Mars Society Conference

Guest:  Dr. Doug Plata;  Topics:  Dr. Doug shares his congressional lobbying experience on lunar policy & his recent conf. presentations.  Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com.  Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program.

Guest: Dr. Gil Levin. Topics: Live on Mars per the Viking Labeled Release experiments plus modern research analysis. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use.

John Barber returned to The Space Show for this program to update us on MagLev systems and to share with listeners his concept for a MagLev sled that might be a commercially developed project. Almost from the start of this program, questions came in from listeners concerning MagLev, including a circular system designed to accelerate 70,000 pound projectiles to space. Mr. Barber fielded all of the questions about this subject, including those by Richard who has proposed such a MagLev system at the recent Mars Society Conference. Mr.