Tag: John Batchelor Show

Embedded below the fold. Still catching up on space news with John.
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Embedded below the fold. John and I had a lot to catch up on. More to come tomorrow.
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Posted in the air over Maine on the way to Israel.
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Embedded below the fold. I like John Batchelor’s title for this podcast: “Capitalism in space means cheaper, faster, better, cheapest.
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Embedded below the fold. This was the podcast last week where I reported on SpaceX’s success at reusing a first stage. I am posting this a bit late, as I was in the Grand Canyon when John Batchelor posted it online.
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Embedded below the fold. Batchelor’s title: “SpaceX changes the launch game.”
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Embedded below the fold. John wanted to start by talking about the non-story of Budweiser looking at the technical difficulties of brewing beer on Mars. After that, we then spent the bulk of the segment talking about Trump’s budget proposals.
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Embedded below the fold. Batchelor noted during the interview that the host of commercial space stories highlighted in this podcast did a nice job of underlining the points I have made in Capitalism in Space.
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Embedded below the fold. During the first half I discussed the impact of SpaceX’s proposed manned lunar mission. In the second half, I talked about the winds of Mars and how they have shaped the Martian surface.
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Embedded below the fold. Pluto, exoplanets, and Russian aerospace!

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Embedded below the fold. This was I think an important podcast, as I tied Falcon Heavy with Orion and SLS and NASA’s future space plans.
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Embedded below the fold. The primary focus this time was India, its space effort, and the status of American policy in connection to it.
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Embedded below the fold. The main topic was the idiotic suggestion by NASA’s acting administrator that they put astronauts on the first launch of SLS, and send them to the Moon. John tried to encourage me to call the suggestion “unwise.” I insisted on calling it plain “stupid.”
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Embedded below the fold. Lots of discussion about the Mars rovers, present and future.
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Embedded below the fold. I once again love John Batchelor’s title, which is quoting me: “Making the Moon Great Again.”

Saturday I am off on my third lifetime hunting adventure, hunting javelinas using a pistol. Should be most interesting.
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Embedded below the fold. Batchelor’s title: “Van Gogh goes to Jupiter.”
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Embedded below the fold. A second podcast should also be posted later tonight, though Batchelor might delay its release until tomorrow.
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Embedded below the fold. This was originally supposed to air late last week, but got missed in the scheduling.
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Embedded below the fold. A look at what I see are the first real hints at Trump’s NASA policy, both in terms of space exploration and climate.
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Embedded below the fold. Gene Cernan’s achievements as an astronaut, as well as other matters.
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