Podcasts about new space age

The Stuph File Program Featuring NASA expert, Rod Pyle; Guinness World Record holder, John Loghry; & Marc Hartzman, co-author of To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower's History Of Sword Swallowing Download NASA expert Rod Pyle is back on the show to talk about the current space race to the Moon between the US & China. Rod is also the author of 20 books, including Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age & Destination Mars, plus he's Editor-in-Chief for Ad Astra Magazine. John Loghry is the latest person who has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest motorized wheelbarrow. Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com and the co-author of To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower's History Of Sword Swallowing is back, with the weird story for March. This one is about Jim The Wonder Dog. This week's guest slate is presented by Tom Locke is the author of Moments In Time and Moments In Time 2.0. Tom was a guest on show #0807.

Man spricht von der "New Space Age", einem neuen Wettbewerb ins All. Soziologe Professor Dr. Stefan Selke von der Hochschule Furtwangen, mahnt vor Übertreibungen: "(...) es ist eine Utopie. Und eine Utopie kann man ja eigentlich definitionsgemäß nicht erreichen."

Welcome back to Today In Space! It's the end of January, and we couldn't start off the year without a recap of one of my favorite space theories—the Space Conundrum. As space progress accelerates, so does the chaos in society. But why does this happen? Why are they correlated? And more importantly, where is this all heading?” We're going to explain what the space conundrum is, how it led to a world changing event the first time and why these times, as crazy & wild as they are, are actually a cycle we've seen before. So in favor of mental health & focus, let's search for answers in the chaos of space progress and humanity! Sources: Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age https://amzn.to/3PVy13M https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/chasing-moon/ Star Bound: A Beginner's Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard's Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything in Between (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight) https://amzn.to/3PUfRzH Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX https://amzn.to/4hmK2eP Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age by Eric Berger https://amzn.to/4jFLc6E Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age https://amzn.to/42G1Flv SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier https://amzn.to/40GDwZ8 https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement/From-Black-power-to-the-assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King https://www.britannica.com/topic/1960s-counterculture https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War/The-U-S-role-grows Keywords: space conundrum, space progress, societal chaos, mental health, space race, moon landing, technological disruption, space investment, global instability, AI impact, space exploration, space dominance, mental wealth, creative energy, space history Timestamps: 00:00 The Space Conundrum: Introduction and Personal Journey 05:54 Exploring the Space Conundrum Theory: What is it? 07:26 Hypothesis 1 & 2 for WHY the Space Conundrum Happens? 08:20 The Impact of Space Progress on Society 10:05 The Role of Space in Society's Future 18:44 Personal Reflections and Advice in the Chaos  --------------------------  Here's to building a fantastic future - and continued progress in Space (and humanity)!  Spread Love, Spread Science  Alex G. Orphanos  We'd like to thank our sponsors:  AG3D Printing  Follow us: @todayinspacepod on Instagram/Twitter @todayinspace on TikTok /TodayInSpacePodcast on Facebook  Support the podcast: • Buy a 3D printed gift from our shop - ag3dprinting.etsy.com • Get a free quote on your next 3D printing project at ag3d-printing.com • Donate at todayinspace.net #spacecraft #technology #aerospace #spacetechnology #engineer #stem #artemis #astronaut #spacewalk #crewdragon #falcon9 #elonmusk #starship #superheavybooster #blueorigin #newglenn #rocket #jaredisaacman #nasahistory #spaceshuttle      

Charles F. Bolden Jr. is the Founder and CEO Emeritus of the Charles F. Bolden Group, a consortium of accomplished leaders founded in 2017 to foster international collaboration in making life better for all humanity. Appointed by the former president, Barack Obama, Charlie served as the 12th Administrator of NASA from 2009 to 2017, making him the first African American to hold the position permanently. Charlie is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Major General and former astronaut who has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. Charlie speaks with Kathy about his perspective on NASA's transition from space shuttle operations to commercial space flight. You'll gain insight into the real inside workings of Washington, DC, as well as his journey to becoming the 12th Administrator of NASA. Charlie also discusses what the future holds for space commerce and exploration, and the surprising who he'd like to take to space. “OUR PURPOSE IS TO MAKE THE EARTH A BETTER, MORE SUSTAINABLE PLACE. I THINK WE'RE UP TO THE CHALLENGE.”- CHARLIE BOLDENThis week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:• Charlie's last shuttle flight and the formation of the new space age• NASA's state of play and Charlie's road to Washington DC• His first experience with the National Space Council• The time Charlie had to convince the Congressional Black Caucus of the need for a space station• What working with Russian cosmonauts taught Charlie• My experience interacting with Soviet astronauts and cosmonauts• Charlie's meeting with the former president, Barack Obama, and his nomination to NASA• The birth of the SLS, Orion, and commercial crew and cargo• Why NASA will remain the leader and catalyst for discovery• The advantages of developing a vibrant commercial space sector• The James Webb Space Telescope and what gives Charlie hope for the futureOur Favorite Quotes: “EVERY CREW BECOMES A FAMILY.” - CHARLIE BOLDEN “STUDY HARD, WORK HARD, AND NEVER BE AFRAID OF FAILURE. LISTEN RESPECTFULLY TO YOUR PARENTS, BUT FOLLOW YOUR PASSION BECAUSE IT'S YOUR LIFE.” - CHARLIE BOLDENConnect with Charlie Bolden:• Inter Astra• Inter Astra on LinkedIn• The Charles F. Bolden Group• The Charles F. Bolden Group on LinkedIn• The Charles F. Bolden Group on YouTube• Charlie Bolden on LinkedInCredits: Executive Producer: Toby GoodmanAudio & Sound Design: Lee TurnerProduction by CxS Partners LTDSpaceship Not RequiredI'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the...

For the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaThe Antifada sideproject about the paranormal, the parapolitical, science fiction, and science futurism returns to check in on the New Space Age! While the left typically perceives Elon Musk as an all-talk grifter, our guest Beka Valentine argues his Starship program will make many off-earth industries, like drug manufacturing and solar harvesting, inevitable through dramatically lowering the cost of launching to low-Earth orbit. Could his and Bezos's fantasies of colonies on the moon, Mars, or in asteroid belts be far behind?If so, what happened to the late-2010s enthusiasm for "Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism"? Is the left now anti-space, and is that position leaving the future entirely in the hands of capitalists and imperialist states? In her new essay for Strange Matters, Valentine argues we should begin strategizing for this new era so we don't get stranded from Elysium.Guest co-host Nick Chavez gives the engineer's perspective, and describes his critique of ME Obrien and Eman Abdelhadi's vision of expropriating a SpaceX-like factory in their speculative novel Everything for Everyone.Beka Valentine's essay in Strange Matters: https://strangematters.coop/political-economy-of-near-future-space-industries/Inside Musk's Starfactory: https://wccftech.com/spacex-is-using-robots-to-make-starship-rockets-in-texas-shows-footage/Nick Chavez's review of Everything for Everyone: https://designformanufracture.com/2023/01/25/review-everything-for-everyone-an-oral-history-of-the-new-york-commune-2052-2072-by-m-e-obrien-and-eman-abdelhadi/Don't Let Them Leave! zine: https://ia903003.us.archive.org/20/items/dontletthemleave/Dont-Let-Them-Leave-zine-unimposed%20.pdfPast episodes of Proletkult: https://www.patreon.com/collection/87627 Song - Giorgio Moroder - Racer

This week we have a triple header of space topics! We start by highlighting a potential end of year maiden launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket, and our thoughts on the selection of Jared Isaacman as the pick as the next NASA Administrator. We share some NASA history, discuss Jared's background in commercial spaceflight, and his potential influence on NASA's future direction. We also share an AG3Dprinting Lab update for our recently successful JWST Model - 3D printed in three colors, and is now available in our Etsy Shop at ag3dprinting.etsy.com! What did you think? Email us at todayinspacepodcast@gmail.com or DM us on social media! Topics: Blue Origin, New Glenn, maiden launch, NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman, SpaceX comparison, reusable rockets, payload capacity, 3D printing, Part Detective, James Webb Telescope, multi-color printing, Space Force, commercial space, space policy Sources: Ars Technica Article on Jared Isaacman https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/12/12/jared-isaacman-makes-first-public-remarks-since-nomination-for-nasa-administrator/ Ars Technica Article on Blue Origin's New Glenn https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/intrigue-swirls-as-blue-origin-races-toward-year-end-deadline-for-new-glenn/ Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fanastic Future by Ashlee Vance ORDER The Book Here https://amzn.to/3PgbMpf (affiliate link) Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age by Lori Garver ORDER The Book Here https://amzn.to/41A1gk2 (affiliate link) SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier by Brad Bergan ORDER The Book Here (Amazon Affiliate Link): https://a.co/d/4YBB5Bc Timestamps: 00:00 Intro, End of the Year Gratitude, Episode Topics  03:17 Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket and Space Industry Updates  11:58 Blue Origin's Maiden Launch and Industry Challenges  12:51 AG3D Lab Update: 3D Printed JWST  22:44 NASA's New Administrator: Jared Isaacman  35:35 Thoughts: New Horizons, NASA Social 2015, Defending NASA Programs 43:16 The Future of NASA and Space Industry -------------------------- Here's to building a fantastic future - and continued progress in Space (and humanity)!  Spread Love, Spread Science Alex G. Orphanos We'd like to thank our sponsors: AG3D Printing Follow us: @todayinspacepod on Instagram/Twitter @todayinspace on TikTok /TodayInSpacePodcast on Facebook Support the podcast: • Buy a 3D printed gift from our shop - ag3dprinting.etsy.com • Get a free quote on your next 3D printing project at ag3d-printing.com • Donate at todayinspace.net #space #rocket #podcast #people #spacex #eva #science #3dprinting #nasa #vanallenbelts #spacetravel #spaceexploration #spacecraft #technology #aerospace #spacetechnology #engineer #stem #artemis #polarisprogram #3dprinting #polarisdawn #astronaut #3dprinted #spacewalk #crewdragon #falcon9 #elonmusk #starship #superheavybooster #blueorigin #newglenn #rocket #jaredisaacman #nasaadministrator #nasahistory

Bonjour à tous !Pour ce trente-sixième épisode (en Anglais) du SPACEAVOCAT PODCAST, j'ai eu le plaisir d'échanger avec Rajeev Gambhir, Directeur Général Adjoint à SIA-India. J'ai rencontré Rajeev lors des French Space Days organisés par Business France et le GIFAS et il dispose d'une expertise assez unique par sa connaissance du secteur spatial institutionnelle et du tissu industriel indien, si riche et complexe. Nous avions prévu d'échanger de longue date et nous sommes retrouvés à Milan lors de l'IAC : ce fut donc le parfait moment pour parler de l'Inde spatiale !Vous pouvez écouter cet épisode sur l'ensemble des plateformes et le voir sur YouTube!N'hésitez par à liker, à commenter, à réagir et à partager ce podcast !Retrouvez SPACEAVOCAT en ligne et sur les réseaux :www.spaceavocat.comhttps://linktr.ee/spaceavocat--Hello everyone!For this thirty-sixth episode of the SPACEAVOCAT PODCAST, I had the pleasure of chatting with Rajeev Gambhir, Deputy Managing Director at SIA-India. I met Rajeev at the French Space Days organized by Business France and GIFAS, and his knowledge of the institutional space sector and India's rich and complex industrial fabric is quite unique. We'd been planning to talk for a long time, and we met up again in Milan during the IAC, so it was the perfect time to talk about space India!You can listen to this episode on all platforms and watch it on YouTube!Please feel free to like, comment, react and share this podcast!Follow SPACEAVOCAT on social media:www.spaceavocat.comhttps://linktr.ee/spaceavocat Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

