We welcomed Doug Messier back to the program for a 94 minute discussion starting out with the success of the Perseverance Mars rover landing earlier in the day.  Most of the first segment was devoted to Perseverance, the various science experiments plans, the onboard hardware and instruments such as the helicopter, microphones, advanced cameras, MOXIE to make O2 out of the Martian atmosphere plus more.  Listen as Doug and callers/emailers discuss the instrument package, the experiments and the search for possible past life on Mars.  Also discussed was the landing site, Jezero Crater, plus t

Guest:  Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics:  Multiple topics for tis program.  See the tags and key words repeated below for a good summary of what Bob and I discussed with our callers for this program.

Guest:  Robert (Bob) Zimmerman;  Topics: US Presidential Election and space, Artemis, commercial space, national security space, the Space Force, Elon Musk, White Nose Bat Fungus extinction event and more.

Guest;  Andrew Chanin;  Topics:  ProcureAM, Space ETF investment strategy, exchange traded funds, commercial space global opportunities, challenges and more.

Guest:  Doug Messier;  Topics:  NewSpace, Commercial Space and Space Policy for 2020, suborbital and orbital tourism, China, 2019 events and more.