Broadcast 1683 (Special Edition)

Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: The recent appointment of a Russian space czar to solve Russian launch problems & space policy hints regarding the Republican presidential candidates and how they might view space development and policy. 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. The topics in this 11 minute plus segment John Batchelor Show included the appointment of a new Russian defense and space czar, Dmitry Rogozin to solve the Russian launch problems and to outline a new Russian space program through 2030. You can read about this at http://www.parabolicarc.com/2011/12/29/new-russian-space-czar-hits-grou…. John then switched the topic to a discussion about the Republican presidential candidates likely space policy. For this discussion, we referred to a Jan. 3, 2012 Space Review article on the subject by Dr. Jeff Foust. You can read his article at www.thespacereview.com/article/1999/1. Mr. Batchelor focused his discussion on Romney, Gingrich, Ron Paul and commercial space ongoing projects. If you want to send a note to Mr. Batchelor, send it to me and I will forward it for you. Please post any comments or questions you might have on The Space Show blog URL above.