Podcast appearances and mentions of Jessica Meir

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers,China's spacefaring ambitions pose tough competition for America. With a focused, centralized program, Beijing seems likely to land taikonauts on the moon before another American flag is planted. Meanwhile, NASA faces budget cuts, leadership gaps, and technical setbacks. In his new book, journalist Christian Davenport chronicles the fierce rivalry between American firms, mainly SpaceX and Blue Origin. It's a contest that, despite the challenges, promises to propel humanity to the moon, Mars, and maybe beyond.Davenport is an author and a reporter for the Washington Post, where he covers NASA and the space industry. His new book, Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race, is out now.In This Episode* Check-in on NASA (1:28)* Losing the Space Race (5:49)* A fatal flaw (9:31)* State of play (13:33)* The long-term vision (18:37)* The pace of progress (22:50)* Friendly competition (24:53)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation. Check-in on NASA (1:28)The Chinese tend to do what they say they're going to do on the timeline that they say they're going to do it. That said, they haven't gone to the moon . . . It's really hard.Pethokoukis: As someone — and I'm speaking about myself — who wants to get America back to the moon as soon as possible, get cooking on getting humans to Mars for the first time, what should I make of what's happening at NASA right now?They don't have a lander. I'm not sure the rocket itself is ready to go all the way, we'll find out some more fairly soon with Artemis II. We have flux with leadership, maybe it's going to not be an independent-like agency anymore, it's going to join the Department of Transportation.It all seems a little chaotic. I'm a little worried. Should I be?Davenport: Yes, I think you should be. And I think a lot of the American public isn't paying attention and they're going to see the Artemis II mission, which you mentioned, and that's that mission to send a crew of astronauts around the moon. It won't land on the moon, but it'll go around, and I think if that goes well, NASA's going to take a victory leap. But as you correctly point out, that is a far cry from getting astronauts back on the lunar surface.The lander isn't ready. SpaceX, as acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy just said, is far behind, reversing himself from like a month earlier when he said no, they appear to be on track, but everybody knew that they were well behind because they've had 11 test flights, and they still haven't made it to orbit with their Starship rocket.The rocket itself that's going to launch them into the vicinity of the moon, the SLS, launches about once every two years. It's incredibly expensive, it's not reusable, and there are problems within the agency itself. There are deep cuts to it. A lot of expertise is taking early retirements. It doesn't have a full-time leader. It hasn't had a full-time leader since Trump won the election. At the same time, they're sort of beating the drum saying we're going to beat the Chinese back to the lunar surface, but I think a lot of people are increasingly looking at that with some serious concern and doubt.For what it's worth, when I looked at the betting markets, it gave the Chinese a two-to-one edge. It said that it was about a 65 percent chance they were going to get there first. Does that sound about right to you?I'm not much of a betting man, but I do think there's a very good chance. The Chinese tend to do what they say they're going to do on the timeline that they say they're going to do it. That said, they haven't gone to the moon, they haven't done this. It's really hard. They're much more secretive, if they have setbacks and delays, we don't necessarily know about them. But they've shown over the last 10, 20 years how capable they are. They have a space station in low earth orbit. They've operated a rover on Mars. They've gone to the far side of the moon twice, which nobody has done, and brought back a sample return. They've shown the ability to keep people alive in space for extended periods of times on the space station.The moon seems within their capabilities and they're saying they're going to do it by 2030, and they don't have the nettlesome problem of democracy where you've got one party come in and changing the budget, changing the direction for NASA, changing leadership. They've just set the moon — and, by the way, the south pole of the moon, which is where we want to go as well — as the destination and have been beating a path toward that for several years now.Is there anyone for merging NASA into the Department of Transportation? Is there a hidden reservoir? Is that an idea people have been talking about now that's suddenly emerged to the surface?It's not something that I particularly heard. The FAA is going to regulate the launches, and they coordinate with the airspace and make sure that the air traffic goes around it, but I think NASA has a particular expertise. Rocket science is rocket science — it's really difficult. This isn't for the faint of heart.I think a lot of people look at human space flight and it's romanticized. It's romanticized in books and movies and in popular culture, but the fact of the matter is it's really, really hard, it's really dangerous, every time a human being gets on one of those rockets, there's a chance of an explosion, of something really, really bad happening, because a million things have to go right in order for them to have a successful flight. The FAA does a wonderful job managing — or, depending on your point of view, some people don't think they do such a great job, but I think space is a whole different realm, for sure.Losing the Space Race (5:49). . . the American flags that the Apollo astronauts planted, they're basically no longer there anymore. . . There are, however, two Chinese flags on the moonHave you thought about what it will look like the day after, in this country, if China gets to the moon first and we have not returned there yet?Actually, that's a scenario I kind of paint out. I've got this new book called Rocket Dreams and we talk about the geopolitical tensions in there. Not to give too much of a spoiler, but NASA has said that the first person to return to the moon, for the US, is going to be a woman. And there's a lot of people thinking, who could that be? It could be Jessica Meir, who is a mother and posted a picture of herself pregnant and saying, “This is what an astronaut looks like.” But it could very well be someone like Wang Yaping, who's also a mother, and she came back from one of her stays on the International Space Station and had a message for her daughter that said, “I come back bringing all the stars for you.” So I think that I could see China doing it and sending a woman, and that moment where that would be a huge coup for them, and that would obviously be symbolic.But when you're talking about space as a tool of soft power and diplomacy, I think it would attract a lot of other nations to their side who are sort of waiting on the sidelines or who frankly aren't on the sidelines, who have signed on to go to the United States, but are going to say, “Well, they're there and you're not, so that's who we're going to go with.”I think about the wonderful alt-history show For All Mankind, which begins with the Soviets beating the US to the moon, and instead of Neil Armstrong giving the “one small step for man,” basically the Russian cosmonaut gives, “Its one small step for Marxism-Leninism,” and it was a bummer. And I really imagine that day, if China beats us, it is going to be not just, “Oh, I guess now we have to share the moon with someone else,” but it's going to cause some national soul searching.And there are clues to this, and actually I detail these two anecdotes in the book, that all of the flags, the American flags that the Apollo astronauts planted, they're basically no longer there anymore. We know from Buzz Aldrin‘s memoir that the flag that he and Neil Armstrong planted in the lunar soil in 1969, Buzz said that he saw it get knocked over by the thrust in the exhaust of the module lifting off from the lunar surface. Even if that hadn't happened, just the radiation environment would've bleached the flag white, as scientists believe it has to all the other flags that are on there. So there are essentially really no trace of the Apollo flags.There are, however, two Chinese flags on the moon, and the first one, which was planted a couple of years ago, or unveiled a couple of years ago, was made not of cloth, but their scientists and engineers spent a year building a composite material flag designed specifically to withstand the harsh environment of the moon. When they went back last summer for their farside sample return mission, they built a flag, — and this is pretty amazing — out of basalt, like volcanic rock, which you find on Earth. And they use basalt from earth, but of course basalt is common on the moon. They were able to take the rock, turn it into lava, extract threads from the lava and weave this flag, which is now near the south pole of the moon. The significance of that is they are showing that they can use the resources of the moon, the basalt, to build flags. It's called ISR: in situ resource utilization. So to me, nothing symbolizes their intentions more than that.A fatal flaw (9:31). . . I tend to think if it's a NASA launch . . . and there's an explosion . . . I still think there are going to be investigations, congressional reports, I do think things would slow down dramatically.In the book, you really suggest a new sort of golden age of space. We have multiple countries launching. We seem to have reusable rockets here in the United States. A lot of plans to go to the moon. How sustainable is this economically? And I also wonder what happens if we have another fatal accident in this country? Is there so much to be gained — whether it's economically, or national security, or national pride in space — that this return to space by humanity will just go forward almost no matter what?I think so. I think you've seen a dramatic reduction in the cost of launch. SpaceX and the Falcon 9, the reusable rocket, has dropped launches down. It used to be if you got 10, 12 orbital rocket launches in a year, that was a good year. SpaceX is launching about every 48 hours now. It's unprecedented what they've done. You're seeing a lot of new players — Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, others — driving down the cost of launch.That said, the main anchor tenant customer, the force driving all of this is still the government, it's still NASA, it's still the Pentagon. There is not a self-sustaining space economy that exists in addition or above and beyond the government. You're starting to see bits of that, but really it's the government that's driving it.When you talk about the movie For All Mankind, you sort of wonder if at one point, what happened in that movie is there was a huge investment into NASA by the government, and you're seeing that to some extent today, not so much with NASA, but actually on the national security side and the creation of the Space Force and the increases, just recently, in the Space Force's budget. I mean, my gosh, if you have $25 billion for this year alone for Golden Dome, the Missile Defense Shield, that's the equivalent of NASA's entire budget. That's the sort of funding that helps build those capabilities going forward.And if we should, God forbid, have a fatal accident, you think we'll just say that's the cost of human exploration and forward we go?I think a lot about this, and the answer is, I don't know. When we had Challenger and we had Columbia, the world stopped, and the Space Shuttle was grounded for months if not a year at a time, and the world just came to an end. And you wonder now if it's becoming more routine and what happens? Do we just sort of carry on in that way?It's not a perfect analogy, but when you talk about commercial astronauts, these rich people are paying a lot of money to go, and if there's an accident there, what would happen? I think about that, and you think about Mount Everest. The people climbing Mount Everest today, those mountain tourists are literally stepping over dead bodies as they're going up to the summit, and nobody's shutting down Mount Everest, they're just saying, well, if you want to climb Mount Everest, that's the risk you take. I do wonder if we're going to get that to that point in space flight, but I tend to think if it's a NASA launch, and it's NASA astronauts, and there's an explosion, and there's a very bad day, I still think there are going to be investigations, congressional reports, I do think things would slow down dramatically.The thing is, if it's SpaceX, they have had accidents. They've had multiple accidents — not with people, thank goodness — and they have been grounded.It is part of the model.It's part of the model, and they have shown how they can find out what went wrong, fix it, and return to flight, and they know their rocket so well because they fly it so frequently. They know it that well, and NASA, despite what you think about Elon, NASA really, really trusts SpaceX and they get along really well.State of play (13:33)[Blue Origin is] way behind for myriad reasons. They sat out while SpaceX is launching the Falcon 9 every couple of days . . . Blue Origin, meanwhile, has flown its New Glenn rocket one time.I was under the impression that Blue Origin was way behind SpaceX. Are they catching up?This is one of the themes of the book. They are way behind for myriad reasons. They sat out while SpaceX is launching the Falcon 9 every couple of days, they're pushing ahead with Starship, their next generation rocket would be fully reusable, twice the thrust and power of the Saturn V rocket that flew the Apollo astronauts to the Moon. Blue Origin, meanwhile, has flown its New Glenn rocket one time. They might be launching again soon within the coming weeks or months, hopefully by the end of the year, but that's two. They are so far behind, but you do hear Jeff Bezos being much more tuned into the company. He has a new CEO — a newish CEO — plucked from the ranks of Amazon, Dave Limp, and you do sort of see them charging, and now that the acting NASA administrator has sort of opened up the competition to go to the moon, I don't know that Blue Origin beats SpaceX to do it, but it gives them some incentive