Guest:  Dr. Ajay Kothari; Topic:  Returning to the Moon post Covid 19.  Be sure to read Dr. Kothari's Space Review article from May 11, 2020.  He has posted a link to this article on the blog plus to other relevant documents.  The bottom line for Dr. Kothari was and is that it is essential to return to the surface of the Moon, we are in a fierce competition with China that also involves national security, we must bypass the Gateway and go direct using the FH or a yet to be built other large commercial rocket.  He explained the need for returning to the Moon has having two points.

Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Jeff Foust, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  SLS, delays, NASA, congressional support, NASA leadership changes, Artemis 1 launch to the Moon, lunar gateway.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright.

Guests:  Rand Simberg, Bill Simon; topics:  Evoloterra, the 50th anniversary of Apollo, returning to the Moon, present day policy, Artemis, SpaceX Musk, privates to the Moon and more.

Guest:  Marcia Smith; Topics:  space policy, NASA budgets, returning to the Moon, lunar return costs and policy, the congressional budget process and more.

Guest:  Jeff Smith; Topics:  Building a better booster per Jeff's two part series in The Space Review from Feb. 2019.  We also talked rocket and booster history, returning to the Moon and more.