Andrew Chaikin was the guest for this Space Show program. We began the interview discussing his well-known book, "A Man On The Moon" and his added new "Afterword" in honor of the 50th anniversary of our being in space. The discussion soon expanded to subject of our returning to the Moon and here Andy, the listeners, and I exchanged ideas about our prospects for getting back to the Moon, telling the space story as Andy does in his books, others getting to the Moon before the US and how Andy might write about that and how it might impact him as an individual, plus we talked about changing the vision and going to a NEO rather than the Moon. This is an interesting discussion, don't miss it. We also talked about reliability and safety for rockets, he fielded many questions about the emerging private sector and of course he provided his take on how space can be relevant to the people. Andy is working on a new Mars book and we talked at length about his work in progress and going to Mars. He shared with us some new information that he got when he attended the Viking Mars reunion of sorts in 2006. You certainly want to hear what he has to say and report from this event. When asked if the Viking people at the reunion thought Viking had discovered life on Mars, well, listen to what he has to say about this in a most firm and definitive answer. One listener asked him to rate the space IQ for the various journalists that have interviewed him including those with several NPR program, Charlie Rose and more. Visit his website for more information, www.andrewchaikin.com. You can send your follow up comments or questions to him by email at contact@andrewchaikin.com