to move fast, which I think they really need.I know it's only a guess and it's only speculation, but when we return to the moon, which company will have built that lander?At this point, you have to put your money on SpaceX just because they're further along in their development. They've flown humans before. They know how to keep people alive in space. In their Dragon capsule, they have the rendezvous and proximity operations, they know how to dock. That's it.Blue Origin has their uncrewed lander, the Mark 1 version that they hope to land on the moon next year, so it's entirely possible that Blue Origin actually lands a spacecraft on the lunar surface before SpaceX, and that would be a big deal. I don't know that they're able to return humans there, however, before SpaceX.Do you think there's any regrets by Jeff Bezos about how Blue Origin has gone about its business here? Because obviously it really seems like it's a very different approach, and maybe the Blue Origin approach, if we look back 10 years, will seem to have been the better approach, but given where we are now and what you just described, would you guess that he's deeply disappointed with the kind of progress they made via SpaceX?Yeah, and he's been frustrated. Actually, the opening scene of the book is Jeff being upset that SpaceX is so far ahead and having pursued a partnership with NASA to fly cargo and supply to the International Space Station and then to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, and Blue Origin essentially sat out those competitions. And he turns to his team — this was early on in 2016 — and said, “From here on out, we go after everything that SpaceX goes after, we're going to compete with them. We're going to try to keep up.” And that's where they went, and sort of went all in early in the first Trump administration when it was clear that they wanted to go back to the moon, to position Blue Origin to say, “We can help you go back to the moon.”But yes, I think there's enormous frustration there. And I know, if not regret on Jeff's part, but certainly among some of his senior leadership, because I've talked to them about it.What is the war for talent between those two companies? Because if you're a hotshot engineer out of MIT, I'd guess you'd probably want to go to SpaceX. What is that talent war like, if you have any idea?It's fascinating. Just think a generation ago, you're a hot MIT engineer coming out of grad school, chances are you're going to go to NASA or one of the primes, right? Lockheed, or Boeing, or Air Jet, something like that. Now you've got SpaceX and Blue Origin, but you've got all kinds of other options too: Stoke Space, Rocket Lab, you've got Axiom, you've got companies building commercial space stations, commercial companies building space suits, commercial companies building rovers for the moon, a company called Astro Lab.I think what you hear is people want to go to SpaceX because they're doing things: they're flying rockets, they're flying people, you're actually accomplishing something. That said, the culture's rough, and you're working all the time, and the burnout rate is high. Blue Origin more has a tradition of people getting frustrated that yeah, the work-life balance is better — although I hear that's changing, actually, that it's driving much, much harder — but it's like, when are we launching? What are we doing here?And so the fascinating thing is actually, I call it SpaceX and Blue Origin University, where so many of the engineers go out and either do their own things or go to work for other companies doing things because they've had that experience in the commercial sector.The long-term vision (18:37)That's the interesting thing, that while they compete . . . at a base level, Elon and Jeff and SpaceX and Blue Origin want to accomplish the same things and have a lot in common . . .At a talk recently, Bezos was talking about space stations in orbit and there being like a million people in space in 20 years doing economically valuable things of some sort. How seriously should I take that kind of prediction?Well, I think a million people in 20 years is not feasible, but I think that's ultimately what is his goal. His goal is, as he says, he founded Amazon, the infrastructure was there: the phone companies had laid down the cables for the internet, the post office was there to deliver the books, there was an invention called the credit card, he could take people's money. That infrastructure for space isn't there, and he wants to sort of help with Elon and SpaceX. That's their goal.That's the interesting thing, that while they compete, while they poke each other on Twitter and kind of have this rivalry, at a base level, Elon and Jeff and SpaceX and Blue Origin want to accomplish the same things and have a lot in common, and that's lower the cost of access to space and make it more accessible so that you can build this economy on top of it and have more people living in space. That's Elon's dream, and the reason he founded SpaceX is to build a city on Mars, right? Something's going to happen to Earth at some point we should have a backup plan.Jeff's goal from the beginning was to say, you don't really want to inhabit another planet or celestial body. You're better off in these giant space stations envisioned by a Princeton physics professor named Gerard O'Neill, who Jeff Bezos read his book The High Frontier and became an acolyte of Gerard O'Neill from when he was a kid, and that's sort of his vision, that you don't have to go to a planet, you can just be on a Star Trekkian sort of spacecraft in orbit around the earth, and then earth is preserved as this national park. If you want to return to Earth, you can, but you get all the resources from space. In 500 years is that feasible? Yeah, probably, but that's not going to be in our lives, or our kids' lives, or our grandkids' lives.For that vision — anything like that vision — to happen, it seems to me that the economics needs to be there, and the economics just can't be national security and national prestige. We need to be doing things in space, in orbit, on the moon that have economic value on their own. Do we know what that would look like, or is it like you've got to build the infrastructure first and then let the entrepreneurs do their thing and see what happens?I would say the answer is “yes,” meaning it's both. And Jeff even says it, that some of the things that will be built, we do not know. When you had the creation of the internet, no one was envisioning Snapchat or TikTok. Those applications come later. But we do know that there are resources in space. We know there's a plentiful helium three, for example, on the surface of the moon, which it could be vital for, say, quantum computing, and there's not a lot of it on earth, and that could be incredibly valuable. We know that asteroids have precious metals in large quantities. So if you can reduce the cost of accessing them and getting there, then I think you could open up some of those economies. If you just talk about solar rays in space, you don't have day and night, you don't have cloud cover, you don't have an atmosphere, you're just pure sunlight. If you could harness that energy and bring it back to earth, that could be valuable.The problem is the cost of entry is so high and it's so difficult to get there, but if you have a vehicle like Starship that does what Elon envisions and it launches multiple times a day like an airline, all you're really doing is paying for the fuel to launch it, and it goes up and comes right back down, it can carry enormous amounts of mass, you can begin to get a glimmer of how this potentially could work years from now.The pace of progress (22:50)People talk about US-China, but clearly Russia has been a long-time player. India, now, has made extraordinary advancements. Of course, Europe, Japan, and all those countries are going to want to have a foothold in space . . .How would you characterize the progress now than when you wrote your first book?So much has happened that the first book, The Space Barons was published in 2018, and I thought, yeah, there'll be enough material here for another one in maybe 10 years or so, and here we are, what, seven years later, and the book is already out because commercial companies are now flying people. You've got a growth of the space ecosystem beyond just the Space Barons, beyond just the billionaires.You've got multiple players in the rocket launch market, and really, I think a lot of what's driving it isn't just the rivalries between the commercial companies in the United States, but the geopolitical space race between the United States and China, too that's really driving a lot of this, and the technological change that we've seen has moved very fast. Again, how fast SpaceX is launching, Blue Origin coming online, new launch vehicles, potentially new commercial space stations, and a broadening of the space ecosystem, it's moving fast. Does that mean it's perfect? No, companies start, they fail, they have setbacks, they go out of business, but hey, that's capitalism.Ten years from now, how many space stations are going to be in orbit around the earth?I think we'll have at least one or two commercial space stations for the United States, I think China. Is it possible you've got the US space stations, does that satisfy the demand? People talk about US-China, but clearly Russia has been a long-time player. India, now, has made extraordinary advancements. Of course, Europe, Japan, and all those countries are going to want to have a foothold in space for their scientists, for their engineers, for their pharmaceutical companies that want to do research in a zero-G environment. I think it's possible that there are, within 10 years, three, maybe even four space stations. Yeah, I think that's possible.Friendly competition (24:53)I honestly believe [Elon] . . . wants Blue to be better than they are.Do you think Musk thinks a lot about Blue Origin, or do you think he thinks, “I'm so far ahead, we're just competing against our own goals”?I've talked to him about this. He wishes they were better. He wishes they were further along. He said to me years ago, “Jeff needs to focus on Blue Origin.” This is back when Jeff was still CEO of Amazon, saying he should focus more on Blue Origin. And he said that one of the reasons why he was goading him and needling him as he has over the years was an attempt to kind of shame him and to get him to focus on Blue, because as he said, for Blue to be successful, he really needs to be dialed in on it.So earlier this year, when New Glenn, Blue Origin's big rocket, made it to orbit, that was a moment where Elon came forward and was like, respect. That is hard to do, to build a rocket to go to orbit, have a successful flight, and there was sort of a public high five in the moment, and now I think he thinks, keep going. I honestly believe he wants Blue to be better than they are.There's a lot of Elon Musk skeptics out there. They view him either as the guy who makes too big a prediction about Tesla and self-driving cars, or he's a troll on Twitter, but when it comes to space and wanting humanity to have a self-sustaining place somewhere else — on Mars — is he for real?Yeah, I do believe that's the goal. That's why he founded SpaceX in the first place, to do that. But the bottom line is, that's really expensive. When you talk about how do you do that, what are the economic ways to do it, I think the way he's funding that is obviously through Starlink and the Starlink system. But I do believe he wants humanity to get to Mars.The problem with this now is that there hasn't been enough competition. Blue Origin hasn't given SpaceX competition. We saw all the problems that Boeing has had with their program, and so much of the national space enterprise is now in his hands. And if you remember when he had that fight and the breakup with Donald Trump, Elon, in a moment of peak, threatened to take away the Dragon spacecraft, which is the only way NASA can fly its astronauts anywhere to space, to the International Space Station. I think that was reckless and dangerous and that he regretted it, but yes, the goal to get to Mars is real, and whatever you think about Elon — and he certainly courts a controversy — SpaceX is really, really good at what they do, and what they've done is really unprecedented from an American industrial perspective.My earliest and clearest memory of America and space was the landing on Mars. I remember seeing the first pictures probably on CBS news, I think it was Dan Rather saying, “Here are the first pictures of the Martian landscape,” 1976, and if you would've asked me as a child then, I would've been like, “Yeah, so we're going to be walking on Mars,” but I was definitely hooked and I've been interested in space, but are you a space guy? How'd you end up on this beat, which I think is a fantastic beat? You've written two books about it. How did this happen?I did not grow up a space nerd, so I was born in 1973 —Christian, I said “space guy.” I didn't say “space nerd,” but yeah, that is exactly right.My first memory of space is actually the Challenger shuttle exploding. That was my memory. As a journalist, I was covering the military. I'd been embedded in Iraq, and my first book was an Iraq War book about the national guard's role in Iraq, and was covering the military. And then this guy, this was 10 years ago, 12 years ago, at this point, Elon holds a press conference at the National Press Club where SpaceX was suing the Pentagon for the right to compete for national security launch contracts, and he starts off the press conference not talking about the lawsuit, but talking about the attempts. This was early days of trying to land the Falcon 9 rocket and reuse it, and I didn't know what he was talking about. And I was like, what? And then I did some research and I was like, “He's trying to land and reuse the rockets? What?” Nobody was really covering it, so I started spending more time, and then it's the old adage, right? Follow the money. And if the richest guys in the world — Bezos Blue Origin, at the time, Richard Branson, Paul Allen had a space company — if they're investing large amounts of their own personal fortune into that, maybe we should be paying attention, and look at where we are now.On sale everywhere The Conservative Futurist: How To Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised Faster, Please! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe

