Guest:  Chris Carberry of Explore Mars;  Topics:  The Explore Mars Innovation Forum event plus information on the newly organized Space Drinks Association.

We welcomed Doug Messier back to the program for a 94 minute discussion starting out with the success of the Perseverance Mars rover landing earlier in the day.  Most of the first segment was devoted to Perseverance, the various science experiments plans, the onboard hardware and instruments such as the helicopter, microphones, advanced cameras, MOXIE to make O2 out of the Martian atmosphere plus more.  Listen as Doug and callers/emailers discuss the instrument package, the experiments and the search for possible past life on Mars.  Also discussed was the landing site, Jezero Crater, plus t

Guest:  Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston; Topics:  We had multiple callers talking about a variety of topics and issues including watching launches from their yard in Florida.

Guest:  Doug Messier;  Topics:  A look at big space 2020 issues plus we look ahead to 2021.  Use the tags and key words for the outline of discussed topics.

Guest:  Dr. Lena De Winne;  Topics:  Dr. Winne introduced us to the Asgardia Space Nation (https://asgardia.space/en) plus she described this soon to be four year old nation in great detail.