January 7, 2025 Space Show panel discussion from the show’s advisory council
A few years ago David Livingston invited me to join a small advisory council he runs for The Space Show of people who are all independent experts on the space industry. Yesterday he decided to try a new program idea, whereby he would gather these advisors together for a Zoom session to discuss the state of the space industry at this moment.
You can listen to this discussion here. I highly recommend my listeners do so. The participants were the following, many of whom will be familiar names for those that keep abreast of the space industry:
1. John Jossy (Fremont John)
2. John Hunt (Ft. Worth John)
3. Rick Kwan (Fremont Rick)
4. Dr. Haym Benaroya
5. Dr. Doug Plata
6. Amir Notea
7. Bob Zimmerman
8. Ryan Reynolds
9. Michael Listner
10. Bill Gowan (Bill from Raleigh)
11. Dr. Ajay Kothari
12. Joe Pistritto
A lot of very thoughtful ideas were expressed by everyone, in a remarkably civilized discussion format. You won’t see my face because I participated by phone. (Zoom is pain for me to set up, and I prefer to avoid it if I am short of time.)
The panel discussion had two purposes. First David Livingston was using the session to learn how to use Zoom for such purposes. It is presently his thought to do this panel discussion somewhat regularly (frequency not yet determined), possibly calling the guest The Space Show Council.
The second purpose was to assess a number of issues that are presently in the news, such as the coming new Trump administration and the impact it might have on America’s manned space program. The range of thought from this collection of space geeks was quite educational, for me. I imagine my readers will get even more from the discussion.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
A few years ago David Livingston invited me to join a small advisory council he runs for The Space Show of people who are all independent experts on the space industry. Yesterday he decided to try a new program idea, whereby he would gather these advisors together for a Zoom session to discuss the state of the space industry at this moment.
You can listen to this discussion here. I highly recommend my listeners do so. The participants were the following, many of whom will be familiar names for those that keep abreast of the space industry:
1. John Jossy (Fremont John)
2. John Hunt (Ft. Worth John)
3. Rick Kwan (Fremont Rick)
4. Dr. Haym Benaroya
5. Dr. Doug Plata
6. Amir Notea
7. Bob Zimmerman
8. Ryan Reynolds
9. Michael Listner
10. Bill Gowan (Bill from Raleigh)
11. Dr. Ajay Kothari
12. Joe Pistritto
A lot of very thoughtful ideas were expressed by everyone, in a remarkably civilized discussion format. You won’t see my face because I participated by phone. (Zoom is pain for me to set up, and I prefer to avoid it if I am short of time.)
The panel discussion had two purposes. First David Livingston was using the session to learn how to use Zoom for such purposes. It is presently his thought to do this panel discussion somewhat regularly (frequency not yet determined), possibly calling the guest The Space Show Council.
The second purpose was to assess a number of issues that are presently in the news, such as the coming new Trump administration and the impact it might have on America’s manned space program. The range of thought from this collection of space geeks was quite educational, for me. I imagine my readers will get even more from the discussion.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
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