The U.S. for a long time has been the dominant player in space. But more recently, China and India have been on the rise. CNBC's Tom Chitty and Arjun Kharpal talk to Christopher Newman, Professor of Space Law and Policy at Northumbria, about the latest developments in the new space age.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On October 13, SpaceX and Elon Musk successfully launched their Starship rocket into low-Earth orbit. Then, in a milestone moment for space technology, they successfully captured the rocket's Super Heavy booster with “chopstick” arms on the launch tower upon reentry, marking the first time a booster was ever caught in mid-air.The achievement is a mind-blowing feat of human engineering — one that hasn't gotten nearly the recognition that it deserves. Today on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I talk with must-read space journalist Eric Berger about the role of SpaceX in the new, 21st-century Space Race, the significance of the company's achievements, and our potential to become a spacefaring, inter-planetary species.Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Techica, and is the author of both Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX and his most recent excellent book, Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age.In This Episode* Starship's big reentry (1:43)* Race (back) to the moon (8:54)* Why Starship? (11:48)* The Mars-shot (18:37)* Elon in the political area (22:10)* Understanding SpaceX (24:06)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversationStarship's big reentry (1:43)James Pethokoukis: After the launch tower caught that booster stage of the rocket, I saw someone on Twitter a day later say, “Hey, do you guys remember over the weekend when SpaceX sent a Statue-of-Liberty-sized object to space and then caught it when it came back down? That was amazing!”So two things: First, as a space guy, what was your reaction? Two, beyond the sheer coolness of it, why was this an important thing to happen?It seemed inconceivable a few years ago, but now, all of a sudden, it's the future of rocketry, just like that.Eric Berger: Just from a space perspective, it's epic to see, to use your adjectives, the Statue of Liberty comparison. I mean, it's a small skyscraper, but they essentially launch that thing to space at thousands of miles per hour, then it slows down, it comes back right where it took off from, hovers, and it falls precisely into these two arms that are designed to catch it. The cool thing is that we'd never seen anything like that before. It seemed inconceivable a few years ago, but now, all of a sudden, it's the future of rocketry, just like that.the significance of this, of course, is SpaceX has shown that with the reusability of the Falcon 9 rocket, it can really change the economics of launch. This year they've launched 101 times. No country had ever done that many launches before in a year. They're going to launch 95 percent of all the mass into orbit this year with primarily the Falcon 9 Rocket, and all that's because the first stage is entirely reusable, they're flying them more than 20 times now, and so they're just taking that and scaling it.What was amazing about the tower catch this weekend was the fact that it really removes the need for landing legs. You may think, “Well, what's the big deal about that?” Well, there's a lot of mass involved with those landing legs: You need powerful actuators to drive them, you need hydraulic fluid, and that's a lot of dead mass in the vehicle. Also, it's not insignificant to transport the rocket from wherever it lands, either on a boat or on land, to the factory and to refurbish the rocket and launch again. Ideally, with this step, they're eliminating days from that process of reuse and ideally, in the future, they're literally going to be catching the rocket, setting it back on the launch mount and then potentially flying again.So it's not just the Starship, right? So for the other launches, is this is going to become the landing procedure?No, it will be just for Starship. They will continue to fly Falcon 9 as is. That's a mature product, everyone's pretty comfortable with that vehicle. But, look, other companies have tried different things. When Rocket Lab was trying to reuse its small Electron vehicle, its plan was to have the first stage come back under a parachute and then basically swoop in with a helicopter and catch it so that the rocket didn't fall into the ocean. That ended up not working.It seems very whimsical.Well, it made sense from an engineering standpoint, but it was a lot more difficult to snag the rocket than they ended up finding out. So, up until now, the only way to get a rocket back vertically was on a drone ship or landing straight up, and so this is a brand new thing, and it just creates more efficiencies in the launch system.What is the direction now, as far as launch costs and the continued decline of launch costs if this will be the new landing procedure for Starship?It's impossible to say that, of course. We can look to a Falcon 9 for an analog. SpaceX sales started out selling Falcon 9 for $60 million, it's upped that price to about $67 or $68 million — still the lowest-cost medium-lift launch vehicle in the world, but that's the price you or I or NASA would pay for a rocket. Internally, the estimate is that they're re-flying those vehicles for about $15 million. So, in effect, SpaceX has taken the cost of the lowest-price vehicle on the market and divided it by four, basically.Starship, of course, can lift much more payload to orbit than Falcon 9. By some measures, five to 10 times as much, eventually. And so if they can get the cost down, if they can make the first and second stage reusable, I think you're talking about them bringing the cost down potentially another order of magnitude, but they've got a lot of work to get there.I think the second most common comment I saw on social media — the first one being like, “This is amazing, I'm crying, this is so cool” — the second one is, “Why is NASA not using this Starship to get to the moon?” It seems like progress is being made quickly, and you mentioned the costs, I think people are just befuddled. It's a question you must get a lot.The reality is that if we want to go to the moon before 2030, we probably need to do it with a combination of NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Starship. It's a complicated answer, but the reality is that NASA, in conjunction with Congress, has basically, over the last quarter of a century, pivoted away from reusable launch vehicles, and at one point in the early 2000s, they were actually funding three different reusable launch vehicles. The most famous of those, of course, was the Space Shuttle. It stopped funding the Space Shuttle in 2011 and it went back to developing this large, expendable rocket called the Space Launch System. That was the tried and true pathway, and no one really had faith in what SpaceX is doing. And so now here we are, almost 15 years later, and SpaceX has gone out and proved it with the Falcon 9, the Falcon Heavy, and now Starship.The reality is that if we want to go to the moon before 2030, we probably need to do it with a combination of NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Starship. In 2021, NASA did select Starship as its lunar lander. So Starship is a critical part of the architecture. Probably the most challenging part, actually, is getting down to the lunar surface and then getting back up reliably. And so Starship plays a key role, and I just really think that it's inevitable that Starship and potentially Blue Origin's architecture will be how humans get to the moon and back, but we're kind of in an interim period right now.Is it just sort of too late to switch?Yeah, it is. It's too late to switch. You could conceive of scenarios in which humans launch in Crew Dragon, transfer over to a Starship, and then come back in Crew Dragon, but even then you've got some challenges. And the problem — problem is the wrong word, but one of the major issues with Starship is that it has no redundancy when you come back and land. It has got to nail the landing or people inside of it die. So you're going to want to see hundreds of Starship launches and many, many successful landings in a row before you put people on the vehicle. And to have the idea of launching humans from Earth to the moon at this point, we're pretty far from that. I would think a decade from now, at least, and by then China will be on the moon. And so it's really a matter of, do you want to sort of continue to delay the human return of the moon, or do you want to take the tools that you have now and make your best run for it?Race (back) to the moon (8:54)Since you brought it up, are we going to beat China to the moon with the SLS?Very much an open question. The SLS Rocket is basically ready. In its current form, it performed very well during Artemis I. It's obviously super expensive. You may have seen the Europa Clipper launch on Monday of this week, that launched on a Falcon Heavy. For almost a decade, Congress mandated NASA that it launched on the SLS rocket, and that would've cost 10 times as much. NASA paid about $200 million for the Clipper launch on Falcon Heavy, SLS would've been in excess of $2 billion, so it's a very expensive rocket, but it does work, it worked well during Artemis I. The best way we have right now, Jim, to get astronauts from Earth out to lunar orbit is SLS and the Orion deep spacecraft vehicle. That will change over time, but I think if we want to put humans on the moon this decade, that's probably the best way to do it.Is it going to be a close call? I don't want to overemphasize the competition aspect, but I guess I would like to see America do it first.It's going to be close. NASA's current date is 2026 for the Artemis III moon landing. There's no way that happens. I think 2028 is a realistic no-earlier-than date, and the reality is SpaceX has to make a lot of progress on Starship. What they did this past weekend was a great step. I think the key thing about the fact of this weekend's launch is that it was a success. There were no anomalies, there's going to be no investigation, so SpaceX is going to launch again. As long as they continue to have success, then they can start popping these off and get to some of the really key tests like the in-space propellant transfer tests, which they hope to do sometime next year.[W]hen you're on the moon, there's no launch tower, there's no launch crew, you've just got the astronauts inside Starship, and if that vehicle doesn't take off on the moon, the crew's going to die. So it's got to work.What Starship will do is it'll launch into low-earth orbit, and then it'll be refueled, and it'll go to the moon, and you need lots of launches to refuel it. And then really the key test, I think, is landing on the moon, because the South Pole is pretty craterous, you've got to have high confidence in where you land, and then the big challenge is getting back up to lunar orbit safely.Think about it: When you watch any rocket launch, you see this very detailed, very intricate launch tower with all these umbilicals, and all of these cables, and power, and telemetry, and stuff, and humans are looking at all this data, and if there's any problem, they abort, right? Well, when you're on the moon, there's no launch tower, there's no launch crew, you've just got the astronauts inside Starship, and if that vehicle doesn't take off on the moon, the crew's going to die. So it's got to work. And so that's really a big part of the challenge, as well, is getting all that to work. So I think 2028, for all that to come together, is a realistic no-earlier-than date, and China's pretty consistently said 2030, and they're starting to show off some hardware, they recently demonstrated that suggests they have a chance to make 2030.On sale everywhere The Conservative Futurist: How To Create the Sci-Fi World We Were PromisedWhy Starship? (11:48)What is the commercial case for Starship, assuming that these next launches continue to go off well? What is it supposed to be doing here on Earth and in Earth orbit?The next big race is to deliver internet, not to a dish that you set up, but actually to your mobile phone. It's called direct-to-cell, and you need much bigger satellites for this. And so SpaceX needs the Starship to launch these satellites, so that will really be the commercial use case for Starship in the near term.Its primary function, and I think the most important function for SpaceX in the near term, is launching these much larger Starlink satellites. I think it's been pretty well proven that there's a large demand for broadband internet from low-earth orbit. Starlink has now up to four million customers and they're actually signing almost at an exponential rate. Then growth, the business is profitable. So that's been super impressive. The next big race is to deliver internet, not to a dish that you set up, but actually to your mobile phone. It's called direct-to-cell, and you need much bigger satellites for this. So SpaceX needs the Starship to launch these satellites, so that will really be the commercial use case for Starship in the near term.I think once the vehicle starts flying reliably, we're going to see where the commercial customers go because we've never really been in a launch environment where you're not really constrained by mass and, more importantly, by volume. You can just build bigger, less-efficient things. Instead of hyper-managing your satellite to be small, and light, and compact, you can kind of make trades where maybe you have a lower-cost vehicle that's bigger. The capability of Starship with its voluminous payload fairing and being able to lift a hundred or more tons to low-earth orbit for low cost — entirely new regime. And so I think it's a case of Field of Dreams, “If you build it, they will come,” and in the near term, Starship will be the business case, and longer-term we'll see some unique opportunities.You've been covering this for quite a while, documenting, books, including your most recent book. Really an amazing ride as a space journalist for you here.I've been covering space now for two decades, and really with a focus on commercial space over the last decade because I think that's where a lot of the excitement and innovation is coming from. But the reality is that you've got this whole ecosystem of companies, but the 800-pound gorilla is SpaceX. They're the company that has consistently had success. They are the only provider of crew transportation services for NASA, still, even five years after their initial success, and they're the only provider right now that's launching cargo missions to the space station. They've got huge Starlink satellites, constellation. As a journalist, you really want to understand the biggest, most dominating force in the industry, and that's clearly SpaceX, and so that's why I've chosen to dedicate a lot of time to really understand where they started out and how they got to where they are, which is at the top of the heap.The story that you lay out in your book, which came out last month — Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age — to me, it's still a story people mostly don't know, and one that I think a lot of non-space reporters don't understand. What are some common misunderstandings that you come across that make you feel like you need to tell this story?I think, until recently, one of the things that people might say about SpaceX is, “Well, what's the big deal? NASA's launched humans to orbit in the past, NASA's launched cargo, they had a reusable space vehicle in the Space Shuttle.” What's different is that SpaceX is doing this at scale, and they're building for a long-term plan that is sustainable.I'll give you an example: The Space Shuttle was reusable. Everything was reusable except the external tank. However, you needed a standing army of thousands of people to pour over the Space Shuttle after it came back from space to make sure that all of its tiles and every piece of equipment was safe. Now, when it was originally sold to Congress back in the 1970s, the program manager for the space shuttle, George Mueller said that the goal was to get the cost of payload-to-orbit for the Space Shuttle down to $25 a pound, which sounded great because then they were saying dozens of people could fly on the vehicle at a time. Well, of course, at the end of the day, it only ever flew at a maximum of seven people, and the cost of payload-to-orbit was $25,000. So yes, it was reusable, but it was the kind of thing that was super expensive and you couldn't fly very often. You could do limited things.It's really the first vehicle we ever developed to go to Mars. SpaceX is doing some of the same things that NASA did, but it's doing them better, faster, and a lot cheaper.SpaceX is proposing kind of an order-of-magnitude change. We went to the moon in the 1960s with the Lunar Module, and everyone remembers it carried two astronauts down to the lunar surface. And that whole thing launched on a giant stack, the Saturn V rocket. So if you were to take the Lunar Module and replace the astronauts and just use it to deliver cargo to the moon, it could take five tons down to the lunar surface. Starship, in a reusable mode, can take a hundred tons. If you send an expendable version of Starship, it's 200 tons. And oh, by the way, even if you're not bringing that Starship back, you're getting the whole first stage back anyway.And so that's really the promise here, is you're building a sustainable system in space where it doesn't cost you $6 billion to go to the moon, it costs you half a billion dollars or to go to the moon, and you can then go on and do other things, you can fill your Starship up with methane repellent and go further. It's really the first vehicle we ever developed to go to Mars. SpaceX is doing some of the same things that NASA did, but it's doing them better, faster, and a lot cheaper.That $25-a-pound number you gave for Space Shuttle, where are we with SpaceX? Where is SpaceX, or where are they and what's their goal in that context?They're getting down in a couple of thousand dollars a pound with a Falcon 9, and the idea is, potentially, with Starship, you get down to hundreds of dollars a pound or less. They have a big challenge too, right? They're using tiles on Starship as well. They showed some of them off during the webcast this weekend, and I think we have yet to have any kind of information on how reusable, or how rapidly reusable Starship will be, and we'll have to see.The Mars-shot (18:37)To the extent the public understands this company — this is my understanding — the point here is to build Starship, to further this satellite business, and then that satellite business will fund the eventual Mars mission and the Mars colonization. I think that's the public perception of what is happening with this business. How accurate is that? Is that how you look at it? I mean, that's how I look at it from my uninformed or less-informed view, but is that really what we're talking about here?Yeah, fundamentally, I think that is accurate. There is no business case right now to go to Mars. AT&T is not going to pay $5 billion to put an AT&T logo on a Starship and send a crew to Mars. There are no resources right now that we really can conceive of on Mars that would be profitable for humans to go get and bring back to Earth. So then the question is: How do you pay for it?Financially, the business case for Mars is not entirely clear, so you've got to figure out some way to pay for it. That was one reason why Elon Musk ultimately went with Starlink. That would pay for the Mars vision.Even when settlers went to the New World in the 1500s, 1600s, in United States, they were exporting tobacco and other products back to Europe, and there's no tobacco that we know of on Mars, right? Financially, the business case for Mars is not entirely clear, so you've got to figure out some way to pay for it. That was one reason why Elon Musk ultimately went with Starlink. That would pay for the Mars vision.I think that's still fundamentally the case. It's effectively going to be paying for the entire development of Starship, and then if it becomes highly profitable, SpaceX is not a public company, so they can take those revenues and do whatever they want with them, and Elon has said again and again that his vision is to settle Mars, and he's building the rockets to do it, and he's trying to find the funding through Starlink to accomplish it. That is the vision. We don't know how it's all going to play out, but I think you're fundamentally correct with that.I think when he mentions Mars, there are some people that just give it a roll of the eye. It just sounds too science fictional, despite the progress being made toward accomplishing that. It sounds like you do not roll your eyes at that.Well, it's interesting. He first really talked publicly about this in 2016, eight years ago, back when there was no Starship, back when they just were coming off their second Falcon 9 failure in about a year, and you kind of did roll your eyes at it then . . . And then they got the Falcon 9 flying and they started re-flying it and re-flying it. They did Falcon Heavy, and then they started building Starship hardware, and then they started launching Starship, and now they're starting to land Starship, and this is real hardware.And yes, to be clear, they have a long, long way to go and a lot of technical challenges to overcome, and you need more than just a rocket in a spaceship to get to Mars, you need a lot of other stuff, too: biological, regulatory, there's a lot of work to go, but they are putting down the railroad tracks that will eventually open that up to settlement.So I would not roll my eyes. This is certainly the only credible chance, I think, for humans to go to Mars in our lifetimes, and if those early missions are successful, you could envision settlements being built there.Elon in the political arena (22:10)Given SpaceX's accomplishments and their lead, is that company politics-proof? Obviously there's always going to be controversy about Elon, and Twitter, and who he gives money to, and things he says, but does any of that really matter for SpaceX?I think it does. We've already seen a couple examples of it, especially with Elon's very public entree into presidential politics over the last several months. I think that does matter. In his fight with Brazil over what he termed as free speech, they were confiscating Starlink, and so they were trying to shut Starlink down in their country, and that directly affects SpaceX. In California, over the last week we have seen a commission vote to try to limit the number of launches Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and they clearly did that because they were uncomfortable with Elon's behavior publicly. So yeah, this is going to bleed over.Now, in the near term, there will be limited impacts because the US Department of Defense clearly needs SpaceX rockets. They need SpaceX's Starlink, they use a branded version of it called Starshield for military communications. The launch and Starlink capabilities are essential for the military. NASA is even more reliant on SpaceX for the International Space Station and beyond; the entire moon program runs through Starship, so it's not going to change in the near term, but longer term you could see this having impacts, and it's not clear to me exactly what those would be — I don't think you could really nationalize SpaceX, and I think if you did try to nationalize SpaceX, you would sort of destroy its magic, but I do think there will ultimately be consequences for the Elon's political activity.Understanding SpaceX (24:06)About Reentry, is there a particular story in there that you think just really encapsulates, if you want to understand SpaceX, and what it's doing, and where it's come from, this story kind of gets at it?The point of the book was to tell the story behind the story. A lot of people knew, generally, what SpaceX has accomplished over the last decade, or the last 15 years, but this really takes you behind the scenes and tells the stories of the people who actually did it.It's a company that's moving so fast forward that, like I said, there are all these challenges they're facing and they're just tackling them one-by-one as they go along.I think one of the best stories of the book is just how they were making this up as they went along. The very first time they were going to try to land on the barge was in January of 2015, the drone ship landing, and the night before that barge was going to set out to sea, the guy who had developed the barge realized that, wait a minute, if we come back with a rocket this week, we have nowhere to put it in the port of Jacksonville, because they were staging out of Jacksonville at the time. And there had been this whole discussion at SpaceX about where to put these pedestals, but no one had actually done it. That night, he and another engineer stayed up all night drinking red wine and CADing out designs for the pedestals, and they met the concrete pores the next morning and just built these pedestals within 24 hours. It's a company that's moving so fast forward that, like I said, there are all these challenges they're facing and they're just tackling them one-by-one as they go along.Elon has spoken about there's sort of this window of opportunity open for space. In the United States, at least, it was open and then it kind of closed. We stopped leaving Earth orbit for a while, we couldn't even get our people into Earth orbit; we had to use another country's rockets.Is this window — whether for space commerce, space exploration — is it sort of permanently open? Are we beyond the point where things can close — because satellites are so important, and because of geopolitics, that window is open and it's staying open for us to go through.I think he's talking about the window for settlement of Mars and making humans a multi-planetary species. And when he talks about the window closing, I think he means a lot of different things: One, the era of cheaper money could end — and that clearly did happen, right? We've seen interest rates go way up and it's been much more difficult to raise money, although SpaceX has been able to still do that because of their success. I think he's thinking about his own mortality. I believe he's thinking about a major global war that would focus all of our technological efforts here on planet Earth trying to destroy one another. I think he's thinking about nuclear weapons — just all the things that could bring human progress to a screeching halt, and he's saying, “Look, the window may be 100 years or it may be 20 years.” So he's like, “We should seize the opportunity right now when we have it.”Faster, Please! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Micro Reads▶ Economics* Larry Summers on the Economics of AI - Conversable Economist* Landing Softly Is Just the Beginning - San Francisco Fed* More Babies Aren't the Only Solution to Falling Birthrates - NYT Opinion* Generative AI at work: Survey evidence from three Central Banks - SSRN▶ Business* Nvidia Chief Makes Case for AI-First Companies - WSJ* Apple Intelligence Isn't Very Smart Yet—and Apple's OK With That - WSJ* Andreessen Horowitz Backs Infinitus to Bring AI to Medical Calls - Bberg* Breaking Up Google Is a Fool's Game - WSJ Opinion▶ Policy/Politics* The US is the world's science superpower — but for how long? - Nature* Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen's Suicide? - NYT* Former OpenAI Researcher Says Company Broke Copyright Law - NYT* The tragedy of a 50-50 America - FT Opinion* Both Harris and Trump pose problems for U.S. energy producers. - AEI* Why Harris and Trump Are Pandering to Crypto Plutocrats - NYT Opinion* Trump's Tariffs and Economic Risk - WSJ Opinion* China asks: what is an e-bike? - FT Opinion* This Startup Shows Why the U.S. CHIPS Act Is Needed - Spectrum▶ AI/Digital* Big frontier AI systems will emerge from global, distributed efforts, not just big tech: Meta's Yann LeCun - Techcircle* Does ChatGPT Have a Poetic Style? - arXiv▶ Biotech/Health* Danes to Use New Nvidia AI Supercomputer for Drug Discovery - Bberg▶ Clean Energy/Climate* Averting Climate Catastrophe Requires Economic Growth - PS* The Energy Transition We Really Should Be Focusing On - RealClearScience* To Fight Climate Change, Clean Up Carbon Markets - Bberg Opinion* A Mexican Electric Car? Only If Private Firms Lead the Way - Bberg Opinion▶ Robotics/AVs* Crop-spraying robot is designed to reduce emissions and use less herbicide - Atlas▶ Space/Transportation* Beetlejuice, Betelgeuse, Betelbuddy? Astronomers Find Something Unexpected Orbiting Infamous “Doomed Star” - Debrief▶ Up Wing/Down Wing* Meet Hollywood's AI Doomsayer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt - WSJ* Here's What the Regenerative Cities of Tomorrow Could Look Like - Wired* Archimedes Rediscovered: Technology and Ancient History - JSTOR Daily* Energy expert Vaclav Smil on how to feed the world without trashing it - NS▶ Substacks/Newsletters* Yes, You're Still Imagining a Migrant Crime Spree - Alex Nowrasteh's Immigration Insights and Other Deep Dives* How long can we sustain economic growth? - Noahpinion* What is Anthropic's AI Computer Use? - AI Supremacy* An AI intern in your pocket - Exponential View* Industrial Policy's Inescapable Uncertainty Problem - The Dispatch* NEPA Nightmares IV: Tule Wind - Breakthrough Journal* When you give a Claude a mouse - One Useful Thing* Larry Summers on the Economics of AI - Conversable EconomistFaster, 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

