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The Space Show

Dr. David Livingston

Long-form interviews on space commerce, policy, and exploration with industry and academic guests, running since 2001.

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—The Space Show Presents Space Journalist, Writer, Author Leonard David.The Space Show Presents Leonard David, Sunday, 8-30-26 4583 This was a space show discussion hosted by David Livingston with veteran space journalist Leonard David as the main guest, along with several space community members including MarsAug 31 · 1h 54m
—The Space Show Presents Dr. Alan Stern for a New Horizons and much more update!The Space Show Presents Dr. Alan Stern, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 Quick Summary The Space Show featured Dr. Alan Stern discussing the New Horizons mission, its recent 11-month hibernation, and ongoing scientific activities in the outer solar syAug 28 · 1h 25m
—The Space Show Presents Dr. Tiffany Hennessa Of The NRL and the ISS National Lab On Microbial ResearchThe Space Show Presents Dr. Tiffany Hennessa, Friday, 8-14-26. Meeting Summary This Space Show live broadcast interviewed Dr. Tiffany Hennessa, a research biologist at the Naval Research Lab (NRL) who studies microbial research for space apAug 26 · 1h 13m
—The Space Show Presents George Tyson & Orbital Construction PioneersThe Space Show Presents George Tyson, Tuesday, 7-28-26. The Space Show featured George Tyson, CEO of Orbital Construction Pioneers, discussing his company’s concept for building large orbital structures using additive manufacturing with bioAug 20 · 1h 26m
—The Space Show Presents John Hunt on the release of UAP documents at of June 2, 2026John Hunt meets The Wisdom Team: UAP/UFO Analysis are ready! June 2, 2026, Tuesday This meeting was a John Hunt led Space Show discussion focused on analyzing UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) videos and documents released by the goverAug 19 · 1h 50m
—Hotel Mars Featuring Doug Messier, John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston on SpaceX, Starship, demo and flight testing plans as of May 27, 2026Hotel Mars with Doug Messier, John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston, May 27, 2026, 4542 The meeting reviewed recent progress and plans for the Earth-Moon system, focusing on SpaceX’s Starship 12 mission, which was mostly successful despite eAug 19 · 19 min
—The Space Show Presents Lisa La Bonte, Sunday, 2 August 2026.The Space Show Presents Lisa La Bonte, Sunday, 8-2-26. Quick summary The Sunday Space Show featured Lisa LaBonte discussing the rapid growth of national space agencies worldwide, with approximately 90 countries now having space programs priAug 18 · 1h 36m
—The Space Show Presents SpaceComputer with CEO Daniel Bar and CTO Filip Rezabek On Quantum, space stable internet, post-quantum cyber and more.The Space Show Presents SpaceComputer With Daniel Bar & Filip Rezabek, Sunday 8-16-26 This Space Show interview program featuring Daniel Bar and Filip Rezabek from SpaceComputer, a company developing secure computing infrastructure for spacAug 17 · 1h 28m
—The Space Show presents an Open Lines Discussion, Sunday, May 31, 2025Open Lines Discussion For Sunday, May 31, 2026 Short Summary This was an open lines episode of The Space Show, hosted by David Livingston with participants including Marshall Martin, John Hunt, Dr. AJ Kothari, Philip Swan, and Bob ZimmermanJul 28 · 2h 5m
—The Space Show Presents Dr. Jim Green, Tuesday, July 7, 2026 with Bill Gowan co-hosting.The Space Show Presents Dr. Jim Green, Tuesday, July 7, 2026 Short Summary: The Tuesday Evening Space Show featured Dr. James L. Green, former NASA chief scientist, who presented on the solar system’s movement through different interstellarJul 26 · 1h 45m
—The Space Show Present Dr. Deana Weibel and the Ultra View from Space.The Space Show featured Dr. Dina Weibel discussing her book “The UltraView Effect: What We Can Learn From Astronauts About Awe, Humility, and Exploring the Unknown.” Weibel, an anthropologist of religion, shared her research on astronauts’ Jun 28 · 1h 31m
—The Space Show Presents Robert "Hoot" Gibson, Retired Astronaut, combat pilot and author the award winning new book "Space Ace: A Combat Pilot's Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth."Meeting assets for The Space Show Presents Robert “Hoot” Gibson, Tuesday, 6-23-26 Quick Summary: Tonight’s Space Show program featured Captain Robert “Hoot” Gibson, a former NASA astronaut and naval fighter pilot who flew five space shuttleJun 24 · 1h 31m
