Guest:  John Strickland;  Topics:  NSS Space Pioneer Award for 2023, ISDC, Starship, alternative propulsion, nuclear propulsion including fusion, settlements, SSP, Mars and Moon competition, Boca Chica launches, needing answers to the gravity RX and much more.We welcomed John Strickland back to the program for a variety of discussion topics including NSS Awards which included an announcement with John and caller Dr.

Guests:  Steve Wolfe, James Causey; Topics:  SpaceCom as a space business to business trade show focusing on commercial space opportunities.  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.

Brent Sherwood was the guest for this special two hour Space Show program. Mr. Sherwood is a space architect with JPL who has an interest in figuring out what we will do when we return to the Moon, what we can and what we should do on the Moon, he knows about closed loop systems which we will need for lunar and all space settlement and transportation, and he has intriguing theories about the way nations choose their public space programs. We discussed all of these areas with Mr. Sherwood and much more.