Topical discussion from experts in the field of space exploration and research.

Dr. Michael (Coyote) Smith, Col USAF (Ret), Tuesday, 5-2025

22 May 2025 at 4:28pm
We welcome Coyote Smith back to the program for a wide-ranging discussion that covers the Grissom Space Seminar, the Space Force's 5th anniversary, great power competition in space, and the evolving nature of space warfare. Toward the end of our 65-minute conversation, Coyote also provided an upd... Read more...

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Dan Adamo, Sunday (Part 1), 5-18-25

19 May 2025 at 4:18pm
We welcomed Dan Adamo back to the program to discuss his work recently presented to AIAA pertaining to human spaceflight travel between Earth-Mars waypoints. Dan's PDF is on our blog for this specific page. We started by addressing each slide so you need to open the PDF and follow along. For Part... Read more...

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Dr. Bhavya Lal, Friday, 5-16-25

17 May 2025 at 4:00pm
Dr. Bhavya Lal was our guest for this Friday Space Show program, mainly to discuss her very important Space Review article dated March 17, 2025 and titled "Is the Moon in America' future?" Note that early in the interview, Dr. Lal called our attention to other similarly important Space Review art... Read more...

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John Batchelor Hotel Mars with Anatoly Zak, Wednesday, 5-14-25

17 May 2025 at 3:34pm
John and I welcomed Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com to discuss the recently disclosed Soviet era program to explore Venus, the Vener-72 mission. This mission made the current news given the failed Venus probe reentered Earth's atmosphere May 10, 2025 after orbiting Earth for more than 50 years... Read more...

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Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle, Tuesday, 5-13-25

14 May 2025 at 8:15pm
Welcome to our ISDC 2025 preview program. Aggie Kobrin & Rod Pyle were with us to let you know what you will experience at this year's ISDC in Orlando. For more info, visit https://isdc.nss.org. Aggie and Rod took us through the list of very exciting speakers and program track participants that ... Read more...

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John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 5-7-2055

11 May 2025 at 10:58pm
We welcomed Dr. Jaimie Blok of Cal Tech and JPL to introduce us to and talk about the new SPHEREx space telescope now scanning all of the sky. This is a most interesting two segment discussion about SPHEREX, scan skies, what is being searched for and more. Please read the full summary when availa... Read more...

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Dr. Young K. Bae, Friday, 5-9-25

9 May 2025 at 8:44pm
Dr Bae returned to the program to discuss his new book, "Photonic Laser Propulsion" plus he explained the technology, answered many listener questions plus we talked time lines, a general development plan, the Moon, Mars, beamed laser propulsion comparisons, chemical launch rockets, economics and... Read more...

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Jim Clash, Tuesday, 5-6-25

8 May 2025 at 3:48pm
Jim Class, well known adventurer and Forbes writer joined us to talk about his adventures, even his almost space adventures. His bio mentions many of exploits but hearing him tell us about them is better than reading about them. For instance, his discussion of the U2 flight and what he had to do ... Read more...

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Marc Feldman, Sunday, 05-04-25

6 May 2025 at 3:37pm
Marc Feldman, co-author of the important new book, "Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit," was our guest for this program. Marc did an excellent job talking about software and hardware risks from the ground and space. He talked about the power of cartels in commercial businesses... Read more...

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John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 4-30-25

3 May 2025 at 4:36pm
We welcomed both Marc Hon and Avi Shporer from MIT to discuss the lucky discovery of a planet that is rapidly disintegrating nd producing a comet-like tail. The team tells how they discovered this item by looking at images and data from the TESS satellite . During our discussion, we learned that ... Read more...

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