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Guest: Rick Smith, CEO & Founder of Axon (formerly TASER)Being a founder-CEO is a “unique superpower,” says Axon's Rick Smith: People like him get a longer leash from the board to try things that outside CEOs might not.“My job is to push risk into the organization,” Rick says. “If there's a project with a 50 percent chance of success, a 50 percent chance of failure, but it's going to pay 100 to 1, any finance person will tell you, you should take that bet all day long.”One of those bets was the transition from running a weapons company called TASER into a broader public safety firm called Axon, which makes cloud-supported body cameras fro police, tactical drones, AI records management software and more. “If we never have a product failure, then we're not taking risks anymore and we're going to end up getting disrupted,” Rick says.Chapters:(01:09) - Tasers vs. guns (03:35) - Axon's growth (07:09) - Biggest surprises (09:33) - How TASER got started (13:11) - Reinventing the taser (17:24) - A humiliating launch (23:33) - Rick's family (26:14) - The Auto Taser failure (30:21) - The darkest days (34:26) - Hans Marrero (37:25) - Family and burnout (42:49) - Rick's family (45:49) - Pivoting the business (51:37) - Axon body cameras (53:46) - Axon's current products (58:08) - Re-educating the cops (01:02:09) - Pushing risk (01:05:44) - Competing with the gun (01:10:16) - Exponential stock plans (01:14:17) - Who Axon is hiring (01:14:46) - What “grit” means to Rick Mentioned in this episode: UnitedHealthcare and Brian Thompson, Harvard University, human-machine interfaces, Star Wars, Timecop, Star Trek, Jack Cover, Project Apollo, Ed Owen; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; Tom Smith, Rodney King, the Sharper Image, Steve Filmer, Phil Smith, Silicon Valley Bank, Emil Michael, Bob Kagle, Benchmark, Norwest Ventures, Molly Wuthrich, Josh Isner, The Terminator, Ferrari, Richard Branson, Burning Man, Steve Jobs, Brenda Smith, Hadi Partovi, Amazon AWS, Microsoft, DraftOne, Ambience Health, OpenAI, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Brown, Computer Aided Dispatch, Elon Musk and SpaceX, and Luke Larson.Links:Connect with RickTwitterLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

Beypore Sultan, The Dark Majesty inside me; Tread into the path of him, The Mystic Vlogger. Once you are in, you cannot step back. He will enchant you with his conspiracy theories... Chill you to the bone with his horror stories... Haunt you through the night... Making you wonder about what is real or unreal and intrigue you in the world of the "Illuminati". Unleashing the power of truth to unhide the hidden. It may be worse, not worse than any evil; fears nothing, sees everything. Hunger for more! The mystery travels to the unseen world; retrieving the dark truth hidden within destruction. Wait! That's not all! He will use his magical spell to pull you closer to his kingdom. You cannot resist the temptation.  So, are you game? This Video Link: https://youtu.be/qx6VidWUElA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beyporesultanonline Youtube: https://youtu.be/JBBZuKRHER0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyporesultanonline Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/beyporesultan

Bart Sibrel says he has proof that NASA Faked The Moon Landing, Bart Sibrel is an award winning filmmaker, writer, and investigative journalist, who has been producing television programs, documentaries, music videos, TV commercials, and stage plays for over forty years. Connect with Bart: sibrel.com Wikipedia • The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.  Connect with Bert:  YouTube |  Twitter  |  Instagram  Get a Free Copy of Dominating Your Mind: https://amzn.to/2XuM9Xr - While supplies last, limited time. About the host: Bert Martinez is a successful entrepreneur and best-selling author. Bert is fascinated by business, marketing, and entrepreneurship. One of Bert's favorite hobbies is to transform the complicated into simple-to-understand lessons so you can apply them to your business and life. Bert is also obsessed with exploring the mindset of the high achievers so you can follow their secrets and strategies.

Today's live episode with Ken Apple centers on industry trends and advancements in automation within freight brokerage! Ken joins us to discuss the challenges and resistance surrounding automation due to past shortcomings while emphasizing the need for integrating automated tools into existing workflows. He also highlights the importance of building strong relationships with core carriers and planning capacity to navigate predicted market shifts and tightening margins.  Stay tuned because there's more you shouldn't miss from this episode!   About Ken Apple Ken has been in the logistics industry since 2008, has worked with a number of 3PLs and brokers, and has also been part of a number of SaaS startups, some had great exits, some crashed and burned, but all of them were fun and have given him the scar tissue and perspective on what it takes to make a product work. Currently, he sees a huge need in the market for software automation to help 3PLs grow their business in a logical way, and that's what they're doing at Project Apollo!   Connect with Ken LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-apple/  Email: ken@projectapollo.io   

Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard hosts solo!  Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Celebrating 55 years since humans first set foot on the Moon with Project Apollo, in this podcast extra, Dr. Jen meets with Benoit Faiveley and Mario Freese, founder and chief engineer of Sanctuary on the Moon, a daring project to leave a legacy of humanity on our nearest celestial neighbour.    In the late 2020s, 24 coaster-sized sapphire disks will sail to the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis CLPS program. Engraved upon them will be the essence of humanity. One hundred billion pixels depicting the human genome, the work of masters, and the every day - one pixel for every human that ever lived. It is an exploration of ourselves, our world, and our epoch.   www.awesomeastronomy.com Awesome Astronomy explores the frontiers of science, space and our evolving understanding of the universe. Join Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy programmes dedicated to space and astronomy news and monthly podcast extras covering hot topics and special interviews in the world of science and astronomy.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Celebrating 55 years since humans first set foot on the Moon with Project Apollo, in this podcast extra, Dr Jen meets with Benoit Faiveley and Mario Freese, founder and chief engineer of Sanctuary on the Moon, a daring project to leave a legacy of humanity on our nearest celestial neighbour. In the late 2020s, 24 coaster-sized sapphire disks will sail to the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis CLPS program. Engraved upon them will be the essence of humanity. One hundred billion pixels depicting the human genome, the work of masters, and the every day - one pixel for every human that ever lived. It is an exploration of ourselves, our world, and our epoch.   Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin

It was at the Oklahoma Military Academy in Claremore that Alex Adwan got his start in journalism. He was the editor of OMA's Guidon newspaper and the Vedette yearbook in the mid-40s.Alex attended both high school and junior college at OMA. He graduated from junior college in 1948 and continued his journalism studies at the University of Oklahoma.After graduating from OU in 1950, he served as a tank platoon leader in the U.S. Army, 45th Division in Korea. He was awarded the Bronze Star with “V.”After his military service, Alex returned home to work at small daily newspapers—the Seminole Producer, Wewoka Times, and Pauls Valley Daily Democrat. He became co-publisher and managing editor of the Seminole Producer.From 1960 to 1967, Alex was with United Press International, serving as a bureau manager in Tulsa, Houston, and Oklahoma City. He covered Houston's new space center in the early 1960s, reporting on the last of the one-man orbital space missions and the beginnings of Project Apollo, the program to send astronauts to the moon.He joined the Tulsa World as Washington correspondent in 1967, became associate editor in 1972, and editor of editorial pages in 1981.On his retirement as editorial page editor in 1994, Alex was named senior editor.Among many distinguished honors, Alex was named to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1991.