The Stuph File Program Featuring NASA expert, Rod Pyle & actor Sherman Augustus from Stranger Things Download NASA expert, Rod Pyle talks about the plight of Boeing with all the problems they're having in space with Starliner. Rod is also the author of 20 books, including Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age & Destination Mars, plus he's Editor-in-Chief for Ad AstraMagazine. Actor Sherman Augustus, best known for playing Nathaniel Moon on the AMC series Into The Badlands, is currently shooting the latest season of Netfix's Stranger Things, plus he has a graphic novel series called The Daughters of Django, and he produced an independent film called Death Letter Blues. This week's guest slate is presented by Anthony D. P. Mann an actor and filmmaker who does some amazing modern day radio dramas. He's the founder of Bleak December Inc, a multi-media company.

► Discover top-performing Space stocks - Install our FREE app: https://optothemes.onelink.me/BZDG/ti2lb2fd Today, we revisit a previous episode in which Peter Beck, the Founder & CEO of Rocket Lab, discusses his vision for the company's future as it solidifies its position as one of the leading forces in the new space age. Beck explains the strategic significance of recently announced government contracts in expanding Rocket Lab's market reach while envisioning a future where the combination of rocket and spacecraft capabilities unlocks unprecedented opportunities in space commercialisation and infrastructure development. Enjoy!-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

► Discover top-performing Space stocks - Install our FREE app: https://optothemes.onelink.me/BZDG/ti2lb2fdToday, Peter Beck, Founder & CEO of Rocket Lab, discusses his vision for Rocket Lab's future as it solidifies its position as one of the leading forces in the new space age. Beck explains the strategic significance of recently announced government contracts in expanding Rocket Lab's market reach while envisioning a future where the combination of rocket and spacecraft capabilities unlocks unprecedented opportunities in space commercialisation and infrastructure development. Enjoy!► Disclaimer: https://optothemes.com/disclosures-and-legal-documentation

“You have to have a drive and a willingness to get bloody by standing up for something greater than yourself.”Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver joins Cole to discuss her book, Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. Lori's book is a firsthand account of her career at NASA, highlighted by her role in the private sector's involvement in the nation's space program. The conversation covers the hurdles she faced, how incentive structures can lead to good and bad, and how free market capitalism can deliver human potential.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the new era of space travel we're in right now and find out more about what's ahead.  Our guest on this episode is Lori Garver, who headed the NASA transition team for President-elect Obama and was the Deputy Administrator of NASA.  In those roles, Lori collaborated with key players such as Obama, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to usher in a more peaceful, inclusive and meaningful space age. Lori's book is called, “Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age”. Her website is lorigarver.com.

You may not have heard of Charles Miller, but you should have. He was an early proponent of commercial spaceflight and was instrumental in making it part of NASA's mandate in 1998. He was a senior advisor to NASA on the topic for three years and, both before and after, a powerful proponent as a private citizen, starting a number of space advocacy groups. He recently founded Lynk, a company that connects cell phones to satellites worldwide with their own proprietary satellites. In short, he's one of the original Space Buccaneers and one of the few non-billionaires instrumental in creating the new space age. Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guest: Charles Miller Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: bitwarden.com/twit

Ché Bolden is a US Marine Corps veteran and President and CEO of The Bolden Group. Founded in 2017, The Bolden Group is a consortium of accomplished leaders dedicated to fostering international collaboration to make life better for all of humanity. Ché served for over 26 years in the US Marine Corps, where he also served as an International Affairs Program Coordinator and Weapons and Tactics Instructor. After concluding his service with the Marine Corps, Ché founded two technology companies, Inter Aria and Sapient.ONE. He is currently the President of Ario and leads the organization's strategy and vision. Ché holds a Bachelor of Science degree in History from the United States Naval Academy, a Global Master of Arts from Tufts University's Fletcher School, and a Master of Arts degree in Strategic Studies from the Marine Corps War College. Ché joins me today to share the history behind his name and describe his life before moving to Houston, Texas with his family. He explains how witnessing his father's mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope opened his eyes to the true meaning of service. He discusses his transition to the private sector after retiring from the US Marine Corps and highlights The Bolden Group's mission to push the boundaries of the space industry. He also outlines what it would take to create diversity, equity, and inclusion in the space industry and offers advice to young people starting their careers. “Create opportunities for disadvantaged and underrepresented communities to get an equal place at the table. We won't realize the fullest potential of space unless we get more people in the discussion.” - Ché Bolden This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: The young Ché Bolden and what it was like to be a part of the Bolden family “Flashbulb” memories and the beginnings of Ché's life as an explorer How the mission of his father, Charles Bolden Jr., to service the Hubble Space Telescope taught Ché the meaning of service Ché's role models and what inspired him to attend the US Naval Academy and become an aviator His challenges and struggles at the US Naval Academy Why the presence of other people is essential to one's success Ché's foray into the private sector and his work with The Bolden Group The Bolden Group's mission to empower servant-leaders and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the space industry Pushing the boundaries of traditional space The difference between a meritocracy and a “mirror-tocracy” Resources Mentioned: Why diversity should not be the exception | Ché Bolden | TEDxPearlStreet Our Favorite Quotes: “If things are going bad for you, go and find someone else having a worse day you're having and be there for them.” - Ché Bolden “Other people are important to your success. Contrary to what some prolific mega-billionaires want to tell people, nobody does anything by themselves.” - Ché Bolden Related Content: Charlie Bolden on Pathways to Space The Life of a Visionary with Charlie Bolden Part 1 The Birth of the New Space Age with Charlie Bolden Part 2 Two Funny Astronauts with Mike Massimino and Garrett Reisman Connect with Ché Bolden: The Bolden Group ONE Ario The Bolden Group on LinkedIn The Bolden Group on Instagram The Bolden Group on YouTube The Bolden Group on Twitter Ario on LinkedIn Ario on Twitter ONE on LinkedIn Ché Bolden on LinkedIn Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify I StitChér I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google I Amazon Music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ché Bolden is a US Marine Corps veteran and President and CEO of The Bolden Group. Founded in 2017, The Bolden Group is a consortium of accomplished leaders dedicated to fostering international collaboration to make life better for all of humanity. Ché served for over 26 years in the US Marine Corps, where he also served as an International Affairs Program Coordinator and Weapons and Tactics Instructor. After concluding his service with the Marine Corps, Ché founded two technology companies, Inter Aria and Sapient.ONE. He is currently the President of Ario and leads the organization's strategy and vision. Ché holds a Bachelor of Science degree in History from the United States Naval Academy, a Global Master of Arts from Tufts University's Fletcher School, and a Master of Arts degree in Strategic Studies from the Marine Corps War College. Ché joins me today to share the history behind his name and describe his life before moving to Houston, Texas with his family. He explains how witnessing his father's mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope opened his eyes to the true meaning of service. He discusses his transition to the private sector after retiring from the US Marine Corps and highlights The Bolden Group's mission to push the boundaries of the space industry. He also outlines what it would take to create diversity, equity, and inclusion in the space industry and offers advice to young people starting their careers. “Create opportunities for disadvantaged and underrepresented communities to get an equal place at the table. We won't realize the fullest potential of space unless we get more people in the discussion.” - Ché Bolden This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: ●     The young Ché Bolden and what it was like to be a part of the Bolden family●     “Flashbulb” memories and the beginnings of Ché's life as an explorer●     How the mission of his father, Charles Bolden Jr., to service the Hubble Space Telescope taught Ché the meaning of service●     Ché's role models and what inspired him to attend the US Naval Academy and become an aviator●     His challenges and struggles at the US Naval Academy●     Why the presence of other people is essential to one's success●     Ché's foray into the private sector and his work with The Bolden Group●     The Bolden Group's mission to empower servant-leaders and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the space industry●     Pushing the boundaries of traditional space●     The difference between a meritocracy and a “mirror-tocracy” Resources Mentioned: ●     Why diversity should not be the exception | Ché Bolden | TEDxPearlStreet Our Favorite Quotes: ●     “If things are going bad for you, go and find someone else having a worse day you're having and be there for them.” - Ché Bolden●     “Other people are important to your success. Contrary to what some prolific mega-billionaires want to tell people, nobody does anything by themselves.” - Ché Bolden Related Content: ●     Charlie Bolden on Pathways to Space●     The Life of a Visionary with Charlie Bolden Part 1●     The Birth of the New Space Age with Charlie Bolden Part 2●     Two Funny Astronauts with Mike Massimino and Garrett Reisman Connect with Ché Bolden: ●     The Bolden Group●     Sapient.ONE●     Ario●     The Bolden Group on LinkedIn●     The Bolden Group on Instagram●     The Bolden Group on YouTube●     The Bolden Group on Twitter●     Ario on LinkedIn●     Ario on Twitter●     Sapient.ONE on LinkedIn●     Ché Bolden on LinkedIn Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google I Amazon Music.

