Guests: John Batchelor, Gwynne Shotwell, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches & reusability. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted in news articles, papers, academic & research work but must be cited or referenced in the proper citation format. Contact Dr. Livingston for questions about our copyright and trademark policies which we do enforce. This program is archived on The Space Show website, podcasting, and blog sites with permission from John Batchelor. Please visit the John Batchelor Show website for more information about this fine program, www.johnbatchelorshow.com. Remember, your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support The Space Show/OGLF (www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm). For those of you listening to archives on live365.com & rating the programs, please email me the reasons for your rating. This will definitely help improve Space Show programming. Thank you. We welcomed to Hotel Mars Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX to discuss the upcoming Falcon 9 launch, We talked about the recent Falcon 9 launch attempts, delays, thrust vector for the first stage and reusability. John mentioned a video of Falcon 9R and cattle. You can see this video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgLBIdVg3EM. We talked some about the importance of reusability, then I read Gwynne the tweet by Peter B. de Selding about Arianespace saying they will match SpaceX launch prices (see https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/481482483792609280). Gwynne then talked about the importance of competition. Near the end, John asked Gwynne about the differences in Grasshopper and Falcon 9R. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact any of us through drspace@thespaceshow.com.