JWST

Guest:  Marcia Smith:  Topics:  We reviewed space activities for the year 2021 and looked at space, both NASA and commercial space, for 2022.

Guest:  Open Lines Discussion with Dr. David Livingston;  Topics:  Multiple callers and emails on a variety of topics. Use the tags as a topic guideline.  Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program.

NOTE:  We experienced two dropped calls with our guest but we were quickly able to reconnect with him.  We apologize for the disruption.  Fortunately, our co-host Bill Gowan kept the show going while I went through the process to reconnect with our guest.

Additionally, I want to thank co-host Bill for his work on the summary of this show.  Bill's work is below and it is superb and accurate.

Guest:  Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston;  Topics: Space Advisors with Robert Jacobson, Robert's question to me re my opinion on, climate change, the NSC meeting with the Vice President, Blue Origin's latest flight, Rocket Labs, molecular complexity & biosignatures, fusion, Raptor engines and more.   

Guests: John Batchelor, Bill Harwood Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  We discussed the LUCY Mission and the deployment of the solar panels plus trojan asteroids, the JWST due to launch in a few weeks and the recent Russian ASAT test with its huge corresponding debris field.

Guest:  Dr. Jonathan McDowell;  Topics:  Space tourism, billionaires and space projects, space telescopes, commercial space, China and commercial space, The Space Report, competition, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, ULA, SpaceX and much more.

Guest:  Mark Whittington;  Mark's new book, "Why Is America Going Back To The Moon," U.S., China, & Russian lunar plans, plus multiple other topics brought up by listeners.

Guests:  Leonard David, Barbara Sprungman-David;  Topics: Leonard addressed many important space topics in the news today and also forming our space policy.  See the tags and key words for a general list of discussed topics.  Barbara talked about space education during the pandemic & the Zoom impact on school kids.

Guest:  Robert (Bob)Zimmerman; Topics: Mars, Perseverance, Curiosity, searching for signs of life on Mars, suborbital tourism, Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, Blue origin, the NASA Mars program, possible NASA Administrator Artemis, Abraham Accords, Israel and the UAE and multiple other topics.

Guest:  Michael Carroll; Topics:  Michael's book "Envisioning Exoplanets: Searching for Life in the Galaxy," exoplanet history, searches, findings, new search tools coming on line, inspiration for students plus lots more.