We welcomed Bruce Pittman back to the show to discuss NewSpace commercial and business trends and opportunities. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for Tuesday, August 22, 2017.

John and I welcomed Bill Pratt of Lockheed Martin to the show to discuss their lunar orbiter habitat project at KSC and JSC using a former cargo carrier for the Space Shuttle. Please read the full summary of this show at www.thespaceshow.com for this program which aired on August 16, 2017.

We discussed Sharon's new book on DARPA and lots of interesting DARPA space and related projects. Read the full summary at www.thespaceshow.com for this show on this date, Sunday, August 20, 2017.

We welcomed Kim back to the show for this 90 minute one segment discussion of Moonwards, pregnancy, babies and children in space plus much more. Read the full summary at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Monday, August 21, 2017.

Welcome to this special Open Lines program for Friday evening. During our 90 minute one segment discussion, we took a call from Paul of the Humane Society making the case for better protection of animals on Earth given the lengths we seem to be going to in order to protect possible alien life on Mars and elsewhere. He refrenced the Outer Space Treaty and Article 9 which focuses on Planetary Protection. We had quite a discussion about this so don't miss it. I also put the link to his article in summary of this program on The Space Show website. Kim was the next caller. She responded to Paul's comments about artificial beef and talked about insects as a source nutrition and protein for longer duration space flight. She also referenced the comments on this subject made by Andreas at the recently concluded Starship Congress 2017 event. WE took a few listener emails, then I went over the coming schedule for Space Show programs through the rest of the month and September. Please read the full summary of this show at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, August 18, 2017.

Gary Hudson returned for this 90 minute one segment discussion about exotic propulsion, The Space Studies Institute and his new biotechnology business. Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for Tuesday, August 15, 2017.

We welcomed both Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz and Dr. Erik Seedhouse to the show to discuss Erik's new book on VASIMR. In addition, Dr. Diaz was with us to discuss VASIMR and plasma propulsion in detail. Please read the full summary of this show in detail at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Monday, August 14, 2017.

We welcomed Dylan Taylor back to the show for an 86 minute comprehensive space business program. You do not want to miss this important discussion. In addition, read the full summary of the show at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, August 13, 2017.

We welcomed Kim Holder back to this show for a 96 minute one segment discussion with me on the recently concluded Starship Congress 2017 event. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, August 11, 2017. Thank you.

We welcomed back Bill Harwood of CBS news for updates on the ISS crew, traffic management with crew and cargo vehicles docking at the ISS and much more, especially with science and commercial research on the US labs. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, August 2, 2017.