Embedded below the fold in two parts. I’ve been fighting a cold, so forgive the weak voice at times.
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The podcast of my two hour appearance on The Space Show is now available here. I like this quote from David’s summary of the program at the link:
Bob spent the better part of the first segment of the program responding to Linda and in the customary Zimmerman fashion, making the case for private commercial space to champion because of freedom and liberty and the core values of the country.
Twas a really interesting show. Lots of very good questions as well as intriguing dialogue from callers.
Embedded below the fold in two parts. This podcast, entitled “Why does the US not have a manned spacecraft to orbit and to Mars?”, was a special broadcast, where the entire two segments were focused on outlining the delays NASA has forced on the private commercial crew companies, most especially SpaceX, in order to favor SLS as well as Boeing.
The first segment outlined the background. The second segment outlines solutions, central to which was the need to shut down SLS, Orion, and LOP-G now, before they do even more harm to the U.S.’s ability to compete effectively in space.
Whatever manned projects the federal government decides it must do, it must stop trying to ask NASA to build these projects. Instead, it must name a goal (building a base on the Moon, for example), and contract the requirements out to private companies. For the price of SLS we could launch between 300 and 400 Falcon Heavies, and do it NOW, repeatedly, rather than once four years hence. Nor is Falcon Heavy the only private option. Both Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman are building rockets that can supplement or even supplant SpaceX.
We should be relying on freedom and competition, the basic tenets of our country, not a Soviet-style top-down space program run by the government.
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Embedded below the fold. I did this podcast from Belize, using the office of Maya Mountain Lodge, where I was staying. The management there has been very gracious each year to allow me to do this.
During the podcast I spent some time describing the cave project, for those who might be interested in hearing some details.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. The first part is wholly devoted to discussing this week’s National Space Council meeting and Trump’s announcement that he wants a “Space Force” created.
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The podcast for my June 8th appearance on Robert Pratt’s Pratt on Texas radio show is now available here.
The discussion was focused on statements by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in support of continued funding for ISS. For a guy who ran for President under the banner of destroying what he called the “Washington cartel,” his present position lobbying hard for big space projects seems quite hypocritical, and requires some analysis.
Embedded below the fold in two parts. In the first part the discussion was entirely about Mars and this week’s announcement about the discovery by Curiosity of organics, and how that discovery explains the rover’s recent travels down Mount Sharp.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. In the first part I talk at length about the intriguing Martian pit I highlighted earlier in the week.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. The second part starts off with my somewhat scathing look at the disaster that is SLS.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts.
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Embedded below the fold. The first segment is entirely devoted to my analysis of the GAO report that described the continuing and never-ending delays and cost overruns for most of NASA’s big projects, such as SLS, Orion, Webb, and WFIRST, to name just a few.
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Embedded below the fold in two parts. Zuma, Starliner, Virgin Galactic, private space stations, NOAA’s evil bureaucracy, sunspots, and much more!
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