Space Frontier Foundation co-founder Rick Tumlinson talks after a screening of “Orphans of Apollo” in Los Angeles.
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Monday, May 24, 2010, 2-3:30 PM PDT: David Hook of Planehook Aviation Services will update us on new policy and regulatory issues for both general and commercial aviation.
Friday, May 28, 2010, 9:30-11:00 AM PDT: We welcome back Michael Potter regarding a special event and screening of “Orphans of Apollo”.
Sunday, May 30, 12-1:30 PM PDT. Chris Carberry of Explore Mars, Inc. talks to us about this new program.
The late great Mir space station.
This just in from director Michael Potter:
“Orphans of Apollo” to Screen @ ThrillSpy International Film Festival
Goethe Theater
Washington D.C.
Friday October 9th, 3 p.m.
http://www.thrillspy.org/
The Space Show
Dr. David Livingston’s taped interviews with MirCorp CEO Walt Anderson from inside the Fairton Correctional Facility in New Jersey.
Sunday, October 11, 12-1:30 PM PDT
http://www.thespaceshow.com/
Altair
“Orphans of Apollo” Director Michael Potter goes tete-a-tete with Bill Nye the Science Guy on the pages of The Los Angeles Times today.
The topic: whether we should return to the moon.
Continue reading ‘Michael Potter Battles Science Guy Bill Nye on Moon Mission’
Date:Â 7 July 2009, 8 p.m. EDT
Moderator: Dr. David Livingston, The Space Show
Panelists:
Miles O’Brien, veteran news reporter (formerly of CNN)
Leonard David, reporter Space.com
Michael Potter, documentary filmmaker
Jeff Roth, founder and president of Jeff Roth Productions
Harry Kloor, film producer
Continue reading ‘ISU Space and the Media Panel at NASA Ames’
Alan Boyle has reviewed Michael Potter’s film, “Orphans of Apollo,” for his Comic Log website. He reviews the lessons that the failed effort to commercialize the Mir space station taught people:
The biggest lesson is that you want to have the government as your customer, not your enemy. “I think the slightly more commercial and realistic and politically savvy entrepreneurs who are now investing in private space understood where Walt went wrong,” David Chambers, who was MirCorp’s vice president of strategic planning, says in the movie. “And they’re prepared to play nice with the various governments that they need to play nice with.”
Continue reading ‘Lessons Learned From Failed Mir Effort Fueling New Commercial Ventures’
1. Monday, May 25, 2009, 2-3:30 PM PDT (21-23:30 GMT)
Michael Potter returns with new updates for his important documentary film, “Orphans of Apollo.†(www.orphansofapollo.com/).
2. Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 7-8:30 PM PDT (May 27, 2-3:30 GMT)
OPEN Lines program. I will open the phone lines when I complete the monologue in the first segment which will provide important telephone line and audio information for guests and others on the Space Show.
Friday, May 29, 2009, 9:30-11:30 AM PDT (16:30-18:30 GMT)
Dr. Phil Harris returns to the show to discuss space enterprise and his new work, “Toward Human Emergence – A Human Resource Philosophy for the Future.â€
4. Sunday, May 31, 2009, 12-1:30 PM PDT (19-20:30 GMT)
Ayodele Adekunle Faiytole from Nigeria comes to the show to discuss space programs in Africa.
This just in from director Michael Potter:
“Orphans of Apollo” has been nominated for the World Technology Awards in the Entertainment category. The awards ceremony will be held in July in New York City.
The next screening of Mr. Potter’s documentary about MirCorp is scheduled for the San Diego Air & Space Museum on Saturday, May 9.
Launching the dream of civilian space travel
The Daily Breeze
The story is the topic of [Michael] Potter’s documentary, “Orphans of Apollo: The Battle of the Mir & the New Space Revolution,” which is making the film festival circuit.
Continue reading ‘Potter: Mir Project Destroyed NASA’s Astro Myth’
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