program! Please read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, March 23. 2025.
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John and I welcomed Dr. Julian de Witt and Dr. Benjamin Rackham to the program for four segments over 36 minutes on an in-depth discussion of the Trappist 1 exoplanet system. This was a highly detailed discussion regarding the sun and all seven planets close together in this system. During the four segments we covered all aspects of the system, the use of the JWST and other preferred imaging devices. how best to research the system going forward and why we want to do that plus we talked about learning about this system means for studying exoplanets and looking for an Earth-like planet and life as we know it. Don't miss the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
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Joanne Higgins was with us re her LA Made podcast, The Other Moonshot." Joanne told us the story of three Los Angeles area "unsung heroes" during the Apollo period working for North American on the project in S. California. Our show focused on the stories of Charlie, Nate and Shelby. Not only did we talk about their work on Apollo and the space program but what it was like to be men of color at that time. The story about their discovery that white engineers were paid more than they were paid (they were all engineers with stellar backgrounds and educations) was engaging. Joanne talked about how each one processed that fact and why. For Charlie for example, he was the activist of the group. When asked about their feelings about successfully going to the Moon, well, listen for their reply on that as I will let it surprise you. Our discussion with Joanne had lots of great history, culture and stories so don't miss it. This was a walk through history and we should all know it as I believe it is also important for today's considerations and understandings. Please read the full summary of this program when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, March 18, 2025.
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Welcome to Open Lines for March 2025. We covered lots of topics but started out with some Space Show scheduling changes plus information regarding the upcoming probable Space Show Zoom on April 6. We covered many topics but spent most of the time on alternative plans to the Moon other than the Program of Record for Artemis using the lunar landers by SpaceX or Blue, SLS & the Gateway. We talked about the law and how much authority NASA or the President may have in modifying how we do the mission plus there was good discussion regarding the alternative plan proposed by Dr. Kothari. AJAY has discussed in ideas on TSS plus for the last time he was on, there is a PDF document that explains the details of his approach using FH and more. If you have not read that doc, please do so. Read the full summary of this program a www.thespaceshow.com when available and for this date, March 16, 2025.
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John and I welcomed back Eric Berger of Ars Technica to discuss the recent Demo #8 test flight for Starship. As everyone knows by now, while the first stage was successfully landed at the pad, the Starship blew up before reaching orbit much at the same interval as Demo #7. Eric talked about the problems which have yet to be confirmed but are likely given recent propulsion system modifications. Also talked about was the wide and very dangerous debris field caused by the rocket's destruction. In response to a question, Eric said this fact would probably cause the FAA to take a close look at applicable issues regarding the debris field and not harming third parties. Possible changes and even timeline modifications were talked about. Read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
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We welcomed back Laura Montgomery, atty for an action packed discussion on her policy and law wish list for space this year and for the new administration. We talked about two key items on her wish list. The first was for her to see an Executive Order issuing clarification for Article 6 of the OST. She explained the matter at hand and its an important and necessary event needing to happen on her wish list. In addition, we talked about space property rights. Here, Laura suggested we see if we can apply our terrestrial Adverse Possession laws to the Moon/space. For sure you don't want to miss this discussion which took place near the end of our program. We had two callers and several email listener questions. Please read the full summary of this program when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, March 14, 2025.
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Dr. Kothari was with us to discuss the recent congressional hearing on Artemis and return to the Moon programs as he attended the hearing. You can find the hearing on YouTube if you want to watch. Ajay reported on the two guests, the need for a sustainable program, then he talked about his own ideas for a sustainable program to the Moon using Falcon Heavy. Our guest has put his information on our blog for this show so do check it out, including his PDF on returning humans to the Moon. We got several questions and calls, some which inquired about the process to get ideas before the policy makers. Please read the full summary of this program when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
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We welcomed back to the show noted space attorney Wayne White. Be sure to read his papers posted on the blog regarding his work on space property rights. Property right were a main topic for our discussion with Wayne putting forth a way to achieve them. He constantly referred to his previous Space Pioneer Act for related topics plus methos to employ property rights - legally. Wayne received many emails from listeners plus a few detailed phone calls regarding his property rights ideas. I even responded to one caller with one of my classic rants given the nature of his question. Please read the full summary of this show when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date Sunday, March 9, 2025.
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Dr. Martin Elvis returned to discuss the need and his plan to protect essential science locations on the Moon. His recent paper on the subject is on our blog. We talked about voluntary adherence to rules that might be put forth, mandatory, and the wishes of the astronomy community. Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, March 7, 2025.
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Doug Messier was the guest talking about the commercial lunar landers landing on the Moon and about to land on the Moon. Doug talked with us about each one, their missions, the experiments on board, their launchers and the role NASA played with each one, if any. Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com when it becomes available for this date, Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
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Doug Messier returned to discuss the current landers that recently put down on the Moon plus one landing in a few days and then a few months from now. We talked about their respective missions, hardware, rovers and the advances they made to enable their successful lunar landings. Doug updated us on Starship and their upcoming flight plus we talked about other launchers including Rocket Labs and Blue Origin. Multiple additional short topics made their way to our discussion. Read the full summary of this show when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Tuesday, March 5, 2025.
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Joe returned with updates on spin and AG. We talked about why NASA does not research this field and what that may suggest about NASA's thoughts on humans BLEO. We had several long lasting calls on various topics. Joe talked about his research per the paper uploaded to our blog for this program. Please read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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John and I welcomed back Dr. Harold Connolly to discuss the most recent findings from the sample return from steroid Bennu. We are learning much from these samples about our early solar system. Read the full summary when available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.
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We welcomed Charlie Chafer back to the program for Celestis updates, new missions they offer as memorial spaceflights, lunar missions concerns, potential Mars missions, their deep space mission and more. We talked payloads, rideshare, more and more lunar missions, launch reliability and some on the funeral and cremation side of the business. I do apologize for the poor audio with this program. Read the full summary when it becomes available at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.
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Bob was welcomed back to the show and immediately began talking about possible NASA layoffs, the new administrator and his confirmation and how the layoffs would be beneficial given his view of NASA not being efficient in what it does. The cancellation of SLS came up and between layoffs, NASA, the new administrator, the possible termination of SLS and the timing of such a cancellation, that covered most of the program. Near the end, a caller asked about the asteroid being talked about as possibly hitting Earth in 2032. Both the caller and Bob were critical of NASA and the science community for not doing anything I directed both to hear the recent Feb. 14 program with Dr. Ed Lu of the B612 Foundation for the facts rather than their speculation. Both the caller and Jerry from GA said they would listen to the program and provide feedback on what they hear with that interview. Please post your comments on our blog for this show. If the asteroid issue is of interest to you, listen to the Feb. 14th program with Dr. Ed Lu. Your comments on that discussion are welcome. Please read the full comments on this show when they appear at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Feb. 18, 2025.
