Guest:  Dr. Namrata Goswami;  Topics:  The US Space Force, space force visionary leadership, Chinese space goals, cislunar development, commercial vs. state space and more.

Guest:  Christopher Richins;  Topics:  RBC Signals satellite ground stations, business growth and expansion, new government customers. Lunar and Mars communications to Earth and more.

Guest:  Open Lines with a special appearance by Dr. John Jurist;  Topics: A response to the Jim Davis blog post re SpaceX and relevance, tardigrades, planetary protection, Outer Space Treaty and more.

Guest:  Dr. Madhu Thangalevu; Topics, Lunar return policy & mission needs/planning, ISDC Moon Track, using space for better living on Earth and much more.

We welcomed Matt Bille back to the show to discuss Project WHALES and the advancements with OceanLens software to help protect cetaceans (whales and dolphins).  As you will hear during our two segment 95 minute discussion, using space technology is essential in tracking and helping to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals.  This was an exciting discussion, the technology you will hear about was advanced, exciting and becoming even more advanced.