This Week on the Space Show (Mar 31 – Apr 6, 2014)

The Space Show, hosted by David Livingston, will have the following guests this week:

1. Monday, March 31, 2014, 2-3:30 PM PDT(5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome PATRICK RITCHIE to discuss the space & STEM aspects of the SXSW event recently held in Austin, TX. Visit the event website for an overview prior to our Monday discussion: http://sxsw.com.

2. Tuesday, April 1, 2014:, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome KEVIN HEATH President and CEO of Waypoint 2 Space, the new space & astronaut training center near JSC.

3. Friday, April 4, 2014, 9:30-11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30 AM-1 PM CDT): We welcome back DWIGHT STEVEN-BONIECKI regarding his new book, “Live TV From The Moon.” .

4. Sunday, April 6, 2014, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome DR. BEHROKH KHOSHNEVIS to discuss contour crafting. Be sure to visit his website prior to the show at www.craft-usc.com.

You can live stream the interviews at www.TheSpaceShow.com or check the archives for previous interviews. More about this week’s guests…

1. Monday, March 31, 2014, 2-3:30 PM PDT (21-22:30 GMT)
PATRICK RITCHIE comes to discuss the space & STEM related events at the recent SXSW Event in Austin, TX.
Patrick Ritchie is a Native Canadian and recent immigrant to the great state of Texas. Entrepreneur & consultant with over a decade of experience with various companies, from fortune 500 giants like Cisco & Wells Fargo to early stage internet startups. Lifelong learner and passionate space advocate.

2. Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 7-8:30 PM PDT (April 2, 2-3:30 GMT)
KEVIN HEATH, President & CEO of Waypoint 2 Space (www.waypoint2space.com).
An aerospace professional with more than 17 years of sales and business management experience in Fortune 500 companies, Mr. Heath’s passion for space exploration and a lifelong commitment to the pursuit of making Commercial Spaceflight a reality is more than contagious, it drives our culture at Waypoint 2 Space.

3. Friday, April 4, 2014, 9:30-11 AM PDT (16:30-18 GMT)
DWIGHT STEVEN-BONIECKI comes regarding his updated book, “Live TV From The Moon.” This updated version focuses n Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and the shuttle.
Dwight Steven-Boniecki is the 2011 AWA Taylor Award-winning author of “Live TV From the Moon” who returns with a second and intensely researched analysis of NASA’s work in developing TV for the post-Apollo missions. Relying on unprecedented assistance from many of the engineers who work for the divisions which created the TV equipment used in outer space, Dwight Steven-Boniecki continues detailing the huge effort which brought live images from earth orbit into our living rooms. Having worked in the television industry in Australia, the United States, Great Britain and Germany for a total of nearly 25 years, his professional qualifications help complement his understanding of the pioneering television achievements of the U.S. space program. An avid space historian, he also places a great amount of detail in presenting the story with the respect it rightfully deserves, but is often unfairly denied. He is married and lives with his wife in Cologne, Germany, working with Medien Gruppe RTL Deutschland. He regularly dazzles his work colleagues with his unusual knowledge of all things NASA television camera related. In his spare time enjoys assuming the virtual controls of Lockheed-Martin’s Prepar3d flight simulator, listening to classic rock (the Beach Boys and Harry Nilsson especially), and watching a wide variety of feature films.

4. Sunday, April 6, 2014, 12-1:30 PM PDT (19-20:30 GMT)
Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis visits regarding his team and work with contour crafting. Please visit www.contourcrafting.org, www.craft-usc.com, and www.bkhoshnevis.com.
Behrokh Khoshnevis is a professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering, and is the Director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT) and Director of Manufacturing Engineering Graduate Program at USC. He is active in CAD/CAM, robotics and mechatronics related research projects that include the development of novel Solid Free Form, or Rapid Prototyping, processes (Contour Crafting and SIS), automated construction of civil structures, development of mechatronics systems for biomedical applications (e.g., restorative dentistry, rehabilitation engineering, haptics devices for medical applications), and autonomous mobile and modular robots for assembly applications on earth and in space. He routinely conducts lectures and seminars on invention and technology development. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, a Fellow member of the Society for Computer Simulation, and a Senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineering. His inventions have received extensive worldwide publicity in acclaimed international media and have been the subjects of numerous radio and television programs. The automated construction invention, Contour Crafting, was selected in 2006 as one of top 25 best inventions from more than 4000 candidate inventions by the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the History Channel’s Modern Marvels program.