Broadcast 696

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. Peiser about just doing using more green energy.  Benny, never short of facts and the truth, tells it the way it is and is likely to be for the near term.  We talked about the threat from NEOs and interest in doing something about this threat in Europe and the UK, helping to pay for this and the attitude of just letting NASA and the Americans do it all.    We talked about global warming, the satellite imagery showing expanding ice caps and more, and the political path to doing what is popular but not what works.  Well, we have heard it before on The Space Show but now we hear it from a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.  Check out Dr. Peiser's very informative free newsletter, CCNet, www.staff.livjm.ac.uk/spsbpeis/CCNet-homepage.htm.  You can subscribe to this excellent newsletter for free and I urge you to do so.  If you want to send your comments or questions to Dr. Peiser, please do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.  Dr. Peiser will return to The Space Show for his realism, analysis, and solid information regarding space and other essential issues impacting us all, not just the UK, the EU, or the States.