I forgot to post this earlier, but I am doing the Space Show tonight, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific). The info is in the right column or on the bottom of the page, depending on the device you use to read this.
UPDATE: The show started late due to technical problems, but is going on now!
I will be doing another long guest appearance tonight on The Space Show with David Livingston, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific). You can listen live here. (link fixed, though now it doesn’t matter as the show just ended. It will be archived and available in a day or so.)
As always, I strongly encourage my readers to call in. Makes the show more fun.
You can now listen to the podcast of my appearance last night, January 18, 2022, on the Space Show at this link.
Both David Livingston and I thought this was one of my more interesting appearances, as the calls and conversation was lively and very positively interactive. The discussion about the government and its effort to block SpaceX’s Starship was especially good.
Just a reminder that I will be doing a long appearance on The Space Show tonight with David Livingston, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific).
As usual I beg my readers to call in. The show is always more interesting when people call.
You can now listen to the podcast of my appearance last night, December 7, 2021, on the Space Show at this link.
As always it was a fun show. Thank you to my readers here at Behind the Black for your email questions. I just wish we had had more callers, as the conversation is usually more vibrant than simply answering questions from email.
Just a note to remind people that I will be on The Space Show tonight with David Livingston, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific). And if you have any questions please consider calling in. I don’t bite, though I sometimes growl. ;)
You can now listen to the podcast of my Monday, October 25, 2021 appearance on the Space Show at this link.
I think this was once again an excellent show, especially because of the truly excellent questions posed by the listeners, some of which are regular readers of Behind the Black. Thank you all for participating!
Tonight I will be spending two hours chatting with David Livingston on the Space Show, starting at 7 pm (Pacific).
As always, I encourage my readers to call in to ask questions.
The podcast of my two-hour appearance last night on The Space Show with David Livingston is now available here.
Thank you to David and tor everyone who called or emailed questions. Twas a very good show, to my mind. It also allowed me hone my verbal description of my new book, Conscious Choice. When I finish a book, I tend initially to get buried in the details in describing it in interviews. This appearance allowed me to get an idea on how to talk about the book quickly, in summary. I think it went well, and will certainly get better with future appearances.
Tonight I will be doing another long appearance from 7:00-9:00 pm (Pacific) with David Livingston on The Space Show. I hope my readers tune in and, more importantly, call in with questions.
I will most certainly talk about my new book, Conscious Choice, describing how the failures in British colonial America can inform us on building colonies on Mars and elsewhere.
For those who wish to listen to me and even call in to ask a question or comment or disagree with something I have said, I will be on The Space Show with David Livingston. tomorrow night for probably two hours, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific).
As always, your calls will be welcome. I don’t bite, though as John Batchelor says, I can get grumpy.
In addition, I will be on WCCO-AM in Minnesota to talk space stuff on the next night, March 31st, for forty minutes, beginning at 10:00 pm (Central).
The podcast for my 90-minute appearance with David Livington on The Space Show on December 15, 2020 is now available here.
The podcast of my two-hour appearance on The Space Show yesterday is now available here.
As always it was a fun show, with David Livingston starting out by asking me to give my sense of the consequences of the election (no matter who wins) on the aerospace industry. Things went all over the place after that, from Mars exploration to China’s space program to Elon Musk.
I should have posted this earlier, but in a short while I will be appearing tonight on The Space Show with David Livingston, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific). As usual, the appearance should last about two hours.
Feel free to call. We should have some fun talking about how the election might affect the American space effort.
The podcast for my two-hour appearance on the Space Show last night is now available here.
The podcast of my two hour appearance on the Space Show last night is now available. Sadly, a California power outage resulted in a loss of the last 40 minutes.
Considering that I have appeared on the show more times than anyone, this isn’t really a great loss. If you can’t get enough of me, dig into the Space Show archives. Plenty of shows to choose from.
David Livingston has now posted the podcast for my two hour appearance on the Space Show last night, making it available for download.
Twas one of the more interesting shows, partly because of the phone calls and email questions. Thanks to everyone for participating!
