Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Charles Lurio, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: The Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference 2012 and suborbital spaceflight. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. 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. 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. The topics in this 11 minute plus segment focused on the Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference just concluded in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Lurio and I were both present and we went over a few of the highlights of the conference. We talked about suborbital research opportunities, the scientific interest in these flights, the progress being made by the companies, and more. John Batchelor asked us about the role of NASA and how suborbital fits into the overall broad scale space program. Please post your comments regarding this John Batchelor Show segment on The Space Show Blog. If you want to email John Batchelor or Dr. Lurio, you can do so through me or their respective websites. Please check out The Lurio Report at www.thelurioreport.com.