GPS

Guests:  Darin Noel, Ton Whitman; Topics:  Engineering perspectives regarding the design and making of JWST and comparisons to other space telescopes.

Guest:  Dr. John Horack; Topics:  The increasing value and wealth of LEO plus additional commercial/NewSpace activities and sectors, economic growth and national security.

Guest:  Dr. Paul Jaffe; Topics: Space Solar Power (SSP) research and development progress, microwave beamed energy work, laser beaming and propulsion, weaponization, commercial development, energy politics and economics, government policy, timelines, demos and experiments.

Guest:  Dr. Michael Gleason;  Topics:  Space debris. U.S. Space Sustainability Initiatives, TRLs for debris solving projects and mare.

Guest:  Dr. Greg Autry;  Topics: A brief space policy history of accomplishment, Biden administration space policy, returning to the Moon, cost and budget issues, commercial space, and more.

Guest:  Robert (Sam) Wilson; Topics:  "Leveraging Commercia Space For National Security."  Read and download the paper at https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/Morin-Wilson_Leveraging_20201113.pdf.

Guest:  Robert (Sam) Wilson; Topics:  We discussed "The Value of Space" report produced by Sam Wilson and his co-authors. You can download it @ https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/Gleason-Wilson_ValueOfSpace_20200511.pdf..

Guest: Dr. Tina Highfill;  Topics:  The BEA Space Economy Satellite Account (SESA): "Measuring the Value of the U.S. Space Economy."

Guest:  Mark Canepa;  Topics, model and high-powered rocketry plus Mark's new book, "Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships: The History of High-Power Rocketry's Ascent to the Edges of Outer Space." 

Guest.  Dr. Ella Atkins;  Topics:  IEEE Robotics & Automation, leveraging tech for space for the future, autonomous terrestrial, air & space vehicles, regulatory oversight, public perceptions/concerns, human spaceflight and more.