May 5, 2016 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
As John Batchelor so accurately labeled, “Blast-off!”. Embedded below the fold.
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As John Batchelor so accurately labeled, “Blast-off!”. Embedded below the fold.
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Embedded below the fold. The focus tonight was about the uptick in investment capital going to space, fueled by the drop in launch prices.
Note that I was also on Coast to Coast tonight discussing the same thing during the opening news.
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Embedded below the fold. Discussed the SpaceX proposal to send Dragon to Mars, as well as the ramifications of SpaceX’s first Air Force launch contract.
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My appearance on the Space Show yesterday is now available as a podcast. I strongly recommend people listen to it, especially the first hour. During that section I compared at length the cost and practicality of the Falcon Heavy with SLS/Orion, and noted how badly Congress and Presidents from both parties have served the American people these past twenty years in mismanaging our aerospace industry.
David Livingston called it a rant, and criticized me for it during the show, but I think the time has come for more Americans to rage in horror at the foolishness and possible corruption of our elected leaders in Washington.
Embedded below the fold. I like John’s title for this podcast: “Bad Money, Big Space. Thrifty Space X Rolls Along”.
By the way, on Monday evening I will be doing another two hour appearance on the Space Show, with the podcast available there.
Embedded below the fold. We talked about SpaceX’s new spaceport in Texas, its upcoming launch schedule, the prepwork on its recovered first stage. We also talked about dinosaurs, and how the theory that they were killed by an asteroid is decidedly uncertain.
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Tonight’s podcast is embedded below the fold. Lots of ULA discussion, as well as Russian court battles.
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Twenty minutes of fun, talking first about the new American space industry, about to burst out to settle the solar system, then followed with a segment on the increasingly sad state of the Russian space program, run by top-down centralized rule from Moscow, with a failing economy that is very strapped for cash. The embed of the podcast is below the fold.
Tonight’s podcast, embedded below the fold, was aptly titled by John Batchelor “Big Space Delays and Delays and Delays the SLS.” Unfortunately I didn’t have time this time to outline the cost differences between SLS/Orion and commercial space. Next time!
The podcast from the John Batchelor Show last night is embedded below the fold.
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The podcast is embedded below the fold. Batchelor labeled this appearance as “Commercial Space Is a Jobs Program for Florida”.
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