Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Jeff Foust; Topics:  The first National Space Council meeting chaired by Vice President Harris.

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John Batchelor welcomed Dr. Jeff Faust to this one segment Hotel Mars program to discuss the first National Space Council meeting in the Biden Administration to be chaired by Vice President Harris.  Note that I was not present for this meeting due to a last minute urgent dental need post my recent dental surgery.  John and Jeff talked about the actual meeting, John explained the purpose of the National Space Council and upcoming space policy plus they talked about the focus of the federal government's space activities going into the future.

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