Becoming an astronaut now or in the past was and remains a strict and demanding process. One needs 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command time in a jet aircraft, or two years of relevant professional training, along with a master's degree in STEM fields (not all degrees count), or a Ph.D. and test pilot training, etc. This is just to apply, not to mention 20/20 vision and meeting strict anthropometric requirements, before going through years of tough training. Astronauts are, in essence, the best of the best. And since American space work in particular got off the ground both men and women have made an impact in areas where others would simply not succeed. Therefore it is odd that Jeff Bezos is using his Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, actually shaped like a real penis, to shoot his girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez, and a crew of women into a suborbital flight for 15 minutes in the name of ‘women'. Sánchez, who is a trained pilot, will lead the crew, stating: “It's going to be women who are making a difference in the world and who are impactful and have a message to send.” But perhaps Bezos, Sánchez, and corporate media have forgotten about the countless pioneering women from all over the world who have already done what Blue Origin seeks to do as part of what could be just a PR stunt using women as the hook - Bezos, after all, did cheat on his ex-wife. For example, Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian astronaut, with two advanced engineering degrees and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, pioneered vertical take-off and landing concepts now being used by… SpaceX and Bezos' Blue Origin. Peggy Whitson holds the record for the most cumulative days in space period at 665. Christina Koch holds the record for the longest extended stay in space for a woman - 328 days. She also participated with Jessica Meir in the first all-female spacewalk. Kate Rubins was the first astronaut period to sequence DNA in space. Eileen Collins earned four degrees in STEM, economics and management while finding time to become a U.S. AF pilot, and eventually become the first woman ever to pilot a space shuttle. She also docked with the Russian space station and facilitated the deployment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The first African American woman in space, Mae Jemison, born in 1956 in Alabama went on to earn an engineering degree in her teens, and a doctorate shortly after, before becoming an astronaut and carrying out 44 science experiments in space. Nicole Mann become the first Native woman in space in 2022. Then there is the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, with a Ph.D. in physics and several NASA missions to her name. She also investigated the Challenger disaster and the Columbia crash. The first two women in space, however, were Russian, paving the way for all others: Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya. Dismissing this inspiring history demeans and degrades and erases women from history.*The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.-FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKMAIN WEBSITECashApp: $rdgable EMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

