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Broadcast 218 (Special Edition)	Listen to the show!
Aired on May 2nd, 2004
Guest: Marianne Dyson
Marianne Dyson, a former NASA Mission Controller working the first five space shuttle flights, was the guest on this Space Show program. Ms. Dyson discussed her experiences as a Mission Controller and shared with us some of her most memorable events with the first five space shuttle flights on which she worked. Ms. Dyson also went into detail about much of the engineering and science associated with the International Space Station (ISS), its importance, its uses, and more. She also shared with Space Show listeners how she explains these potentially complicated subjects to school-age children when she talks with them around the country and in her books which are written for the children's market (see below). Ms. Dyson talked at length about the Moon, why we should return to the Moon and the importance of the Moon to a future Earth economy. In responding to questions about going to the Moon as a stepping stone to going to Mars, Ms. Dyson explained that we should be doing both and that going to the Moon is not dependent on Mars, it has economic, social, and humanitarian reasons allowing lunar activity to stand on its own with its value to us here on Earth. Ms. Dyson favors going to Mars as well and shared her thoughts and analysis on the necessity of sending humans to Mars. Ms. Dyson also used the Space Show to lay claim to the Apollo landing site concession store sales once we have returned to the Moon to stay with settlements and business ventures! Ms. Dyson spoke about the upcoming National Space Society ISDC Annual Conference and the activities of the National Space Society. Her message to Space Show listeners, their families and children is an important one about our need to become space-faring and why. This program is also designed for children to hear so burn it to CD or let your kids hear what Marianne Dyson has to say about space and our presence in it. Ms. Dyson can certainly spark and motivate our kids to follow the space dream through school and on into their careers.

About our guest...

Marianne Dyson
Marianne Dyson was one of the first ten women to work in NASA Mission Control Ms. Dyson has her degree in physics and with a lifelong interest in space, she fulfilled one of her many space dreams with her NASA Mission Control position. After working the first five space shuttle flights, she left NASA to raise her children and began sharing her passion for space through writing and speaking. She is the author of the award-wining, Space Station Science, originally published by Scholastic, that is now available in paperback from Windward. Home on the Moon, published by National Geographic, is a must-read for future lunar pioneers. The Space Explorer’s Guide to Stars and Galaxies is part of Scholastic’s Space University book club (www.scholastic.com/space) series, and comes with a cool science kit. Ms. Dyson has appeared on BookTV/C-SPAN2 and Reading is Fundamental and has spoken to thousands of children and their parents in schools, libraries, and at conferences across the nation. She has published dozens of articles, short stories, poems, and activities in national magazines and is a frequent contributor to Odyssey, a technical editor for Enslow Publishing, and a science consultant for Scholastic. She prepares the souvenir program book for the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation, and identifies web resources for myreportslinks.com. She is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, on the Board of the National Space Society, and a member of many other space organizations. She welcomes new space-related speaking, writing, and consulting assignments. For more information, she can be contacted through her website: www.mariannedyson.com. Her new book, "Space and Astronomy" is available from her website.

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