Project Apollo was a feat of human achievement akin to, and arguably greater than, the discovery of the New World. From 1962 to 1972, NASA conducted 17 crewed missions, six of which placed men on the surface of the moon. Since the Nixon administration put an end to Project Apollo, our extraterrestrial ambitions seem to have stalled along with our sense of national optimism. But is the American spirit of adventure, heroism, and willingness to take extraordinary risk a thing of the pastToday on the podcast, I talk with Charles Murray about what made Apollo extraordinary and whether we in the 21st century have the will to do extraordinary things. Murray is the co-author with Catherine Bly Cox of Apollo: The Race to the Moon, first published in 1989 and republished in 2004. He is also my colleague here at AEI.In This Episode* Going to the moon (1:35)* Support for the program (7:40)* Gene Kranz (9:31)* An Apollo 12 story (12:06)* An Apollo 11 story (17:58)* Apollo in the media (21:36)* Perspectives on space flight (24:50)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversationGoing to the moon (1:35)Pethokoukis: When I look at the delays with the new NASA go-to-the-moon rocket, and even if you look at the history of SpaceX and their current Starship project, these are not easy machines for mankind to build. And it seems to me that, going back to the 1960s, Apollo must have been at absolutely the far frontier of what humanity was capable of back then, and sometimes I cannot almost believe it worked. Were the Apollo people—the engineers—were they surprised it worked?Murray: There were a lot of people who, they first heard the Kennedy speech saying, “We want to go to the moon and bring a man safely back by the end of the decade,” they were aghast. I mean, come on! In 1961, when Kennedy made that speech, we had a grand total of 15 minutes of manned space flight under our belt with a red stone rocket with 78,000 pounds of thrust. Eight years and eight weeks later, about the same amount of time since Donald Trump was elected to now, we had landed on the moon with a rocket that had 7.6 million pounds of thrust, compared to the 78,000, and using technology that had had to be invented essentially from scratch, all in eight years. All of Cape Canaveral, those huge buildings down there, all that goes up during that time.Well, I'm not going to go through the whole list of things, but if you want to realize how incredibly hard to believe it is now that we did it, consider the computer system that we used to go to the moon. Jerry Bostick, who was one of the flight dynamics officers, was telling me a few months ago about how excited they were just before the first landing when they got an upgrade to their computer system for the whole Houston Center. It had one megabyte of memory, and this was, to them, all the memory they could ever possibly want. One megabyte.We'll never use it all! We'll never use all this, it's a luxury!So Jim, I guess I'm saying a couple of things. One is, to the young'ins out there today, you have no idea what we used to be able to do. We used to be able to work miracles, and it was those guys who did it.Was the Kennedy speech, was it at Rice University?No, “go to the moon” was before Congress.He gave another speech at Rice where he was started to list all the things that they needed to do to get to the moon. And it wasn't just, “We have these rockets and we need to make a bigger one,” but there was so many technologies that needed to be developed over the course of the decade, I can't help but think a president today saying, “We're going to do this and we have a laundry list of things we don't know how to do, but we're going to figure them out…” It would've been called pie-in-the-sky, or something like that.By the way, in order to do this, we did things which today would be unthinkable. You would have contracts for important equipment; the whole cycle for the contract acquisition process would be a matter of weeks. The request for proposals would go out; six weeks later, they would've gotten the proposals in, they would've made a decision, and they'd be spending the money on what they were going to do. That kind of thing doesn't get done.But I'll tell you though, the ballsiest thing that happened in the program, among the people on the ground — I mean the ballsiest thing of all was getting on top of that rocket and being blasted into space — but on the ground it was called the “all up” decision. “All up” refers to the testing of the Saturn V, the launch vehicle, this monstrous thing, which basically is standing a Navy destroyer on end and blasting it into space. And usually, historically, when you test those things, you test Stage One, and if that works, then you add the second stage and then you add the third stage. And the man who was running the Apollo program at that time, a guy named Miller, made the decision they were going to do All Up on the first test. They were going to have all three stages, and they were going to go with it, and it worked, which nobody believed was possible. And then after only a few more launches, they put a man on that thing and it went. Decisions were made during that program that were like wartime decisions in terms of the risk that people were willing to take.One thing that surprises me is just how much that Kennedy timeline seemed to drive things. Apollo seven, I think it was October '68, and that was the first manned flight? And then like two months later, Apollo 8, we are whipping those guys around the moon! That seems like a rather accelerated timeline to me!The decision to go to the moon on Apollo 8 was very scary to the people who first heard about it. And, by the way, if they'd had the same problem on Apollo 8 that they'd had on Apollo 13, the astronauts would've died, because on Apollo 8 you did not have the lunar module with them, which is how they got back. So they pulled it off, but it was genuinely, authentically risky. But, on the other hand, if they wanted to get to the moon by the end of 1969, that's the kind of chance you had to take.Support for the Program (7:40)How enthusiastic was the public that the program could have withstood another accident? Another accident before 11 that would've cost lives, or even been as scary as Apollo 13 — would we have said, let's not do it, or we're rushing this too much? I think about that a lot now because we talk about this new space age, I'm wondering how people today would react.In January, 1967, three astronauts were killed on the pad at Cape Canaveral when the spacecraft burned up on the ground. And the support for the program continued. But what's astonishing there is that they were flying again with manned vehicles in September 1967. . . No, it was a year and 10 months, basically, between this fire, this devastating fire, a complete redesign of the spacecraft, and they got up again.I think that it's fair to say that, through Apollo 11, the public was enthusiastic about the program. It's amazingly how quickly the interest fell off after the successful landing; so that by the time Apollo 13 was launched, the news programs were no longer covering it very carefully, until the accident occurred. And by the time of Apollo 16, 17, everybody was bored with the program.Speaking of Apollo 13, to what extent did that play a role in Nixon's decision to basically end the Apollo program, to cut its budget, to treat it like it was another program, ultimately, which led to its end? Did that affect Nixon's decision making, that close call, do you think?No. The public support for the program had waned, political support had waned. The Apollo 13 story energized people for a while in terms of interest, but it didn't play a role. Gene Kranz (9:31)500 years after Columbus discovering the New World, we talk about Columbus. And I would think that 500 years from now, we'll talk about Neil Armstrong. But will we also talk about Gene Kranz? Who is Gene Kranz and why should we talk about him 500 years from now?Gene Kranz, also known as General Savage within NASA, was a flight director and he was the man who was on the flight director's console when the accident on 13 occurred, by the way. But his main claim to fame is that he was one of — well, he was also on the flight director's desk when we landed. And what you have to understand, Jim, is the astronauts did not run these missions. I'm not dissing the astronauts, but all of the decisions . . . they couldn't make those decisions because they didn't have the information to make the decisions. These life-and-death decisions had to be made on the ground, and the flight director was the autocrat of the mission control, and not just the autocrat in terms of his power, he was also the guy who was going to get stuck with all the responsibility if there was a mistake. If they made a mistake that killed the astronauts, that flight director could count on testifying before Congressional committees and going down in history as an idiot.Somebody like Gene Kranz, and the other flight director, Glynn Lunney during that era, who was also on the controls during the Apollo 13 problems, they were in their mid-thirties, and they were running the show for one of the historic events in human civilization. They deserve to be remembered, and they have a chance to be, because I have written one thing in my life that people will still be reading 500 years from now — not very many people, but some will — and that's the book about Apollo that Catherine, my wife, and I wrote. And the reason I'm absolutely confident that they're going to be reading about it is because — historians, anyway, historians will — because of what you just said. There are wars that get forgotten, there are all sorts of events that get forgotten, but we remember the Trojan War, we remember Hastings, we remember Columbus discovering America. . . We will remember for a thousand years to come, let alone 500, the century in which we first left Earth. An Apollo 12 story (12:06)If you just give me a story or two that you'd like to tell about Apollo that maybe the average person may have never heard of, but you find . . . I'm sure there's a hundred of these. Is there one or two that you think the audience might find interesting?The only thing is it gets a little bit nerdy, but a lot about Apollo gets nerdy. On Apollo 12, the second mission, the launch vehicle lifts off and into the launch phase, about a minute in, it gets hit by lightning — twice. Huge bolts of lightning run through the entire spacecraft. This is not something it was designed for. And so they get up to orbit. All of the alarms are going off at once inside the cabin of the spacecraft. Nobody has the least idea what's happened because they don't know that they got hit by lightning, all they know is nothing is working.A man named John Aaron is sitting in the control room at the EECOM's desk, which is the acronym for the systems guide who monitored all the systems, including electrical systems, and he's looking at his console and he's seeing a weird pattern of numbers that makes no sense at all, and then he remembers 15 months earlier, he'd just been watching the monitor during a test at Cape Canaveral, he wasn't even supposed to be following this launch test, he was just doing it to keep his hand in, and so forth, and something happened whereby there was a strange pattern of numbers that appeared on John Aaron's screen then. And so he called Cape Canaveral and said, what happened? Because I've never seen that before. And finally the Cape admitted that somebody had accidentally turned a switch called the SCE switch off.Okay, so here is John Aaron. Apollo 12 has gone completely haywire. The spacecraft is not under the control of the astronauts, they don't know what's happened. Everybody's trying to figure out what to do.John Aaron remembers . . . I'm starting to get choked up just because that he could do that at a moment of such incredible stress. And he just says to the flight director, “Try turning SCE to auxiliary.” And the flight director had never even heard of SCE, but he just . . . Trust made that whole system run. He passes that on to the crew. The crew turns that switch, and, all at once, they get interpretable data back again.That's the first part of the story. That was an absolutely heroic call of extraordinary ability for him to do that. The second thing that happens at that point is they have completely lost their guidance platform, so they have to get that backup from scratch, and they've also had this gigantic volts of electricity that's run through every system in the spacecraft and they have three orbits of the earth before they have to have what was called trans lunar injection: go onto the moon. That's a couple of hours' worth.Well, what is the safe thing to do? The safe thing to do is: “This is not the right time to go to the moon with a spacecraft that's been damaged this way.” These guys at mission control run through a whole series of checks that they're sort of making up on the fly because they've never encountered this situation before, and everything seems to check out. And so, at the end of a couple of orbits, they just say, “We're going to go to the moon.” And the flight director can make that decision. Catherine and I spent a lot of time trying to track down the anguished calls going back and forth from Washington to Houston, and by the higher ups, “Should we do this?” There were none. The flight director said, “We're going,” and they went. To me, that is an example of a kind of spirit of adventure, for lack of a better word, that was extraordinary. Decisions made by guys in their thirties that were just accepted as, “This is what we're going to do.”By the way, Gene Kranz, I was interviewing him for the book, and I was raising this story with him. (This will conclude my monologue.) I was raising this story with him and I was saying, “Just extraordinary that you could make that decision.” And he said, “No, not really. We checked it out. The spacecraft looked like it was good.” This was only a year or two after the Challenger disaster that I was conducting this interview. And I said to Gene, “Gene, if we had a similar kind of thing happen today, would NASA ever permit that decision to be made?” And Gene glared at me. And believe me, when Gene Kranz glares at you, you quail at your seat. And then he broke into laughter because there was not a chance in hell that the NASA of 1988 would do what the NASA of 1969 did.An Apollo 11 story (17:58)If all you know about Apollo 11 is what you learned in high school, or maybe you saw a documentary somewhere, and — just because I've heard you speak before, and I've heard Gene Kranz speak—what don't people know about Apollo 11? There were — I imagine with all these flights — a lot of decisions that needed to be made probably with not a lot of time, encountering new situations — after all, no one had done this before. Whereas, I think if you just watch a news report, you think that once the rocket's up in the air, the next thing that happens is Neil Armstrong lands it on the moon and everyone's just kind of on cruise control for the next couple of days, and boy, it certainly doesn't seem like that.For those of us who were listening to the landing, and I'm old enough to have done that, there was a little thing called—because you could listen to the last few minutes, you could listen to what was going on between the spacecraft and mission control, and you hear Buzz Aldrin say, “Program Alarm 1301 . . .  Program Alarm 1301 . . .” and you can't…   well, you can reconstruct it later, and there's about a seven-second delay between him saying that and a voice saying, “We're a go on that.” That seven seconds, you had a person in the back room that was supporting, who then informed this 26-year-old flight controller that they had looked at that possibility and they could still land despite it. The 26-year-old had to trust the guy in the back room because the 26-year-old didn't know, himself, that that was the case. He trusts him, he tells the flight director Gene Kranz, and they say, “Go.” Again: Decision made in seven seconds. Life and death. Taking a risk instead of taking the safe way out.Sometimes I think that that risk-taking ethos didn't end with Apollo, but maybe, in some ways, it hasn't been as strong since. Is there a scenario where we fly those canceled Apollo flights that we never flew, and then, I know there were other plans of what to do after Apollo, which we didn't do. Is there a scenario where the space race doesn't end, we keep racing? Even if we're only really racing against ourselves.I mean we've got . . . it's Artemis, right? That's the new launch vehicle that we're going to go back to the moon in, and there are these plans that somehow seem to never get done at the time they're supposed to get done, but I imagine we will have some similar kind of flights going on. It's very hard to see a sustained effort at this point. It's very hard to see grandiose effort at this point. The argument of, “Why are we spending all this money on manned space flight?” in one sense, I sympathize with because it is true that most of the things we do could be done by instruments, could be done by drones, we don't actually have to be there. On the other hand, unless we're willing to spread our wings and raise our aspirations again, we're just going to be stuck for a long time without making much more progress. So I guess what I'm edging around to is, in this era, in this ethos, I don't see much happening done by the government. The Elon Musks of the world may get us to places that the government wouldn't ever go. That's my most realistic hope.Apollo in the Media (21:36)If I could just give you a couple of films about the space program and you just… thought you liked it, you thought it captured something, or you thought it was way off, just let just shoot a couple at you. The obvious one is The Right Stuff—based on the Tom Wolfe book, of course.The Right Stuff was very accurate about the astronauts' mentality. It was very inaccurate about the relationship between the engineers and the astronauts. It presents the engineers as constantly getting the astronauts way, and being kind of doofuses. That was unfair. But if you want to understand how the astronauts worked, great movieApollo 13, perhaps the most well-known.Extremely accurate. Extremely accurate portrayal of the events. There are certain things I wish they could include, but it's just a movie, so they couldn't include everything. The only real inaccuracy that bothered me was it showed the consoles of the flight controllers with colored graphics on them. They didn't have colored graphics during Apollo! They had columns of white numbers on a black background that were just kind of scrolling through and changing all the time, and that's all. But apparently, when their technical advisor pointed that out to Ron Howard, Ron said, “There are some things that an audience just won't accept, but they would not accept.”That was the leap! First Man with Ryan Gosling portraying Neil Armstrong.I'll tell you: First place, good movie—Excellent, I think.Yeah, and the people who knew Armstrong say to me, it's pretty good at capturing Armstrong, who himself was a very impressive guy. This conceit in the movie that he has this little trinket he drops on the moon, that was completely made up and it's not true to life. But I'll tell you what they tell me was true to life that surprised me was how violently they were shaken up during the launch phase. And I said, “Is that the way it was, routinely?” And they said, yeah, it was a very rough ride that those guys had. And the movie does an excellent job of conveying something that somebody who'd spent a lot of time studying the Apollo program didn't know.I don't know if you've seen the Apple series For All Mankind by Ronald D. Moore, which is based on the premise I raised earlier that Apollo didn't end, we just kept up the Space Race and we kept advancing off to building moon colonies and off to Mars. Have you seen that? And what do you think about it if you have? I don't know that you have.I did not watch it. I have a problem with a lot of these things because I have my own image of the Apollo Program, and it drives me nuts if somebody does something that is egregiously wrong. I went to see Apollo 13 and I'm glad I did it because it was so accurate, but I probably should look at For All Mankind.Very reverential. A very pro-space show, to be sure. Have you seen the Apollo 11 documentary that's come out in the past five years? It was on the big screen, it was at theaters, it was a lot of footage they had people had not seen before, they found some old canisters somewhere of film. I don't know if you've seen this. I think it's just called Apollo 11.No, I haven't seen that. That sounds like something that I ought to look at.Perspectives on space flight (24:50)My listeners love when I read . . . Because you mentioned the idea of: Why do we go to space? If it's merely about exploration, I suppose we could just send robots and maybe eventually the robots will get better. So I want to just briefly read two different views of why we go to space.Why should human beings explore space? Because space offers transcendence from which only human beings can benefit. The James Webb Space Telescope cannot articulate awe. A robot cannot go into the deep and come back with soulful renewal. To fully appreciate space, we need people to go there and embrace it for what it fully is. Space is not merely for humans, nor is space merely for space. Space is for divine communion.That's one view.The second one is from Ayn Rand, who attended the Apollo 11 moon launch. This is what Ayn Rand wrote in 1969:The next four days were torn out of the world's usual context, like a breathing spell with a sweep of clean air piercing mankind's lethargic suffocation. For thirty years or longer, the newspapers had featured nothing but disasters, catastrophes, betrayals, the shrinking stature of man, the sordid mess of a collapsing civilization; their voice had become a long, sustained whine, the megaphone a failure, like the sound of the Oriental bazaar where leprous beggars, of spirit or matter, compete for attention by displaying their sores. Now, for once, the newspapers were announcing a human achievement, were reporting on a human triumph, were reminding us that man still exists and functions as a man. Those four days conveyed the sense that we were watching a magnificent work of art—a play dramatizing a single theme: the efficacy of man's mind.Is the answer for why we go to space, can it be found in either of those readings?They're going to be found in both. I am a sucker for heroism, whether it's in war or in any other arena, and space offers a kind of celebration of the human spirit that is only found in endeavors that involve both great effort and also great risk. And the other aspect of transcendence, I'm also a sucker for saying the world is not only more complicated than we know, but more complicated than we can imagine. The universe is more complicated than we can imagine. And I resonate to the sentiment in the first quote.Faster, Please! is a reader-supported publication. 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This week James Graham is joined by NRL legend Wayne Pearce. Wayne takes us inside his glittered career including his time with the Tigers, his State of Origin memories, bringing the Wests Tigers merger together following the super league war & helping save the game during covid with Project Apollo. Ladbrokes: https://ladbrokes.com/  Tooheys: https://www.platinumlogisticsnsw.com/  Athletic Greens Promo Link: https://drinkAG1.com/BYEROUND. Please leave us a review and help support the podcast by grabbing some merch from - https://thebyeround.com/   00:00 Welcome Wayne Pearce 03:15 Jimmy's Coaching Lesson From Wayne 06:00 The Early Years 17:12 The Power Of Goal Setting 22:00 The Designated Driver 29:00 Playing, Working & Studying At The Same Time 42:00 1989 Grand Final Loss 46:15 1988 Grand Final Loss 50:00 Staying Loyal To The Tigers 55:00 Coaching Career 57:30 The Wests & Balmain Merger 1:12:00 Playing For Australia 1:31:00 Playing For & Coaching NSW 1:41:00 Project Apollo - 2020 NRL Shutdown  1:55:30 Being Mitchell Pearce's Dad 2:02:30 Leadership In Business 2:07:00 Tooheys Ultimate Spine 2:09:30 3 QuestionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On July 20, 2023, historian and curator Teasel Muir-Harmony gave a lecture on the Apollo program, told through key objects of the Space Age. Project Apollo ranks among the most bold and challenging undertakings of the 20th century. Within less than a decade, the United States leapt from suborbital spaceflight to landing humans on the moon and returning them safely back to Earth. Hundreds of thousands of people helped make these missions possible, while billions more around the world followed the flights. The material legacy of these missions is immense—with thousands of artifacts from rocket engines to spacesuits to the ephemera of life aboard a spacecraft represented in the Smithsonian's collections. Now, more than fifty years after the last lunar landing, Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, reassesses the history of Project Apollo through the most evocative objects of the Space Age. She examines artifacts that highlight how Project Apollo touched people's lives, both within the space program and around the world. More than space hardware alone, the objects she features reflect the deep interconnection between Project Apollo and broader developments in American society and politics. Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of spaceflight and the curator of the Apollo Collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Her research focuses on the exploration of the Moon, from debates about lunar governance to the use of spaceflight as soft power, the topic of her award-winning book, Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo (2020). She is the author of Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects (2018) and an advisor to the television series Apollo's Moon Shot. In addition, Muir-Harmony co-organizes the Space Policy & History Forum and teaches at Georgetown University. The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