—The Space Show presents Dr. Ryan Dowdy on NASA food for the Shuttle & Artemis MissionsThe Space Show Presents Dr. Ryan Dowdy re ISS & Artemis Astronaut Food, May 15, 2026, Friday Quick Summary: The Space Show featured Dr. Ryan Dowdy, a former NASA ISS Food System Manager, discussing food in space and his commercial food compJun 21 · 1h 22m
—The Space Show Presents Andrew Rush, CEO of Star Catcher, Friday, 6-19-26The Space Show Presents Andrew Rush of Star Catcher, Friday, 6-1926 Quick Summary: This Space Show program featured Andrew Rush, CEO of Star Catcher, discussing their development of an orbital energy grid using power beaming technology. AndJun 20 · 1h 7m
—Manuel Cuba Leads The Space Show Wisdom Team in an Open DiscussionDue to bandwidth issues, there is no Zoom video for this program. The audio is being archived here and on The Space Show website for this date, www.thespaceshow.com. The Space Show Present Manuel Cuba with The Space Show Team for a general Jun 18 · 1h 23m
—The Space Show Presents Chris Carberry, Friday, June 12, 2026This was a Space Show program featuring Chris Carberry, co-founder and CEO of ExploreMars, discussing space policy, Mars exploration, and his new book “Future Spacefaring Society.” Chris explained that Explore Mars has always been agnostic Jun 12 · 1h 7m
—The Space Show Presents Rick Fisher on Space, National Security, China, Asia, Tuesday, June 9, 2026.The Space Show Presents Rick Fisher, Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Quick Summary The Space Show featured a discussion with national security consultant Rick Fisher about China’s space program and its implications for national security. Rick explainJun 12 · 1h 6m
—Dr. Eligar Sadeh returns as the guest to The Space ShowDr. Eligar Sadeh, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, #4535 Quick summary The Space Show featured a discussion with Eligar Sadeh, editor of the Journal of Astropolitics, about the recent Space Symposium in Colorado Springs and cislunar space governance. Jun 3 · 1h 37m
—The Space Show Presents the May 3, 2026 Open Lines DiscussionThe Space Show Presents Open Lines Discussion Today, Sunday, 5-3-26 Quick Summary: This meeting focused on open discussion topics in space exploration and national security. Bob shared speculation about a potential SpaceX acquisition of 200May 30 · 2h 21m
—The Space Show Presents Shubber Ali, Founder of Space CynicsThe Space Show Presents Shubber Ali, Sunday, 4-19-26 Quick Summary: This Space Show program featured Shubber Ali, the original founder of Space Cynics, discussing his return to critiquing space industry claims and over hyping. Shubber explaMay 29 · 2h 1m
—The Space Show Presents Bob Zimmerman, Tuesday, May 26, 2026Bob Zimmerman, # 4594, May 26, 2026 Quick Summary: This Space Show program focused on NASA’s announcement of a restructuring plan for the Artemis lunar program led by Isaacman, which includes multiple unmanned lunar lander missions and the May 28 · 2h 8m
—The Space Show Presents Paul Wardley on special thin film solar for space and more, Friday, 4-17-26The Space Show Presents Paul Warley, CEO of Ascent Solar, Friday, 4-17-26 Quick Summary: The Space Show featured Paul Worley, CEO of Ascent Solar, discussing their flexible thin-film solar technology. Paul explained that their CIGS (Copper May 25 · 1h 14m
—The Space Show Presents A Starship Demo 12 Test DiscussionDetailed Summary: SpaceX Starship Launch Discussion The group discussed SpaceX’s recent Starship launch, which John described as a partial success with significant technical challenges including an engine outage that caused the booster to dMay 25 · 2h
—The Space Show Presents Virtual Moon With Manny Pimenta, Philippe van NederveldeThe Space Show Presents Virtual Moon With Manny Pimenta & Philippe van Nedervelde Quick Summary: This was a Space Show program featuring Manny Pimenta and Philip van Nedervelde presenting their Virtual Moon project, which aims to create a dMay 19 · 1h 30m
