John Batchelor Hotel Mars, 4-12-23, Daniel Suarez  2 segments, #4013

Guests: John Batchelor, Daniel Suarez, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Daniel's new book, "Critical Mass," plus space mining, economics, policy, politics, property rights, ISRU usage, and so much more, evening blending the science fiction of his book with what is happening in space technology and policy today.

Guest:  Alfred (Al) Anzaldua; Topics: Space Orbital Debris, remediation vs. mitigation, The Space Salvage Entity, funding challenges, private sector initiatives, "Pay Now or Pay More Later" plus additional topics.

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. Henry Hertzfeld;  Topics:  The global commons issue and space, US space policy, commercial space, Space Force, treaties, property rights and more. 

Dr. George Robinson was the special guest for this Space Show program. We began the interview talking about space commerce and issues of concern for start-up businesses. Dr. Robinson focused in on protecting intellectual property (IP), even from government workers in specific agencies. This is a must discussion as IP may be the determining value asset for the start-up for investors. We also talked at length about space property rights, even who owns the Moon. We talked in detail about the Outer Space Treaty (OST) and learned that the treaty provisions are not-self-executing.