John Batchelor Hotel Mars, 4-12-23, Daniel Suarez  2 segments, #4013

Guests: John Batchelor, Daniel Suarez, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Daniel's new book, "Critical Mass," plus space mining, economics, policy, politics, property rights, ISRU usage, and so much more, evening blending the science fiction of his book with what is happening in space technology and policy today.

Guest:  Tom Olson; Topics: The space year 2022 in review with a focus on commercial activities and select companies, global events, R&D, and market development such as the launch industry market.

Guest:  Dr. David Livingston, host;  Topics:  Various topics as suggested by listeners in their emails and phone calls.  The host also suggested multiple discussion topics.  We covered many topics over the two hours of this program.

Guest:  Tom Gardner;  Topics:  We talked about the Advanced Space CAPSTONE Project, engineering, lunar missions, CAPSTONE goals and objectives, cislunar development, NASA, Starship, lunar plans from other nations including China, Japan, UAE, ESA and Russia.

Guest:  Frank Slazer;  Topics:  The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, government space, commercial space, launcher comparisons with SLS and Starship, market analysis, lobbying with congress, and much more.