| BROADCAST DATE | LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| Janaury 8 | STS 107 Crew : Commander Rick Husband Pilot Willie McCool Mission Specialist Dave Brown Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla Mission Specialist Laurel Clark Payload Commander Mike Anderson Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon | STS 107 Premission Crew Briefing. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 8 | Kelly Beck Lead Flight Director STS 107 Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 Mission Overview. Crack in fuel lines of some shuttles. Columbia not being examined, but mission delay possible. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| January 8 | John Charles Mission Scientist Office of Biological and Physical Research NASA | STS 107 Science Experiments (Courtesy, NASA) |
| January 15 | Kelly Beck Lead Flight Director STS 107 Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 Cooperation between Israel and the USA in spaceflight. Effect of presence of Israeli astronaut on STS 107 science. Effect of mission delay on dust storm experiment. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| January 15 | Mark Nel Space Dvelopment Office Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 Space product development. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| January 15 | John Charles Mission Scientist Office of Biological and Physical Research NASA | STS 107 One year to eighteen months expected to elapse between end of flight and publication of scientific results. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| January 22 | Kimberley Cambell Manager S*T*A*R*S Spacehab | STS 107 The student designed S*T*A*R*S payloads. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 22 | Gerry Daelmans Manager Hitchhiker Goddard Spaceflight center Huntsville Alabama | STS 107 The Hitchhiker payloads. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| January 22 | John Charles Mission Scientist Office of Biological and Physical Research NASA | STS 107 Last dedicated Shuttle science mission. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| January 29 | Neal Pellis Manager Biotechnology Programme Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 Bioreactor to study human cancer. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| January 29 | Kelly Beck Lead Flight Director STS 107 Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 Future spaceflights by Israeli astronauts. Possibility of extrension to STS 107 discussed. Special challenges in operating a science mission 24 hours per day. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 5 | Rick Husband NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 Mission Overview. Also tribute to the people who prepare the orbiter. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 5 | George W. Bush President United States of America. | Address to the United States citizens on the loss of Columbia and its crew. (Courtesy, The White House) |
| February 5 | Kalpana Chawla Astronaut Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 Thoughts on her second mission into space. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 5 | Mike Anderson Astronaut Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 The dust storm experiment. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 5 | Ron Dittemore Shuttle Programme Manager Johnson Space center Houston | STS 107 Comments on the loss of the Columbia. How debris from the external tank may have hit the Columbia's left wing on launch. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 5 | Bill Readdy Astronaut Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 Comment on the Columbia disaster. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 5 | Milt Heflin Chief Flight Director Johnson Space Center Houston | STS 107 Initial comments on the loss of the Columbia. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 12 | Ron Dittemore Shuttle Programme Manager Johnson Space center Houston | STS 107 Comments on the loss of the Columbia. How debris from the external tank may have hit the Columbia's left wing on launch. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 12 | Rick Husband NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 Comments made at prelaunch press briefing. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 12 | Willie McCool NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 Comments made at prelaunch press briefing. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 12 | Dave Brown NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 Comments made at prelaunch press briefing. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 12 | Kalpana Chawla NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 Comments made at prelaunch press briefing. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 12 | Kalpana Chawla NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 Comments made at prelaunch press briefing. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 12 | Laurel Clark NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 Comments made at prelaunch press briefing. