Joe Carroll, Dr. John Jurist, Dr. Jim Logan. Topics: Partial/Artificial gravity, tethers, NASA, HSF & more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. To see the video broadcast for this webinar, please go to http://vimeo.com/channels/thespaceshow. Note that the audio only & video archive will be posted at the same time once the video is edited, processed, and uploaded to the Vimeo Space Show channel. Joe Carroll has presentation material on The Space Show Blog which he referred to throughout our discussion so you may want to download the material or have it available to you when viewing the webinar. We welcomed back to the program Joe Carroll to follow up on his May 2011 Space Show Classroom program on the same subject. Our panel members included Dr. John Jurist and Dr. Jim Logan. All of us were part of the May 2011 program on this same topic. During segment one of our 2 hour 10 minute webinar, Joe Carroll went over his background, interest, and experience in the subject dating back to 1981. Joe discussed his recent work and updates including his concerns for the rotation rate, Coriolis effect & the absence of any substantial progress in the area. He directed us to Slide 2 & the specific language used in the 201 US National Space Policy introduction. Our guests talked about missed opportunities by NASA & others to do the essential research needed to confirm the gravity prescription for humans. Our guests also talked about unknowns regarding the effects of microgravity or Zero G on humans as we are a 1 G species. Space settlements came up for discussion. Joe talked about two extremes in the approach to settlements. He said one extreme was to simply prove issues by walking. That is, just try it. The other extreme was to do "endless research and studies," a critique often mentioned by space advocates. Jim pointed out that essentially knowing nothing about the Gravity Prescription despite 53 years of human spaceflight experience doesn't rise to the definition of "endless research and studies." Apollo was the walking theory for the most part. Our guests then talked about NASA plans for an outpost as compared to a settlement, specifically for the Moon. We received several listener emails which the guests responded to. Jim continued saying it was essential that we know at least the basic outlines of the gravity prescription for humans for long duration interplanetary spaceflight. The ISS was discussed for supporting gravity research. Tony called about 1 RPM spin rate and mentioned that SpaceX said it wanted to go to Mars by 2020. See www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2634046/Elon-Musk-says-SpaceX-making-progress-Mars-colony-2020-plans-sell-tickets-500-000.html. In the second segment, we held listener emails until the end to allow Joe time to finish his slides and conclusions. We started with Slides 6, 7 & 8. Joe talked about the inflatable tunnel & important specs. He continued taking us quickly through the slides but for those interested in the details, pay close attention to them or contact Joe as his email address is on his presentation material. Joe spent some time this segment talking about doing Gemini-like tether experiments and he also referred us to Robert Walker's work. Robert is a Space Show guest from the UK who has done excellent work on the issue of partial gravity based on Joe's work with tethers, etc. Check out Robert's paper at http://www.science20.com/robert_inventor/crew_tether_spin_for_artificial_gravity_on_way_to_iss_stunning_new_videos_space_show_webinar_on_sunday-137070. Read the rest of the summary @ thespaceshow.com or thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Post comments on TSS blog.

• published: 26 May 2014
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