You've probably encountered a variety of leadership styles in your life. Which ones brought out the best in you? Which ones produced excellent results for your team? Many people believe that the way to get outstanding results from people and projects is to use the competitive and antagonistic style of leadership. This style involves hand-to-hand combat, if not verbal sparring. John, a fellow oceanographer and longtime friend used to think so. For a period of time in his life as a scientist on research ships, he figured that a competitive atmosphere was crucial for exceptional results—until a radical change in leadership shifted his perspective on what brings out excellence. In today's episode, you'll hear John's story about leadership styles and gain insight into his life on research ships as an oceanographer. I describe how multiple studies typically share a research ship and how each group of researchers aboard plan and negotiate the ship's cruise. I discuss the difference between the combative/antagonistic and collaborative/appreciative styles of leadership. You'll also learn why competition is not the only way to achieve greatness in a team and how to create the sweet spot for optimal learning and performance. “A radically different style of leadership could produce results as good as, if not better than, the combative style of leadership.” - Kathy Sullivan This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: The life of an oceanographer and why research ships are essentially timeshare facilities My friend John and his experience with cruise planning on research ships How John's perspective on leadership changed Why the competitive style of leadership doesn't bring the best out of everyone The sweet spot between challenge and pressure Our Favorite Quotes: “‘Just scared enough' is a sweet spot for learning and performance, with enough stimulus and stress to get all our mental circuits firing, on high alert, ready to engage and respond.” - Kathy Sullivan “Competition is one way to get the best out of people, but it is far from the only way. It is often—and sometimes—exactly the wrong way if you want the best your people can offer.” - Kathy Sullivan   Related Content: 086 | Paths to the New Age of Spaceflight with Janet Kavandi 083 | The Role of Universities in Creating Social Good with Nancy Zimpher 080 | Charlie Bolden on Pathways to Space 061 | The Life of a Visionary with Charlie Bolden Part 1 062 | The Birth of the New Space Age with Charlie Bolden Part 2 054 | Let's Talk Leadership 053 | The Honor of Measuring Time with Omega CEO Raynald Aeschlimann (Part 2) 052 | The Cooperative Model of Business with Omega CEO Raynald Aeschlimann (Part 1) 036 | Kathy Sullivan Explores...Well-Oiled Machinery and Teams 017 | Life's Fabulous Lessons with Dayna Steele   Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improve your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify | Stitcher | Apple Podcasts | iHeart Radio |TuneIn | Google | Amazon Music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Science reporter Joel Achenbach speaks with Vanessa Wyche, the director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, about the future of the Artemis lunar-exploration program, NASA's objectives and the geopolitics of space.

David Cornell Leestma is a retired Captain of the U.S. Navy and former astronaut. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy first in his class in 1971 and completed his flight training in 1973. In 1980, Dave was selected by NASA to become an astronaut and would go on to log a total of 532.7 hours in space. He served as a mission specialist on STS-41-G (1984), STS-28 (1989), and STS-45 (1992)—in the STS-41-G and STS-45 missions, he was aboard with Kathy Sullivan. Dave currently serves as the Manager for the Technology Transfer and Commercialization Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Today, you'll hear Dave and I discuss his experience with the NASA astronaut selection process and why he thinks he got selected by the board. He shares insight into the growth of private space companies and what they mean for aspiring astronauts. He highlights the value of diplomatic skills and foreign language proficiency in organizations like NASA. You'll also learn what it takes to become an astronaut in the new space age and receive advice for carving an educational path toward the space industry. “In my selection process, I think my flying background helped—but it isn't just about flying; it's also about having an adventurous spirit and a willingness to be independent and do uncomfortable things.” - Dave Leestma This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: Dave's journey in the 1980 NASA selection pool and what he thinks put him at the top The value of having discipline, independence, and an adventurous spirit in the NASA application process The importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion How the criteria for the NASA selection process has changed Dave's thoughts on being part of NASA's astronaut selection board Why diplomacy and foreign language skills are an asset How the growth of private space companies is changing the paradigm in space exploration and science How private space companies might select and recruit talent for their organizations Skills, trades, and talents NASA would look for beyond Artemis Dave's take on space tourism and his advice to young people who want to join the space industry Our Favorite Quotes: “If you can be disciplined in the little things like making your bed, you can be disciplined in other things. That leads to a desire to succeed.” - Dave Leestma “Being an astronaut means being uncomfortable with some parts of it.” - Dave Leestma “Astronauts, in general, are jacks of all trades and not necessarily masters of one. You may have a degree in Geology, but you can also do an EVA and all kinds of things.” - Dave Leestma Related Content: At the Oscars with George Lucas Connect with Dave Leestma: Dave Leestma on LinkedIn Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google I Amazon Music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Science -New Space Age Dawns..mp3

Charles Frank Bolden Jr. is a retired US Marine Corps Major General and former NASA astronaut. After flying on four space shuttle missions—STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-45, and STS-60—Charlie was appointed by former President, Barack Obama, to serve as the 12th Administrator of NASA from 2009 to 2017, making him the first African American to head the agency permanently. Today, Charlie is the Founder and CEO Emeritus of the Charles F. Bolden Group, a consortium of accomplished leaders founded in 2017 to foster international collaboration in making life better for all humanity. Charlie joins me today to discuss the qualities aspiring astronauts need to cultivate to be chosen for modern space programs. You'll hear about his career at NASA and the characteristics he thinks made him a NASA astronaut. He explores how the dawn of the new space age may change selection preferences for would-be astronauts. You'll also learn the value of being a team player and why being a jack-of-all-trades is essential to becoming an astronaut of today and tomorrow. “You will be technicians, scientists, and researchers all in one—and that's the kind of people we're going to be looking for.” - Charlie Bolden This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: Qualities and characteristics NASA looked for in astronaut candidates in the 1980s Civil rights in the 1980s and the psychological implications of growing up in the segregated South Why being a team player is a high-value trait for NASA astronauts Diversity as a trait of a high-performing organization Why being a good fighter pilot doesn't necessarily mean being a great astronaut The lack of diversity in NASA's Apollo era and how astronaut selection preferences have changed since How the dawn of commercial spaceflight is changing preferences for would-be astronauts How commercial spacecraft may change the employment prospects of future astronauts The kind of crew NASA may seek for the Artemis program and beyond Jessica Watkins, Kate Rubins, Peggy Whitson, and why researchers may be the astronauts of the future Ridley Scott's The Martian and what it takes to be a modern-day astronaut Resources Mentioned: Book: Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut by Mike Mullane Our Favorite Quotes: “A great test pilot isn't necessarily going to be a great astronaut; a great test pilot with a big ego is going to be a lousy astronaut.” - Charlie Bolden “The astronauts of today and tomorrow are not going to have the opportunity to train over and over again on something because they'll find that every day is something new.” - Charlie Bolden Related Episodes: The Life of a Visionary with Charlie Bolden The Birth of the New Space Age with Charlie Bolden Connect with Charlie Bolden: The Charles Bolden Group The Charles F. Bolden Group on LinkedIn The Charles F. Bolden Group on Instagram The Charles F. Bolden Group on YouTube The Charles F. Bolden Group on Twitter Charlie Bolden on LinkedIn Charlie Bolden on Twitter Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google I Amazon Music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Lori Garver, a former Deputy Administrator for NASA. In her new book “Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age,” Garver explains what it's like to be a woman shaking up the predominantly male aerospace field. She also talks about her work with Elon Musk and has some surprises about what NASA does and can cost.

This week's guest is Lori Garver, former Deputy Administrator for NASA & author of Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age, describing how she drove the commercial space program with Elon Musk against the wishes of Senators on both sides of the House, whilst in a misogynistic, male-dominated NASA culture.The last two years have been challenging for us all. Lori increased her activist nature as much as possible to help drive to a better future. One of the ways she did this, was write a memoir that uses her career at NASA to help light a path to a better future for us all.As she outlines in the book, when she left home and went to college, she started to consider how she could best impact the world. She worked for John Glenn on his Presidential Campaign, which is what got her into space.The Challenger and Columbia accidents were both pain-points that showed her that human spaceflight had gotten off-track. The government led system was rewarding contractors and congress more interested in their own agenda, than true progress.Out of these literal ashes, she helped craft NASA policies and programs to reduce the cost of space transportation and make utilizing space for broad and valuable purposes more accessible.As a woman who has reached the one of highest echelons of NASA, being a role model to others is an important aspect of her later career. She began a Fellowship for collegiate women and gender minorities, which now offers 50 paid summer internships annually - with over 200 alumni currently. Two years ago, they expanded this to include another Fellowship to give even more opportunities Black college students. She's also started a program called Earthrise Alliance, which is dedicated to fully utilizing satellite data to address climate change.We went to space over 50 years ago, and the most important thing we learned is about our home planet, Earth. What we have learned about our changing climate from space, has allowed us to understand what is happening and how to adopt ways to adapt and reverse the damage from humanity's dependence on greenhouse gas emissions. Courage can mean a lot of things, but in her life, it means standing up for what you believe in, even when it is not popular. Taking a position you know is right, instead of doing things to advance your own career was necessary to advance our efforts in space, which is ultimately critical to our survival here on earth and beyond. Thank you so much Lori for giving us a bird's eye view on the world and showing us how continued space exploration will give invaluable insights into how to protect our planet, and give us a future worth fighting for. Thanks also for showing us the fragility of our beautiful blue planet and reminding us to do all we can to conserve our oasis that hangs like a miracle in the vastness of the Universe. You can find our more about Lori's work on https://www.lorigarver.com/ and follow her on Linkedin @lorigarver Join Lou on LinkedinFollow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media putting your story in the spotlight, showcasing your vision on video and supercharging your impact on global podcasts  https://bravenewgirlmedia.comMusic by Melody LoopsSupport the show

Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age The Authors on the Air Global Radio Network presents, Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom a podcast that features people who inspire and uplift future generations with their work. In this episode we sit down with Lori Garver, Former NASA Deputy Administrator, to discuss her experience with NASA, serving under multiple presidents, persevering even when it seems like everyone is against you, and of course, her new book, Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. About the Author: Lori Garver was the principal advisor on aerospace issues to three presidential candidates and led the NASA transition team for President Obama. She served as the Deputy Administrator of the Space Agency from 2009 to 2013 and is known as an architect of the new era of commercial partnerships that allow SpaceX to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Garver is the founder of the Brooke Owens Fellowship, an internship and mentorship program for collegiate women interested in pursuing space careers. She is the recipient of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Aerospace and has been awarded three NASA Distinguished Service Medals. She lives in Washington, DC. About the Book: “Former NASA official Lori Garver offers a front-row seat to the decades-long struggles within and among space bureaucrats and space billionaires. Bring popcorn, as you bear witness to an untold slice of space history.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier Escaping Gravity is former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver's firsthand account of how a handful of revolutionaries overcame the political patronage and bureaucracy that threatened the space agency. The success of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, and countless other commercial space efforts were preceded by decades of work by a group of people Garver calls “space pirates.” Their quest to transform NASA put Garver in the crosshairs of Congress, the aerospace industry, and hero-astronauts trying to protect their own profits and mythology within a system that had held power since the 1950s. Published by Diversion Books Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Gravity-Quest-Transform-Launch/dp/1635767709

Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age The Authors on the Air Global Radio Network presents, Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom a podcast that features people who inspire and uplift future generations with their work. In this episode we sit down with Lori Garver, Former NASA Deputy Administrator, to discuss her experience with NASA, serving under multiple presidents, persevering even when it seems like everyone is against you, and of course, her new book, Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. About the Author: Lori Garver was the principal advisor on aerospace issues to three presidential candidates and led the NASA transition team for President Obama. She served as the Deputy Administrator of the Space Agency from 2009 to 2013 and is known as an architect of the new era of commercial partnerships that allow SpaceX to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Garver is the founder of the Brooke Owens Fellowship, an internship and mentorship program for collegiate women interested in pursuing space careers. She is the recipient of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Aerospace and has been awarded three NASA Distinguished Service Medals. She lives in Washington, DC. About the Book: “Former NASA official Lori Garver offers a front-row seat to the decades-long struggles within and among space bureaucrats and space billionaires. Bring popcorn, as you bear witness to an untold slice of space history.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier Escaping Gravity is former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver's firsthand account of how a handful of revolutionaries overcame the political patronage and bureaucracy that threatened the space agency. The success of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, and countless other commercial space efforts were preceded by decades of work by a group of people Garver calls “space pirates.” Their quest to transform NASA put Garver in the crosshairs of Congress, the aerospace industry, and hero-astronauts trying to protect their own profits and mythology within a system that had held power since the 1950s. Published by Diversion Books Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Gravity-Quest-Transform-Launch/dp/1635767709

Podcast with Gautam Siwach and Jin Vanstee ! Speaker - Naeem is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Space Technology in the IBM Hybrid Cloud business. He's working to expand IBMs presences in Space Technology sector. He also serves as a Chief Solutions Architect, leading innovation group to build first of a kind proof of concepts and technical prototypes for strategic application expansion into Industry Verticals on IBM Hybrid Cloud Platforms. He is currently leading technical client engagements, migration and transformation of workloads, for Public, Private and Hybrid Solutions for IBM enterprise customers as well as strategic ISVs on IBM's Cloud Platform. In prior roles, he's has built several solutions for Smarter Planets including Smarter Buildings, Smarter Cell Towers, Sea Terminal Ports. He's also an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Alum for Surrey, Canada. He is member of the IBM Academy of Technology.What is SpaceTech Initiative ?What are some examples of extra-terrestrial challenges and how do you solve Space related problems ?What is the Future of Technology in SpaceTech Program ?

