Matthew Allner was the primary guest for this Space Show program. Matt was joined by his student Buddy and Buddy's father Glen as the team discussed the recently completed Spaceward Bound program with four West Middle School student from Sioux City, Iowa in which they participated in a three-day expedition to simulate a space expedition on Mars. Matt explained the program and we were then joined by Buddy who told us about the program from his student perspective. We learned about his goals, science objectives and experiments, his preparation and more. Glen told us about the program from a parent's perspective. Together, Matt, Glen and Buddy answered many questions from listeners about the project. You can visit the expedition website at http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/spacewardbound/mojave2007/journals/allne… where you find the logs from all three days of the venture plus photographs. Listeners wanted to know how easy it would be for others to replicate a similar Mars analog experience in their towns. You will want to hear what Matt has to say about this and to develop a similar program. As you will hear during this program, Matt Allner has created an innovative and exciting program that appeals to school kids and their parents. You will hear it in their voices when you hear Buddy and Glen on the show. If you have follow up questions or comments for Matt, Buddy, or Glen, please send them all to Matt Allner at mjallner@msn.com. As always, you can send them through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to Matt.
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