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Erika Wagner, Thaddeus R. F. Fulford-Jones, and Rosie Combs-Bachmann were the guests for this program to discuss the Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project. To learn more about this project, visit the following websites: (1) www.marsgravity.org and (2) www.yournameintospace.org. Our Mars Gravity Team explained the program in detail to us, answered many questions about the moustronaut planned experiments, and about sending your name or logo to space on their vehicle in 2010. We talked about the science behind the experiment, other schools and students involved in the project, and how the space community has reacted to and responded to the project, both of which are quite positive. We learned about the launch plans, the rocket of choice, launch delays and the impact on the mice, and much more. The Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project and the Your Name In Space Program are projects all of us should know about and support. Check out the websites and contact the students by email for your questions, your involvement, even your application to be a summer intern, a program open to high school, college and even adult participants. Also, check them out at Facebook by dong a search for name in space or something similar. You can send a comment or question buy putting "Space Show" in the subject line of your email and addressing it to info@marsgravity.org.

Joe Latrell, CEO of Beyond-Earth Enterprises, returned to The Space Show to provide us with new information about his company and rocket flights. We started the program discussing Beyond-Earth`s move from Colorado to Roswell, NM and the business environment for his rocket company in Roswell. Joe then brought us up to date on his launches, customers, payloads and more. He put forth the scenario that one should closely examine the incremental growth and development progress of a company as it strives to meet its goals and milestones as this incremental progress can determine the quality of the business and its operations. Joe then explained how Beyond-Earth Enterprises (B-EE) was making progress toward its near term goal of launching a payload of up to 50 lbs. to approximately 70 statute miles. He said the engineering, hardware, all of everything they need is now ready to do this but having a launch site is not yet a certainty. This took our interview into a discussion of Spaceport America which is to be built in southern New Mexico, the amateur launch site in Black Rock, NV, the Oklahoma Spaceport and other possible locations. Joe`s comments about the need for a spaceport to complete his mission plan was an eye opener and showed us the political side of spaceport issues, not just the technical, environmental, or economic side of the issues. Joe had provided a few discussion points for this show which included issues of balancing customer privacy with company PR which we discussed in detail. Don`t miss this discussion. We also talked about New Space (alt.space) company website claims and the rhetoric not matching reality. We asked Joe about this and how a company should go about balancing the talk and the claims with reality. Again, don`t miss this discussion. We then talked about the press, the definition of space, suborbital space, orbital flight, etc. Again, you must hear this discussion. Many listeners participated in this program and Joe fielded some very difficult and challenging questions. One set of listener questions asked Joe about his B-EE timeline for space development which is on his website and the likelihood of B-EE to meet or come close to the target dates/deadlines. You can continue to send your questions or comments to Joe Latrell. Visit his website, www.beyond-earth.com and then click on contact to send Joe an email. Here is the specific e-mail link: www.beyond-earth.com/company/contact.shtml. As always, you can send your comments and questions to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to Joe.

Ann L.Singer was the guest for this special Space Show program. Ms. Singer is a professional grant writer working with The Space Show/One Giant Leap Foundation for educational program funding for The Space Show and other soon to be announced projects. Ann started the discussion with an introduction of how she become a grant writer from her corporate finance and banking background. Ann was then asked about her space knowledge prior to hearing about The Space Show and we discussed how she evolved to coming to understand the value and importance of space in our lives from her interaction with The Space Show and me. Listeners asked many questions and two callers focused on the space story, that is, what it was that turned her around into being a supporter of space development and made it possible for her to see something in space that she had not seen before. You will certainly want to hear how Ann describes this process. We also talked about the importance of telling the right space story, of connecting it with people and their lives. Again as with so many Space Show programs, we talked about the OECD reports and their amazingly insightful way of viewing space and its benefits for us right here on Earth now. Ann was asked about the message she would give to young adults, even grade school children as well as teens up to about 30. Don`t miss her comments on this as she nails the importance of space for us all but in particular, the younger among us. Ann talked about the impact Frank White`s book, "The Overview Effect" had on her as I gave her a copy early in our professional relationship. Again, you will want to hear what she has about its meaning to her once she learned about it. Questions came up about the space knowledge of most foundations. Ann pointed out that it was usually weak but when space was part of a broader context, it fits within the guidelines of many foundations and their programming support. This Space Show program is different from others because we have gone outside the space world to talk about financially supporting space programming. You will hear an outsider to the space community talk about space, what it used to mean to her and what it now means to her. You can send your comments or questions to Ann at annlsinger@aol.com or as always through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.