Jim is a pioneering software developer who was one of 17 original signatories to the Agile Manifesto. His first engineering job was on a little NASA program you may have heard of: Project Apollo.His latest book is Wild West to Agile: Adventures in software development evolution and revolution; get your copy here.Find Jim on LinkedIn or his website.Today's Lifeboat badge winner is nCod3d for answering How can I find how many useful digits are in any given a number N?. Thanks for spreading some knowledge.

The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony of the Smithsonian discusses her book, Operation Moonglow. She argues that its primary purpose wasn't advancing science; rather, it was part of a political strategy to build a global coalition. Operation Moonglow paints a riveting picture of the intersection of spaceflight, geopolitics, propaganda, and diplomacy during the Cold War. Research Question: Dr. Muir Harmony believes more work is needed for evaluating the impact of information dissemination in a public diplomacy context. Resources: Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo by Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines Link to full show notes and resources https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-130 Guest Bio:  Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of science and technology and the curator of the Apollo Collection. Before coming to the Smithsonian, she earned a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has held positions as a visiting scholar at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden (KTH), an Associate Historian at the American Institute of Physics, and as a curator at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago. Muir-Harmony researches and writes on the history of exploring the Moon, from debates about lunar governance to the use of spaceflight as soft power, the topic of her award-winning book, Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo (Basic Books, 2020). She is the author of Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects (National Geographic, 2018) and an advisor to the television series Apollo's Moon Shot. Her scholarship has been featured by CBS, the New York Times, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and numerous other media outlets. Muir-Harmony's research and writing have been supported by the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation, the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, the MIT Presidential Fellowship, the Smithsonian Institution Graduate Research Fellowship, NASA's Science Mission Directorate, and the National Science Foundation.  At the Air and Space Museum, she is the lead curator for the One World Connected gallery and serves on exhibit teams for Destination Moon and the Allan and Shelley Holt Innovations Gallery. Her collection comprises over 2,000 artifacts related to the Apollo program, the Skylab program, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.  Muir-Harmony co-organizes the Space Policy & History Forum, serves on the Executive Council of the Society for the History of Technology, is a member of the American Astronautical Society History Committee, and participates in the US State Department's Speakers Program. In addition, she teaches in Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

Guest Page Fast links to Items: Richard  – Barbara – Andrew Fast links to Bios:   David –  Barbara  –  Georgia  –  Andrew   Support The Other Side of Midnight! Artemis-I Confirms the “Ancient Lunar Domes!” Why Should We Give a Damn …? A few nights ago, Artemis-I (finally …) made it to the Moon! The Mission is now halfway through its uncrewed 26-day test odyssey: to return to Earth's only natural satellite, for the first time in ~50 years … with a human-rated spacecraft called “Orion.” This is the beginning of the Artemis Program, follow-on to “Project Apollo”: an appropriate homage to “Artemis” herself … twin sister of Apollo … ancient Greek goddess of “the Moon.” The Orion spacecraft carried a total of 16 high-definition, digital color television cameras into lunar orbit — cameras that, via their vastly improved optical and technological capabilities (far beyond the simple “film” cameras carried on Apollo), [...]

