Tonight's Deep Geek as been cancelled! We just realized tonight is the BCS National Championship Game!  Sorry gang, we'll be recheding for next wk.

Slight correction to tomorrow's live podcast link - http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=57606

Join us this Thursday night for Deep Geek Live Apollo 12:
Hosts James DeRuvo, Mike Smithwick and Tim Callender will be talking about the 40th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 12.  And there may be a few surprise guests as well.

Date: Thu, January 7,... 2010
Time: 10:30 PM EST

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Don't miss it!

Sad news has come that Stan Lebar, developer of the lunar TV camera has passed away.  Stan was a guest of Conversations with Apollo in 2008, and as a tribute to him, we present a rerun of one of our most interesting interviews.

You can listen to it here.

RIP, Stan.  We couldn't have seen the moon without you.

There's a great article here by one of the Motley Fools about how Apollo was a great investment outside of it's historical and Cold War implications. 

And though I completely agree with the author's premise, there's a few things he gets wrong. First, Apollo ended in 1975 with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Skylab, as part of the Apollo Applications program was part of the Apollo Budget and used leftover Apollo hardware from three cancelled moon missions (the last CM was used for Apollo Soyuz).

Additionally, there are economists that feel that the steps taken by Roosevelt actually prolonged the depression, suggesting that the steps taken with the Stimulus and Tarp Bills could do the same. Only time will tell and there seems to be come good news coming at the moment. Great article though.

Walter Cronkite has passed away at 92, after suffering from a long illness.  He was once known as "The Most Trusted Man in America."  He was NASA's number one fan.  He was Walter Cronkite.  And with his trusted sidekick's Eric Severeid and Mercury/Gemini/Apollo veteran Wally Schirra, Cronkite covered every mission and was THE news anchor that America turned to for news - especially when it came to landing on the moon.

Godspeed, Walter.  Thanks for the coverage.

Quick program note ... the Talkshoe Show ID has been changed to 57606.  Repeat.  57606.

Episode: Deep Geek Live - Apollo 11
Scheduled Time:

Date: Thu, July 16, 2009
Time: 07:00 PM PDT

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Episode: Deep Geek Live - Apollo 11
Join us as we remember that "One Small Step ..." on the 40th
anniversary of Apollo 11.
Call ID: 51511

Personal Message from the Host:
Hello Gang. Due to technical difficulties with Blog Talk Radio's
server today, I am creating a BACKUP for our show on TalkShoe.com. It
may actually be a blessing in disguise as TalkShoe allows far more
people to be online at once. So, 7pm PT tonight.

Scheduled Time:

Date: Thu, July 16, 2009
Time: 07:00 PM PDT

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