George Whitesides, Executive Director of the National Space Society, was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss the upcoming 2007 ISDC conference. George answered many listener questions about NSS policy and support for the VSE, plus questions about the likely political changes resulting from the coming 2008 elections. We also discussed the most effective way to communicate with our elected members of congress, both as individuals and as part of an advocate organization. In addition, we discussed effective pro space-faring messages.

The UP Aerospace and Celestis Memorial Spaceflight launch from Spaceport America, New Mexico was the focus for this on the scene special two hour Space Show program. I was present for all the launch activities and I was able to not only bring you the full range of announcements from Mission Control, the final press briefing after the successful launch, and a full description of the launch and the 11 minute waiting period until we knew total success, but you will hear from many people attending and viewing the event.

Responsive space was the subject for this special Space Show program broadcast live from the Responsive Space Conference in Los Angeles, CA (www.responsivespace.com). Several speakers and guests attending the conference discussed many topics of interest from responsive space to the Mid Atlantic Spaceport, space in the UK, engineering, and the need for more women and minorities in the space fields.

Richard C. Cook was the guest for this Space Show program to discuss Mr. Cook's book, "Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age." This is an important show because it provides us with an inside of NASA perspective on policy making and engineering and how the two often collide. This program also shows how the executive and legislative branches of the government get involved in operations and engineering, sometimes with deadly results.

John Thompson was the guest for this Friday Space Show program. John recently retired from the U.S. Marines after his fourth Iraq duty tour. We started the program by finding out about John's early interest in space and how he maintained that interest throughout his 20 year Marine career. John took us through many of the unclassified ways that space is used in the military and its importance, especially for Iraq and Afghanistan.

Paul Coffman was the guest for this Space Show program. We began the discussion on rocket engines and fuel given the background and experience of Mr. Coffman. We compared the Apollo engineering and designs to the proposed new hardware designs. We also speculated on what might happen with Congress as well as NASA were the VSE to be based on all new hardware and launch systems. Paul had interesting observations on these issues. We talked quite a bit about NASA funding, congress, and the budget process both from the Apollo era and now.

Reda Anderson was the special guest for this program which aired on both Tuesday, April 10 and Sunday, April 15, 2007. Reda has purchased the first ticket to be a space flight participant on Rocketplane and we spoke with her about her interests in space tourism. However, as you will learn from this amazing interview, Reda is a true adventure traveler and explorer. For example, she was in the last group to dive on the Titanic in one of the Russian submersibles. During the first part of this interview, we discussed her Titanic experience in detail.

Robert Zimmerman returned to The Space Show for this program. We discussed many topics from the shuttle schedule and repairs, to spaceports at Wallops and in New Mexico. Regarding the shuttle, Bob explained the importance of engineering delays and the fact that these types of delays are certainly a welcome change from the past when NASA might have compromised engineering for a specific schedule.

Charles Chafer, CEO of Space Services, Inc., returned for this special Space Show program. Our discussion with Mr. Chafer started with the upcoming UP Aerospace launch on April 28, 2007 in which Space Services is launching one of its memorial flights. Details about the flight can be found by visiting the websites www.memorialspaceflight.com, www.spaceservicesinc.com, or www.celestis.com. Mr.

Dr. Benny Peiser from the UK was the special guest for this Space Show program.  We began our program by asking Dr. Peiser about the role space development and the desire to be space-faring in the contemporary thought and societal evolution of the UK and Europe.  Hang on to your seat, this is the start of a hard realism about space, the UK, and Europe as the discussion extends to science, politics, education, and much more.  We discuss the energy situation in some detail from the European perspective and with questions from American listeners from the US perspective.  Listeners asked Dr.