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An Open Lines Space Show Discussion

23 Apr 2026 at 10:03pm

Open Lines for The Space Show for Sunday, 4-12-26 4529

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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 discussed the mission’s success, media coverage, technical chal...

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The Space Show Presents Dr. Rahul Rao with his new book, "Nanotechnology."

22 Apr 2026 at 8:39pm

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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 centuries, the field as we know it began developing after World W...

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Hotel Mars with Dr. Haym Benaroya on Artemis II and more.

17 Apr 2026 at 10:22pm

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 radiation and toxic dust. Haym also addressed the psychological ...

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Dr. Robert (Bob)Zubrin Presents on The Space Show on Artemis II, NASA, Moon, ...

16 Apr 2026 at 9:09pm

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 approach, and proposed a “Starship plus Starboat” configur...

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Hotel Mars Presents Doug Messier regarding the upcoming Artemis 2 launch

7 Apr 2026 at 8:01pm

Hotel 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 the upcoming Artemis 2 mission which will be the first crew...

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Dr. Joel Sercel of TransAstra Is Our Space Show Guest For This program

3 Apr 2026 at 9:19pm

The Space Show Presents Dr. Joel Sercel of TransAstra, Sunday, 3-29-26

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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 industrialization. Dr. Sercel explained TransAstra’s four k...

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Hotel Mars presents Rahil Makadia on DAWN updates and important new planetary...

28 Mar 2026 at 7:00pm

Hotel 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 planetary defense impactor mission launched back in 2021 intercept...

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The Space Show Presents Phil Swan on building and launching AI data centers o...

17 Mar 2026 at 10:31pm

Phil Swan, Sunday, 3-15-25

The Space Show Presents Phil Swan on Launching Orbital Data Centers from The Moon are ready!

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The meeting focused on the feasibility and implications of building data centers on the moon, with Phil Swan as the main speaker discussing the concept and addressin...

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The Space Show Presents Hotel Mars with Dr. Pieter van Dokkum of Yale regardi...

17 Mar 2026 at 9:19pm

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, escaping their host galaxies to roam through intergalactic space....

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The Space Show Presents Jim Muncy on Artemis, a commercial lunar base and more.

17 Mar 2026 at 7:58pm

The Space Show Presents Jim Muncy, Sunday, 3-10-26

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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 missions, including standardizing on the Centaur 5 upper st...

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