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Guest:  Dr. Scott Pace;  Topics:  Space traffic management, Artemis and the Artemis Accords, National Space Councils, Space Policy Directives, bipartisan space policy, commercial space, commercial space station development, China, and lots more.

Guest:  Temidayo Oniosun;  Topics: Space in Arica (see https://spaceinafrica.com);  African space policy, plans, projects, satellites and the corresponding industry, commercial space, African space fairing nations, investment, education and more.  A comprehensive overlay of the African space industry, public and private.

Guest:  Jaume Sanpera, CEO of Sateliot in Barcelona, Spain; Topics: 5G IoT global communication system from space with focus on market, investment, technology, and more.

Guests:  Rand Simberg, Bill Simon; topics:  Evoloterra, the 50th anniversary of Apollo, returning to the Moon, present day policy, Artemis, SpaceX Musk, privates to the Moon and more.

Guests: David Vaccaro, Jacob Gullish. Topics: space competitiveness, commercial space, space policy, Futron. Today's Space Show was Part One of a two part series examining the 2009 Futron Space Competitive Index. You can download the 12 page Executive Summary by visiting www.futron.com or by sending me an email requesting the .pdf. In our first segment, our two guests explained the basics of the Futron Competitive Study, what it represents, how it was done and why Futron does this report.

Guest: Dr. David Livingston hosted an Open Lines Space Show program for this election night special program. The first segment featured my personal thoughts, opinions, and analysis regarding space solar power (SSP). If you want to know what I really think about SSP, listen to what I have to say about it. As this was election night, we talked some with the listeners about the election, about how space might fair with the new administration and Congress, and what U.S. space policy might be like in coming years.

Theresa Hitchens, Executive Director of the World Security Institute's Center for Defense Information, was the guest for this Space Show program. We started our interview by asking Ms. Hitchens about the recent U.S. shoot-down of its ailing satellite and considering this event from the perspective on U.S. space policy and how others around the world see us as a nation. Don't miss this important discussion. We then discussed U.S. space policy now and for the future by looking at space weapons, ASAT policy, national defense, budgets, and more. Ms.