Tre olika farkoster, tre olika bakgrunder, tre astronauter! Idag bjuder vi på något så unikt som ett samtal mellan de tre svenskarna som varit i rymden, Christer Fuglesang, Jessica Meir och Marcus Wandt. Avsnittet är en del av ett längre samtal som filmades på Saab i slutet av februari 2024.Jessica var på den internationell rymdstationen i nästan 7 månader 2019-2020. Christer var på ISS 12 dagar 2006 och 14 dagar 2009, och Marcus landade den 9 februari i år efter 21 dagar utan fast mark under fötterna.Har vi åkt till Mars än? görs på Beppo av Rundfunk Media i samarbete med Saab.

Nu ska vår tredje svenske astronaut, Marcus Wandt, upp till den internationella rymdstationen. Den här gången är det kommersiella rymdbolag som sköter själva turen upp dit, hur fungerar det? Hur är läget med rymdstationen nu i krigstider - och vad är det Marcus Wandt ska upp dit och göra? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Efter Christer Fuglesang och svenskamerikanska Jessica Meir står nu Marcus Wandt på tur för ett två veckors besök på rymdstationen ISS. Eftersom den numera är färdigbyggd så kommer han i huvudsak att ägna sig åt forskning under sitt besök. Det handlar om hur hjärnan fungerar i en så trång och stökig arbetsmiljö, om sömn och om stamceller, och resultaten kan vara till nytta både på jorden och på framtida längre rymdfärder, säger forskarna som han samarbetar med. Wandt blir förste svensk att åka upp i en farkost byggd och ägd av ett kommersiellt bolag, Spacex, och det är även ett privat företag som säljer biljetten till ESA som han representerar. Lite som kommunal snöröjning på entreprenad, eller dagens avreglerade tågmarknad, säger rymdfartsexperten Sven Grahn. Medverkande: Sven Grahn, senior forskare, KTH; Sara Sällström, reporter VetenskapsradionLjudtekniker: Elvira BjörnfotProgramledare: Lena Nordlundlena.nordlund@sr.seProducent: Björn Gunérbjorn.guner@sr.se

Från stridspilot till astronaut. Marcus Wandt tränar nu hårt för att åka ut i rymden. På bara några månader måste han lära sig allt som behövs för att klara sitt uppdrag. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Den 17 januari 2024 är det planerat att Marcus Wandt ska åka till den internationella rymdstationen ISS. Han blir då den tredje svensken som får resa ut i rymden, om man förutom Christer Fuglesang också räknar med svenskamerikanska Jessica Meir.Hemma har Markus Wandt tre barn. För sin 10-åring har han fått berätta vad som kan gå fel på resan. I rymden kommer han vara forskarnas förlängda arm bland vetenskapliga experiment och mätutrustning i tyngdlöshet. Programmet sändes första gången i oktober 2023.Medverkande Marcus WandtReporter Sara Sällström

Gäster: Filip Andersson, Christer Svensson, Daniel Sanchez, Jonathan Rollins … Relevanta länkar: …Beyonce https://www.travelnews.se/sverige/hotell/92917/ …LaTavia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTavia_Roberson …Roy Levesta Jones Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Jones_Jr. …Söndagsöppet https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6ndags%C3%B6ppet …Michael Collins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut) …Jessica Meir https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Jessica_Meir_portrait_in_a_WB-57_flight_suit_%283%29.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2018e083590_alt.jpg …guldhjälmen https://www.reuschjewelers.com/blog/2019/Jul/24/gold-coated-visors-protected-apollo-11-astronauts-/ …gråt https://thepointsguy.com/guide/why-you-cry-on-airplanes/ …disney worlds priser https://www.disneyholidays.com/walt-disney-world/tickets/ …explosionen https://twitter.com/crazyclipsonly/status/1655764525709410304 https://twitter.com/matsampaioo/status/1656324431331852289 https://twitter.com/martinsoneby/status/1656040269861601280?s=20 …pepparsprayaren https://twitter.com/KingmadeNuke/status/1655691390293008384?t=VQdFUWSts1sr-HywRLycTA&s=07 …baksäteständaren https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07H0DHEBLI0 …vindkraftverket https://www.tv4.se/artikel/6JQiedJoECJ63YlQLKSNfj/vindkraftverk-i-lagor-i-natt-vingar-stoertade-till-marken …karuselloperatören https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsBgEwXAgB6/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D Låtarna som spelades var: BAYRAKTAR is Life - Taras Borovko squeeda ft. Enluv- Invisible Medicine Before I Let Go - Maze & Frankie Beverly Loco in Acapulco - Four Tops Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest Mexican Hat Dance (Jarabe Tapatio) - The Mariachis Alla låtar finns i AMK Morgons spellista här: https://open.spotify.com/user/amk.morgon/playlist/6V9bgWnHJMh9c4iVHncF9j?si=so0WKn7sSpyufjg3olHYmg Stötta oss gärna på Swish, varje litet bidrag uppskattas enormt! 123 646 2006

Från stridspilot till astronaut. Marcus Wandt tränar nu hårt för att åka ut i rymden. På bara några månader måste han lära sig allt som behövs för att klara sitt uppdrag. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. I januari 2024 är det planerat att Marcus Wandt ska åka till den internationella rymdstationen ISS. Han blir då den tredje svensken som får resa ut i rymden, om man förutom Christer Fuglesang också räknar med svenskamerikanska Jessica Meir.Hemma har Markus Wandt tre barn. För sin 10-åring har han fått berätta vad som kan gå fel på resan. I rymden kommer han vara forskarnas förlängda arm bland vetenskapliga experiment och mätutrustning i tyngdlöshet. Medverkande Marcus WandtReporter Sara Sällström

Gäster: Filip Andersson, Christer Svensson, Daniel Sanchez, Jonathan Rollins … Story Hotel är tillbaka med en oslagbar rabatt! Kampanjen är bokningsbar fr.o.m. måndag 19 december 2022, för boende på Story Hotel Riddargatan, Story Hotel Signalfabriken och Story Hotel Studio Malmö under perioden 1 januari - 31 augusti 2023. AMK Morgons lyssnare har 30% rabatt på samtliga rumskategorier. Patreons har 40% rabatt på samtliga rumskategorier För att boka, gå in på hyatt.com och ange koden 165414 under "Corporate or Group Code" (viktigt att inte välja annan typ av rabattkod). … Relevanta länkar: …Beyonce https://www.travelnews.se/sverige/hotell/92917/ …LaTavia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTavia_Roberson …Roy Levesta Jones Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Jones_Jr. …Söndagsöppet https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6ndags%C3%B6ppet …Michael Collins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut) …Jessica Meir https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Jessica_Meir_portrait_in_a_WB-57_flight_suit_%28... https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2018e083590_alt.jpg …guldhjälmen https://www.reuschjewelers.com/blog/2019/Jul/24/gold-coated-visors-protected-apollo-11-astronauts-/ Låtarna som spelades var: BAYRAKTAR is Life - Taras Borovko squeeda ft. Enluv- Invisible Medicine Before I Let Go - Maze & Frankie Beverly Loco in Acapulco - Four Tops Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest Alla låtar finns i AMK Morgons spellista här: https://open.spotify.com/user/amk.morgon/playlist/6V9bgWnHJMh9c4iVHncF9j?si=so0WKn7sSpyufjg3olHYmg Stötta oss gärna på Swish, varje litet bidrag uppskattas enormt! 123 646 2006