Kabir likens this season of his life to building the plane as it falls from the sky, rather than as you fly it. This is an honest and helpful example of living mindfully and intentionally through uncertainty, as Kabir fundraises to pay for rent and his team of five caregivers (a necessity for him to survive). We also discuss how to become great compost. Food for thought. Kabir is a writer, entrepreneur, visionary, and mentor in his 20th year of quadriplegic paralysis. A founding member of the Patient Pioneers at Project Apollo (how we met), graduate of the world-renowned Generating Transformative Change leadership development program with Pacific Integral, and the executive director of Open Field Awakening, he places his deepest embodied prayer and most sincere efforts towards the fruition of realizing an integral, ethical, and practical expression of impact in the world. Support Kabir's Living Expenses: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/1979/ Connect with Kabir: Open Field Awakening: Www.openfieldawakening.life Substack: https://wisdominquiry.substack.com   Referenced materials: Project Apollo: https://precisionhealthcareecosystem.org Daniel P Brown: https://www.drdanielpbrown.com John Kesler  – Integral Polarity Practice: https://theippinstitute.com Kim Barta: https://www.kimbarta.org   Share this episode and tag us! @patricia.cosulich & @the_transitions_project   (00:00:00) — The Transitions Project Intro (00:00:50) — Kabir Kadre Introduction (00:01:35) — Background noise disclaimer (00:04:00) — Kabir's liminal hospital stay (00:07:00) — Building the plane as you're falling out of the sky (00:10:10) — Exercising emotional discipline within the messy middle (00:13:00) — Literal examples of Kabir “building the plane” (00:14:20) — Existential uncertainty & life as poetry (00:22:40) — Life as art: the dance between grace & intentionality (00:28:20) — The good & bad of “surrendering” (00:30:45) — Finding God between the breaths (00:32:00) — Using love as a vehicle for empowerment (00:41:00) — Attending your inner garden (00:44:20) — What does Kabir wish someone told him during the messy middle? (00:46:20) — What season best symbolizes this moment of Kabir's life? (00:48:10) — If Kabir could speak to a past self, what would he honor? (00:48:45) — What steps is Kabir taking to create the future he wants? (00:51:20) — Where does Kabir see himself in his next chapter? (00:53:15) — What might Kabir's current self say to his future self? (00:53:30) — Closing statements + social medias (00:56:15) — Call To Action: Help Kabir! (00:57:05) — Your Next Chapter Promo (00:58:10) — The Transitions Project Outro Patricia's program, Your Next Chapter, started on September 21st. The waitlist for the next cohort is now open. View https://www.patriciacosulich.com/coaching for more information. Click here to book your free Explore Call with Patricia.   Music Credits: "Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Guest Page Fast links to Items:  Richard – Ron – Andrew – Robert – Jonathan – Keith – Ruggero Fast links to Bios:   Andrew – Ron – Keith – Ruggero – Jonathan – Robert   Support The Other Side of Midnight! Finally … through “the Martian Doorway” I started out professionally as a “squeaky clean” mainstream science kinda guy — New England major city Science Curator; Science Advisor to Walter Cronkite at CBS News; and somehow one day– A small (very small …) participant in the actual Apollo Program to the Moon itself; I was asked to write the Grumman Aerospace Corporation's “Moon Section” of its official Project Apollo press book — scientifically describing what was waiting for our astronauts … when they reached the Moon). Eventually, I become what most scientists interested in space at that time wanted to become — a full-fledged “NASA Consultant” to the Space Agency itself. So– [...]

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Scores of Military Vets from all around the world have flocked to Ukraine to join in the fight against Putin, in whatever way they can. In this episode we hear from 1 of them, Ryland Harding, co-founder of Project Apollo, who is on the ground in Ukraine. We're also joined by US veteran Darrell Owens who dives into what it takes for Ukraine to win militarily as Russia attacks the east.

The Apollo program, including the moon landing, is one of the most famous events in world history, and one of the most inspirational. Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, joins us to re-evaluate Apollo and look at its political dimensions across the world. She is the author of Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo, from Basic Books.

In this episode of Perspectives, we speak with Teasel Muir-Harmony, author of Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo. In her book, Teasel Muir-Harmony discusses Project Apollo and the successful mission of landing humans on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. Dr. Muir-Harmony discusses the ways in which fears about Sputnik and the Soviet space program were either downplayed or amplified by politicians such as Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson in order to advance their political aims. She recounts how the goal of sending humans to the Moon was a foreign relations response to the loss of American prestige following Yuri Gagarin's historic spaceflight and the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961. Muir-Harmony demonstrates that Project Apollo was primarily an international diplomacy endeavor to try to bring newly-independent and developing nations into America's "orbit" that had secondary effects of advancing technological development and inspiring millions to dream of going to space. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of science and technology and curator of the Apollo Spacecraft Collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. To cite this podcast, please use footnote: Teasel Muir-Harmony, interview, Perspectives, Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine, September 3, 2021, https://www.chstm.org/video/126.

NRL Legend reflects on his playing career and all about his work with "Project Apollo"

Not all Apollo landed on the moon! Check out the last episode in the Space Race series and hear about the set up missions to the moon missions as well as the 6 flights that landed on the moon and the one "successful failure." Apollo had it all, mutiny, first man, moon buggy, golf in space, and lightning strikes! Sources: Kluger, Jeffrey. Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2017. Kranz, Gene. Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond. Simon and Schuster, 2000. Shepard, Alan, et al. Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. Open Road, 1994. Hansen, James R. First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong. Simon & Schuster, 2005. Lovell, Jim, and Jeffrey Kluger. Apollo 13. Houghton Mifflin, 1994. See Apollo-Part One for more sources

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Tune into The Curiosity Chronicles to finally hear about the lead up to the missions that landed men on the moon for the first time! In part one of Project Apollo we explore the different theories on how to get to the moon, the awesome machinery that launched men to the moon, the tragedy that nearly de-railed Apollo, and more!! Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/index.html https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095739259 https://appel.nasa.gov/2012/01/10/5-1_lunar_orbit_rendezvous-html/ https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/rocketpark/saturn_v.html https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/saturn_v.cfm https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/apollo-8-returns-to-earth https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190716-apollo-in-50-numbers-oddities https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/saturn_v.cfm https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/apollo-8-returns-to-earth https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190716-apollo-in-50-numbers-oddities https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/remastered-images-reveal-how-far-alan-shepard-hit-a-golf-ball-on-the-moon/ https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo15.cfm https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo16.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo-soyuz/astp_mission.html https://www.nasa.gov/content/national-space-council-users-advisory-group/membership_roster_h_schmitt/ https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-17_Call_Signs.htm https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html See Apollo Part 2 for more sources!

Returning guest Teasel Muir-Harmony, Curator of the Apollo program at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, joins host Sean Mobley for a Q&A about her book Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo. In this first of a two-part series, Teasel sets the stage and talks about the wider global context within which the US space program operated. We discussed the American politicians who encouraged and shaped panic around Sputnik and the space race, the importance of symbolism in a lot of the images and actions the astronauts took both on the moon and here on Earth, and how racism was a national security risk which the space program was partially designed to counter. Read the entire show notes: www.museumofflight.org/flightdeck

Oh, man has invented his doomFirst step was touching the moon   Bob DylanAn apocryphal story about the early days of NASA's Apollo program has long made the rounds. Perhaps you have heard it. Many versions feature President John F. Kennedy touring a NASA facility, but that one seems too contrived. I will tell my preferred version with a good deal of embroidery.Once upon a time, during the early days of Project Apollo, a group of reporters was touring a NASA facility. Remember that at this time NASA was primarily focused on landing humans on the moon. Every mission, be it the Mercuries, the Geminis, or the early Apollos, no matter how Earth-bound, was a step toward that goal. These lucky reporters had the rare privilege of being let loose for a day to ask NASA personnel whatever they wanted, but they found themselves out of their element in the novel and highly technical NASA environment. It was difficult to communicate with the jargon-prone NASA personnel. Exasperated, the newsmen resorted to simply walking up to NASA employees and asking what they did there, but even then the answers were hopelessly specialized and utterly baffling to these hapless scribes. Every interview followed the same irksome pattern and ended with the NASA technician falling back on a standard formula: “Well, sir, I guess you could just write down that I am helping to put a man on the moon.” That response was at least sincere and accurate if journalistically useless.One reporter was feeling particularly vexed. He was the seasoned lion of the group, a tough old cuss with a booming voice and boisterous style, and the others deferred to him readily. He wore an old brown fedora and chewed on unlit cigar stumps constantly, looking every bit the part of the grizzled newshound. Having long worked a police beat, he was an ace interrogator who could always rely on the combination of his disarming wit and intimidating arrogance to squeeze information from his marks. That day, the veteran newspaperman had pulled out all stops, at first applying humor to lighten up the NASA geeks, and, failing that, turning to intimidation to soften them. No dice. They were unflappable. What could he do with all this technical mumbo-jumbo they fed him? Where was the story? The engineering boys at NASA sure seemed to know what they were doing, but they were terrible at explaining it to a layman.After a long day of asking over and over “and what do you do here” and hearing a pile of technical jargon followed by the same canned but heartfelt response—“helping to put a man on the moon”—the veteran reporter convinced his colleagues it was time to blow that joint and head to an early happy hour down the road. Everyone was delighted, but he was still miffed. As they moved toward the door, our old newshound spied a small stooped man working a mop up the hallway. The reporter, ever eager to punch below his class, thought it a fine opportunity to blow off some steam and to show off his waggish humor for his buddies. The man with the mop was surprised when the gruff old reporter approached him and asked one last time, “And, you sir, what do you do here?”The old reporter's colleagues snickered at the gag, particularly when they saw the anguished confusion on the janitor's face. The tough old coot questioning him looked as formidable as ever without even a hint of a smile. How would the janitor react? Would he mumble in embarrassment and shame? After all, he was the lowliest worker among all the NASA hotshots. Or, would he respond rudely at being the butt of a joke, a big mistake considering the fearsomeness of his interrogator?The custodian, a humble man by nature, quickly gathered his wits. He used his mop handle to push himself up straight, squared his shoulders, and looked his would-be antagonist right in the eye. He thrust out his chest, and through a thick foreign accent said as boldly as he could, “Why, sir, I am helping to put a man on the moon.”Whether the questioner be a hardened reporter or the President of the United States, this story is likely an urban legend, but it is still a wonderful illustration of the power of organizational mission focus. If any institution ever had such a focus, it was NASA in the sixties, but even for NASA the degree of mission-focus described in the story seems implausible.Whatever its precise veracity, this tale is a fine parable for the the power of mission focus.The leaders and employees of most mission-driven organizations typically will support their mission to some degree, but that support needs to pervade every aspect of the organization. Everything needs to be soaked in it. If your organization's mission is to feed the hungry, then everyone ideally needs to understand that each piece of the operation is there to feed the hungry. Obtaining food is just as key as drawing up the budget, which is just as key as distributing that food, which is just as key as copying informational flyers, which is just as key as marshaling volunteers, which is just as key as maintaining your computers. If some activity does not to some extent support that mission, you need to reassess its value. If any part of the operation is not optimal, then the operation is not optimal.A quick caveat: naturally, top-to-bottom mission focus is never a license for not doing right by your people. Mission is never an excuse for worker exploitation. In other words, don't do good by doing bad.Getting everyone to understand their role in fulfilling the mission and to focus on that is challenging but vital. Doing so will help transform people's relationship with the organization and the work. It will also reveal those at every rank who may not fully support the work or the goals of the organization. In the end, such an all-inclusive mission focus will aid you as you pursue the moonshot of your own mission. You cannot afford to miss. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimsalvucci.substack.com

