Broadcast 781 (Special Edition)

Ross Tierney, Chuck Longton, and Stephen Metschan were the guests on The Space Show to discuss the DIRECT" Space Transportation System Derivative v2.0. Please visit the DIRECT website at www.directlauncher.com for information, pictures, and details for this alternative system for returning to the Moon. Our three guests explained the origin and the history of the program and what they are doing to have the DIRECT program considered by NASA as the program of choice for returning to the Moon. Based on their analysis and the same for the over 50 rocket engineers working on the project, the Direct 2 hardware and program can save both money and time for NASA in getting to the Moon. This Space Show program is a comprehensive discussion of why it is believed that DIRECT can achieve these objectives and should be preferable to the system NASA is developing for our Moon program. During the show, there were many questions about the congressional funding of NASA, what would have to be in alignment for their to be additional funding, political decision making and much more. Ross, Stephen, and Chuck pointed out that the discussion about this project and its related subjects takes place at nasawpaceflight.com, a discussion board opened to all http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/. Simply create a password and username and join in. This discussion board is not operated by or owned by NASA despite its name. Listeners are urged to participate in the ongoing discussion and to ask follow up questions and comments here. Go to the Forum for the Ares 1 and you will see the discussion links. Listeners asked our guests many questions about why DIRECT should be the program rather than what NASA is doing and you will want to hear the explanations. Our guests encourage listeners to do their own research on these matters and come up with their own conclusions as to DIRECT and the NASA program.