''The Space Show'' is a biweekly

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talk show, presented by David Livingston (born June 4, 1946), about space commerce and exploration that is also available archived online as a podcast. According to Livingston, the show started in 2001 as ''Business without Boundaries'' on a small Arizona radio station, which added Internet audio streaming later. When the show moved to Seattle in 2002, it was renamed ''The Space Show'' and aired on, and streamed from,

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, center director for NASA's

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, described himself as a "reformed zealot" about space-based solar power systems on the show. Livingston earned his MBA in 1978, and his Doctorate of Business Administration from

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in 2001. Livingston and the show have been quoted by NBC News in 2006 and Fox News in 2009 regarding progress in civilian space funding and execution, specifically

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, and the reentry of the doomed Russian

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Mars spacecraft in 2011. ''The Space Show'' hosted, with Livingston moderating, the

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panel review of the 2009 Augustine Commission on future U.S. human space flight. Philip Harris has described the show as "a platform for knowledgeable, educational exchanges on humanity's space future and opportunities". In 2004, Fraser Cain, publisher of

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and co-host of ''

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'', described ''The Space Show'' as a "favorite" and that he was "astonished and jealous at the caliber of guests".

References

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