Welcome to this double segment of Hotel Mars featuring Anatoly Zak discussing the Russian-ESA EXOMARS mission. We discussed the probable lander failure , Schiaparelli plus the Trace Gas Orbiter (TG) that has successfully entered Martian orbit. The TGO is to look for signs of life by detecting methane and more. We also talked about the return to flight of the Soyuz carrying a new crew to the ISS. Please read the full review statement at www.thespaceshow.com for this program on this date, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.

We welcomed Dr. Moriba Jah to the program for a 62 minute discussion on the new field of Space Object Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Jah began by telling us space object behavior was all about. As you will hear, this field of study focuses on the movement of both natural and manmade objects in space, how they move, how they deteriorate, and how our culture influences these characteristics, specifically the manmade objects. As an example, he cited that US space objects typically are not designed to have their orbits or communications changed or to have maneuvers on a Friday, the weekend, holidays, and most Mondays. Space hardware from other nations does not typically follow this pattern. Our guest also talked about how space objects behave when their mission has been completed as compared to how they behaved during their mission. This study also includes unintended or unknown space object behavior. Our discussion was very interesting, it was new to me and I am sure it will be new to many of you. Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this program on this date, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.

We welcomed back Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica. During our 108 minute discussion without a break, we discussed the elon Musk talk about his Mars plan given several weeks ago in Mexico. Our discussion was comprehensive with many listener emails and calls. Among the issues talked about were legal concerns stemming from provisions of the Outer Space Treaty, obtaining the needed launch licenses, potential NASA participation, funding, public-private partnership probabilities and much more. Other topics discussed included the possible space positions of our two main presidential candidates, the future for NASA JSC, congress and NASA politics regarding approving missions, SLS & Orion, commercial heavy lift rockets, the future of the ISS, the pending Trump visit to KSC, commercial crew, the water recovery planned for the Dragon, Blue Origin progress, and more. Read the full review of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this program on this date, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016.

Welcome to this 2 hour 10 minute program featuring Dr. Doug Plata. For this program, Doug shared is experiences lobbying members of congress for his lunar cots and cislunar development ideas. Doug was in Washington, DC for the Mars Society Conference but took time off to meet with a few members of the House. He described his experience, the reception he got, the level of interest staffers expressed over his space development ideas and more. We particularly focused on his experience with the staffer on Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's office. This led to a lengthy discussion with listeners as well, on the program of record and how congress sees economic efficiency as compared to Doug and other space advocates. SLS was the subject of this discussion. Later in the program Doug talked about his talks and demonstration at both the Mars Society Conference and AIAA Space 2016. Other comments dealt with Musk and the Mars plans, the NASA Mars Plan which he said was the program of record and returning to the Moon. Read the full summary for this program on The Space Show website for this date, Oct. 16, 2016. www.thespaceshow.com.

We welcomed back Gary Hudson of The Space Studies Institute to discuss their exotic propulsion initiative and their recent exotic propulsion workshop. Gary discussed Dr. Woodward's Mach Thruster work, Eagleworks Lab and their work on EmDrive (limited discussion as information from this lab is boycotted until the paper is published in December 2016), plus other forms of propsulion. We also talked about space settlement and why the SSI supports O'Neil like orbiting colonies rather than a settlement on a planet with a gravity well. Gary provided us with his opinions on the Musk Mars plans and the giant rocket, the Interplanetary Transport System. He said the acoustic signature for such a large rocket would be extremely challenging to handle. Read the full review of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Oct. 14, 2016.

We welcomes Doug Messier of Parabolic Arc back to the show for a discussion of multiple space news stories. During our 1 hour 47 minute program, we focused on the Falcon 9 accident investigation, Elon Musk and his Mars plans, Additional toics included, the NASA Mars roadmap, developing cislunar space and the Moon, timelines, the UN buying rides on Dream Chaser, SpaceX Dragon, Sea Launch, Blue Origin update, Virgin Galactic updates, and the quality of the potential space tourism market. Doug talked about Stratolaunch, Masten Space Systems, plus he was asked for the biggest and most important stories of the year. Before the program ended, we talked about Swiss Space and Reaction Engines in the UK. Firefly problems were the last topic of the day.

Welcome to this 109 minute discussion with returning guest Dr. John Hunter. We talked about John's new plan to launch fuel & cargo to LEO via a hydrogen launching gun. John described the technology, the types of cargo and fuel that his group can launch, the time iine, and the applicability of these launches to expanding space exploration and commercial development. Please read the entire show summary at www.thespaceshow.com for this program this date, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.

Welcome to Hotel Mars for a discussion with Dr. Ashwin Vasavada of JPL regarding updates with the Mars Curiosity rover. During this double segment Hotel Mars program, we talked about rover contamination and planetary protection issues, Martian geology and in some ways comparing it to Earth geology, water streaks on Mars and much more. Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this show on this date, Oct. 5, 2016.

Welcome to our 85 minute discussion with Elliot Pulham, Executive Director of The Space Foundation. We discussed a variety of topics including the FAA approving of the Moon Express lunar license, Virgin Galactic flight testing, the Outer Space Treaty and related commercial space topics. In addition, since or guest had just returned from China, we discussed the Chinese space program. In the second half of the program, we discussed the Elon Musk Mars plans as our guest was in Mexico, heard the talk and shared his thoughts with us. For the rest of this summary, please read the full review at www.thespaceshow.com for this show this date, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016.

We welcomed back Dr. Alice Gorman to update us on space archaeology issues and the field. Our guest talked about the archaeology of space debris (junk), the possibility of solar system digs and excavations, archaeological mission planning team members, designing archaeological rovers, Mars, the Moon, Venus and more. We also talked about Native American rock drawings and solar system cave drawings. Make sure you read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Oct. 4, 2016.