Bio

Rick Sterling first became fascinated with space travel in 1964 when the United States launched Mariner 4, the first successful Mars probe. In addition, the film 'Robinson Crusoe on Mars' (1964) also acted as a spark to trigger Rick's interest in space exploration. Mr. Sterling is a member of The Mars Society, The Planetary Society, The Enterprise Mission & The Space.Com Space Reporters Network (Community Contributor). Since 1990 he has been a consultant to the NASA Educator Resource Center at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, WV. He proposed the development of nuclear rockets to The SEI Presidential Commission (Stafford Commission), a proposal that has now been adopted by President George W. Bush & NASA.

Mr. Sterling provides recipients of his e-mail news notices the most complete and up to date information on a variety of space and related topics. It is also interesting to note that Mr. Sterling’s ancestor was Sir Francis Drake. He is a graduate of Linsly Military Institute and West Liberty State College.

Past Shows

Exorcisms & Demonic Possession

Expert on cults, the occult, and supernatural phenomena, Rev. Bob Larson discussed his work with exorcisms and the demonically possessed. Over the last 10 years, he said he's conducted around 10,000 exorcisms at his ministry events. The possessed... more >>
Host: George Noory

Panel: Fixing NASA

In a special panel on how to fix NASA, Richard C. Hoagland was joined by David Livingston, the founder of The Space Show, and Rick Sterling, a space expert. First, the three addressed problems with the current Shuttle program-- "we've just been marking... more >>
Host: George Noory