This is the Columbia Tribute Program. Previous Space Show guests and listeners call in or send emails which are read on the air, to express their condolences to the families of the Columbia astronauts. They also discuss their vision for the future of our manned space program. Copies of this Space Show program have been sent to NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, and Senator John McCain of Arizona.

John King is a nationally recognized teacher, coach, and program leader with extensive experience in helping space advocates reach their advocacy goals. As president of JLS Consulting, Mr. King is in the unique position to work with space advocates and their organizations to produce striking results. This Space Show program discusses space advocacy, its organization, vision and future, especially in the aftermath of the tragic Columbia Space Shuttle accident.

Jim McDade and Tom McKeever discuss the Columbia shuttle accident and what it means to space development. In addition, we discuss the need for a new national day of recognition for our space program. Together as co-founders of a new drive to support such a day, Mr. McDade and Mr. McKeever started a petition drive which is explained to The Space Show listeners. You can learn more about this proposal and sign the petition by visiting http://www.july20th.us/.

Ms. Brook Mantia has been a dedicated space activist since joining the L5 Society (now the National Space Society) in 1979. She is the current president of the Golden Gate Space Frontier Society, the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of NSS. As a guest on The Space Show, Ms. Mantia discusses the importance of space commerce, space advocacy, ways to get involved in promoting space that can and will make a difference, and the need for more women to be involved in space organizations and support.

Dr. Livingston, host of The Space Show, conducts an OPEN LINES program due to a technical problem with the telephone lines in contacting the scheduled guest. During this program, several important topics are discussed and Dr. Livingston presents his Code of Ethics for Off-Earth Commerce to the listeners.

John Carter McKnight is the author of a biweekly online column, “The Spacefaring Web,” (available by email and carried at http://www.SpaceDaily.com) which addresses economic, political and technological aspects of space development. During this program, Mr. McKnight explores these issues and searches for the best methods to facilitate space tourism and commerce. We also explore Mr. McKnight's unusual but highly accurate comparison of the teachings and values of P.T. Barnum with today's business and strategic planning for off-Earth businesses.

Gene Meyers, founder of the Space Island Group, has the goal to privately finance the design, launch and construction of very large, commercial space facilities in orbit. Mr. Meyers will be discussing his plans and talking about the strategic partnerships he has developed to realize this Space Island goal.

Jim McDade, the Director of Technology at the University of Alabama Birmingham Business and Engineering Complex, is also the founder and coordinator of SpaceADG electronic newsletter. During our interview, Mr. McDade discusses his areas of interest, including giving us excellent reasons why we need to be exploring space. He also talks about the Moon/Mars debate, the Moon hoax, The Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger accident. McDade helps us to identify the facilitators for helping humanity to both live and work off-Earth.

Paul Blase, the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of TransOrbital, Inc., the company preparing to send private missions to the Moon. This program discusses the TransOrbital TrailBlazer mission with Mr. Blase, along with the full range of commercial lunar missions being planned by TransOrbital. We talk about the mock-up payload process, and about both his and the TransOrbital relationship with The Mex-LunarHab (MLH) Project and the Mex-AreoHab (MAH) and MLH projects. Since this interview is the first for Mr.

Richard Godwin is a space aficionado, space advocate and joint owner of Apogee Books which among many topics, documents our history in space. He is very interested in the education of kids regarding space and he wants to start an annual space fair. His focus is on working to get the public to see how valuable space research is for the overall economy and he discusses his ideas on our program. He also shares his insights from his work on asteroid and planetary defense issues. In addition, Mr.