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 19 | Ron Dittemore Shuttle Programme Manager Johnson Space center Houston | STS 107 Additional comments on the loss of the Columbia. Impact of disaster on Shuttle programme, and on the families of space workers. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 19 | Ilan Ramon Israeli Astronaut Israel | STS 107 Comments on whether his presence might make mission a target for terrorism. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 19 | Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla Mission Specialist Laurel Clark Payload Commander Mike Anderson NASA Astronauts Houston | Comments on what is was like to train with Ilan Ramon. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 26 | Rick Husband NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 Sleeping aboard the Space Shuttle. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 26 | Roger Crouch Chief Scientist NASA Headquarters unidentified speaker Principal Investigator University of Mitchigan | STS 107 Combustion science experiment. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 26 | Crew International Space Station | Comments on hearing of the loss of the Columbia. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| February 26 | Laurel Clark NASA Astronaut Houston | STS 107 High School monentos carried aboard Columbia. Also her family relationships. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| March 5 | Crew International Space Station | Additional comments on hearing of the loss of the Columbia. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| March 12 | David Southwood Director of Science European Space Agency Paris | The New Norcia Tracking Station in Western Australia. The Mars Express and Beagle 2 spacecraft. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download New Norcia (9 min 31 s - 8.9 MB) or Mars Express and Beagle (1 min 27 s - 1.3 MB) |
| March 19 | Transmitter power failure. | This weeks "The Space Show" was the briefest ever. Power supply to the transmistter failed five minutes into the programme, and was not restored until five minutes before the end, at 7:55 pm. Programme consisted of News only, and intended features were rescheduled to March 26. |
| March 26 | Brian Embleton Executive Director Cooperatice Research Centre for Satellite Systems Canberra | Australian designed and made satellite systems, as exemplified by the Fedsat experience. Recorded at Australian Space Research Institute, Adelaide. Listen or Download (9 min 48 s - 9.2 MB) |
| March 26 | Guy Murphy President Mars Society Australia Melbourne | Mars Habitat Simulations. How the Mars Society is taking a proactive stance in researching and testing the technologies and practices needed to establish human bases on Mars. Recorded at Australian Science Communicator Group meeting, Redback Brewery Hotel, North Melbourne. Listen or download (9 min 56 s - 9.3 MB) |
| April 9 | Harrison Schmidt Apollo 17 Astronaut Arizona | What needs to be done before we return to the Moon. Recorded at Australian Science Communicator Group meeting, Redback Brewery Hotel, North Melbourne. Listen or Download (5 min 3 s - 4.7 MB) |
| April 9 | Stuart Newman Ph.D. Student School of Zoology University of Tasmania Hobart | Cunning Crustaceans Beat Ozone Hole. How Krill in Antactic waters change depth to avoid solar ultraviolet radiation, and how the ozone hole affects them. Recorded at Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (13 min 10 s - 12.3 MB) |
| April 23 | Bryan Gaensler Young Australian of the Year 1999 Astronomer Massachussetts Institute of Technology | The Death of Stars. How he uses the Hubble and Chandra satellites to study dead stars. Recorded at Scienceworks Museum, Spotswood. Listen or download (10 min 12 s - 9.5 MB) |
| May 7 | David Southwood Director of Science European Space Agency Paris | The New Horizons Programme of the European Space Agency. A description of the agency's science missions. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download (16 min 20 s - 15.3 MB) |
| May 14 | Robert Zubrin Founder The Mars Society USA | The Case For Mars - Parallels in Earth Exploration. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (17 min 48 s - 16.6 MB) |
| May 28 | Robert Zubrin Founder The Mars Society USA | The Case For Mars - Plan to get to Mars. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (19 min 12 s - 18.0 MB) |
| June 4 | Robert Zubrin Founder The Mars Society USA | The Case For Mars - Surviving the trip to Mars. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (17 min 54 s - 16.7 MB) |
| June 11 | Various Speakers | The ceremony to name the Mars Exploration Rovers "Spirit" and "Opportunity". Included comments of Sean O'Keefe, NASA Administrator, and Sofie Collis, 3rd grade pupil, naming competition winner. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 11 | Orlando Figaruo Director Mars Exploration Program NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | The current cycle of Mars exploration builds on earlier findings, and prepares way for next cycle of craft. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 11 | Omar Baez Launch Director Kennedy Space Center Florida | Launcher processing milestones for the Mars Exploration Rovers. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 18 | Robert Zubrin Founder The Mars Society USA | The Case For Mars - Settling Mars. Re-edit of 2000 March 22 broadcast. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (21 min 2 s - 19.6 MB) |
