Guests: Dr. Jim Pass, Dr. Al Harrison, and Tom Gangale were the guests for today's Space Show program to discuss astrosociology and the social science role in space education as well as space development. We started our discussion with an update from Jim, Al, and Tom about their panel discussion at the recent Contact Conference, "Astrosociology and 21st Century Space Exploration." You will not want to miss this comprehensive, far reaching, and important discussion.

Guest: Dr. Ethan Siegel was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Siegel is an astrophysicist at the University of Arizona and thus was highly qualified for the cosmological discussion which made up most of this program. We began our discussion with good working definitions for both cosmology and astrophysics. As you will hear, Dr. Siegel is a superb teacher and the use of humor weighs in strongly in how he presents his information, including from his website http://startswithabang.com.

Guest: Dr. James Wertz, CEO of Microcosm Inc., returned for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming Responsive Space Conference in Los Angeles, April 28 - May 1, 2008. Dr. Wertz updated us as to speakers and keynote talks as well as answering listener questions about ITAR, foreign, and related issues to the conference. One listener asked about weapons in space and if this conference advocated the militarization of space with weapons. You will want to hear the reply offered by Dr. Wertz and then my reply to the listener.

Guest: Dr. Richard Kirby was the guest for this Space Show program. Our discussion began with Dr. Kirby sharing with us his knowledge of, and friendship with, Sir Arthur C. Clarke. From this part of the discussion, we talked about many different issues from finance to Dr. Kirby's and Bob Krone's program for Earth-based space stations. Although we covered many topics, we did so with two important overriding themes for moving forward with space development and a space-faring world.

Guest: Jim Lewis was the guest for this Space Show program. Jim is the managing director of the Deep Space Communications Network and is the facilitator of The Space Show Deep Space Messages. Jim returns for this program to update us on deep space communications and to discuss this topic in a broad and general way. All of their deep space communications, including those by Space Show guests, can be found on their archive page, www.deepsacecom.net. Also, all Space Show Deep Space Messages are archived on The Space Show website.

Deep Space Message: This is the Deep Space Message by Dr. Vadim Rygalov, Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA: Greetings from Earth (third planet from the Sun in our planetary system in the Milky Way Galaxy)! Hello Colleagues from the Intelligent Universe Community! My name is Vadim Rygalov and I am an Assistant Professor from the UND Space Studies Department.

Guest: Jim Funaro, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Cabrillo College, was the guest for this special program to let everyone know about the Contact Conference, April 4-6, 2008 at NASA AMES, Mountain View, CA (please see www.contact-conference.org for more details). Jim explained the history and purpose of this small, intimate, but very important conference.

Guest: David Dunlop, the Director of Project Development for The Moon Society (www.moonsociety.org), was the guest for this special two hour program. We started our discussion talking with David about why we should be returning to the Moon rather than going to Mars or a NEO. Listen to what he says and see if you agree. Also, would you go to the Moon to have a McDonalds' hamburger for lunch? He invites one of our listeners to do this and you will want to hear this somewhat playful discussion as well.

Guest: General James B. Armor, USAF (Ret) was the guest for this program. General Armor discussed his policy recommendation that now is the time to create a special Space Corps within the Air Force. This position is explained in detail in Astropolitics, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2007, pages 273-288, in his article entitled "It is Time to Create a United States Air Force Space Corps." I highly recommend that you read this article as it's excellent and Gen.

Guest: Esther Dyson was our guest for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming Flight School 2008. This year's Flight School, "Where the Rubber Meets the Clouds," is going to be at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder, CO from June 4-6, 2008. For more information, please visit www.aviation.com/flightschool/ or Esther's business website for EDventure Holdings, www.edventure.com/.