If you find yourself bored after watching the first hour of this year’s State of the Union speech by Trump, you can always switch channels and listen to me on The Space Show with David Livingston. tonight! I will be on from 7 pm to 9 pm (Pacific), talking about a whole range of topics.
I would also encourage my readers to call in with questions and thoughts. The give and take of conversation makes things so much more fun.
My two hour appearance last night on the Space Show is now available as a podcast, downloadable here.
As Wayne would say, “Good stuff!”
Just thought I’d post a heads up to my readers that I am appearing tonight on The Space Show with David Livingston, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific). Should be a lot of fun, talking about Boeing and Starliner. Please consider calling in with your own thoughts and questions.
David Livingston has now posted the podcast for my two hour appearance on the Space Show last night, making it available for download.
David had this to say about the show in an email this morning, “Thanks for a good, passionate, and opinionated discussion. A Zimmerman show at its best!”
The discussions on Starship, Musk, and the Thirty Meter Telescope I think were especially interesting. Other topics included the debt vs NASA’s budget, China’s future in space, and the lies of the Green New Deal.
I will be doing another full appearance tonight on The Space Show with David Livingston, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific).
As always it should be fun. Please feel free to call in with questions and comments. I would especially like it if you disagree with me and call in, as you might teach me something.
David Livingston has now made the podcast of my two hour appearance on the Space Show available. You can either listen or download the podcast here.
Another show. I will admit when the conversation shifted to the federal budget and the desires of space geeks to have lots of money for space, regardless of the debt it creates, I got a little hot. I then referenced this essay by me from November 2011: NASA, the federal budget, and common sense.
Everything I wrote then still applies. Worse, no one in our federal government has attempted any of it. The federal budget continues to rage out of control, and what NASA spends continues to be spent poorly.
David Livingston has now made the podcast of my two hour appearance on the Space Show available. You can either listen or download the podcast here.
I would call this one of the best shows. Among the topics discussed was the smallsat rocket revolution, the corruption of governmental rule expressed by the creation of Gateway without the approval of elected officials, and the Chinese threat to the U.S. space industry and military.
My appearance on the Space Show on February 5, 2019 is now available as a podcast download.
Also now available for download is my 36-minute-long appearance on WCCO on February 4, 2019.
In both I was quite blunt in my contempt for NASA and its so-called safety panel in their recent efforts to delay commercial crew.
If you rather here me talk about space and the future rather than listen to President Trump give a boring and very typical state of the union speech, filled with blather, tune to The Space Show now.
The Space Show has begun its annual fund-raising campaign.
As someone who has appeared on David Livingston’s show more times than anyone else, I hope my readers will consider supporting the Space Show with some generous donations. David was one of the few people, along with I, advocating commercial space back when the idea was considered insane. In many ways it was his effort with the Space Show that helped drive the revolution toward private space that is now remaking the entire aerospace industry and thus making the exploration and colonization of the solar system finally possible.
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.
My two hour appearance with David Livingston on the Space Show last night is now available and can be downloaded as a podcast here.
This show was particularly interesting because of the high quality of questions from the callers. In fact, in many ways I think it might have been one of my most interesting Space Show appearances in a long time. Definitely worth a listen.
Several recent stories regarding Trump’s space policy has prompted David Livingston to quickly schedule a Bob Zimmerman appearance on The Space Show for Monday, March 19, 7 pm (Pacific). The show will last at least ninety minutes. David especially wanted my analysis of Trump’s comments about the Falcon Heavy and SpaceX and how those comments have the big space contractors Boeing and Lockheed Martin quaking in their boots. Their fear and terror is further compounded by the present lack of a NASA administrator, which is made even worse by the announcement that the acting interim administrator is retiring at the end of March.
You can listen to the show live at the Space Show link. We are hoping that a number of my readers will call in with questions as well as their thoughts. The Space Show toll free number is 1 (866) 687-7223. David does not screen calls, though he expects those who call to have good questions or thoughts that will further the conversation in an entertaining way. And I don’t bite!