https://www.alainguillot.com/teasel-muir-harmony/ Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of science and technology and curator of the Apollo Spacecraft Collection. Her book is Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo. Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/3ub5hrj

Humans first landed on the moon in 1969. As we prepare to return for the first time in almost fifty years, we have some questions about the technology that will get us there for returning special guest Michael Staab. Then we are lucky enough to be visited by the star Proxima Centauri  (Woke, New Girl's  Lamorne Morris) and hear a new audio essay from our own Joalda Morancy - all on this episode of REACH. Hosts: Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien Written by: Sandy Marshall with Nate DuFort, Joalda Morancy, Meredith Stepien and Brian Holden. Co-Created, Produced by: Nate DuFort and Sandy Marshall Edited by: Nate DuFortMusic composed by: Jesse CaseCasting Consultant: Beth Kligerman Logo by: Steven Lyons  Special thanks to Michael Staab, Fault Management and System Autonomy Principal Engineer for Lunar Missions at Northrop Grumman. Follow Michael online at @AstroStaab. Proxima Centauri was voiced by the incredible Lamorne Morris, who you know from the show New Girl. Hulu's Woke,  and the QCODE action-comedy series Unwanted. Follow Lamorne on Twitter at @LamorneMorris. Special thanks to Mimi Meredith, Michele McCartney, JoAnna Strecker, and Jim Remar at the Cosmosphere International Science Center and Space Museum for sharing the Build a Better Lander Activity from the Cosmosphere Camps. To learn more about Cosmosphere Camps, visit https://cosmo.org and @kscosmosphere. To learn more about NASA’s Artemis program, visit www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram, or follow on social media via @NASAArtemis. Special thanks to NASA Space Place and Kay Ferrari at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.   Build a Better Lander Activityvia Cosmosphere Campswww.cosmo.org@kscosmosphereBelow is an engineering design activity called Build a Better Lander.  During this activity, kids are invited to build a model lunar lander that is safe for 6 astronauts (represented by small marshmallows). During the Cosmosphere’s Lunar Base camp, kids will experience activities like these as they learn about the Moon. The main focus of the camp is to learn the science, history, and challenges of getting to the Moon from the launch and testing in Project Mercury/Gemini, to landing humans on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth in Project Apollo.In 1969, we landed the first two people on the Moon: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Now, NASA wants to go back to the Moon and needs a new design for the lunar lander. First, NASA will build a prototype of the lunar lander to be sure it is safe for the astronauts. Here are the constraints they must consider in building the model:There is no atmosphere on the Moon, so the design cannot use any parachutes.You will be using six small marshmallows to represent your astronauts and a styrofoam cup to represent the cockpit. To make sure it is safe, we need to see how the marshmallows react to the landing. You cannot cover the top of the cup or restrain the astronauts (marshmallows) in any way.A successful landing means that the lunar lander lands upright with all six astronauts still inside the cockpit. If the lander tips over, it is not safe for the astronauts. If some of the astronauts bounce out of the cup, the landing was too hard and unsafe.You will follow the Engineering Design Process, listed below, to create these prototype lunar landers.Engineering Design ProcessAsk: How do we land six astronauts (marshmallows) safely on the moon?Imagine: Gather your materials. You will need small marshmallows and a styrofoam cup. Brainstorm about other materials you could use. Some suggested items include: masking tape, cardboard, straws, and notecards.Plan: Sketch a picture of your lunar lander. Label all the major components and what you will use to build them.Create: Build the lunar lander.Experiment: Stand up and drop the lunar lander with the astronauts inside the styrofoam cup. Note what happens when it lands. Ask an adult to drop the lunar lander from a taller height (from a step stool or small ladder).Improve: Brainstorm ways to improve the lunar lander. What is causing it to tip over? Why are the astronauts bouncing out of the cup?Repeat: Keep experimenting and improving until you are satisfied with your lunar lander.   Do you have a space related question that we didn’t get to? Well, you can submit that question for our bi-weekly “Reaching Out” episodes. Just get your parents permission and give us a call at 312-248-3402 (or an email at ReachthePodast@gmail.com) and leave us a message with your first name, where you're from and your question for a chance to be featured in an upcoming episode.You can find REACH on Twitter and Instagram or at http://www.ReachThePodcast.comREACH: A Space Podcast for Kids is a production of Soundsington Media committed to making quality programing for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com 

Tonight I had the pleasure of speaking with Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Project Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, about the history of the Apollo missions and the role politics has had in setting space policy.In her new book, “OPERATION MOONGLOW: A Political History of Project Apollo,” Teasel explores how and why the moon landing became one of the most decisive geopolitical events of the 20th century. In the wake of the Soviet Union's pioneering launch of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961, and a humiliating defeat at the Bay of Pigs days later, President John F. Kennedy proposed Project Apollo as a solution to restoring America's tarnished geopolitical standing. With Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States approaching an all-time high, Kennedy argued that ramping up the space program would inspire global confidence in American excellence -- and might even persuade people in developing countries to pick American “freedom” over Soviet “tyranny.”In addition to her duties at the Smithsonian, Teasel teaches at Georgetown University. She is the author of "Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects" and is also a contributor to the television series Apollo's Moon Shot. She lives in Washington, DC.To learn more about OPERATION MOONGLOW, including how to can get your copy, visit https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/teasel-muir-harmony/operation-moonglow/9781541699878/You can follow Teasel on Twitter (https://twitter.com/teaselmuir).Join the show recording every Thursday at 8pm ET by leaving a voicemail at www.SpaceRadioShow.com.Support the show on Patreon.Follow on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube.Justin G, Matthew K, Chris L, Barbara K, Duncan M, Corey D, Justin Z, Neuterdude, Nate H, Andrew F, Naila, Aaron S, Scott M, Rob H, David B, Frank T, Tim R, Alex P, Tom Van S, Mark R, Alan B, Craig B, Richard K, Steve P, Dave L, Chuck C, Stephen M, Maureen R, Stace J, Neil P, lothian53, COTFM, Stephen S, Ken L, Debra S, Alberto M, Matt C, Ron S, Joe R, Jeremy K, David P, Norm Z, Ulfert B, Robert B, Fr. Bruce W, Catherine R, Nicolai B, Sean M, Edward K, Callan R, Darren W, JJ_Holy, Tracy F, Tom, Sarah K, Bill H, Steven S, Jens O, Ryan L, Ella F, Richard S, Sam R, Thomas K, James C, Jorg D, R Larche, Syamkumar M, John S, Fred S, Homer V, Mark D, Brianna V, Colin B, Bruce A, Steven M, Brent B, Bill E, Jim L, Tim Z, Thomas W, Linda C, Joshua, David W, Aissa F, Tom G, Marc H, Avery P, Scott M, Michael G, and Katelyn.Produced by Nancy Graziano.Cheese for today's tasting proudly provided by Dom's Cheese Shop.Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist and the one and only Agent to the Stars.

Tonight I had the pleasure of speaking with Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Project Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, about the history of the Apollo missions and the role politics has had in setting space policy.In her new book, “OPERATION MOONGLOW: A Political History of Project Apollo,” Teasel explores how and why the moon landing became one of the most decisive geopolitical events of the 20th century. In the wake of the Soviet Union’s pioneering launch of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961, and a humiliating defeat at the Bay of Pigs days later, President John F. Kennedy proposed Project Apollo as a solution to restoring America’s tarnished geopolitical standing. With Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States approaching an all-time high, Kennedy argued that ramping up the space program would inspire global confidence in American excellence -- and might even persuade people in developing countries to pick American “freedom” over Soviet “tyranny.”In addition to her duties at the Smithsonian, Teasel teaches at Georgetown University. She is the author of "Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects" and is also a contributor to the television series Apollo’s Moon Shot. She lives in Washington, DC.To learn more about OPERATION MOONGLOW, including how to can get your copy, visit https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/teasel-muir-harmony/operation-moonglow/9781541699878/You can follow Teasel on Twitter (https://twitter.com/teaselmuir).Join the show recording every Thursday at 8pm ET by leaving a voicemail at www.SpaceRadioShow.com.Support the show on Patreon.Follow on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube.Justin G, Matthew K, Chris L, Barbara K, Duncan M, Corey D, Justin Z, Neuterdude, Nate H, Andrew F, Naila, Aaron S, Scott M, Rob H, David B, Frank T, Tim R, Alex P, Tom Van S, Mark R, Alan B, Craig B, Richard K, Steve P, Dave L, Chuck C, Stephen M, Maureen R, Stace J, Neil P, lothian53, COTFM, Stephen S, Ken L, Debra S, Alberto M, Matt C, Ron S, Joe R, Jeremy K, David P, Norm Z, Ulfert B, Robert B, Fr. Bruce W, Catherine R, Nicolai B, Sean M, Edward K, Callan R, Darren W, JJ_Holy, Tracy F, Tom, Sarah K, Bill H, Steven S, Jens O, Ryan L, Ella F, Richard S, Sam R, Thomas K, James C, Jorg D, R Larche, Syamkumar M, John S, Fred S, Homer V, Mark D, Brianna V, Colin B, Bruce A, Steven M, Brent B, Bill E, Jim L, Tim Z, Thomas W, Linda C, Joshua, David W, Aissa F, Tom G, Marc H, Avery P, Scott M, Michael G, and Katelyn.Produced by Nancy Graziano.Cheese for today’s tasting proudly provided by Dom’s Cheese Shop.Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist and the one and only Agent to the Stars.