Lori Garver – Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space AgeAired Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM ESTHow have women contributed to the U.S. space program and how were they treated by their male colleagues?My guest this week on Destination Unlimited, Lori Garver, is former NASA Deputy Administrator. She was one of a handful of revolutionaries that managed to outmaneuver the system of political patronage, bureaucracy and male domination that threatened the space agency and the future of human spaceflight. From inside NASA, Garver drove changes to policies and programs that enabled competition, challenging the expensive and ineffective traditional systems at the exact time the capabilities and resources of the private sector began to mature. Her website is https://www.lorigarver.com/, and she joins me this week to share her experiences and new book, Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age.Connect with Victor Fuhrman at http://victorthevoice.com/#LoriGarver #EscapingGravity #VictorFuhrman #DestinationUnlimitedSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

How do we best get space tourism and moon colonies – big public projects, or cocky entrepreneurs? Lori Garver is the former Deputy Administrator of NASA, and the author of “Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age.”  Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/featured Robert Zubrin on "How to Build a Moon Base": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEEgdmimSWg

NASA is 64 years old and has sometimes acted like it. Back in 2010, when Lori Garver became the number two at the space agency, commercial space was just a glimmer on the horizon, and it was business as usual. The week we talk to Lori about her new book about her time at NASA, "Escaping Gravity," and how she helped to reinvent the world's favorite space agency for a new space age. Get "Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QsCZE8 Host: Rod Pyle Co-Host: Geoffrey Notkin Guest: Lori Garver Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

NASA is 64 years old and has sometimes acted like it. Back in 2010, when Lori Garver became the number two at the space agency, commercial space was just a glimmer on the horizon, and it was business as usual. The week we talk to Lori about her new book about her time at NASA, "Escaping Gravity," and how she helped to reinvent the world's favorite space agency for a new space age. Get "Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QsCZE8 Host: Rod Pyle Co-Host: Geoffrey Notkin Guest: Lori Garver Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Almost 50 years ago, in December 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Apollo program. In the half-century since, no crewed mission — not Americans nor anyone else — has ventured beyond low Earth orbit. Despite a series of presidential promises, NASA has yet to return to the Moon, let alone venture to Mars. And despite recent declines in launch costs, thanks in large part to SpaceX, NASA remains in many ways committed to the old, Apollo-style way of doing things. To learn more about why NASA's manned missions always seem to run over budget and behind schedule — and to get a sense of the way forward with commercial space companies — I'm speaking with Lori Garver.Garver was previously Deputy Administrator of NASA during the Obama administration, from 2009 to 2013. Previously, she worked at NASA from 1996 to 2001 as a senior policy analyst. Garver is the founder of Earthrise Alliance, an initiative to better use space data to address climate change. She also appears in the 2022 Netflix documentary Return to Space. Her fascinating memoir, published in June, is Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation.James Pethokoukis: In December of this year, it will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 splashdown and the end of the Apollo program. Humanity has been stuck in low Earth orbit ever since. And for a while, the United States couldn't even get to low Earth orbit on its own. What happened to all the dreams that people had in the ‘60s that just sort of disappeared in 1972?Lori Garver: I think the dreamers are still out there. Many of them work on the space program. Many of them have contributed to the programs that we had post-Apollo. The human space flight program ended and took that hiatus. [But] we've been having, in the United States a very robust and leading space program ever since Apollo. For human space flight, I think we got off track, as I outline in my book, by really trying to relive Apollo. And trying to fulfill the institutions and congressional mandates that were created for Apollo, which were too expensive to continue with more limited goals. The Nixon administration actually had the right idea with the Space Shuttle. They said the goal was to reduce the cost of getting to and from space.Money was no object for a while.When you have your program tied to a national goal, like we did in Apollo of beating the Russians and showing that a democratic system was a better way to advance society and technology and science, we built to a standard that tripled the budget every couple years in the early days. We [NASA] then had to survive on a budget about half the size of the peak during Apollo and have never been able to really readjust the infrastructure and the cost to sustain it. So I'd say our buying power was greatly reduced.We'll talk about government later in the interview, but to some degree, isn't this a failure of society? If politicians had sensed a yearning desire from the American public to continue moving out further in space, would we have done it?It's hard to know how we measure public support for something like that because there's no voting on it per se. And there are so few congressional districts whose members are really focused on it. So the bills that come up in Congress are funding bills. NASA is buried among many other agencies. And so I think the yearning on the part of the public is a little more diffuse. What we want to see is the United States being a leader. We want to see us doing things that return to our economy, and we want to see things that help our national security. Those are the ways space contributes to society. And I think what we got off track in doing is delivering hardware that was built in certain people's districts instead of being a purpose-driven program as it was in Apollo.Even though the Space Shuttle wasn't going to fly to the Moon, people were really pretty excited by it. I'm not sure polls always capture how interested people are in space.We don't really gauge based on people who are attending launches. As someone who's been to a lot of launches, there are lots of people enthused. But that's not 300 million people in the country. I think that polls tend to show, as compared to what? And NASA tends to be at the bottom of a list of national priorities. But, of course, its budget isn't very large. So these are all things that we try to evaluate. I think if you believe that network news was able to track public interest, by the time of the Challenger accident — which was only the 25th shuttle launch — they weren't showing them live anymore. So that's the kind of thing that you can look into. We really like things the first time. And those first couple missions were very exciting. Or if we did something unique, like fix the Hubble Space Telescope, that was interesting. But we had 134 missions, and not every one of those got a lot of publicity.I saw you in the fantastic Return to Space documentary, and you had a great statistic saying that basically it cost about a billion dollars for every astronaut that we sent to space. Was there just fundamentally not an interest in reducing that cost? Did we not know how to do it? Was it just how government contracts [worked]? Why did it stay so expensive for so long?A combination of all those things plays into it. It's about the incentives. These were government cost-plus contracts that incentivize you to take longer and spend more, because you get more money the longer it takes. If you've worked in any private sector, they want to expand their own profits. And that's understandable. The government wasn't a smart buyer. And we also really like to focus on maybe doing something exquisite or a new technology instead of reducing the cost. [It's a] really interesting comparison to the Russian program where they just kept doing the same thing and it costs a little less. The Space Shuttle, we wanted it to be reusable. But it cost as much to refurbish it as it would have to rebuild. It wasn't until recently that we've had these incentives reversed and said, “We will buy launches from the private sector, and therefore they have the incentive to go and reduce the cost.” That's really what's working.If you look at what presidents were saying, they certainly still seem to be interested. We had the George H.W. Bush administration: He announced a big plan to return us to the Moon and Mars. I think it was like about a $500 billion plan. What happened to that? That was the Space Exploration Initiative?SEI, yes. I go into this in the book because, to me, it is really important that we not forget how many times presidents have given us similar goals. Because you come in, and I was the lead on the Obama transition for NASA. I was outgoing in the Clinton administration for NASA, leading the policy office, and supported lots of those Republican presidents in between in their space proposals. Never met a president who didn't love NASA and the human space flight program. They have various levels of success in getting what they want achieved. I think the first President Bush tried very hard to reduce the cost and to be more innovative. But the NASA bureaucracy fought him on that quite vociferously.Why would they? Wouldn't they see that it would be in NASA's long-term interest for these missions to be cheaper, more affordable?It was not dissimilar to my time at NASA in that the administrator was a former astronaut. And they didn't really come there with a mandate to do much other than support the existing program and people at the agency. When you're at NASA and you just want to do the same thing, you don't want to take a risk to change what you're doing. You want to keep flying your friends, and you have really come to this position because other people did the same thing as well. I call it, in the book, the “giant, self-licking ice-cream cone,” because it's this sugar high that everyone in it has. But it doesn't allow for as much progress.So no one anywhere really had an incentive to focus on efficiency and cost control. The people in Congress who were super interested, I imagine, were mostly people who had facilities in their districts and they viewed it as a jobs program.Yes. And they want contracts going to those jobs. Really, the administration, the president, is the one who tends to want a more valuable, efficient, effective space program. And within this, throughout the last decades, they've had a bit of tension with their own heads of NASA to get them to be more efficient Because Congress wants more of these cost-plus contracts in their district, the industry likes making the money, and the people at NASA tend to say, “Well, I might be going to work in one of those industry jobs down the road. So why do I want to make them mad?”It's really a fairly familiar story, despite sort of the interesting, exotic nature of space. It could be … banking and financial regulation, where you have the sort of a revolving door…That's what's difficult. And for me, I think writing the book was challenging for some of the people within the program to have this out there, because NASA is seen as above all that. And we should be above all that. What's a little ironic is to the extent that we're above all that, it's because we've now finally gotten to a point where there are some private-sector initiatives and there's more of a business case to be made for human space flight. Whereas previously, it was just the government so the only reason was this self-licking ice-cream cone.So we had the first Bush administration, they had this big, expansive idea. Then … canceled— right? —by President Clinton?Really by Congress. Congress did not fund president H.W. Bush's Space Exploration Initiative. But the tension was between what his space council wanted to do — which was led by Vice President Quayle — and what NASA wanted to do. A couple years in, he fired his head of NASA, brought in someone new, Dan Goldin. Dan Goldin was the head of NASA then for 10 years. The Clinton administration kept him, and the second Bush administration kept him for the first year. He drove a lot of this change. And as I talk about in the book, I worked there under him and eventually was his head of policy. And really, he was trying to infuse these incentives well before we were successful in doing this with SpaceX.So then we had the second Bush presidency, and we had another big idea for space. What was that idea, and what happened to that?We had the Columbia accident, which caused the second President Bush to have to look at human space flight again and say, "You know, we need to retire the shuttle and set our sights, again, farther." And this was the Moon-Mars initiative, it was referred to as the Vision for Space Exploration. Again, we had a change of NASA administrator under him. And I truly believe if you look, the changes aren't as much driven by presidents as they are heads of NASA. So it's who do you appoint and how long do they last? Because President Bush, it changed with his second administrator to be this program called Constellation, which was a big rocket to take us back to the Moon. Government owned and operated.So we were talking about how the legacy of Apollo has just loomed large over the program for decades. And this is another good example of that?This was referred to as “Apollo on steroids.” That is what the head of NASA wanted to do, and for a lot of good reasons, including because he knew he could get the congressional support for the districts, for the contracts that were typical for the time. You could use the NASA centers that already existed. This was never going to be efficient. But this was going to get a budget passed.Was there a real expectation that this would work? Or was this fundamentally a way of propping up this sort of industrial jobs complex infrastructure?I struggle with this question because I believe that the people creating these programs are very smart and are aware that when they say they're going to be able to do something for this amount of money and so forth, they know they can't. But they clearly feel it's the right thing to do anyway, because if they can get the camel's nose under the tent, they can continue to spend more money and do it.“Let's just keep it going, keep the momentum going.”Yes.When did we decide that just kind of redoing Apollo wasn't going to work and we need to do something different and we need to try to bring in the commercial [sector]?I take it back to the 1990s under Dan Goldin. As head of NASA, he started a program that was a partnership with industry. It was going to be a demonstration of a single-stage reusable launch system. Lockheed Martin happened to win it. It was called the X-33. They planned to develop a fully reusable vehicle that would be called VentureStar, but it ran into technical problems. They were trying to push doing more. And the Space Shuttle was still flying, so there weren't these incentives to keep it going. They canceled the program. Lockheed wasn't going to pick it up. The dot-com bubble burst. The whole satellite market that was going to be where they got most of their money — because the premise is “NASA just wants to be one customer, not pay for the whole system.” So really, the second Bush administration in the same post-Shuttle Columbia accident policy initiative said, “We are going to …” — again, very consistent with previous presidents, but again said — “… use the private sector to help commercialize and lower costs.” And the first Bush administration did that with a program — not for people, but for cargo — to the International Space Station. SpaceX won one of those contracts in 2006. So when I came back in 2008, and then 2009 with our first budget request, we asked for money for the crew element, meaning taking astronauts to the space station to also be done privately. Most people hated that idea at first.I've seen a video of a hearing, and a lot of senators did not like this idea. Apollo astronauts did not like this idea. Why did people not like this idea?Well, let's see: There were tens of billions of dollars of contracts already let to Constellation contractors. And this meant canceling Constellation. Because the first part of that, although it was designed (at least in theory) to go back to the Moon, it was going to take us to and from the space station. But the program in the first four years, had slipped [to] five years. It was costing a couple billion dollars a year. And again, we're still sort of doing that program. And maybe we'll get to that.I don't think it ever really goes away.The Commercial Crew Program, we were able to carve out enough dollars to get it started. And this was not something that was easy. It was not something I think most people in the Senate, or the former Apollo astronauts who testified against us, thought was possible. I think there was just this sense — and again, Elon and SpaceX was very, very likely to be the winners of these competitions. People just didn't believe he could do it.They thought only government could do something this spectacular. Elon Musk encountered a lot of skepticism from astronauts. And he found this personally and emotionally really hurtful, to see these astronauts be skeptical. To be charitable, they were skeptical.I did too. I knew them, and I knew that they thought the policies I was driving were wrongheaded. Gene Cernan said it would lead to the end of America as we know it, the future of his grandchildren were at stake. So these were not easy things to hear. And I'm often asked, why did I even believe it would work? Well, let's face it, nothing else had worked. It had been 50 years since Apollo! And we hadn't done it, as you said in the opening of the program. We also know that in every other aspect of transportation or large initiatives that the government takes on, the idea isn't to have the government own and operate them. We didn't do that with the airlines. So this was inevitable, and the private sector was launching to space. They had been since the '90s. We had turned over management of the rocket systems. So I didn't necessarily know SpaceX was going to make it, but I knew that was the way to drive innovation, to get the cost down, and to get us to a place where we could break out of this giant, self licking ice-cream cone.But now we have a system that's sort of betwixt and between. The next sort of big thing is this moon mission, Artemis, that is a little bit of the old way and a little bit of the new way. We're going to be using a traditional Apollo-style developed rocket, the SLS. I think a SpaceX lander. Why aren't we going to launch this on a very big SpaceX rocket? Why are we still doing it a little bit of the old way?Because I failed, basically. This grand bargain that we made with Congress, where we got just enough money to start a commercial crew program, kept the contracts for Constellation.SLS is Constellation, for the listeners.It is. It's the same. They protected the contracts and the rocket changed a little bit, but the parts — again, the money; follow the money — all are still flowing to Lockheed, Boeing, Aerojet. The Space Launch System is often called the “Senate Launch System.” I don't happen to agree, because it wasn't just the Senate that did this. The call, as I say, was coming from inside the house: NASA people wanted to build and operate a big rocket. That's why they came to NASA. They grew up seeing Apollo. They wanted to launch their version of the Saturn V. And they ultimately were willing to give up low Earth orbit to the private sector, if they could have their big rocket. So that's back in 2011 that this is established, this bifurcated system. They were supposed to launch by 2016. It's now 2022. They haven't even launched a first test flight. This first test flight, now at $20 billion-plus — the capsule on top, called Orion, is exactly from Constellation, so it's been being funded at more than a billion a year since 2006. This is not a program that should be going forward, and we are about to do a big test of it, whether it works or not. We'll have a bigger decision, I think, when it's over if it's successful than if it's not. I think if it's not successful, we ought to just call it.Even if it's successful, is this the last gasp of this kind of manned space exploration? I mean, even if we get to the Moon by … when? I'm not sure when the current moving target is.Well, I believe we're continuing to say now, 2025, the current NASA administrator.Any program that expensive is not going be sustainable, even if it should work technically.This is my view. This is the whole premise of Escaping Gravity, is we have to get out of not just our gravity well of Earth, but the system that has been holding us back. And I'd love to say it's the last gasp, but I thought that about Constellation. And it should have been true about the shuttle.Can you give me a sense of the cost difference we're talking about?The Space Launch System with Orion, which is the rocket and capsule, together have cost us over $40 billion to develop. Each launch will also cost an additional $4 billion, and we can only launch it once every two years. So in Apollo, we launched I think 12 times in five years, once we started the program. If we start now with the program, in next five years the most we can launch is three times. This is not progress. And those amounts of money, compared to the private sector… It hasn't launched something bigger than SLS yet, but let's just take the Falcon Heavy, which launches about 80 percent of the size of payload that the SLS can. SpaceX developed that without any public money. And the per launch costs are in the $100-150 million range. It's just not comparable.Does the current head of NASA understand these cost calculations?Well, he recently said — Administrator Bill Nelson, former Florida senator — that he thinks that this cost-plus system that NASA has been using is a “plague” on the agency. So this is fascinating, because he's basically patient zero. He required us to do the SLS. He's very proud of that to this day. So he can brag about the monster rocket, he calls it that, and yet still say the way we are doing it is a plague. So you'd think he doesn't want to do things this way anymore. And as you said, SpaceX is developing the lander for the Moon program. So it's really hard to know what the outcome will be because, like you, I don't believe it's sustainable to spend so much for something we did 50 years ago that isn't going to be reusable, the costs aren't coming down, we aren't going to be able to do it more often. All the things that mean “sustainable.” But yet, that is the government's plan.It just seems hard to believe that that plan is not just sustainable to go to the Moon and develop a permanent moon facility … and then to Mars, which obviously is going to cost even more. It seems like, if as a country we decide this is something we want to do, that inevitably it's going to be a private-sector effort.You know, it's really related to, as a country deciding what we're going to do. Because if there was some compelling reason, as there was in the ‘60s, the nation's leaders felt to go to the Moon for the first time. If that came together for Mars, maybe the public would be willing to spend trillions. But if you can reduce the cost through the private-sector use of vehicles, you can still advance US goals. I try to make the case. This isn't an either/or. This can be a NASA-led and industry-developed program, just as we have done with so much of our economy. And to me, that is inevitable. It's just, how much are we going to waste in the meantime?Is the threat of China enough of a catalyst to give more momentum toward American efforts in space?China is certainly a threat to the United States in many ways — economically, politically, and so forth — and therefore, I think, seen as a big reason for us to return to the Moon. (We say it's a race with China. I'm like, “Okay, for the 13th person. Because don't forget, we won.”) But doing that in a way that drives technology and leaves behind a better nation, that's how you win in these geopolitical races. And so to me, yes, we are making the case (I think NASA, in particular) that we need to beat China, in our case, back to the Moon. It's about leadership. And I don't think we lead or help our nation by protecting industries that then aren't competitive. I still see the need to evolve from the system, and I fully believe we will be back on the Moon before the Chinese. But they are someone we have our eye on. They are really the only other nation right now with an advanced human space flight program.One of my favorite TV shows, which I probably write too often about, is the Ronald D. Moore show For All Mankind. And for listeners who don't know, the premise is that the space race never ends because the Soviets get there first. They beat us to the Moon, and then we decide that we're going to keep going. And the race just keeps going through the ‘60s, the ‘70s, and the ‘80s. I'm sure somewhere in NASA there were great plans that after Apollo we were going to be on the Moon. … Can you imagine a scenario where all those plans came true? Was it inevitable that we were going to pull back? Or could we at this point already have Mars colonies or Moon colonies? That the wildest dreams of the people in the ‘60s, that we actually could have done it, there was a path forward?Of course. I could be on a much longer show about For All Mankind, because I, too, am really invested in it.We did a great podcast with Ronald D. Moore.Oh good. I know of the astronauts who advise. And of course, I find it hilarious what they take out of it. And the astronauts' perspective about how things are actually run in Washington is just hilarious. And one of the reasons I wrote Escaping Gravity, all astronauts should understand that presidents don't sit there at their desk, wondering what NASA's doing today.If I was president, I would be wondering that.And they have, of course, a former astronaut becoming the president. They want it to go well. Like I said, all presidents love it. But of course NASA's plan, and really from von Braun, was Moon on the way to Mars and beyond. Science fiction really wrote this story. And I think people who were drawn to NASA are all about trying to make that a reality. And in many ways we're doing it.What would things look like right now without SpaceX? I'm sure you know that SpaceX, as well as Blue Origin, there's a certain criticism that this is some sort of vanity effort by billionaires to take us to space. But I'm assuming that you don't view this whole effort as a vanity effort.Yes. My book is called Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. And I'm very clear in it that there wouldn't be much transformation going on without SpaceX. So yes, they are absolutely critical to this story. It would've taken longer without them. We don't even have Boeing, their second competitor, taking astronauts yet to the station. But we would've had competitors. There were people before Elon. I think Bezos, and Blue Origin, is making progress and will do so. There are other companies now online, the Dream Chaser, to take cargo to the space station, private sector. But make no mistake, without them, without Elon and his vision and his billions, Artemis wouldn't be even more than a great name for a human space flight program. Because we didn't have the money for a lunar lander that anyone else bid, except for SpaceX. They have overachieved. They have set the bar and then cleared it. And every time they compete, they end up getting less money than the competition and then they beat them. So it's impossible, really, to overstate their value. But I still believe that the policies are the right ones to incentivize others in addition to SpaceX. And if they weren't here, we would not be as far along for sure.I am now going to ask you to overstate something. Give me your expansive view of what a new space age looks like. Is it just humans going out into deep space? Is it a vibrant orbital space economy? What does that new space age look like?To me, it is a purpose-driven space age so we are utilizing fully that sphere beyond our atmosphere. So that's in lower Earth orbit, using that to help society today, we can measure greenhouse gases in real time, the emissions. We can, as we look forward, go beyond certainly Mars, to places where humanity must go if we want to be sustained as a species. I think the purpose of space is like saying, “What was the purpose of first going into the oceans?” It's for science. It's for economic gain. It's for national security. Similar to the atmosphere and now space. It's a new venue where we all can only just imagine what is possible today, and it we will be there. I personally like that Jetsons future of living in a world where I have a flying car on another planet.Lori, thanks for coming on the podcast.Thank you for having me. 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

