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The Space Show

The Space Show
Presentation
Hosted byDavid Livingston
GenreSpace
UpdatesTuesday 7pm
Sunday 12pm
Length60–90 minutes
Production
Audio formatMP3
No. of episodes4209 (As of 31 May 2024)
Publication
Original releaseJune 13, 2001 (2001-06-13)

The Space Show is an Internet radio talk show about the development of outer space commerce and space tourism, and the issues impacting their development. It is also available archived online as a podcast.[1][2][3] It airs 2 to 4 times per week, is hosted by Dr. David Livingston (born June 4, 1946),[4] and features live guest interviews with call-in and email questions from listeners.

According to Livingston, the show started in 2001 as Business without Boundaries on a small Arizona radio station, which added Internet audio streaming later. When the show moved to Seattle in 2002, it was renamed The Space Show and aired on, and streamed from, KKNW.[2]

The Space Show has now presented over 4,000 shows. Frequent guests on the show include: science journalist and historian Robert Zimmerman,[5][6] physicist Dr. John Brandenberg,[7][8] and engineering professor Dr. Haym Benaroya.[9][10] Pete Worden, center director for NASA's Ames Research Center, described himself as a "reformed zealot" about space-based solar power systems on the show.[11]

Livingston earned his MBA in 1978, and his Doctorate of Business Administration from Golden Gate University in 2001.[12] Livingston and the show have been quoted by NBC News in 2006 and Fox News in 2009 regarding progress in civilian space funding and execution, specifically SpaceShipOne,[13][14] and the reentry of the doomed Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars spacecraft in 2011.[15]

The Space Show hosted, with Livingston moderating, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics panel review of the 2009 Augustine Commission on future U.S. human space flight.[16]

Philip Harris has described the show as "a platform for knowledgeable, educational exchanges on humanity's space future and opportunities".[3] In 2004, Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today and co-host of Astronomy Cast, described The Space Show as a "favorite" and that he was "astonished and jealous at the caliber of guests".[17]

  1. ^ Trulson, Mark (January 9, 2006). "A peek behind the scenes of The Space Show (part 1)". The Space Review. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012. (Part 2 Archived October 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ a b Livingston, David (March 18, 2005). "The Space Show Prepares to Turn Four". Space.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Harris, Philip Robert (2008). Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century. Springer. p. 461. ISBN 978-0387776392. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  4. ^ Livingston, David (April 11, 2021). "Broadcast 3668 Erasmo Acosta". The Space Show (Podcast). One Giant Leap Foundation. Event occurs at 31:48. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Robert Zimmerman". The Space Show. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  6. ^ "Behind the Black". Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  7. ^ "Dr. John Brandenberg". The Space Show. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  8. ^ "Dr. John Brandenberg, Ph.D." Kepler Aerospace. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  9. ^ "Dr. Haym Benaroya". The Space Show. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  10. ^ "Haym Benaroya, Ph.D." Rutgers-New Brunswick, School of Engineering. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  11. ^ Hamilton, Tyler (2011). Mad Like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and their Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy. ECW Press. pp. 81–82, 91. ISBN 978-1770410084. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2012. Broadcast 1127. Guest: Pete Worden. thespaceshow.com, March 23, 2009 {{cite book}}: External link in |quote= (help)
  12. ^ "Alum News/Class Notes" Archived August 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. GGU magazine. Golden Gate University. Summer 2006. p. 26. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  13. ^ Boyle, Alan (October 17, 2006). "Space tourism prophets predict profits – Technology & science – Space – New Space Race". NBC News. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  14. ^ "SpaceShipOne, Five Years Later". Fox News. October 5, 2009. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  15. ^ "Russia's Phobos-Grunt 'dead in the water'". Space.com. NBC News. December 6, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  16. ^ "AIAA Panel to Discuss Implications of Augustine Commission Report for America's Human Space Flight Plans". AIAA. Reuters. September 30, 2009. Archived from the original (Press release) on September 21, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  17. ^ Cain, Fraser (January 13, 2004). "More Radio Shows to Listen To". Universe Today. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2012.

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