Fred von Lohmann is the guest on The Space Show for Tuesday, June 10, 2003. This is a non-space program, one of those rare programs during the year when a topic is so important and so widespread that as host of The Space Show, I feel it deserves attention. Fred von Lohmann is the Senior Intellectual Property Attorney for The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Mr. Lohmann is one of the key attorneys involved in the legal arguments with the Recording Industry of America (RIAA), the downloading of music on the internet, and file sharing.

Rand Simberg, a former project manager with Rockwell International, now publishes a weekly article with Fox News Online as well as maintaining a superb space policy weblog. During this program, Mr. Simberg discusses various aspects of space policy, the manned space flight program as maintained by NASA, the ISS, space commerce and space tourism, affordable space access by the private sector, and much more. Mr. Simberg is quite outspoken about what is needed for our nation to move forward in space development, including strong recommendations regarding government space policies and programs.

David Ashford is Managing Director of Bristol Spaceplanes Limited, a spaceplane and space tourism consultancy with plans to develop the Ascender sub-orbital spaceplane. Mr. Ashford discusses space tourism, the use of reusable launch vehicles, both orbital and suborbital, his X-Prize entry, the Ascender Suborbital Vehicle, barriers to affordable space access, and space policy by government space agencies such as those in Europe and NASA. Mr.

Professor Madhu Thangavelu is with the Department Of Aerospace Engineering & School of Architecture at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. This interview focuses on why we go into space, space architecture, engineering, and the differences between the two disciplines, plus how the two disciplines come together to make space possible. We also discuss humanity's spiritual presence in space, developing and returning to the Moon, along with a humans to Mars mission. We discuss space access, the Columbia and the entire space shuttle system. Dr.

Professor Bruce Lusignan Director of the Stanford Communications Satellite Planning Center and the Stanford Center for International Cooperation in Space, along with students Brett Allard, Arnt Hein, and Luca Derosa, discuss the Stanford-Russian Mars study program, the Europe Small Satellite Program for universities, the NATO Science and Peace Program and the Moon Program. Professor Lusignan also talks about the Clementine 2 mission and the Mars Challenge with the Russians.

The Suborbital Institute and its director, Pat Bahn, along with Neil Milburn of Armadillo Aerospace, discuss suborbital space flight, policy, the Armadillo suborbital program, the TGV Rockets suborbital program, commercial space ports, and much more. We also discuss the FAA AST, lobbying, and the congressional view of private sector space access in the aftermath of the Columbia accident.

Elon Musk is the CEO of his new company, SpaceX. During this program, Mr. Musk explains what he is doing with SpaceX, his new rocket and launch vehicle company. He describes his vehicle, the Falcon, in detail, talks about its mission, payload capabilities, and why he felt it necessary to start his own rocket company. We discuss alternative access, NASA, the Colombia Accident Investigation Board, and other issues relating to developing and building an alternative launch vehicle and just how best to access space.

Chris Gillman, founder of Global Effects, Inc., makers of space suits for the entertainment industry is the guest on this edition of The Space Show. During the program, Mr. Gillman discusses space suits and their history, the different kinds of space suits and their purpose, how they are created and used in the film industry and much more. He also talks about how the actors work in them, and what they do with the suits once a film is completed. He also discusses other movie props that his company supplies, futuristic space suits, and different movie wardrobe items. Mr.

Frank White, author of The Overview Effect is the guest on this edition of The Space Show. The Overview Effect is a very powerful and compelling book, detailing among many things, the transformative effect that space has had on those that have been fortunate enough to visit it. Frequent listeners to The Space Show have heard me reference this book many times as it is one of my absolute favorite of all space books. The Overview Effect first came out about 16 years ago and in it, Frank White essentially predicted globalization which he called "Terra." Mr.

Robert Pearlman is the featured guest for this program. Robert Pearlman is the editor and founder of collectSPACE.com, the first and largest online community and resource site dedicated to space memorabilia collectors. During this program, Robert discusses the details of space memorabilia collecting, especially with regards to items from the Moon and the Apollo era. This is serious business, rapidly growing worldwide, and surprisingly, many items that have been in space from both Russia and the United States make it into the hands of collectors.