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Guest:  Adlai Salcedo;  Topics:  Adlai's informative website, www.spaceisforyou.com.  Check out their mission and purpose statement at https://www.spaceisforyou.com/the-case-for-space.

John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Thursday, 5-6-21 Pre-record date, Rod Pyle, # 3683 was planned for Monday, May 3, 2021 but pre-recored Thursday, 5-6-21.

Guests: John Batchelor, Rod Pyle, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Space Settlement, The National Space Society, Ad Astral quarterly magazine and more.

Guests:  Dr. Jim Vedda and Karen Jones;  Topics, Jim and Karen's paper, "Space-Based Solar Power: A Near-Term Investment Decision."  

Guest:  Gideon Marcus;  Topics:  A unique view early space history, lessons learned, space today and how our culture has impacted what we do, how we do it and where we go in space.

Guest:  Rod Pyle;  Topics:  Rod talked about his two new books and the themes of each book, "First On The Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience" & "Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners Are Creating a New Space Age."

Guest: Laura Delgado. Topics: Space policy, the frontier analogy, Cold War space policy. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright.

Guest: Dr. Jim Bell was our guest for this Space Show program. Among the many topics discussed on the show, we talked about his new book, "Mars 3-D: A Rover's-Eye View of the Red Planet" which is widely available and offers unique 3 D views of the Martian planet. Dr. Bell spoke also about one of his earlier books, "Postcards from Mars." We talked about the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity as he has been part of the rover team since the start, the Phoenix Lander, and Mars Express. Regarding Spirit and Opportunity, we noted that the 5th anniversary of Spirit was just observed. Dr.