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:  Dr. Valerie Martindale; Co-host Dr. John Jurist;  Topics:  We discussed Dr. Martindale's to letters to the Aerospace Medical Association members as her President's Letters.  For the first half of our 63 minute program, we focused on her Oct. 2017 letter, "When Does Practice Change."  For the second part of the 63 minute program, we focused on her Dec. 2017 letter, "The Gene Therapy Frontier in Aerospace Medicine."  Links for downloading both letters can be found on our blog for this show.

Guest:  Tracey Knutson;  Topics:  Informed consent, federal regulations & legal issues for spaceflight participants.  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. 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: Rand Simberg. Topics: HSF safety, risk taking, our space dependency on Russia, and much 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: Rand Simberg. Topics: Rand's new book release, "Safe Is Not An Option," human spaceflight potential regulation. Please direct all comments/questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments & questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright & are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use.