On this episode of the Talking Space Podcast, the crew discusses the recent rumors surrounding what is to come of NASA's budget. Just a reminder, this was recorded on Sunday, Jan 31 and the budget was just released the day after we recorded on February 1. We go over the pros and cons to canceling Constellation as well as turning human spaceflight over to private entities and many other subjects related to the budget. We then go on to remember the crews of Apollo 1, STS-51L (Challenger) and STS-107 (Columbia) and talk about how their sacrifices have bettered human spaceflight as a whole.

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Host this week: Sawyer Rosenstein. Panel Members: Gina Herlihy, Gene Mikulka, and Mark Ratterman. Announcer: Russ Dale (@flight0001), Theme Composed by: Todd Cecilio (@negativereturn). Also a very special thanks to Jen Scheer (@flyingjenny) for designing the amazing Talking Space logo. Of course, a special thanks to you, the listener, for making this podcast a success and bringing us to our second season! Remember to email us with questions or comments as text OR an .mp3. Send it to our new email, [email protected], follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/talkingspace and be sure now to become a fan of us at our new Facebook page. Become a fan at http://bit.ly/talkingspacefb Show Recorded - Sunday, 1/31/2010