| June 18 | Ed Weiler Associate Administrator Space Science NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | How NASA plans to "follow the water on Mars" in its search for life. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 18 | Farouse Maderi Manager Mars Exploration Programme Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | An overview of Mars exploration. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 18 | Kris Walsh Director Boeing Delta Cape Canaveral Florida | Mars Exploration Rover launch sequence from Delta liftoff to rover separation. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 18 | Peter Thiesinger Manager Mars Exploration Rover Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Tracking the early part of the Mars Exploration Rover mission as it leaves the vicinity of Earth. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 18 | Joe Colombio Weather Officer 45th Weather Squadron Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida | Weather forecast for the first Mars Exploration Rover launch. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 25 | Gerard van Belle Astronomer | How interferometry tells us new details about the shape of Altair, a nearby star. (Courtesy, Space Telescope Science Institute) |
| June 25 | David Southwood Director of Science European Space Agency Paris | The SMART 1 spacecraft and its mission. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download (2 min 07 s - 1.9 MB) |
| June 25 | Dave Labery Director Mars Exploration Rover NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | Making the most of the opportunities available to the Mars Exploration Rovers whilst on Mars. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| June 25 | Peter Theisinger Manager Mars Exploration Rover Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena | The Mars Exploration Rovers and their Delta launch vehicles. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| July 2 | Jim Barbon Lead Scientist Mars Exploration Rover NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | NASA Mars Exploration. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| July 9 | Cathy Weitz Scientist Mars Exploration Rover NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | The Mars Exploration Rover Landing Sites. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| July 9 | David Southwood Director of Science European Space Agency Paris | ESA Astronomy Satellites. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download (9 min 39 s - 9.0 MB) |
| July 23 | Brian Embleton Executive Director Cooperatice Research Centre for Satellite Systems Canberra | Links between the Japanese and Australian space industries. Current status and future directions. Recorded at Australian Space Research Institute, Adelaide. Listen or Download (7 min 35 s - 7.1 MB) |
| July 30 | Joy Crisp Project Scientist Mars Exploration Rover Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Simultaneous Rover Operations on Mars. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| August 13 | Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Voyager searches for the heliopause. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| August 20 | Robert Zubrin Founder The Mars Society USA | The Case For Mars - Exploring Mars. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (19 min 52 s - 18.6 MB) Listen or Download entire Mars opposition show 2003 August 20, including Zubrin (60 min 37 s - 55.5 MB) |
| August 27 | Hal Gehman Chairman Columbia Accident Investigation Board | Announcement of the findings of the Board. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| August 27 | John Logsdon Member Columbia Accident Investigation Board | Cause of accident rooted in history of NASA. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| August 27 | Scott Hubbard Member Columbia Accident Investigation Board | Impact testing showed "The foam did it". (Courtesy, NASA) |
| August 27 | Sheila Widnall Member Columbia Accident Investigation Board | Analyses of reentry data and debris. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| August 27 | David Southwood Director of Science European Space Agency Paris | The SMART 1 spacecraft and its mission to test new propulsion technologies. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download (10 min 43 s - 9.8 MB) |
| August 27 | Heather Couper Nigel Henbest Authors United Kingdom | Mars. A description of the red planet, and the research into their latest book. Recorded at Science In The Pub, Science Communicators Group, Redback Brewery Hotel, North Melbourne. Listen or Download (16 min 10 s - 15.1 MB) |
