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The Space Show Presents The NSS ISDC 2026 with Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle & Dr. P...

14 May 2026 at 3:32pm

The Space Show Presents ISDC 2026 with Rod Pyle, Aggie Kobrin & Dr. Pascal Lee, Tuesday, 5-12-26

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The Space Show hosted a discussion about the upcoming ISDC (International Space Development Conference) in McLean, Virginia, featuring Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle, Pascal Lee, Sherry Bell, and...

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The Space Show Present Gary Barnhard on space data centers

10 May 2026 at 1:17am

The Space Show Presents Gary Barnhard, Friday, May 8, 2026

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The Space Show discussed space data centers with Gary Barnard, who explained the engineering challenges and potential solutions for placing data centers in space. Gary emphasized the importance of treating space data centers ...

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Hotel Mars with Phil Swan and Joe Pistritto on Artemis II and the rest of the...

2 May 2026 at 9:43pm

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 landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin, time lines, human spaceflig...

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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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