Nuestro viaje comienza en el Ártico, donde cada verano se desprenden enormes cantidades de hielo de los bordes de los glaciares que se derriten en Groenlandia. En la parte superior de la capa de hielo, el glaciólogo Alun Hubbard desciende a un moulin para tratar de comprender los mecanismos que están impulsando esta histórica pérdida de hielo. En otras partes del Ártico, no solo está desapareciendo el hielo terrestre. En el golfo de San Lorenzo, Canadá, los biólogos están tratando de averiguar cómo afectará la pérdida de hielo marino a la vida de las crías de arpa. En la Rusia ártica, con la pérdida del hielo marino del verano, cada vez llegan más osos polares a la isla de Wrangel. Aquí, un guardabosques local y científicos desafían a los osos hambrientos para evaluar su futura supervivencia. La pérdida de hielo marino afecta no solo a la vida silvestre sino también a las personas. En la remota comunidad de Qaanaaq, Groenlandia, los cazadores inuit locales encuentran que el hielo es demasiado peligroso para viajar y cazar, poniendo en riesgo su forma de vida tradicional. Y estos cambios que ocurren en el Ártico tienen el potencial de afectar a las personas mucho más allá. En la tundra abierta de Alaska, los lagos burbujeantes insinúan los gases que se liberan del suelo previamente congelado, incluido el metano, un potente gas de efecto invernadero. Hay un lugar donde se puede presenciar mejor la escala completa de un Ártico que se derrite: desde el espacio. Con base en la Estación Espacial Internacional, la astronauta Jessica Meir observa los incendios forestales en toda Europa y refleja cómo nuestros patrones climáticos cambiantes están interconectados. La rápida pérdida de hielo también está ocurriendo en las altas montañas de los continentes del planeta. El glaciólogo Hamish Pritchard utiliza un sofisticado sistema de radar instalado en un helicóptero para tratar de cuantificar cuánto hielo queda en los glaciares del Himalaya que antes no estaban cartografiados. Es importante ya que, río abajo, unos 1200 millones de personas dependen del agua de deshielo de los glaciares como fuente principal de agua dulce. Finalmente, en la Antártida conocemos a Bill Fraser, quien ha dedicado 45 años de su vida al estudio del pingüino Adelia. Durante este período, ha sido testigo de cambios en las condiciones climáticas y la extinción de colonias enteras. Estos 'canarios en la mina de carbón' son una señal de que no todo está bien, incluso en el lugar más remoto de la tierra. Y los cambios aquí tienen el potencial de afectarnos a todos, por lo que un grupo internacional de científicos se encuentra en una misión urgente para evaluar la estabilidad de una enorme masa de hielo conocida como la plataforma de hielo de Thwaites. Si este tapón de hielo se derrite y se desliza hacia el océano, elevará los niveles globales del mar, lo que afectará a las comunidades costeras de todo el planeta. Los cambios sin precedentes que nuestros científicos están presenciando pueden ser profundos, pero existe la esperanza de que, a través de una combinación de tecnología y fuerza de voluntad, todavía haya tiempo para salvar lo que queda de nuestro planeta helado.

Becoming an astronaut now or in the past was and remains a strict and demanding process. One needs 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command time in a jet aircraft, or two years of relevant professional training, along with a master's degree in STEM fields (not all degrees count), or a Ph.D. and test pilot training, etc. This is just to apply, not to mention 20/20 vision and meeting strict anthropometric requirements, before going through years of tough training. Astronauts are, in essence, the best of the best. And since American space work in particular got off the ground both men and women have made an impact in areas where others would simply not succeed. Therefore it is odd that Jeff Bezos is using his Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, actually shaped like a real penis, to shoot his girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez, and a crew of women into a suborbital flight for 15 minutes in the name of ‘women'. Sánchez, who is a trained pilot, will lead the crew, stating: “It's going to be women who are making a difference in the world and who are impactful and have a message to send.” But perhaps Bezos, Sánchez, and corporate media have forgotten about the countless pioneering women from all over the world who have already done what Blue Origin seeks to do as part of what could be just a PR stunt using women as the hook - Bezos, after all, did cheat on his ex-wife. For example, Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian astronaut, with two advanced engineering degrees and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, pioneered vertical take-off and landing concepts now being used by… SpaceX and Bezos' Blue Origin. Peggy Whitson holds the record for the most cumulative days in space period at 665. Christina Koch holds the record for the longest extended stay in space for a woman - 328 days. She also participated with Jessica Meir in the first all-female spacewalk. Kate Rubins was the first astronaut period to sequence DNA in space. Eileen Collins earned four degrees in STEM, economics and management while finding time to become a U.S. AF pilot, and eventually become the first woman ever to pilot a space shuttle. She also docked with the Russian space station and facilitated the deployment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The first African American woman in space, Mae Jemison, born in 1956 in Alabama went on to earn an engineering degree in her teens, and a doctorate shortly after, before becoming an astronaut and carrying out 44 science experiments in space. Nicole Mann become the first Native woman in space in 2022. Then there is the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, with a Ph.D. in physics and several NASA missions to her name. She also investigated the Challenger disaster and the Columbia crash. The first two women in space, however, were Russian, paving the way for all others: Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya. Dismissing this inspiring history demeans and degrades and erases women from history.

Our guest on this episode is captivating! Who better to talk to us about "captivating on command" than the dazzling Stephanie Garcia?  Capturing the attention of an audience or a potential client is a skill that can take people many years to hone. There's a psychology to what people respond to, and Stephanie has it completely dialed-in. "The meaning of communication is the response that you get." We learn a lot about how to think about communication on this episode -- get your note taking devices ready! Our guest... Stephanie Garcia is a live video strategist for brands and entrepreneurs–from moonwalkers to MasterChefs–who want to go from unknown to unforgettable. A digital marketing expert with 15 years of ad agency experience, she has helped thousands of her clients and students get on the Fascination Fast Track™ to ignite their ideas and become confident on camera. With her proven system, clients discover how to create crave-worthy content, get audiences buzzing with excitement, and how to deliver a spell-binding presentation that hooks viewers in. Her client, MasterChef Claudia Sandoval, drove 178K downloads of her book from her first live stream within 24 hours. She's also coached astronaut Jessica Meir and her team for a live interview in space. Named as one of the Top 50 Digital Marketing Thought Leaders by the University of Missouri St. Louis, her work has been recognized and awarded by Forbes, Online Marketing Media And Advertising, PR Daily, Forrester, and Gartner 1to1 Media. Stephanie's book reco: "Sleight of Mouth" by Doug O'Brien. If you'd like to watch us record this (we livestreamed it), the video is HERE. And if you'd like to check out her previous episode - 24 - it's HERE.  ~._.*._.~ We are "Making a Marketer"... in all ways. Check out episode 124 - and please take a minute to follow, rate, & review us on your podcast platform of choice & get each ep. when it drops... Also, share with your friends & colleagues! https://bit.ly/mamITuneNEW ::: This episode is made possible by Powers of Marketing - emPOWERing amazing podcast experiences & online and in person events ::: **ALSO: Our editor Avri makes amazing music! Check out his music on Spotify!**

