This is the first of two AIAA Space 2007 conference interview programs. This set of interviews includes discussion by Debra Facktor Lepore, President of Air Launch, LLC, Dr. Eligar Sadeh and his wife Chris, and Dr. Mike Gruntman, professor at USC. Debra updates us with Air Launch LCC news, Eligar is now a professor at the USAF Academy and has also started a private consulting business, and Dr. Gruntman talks about his educational ideas for space engineering improvements at the college level. Each guest provides an email or contact method if you have questions or comments for them.

This Mars Society Conference 2007 program is the third and final set of recorded interviews conducted at the conference on the UCLA campus. There are two guests interviewed for this program. First, you will hear from Claude who came to the conference from Paris, France. Claude is 84, very sharp, was with JPL at one time. You will want to hear what he says about his years in the space industry, his looking forward to Mars and other space adventures and much more.

Dr. Joan Vernikos was the guest for this Space Show program originally recorded and aired on Sept. 13, 2007 for a special replay on Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. Dr. Vernikos, the former Director of NASA's Life Science Division, is an expert in the effects of space, particularly gravity upon the astronauts. As we learned in this interview, she has taken her expertise regarding gravity and applied it to all of us non-astronauts for helping us to have healthy living here on Earth. Her book, "The G-Connection: Harness Gravity and Reverse Aging," is about this very subject. We discussed with Dr.

Dr. Pat Hynes and Dr. Tom Burton were the guests for this Space Show program. Our subject to be discussed was the International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight (ISPS) to be held in Las Cruces, NM from Oct. 24-25, 2007. Visit http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/isps/index2.php for the agenda, information, registration, and more. We started our discussion with an overview of new speakers and developments for the ISPS. Pat updated us with the program introduction and speakers for the morning session of the first day.

Irene Willhite, Curator/Archivist for the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, was the guest for this Space Show program. We started the discussion with an overview of the US Space and Rocket Center, Marshall Spaceflight Center, and army locations nearby in Huntsville. From there, we started discussing the cataloging and archiving of the papers and historical documents pertaining to Wernher Von Braun.

Dr. Buzz Aldrin was a guest for this late Friday afternoon Space Show program. Buzz started off giving us an update of where we are today versus yesterday/yesteryear re the VSE, rockets, space station, and much more. We talked about his ShareSpace plan for advocate organizations and members to win space trips and related activities. Listen to his plan and let us know what you think of it. He received a few questions regarding possible problems with Aries I in the launch hardware NASA is developing to go to the Moon.

Bill Pullman, playwright and director, was with us for this short Space Show interview discussing his new play, Expedition 6. Expedition 6 is playing at the Magic Theatre at Fort Mason in San Francisco, Sept. 8-Oct. 7, 2007. Bill tells us the story of how he was inspired to write this play concerning the two astronauts and one cosmonaut stranded on the ISS after the loss of Columbia. Bill simulates microgravity in the play, listen to how he creatively does this with the cast and involving the audience.

Dr. Bryan Laubscher and Eric Westling were the guests for this Space Show program. We began our discussion with a review of the rocket equation and both Eric and Bryan took us through the chemistry and physics of rockets, mass ratios, etc. With extensive questioning by listeners as well as myself, both guests explained why chemical rocket propulsion breakthroughs were unlikely. I urge listeners to pay attention to this discussion. If you disagree, send our guests a note and explain why they are not correct.

Robert Jacobson, Co-Founder of the 62 Mile Club, was the guest for this program. Robert discussed how the 62 Mile Club was founded, its purpose, and its upcoming special event in the Los Angeles - Bel Aire on Oct. 4 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik 1. Robert answered many listener questions, including one question about the pollution rockets might cause upon launch, especially if the launch rate were to go up to a high rate. Both Robert and I answered the question so see what you think of our response. If you have a good response to this question, please send it to me.