Guest:  Dr. Ajay Kothari;  Topics:  Dr. Kothari makes the case of using thorium molten salt reactors for power generation in the U.S. and globally.  Ajay also talked about SSP, nuclear power, launchers and related topic. He provided us with numbers and statistics.

NOTE:  We experienced two dropped calls with our guest but we were quickly able to reconnect with him.  We apologize for the disruption.  Fortunately, our co-host Bill Gowan kept the show going while I went through the process to reconnect with our guest.

Additionally, I want to thank co-host Bill for his work on the summary of this show.  Bill's work is below and it is superb and accurate.

Guest:  Dr. Shawna Pandya; Topics:  Human spaceflight medical issues for orbital space tourism, space settlement, suborbital flight, technology, informed consent, risks and mitigation progress to date.

Guest:  Tom McCarthy;  Topics:  Motiv Space Systems product, research & technology development. Mars hardware on 2020 rover, space manufacturing, precision robotics, space robotics compared to terrestrial industrial and medical robots plus more.

Happy New Year and my best to all for a safe and healthy 2021.  Don't forget, there is still plenty of time left to support The Space Show with a Pay Pal gift or your check.  For questions, please email at drspace@thespaceshow.com. 

Guest:  Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston; Topics:  Multiple Open Line Topics discussed with a variety of callers.  See the tags and key words for major discussion topics.