Becoming an astronaut now or in the past was and remains a strict and demanding process. One needs 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command time in a jet aircraft, or two years of relevant professional training, along with a master's degree in STEM fields (not all degrees count), or a Ph.D. and test pilot training, etc. This is just to apply, not to mention 20/20 vision and meeting strict anthropometric requirements, before going through years of tough training. Astronauts are, in essence, the best of the best. And since American space work in particular got off the ground both men and women have made an impact in areas where others would simply not succeed. Therefore it is odd that Jeff Bezos is using his Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, actually shaped like a real penis, to shoot his girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez, and a crew of women into a suborbital flight for 15 minutes in the name of ‘women'. Sánchez, who is a trained pilot, will lead the crew, stating: “It's going to be women who are making a difference in the world and who are impactful and have a message to send.” But perhaps Bezos, Sánchez, and corporate media have forgotten about the countless pioneering women from all over the world who have already done what Blue Origin seeks to do as part of what could be just a PR stunt using women as the hook - Bezos, after all, did cheat on his ex-wife. For example, Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian astronaut, with two advanced engineering degrees and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, pioneered vertical take-off and landing concepts now being used by… SpaceX and Bezos' Blue Origin. Peggy Whitson holds the record for the most cumulative days in space period at 665. Christina Koch holds the record for the longest extended stay in space for a woman - 328 days. She also participated with Jessica Meir in the first all-female spacewalk. Kate Rubins was the first astronaut period to sequence DNA in space. Eileen Collins earned four degrees in STEM, economics and management while finding time to become a U.S. AF pilot, and eventually become the first woman ever to pilot a space shuttle. She also docked with the Russian space station and facilitated the deployment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The first African American woman in space, Mae Jemison, born in 1956 in Alabama went on to earn an engineering degree in her teens, and a doctorate shortly after, before becoming an astronaut and carrying out 44 science experiments in space. Nicole Mann become the first Native woman in space in 2022. Then there is the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, with a Ph.D. in physics and several NASA missions to her name. She also investigated the Challenger disaster and the Columbia crash. The first two women in space, however, were Russian, paving the way for all others: Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya. Dismissing this inspiring history demeans and degrades and erases women from history.

Stephanie Liu guest is a live video strategist for brands and entrepreneurs–from moonwalkers to MasterChefs–who want to go from unknown to unforgettable. A digital marketing expert with 15 years of ad agency experience, helped thousands of her clients and students get on the Fascination Fast Track™ to ignite their ideas and become confident on camera. With her proven system, clients discover how to create crave-worthy content, get audiences buzzing with excitement, and how to deliver a spell-binding presentation that hooks viewers in. Her client, MasterChef Claudia Sandoval, drove 178K downloads of her book from her first live stream within 24 hours. She's also coached astronaut Jessica Meir and her team for a live interview in space. Named as one of the Top 50 Digital Marketing Thought Leaders by the University of Missouri St. Louis, her work has been recognized and awarded by Forbes, Online Marketing Media And Advertising, PR Daily, Forrester, and Gartner 1to1 Media. She is the host of Lights, Camera, Live co-author of Ultimate Guide to Social Media. In this episode Sally and Stephanie talked about how to repurpose your content, some important notes on content creation and many more. Connect with Stephanie:  Website: https://lightscameralive.com Website: https://captivateoncommand.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heystephanieliu Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smstrategist/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-liu/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/heystephanie Connect with Sally and the Sparkle World:  Website: https://sparkleclassacademy.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sallysparkscousins/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SallySparksCousins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SallySparksCousins

På måndag skickas en jättelik raket mot månen. Det är ett första steg för Artemisprojektet som vill föra människan tillbaka till månen och använda den som bas för att resa till Mars. Orion heter rymdfarkosten som raketen ska slunga iväg. Den ska färdas bortom månen och återvända till jorden med data åt en framtida bemannad farkost. Siktet är inställt på att sedan kunna landa den första kvinnan på månen ska det bli svenskamerikanska Jessica Meir? Mån- och Marsresor kan kännas avlägsna i det polariserade politiska klimatet som råder nu inför valet. Vi pratar om de stora ideologiernas verktyg för att tackla klimatkrisen, och om de ständigt ökande elpriserna.Poddledare: Camilla WidebeckProducent: Peter Normark peter.normark@sverigesradio.se

To celebrate the 53rd anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission this week, enjoy this special astronaut combo from The Late Show vault. First up, Stephen's talk with Astronaut Jessica Meir LIVE from The International Space Station: recorded in the early days of the coronavirus lockdown. Next, legendary Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin assures our audience that the moon landing was NOT faked, but dishes out some other spicy pieces of lunar gossip in "Moon Scoops." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Första sommaravsnittet för 2022 är här och det handlar om att släppa en ny bok och i synnerhet Annelis purfärska Tända stjärnor. Det blir prat om hur det är att ha sin första riktiga releasefest, förväntningar, ljudklipp från festen och om hur det var för Anneli att träffa en av sina förebilder - svensk-amerikanska NASA-astronauten Jessica Meir och överräcka boken till henne dagen efter boksläppet!   Gå gärna med i/in i Facebookgruppen och ställ frågor, dela med dig av kunskap och erfarenheter eller tyck till om dagens tema. Kanske kan du hitta dina nya skrivvänner? Facebookgruppen hittar du här: https://www.facebook.com/groups/848229862689239/   I Podden Skrivvänner hör du feelgood-författaren Anneli Olsson som har gett ut "Fritt fall" och "Stormsteg" i serien om Alva Bergman och utkommer med del tre "Solkurvor" i höst samt "Tända stjärnor", del ett i en ny serie juni 2022. Och du hör spänningsförfattaren Stina Flodén som debuterade i april 2022 med ”Nu dör vi”.   Stina och Anneli hittar du på Instagram: stina.floden och forfattaranneli samt på TikTok som poddenskrivvanner

This week on Lady History: We're returning to the final frontier. Journey to the stars with determined doctor Mae Jemison, self-reliant scientist Pearl Young, and amazing astronaut Jessica Meir. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz Archival audio in this episode is from "Suspense: Kiss Me Again, Stranger" (1953), "Young and Innocent (The Girl Was Young)" (1937), and "And Then There Were None" (1945). A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources, attributions, and further readings, can be found at ladyhistorypod.com Support us on Patreon for just $1: www.patreon.com/ladyhistorypod Follow us on Twitter, TikTok & Instagram: @ladyhistorypod Have a question? A business inquiry? Contact: ladyhistorypod@gmail.com Leave us an audio message for a chance to be featured in the show: anchor.fm/ladyhistory/messages

(Intro) St. Patrick's Day Facts (Topic) When is the last time you got lucky? (Dirty) Instagram puts Kanye on timeout. Kim talks about Pete Davidson on the Ellen show. Jussie Smollet is free pending appeal. (5TYNTK) Senators King and Collins support additional assistance for Ukraine. Camera found in Bates College dorm bathroom. Busy stretch of 295 shutting down in Maine. Jessica Meir honored by the Maine Women's Hall of Fame. Happy St. Patrick's Day! (Outro) St. Paddy's TBT

Join NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Félix Lajeunesse, Creative Director from Felix & Paul Studios, and Jonathan Woods, Executive Producer from TIME Studios, as they discuss the making of Space Explorers: The ISS Experience,the largest production ever filmed in space. Shot over two years, the series offers an intimate take on the joy, wonder, and dangers of life in orbit as Jessica Meir and seven of her fellow astronauts take on life-changing missions aboard the International Space Station. Joined by Moderator Laura Mingail, Meir, Lajeunesse and Woods will share their personal experiences, challenges and the meaning that their epic four-part immersive series conveys for each.

