The podcast is now fixed and available! John Batchelor thanks Willi for spotting the problem.
Embedded below the fold. John Batchelor titled this appearance very accurately: “Condemning Orion.” He likes to say that I am sometimes cranky. I was especially cranky tonight in reviewing why I think the way NASA is selling Orion is an outright lie.
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Embedded below the fold. The main topic was Curiosity and its journey into rougher terrain as it climbs Mount Sharp.
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Embedded below the fold. I especially like the title that John Batchelor gave this segment: “Would you buy a used booster from SpaceX?”
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Embedded below the fold. Spent a lot of time talking about Curiosity’s future route up Mt. Sharp, including the possibility of getting a closer look at the balanced rock seen earlier.
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Embedded below the fold. I spent a large portion of the podcast talking about the medical problems caused by long-term weightlessness, and how it might limit our ability to send humans to other planets. We also touched on the possible consequences to space policy should Donald Trump pick Newt Gingrich as his VP.
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Embedded below the fold. John Batchelor was especially thrilled by the Curiosity image of the balanced rock.
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Embedded below the fold. Not only did we talk about Juno and other recent science news, we also discussed the absurd banning of Doug Messier from the NasaSpaceFlight.com website.
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Embedded below the fold. Lots of planetary science to start, followed by commercial space.
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My two hour appearance on the Space Show with David Livingston is now available as a podcast and can be downloaded here.
I spent the first half hour outlining the general conclusions drawn by me in writing my policy paper, Exploring Space in the 21st Century, for the Washington think tank, the Center for New American Security. I then spent most of the rest of the show discussing and debating my conclusions with various callers. If you want to get a taste of what that policy paper will say, you should definitely listen to this podcast.
Embedded below the fold. Batchelor’s title focuses on our Russian discussion, but I also talked about the Chinese space program, NASA’s proposed satellite refueling mission, and a whole bunch of recent planetary discoveries.
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Embedded below the fold. Not only did I get to describe my talk at CNAS in greater detail, but this week’s space stories tied into that talk perfectly!
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