Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Malcom LeCompte, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Tunguska size object hits above Jordan Valley 1650 BCE, possibly serving as the root of the Sodom and Gomorra biblical story.

Guest: Rusty Schweickart. Topics: Planetary defense, Near Earth Objects (NEO). Former astronaut Rusty Schweickart returned to The Space Show today to update us on what is happening with efforts to develop and deploy a planetary protection policy for NEOs. Two websites you should visit for more information on this subject and to follow along with Mr. Schweickart are the Association of Space Explorers (http://www.space-explorers.org/ ) and the B612 Foundation (http://www.b612foundation.org/).