ESA's senior science advisor Mark McCaughrean joins Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to enthuse about the most powerful space telescope ever built. And NASA astronaut Jessica Meir discusses coming back from the ISS to a world in the grip of Covid-19, her first all women space walk, and her preparations as part of the Artemis astronaut corps. Plus new CEO of the UK Space Agency, Paul Bate, on the UK's continued success within the space industry. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

ESA's senior science advisor Mark McCaughrean joins Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to enthuse about the most powerful space telescope ever built. And NASA astronaut Jessica Meir discusses coming back from the ISS to a world in the grip of Covid-19, her first all women space walk, and her preparations as part of the Artemis astronaut corps. Plus new CEO of the UK Space Agency, Paul Bate, on the UK's continued success within the space industry. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

ESA's senior science advisor Mark McCaughrean joins Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to enthuse about the most powerful space telescope ever built. And NASA astronaut Jessica Meir discusses coming back from the ISS to a world in the grip of Covid-19, her first all women space walk, and her preparations as part of the Artemis astronaut corps. Plus new CEO of the UK Space Agency, Paul Bate, on the UK's continued success within the space industry. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In this quick introduction and teaser episode, listen as the Agency Accelerated producer and showrunner, Mike Allton, changes things up and interviews the regular host, Stephanie Liu. Stephanie talks about what Agency Accelerated is about, why marketing agencies should listen to the podcast, and what they will likely learn from it. Stephanie also shares her favorite episode from this marketing agency podcast and why it was so much fun for her to geek out alongside listeners. ABOUT STEPHANIE LIU Stephanie Liu is a live video strategist for brands and entrepreneurs–from moonwalkers to MasterChefs–who want to go from unknown to unforgettable. A digital marketing expert with 15 years of ad agency experience, she has helped thousands of her clients and students get on the Fascination Fast Track™ to ignite their ideas and become confident on camera. With her proven system, clients discover how to create crave-worthy content, get audiences buzzing with excitement, and how to deliver a spell-binding presentation that hooks viewers in. Her client, MasterChef Claudia Sandoval, drove 178K downloads of her book from her first live stream within 24 hours. She's also coached astronaut Jessica Meir and her team for a live interview in space. Named as one of the Top 50 Digital Marketing Thought Leaders by the University of Missouri St. Louis, her work has been recognized and awarded by Forbes, Online Marketing Media And Advertising, PR Daily, Forrester, and Gartner 1to1 Media. She is the host of Lights, Camera, Live and the co-author of Ultimate Guide to Social Media, published by Entrepreneur Press. She lives in San Diego, CA. LINKS Agency Accelerated Calendar - https://www.agorapulse.com/calendar How To Add Agency Revenue With Social Media Services - https://bit.ly/AddAgencyRevenue Subscribe to Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/AgencyAccelerated Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/AgencyPodcast Subscribe to Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/AgencyAcceleratedGoogle Agency Accelerated is the marketing agency podcast for you! Powered by Agorapulse. Hosted by Stephanie Liu. Produced by Mike Allton.

There are many awe inspiring images from our universe; Apollo 8's Earthrise, the Hubble's Deepfields map of galaxies, Carl Sagan's commentary on the Pale Blue Dot image from Voyager 1. Some find them inspiring in their beauty. Others find them terrifying in their vastness and scale. Dean and Anna explore both camps of star gazers in this episode as well as the significance and stories behind some of these photos

Astronauten om att lära känna sig själv bland stjärnorna i rymden. Jessica Meir är en svensk-amerikansk astronaut som levde sju månader på rymdstationen ISS och utförde hundratals experiment. Tillsammans med en annan kvinnlig astronaut gjorde hon tre rymdpromenader. Det var första gången som endast kvinnor rymdpromenerade. Jessica Meir hade aldrig hemlängtan till jorden utan hade gärna stannat längre i rymden. Hon kom tillbaka mitt i coronapandemin. Hon har studerat rymdvetenskap, doktorerat i marinbiologi och är hedersdoktor vid Luleå tekniska universitet. I sitt Sommar talar Jessica Meir om vikten av upptäckaranda. - Jag kommer att prata om hur resan mot att lära känna mig själv fanns bland stjärnorna. Om Jessica Meir: Astronaut, marinbiolog, 43 år (fyller 44 den 1 juli). Född i delstaten Maine, bosatt i Houston, USA. Debuterar som Sommarvärd. Producent: Emelie Svensson. Vill du få poddar, nyheter och direktsänd radio på ett ställe, ladda ner appen Sveriges Radio Play via https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/sveriges-radio-play.

Sean recounts his experience with Hepatitis A and his body's aversion to anti-nausea medication. Astronaut Jessica Meir enchants with her stories from space. 

La primera caminata espacial realizada por una mujer fue el 25 de julio de 1984, a cargo de la soviética Svetlana Savítskaya. La primera caminata compuesta exclusivamente por mujeres tuvo lugar el 18 de octubre de 2019, y fue protagonizada por las estadounidenses Christina Koch y Jessica Meir.

Jessica Meir is truly out of this world. NASA astronaut, marine biologist, physiologist, and role-model-for-all, Jessica joins us this week and shows us how to use our brains for the first time in lightyears.

Meir lived in space for 205 days on the International Space Station. She conducted three spacewalks with crewmate Christina Koch of NASA, for a total of 21 hours and 44 minutes outside of the ISS. Meir has a Ph.D. in marine biology. She contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development while onboard the orbiting laboratory. This interview was recorded in June 2020.  Video is available at: https://youtu.be/swiDaA2jy1w

Chaque semaine, Haim Musicant nous raconte une histoire d'un personnage historique en relation avec la date du jour. Cette semaine, il nous raconte l'histoire de l'astronaute Jessica Meir.

What if someone offered you a chance to go to outer space? When NASA called, Jessica Meir's response was "... really?" Gillian and Diona talk to her about her incredible adventures! From excursions in Antarctica, taking part in the first all woman space walk AND RETURNING TO EARTH DURING THE PANDEMIC. She's also training for another mission, and it might just make her the first woman to step foot on the moon. Then, special guest Keiko Agena (Prodigal Son, Gilmore Girls) reads the story of the first African American and Native American woman aviator, Bessie Coleman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dans ce 113 ème épisode, Marie Bongars te raconte la vie de Christina Koch, astronome, elle est la femme américaine qui a passé le plus de temps dans l’espace et la première à avoir effectué une sortie en dehors de la Station Spatiale Internationale aux côtés de Jessica Meir.Bonne écoute!Si vous souhaitez nous contacter, n’hésitez pas à le faire…Par mail : unesacreepairedovaires@gmail.comPar instagram : https://www.instagram.com/unesacreepairedovaires/?hl=frSi vous souhaitez recevoir les transcriptions de ce podcast, vous pouvez me contacter via l’une de ces deux adresses.

Thanks to the pandemic, some 40% of Americans no longer head into the office to get work done. For many, the shift to remote work could be permanent, and yet millions of others do not have that luxury. This trend exacerbates the fault line between those who can, and those who can’t. But as much as experts tout “the end of the office”, a few with years of remote work experience argue that there’s a shelf life to this new way of working - and downsides that must be considered. Host Sonari Glinton hears from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on her extreme remote work experience stationed aboard the International Space Station during the outbreak. Over in the UK, Ashley Mitchell sold everything he owned and moved himself - and his job - to a tropical paradise. In Mexico, Ali Darwich has worked remotely for years with Modern Tribe. Along with Shane Pearlman, the company founder, they advise us on the benefits and risks of shifting to a distributed workforce. And finally, Michelle Lee is an office workspace designer; she hopes the post-pandemic office is more than just plexiglass and cubicles.The guest speakers are neither employees nor affiliated with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. (“Morgan Stanley”). The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley. The information and figures contained herein has been obtained from sources outside of Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley makes no representations or guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of information or data from sources outside of Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information or data contained in this podcast.This podcast does not provide individually tailored investment advice and is not a solicitation of any offer to buy or sell any security or other financial instrument or to participate in any trading strategy. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it. © 2020 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Members SIPC.

