Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Seth Shostak, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  SETI, the search for ET Intelligence and the new Cosmic Project at the VLA for SETI.

Guest:  Michelle Evans; Topics:  X-15 today, Michelle’s continued X-15 presentations, X-15 interest on the global stage, Antarctica, Drakes Passage, films and books, Michelle’s classic X-15 book “The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying The First Wings Into Space” and much more.

Guest:  Dr. Robert (Sam) Wilson; Topics:  Sam discussed the Space Force budget in terms of priorities and long-term focus.  See the paper per the tags and also posted on the blog for this program.

Guest:  Dr. Ethan Siegel; Topics:  Ethan's Kickstarter project, "Encyclopaedia Cosmologica, dark matter and dark energy topics, more on UAP, private fusion companies, a brief history of astrophysics and much more. 

Guests: John Batchelor, Rick Fisher, Dr. David Livingston. 

Topics:  Chinese launchers, the Chinese Moon program and their plans for Argentina. 

Guest:  Rob Lauer;  Topics:  The Las Vegas Spaceport Development Project and more.  For more information, see their website at https://lasvegasspaceport.org. 

Guest:  Gary Barnhard;  Topic:  We discussed Gary's concept to use the ISS as an SSP power technology Development and Demo platform.  His paper, "Space Station Freedom Redux: Rearchitecting ISS as a Space Solar Power Technology Development & Demonstration Platform" is posted on our blog.

Please note that several times during this interview we lost the phone audio with our guest so you will hear several seconds of dead air.  The connection remained solid, it was an audio problem likely due to number forwarding which I believe was in use with the guest phone line. I apologize for this inconvenience.

Guest:  Dr. Matt Shindell; Topics:  We discussed Matt's new book, "For The Love Of Mars, a Human History." Our discussion included the human evolution timeline, ancients and Mars, Mars cultural influences across time and our modern look at Mars.

Guests: John Batchelor, Doug Messier, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Starship and FAA for next flight, launch pad repairs, Super Heavy boosters testing, Orion, Artemis, lunar landing, FAA and questionable support

Guest:  John Jossy; Topics:  Current articles on John's excellent blog, SpaceSettlementProgress, sex in space, reproduction in space, the GRx, companies working on spin gravity, where to go when we return to the Moon, SpaceX Boca launch improvements, the PGM market &more.