Episode 210: More Miles Per Gallon

On this episode, we welcome back friend of the show Miles O'Brien, who currently is the host of "This Week in Space", an online video podcast, as well as a commentator for shuttle launch coverage for SpaceFlightNow. Recently, Miles went in front of the US Congress to testify regarding the NASA 2011 Fiscal Year budget. We talk about his testimony as well as his thoughts on the future of manned space flight and NASA as a whole. A conversation not to be missed. To see "This Week in Space", check out http://milesobrien.com http://spaceflightnow.com or download it on iTunes by clicking here. For more info, check out Miles on Twitter: @milesobrien as well as This Week in Space: @thisweekinspace. Due to circumstances beyond our control, Mark Ratterman was unable to join us for this episode. Host this week: Gina Herlihy. Panel Members: Gene Mikulka, Sawyer Rosenstein, and special guest Miles O'Brien. Announcer: Russ Dale (@flight0001), Theme Composed by: Todd Cecilio (@negativereturn). Also a very special thanks to Jen Scheer (@flyingjenny) for designing the amazing Talking Space logo. Of course, a special thanks to you, the listener, for making this podcast a success! Remember to email us with questions or comments as text OR an .mp3. Send it to our email, [email protected], follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/talkingspace and be sure now to become a fan of us at our Facebook page. Become a fan at http://bit.ly/talkingspacefb Show Recorded - Sunday, 2/28/2010