GUEST OVERVIEW: As the head of the NASA transition team for president-elect Obama and eventually second-in-command of the agency, Lori Garver was determined to do more than just break the glass ceiling. She set out to break the self-interested system of government-directed space activities controlled by Congress, the aerospace industry, entrenched bureaucrats, and hero-astronauts trying to protect their own profits and mythology. Her book is Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. GUEST WEBSITE: https://www.lorigarver.com/ 

Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver provided a first-hand account of the efforts to modernize NASA and expand space exploration. She was interviewed by Washington Post space reporter Christian Davenport.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The BS, we talk about it being Nate's Birthday today! Bailey wants to give him a smart bird feeder, he's still struggling with cutting the cord, and we talk about the top technology that we don't use anymore but can't bring ourselves to throw away! Next, we talk to former Deputy Administrator of NASA, Lori Graver! She tells us why they retired the space shuttles, militarizing space, who's her favorite private space company, what she says to people who don't believe we landed on the moon, and more! Check out her new book: "Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age"! Later we talk about when will society collapse, we've hit a milestone with the podcast, would the guys run with the bulls, and we get another round of Better with Fuck! All that and more on today's episode of The BS! #BetterThanRadio For daily ad-free entertainment, become a subscriber of The BS today: www.PodcastTheBS.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-bailey-show/message

On this week's episode, we're joined by former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver.  We'll be diving into Lori's riveting new book – Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age.  We'll also be talking about the pivotal role that Lori played in the transition to the new space economy and what lies ahead for the industry.Lori Garver led the NASA transition team for President-elect Barack Obama and served as Deputy Administrator of NASA from 2009 - 2013.  Garver is the recipient of the 2021 Public Service Award for AIAA, the 2021 Heinlein Award for the National Space Society, and the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Aerospace and has been awarded three NASA Distinguished Service Medals.Also, a special shout-out and thank you to our lead sponsor this season, Multiverse Media Group!  For more information about Multiverse Media Group and their recent documentary, The High Frontier, check out https://thehighfrontiermovie.com/.Support the show

No one deserves more credit for enabling the new era of commercial space development than former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver. That includes the commercial crew program that brings astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Mat welcomes Lori back for a conversation about her excellent new memoir that tells the inside story of this achievement. You'll get the chance to win “Escaping Gravity” in this week's What's Up space trivia contest. There's more to discover at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2022-lori-garver-escaping-gravity-book See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

https://www.lorigarver.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/minddogtv  Sponsors:KOA Coffee https://koacoffee.com/?sscid=21k6_79g17  FIVERR https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=86037&brand=fiverrcpa&utm_campaign=minddogTV SOUTHWEST RAPID REWARDS https://swa.eyjo.net/c/3290446/517226/4705 SUPPORT THE HAPPY MINUTE https://ko-fi.com/minddogtv TRUE FIRE GUITAR MASTERY: http://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkzyk/pubref:minddog Get Koa Coffee at minddogtv.com/coffee

Welcome to the fifth episode of Pathfinder, a weekly show where Payload managing editor and host Ryan Duffy sits down with the top shot-callers in space. Pathfinder is brought to you by SpiderOak Mission Systems — www.spideroak-ms.com — an industry leader in space cybersecurity. Check out the company's space cybersecurity white paper here. On Pathfinder 0005, Ryan sits down with Lori Garver, the former deputy administrator of NASA and author of the new book: “Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age.” In the tell-all memoir, Lori writes with refreshing candidness and colorful copy about the uphill battle to change the agency, contracting, and commercial procurement practices from within. Per Escaping Gravity's cover description, “from inside the space agency, Garver collaborated with key players such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and President Obama to usher in a more peaceful, inclusive and meaningful space age.” Lori led the NASA transition team for then-President-elect Barack Obama and would eventually go on to be the second-in-command at the US space agency. During her tenure, Lori was widely credited for ushering in a new era of competition in commercial space. Now, Lori is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, an Executive in Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners, and a member of the Board of Directors for Hydrosat. Garver founded Earthrise Alliance, a philanthropic organization utilizing satellite data to address climate change, and cofounded the Brooke Owens Fellowship, an internship and mentorship program for collegiate women. Thanks to Lori for coming on Pathfinder, and for being our third video interview! And thanks to SpiderOak Mission Systems for their continued support. – If you'd like to order a copy of Escaping Gravity, you can find one from a range of retailers at www.lorigarver.com. For a signed copy, reach out to East City Books at www.eastcitybookshop.com/pre-orders/lori-garver-escaping-gravity Connect with Lori on Twitter and/or Facebook: @Lori_Garver – Sign up for Payload's industry-leading daily newsletter at www.payloadspace.com

