Dr. Jim  Vedda (founding Space Studies faculty member) is back on The Space Show in the morning of Friday, October 19^th for a panel discussion with Dr. Paul Spudis on the importance of Cislunar economic development. The program is scheduled for 9:30-11:30 AM PDT (11:30AM-1:30 PM CDT and 12:30-2:30 PM EDT).  Listeners can talk to DR. PAUL SPUDIS or DR. JIM VEDDA using toll free 1 (866) 687-7223, and by sending e-mail during the program using drspace@thespaceshow.com.

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About the guest:

Dr. James Vedda has been with the Aerospace Corporation in Arlington, Virginia since March 2004 performing policy research and analyses for various U.S. government customers, including NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Commerce, the Air Force, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and others. Previously, he spent six and a half years at ANSER Inc., also in Arlington, assigned full time to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. This included four and a half years in the Space Policy Directorate and two years with the Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense. While at ANSER, Jim received the company's highest employee award, the Alan S. Boyd Award for Professional Development, in 2002. Jim received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Florida. His dissertation analyzed the evolution of post-Apollo space policy-making in the executive and legislative branches. He also has a master's degree in Science, Technology, and Public Policy from George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been a member of the American Astronautical Society since 1997, serving as its Vice President for Public Policy from July 2002 to November 2004, and as a member of its Board of Directors from November 2004 to November 2007. From 1987 to 1993, Jim was a professor in the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota, where he taught courses on civil, commercial, and military space policy to undergraduate and graduate students. He was one of the founding members of the faculty, helping to create the curriculum for the Master of Science in Space Studies degree. He was associate director of North Dakota's participation in the NASA Space Grant program, served a term as department chairman, and pioneered the department's use of multimedia teaching techniques. Jim's published writing has appeared in book chapters and in journals such as Space Policy, Space News, Astropolitics, Space Times, Ad Astra, Space Energy and Transportation, Space Business News, The Journal of Space Law, and Quest. He has presented conference papers for the International Astronautical Federation, the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, the Midwest Political Science Association, the NASA History Office, and the National Air & Space Museum, and commentary for the Public Members Association of the Foreign Service, CNN, and others.