After being part of the first all-female spacewalks, the astronaut speaks to CNET about her career and what's next.

After being part of the first all-female spacewalks, the astronaut speaks to CNET about her career and what's next.

Brexitmiddag i EU, Jessica Meir utvald till mångrupp, coronapandemin påverkar fotbollsträningar och årets mest sökta ord på internet är...

In 2019 NASA astronaut Jessica Meir participated in the first all-female spacewalk, an historic honor she’s still processing now that she’s back on earth. Jessica always wanted to be an astronaut and recalls a time in first grade when she drew a picture of an astronaut on the surface of the moon to signify what she wanted to be when she grew up! In this conversation with Women on the Move’s Sam Saperstein, Jessica explains what it was like to be up in space when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and why spacewalks are so challenging, both physically and mentally.

Jessica Meir is an astrobiologist and a NASA Astronaut. She just came back from the International Space Station this April, and is notable for being a part of the first all-women spacewalk. Listen in as we talk about Jessica's experience from studying biology at Brown University to achieving her dream of going into space! Keep up with Jessica: Instagram: @Astro_Jessica Twitter: @Astro_Jessica Lightbulb Moment is a podcast focused on spotlighting women in STEM, media, and entrepreneurship. This podcast is brought to you by the partnership between Jothi Ramaswamy and ThinkSTEAM, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the gender gap in STEAM through various initiatives, including this podcast. Learn more about Lightbulb Moment: Instagram: @lightbulbmomentpodcast Twitter: @lightbulbmomxnt Website: https://anchor.fm/lightbulb-moment Learn more about Jothi Ramaswamy: Instagram: @jothiramaswamy Twitter: @jothi_ramaswamy Website: http://jothiramaswamy.com/ Learn more about ThinkSTEAM: Instagram: @thinksteaminc Twitter: @thinksteaminc Website: http://www.thinksteam4girls.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lightbulb-moment/support

205 days in space. 3,280 orbits of Earth. 86.9 million miles travelled. Over 21 hours of the first all-female SPACEWALKS. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir explains what it's like to step into the void on this epode of Can You Survive This Podcast?

An inspiring interview with NASA Astronaut and Marine Biologist Dr. Jessica Meir. Jessica shares some seriously incredible scientific diving stories from the poles to the tropics, all about the similarities and differences between scuba diving and space walks, and what it’s like to look down on this blue planet we all call home.  To learn more about Jessica, you can find her on Instagram and Twitter @astro_jessica. For a chance to be featured on Dive Stories visit padi.com/podcast. PADI - Seek Adventure. Save the Ocean.

Jessica Meir , NASA astronaut, marine biologist and native of Caribou, Maine, made history one year ago when she and colleague Christina Koch made the first all-female spacewalk while on the International Space Station. We'll talk with Meir about her six months spent in space, her experience since returning to Earth — and to the pandemic — in April, and her plans for the future.

Jessica Meir , NASA astronaut, marine biologist and native of Caribou, Maine, made history one year ago when she and colleague Christina Koch made the first all-female spacewalk while on the International Space Station. We'll talk with Meir about her six months spent in space, her experience since returning to Earth — and to the pandemic — in April, and her plans for the future.

Efter sju månader på den internationella rymdstationen ISS är svensk-amerikanska astronauten Jessica Meir tillbaka på jorden. Samtidigt som hon försöker hitta rutinerna på jorden vill hon återvända till rymden så snart som möjligt. I det här avsnittet förklarar hon varför och svarar bland annat på följande frågor:Hur är det dagliga livet på rymdstationen?Nasa planerar att skicka en besättning till månen inom ett par år - varför vill hon så gärna vara med på den resan?Hur ser hon på att en dag få resa med den första bemannade rymdfärden till mars?Vilka existentiella frågor uppstod när hon såg ner på jorden samtidigt som coronapandemin slog till med full kraft på jorden?Hur var hennes tre rymdpromenader?Och vad tycker hon om uppståndelsen när hon och kollegan Christina Koch genomförde den första helt kvinnliga rymdpromenaden?Hur har hennes syn på människor förändras efter sju månader i rymden?Och mycket mera. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The international space station was Jessica Meir´s home for seven months. Now she is back on earth and trying to figure out how to handle the desire to get back in space as soon as possible. She has her eyes be on the next space journey to the Moon but she also tell us that she would not hesitate to accept a ticket to Mars. In this episode Jessica give us her insights about the daily life on the space station, how it was to be be in space while the coronavirus started to spread around the world, what kind of experiments she and her fellow astronauts and cosmonauts conducted, insights about her three spacewalks and about mistakes that happened while she was at the space station. And much more of course! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jessica Meir , NASA astronaut, marine biologist and native of Caribou, Maine, made history one year ago when she and colleague Christina Koch made the first all-female spacewalk while on the International Space Station. We'll talk with Meir about her six months spent in space, her experience since returning to Earth — and to the pandemic — in April, and her plans for the future.

“If you show up professional and polished, let me tell you, every single word that you say people are going to hang onto.” - Stephanie Liu What can you do to be prepared for the future of virtual and live streaming? Few people can answer this question better than my guest on this episode, Stephanie Liu. Stephanie is a live video strategist and digital marketing thought leader with 15 years of ad agency experience. She helps brands and entrepreneurs go from unknown to unforgettable. From coaching Master Chef Claudia Sandoval on her first live steam which led to 178K book downloads to prepping astronaut Jessica Meir and her team for a live interview in outer space, Stephanie has helped thousands of clients and students ignite their ideas and share their voices through live streaming.  She is the host of Lights, Camera, Live, and the co-author of the forthcoming book, The Ultimate Guide to Social Media, due out on bookshelves in August 2020 by Entrepreneur Press. "The more that you practice, the better it gets.” - Stephanie Liu Stephanie and I discuss the latest trends and the future of virtual and live-streaming and what you can do now to be prepared and stand out. We share tips, creative tools, and gear recommendations you can use to show up like a pro and showcase you and your brand. We also talk about the future of Facebook Messenger rooms. She also shares why embracing your story and showing up polished and professional matters for your brand, your business, and future generations. As a certified Neurolinguistic Programming trainer, we also talk about how to overcome your fears and rewire your mind for success. "I love the behind the scenes. Show us how you're creating your content." - Stephanie Liu Show Notes: The best technology to use for virtual and live streaming What you can do to up your game with virtual tools Tips to live streaming Who to get feedback from Does what you're doing reflect your brand? What the future of virtual might look like What Facebook messenger rooms could look like How to show up best on camera The best ways to break through fear "It really is powerful if you step up your audio and your visual, especially if you're on a panel." - Stephanie Liu 3 Pieces of Advice or Action Steps: Embrace your story People are paying attention to you and want to know what you have to say There is nothing to be afraid of with the camera "Think about how you want to present yourself." - Stephanie Liu Brand and Resource Mentions: Leap Into Live Streaming Bootcamp EcammLive (for MAC only) ViMix for PC In-ear monitor headphones Brian Fanzo MasterChef Claudia Sandoval Jessica Meir Connect with Stephanie Liu Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Lights, Camera, Live Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only! Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence and representation and to make an impact in your personal and professional life. Want even more insider tips, resources and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership.  Join me in my free, invite only  YOU, Amplified!™ community ! Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at angelachee.com/14

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Jessica Meir, a 35-year-old scientist from Maine, is among eight people who were selected from a pool of more than 6,000 applicants to be trained as astronauts. Meir, who grew up in Caribou, is the youngest of five in a family of overachievers. Jessica is Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, following postdoctoral research in comparative physiology at the University of British Columbia.  In 2000, Meir graduated with a Master of Space Studies from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France.