Guest:  Dr. George Sowers;  Topics:  Perseverance Mars Landing, mining lunar ice, lunar propellant, space resource utilization, space commercialization, property rights and more.

Guest:  Dylan Taylor;  Topics: Commercial space policy and investments, industry trends, available capital, NewSpace, traditional space, important timelines and more.

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

Guests: John Batchelor, Bill Harwood, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  The Perseverance upcoming landing on Mars for Feb. 18, 2021..  

Guest:  Andrew Chanin;  Topics:  Procure Space ETF, ETF as an investment vehicle, trends driving the commercial space industry, global space investments, the S-Network Space Index and more.

Guest:  Curt Holmer;  Topics, Bio-regenerative life support systems, models, closed loop life support, lunar habitats, Martian settlement, free space settlements, funding challenges, global life support research leaders and more.

Guest:  Dr. Tom Spilker;  We discussed funding, engineering, design and architecture for The Gateway Foundation with the Orbital Construction Company on orbit space habitat and space hotel.

Guest:  Dr. Pekka Janhunen;  Topic:  Dr. Janhunen's concept of a megasatellite orbital settlement around Ceres. Links to his paper will be added to this summary and the blog.