—The Space Show Presents The NSS ISDC 2026 with Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle & Dr. Pascal LeeThe Space Show Presents ISDC 2026 with Rod Pyle, Aggie Kobrin & Dr. Pascal Lee, Tuesday, 5-12-26 Quick Summary: The Space Show hosted a discussion about the upcoming ISDC (International Space Development Conference) in McLean, Virginia, feaMay 14 · 1h 20m
—The Space Show Present Gary Barnhard on space data centersThe Space Show Presents Gary Barnhard, Friday, May 8, 2026 Quick Summary: The Space Show discussed space data centers with Gary Barnard, who explained the engineering challenges and potential solutions for placing data centers in space. GarMay 10 · 1h 28m
—Hotel Mars with Phil Swan and Joe Pistritto on Artemis II and the rest of the Artemis program.Hotel Mars for Wednesday, April 15, 2026 John and I welcomed Phil Swan and Joe Pistritto to discuss the Artemis II launch, all of the remaining Artemis program launches and needed tech to reach goals on time. We talked about SLS, the landerMay 2 · 19 min
—The Space Show Presents and Welcomes Author & Space Engineer JAMES VAN LAAKThe Space Show Presents Author & James Van Laak re his book “To See Far - Conflict and Cooperation on the Space Frontier” from Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Quick Summary: This was a West Coast Space Show program hosted by David Livingston featurApr 30 · 1h 33m
—An Open Lines Space Show DiscussionOpen Lines for The Space Show for Sunday, 4-12-26 4529 Quick summary: The meeting was an open lines discussion on the West Coast Sunday Noon Space Show, focusing primarily on NASA’s Artemis II mission and its implications. Participants discApr 23 · 1h 60m
—The Space Show Presents Dr. Rahul Rao with his new book, "Nanotechnology."Quick Summary: The Space Show hosted science journalist Rahul Rao to discuss his new book on nanotechnology, focusing on applications in space and other fields. Rao explained that while humans have been using nanoscale materials for centuriApr 22 · 1h 2m
—Hotel Mars with Dr. Haym Benaroya on Artemis II and more.John Batchelor, Dr. Haym Benaroya and I detailed engineering lunar settlements, focusing on rigid structures, inflatables, and lava tube cities. He explains the challenges of utilizing local regolith while protecting astronauts from radiatiApr 17 · 19 min
—Dr. Robert (Bob)Zubrin Presents on The Space Show on Artemis II, NASA, Moon, Mars and much much more!The Space Show featured a discussion with Dr. Robert Zubrin about NASA’s Artemis program and Mars exploration plans. Dr. Zubrin criticized the current Artemis architecture as incoherent, comparing it unfavorably to Apollo’s purpose-driven aApr 16 · 1h 35m
—The Space Show Presents David Eicher, Editor Emeritus, Astronomy MagazineThe Space Show Presents David Eicher, 4525, 4-3-26 Quick Summary: This Space Show discussion featuring David Eicher, editor emeritus of Astronomy Magazine, who shared insights about the current state and future of astronomy, space exploratiApr 13 · 1h 34m
—Hotel Mars Presents Doug Messier regarding the upcoming Artemis 2 launchHotel Mars, April 1, 2026, Space Show Broadcast 4524 NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission and the New Lunar Frontier kicks off with a successful Artemis 2 launch to orbit the Moon and return successfully to Earth. Our guests, Douglas Messier, details tApr 7 · 17 min
—Dr. Joel Sercel of TransAstra Is Our Space Show Guest For This programThe Space Show Presents Dr. Joel Sercel of TransAstra, Sunday, 3-29-26 Quick Summary: The Space Show featured an interview with Dr. Joel Sercel, CEO of TransAstra, who discussed his company’s mission to harvest asteroid resources for space Apr 3 · 1h 13m
—The Space Show presents Frank White and Pabo Moncada-Larrotiz of MoonDAO for decentralizing space access funding & sending Frank to space!The Space Show Presents Frank White & Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz on Decentralized Funding For Democratizing Access to Space, Friday, 3-27-26 Quick Summary: The Space Show featured a discussion about MoonDAO, a decentralized autonomous organizatMar 28 · 1h 24m
—Hotel Mars presents Rahil Makadia on DAWN updates and important new planetary defense informationHotel Mars, Tuesday, March 24, 2026 John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston with guest Rahil Makadia This episodes of Hotel Mars features Rahil Makadia, who with his team, has been working the DART Mission data regarding the successful planetaMar 28 · 17 min