This week we talk to author, historian and curator of the Project Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to discuss her new book, 'Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo'.More on Dr Muir-Harmony: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/teasel-muir-harmonyTwitter: https://twitter.com/teaselmuirInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/teaselmuir/Emily's Review of "How We Got To The Moon" by John Rocco: https://space.nss.org/how-we-got-to-the-moon-illustrates-illuminates-first-moon-journey-and-beyond/Full show notes including videos and associated articles: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp-1-the-podcast-has-launched-d6e92-mpyzr-xswpe-5x8j3-3z645-xmxzf-a3ag7-5zrzp-rlrwg-nfkpj-s6pl3-64ppm-2z4ah-g8522-cfjmh-ajc53-erjzt-td6xz-dxd43-m7j3h-g279mImage Credit: And Things Productions Ltd.Space 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.

We talk with Jim Baumbick, who heads Ford's "Project Apollo" which quickly shifted the company to ventilators, masks and other PPE.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's Driving-N-Heels Laura Reynolds talks directly to Kia Corporation about the '21 Sorento. We'll talk about the Sorento Hybrid, the SX prestige and the X-Line. Plus we'll hear a little about what's coming in 2022. Then we'll hear from Ford Motor Company about Project Apollo and Ford's efforts to supply personal protective equipment.

The clear N95 mask is one of two interesting PPE items unveiled by Ford.  The other is a low cost room purifier.    We talk about them with Jim Baumbick, who heads Ford's "Project Apollo" program to create and build Personal Protective Equipment.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony about how the Apollo program to put men on the moon was created and run as an instrument of foreign policy. Muir-Harmony is the curator of the Project Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum and is the author of the book “Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo.”

Discover the political history behind the Apollo program. Ever since July 1969, Neil Armstrong's first step on the Moon has represented the pinnacle of American space exploration and a grand scientific achievement. Yet Teasel Muir-Harmony argues its primary purpose wasn't advancing science. Rather, it was part of a political strategy to build a global coalition of "freedom" against "tyranny." Starting with JFK's 1961 decision to send astronauts to the Moon, Project Apollo was central to American foreign policy. From that perspective, the critical event did not just take place on the lunar surface; it took place in homes, public squares, palaces, and schools around the world, as Apollo captured global attention like never before. In the Moon landing's afterglow, the Apollo astronauts and President Richard Nixon traveled the world to amplify the sense of participation and global unity shared by the billions who had followed the flight. Drawing on a rich array of untapped archives and firsthand interviews with Apollo astronauts, Muir-Harmony paints a riveting picture of the intersection of spaceflight, geopolitics, propaganda, and diplomacy during the Cold War. NOTES MLF: Humanities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPEAKERS Teasel Muir-Harmony Curator, Project Apollo collection, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Affiliate Adjunct Instructor, Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University; Author, Operation Moonglow George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January 19th, 2021

Teasel Muir-Harmony - Operation Moonglow The Not Old Better Show, Inside Science Series... Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #506. Today's show is brought to you by Talkspace. As part of our Inside Science Interview series, we are joined today by a scientist, author, explorer, Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony. Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is the curator of the Project Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and teaches at Georgetown University. Dr. Muir-Harmony is the author of Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects and a contributor to the television series Apollo's Moon Shot, and is our guest today… On July 20th, 1969, over half the world's population tuned in to witness Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon and listen to that amazing audio sequence that “the eagle has landed.” We just listened, of course, as Neil Armstrong radios "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Mission control erupts in celebration as the tension breaks, and a controller tells the crew "You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we're breathing again." Despite the jubilance and other outward national appearances, the project was never just about advancing scientific progress. Rather, it was an attempt from the American government to prove the superiority of the western capitalist system over communism and to fight for influence in developing countries.   With Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union at a high, President Kennedy argued that ramping up the space program would inspire global confidence in American excellence. From the 1960s-1970s, US politicians, including Pres. Richard Nixon worked to link global progress with space accomplishments using films, souvenirs, political ads, and other forms of propaganda. Featuring first-hand accounts by Apollo astronauts and interviews with NASA staff, Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony's new book, Operation Moonglow paints a riveting picture of the intersection of spaceflight, geopolitics, and Nixon diplomacy during the Cold War. That of course is our guest today, Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, reading from her new book, “Operation Moonglow.” Please join me in welcoming back to The Not Old Better Show, Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony. My thanks to our sponsor, Talkspace. Please support our sponsor, and support yourselves right now…check out our show notes for Talkspace's special Not Old Better Show offer. Thanks to Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony who's written the new book, “Operation Moonglow." More details available on our website. Thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show, and thanks to you our wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Stay safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, and remember, Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Teasel Muir-Harmony's new book, ‘Operation Moonglow' can be found here> https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/teasel-muir-harmony/operation-moonglow/9781541699878/ To support our sponsor, TalkSpace, please go HERE> Talkspace.com or download the app. Make sure to use the code NOB to get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show. That's NOB and talkspace.com.

Project Apollo captured the world’s imagination, and as a feat of “soft power” public diplomacy, it has few peers in the history of mankind, and has not been matched since. With hopes expressed that President Biden’s election can start to bring the world together after several years of polarization, Smithsonian curator Teasel Muir-Harmony joins Richard Aldous to discuss her new book, Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo (https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/teasel-muir-harmony/operation-moonglow/9781541699861/).

Wayne Pearce is a former High School science teacher, Rugby League hall-of-famer, Balmain Tigers captain, winning coach, listed in the 100 greatest players of all time, NRL commissioner, and was responsible for getting rugby league back onto the park when the game was losing over $13.5M every week during COVID-19. Wayne is one of Australia's most respected and highest-profile Rugby league identities. Prior to commencing his football career, Wayne completed a Bachelor of Science degree. The insights gained from psychology studies ignited a life-long passion for understanding the science and motivation of human behaviour. Wayne carved out an illustrious career in Rugby League where he represented and captained the Balmain Tigers, New South Wales and Australia. He played 217 matches for the Tigers, 16 State of Origins and 19 tests for Australia; and was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to Rugby League and the community. Wayne coached the Tigers through a period of massive change when they merged with Western Suburbs to become the Wests Tigers. He was appointed New South Wales State of Origin coach in 1999 and became the only person to both captain (1986) and coach (2000) a 3-0 series whitewash. After retiring from sports coaching, he took his knowledge and expertise to the corporate world, where he continues to lead by example as a Commissioner of the Australian Rugby League. Wayne recently led the high-profile Project Apollo team, which was the mission to get the NRL back up and running during the COVID-19 crisis. As a result, the NRL defied the critics and the sceptics to become the first full-contact professional sport in the world to resume their competition during the middle of the pandemic. You can find more about Wayne at his website or his Linkedin Go to NAB Business Fit for more Follow Andrew May Follow StriveStronger If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Rising Atlanta native Wesson Dessir is fresh off the release of his debut project Apollo Archives. The 9 track outing features his breakout record “.22” and his most recent single “Let's Ride our Heelies to the Cosmos”. Sharing with us details about the new project Desir explained that the name for the project stems from his love of all things supernatural, anime, and Greek mythology. Follow On The Radar On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ontheradarradio/

In this episode, we chat with James Duffy, an accomplished scale modeler and competitor in FAI international model rocketry competitions. James' main specialties in scale modeling are the Bumper WAC - an early American two-stage sounding rocket consisting of a captured German V-2 first stage with a WAC Corporal cobbled on top as a second stage... Bumper 8 lifting off from Cape Canaveral James Duffy's scale Bumper WAC ...and the Little Joe test vehicle, which NASA used during Project Mercury to test the launch escape system (the Little Joe II was later used for the same purposes for Project Apollo) and heat shield. One impressive model James has flown in international competitions is his 1/12 scale Little Joe. We discuss scale modeling and get his advice, and James tells us about FAI international model rocketry competitions. The American team has made a bid to hold the World Championships here in the United States in 2023. This would be the first time the international fly-offs will have been held in the U.S. since 1992. Also, check out Spacemonkey Models (CLICK HERE), James' company selling the most detailed scale model V-2 available anywhere. It's a static model (which means it doesn't fly), but it can be converted to a flying model rocket with a conversion kit sold by Apogee Components (CLICK HERE to get it). You can also buy the Spacemonkey V-2 itself from Apogee. I have one of the Spacemonkey kits, and it's a gorgeous thing. James has a thorough video tutorial series for building the V-2 on his YouTube channel. CLICK HERE to go to the playlist. The kit comes with four different decal sets, so you have what you need to build one of four different iterations of the V-2, and the decals fit almost perfectly to the Estes V-2, so with a Spacemonkey kit you have the decals to build three more flying models!

