Guest: Dallas Bienhoff. Dallas Bienhoff returned to The Space Show in order to update us and provide new information on the possibility of orbital fuel depots. This important discussion takes up the first segment of the show because such a depot would be applicable for returning to the Moon, visiting a NEO, going to Mars, or focusing on Earth imaging if that is the direction the next administration prefers when it takes office in January 2009.

Guest: Eric Wetzel. Eric Wetzel, Andrews Space, Inc. was the guest for this Friday Space Show program. We began the show by discussing the Andrews Space COTS proposal and several other unique Andrews projects. Unfortunately, Mr. Wetzel was unable to share much information with us because the Andrews COTS entry is still confidential and proprietary, but we did get the basics. From there, listeners asked him various engineering, space policy, and political policy questions.

Guest: Jim Muncy. Jim Muncy returned to The Space Show for this special program. We covered many topics ranging from Jim's grad school days at the then-newly formed University of North Dakota, Space Studies Department to the politics of space. Former UND students were listening and asked Jim questions about what Space Studies was like in the late ' 80s and early '90s. For example, was NASA the only game in town with public space? Or were there any private sector space options back then other than the government contractors? What about the excitement and passion of the students?

Guest: Dr. Jay Buckey. Dr. Jay Buckey returned to The Space Show for a most interesting discussion about politics, space, and human factors affecting long-duration spaceflight. Since Dr. Buckey is running for the U.S. Senate from New Hampshire, I asked him about running on a space ticket, using space as a campaign tool, and using his former astronaut status to aid him in his campaign. You will want to hear his reply about these questions . We also talked about space issues in the recently concluded New Hampshire presidential primary.

Guest: Benjamin Solomon. Benjamin Solomon was the guest for this program in order to discuss his soon-to-be-released book, "An Introduction To Gravity Modification: A Guide to Using Laithwaite's and Podkletnov's Experiments and the Physics of Forces for Empirical Results." We started out with Mr. Solomon explaining what he means by gravity modification and why it's so challenging for the subject to be discussed in a credible way. Mr. Solomon spoke extensively about his experiments which he says anyone with his book will be able to replicate.

Guest: Dr. David Livingston. This program, "Lessons Learned, Lessons Taught," expresses my opinion and thoughts regarding my recent experience with the New York Times Freakonomics blog and the poor editing of my essay response to "Is manned space exploration worth the cost? Why or why not?" Through a series of stupid decisions on my part, blind faith and trust, getting caught up in my own personal agenda, and some misleading emails from the Freakonomics corresponding editor , my essay was, in my opinion, very poorly edited and taken out of context.

Guest: Donna Shirley. Donna Shirley returned to The Space Show for this Friday program. We started our program with an overview of planetary science missions and the overall state of planetary science. Ms. Shirley discussed several specific missions including the Mercury Messenger, the probes currently on their way to Pluto, Jupiter, Mars, as well as a future lunar mission. Our conversation then took us into the realm of education, the current state of science and space awareness, and how best to address the problems we all know exist.

Guest: Anousheh Ansari. Anousheh Ansari was the guest for the first hour of this Space Show program with the remainder of this nearly 2 hour program filled by Open Lines. Please visit Anousheh's website ( www.anoushehansari.com) for more information about her activities, interests, appearances, as well as her blog that she wrote aboard the ISS. We started the program by asking Anousheh about her interests in business and electronics and what triggered these interests for her.

Guest: Dr. Eligar Sadeh. Dr. Eligar Sadeh, of the Air Force Academy's Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, was the guest for this Space Show program. We started the program by asking Dr. Sadeh to tell us about the upcoming "National Space Forum 2008: Space Challenges Facing The New American Administration Of 2009," which will be held Feb. 7-8, 2008 in Washington DC. This Forum is sponsored by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies. Eligar took us through the forum's agenda and main speakers.

Guest: Dr. Paul Spudis. Dr. Paul Spudis of the Applied Physics Laboratory and Lunar and Planetary Institute was the guest for this Space Show program. We started off with a discussion of the Moon, the VSE, and the role the Moon plays in the VSE.