In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is Lori Garver, the former Deputy Administrator of NASA and author of the new book Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age.During her 35 year career, and this is just partial list, Lori worked at NASA twice, advised a variety of presidential candidates, led the NASA transition team under Barak Obama, was the Executive Director of the National Space Society for nine years and co-founded the Brooke Owens Fellowship, an internship and mentorship program for collegiate women. Oh, and she's also a space pirate, and that's a good thing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're joined by former Deputy Administrator of NASA Lori Garver as she releases her new book: “Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age”Lori Garver:https://www.lorigarver.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lori_GarverLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-garver-64695362/Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guest, plus videos of any launches.Image Credits: NASASpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.comSpace and Things is brought to you And Things Productions https://www.andthingsproductions.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look at the new era of space travel we're in right now and find out more about what's ahead. Our guest on this episode is Lori Garver, who headed the NASA transition team for President-elect Obama and was the Deputy Administrator of NASA.  In those roles, Lori collaborated with key players such as Obama, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to usher in a more peaceful, inclusive and meaningful space age. Lori's new book is called, “Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age”. Her website is lorigarver.com. Thanks to our sponsors of this episode!   --> AirMedCare Network: AirMedCare Network provides world-class air transport services to the nearest, appropriate hospital or trauma center. AMCN Members have the added value of knowing their flight expenses are completely covered when flown by an AMCN provider. For as little as $85 a year, it covers your entire household, every day, 24/7, even when traveling. AMCN is the largest medical air transport membership in the country, covering 38 states. For just pennies a day, you can worry less about what matters most. This is security no family should be without. Now, as a Nobody Told Me! listener, you'll get up to a $50 eGift Card when you join.    Visit www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use the offer code NOBODY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we still in the space age?  It depends on who you ask.  Officially, yes.  But NASA hasn't launched a shuttle in over a decade.  We haven't set foot on a non-earth object in 50 years.  So what's so spacey about the current age?  Privatization, for one.  Everyone's upset at the ultra wealthy multi-billionaires that seem so common these days, but a lot of those billionaires have a keen interest in space, the money to fund it, and the willingness to actually take a risk.  Meanwhile, Congress is still concerned with getting phonographs to work in zero gravity.  That was a joke.  Or was it? Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age -amzn.to/3bnSNs8 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Today's Show"It's interesting thinking back to what sent a man to the moon the first time." ... "To see the sheer size and volume of those (computers) and to know now that we have that technology at our fingertips and the ability and the power that it can provide is really beyond imagination." - Nate ApodacaIn December 2022, it will officially be 50 years since humans set foot on the moon. In half a century, the world has changed drastically, and so has the technology that got us there. But as the world has turned more digital, the importance of secure and stable IT infrastructure has never been more important. That's why as NASA looks forward to the most ambitious era of space travel in history, they need a team that can be trusted to bring the best and most reliable systems possible.Nate Apodaca is the Vice President and Division Manager of the NASA portfolio at Leidos. He joins host Shaunté Newby to share what IT infrastructure means in the context of space exploration, why it's more important than ever, and the new challenges that his team at Leidos are working to overcome.Key TakeawaysWhat makes IT infrastructure for NASA uniqueWhy the technology is so much more sophisticated than in previous space agesAs NASA increases its velocity in its race to space, Leidos IT services will transform and transfigure the way that NASA consumes, accepts, and embraces information technologyLinkshttps://www.leidos.com/nasa-ithttps://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

It's been quite a journey since I launched the Kathy Sullivan Explores podcast, to say the least. From exploring the power of mythologyand leadership styles to delving into the commercial space industry and the advent of the new space age, I've certainly had a lot of fascinating conversations in my first year of podcasting—and what's a better way to celebrate my first podcasting anniversary than to reflect on the journey thus far? And who would be better to take you along this journey with me than the man that helped me launch and produce the show, Toby Goodman. Toby is my podcast producer and the CEO of Podcast Network Solutions, a full-service podcast production company. Toby is the author of Narrow Podcasting: Make Profitable Connections and Grow your Business, Without Paid Ads, Sponsors, or Thousands of Listeners. He is also the host of the Podcast Business Coach podcast and creator of The Profitable Pod Method. Toby joins me today to explore my first year in podcasting. We discuss how having routines and habits has helped me have deeper conversations with my podcast guests. We discuss what went wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope, and how it was fixed, and I share my thoughts on processing errors and failures. We explain what it's like to become a podcast host and interviewer and the importance of keeping your listeners in mind when recording new episodes. We also recall previous conversations about leadership on the podcast and underscore how a mindset for learning keeps us alive and human. “Every time we create a solo episode, we're trying to create a story that is obviously fun and entertaining but it also has meaning and it gives people pause for thought, and oftentimes, an action to take.” - Toby Goodman This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: The real value of routines and habits The listeners I have in mind when I record episodes How setbacks and hurdles in life are part of the human existence Launching shuttles, airplanes, and podcasts and the reason I wrote Handprints on Hubble The power of creativity and invention and their roles in human life How curiosity and my childhood upbringing help me manage fear and risk Crisis management and dealing with surprises Processing different versions of tragedy and failure The Hubble Space Telescope's mirror flaw and how it was fixed Debriefing and the unwinding period that follows a podcast episode or a large project Conversations about compassionate and competitive styles of leadership Reflecting on my solo episodes and their improvement over time Resources Mentioned: Book: Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut's Story of Invention by Kathy Sullivan Our Favorite Quotes: “Life isn't about topping it; it is about other things to learn, different things to create, new things to try, and new people to meet.” - Kathy Sullivan “The best essence of humanity and human life: the creative and inventive spark.” - Kathy Sullivan “Stay in the awareness that you're always learning—always growing. You'll stub a toe and stumble and that's okay: it shows you're alive and engaged.” - Kathy Sullivan Related Episodes: The Life of a Visionary with Charlie Bolden Part 1 The Birth of the New Space Age with Charlie Bolden Part 2 Getting Gold in Sports, Career, and Life with Katie Smith The Cooperative Model of Business with Omega CEO, Raynald Aeschlimann (Part 1) The Honor of Measuring Time with Omega CEO, Raynald Aeschlimann (Part 2) The Apollo 13 Mission with Gerry Griffin Life's Fabulous Lessons with Dayna Steele Diversity, Inclusion, and Politics with Yvette McGee Brown Who is the Science Guy with Bill Nye Weaving Myth with Morgan Smith The Joyous Wonder of the Ocean with Helen Scales Connect with Toby Goodman: Podcast Network Solutions Narrow Podcasting Podcast: Podcast Business Coach Book: Narrow Podcasting: Make Profitable Connections and Grow your Business, Without Paid Ads, Sponsors, or Thousands of Listeners Podcast Network Solutions on LinkedIn Podcast Network Solutions on Facebook Toby Goodman on Instagram  Spaceship Not Required  I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website atkathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improve your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify IStitcher IApple Podcasts I iHeart Radio ITuneIn IGoogle IAmazon Music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charles Frank Bolden Jr. is the Founder and CEO Emeritus of the Charles F. Bolden Group, a consortium of accomplished leaders founded in 2017 to foster international collaboration in making life better for all humanity. Appointed by the former president, Barack Obama, Charlie served as the 12th Administrator of NASA from 2009 to 2017, making him the first African American to hold the position permanently. Charlie is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Major General and former astronaut who has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. Charlie joins us today to share his perspective on NASA's transition from space shuttle operations to commercial space flight. You'll gain insight into the real inside workings of Washington, DC, as well as his journey to becoming the 12th Administrator of NASA. Charlie also discusses what the future holds for space commerce and exploration, and explains why, if given the chance, he'll take poets and artists to space. “Our purpose is to make the earth a better, more sustainable place. I think we're up to the challenge.” - Charlie Bolden This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: Charlie's last shuttle flight and the formation of the new space age NASA's state of play and Charlie's road to Washington DC His first experience with the National Space Council The time Charlie had to convince the Congressional Black Caucus of the need for a space station What working with Russian cosmonauts taught Charlie My experience interacting with Soviet astronauts and cosmonauts Charlie's meeting with the former president, Barack Obama, and his nomination to NASA The birth of the SLS, Orion, and commercial crew and cargo Why NASA will remain the leader and catalyst for discovery The advantages of developing a vibrant commercial space sector The James Webb Space Telescope and what gives Charlie hope for the future Our Favorite Quotes: “Every crew becomes a family.” - Charlie Bolden “Study hard, work hard, and never be afraid of failure. Listen respectfully to your parents, but follow your passion because it's your life.” - Charlie Bolden Connect with Charlie Bolden: The Charles Bolden Group The Charles F. Bolden Group on LinkedIn The Charles F. Bolden Group on Instagram The Charles F. Bolden Group on YouTube The Charles F. Bolden Group on Twitter Charlie Bolden on LinkedIn Charlie Bolden on Twitter Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website atkathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify IStitcher IApple Podcasts I iHeart Radio ITuneIn IGoogle IAmazon Music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlie joins us today to share his perspective on NASAs transition from space shuttle operations to commercial space flight.

In recognition of National Astronaut Day, Morgan speaks with Colonel Chris Hadfield about the New Space Age. They discuss the astronaut's time as commander of the International Space Station, his work across the commercial sector and how exactly one recovers from space blindness.

In recognition of National Astronaut Day, Morgan speaks with Colonel Chris Hadfield about the New Space Age. They discuss the astronaut's time as commander of the International Space Station, his work across the commercial sector and how exactly one recovers from space blindness.

Steve joins us today to discuss the new space age. Youll learn how his career in engineering was ignited by the Apollo mission and Stanley Kubricks classic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Steve Isakowitz is the President and CEO of the Aerospace Corporation, the only federally-funded research and development center for the United States' space enterprise. A highly-regarded leader in the government, private, space, and technology sectors, Steve has served in prominent roles. These include serving as the Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy from 2007 to 2011 and the President of Virgin Galactic from 2011 to 2016. He was also the Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration at NASA—a position he held from 2002 to 2006. Steve completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Aerospace Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been awarded various accolades in recognition of his work, including NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal and the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award. Steve joins us today to discuss the new space age. You'll learn how his career in engineering was ignited by the Apollo mission and Stanley Kubrick's classic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. He discusses how seemingly random events and small kindnesses helped sustain his childhood interests. He describes the congested, contested, and commercial aerospace environment. He explains the notion of space as a service rather than a place and explores the topic of mining the moon. You'll also gain insight into why space exploration is a great unifier of nations and how finding the right mentors can help spark your passion. “People think of space as ‘limitless,' but as we do more in it, we need more global effort to regulate what we do in lower orbits and be more responsible.” - Steve Isakowitz This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores: The young Steve Isakowitz and his journey into the aerospace industry One of the biggest challenges of the U.S. space program Why sports are a great way to learn organizational management Steve's academic path and the importance of mentors in your career His stints in government and the lessons he learned from them The 1986 Challenger explosion and how government policies drive the space industry Steve's thoughts on space tourism and cleaning debris in the low Earth orbit The Long Duration Exposure Facility and how many countries participate in space programs The evolving business dynamics of the space industry International cooperation and science diplomacy through space programs The ISRU and the plans to mine the moon Steve's favorite math equation and his love for The Martian His advice to young people for navigating life and career Our Favorite Quotes: “Education is the one thing that can't be taken from you.” - Steve Isakowitz “It's one thing to have the ‘spark,' but it's the little things along the way that make the difference— that keep the fire burning in you and make you want to keep going.” - Steve Isakowitz Connect with Steve Isakowitz: Aerospace Aerospace on LinkedIn Aerospace on Instagram Aerospace on Facebook Aerospace on Twitter Steve Isakowitz on LinkedIn Spaceship Not Required I'm Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I'm an explorer, and that doesn't always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action. In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required. Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores. Visit my website atkathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead! Don't forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify IStitcher IApple Podcasts I iHeart Radio ITuneIn IGoogle IAmazon Music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Der Soziologe und Politikwissenschaftler Dierk Spreen ist begeisterter Science-Fiction-Leser und veröffentlichte 2014 mit Joachim Fischer sein erstes Buch zur Raumfahrt: »Soziologie der Raumfahrt« (transcript). Ende 2021 ist ein neuer Sammelband in Zusammenarbeit mit Bernd Flessner erschienen: »Die Gesellschaft der Raumfahrt. Wirtschaft und Kultur im New Space Age« bei transcript in Bielefeld. Ihn interessiert hierbei auch stets die Verzahnung von Science-Fiction-Literatur und Raumfahrt. In besagtem Sammelband finden sich einige Aufsätze, die die Wechselwirkungen zwischen der SF-Literatur und der Raumfahrt in den Fokus nehmen. Seit einigen Jahren ist eine Tendenz von der institutionellen zur privat finanzierten Raumfahrt zu beobachten. Die private Raumfahrtunternehmen werden hierbei meist von Milliardären geführt. »Ihre Raumfahrtunternehmungen zielen nach dem Vorbild der digitalen Revolution und der Erschließung des Cyberspace für alle darauf ab, einen möglichst breiten Markt zu schaffen.« (S. 8) In einigen aktuellen Science-Fiction-Büchern wird diese Entwicklung konsequent weitergedacht. Dort wird in den letzten Jahren ein möglicher Weltraum entworfen und die Romane wie auch Kurzgeschichten eröffnen neue technologische Perspektiven für die Erschließung des Weltraums für alle. Wirklich für alle? Diesen und anderen (teils kritischen) Fragen gehen Dominik Irtenkauf und Dierk Spreen nach. Über Dierk Spreen: https://www.hwr-berlin.de/hwr-berlin/ueber-uns/personen/2565-dierk-spreen/ Homepage zum Buch: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-5762-3/die-raumfahrt-der-gesellschaft/ Dierk Spreen auf Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dierk_Spreen Publikationsliste: https://hwr-berlin.academia.edu/DierkSpreen Dies ist die letzte Folge der 2. Podcast-Staffel.

