I bought BSPlayer for Android, and I'm having the same issue. E-mailed dev and got no response as usual. Grrr!
I've tried everything I can think of. These work in other players.
USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
mms://a1709.l1856953708.c18569.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1709/18569/v0001/reflector:53708
Yes, I know the links to the NASA server are closed for the gov shutdown, but the ustream and akamai links are not.