Ben Shelef, co-founder of Spaceward Foundation (www.spaceward.org), was the guest for this show. Spaceward is sponsoring the 2007 climber and space elevator games in Salt Lake City this year, Oct. 19-21, 2007. Check it out at the Spaceward Foundation website. Not only did Ben tell us about the climber contest and also the tether contest, he noted that for winners there is a million dollars to give away courtesy our favorite NASA!

Golden Oldie Program: Guest 1: Dr. Peter Diamandis from August 8, 2001. Guest 2: Elon Musk from Oct. 24, 2001. Both of these programs represent the first time Peter and Elon were guests on The Space Show (at the time, it was Business Without Boundaries). Again, you will hear some of the original Business Without Boundaries spots, commercials, music, etc. None of the interviews have been deleted but you might detect some strange editing as I had to make these shows conform to hard breaks for relay to the satellite broadcasting service.

Tonight you will hear the very first Space Show program featuring Dr. Patrick Collins on the subject of space tourism. This program was recorded live on June 13, 2001 when the program was known as "Business Without Boundaries" and is slightly less than one hour in length. As you listen to this show, consider the state of space tourism in 2001 as discussed by Dr. Collins and the current state of space tourism. Is there progress, much progress or just marginal progress? What do you think? If you want to send a note to Dr.

Joe Latrell, CEO of Beyond-Earth Enterprises was the guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion by asking Joe about his winning the recent business plan competition and the NewSpace 2007 conference. We covered his preparation for the competition, his critique during the day when the judges worked with Joe, his team, and the same for the other competitor, SpeedUp. Joe found the critique to be hard hitting and very useful and talks openly about it on the show and with listeners.

SmallSat Conference interviews make up this special recorded Space Show program. While at SmallSat, I interviewed just a few of those attending to get their perspective on either what they were doing at the Conference and why they were there, or their views on small satellites and updates regarding space development. For example, the first interview was conducted at the booth representing the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Island (www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html).

Jim Petersen, President of the Historic Wendover Airfield Association, was the guest for this special Space Show program. Please excuse the few rough edits that are a result of my travel and attendance at the SmallSat conference as I am using my laptop and not the full editing facilities and programs available to me in my office. As the President of the Historic Wendover Airfield, Jim met me at Wendover on Sunday, April 12, 2007 and gave me a personal tour and interview of this site.

Dr. Jim Wertz, CEO of Microcosm, Inc., was the guest for this special Space Show program to discuss Operationally Responsive Space (ORS). The discussion with Dr. Wertz began with his working definition of ORS. I believe this program will provide listeners with a comprehensive discussion of the subject, possible commercial applications and drivers, DOD needs and applications, R&D, technology, engineering, and even time tables for product development. Costs and budget issues were discussed, both for NASA, DOD, and our total commitment to space. Dr.

Dr. Pat Hynes was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming Personal Spaceflight Symposium in Las Cruces, NM from Oct. 24-25, 2007 (http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/isps/index.html). We began our discussion with an overview of the Symposium as well as X-Prize Cup. Dr. Hynes and I then discussed the speakers, topics, and agenda in detail. This is a power packed program with great speakers and topics so not only will you want to hear about it on this program, you will want to attend this program. Listeners asked Dr.

Chip Proser was the guest for this Space Show program. We discussed his new documentary which is now finished, "Gaia Selene: Saving the Earth by Colonizing the Moon." The discussion was far more comprehensive than the documentary with questions about space solar power, nuclear power, energy from the Moon, energy wars, and more. Chip also talked about the interviews that he has done at ISDC, many of which are now online.

Dr. Mike Gruntman was the guest for this Space Show program. First, please be aware that this interview had substantial phone line noise which could not be cleared up during the call or show processing. We do apologize for any inconvenience this "noisy" conversation causes you. We began the program by discussing his award winning book published by AIAA, "Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry." AIAA has just completed a second printing of the book with a substantial price reduction.