From the Earth to the Moon: The Miniseries Companion, on Kindle Also on apple books and many other ebook platforms -- Links below. If you enjoyed this podcast, you will love our new book project! Think you've read everything there is about the moon flights? Think again! In 1998, the landmark television miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" was first broadcast. In 12 episodes, it told the daring story of Project Apollo-NASA's program to put humans on the moon. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of each episode of the miniseries and covers Apollo from start to finish, and then some! More than a simple episode guide, this companion reviews the choices the filmmakers made regarding the actors, special effects, and historical accuracy. This book shows readers what each episode got right, got wrong, and what they didn't tell you about each of these historic missions. Providing readers with a completely novel and unique approach to Project Apollo, this companion to the miniseries is packed with information. Covers all manned Apollo missions, the creation of the lunar module, the Apollo 1 fire and aftermath, the personal and professional highs and lows of the astronauts and key NASA personnel, including Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Pete Conrad, Al Worden, Donn Eisele, Wernher von Braun, Deke Slayton, Alan Shepard, James Webb, and others. Also includes descriptions of the author's personal interactions with some of the Apollo astronauts. Bonus: Includes an in-depth interview with Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon, the book that was the basis for the entire miniseries. Also includes 35 stunning images. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CSY8GPC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=from+the+earth+to+the+moon+companion&qid=1594497858&sr=8-1 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/from-the-earth-to-the-moon-douglas-adler/1137330462?ean=2940164506070 https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/from-the-earth-to-the-moon-the-miniseries-companion https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1523218640 https://www.scribd.com/book/468933487/From-the-Earth-to-the-Moon-The-Miniseries-Companion https://www.24symbols.com/book/x/x/x?id=3531855 https://www.vivlio.fr/ebooks/from-the-earth-to-the-moon-the-miniseries-companion-9781393198383_9781393198383_10020.html

From the Earth to the Moon: The Miniseries Companion, on Kindle Also on apple books and many other ebook platforms! If you enjoyed this podcast, you will love our new book project! Think you've read everything there is about the moon flights? Think again! In 1998, the landmark television miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" was first broadcast. In 12 episodes, it told the daring story of Project Apollo-NASA's program to put humans on the moon. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of each episode of the miniseries and covers Apollo from start to finish, and then some! More than a simple episode guide, this companion reviews the choices the filmmakers made regarding the actors, special effects, and historical accuracy. This book shows readers what each episode got right, got wrong, and what they didn't tell you about each of these historic missions. Providing readers with a completely novel and unique approach to Project Apollo, this companion to the miniseries is packed with information. Covers all manned Apollo missions, the creation of the lunar module, the Apollo 1 fire and aftermath, the personal and professional highs and lows of the astronauts and key NASA personnel, including Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Pete Conrad, Al Worden, Donn Eisele, Wernher von Braun, Deke Slayton, Alan Shepard, James Webb, and others. Also includes descriptions of the author's personal interactions with some of the Apollo astronauts. Bonus: Includes an in-depth interview with Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon, the book that was the basis for the entire miniseries. Also includes 35 stunning images. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CSY8GPC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=from+the+earth+to+the+moon+companion&qid=1594497858&sr=8-1 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/from-the-earth-to-the-moon-douglas-adler/1137330462?ean=2940164506070 https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/from-the-earth-to-the-moon-the-miniseries-companion https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1523218640 https://www.scribd.com/book/468933487/From-the-Earth-to-the-Moon-The-Miniseries-Companion https://www.24symbols.com/book/x/x/x?id=3531855 https://www.vivlio.fr/ebooks/from-the-earth-to-the-moon-the-miniseries-companion-9781393198383_9781393198383_10020.html

Project Apollo was a success and Saint Peter V'Landys has successfully orchestrated a third round of NRL after months of quarantine. This week, Clancy speaks to former Roosters, St George, Panthers and NSW Origin Star Jamie Soward. One of the great half backs of the modern era and a straight shooter, Soward gives us the run down on his feelings about the player fitness after the mid-season break. Soward breaks down the Latrell hysteria and tries his best to draw parallels with the Last Dance. Good yarns. Video Version Youtube: https://youtu.be/d9sLMIui6qc

Tigers legend Wayne Pearce sits down with Brett Kelly to kick off the Be Better Off Show Season 2. Heading Project Apollo, the taskforce to get the NRL back on the field, Wayne's insights into dealing with the crisis are a must listen!

South Sydney Rabbitohs captain Adam Reynolds joins the team ahead of his side's Friday night blockbuster against old rivals the Sydney Roosters, and Project Apollo chairman Wayne Pearce discusses the comittee's plans to bring back fans by July. Plus, Michael and Jamie discuss the signing news of one of the game's biggest stars

#GoFundMe4Kel 2. From the Moon to Mars 3. PVL secured the salary cap 4. GI to eat Park Footy Poms 5. John Bateman not looking for glory 6. #ChequiesOut 7. Brady & Manning hackers like us 8. McGregor vs Usman? 9. Illawarra Hawks bankrupt? 10. Dribbler Dribbles

Project Apollo is nearly ready for lift off. But with one week to go, referees are once again in the headlines. Michael and Emanuel discuss refs, GI, Cody Walker, venues and the draw. We are nearly there...T-Minus 7 Days! 

Early bitcoiner Dan Held and Gary visit about Texans, self-sovereignty, citadels, bitcoin as a living organism, lightning, liquid, and a heads up on Dan's Project Apollo.

Raiders CEO and Project Apollo committee member Don Furner has commended the NRL's push to restart the 2020 season on May 28. Furner also gave an update on players who haven't received the flu vaccination, Nick Cotric's contract situation and the chances of Jordan Rapana being a Raider in 2021

Mobbsy, Buzz and Mick Carayannis get through a lot today..... Nathan Cleary's omission of fact, Josh Addo-Carr and Latrell Mitchell, Project Apollo and that Queensland Grand Final bid.....and WHAT is happening with Mick's beard! (have a look on our socials)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A parental isolation quandary 2. Off season 2.0 3. Vale Raelene Castle 4. Brad Pitt v Mike Tyson 5. Floyd broke? 6. Facebook isolation challenges & Trump

This week on Across The Park, we start off by discussing how it feels to be essential, who needs a lanyard, Gaby tries to learn how radio works, why we have seasons, how much we miss 2ser, Mick's toilet set up, we talk about our behind the scenes chat with Georgie Rowe, what the C word test is like, when Joel had a camera where a camera shouldn't go, the NRL's hopeful Project Apollo, what the Premier League is doing, AFL coaches on TicTok, new segments including What I Learned This Week and Iso-Topicso, what zoos are doing without humans, being very careful who you text during a Zoom chat, what home schooling is like, and a game!

Zac Bailey is joined by Alicia Newton and Dan Walsh to recap the latest news in the NRL, with Project Apollo confirming their intention to resume the 2020 Telstra Premiership on May 28. The trio provide an insider's view on how the club are stepping up preparations, discuss outgoing CEO Todd Greenberg's legacy to the game and give an update on Tyson Frizell's immediate future.

Host Tom Appel and co-hosts Jill Ciminillo and Damon Bell start the show by discussing the worrisome increase in speeding and reckless driving incidents, now that many American highways have very little traffic as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns. Next, we talk about our test-drive experiences with the extra-large 2020 Infiniti QX80 SUV. Mike Levine, North American Product Communications Manager for Ford Motor Company, calls in to bring us up to speed on Ford's various efforts and initiatives to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. Tom has a tricky quiz on vintage and recent Volkswagens for Damon and Jill, and Damon runs down the latest articles on the Consumer Guide Daily Drive blog--including a profile of the all-but-forgotten Chevrolet Electrovette concept vehicle.

Michael and Emanuel look back on the week that was - Angry Broadcasters, Project Apollo, May 28, Nick Politis, Quade Cooper, Wayne Bennett and Latrell Mitchell. No games were played, no points scored and no whistles blown. A Quiet week in rugby league? No such thing. 

'Ground control to Major Tom. Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong.Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom?'The lads are in Cape Canaveral for Project Apollo but whilst Parky has his feet planted on terra-firma it seems the lads are already in orbit. 

Iso-latest 2. Shapes addiction 3. Back to the Moon 4. Roosters empty sacks 5. Buzz tryna get throwin goin 6. Quade wants to be an astronaut 7. Kyngs cultural tattoo 8. Dribbler Dribbles

The NRL has announced a return date for the 2020 season, but is it just a pipe dream? The boys discuss the ins and outs of Project Apollo and which CEO players will benefit from this unexpected hiatus. We are joined by special guest CEO coach Will ‘Marcho’ Marchinton as we take a look back at the Moneyball Podcast days. He also gives us an insight into his CEO career as Bona takes him through the NRLCEO Fantasy Five. Drop some acid and take a trip back to 2004 as the boys reminisce over yesterday’s heroes from the Lockdown Retro NRLCEO fantasy comp. It’s a blast. This is NRLCEO..

Project Apollo plans for NRL to hit the ground running on May 28. Always the ideas men, Roy and HG float a plan for CGI crowds for spectator free games.

The boys discuss "Project Apollo' and the games push to have plans in place for a meeting on April 21st about a possible return date for the game, scenarios of how it would work and the structure of the competition etc. and finish off with some suggestions while isolated of things to watch and read. Stay safe everyone! Big thanks to "Penrith Solar Centre" #NRL #Fifthnlast

Businesses like Ford and 3M are entering phase they haven’t hit in decades: War Effort mode. The Harry’s Razors innovation arm whipped up its 2nd startup — a direct-to-consumer cat brand called Cat Person that’s changing direct-to-consumer. And marijuana companies faced an oversupply problem pre-coronavirus, but quarantines may be their cure.

Project Apollo started as a program simply to land a man on the moon before the Russians. But, as time went on, the Apollo technology found more and more uses as we learned how to live and work in space. Apollo technology gave us earth orbiting space stations, two bases on the` lunar surface, a lunar orbiting space station, communications satellites a quarter of a million miles from either the earth or the moon, and a crewed mission to flyby the planet Venus. What a legacy. But what’s next? Now that we’ve proven we can live and work in space, what is our next challenge in space? The next challenge is learning how to live in persistently and sustainably in space. How can we have a permanent presence in space? That is the subject of season 2 of Belitopia, and this final episode of season 1 gives you a glimpse into the missions and technology that are next inline after Project Apollo, and the Apollo Applications Program is complete. LinksLink to episode ( https://belitopia.com/110 (https://belitopia.com/110) ) Apollo Program Information ( https://belitopia.com/apollo (https://belitopia.com/apollo) ) Help support our show ( https://belitopia.com/support (https://belitopia.com/support) ) Review and rate us on Podchaser ( https://www.podchaser.com/Belitopia (https://www.podchaser.com/Belitopia) ) Keep Informed when season 2 is about to start ( belitopia.com/signup (http://belitopia.com/signup) ) Neil deGrasse Tyson - StarTalk ( https://www.startalkradio.net (https://www.startalkradio.net) ) Space Resource quote - StarTalk, Nov 27, 2016 IntroductionThis season of Belitopia has been all about project Apollo, and extensions and enhancements to the use of project Apollo technology in order to further human presence in space. Using Apollo technology in Belitopia: We landed on the moon. We lived and worked in earth orbit. We lived and worked in lunar orbit. We lived and worked on the lunar surface. And we visited our nearest neighbor, the planet Venus. All of these missions were possible extensions to the real world Apollo program, if we would have just committed the financial resources to make it happen. And in the world of Belitopia, we did commit those resources and these missions occurred. So, this begs the question. Why didn’t we do these missions in real life? Well, you have to remember what was the primary driver for the Apollo moon mission in the first place. It was politics. We were afraid of the Soviet Union and what they could accomplish in space. Sputnik scared America, and our response was to build a space program to prove we were better at space exploration than the Soviet Union. It took many years...decades...before we caught up with the Soviet Union. They kept beating us to space firsts... ...first man in space ...first man in orbit ...first unmanned ship to the moon ...and many others. We needed a victory. We eventually found that victory in July of 1969 with the landing of the first man on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin won the space race for us. It wasn’t because we, the United States, were better at space than the Soviet Union...we weren’t. Rather, it was because we finally were able to beat them at something. Beat them at one thing...landing a man on the moon. But once we did that, for all practical purposes, the race was over. The political drive that motivated the need for the space program was gone. We gave up, and we moved on to other more pressing national priorities, such as the war in Vietnam. The only reason there were Apollo missions beyond the Apollo 11 moon landing was because of the momentum involved in stopping it. The political pressure to stop investing came almost immediately, and eventually the program was swallowed up by the pressure and we stopped after Apollo 17. We had plans for more Apollo missions, and started building the space craft necessary for Apollo 18-20, but by the time Apollo 17... Support this podcast

