DEEP SPACE MESSAGE: Rowen Poole , of "Persephone's Dream," submitted this Dec. 20, 2007 Deep Space Message. Here is the message relating to the song you will hear which will be archived with this Deep Space Message: Hello to anyone listening out there and to Space Show listeners. I am David Livingston, host of The Space Show, and we are bringing you another Deep Space Message. This message comes to you by way of the song, "Alien Embassy" by Rowen Poole and his band Persephone's Dream. Rowen Poole is a student at the University of North Dakota, where I teach in the Space Studies department.

Guests: Andy Turner and Charles Miller. Andy Turner and Charles Miller were the guests today to discuss their joint team approach to the NASA COTS competition. In addition to the NASA COTS discussion, we also held a special contest for the best call-in question of the program. The prize was an once-in-a-lifetime tour of the High Bay at Space Systems/Loral in order to see how satellites are actually made. Our winner was Marshall Martin of Dallas, TX. You will want to hear his show-stopping question in the third segment of the show.

Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards. Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards was our guest for this Space Show program . We discussed Odyssey Moon Ltd, a commercial lunar enterprise based in the Isle of Man and the first official registrant in the Google Lunar X Prize competition. Bob began the discussions by explaining Odyssey Moon Ltd, its general business plan, their unwillingness to redevelop technology or hardware that they can buy commercially, and their plan for a continued lunar commercial presence.

Guest: Alan Bean. Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Artist-Astronaut, was the guest for today's very special Space Show program. We started our discussion with Alan about when he developed his interest in art and if art and painting was often in his thoughts when he was in space, both on the Moon and on Skylab. During the program, Alan explained much about himself, his goals, and his space vision , and how his art expresses this and communicates with people of all ages.

Guest: Chris Carberry. Chris Carberry, the National Political Director for The Mars Society, was our guest today to discuss space policy and particularly the space policy of the 2008 presidential candidates. We started the program by listing the current presidential candidates, from Hilary Clinton to Fred Thompson, and discussing each candidate's known space policy or lack thereof. As we discussed each candidate, listeners sent in further comments or questions about that candidate. You will want to listen to what Chris has to say about these candidates and their views on space .

Guest: Walt Anderson. Walt Anderson returned to The Space Show on three separate phone call interviews from his federal prison to tell Space Show listeners about his space vision , a space vision in general, and its importance for us and our planet. Walt was limited to 15 minutes on each call. The first 15-minute interview took place on Dec. 28, 2007 and the remaining 15-minute interviews took place on Jan. 5, 2008.

Guests: Paul Devlin, Claire Missanelli, Amber Yoder. Paul Devlin, director of Blast: The Movie, Claire Missanelli, Producer, and Amber Yoder, Assistant Producer were the guests for this Space Show program.

Guest: Professor Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz. Professor Joanne Gabrynowicz returned to The Space Show as the last guest of 2007 in order to afford us a legal look at space law for the year. A few topics discussed on this show included the new U.S. Federal regulation for commercial personal spaceflight, new remote sensing laws in Germany and France, pending space laws in Japan, and the upcoming 2nd International Conference on the State of Remote Sensing laws.

Guest: John Spencer. John Spencer was with us today to talk about space tourism. John, as founder of The Space Tourism Society ( http://www.spacetourismsociety.org), started off our discussion with the big picture for space tourism both here in the United States and globally. We talked about the growth the space tourism industry is undergoing in terms of its early development, the international aspects and interest regarding space tourism and the ability to give people here on Earth a taste of it through simulation and virtual reality.

Guest: Dr. George Robinson. Dr. George Robinson returned to The Space Show to discuss the topic of his new paper, "Public Space Law, The Practitioner, And The Private Entrepreneur: Distinguishing What 'Ought To Be' From What Is." Dr. Robinson said there were several important areas of space law which need to be examined by both domestic and international lawyers before the VSE can be fully implemented. These areas include ITAR, difficulties with the U.N.