—The Space Show talks AI Usage and preferences.The Space Show Presents THE Space Show AI Program, Sunday, 3-22-26 Quick Summary: This was a Sunday Space Show Zoom program focused on how our regular Space Show panel members use and work with AI in their professional and personal lives. MMar 27 · 2h 6m
—The Space Show Presents Bob Zimmerman with the latest on space policy news and events.The Space Show Presents Bob Zimmerman, Tuesday, 3-24-26! Quick Summary: This space show program focused primarily on NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s comprehensive restructuring of the Artemis lunar program, which includes three phases oMar 27 · 1h 43m
—The Space Show Presents John Hunt on UAP News and InformationThe Space Show Presents John Hunt, Tuesday, 3-17-26 Quick Summary: The Tuesday Space Show focused on UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) and UFO discussions, with John Hunt as our UAP specialist. The conversation covered various topics iMar 22 · 1h 41m
—The Space Show Presents Phil Swan on building and launching AI data centers on the Moon.Phil Swan, Sunday, 3-15-25 The Space Show Presents Phil Swan on Launching Orbital Data Centers from The Moon are ready! Quick Summary: The meeting focused on the feasibility and implications of building data centers on the moon, with Phil SMar 17 · 1h 41m
—The Space Show Presents Hotel Mars with Dr. Pieter van Dokkum of Yale regarding "runaway blackholes."John Batchelor and I welcomed Dr. Peter van Dokkum of Yale to define and discuss runaway black holes which are supermassive objects expelled from galaxies after massive collisions. These objects move at 1,000 kilometers per second, escapingMar 17 · 19 min
—The Space Show Presents Jim Muncy on Artemis, a commercial lunar base and more.The Space Show Presents Jim Muncy, Sunday, 3-10-26 Quick Summary: Our discussion focused on NASA’s Artemis program changes and lunar development strategy, with Jim Muncy discussing NASA Administrator Jared’s recent modifications to Artemis Mar 17 · 1h 35m
—Hotel Mars with Anatoly Zak and Russian space historyAnatoly Zak was our Hotel Mars guest for March 4, 2026 to once again take us through Russian space history with stories and events that were classified at the time so new to us today. You can follow along on Anatoly's excellent website, httMar 15 · 19 min
—The Space Show Presents Dr. Andrew FraknoiThe Space Show Presents Dr. Andrew Fraknoi, Sunday, March 1, 2026 Quick Summary: The Space Show presented an in-depth discussion with astronomer Dr. Andrew Fraknoi about the upcoming total lunar eclipse on March 3rd, which will be visible iMar 14 · 1h 29m
—The Space Show Presents Karen Jones on spaceports!The Space Show Presents Karen Jones re “SPACEPORTOPIA” Thursday, 2-26-26 Quick Summary: This Space Show program focused on spaceport development and launch forecasting, featuring Karen Jones from Aerospace Corporation to discuss her paper “Mar 11 · 1h 8m
—Hotel Mars with Doug Messier on Starliner.Hotel Mars, Doug Messier, Weds, 2-25-26 Doug joined John Batchelor and myself to discuss the plight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. He went over the recent problems with the capsule that stranded astronauts on the ISS until SpaceX couldMar 11 · 10 min
—The Space Show Presents Trisha Epp, Director of Innovation at Freelancer.com, to discuss NASA's open innovation challenges and Freelancer's role in facilitating these competitions.The Space Show Presents Trisha Epp. Sunday, 2-22-26 Quick Summary: The Space Show hosted Trisha Epp, Director of Innovation at Freelancer.com, to discuss NASA’s open innovation challenges and Freelancer’s role in facilitating these competitMar 10 · 1h 28m
—The Space Show Present Dr. Siamak Hesar and Araz Feyzi of Kayhan Space On LEO Orbital DebrisThe Space Show Presents Dr. Siamak Hesar and Araz Feyzi on the Shenzhou-20 Debris Scare, Tuesday, 2-20-26. Quick Summary: The Space Show hosted a discussion on the orbital debris problem, focusing on the recent Shenzhou 20 debris scare and Mar 9 · 1h 20m
—Hotel Mars welcomes Dr. Kishalay De of Columbia regarding "disappearing stars."Hotel Mas with Dr. Kshalay De, Wednesday, 2-18-26 John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston welcomed Dr. Kishalay De of Columbia University discuss a star collapsing into a black hole without a supernova, challenging established theories abouFeb 28 · 17 min

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