| September 3 | John Barry Member Columbia Accident Investigation Board | Leadership at NASA and the broken safety culture. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| September 3 | Heather Couper Nigel Henbest Authors United Kingdom | Mars. The new findings of the Mars Global Surveyor and a re-evaluation of the Viking Lander results. Assertion that Viking did find life. Recorded at Science In The Pub, Science Communicators Group, Redback Brewery Hotel, North Melbourne. Listen or Download (8 min 38 s - 8.1 MB) |
| September 3 | Noel Schmidt Chairman Melbourne Branch Royal Aeronautical Society Melbourne | Introduction and welcome to Franklin Chang-Diaz. Recorded at the Air Force Club, South Yarra. Listen or Download (2 min 15 s - 2.1 MB) |
| September 3 | Franklin Chang-Dìaz Director Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory Johnson Space Center Houston and NASA Astronaut | How We Put a Space Shuttle Mission Together. Description of the preparations for a Space Station assembly mission. Recorded at the Air Force Club, South Yarra. Listen or Download (10 min 27 s - 9.8 MB) |
| September 10 | Steven Wallace Member Columbia Accident Investigation Board | Schedule pressure and decision making at NASA. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| September 10 | Heather Couper Nigel Henbest Authors United Kingdom | Mars. The Alan Hills meteorite and the controversy over whether it contained fossils. Recorded at Science In The Pub, Science Communicators Group, Redback Brewery Hotel, North Melbourne. Listen or Download (6 min 16 s - 5.8 MB) |
| September 10 | Franklin Chang-Dìaz Director Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory Johnson Space Center Houston and NASA Astronaut | Flying Aboard the Space Shuttle. Description of his experiences on a Space Station assembly mission. Recorded at the Air Force Club, South Yarra. Listen or Download (8 min 37 s - 8.0 MB) |
| September 17 | Stephen Turcotte Member Columbia Accident Investigation Board | Maintenance issues with "good people" on the shop floor. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| September 17 | Hal Gehman Chairman Columbia Accident Investigation Board | Recommendations of the Board. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| September 17 | Heather Couper Nigel Henbest Authors United Kingdom | Mars. Recent research into life on Mars. The current missions to Mars. Recorded at Science In The Pub, Science Communicators Group, Redback Brewery Hotel, North Melbourne. Listen or Download (8 min 38 s - 8.1 MB) |
| September 24 | Colleen Hartman Director Solar System Exploration Division NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | The Fate Of Galileo. Why the Galileo mission is to end, possible life on Jovian moons, prevention of biological contamination, plans to return to Jupiter. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| September 24 | Claudia Alexander Project Manager Galileo Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Galileo's Last 24 Hours. A description of how Galileo will be plunged into the Jovian atmosphere. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| September 24 | Jim Erickson former Project Manager Galileo Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Trials and tribulations of the Galileo Mission. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| September 24 | Micael Belton Imaging Team Leader Galileo Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | The Science Discoveries of the Galileo Mission. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| September 24 | Don Williams Principal Investigator Energetic Particles Detector Galileo Project Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University | Galileo's findings about charged particles at Io and Ganymede. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| October 8 | Rosaly Lopes Research Scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Galileo's Travels - Part One. Outline of the Galileo mission conception, launch and journey to Jupiter. Recorded at the von Karman Auditorium, Jet Propulsion Laboratory by JPL. (Courtesy, NASA) |
| December 12 | McClelland Presidential Spokesperson The White House Washington, D.C. | Statement squashing rumours the President Bush will announce a human flight to Mars in his speech at Kitty Hawk to mark the centenary of powered flight. Recorded at The White House, Washington, D.C. (Courtesy, The White House) |
| December 17 | John Kennedy President United States of America | The 1961 Rice University Speech in full, in which new space initiatives were announced. Broadcast in jest as a model or template for President Bush's Wright brothers speech, expected to be made in a few hours at Kitty Hawk. Cross out the word "Moon" and replace it with "Mars", we suggested, otherwise all Bush had to do was reread Kennedy's speech. |
| December 24 | Wes Huntress former Associate Administrator for Space Science NASA Robert Zubrin David Woods Rick Tumlinson | Comments to a full hearing of the Commerce Committee of the United States Senate on the impact of the flight of Shenzhou 5 on the United States. (Courtesy U.S. Senate) |
