Welcome to our Open Lines program with Dr. David Livingston.  Topics: Space industry and COVID-19, space policy, national security space, oil and energy industry, and more.

Guest:  Barry DiGregorio;  Topics:  Mars life detection, needed Mars experiments, rover findings, planetary protection, human contamination on Mars, Mars contamination on earth, microbiology and more.  Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program.

Guest:  Laura Montgomery;  Topics: Planetary protection with Art. 9 of the OST, Informed Consent, policy compared to law, science fiction, and more.  Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use.

Guest: Jonathan Goff. Topics: Altius Space Machines, propellant depots, Sticky Boom SBIR and more. http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. We welcomed back Jon Goff to talk with us about his new company, Altius Space Machines in Littleton, Colorado. We started our discussion with Jon with his telling us about Altius and two of the major contracts his company has started working on regarding a nanosat launcher upper stage and another project with ULA.