Columbia accident

Guest:  Dr. Dana Andrews; Topics: We featured Dana's new book, "Chasing The Dream".  The books details Dana's decades of aerospace experience along with his 33 years at Boeing and ten years at Andrews Space and Technology, plus more.

Guest:  Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston;  Topics:  We discussed many topics including the commercialization of the ISS, the NASA Exploration Campaign, the NASA CLPS program and more.  Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com . Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program.

Guest: Jay Barbree. Topics: Neil Armstrong and Jay's new book, "Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight," plus SLS, Orion, NASA Budgets and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use.

Guest: Dragos Bratasanu. Topics: Failures in aerospace and aviation & how to avoid them. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use.

Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: 2003 annual review for commercial space, NASA, the private sector, Return to the Moon and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use.

Guest: James Schier. Topics: U.S. space policy, NASA and human spaceflight goals, hardware, programs, and upcoming test flights, commercial space development. 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.

Guest: Walter Cunningham. Topics: An inside view of the American space program from Apollo to today. You are invited to comment, ask questions, & discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, & any discussion must be relevant & 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. Larry Kuznetz. Topics All things Space Shuttle. 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. We welcomed Dr.

Dr. Henry Hertzfeld returned to The Space Show for this special program. Last on the show April 9, 2003, we opened up discussing the changes in the space world since his earlier guest appearance on the program. We talked about changes resulting from the Columbia accident, the VSE, SS1 and more. In addition, we discussed his 2005 paper, "Launch Vehicles: An Economic Perspective." You can find this paper and many others of his as well as others from the Space Policy Dept. at GWU by visiting the website, http://www.gwu.edu/~spi/.

Dr. Lawrence Kuznetz is the Bioastronautics Flight Projects Manager Research Manager at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. This Space Show program not only discusses some of the projects and science advancements being developed at the Institute and with NASA, but also the Columbia accident as Dr. Kuznetz knew the astronauts, especially Laurel Clark and her husband, Dr. John Clark.