In 2021, Captain James Kirk, aka William Shatner, popped into space for real for a couple of minutes, transported by space company Blue Origin's tourist rocket New Shepard. Elon Musk's Space X ferried more astronauts and supplies between Earth and the International Space Station, using its revolutionary reusable launchers and Dragon spacecraft. On Mars, the latest Nasa robot rover landed and released an autonomous helicopter - the first aircraft to fly on another planet. This year promises even more. Most significantly Nasa plans to launch the first mission of its Artemis programme. This will be an unmanned flight of its new deep space vehicle Orion to the Moon, propelled off the Earth by its new giant rocket, the Space Launch System. Artemis is the American space agency's project to return astronauts to the lunar surface and later establish moon bases. China also has a similar ambition. Are we at the beginning of a new space age and if so, how have we got here? When will we see boots on the Moon again? Could we even see the first people on Mars by the end of this decade? Dr Kevin Fong convenes a panel of astronautical minds to discuss the next decade or two of space exploration. He is joined by Dr Mike Barratt, one of Nasa's most senior astronauts and a medical doctor, based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas; Dr Anita Sengupta, research associate professor in Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California; Oliver Morton, briefings editor at The Economist and the author of Mapping Mars and The Moon. Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker

China and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) recently came out with their latest strategic publications on space, outlining expectations and the broad policy direction in the domain. India has to date not published a comprehensive space strategy document, leaving a huge gap in its policy communiqués. Aditya Pareek joins Dr. Shrey Khanna to discuss the major features of the latest NATO space strategy, the Chinese white paper on space, and what aspects a prospective similar publication from India should incorporate.Follow Shrey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cabinmarineFollow Aditya on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shreywaCheck out Takshashila's courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/iosYou can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com

Dr Kevin Fong convenes a panel of astronautical minds to discuss the next decade or two of space exploration. 2021 was an eventful year in space. Captain James Kirk a.k.a William Shatner popped into space for real for a couple of minutes, transported by space company Blue Origin's tourist rocket New Shepard. Elon Musk's Space X ferried more astronauts and supplies between Earth and the International Space Station, using its revolutionary resuable launchers and Dragon spacecraft. On Mars, the latest NASA robot rover landed and released an autonomous helicopter - the first aircraft to fly on another planet. 2022 promises even more. Most significantly NASA plans to launch the first mission of its Artemis programme. This will be an uncrewed flight of its new deep space vehicle Orion to the Moon, propelled off the Earth by its new giant rocket, the Space Launch System. Artemis is the American space agency's project to return astronauts to the lunar surface and later establish moon bases. China has a similar ambition. Are we at the beginning of a new space age and if so, how have we got here? When will we see boots on the Moon again? Could we even see the first people on Mars by the end of this decade? Even in cautious NASA, some are optimistic about this. Kevin's three guests are: Dr Mike Barratt, one of NASA's most senior astronauts and a medical doctor, based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas Dr Anita Sengupta, Research Associate Professor in Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California Oliver Morton, Briefings editor at The Economist and the author of 'Mapping Mars' and 'The Moon' Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker BBC Inside Science is made in association with the Open University

En este episodio, Wisto y Pari platican sobre la posible renta de comics en el pasado, la suscripción de ambos a un sorteo para viajar al espacio con Virgin Galactic, lo que pasaría si se ganan la Casa del Tec, el sueño de experimentar la gravedad cero, la reseña final sobre las películas restantes de Fear Street, la nueva película de Predator ya tiene nombre y se llamará Skull. Y regresa un segmento que le encanta a los co-capitanes: críptidos!! Entre ellos el Dingonek, Yateveo, Mahaha y J'ba Fofi (cuidado con este último) Escúchanos: Spotify / Apple Podcast / ivoox / YouTube Apóyanos: patreon.com/holamsupernova Síguenos: Twitter/ Instagram: holamsupernova

This week we cover the new Hollywood inspired Hydrogen powered pick up truck, Dacia update the duster and we talk about the touring car and Formula 1 action from the weekend.

The environmental impacts of space tourism Who has the greener rocket, Jeff Bezos or Sir Richard Branston? Or is it Elon Musk's Space X?! From the rocket fuel to the emissions to the material waste, we ask what the rise of space tourism means for climate change and the environment here on Planet Earth. With astrophysicist Dr. Parshati Patel  (University of Western) & atmospheric scientist Dr. Eloise Marais (University College London).For more info and links, go to: podcast.smartprosperity.ca

This week we chat about the double standard on Love Island surrounding Danny, the ongoing billionare space race,.. plus Shirley recounts an unsettling tale from the weekend... P.S NEW EPISODES OUT EVERY THURSDAYS!As ever, if you enjoyed this podcast, leave us a wee comment and rating on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to this pod! You can also reach us and stay up to date on @blackscotpod on your preferred socials and @suziemwanza, @_shirleymcpherson_ on Instagram! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard Branson, der britische Milliardär und Chef von Virgin Galactic, ist ins All geflogen. Laut eigenen Angaben hat er seit der Mondlandung 1969 davon geträumt. Eine Woche vor seinem 71. Geburtstag konnte er sich diesen Traum nun erfüllen. Es ging dabei jedoch um viel mehr also die Abenteuerlust eines Milliardärs. Branson will Weltraumflüge für Touristen salonfähig machen. Mit seinem gestrigen Flug ist er zudem Jeff Bezos zuvorgekommen. Dieser hat seinen ersten Weltraumtrip für den 20. Juli angekündigt. Und da wäre ja auch noch Elon Musk und seine Firma „Space X“. Der Kampf um den Weltraum ist eröffnet… Host: Marco Uome, Moderator, DER AKTIONÄR TV Zu Gast: Martin Mrowka, Autor, Börsen.Briefing Hinweis: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlageempfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren oder der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen.

The Stuph File Program Featuring NASA expert, Rod Pyle; Ross Hall of Dying Art; & Sean Tyler Foley author of The Power To Speak Naked Download NASA expert, Rod Pyle, author of First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience & Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age, talks about the current mission to Mars, the successful helicopter flight on The Red Planet and the future of Mars missions going forward. Ross Hall, who operates Dying Art in New Zealand, a company that custom builds colourful coffins that are extremely creative. Sean Tyler Foley is an actor, instructor and keynote presenter. He's also the author of The Power To Speak Naked.  This week’s guest slate is presented by Dino Conganidis, a Freelance Cameraman and Video Editor

Did you know that investing in stocks can make you and your loved ones wealthy? Do you want to learn how to start investing in stocks and which stocks to pick? The key to creating wealth is ACTION! Start by taking action now and clicking the play button to listen along as your host and mentor, Britania, explains the new frontier of SPACE and how Virgin Galactic is one of the best stocks to gain exposure to the wealth that it will create. Top Wealthy Woman Life approved Investing platform that is free and with fractional share trading - M1 Finance If you would like to have question's answered on future podcasts or would like to contact the show host please email - TheWealthyWomanPodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thewealthywoman/support

On this edition of the Ex Terra podcast, we talk with Dr. Mir Sadat, one of the co-authors of a recently published report "U.S. Space Policies for the New Space Age: Competing on the Final Economic Frontier”. Dr. Sadat is a former Policy Director on the U.S. National Security Council in the Executive Office of the President at the White House, and he is a career government official in the Department of Defense. In the report, Dr. Sadat and his co-author Bruce Cahan, a Lecturer at Stanford University's Department of Management Science and Engineering and the CEO/Co-Founder of Urban Logic, describe how to transform existing and emerging U.S. space policies, legislation, and strategies into action plans that will ensure U.S. strategic leadership in space for the 2040-2060 timeframe. Dr. Sadat discusses space policies for the new space age that are bringing space to the forefront of economic activity; what is undermining long-term U.S. planning and commitment to space; how the space dynamic is changing as more commercial interests become engaged in space activities; the role of the Chinese command economy in making them a competitor to the U.S. in space, and; potential shifts in the U.S. direction in space under an incoming Biden administration, among others. According to Sadat and Cahan, the United States can only become a space power with a diverse, robust, and innovative space industrial base that expands human and commercial activity and is a source of US national power. As a policymaker, Dr. Sadat holds that U.S. regulations must ensure that U.S. companies lead in commercial space. In specific, technological advances that lower access costs and expand space mission capabilities, content, continuity, and redundancies must be fully supported by or incorporated into U.S. government programs, budgets, requirements, and acquisition processes.

Everyone is looking for the next big thing.It turns out, that the next big thing is huge!  We're talking about space.  And in the New Space Age the opportunities are of galactic proportions.If you're like me you, when someone mentions the Space industry you probably think astronauts, rockets, planets and maybe even extraterrestrials.Today, the Space industry is all that (well maybe not the extraterrestrials) and more… a lot more!This massive next gen sector has opportunities for a vast range of supporting and tangent industries.  And, unlike other industries, there are more jobs (good paying jobs) than people to fill them.  Not only that, there are piles of patents waiting for entrepreneurs and industrialists to bring them to market.From technology to logistics and even textiles, here's a sector that's bursting with real opportunities - at a time when we need them most.I'm Jane Singer and today I'm speaking with Shelli Brunswick, Chief Operating Officer of Space Foundation, a US-based non-profit organisation dedicated to connecting the space sector with dynamic industries and individuals who see the future and want to be part of it.Shelli has parlayed  a distinguished career as a space acquisition and program management leader and Congressional Liaison for the US Air Force — to her current role leading the Center for Innovation and Education.As a leading role model for women in space, she chairs the Women in Aerospace (WIA) Foundation, hosts the Women's Global Gathering annually at Space Symposium, serves as a United Nations Space4Women Mentor and an Ambassador for WomenTech Network, and sits on the board of directors for Manufacturer's Edge. Before we jump into our podcast, I'd like to suggest that if you are struggling to get your sourcing forecast report done, The Current Situation in Sourcing is the answer to your prayers.  It provides a sharp and concise snapshot of the situation in major sourcing nations, along with key data. In a a fast and easy-to-read format - of course.Now, let's sit down with Shelli and talk about space!Space Foundation: www.spacefoundation.orgCurrent Situation in Sourcing:  https://insidefashionlive.net/css

On today's Defence Deconstructed Podcast, we discuss the growing international importance of space, Canada's new space policy, and India's recent anti-satellite missile test with CGAI Fellow Charity Weeden. Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and today's episode is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI). Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on iTunes, SoundCloud, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: Dave Perry - Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Charity Weeden - President and co-founder of Lquinox Consulting LLC and a Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Related Links: - "Strong, Secure, Engaged in a Threatened Space Domain" by Charity Weeden [CGAI Policy Perspective] (https://www.cgai.ca/strong_secure_engaged_in_a_threatened_space_domain) - "The New Space Age" with David Perry, Bob McDonald, and Kenneth Hodgkins [CGAI Podcast] (https://www.cgai.ca/the_new_space_age) Book Recommendations: Charity Weeden: "Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story" by John Bloom (https://www.amazon.ca/Eccentric-Orbits-Iridium-John-Bloom/dp/0802121683/ref=asc_df_0802121683/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=293014842916&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=618178618480376133&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9060800&hvtargid=pla-332026154391&psc=1) Recording Date: April 16th, 2019 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jared Maltais. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

This week we chat with author, historian, and all around great guy, Rod Pyle about his latest book, "Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age." I really enjoyed this conversation and I'm looking forward to having him on again in the future! Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Rod's latest books are: Space 2.0- I really enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it. You can buy it here. (https://www.benbellabooks.com/shop/space-2-0/) "Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration" Buy it here (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576991/interplanetary-robots-by-rod-pyle/9781633885028/#) His two upcoming books, "Heroes of the Space Age" (releasing May 2019) and "First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience" (releasing April 2019) are available for preorder at fine book sellers everywhere. Preorder "Heroes of the Space Age" here. (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604009/heroes-of-the-space-age-by-rod-pyle/9781633885240/#) Preorder "First on the Moon" here. (https://www.amazon.com/First-Moon-Apollo-Anniversary-Experience/dp/1454931973) Rod has quite the back catalogue of great books, that cover a variety of topics. Rod also writes for Space.com, Futurity, Caltech Engineering & Science, Popular Science, Huffington Post, WIRED, and Quest. He's been involved with various TV shows, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, to Modern Marvels, to a WWII documentary. Check out his website for more information on his books, articles, and more. www.pylebooks.com (https://www.pylebooks.com/)

On today's Defence Deconstructed Podcast, we are rebroadcasting a discussion from our October 2018 space policy conference in Ottawa. Join moderator Bob McDonald in conversation with Kenneth Hodgkins as they discuss the 'New Space Age'. Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and today's episode is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI). Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on iTunes, SoundCloud, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: Dave Perry (host) - Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Bob McDonald (moderator) - Host of Quirks & Quarks on CBC Radio Kenneth Hodgkins - Director for the Office of Space and Advanced Technology at the United States Department of State. Related Links: - "Ready for Launch: Preparing Canada for a Future in Space" [CGAI Event] (https://www.cgai.ca/ready_for_launch_preparing_canada_for_a_future_in_space) - "Strong, Secure, Engaged in a Threatened Space Domain" by Chairty Weeden [CGAI Policy Perspective] (https://www.cgai.ca/strong_secure_engaged_in_a_threatened_space_domain) Recording Date: October 16th, 2018 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary.