Photo, above: On 28 September 2012, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Astra-2F and GSAT-10, into their planned geostationary transfer orbits. Liftoff of flight VA209, the 65th Ariane 5 mission, came at 21:18 GMT.

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Co-host: Larry Johnson, No Quarter

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time:  Debate, Pres Obama and Gov Romney, in the presidential contest; at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: Debate, Pres Obama and Gov Romney, in the presidential contest

Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: Debate, Pres Obama and Gov Romney, in the presidential contest

Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Debate, Pres Obama and Gov Romney, in the presidential contest

Tuesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Jim McTague, Barron's Washington, in re: debate

Tuesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Larry Johnson, No Quarter, in re: debate

Tuesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Mona Charen, NRO, and Mary Kissel, WSJ editorial board, in re:

Tuesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Brett Arends, WSJ, in re:

Tuesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):  John Fund, NRO, and Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, in re: 

Tuesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):  Tammy Frisby, Stanford, and David Drucker, Roll Call, in re:

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Tammy Frisby, economics/elections expert

Currently serving as advisor to the Romney-Ryan campaign, Tammy Frisby is a political science professor at Stanford University and an expert on tax policy, health care, and presidential elections. A regular news contributor, she is currently working on two book projects, one about the politics of tax reform, the other about the politics of health care reform.

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Tuesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):  Bill Whalen, Hoover, and Gene Countryman, KNSS, in re:

Tuesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Larry Johnson, No Quarter, in re: recapitulation of the debate

Tuesday/Wed 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack, in re: space engineering, Soyuz, SpaceX, Ariane 5, skydiving

Tuesday/Wed  1220A (920 Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack, in re:  new planet in Alpha Centauri

Tuesday/Wed  1235A (935P Pacific Time): Ken Anderson, Hoover, in re: what's the legal case for drone strikes in Pakistan: is it trustworthy and solid?

Tuesday/Wed  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Roben Farzad, Bloomberg Businessweek, in re: Citi changes bosses: meet the Harvard lineman.

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Music (using New York City broadcast times)  

9:00 hour:      Knight and Day

10:00 hour:    Cowboys and Aliens; Clash of the Titans

11:00 hour:    

midnight hour:         

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