This is

the CBS Island the World Hotel Mars episode end.

I'm John Bachelor David Livingston, Dr Space Himself of the Space Show is here,

is my colleague and co-host and co-pilot, and we're going to the Koreans.

North Korea, DPRK, non-transparent, a predator state, and South Korea, a strong ally of the United States,

also a space-faring country.

South Korea deploy second homegrown spy satellite from US within these last days.

South Korea, Bloomberg reporting, deploy his second domestically made spy satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the US

Enabling South Korea to keep closer tabs on threats from the likes of nuclear armed

North Korea. At the same time, we have concerns, always concerns about North Korea.

So I go to the Guardian story.

This is some weeks behind us.

First North Korean satellite is alive, that's in quotes, and being controlled experts say.

David Maxwell of the Global Peace Foundation.

He is Vice President for the Center for Asia Security, Asia Pacific Security.

David, a very good evening to you.

It appears that there's a contest underway with these spy satellites.

Let us begin with the threat, North Korea. Is this launch a product of that Tetit-a-tete with Vladimir Putin some weeks ago and a trip to Vastotchny or is this a North Korean success?

Good evening to you.

Yes, I think you know I think your answer was in your opening

remarks the non-transparent North Korea. So I think it's difficult to know for

sure, but it certainly is a coincidence with the meeting between Kim and Putin and then the recent launch.

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