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Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:00:00 -0300 astrospacenow7007 http://podcasts.astrospacenow.com/episode.php?view=7111 A Frosty Moon, by the NASA Lunar Science Institute Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:07:56 -0300 astrospacenow7111 http://podcasts.astrospacenow.com/episode.php?view=7101 Encore: Space Travel in Science Fiction, by Vance Weaver Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0300 astrospacenow7101 http://podcasts.astrospacenow.com/episode.php?view=7098 Guest: Dennis Wingo. Topics: Space commerce, a new space vision and plan, space applications. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We welcomed back Dennis Wingo who outline for us a new and inspiring commercial space policy and implementation program. To make his points, Dennis started out by discussing the news stories this week about the UN plan for a panel to control economic growth around the world for sustainability. You can read about it at http://news.yahoo.com/un-panel-says-retool-world-economy-sustainability-164515165.html as well as a host of other sites and articles on the internet. Also, check out the planned UN Rio Conference on this program at www.un.org/esa/dsd/index.shtml?utm_source=OldRedirect&utm_medium=redirect&utm_content=dsd&utm_campaign=OldRedirect. Dennis spent considerable time during our 90 minute discussion dismissing the dystopian view/policy per this UN panel while advocating why space development offered a viable alternative to this limiting policy and way of seeing our world. During our one hour first segment and in fact the entire show, Dennis championed science and fact over dystopian policy. He also talked about geo orbits and said there was a newly found orbit requiring much less energy that could be used for going to the Moon so pay attention to what he said about this orbit. He offered up some new/unusual ideas such as an open cockpit lunar lander. Dennis put forth a basic strategic plan for staying positive and using our time and energy to do something to prove we advocates are right rather than getting involved in the negative process which we have very little influence over. Several listeners commented on this strategy, bringing to bear some differences over what Dennis suggested. That said, the message Dennis presented us was to stay focused on the positive. Later, he said that the advocacy community's focus on low cost launch was misdirected. He talked about this a lot during this segment and the next so don't miss what he had to say about this important issue. Dennis did advocate Zero G Zero Tax which he said was good for space applications. Also in this segment he talked about the advances we have made in robotic technology and the Pisces Project in Hawaii, http://pisces.uhh.hawaii.edu. As this segment ended, he talked about the "Church of SSP," updating his book "Moonrush," & the need for unity in the advocacy community. In the second segment, a listener asked about the Dr. Spudis cislunar economic development plan and Dennis talked about the need to lower total capital costs. He also talked about prizes such as the Mars prize recently suggested by Dr. Zubrin. Dennis repeated that the way to counter the bad press & media was to do something, a space application, to prove that we are right and those ridiculing space investment are wrong. Near the end, he said "the future will right itself....Don't focus on the negative." Please post your comments/questions for Dennis Wingo on The Space Show blog URL above. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:50:27 -0300 astrospacenow7098 http://podcasts.astrospacenow.com/episode.php?view=7099 Encore : Motion through Space, by James A. Brown Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0300 astrospacenow7099 http://podcasts.astrospacenow.com/episode.php?view=7100 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0300 astrospacenow7100 http://podcasts.astrospacenow.com/episode.php?view=7079 Something to get you through Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:39:21 -0300 astrospacenow7079 http://podcasts.astrospacenow.com/episode.php?view=7095 Observing With Webb in February 2012, by Rob Webb Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0300 astrospacenow7095 http://podcasts.astrospacenow.com/episode.php?view=7096 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:00:00 -0300 astrospacenow7096