This week we cover everything from Flopnik, to the ISS, Apollo 17, and more. I also have a special appearance from Richard Easton, where he shares his family connection to Vanguard TV3. Enjoy! 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: Check out the pictures that Richard Easton shared for Vanguard 1. They're available here (https://www.facebook.com/1812429589074010/posts/2448609222122707/) Richard Easton's GPS Declassified Webpage (http://www.gpsdeclassified.com/resources/) STS-116 NASA Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts116/main/index.html) Here's the link to one of my favorite EVA pictures, it was taken on December 12th, 2006. EVA Image (https://www.nasa.gov/content/shuttle-spacewalkers-work-outside-station) STS-88 was the first time that a Space Shuttle visited the nascent International Space Station. STS-88 NASA Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-88.html) The last human mission to the Moon during the 20th century. Apollo 17 NASA Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html) Gemini 7: Record-Breaking, Cramped, and Absolutely Fantastic. Medium.com (https://medium.com/@johnmulnix/gemini-7-36e208c9f7e4)

The Space Race wasn’t just about who could get to the moon first. There were other battlefields where the space race was fought. One of those battlefields was in building a permanent manned presence in space in the form of a space station in low earth orbit. Such a station would not only be a great place for space based research, but also a starting point for military use of space. Winning the battle over low earth orbit against the Soviet Union was just as important as beating them to the moon. Low earth orbit wasn’t as glamorous as the race to the moon, so it did not receive as much public attention, nor political attention, nor ultimately funding...at least in real life. But in the world of Belitopia, the value of the fight for low earth orbit was critical, and the Skylab series of space stations was important for long term American presence in space. Even though it was important, that doesn’t mean we focused on it. In fact, one of the great lessons for America on space exploration came when we lost focus on the value of low earth orbit, and Skylab I, our first space station in low earth orbit, failed to deliver on its plans and promises. Instead, it would take two follow on Skylab space stations, Skylab II and Skylab III, before America would understand what it would take to maintain a long term presence in space in low earth orbit. This is...Skylab Plus. Welcome to Belitopia. Links and More Information Episode Details (https://belitopia.com/105) Belitopia Skylab Information (https://belitopia.com/skylab) Skylab (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab) Salyut (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_programme) Apollo Applications Program (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Applications_Program) Space Station Freedom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Station_Freedom) Please support our show (https://belitopia.com/support) . IntroductionThe space race was actually fought on two fronts. The first was the race to the moon. This is what Project Apollo was originally created for. The second was the race to a permanent presence in low earth orbit...the permanent manned space station. While the former was the more politically important race, due to the very public prestige associated with the voyage, the latter was actually a more important goal. Understanding, driving, and controlling human presence in low earth orbit was critical for many reasons: First, it provides long term research opportunity into the impact of space and the value of space based industry. Second, it provides research into earth and what makes the planet function, including significant improvements in weather forecasting, climate study, and geological research. Third, there are huge advantages to the military and in national security for the purposes of proactive spying, reactive security monitoring, and even — weapon delivery. Fourth, low earth orbit is a perfect jumping off point — a transfer point if you will — for future missions into deep space. All of these reasons made the race for low earth orbit just as important as the race for the moon. It just was not as politically or socially charged of a mission as the moon race was. Ultimately, permanent manned stations that could be used for research and as a transfer station for future missions was the mostimmediate goal. But before we could do that, we needed to understand what it took to create, support, and populate such a station. What we needed were baby steps, and we needed them fast before the Soviet Union could establish their foothold. It was truly a race. This is the story of Skylab. Skylab was a program for space stations based on the Apollo technology, and part of the Apollo Applications Program that we’ve spoken about in previous episodes. In real life, there was a single Skylab space station, and the results from the stations were…well...mixed. It was a damaged station... Support this podcast

The team get together to talk rocket stories and some workshop talk with you on this episode. We talked about some of the entries seen at our club's Apollo 11 tribute launch on July 20, 2019. One of which was a wonderful gold painted Saturn V by our club member, Casey Anderson. After that, we delved into our most challenging rocketry projects -- our personal "Project Apollo", if you will, along with a listener story. We shared listener JE Thompson's story, and audio from his video (See below) https://youtu.be/Nahu9h1fitc Gheem talks about his story, and CG recounts his story to his toughest project to date, his Level 1 certification. He went for the gusto, and not the simple tried and easy approach...because...he loved the challenge. LOL. Daniel the Rocket n00b joins us to talk about his first major rocket project using an Airbrush to paint it off, and shares what he learned so far.

The team get together to talk rocket stories and some workshop talk with you on this episode. We talked about some of the entries seen at our club's Apollo 11 tribute launch on July 20, 2019. One of which was a wonderful gold painted Saturn V by our club member, Casey Anderson. Casey Anderson's Gold 50th anniversary commemorative Saturn V After that, we delved into our most challenging rocketry projects -- our personal "Project Apollo", if you will, along with a listener story. We shared listener JE Thompson's story, and audio from his video (See below) https://youtu.be/Nahu9h1fitc Gheem talks about his story, and CG recounts his story to his toughest project to date, his Level 1 certification. He went for the gusto, and not the simple tried and easy approach...because...he loved the challenge. LOL. The n00b's first major Airbrushing project! Daniel the Rocket n00b joins us to talk about his first major rocket project using an Airbrush to paint it off, and shares what he learned so far.  

In 1964, 40% of the public did not approve of Project Apollo, and more than 50% did not think the moon shot was "worth the cost" throughout the 1960s. Kennedy himself questioned the commitment and considered cooperating—instead of competing—with the Soviet Union in space. At the same time, there was an explosion of space-related pop culture and citizen engagement with the space race. Dr. Emily Margolis, whose dissertation was titled Space Travel at 1G: Space Tourism in Cold War America, joins the show to explore the complicated politics of the home front during Project Apollo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When President Kennedy announced Project Apollo, the United States was locked in a global ideological conflict with the Soviet Union. But how did the idea of a Moon shot come to be the answer to a political problem? And why did it happen when it did? Dr. Roger Launius, former Chief Historian of NASA and currently the Principal at Launius Historical Services, explains why Apollo happened and where it came from. His latest book, Apollo's Legacy: Perspectives on the Moon Landings is available now. Hear additional episodes and learn more here: http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/apollo-50-years.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apollo At 50 - Teasel Muir-Harmony The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Science Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #368. As part of our Smithsonian Associates Inside Science Interview series, we are joined today by scientist, author, explorer, Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony. Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony will be appearing at the Smithsonian Associates program, July 10, 2019, and the title of her presentation is Apollo at 50: A History in Artifacts. With those words, Neil Armstrong uttered what would become one of history's most famous one liners. Our Not Old Better Show audience, many of whom listened in from earth as Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission was on the landing site of the moon. The entire Project Apollo ranks among the most bold and challenging undertakings of the 20th century. Within less than a decade, the United States leapt from suborbital spaceflight to landing humans on the moon and returning them safely back to Earth. Hundreds of thousands of people helped make these missions possible, while billions more around the world followed the flights. Fifty years after the first lunar landing, our guest today, Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of Apollo spacecraft at the Air and Space Museum, reassesses the history of Project Apollo through the most evocative objects of the Space Age. The material legacy of the Project Apollo missions is immense—with thousands of artifacts from capsules to spacesuits to the ephemera of life aboard a spacecraft represented in the Smithsonian's collections. Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony examines artifacts and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum collections that highlight how Project Apollo touched people's lives, both within the space program and around the world, from the Wright Bros. at Kitty Hawk to Neil Armstrong at Tranquility Base. More than space hardware alone, the objects Dr Muir-Harmony features reflect the deep interconnection between Project Apollo and broader developments in American society, politics and life. That, of course, that was our guest today, Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony's reading from her new book, Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects (National Geographic) is available for sale and signing. For tickets and more information, please go here: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/apollo-at-50-history-in-artifacts?utm_source=RAad&utm_medium=OAtsa&utm_content=mwX&utm_campaign=MayWe For more information about The Not Old Better Show, please go here: https://notold-better.com

Gillian Tan, Executive Director (Enforcement), Monetary Authority of Singapore, shares how it is using augmented intelligence to fight insider trading and market manipulation. 

This week, the team dives into Project Apollo. With the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Matt leads the crew through the history of the entire Apollo program, they discuss the numerous movies, debates around space exploration, and the future. Tune into this episode for some science, pop culture, and a whole lot of space talk.

This week in SF history— September 1, 1960. Project Apollo formed. (hq.nasa.gov)Spaceflight news— Starliner spotlight (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) — Soyuz 32 landed autonomously (HT Sam Moore: wikipedia.org)— Kepler mission nearing its end (spacenews.com) — Scott Manley describes the issues that took out gyros on multiple spacecraft (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Stratolaunch is expanding its range of launch vehicles. (spacenews.com)— Oppy should be waking up any day now. (spaceflightnow.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Smarter Every Day covers the Parker Solar Probe (HT /u/Nerobro: youtube.com)— MOMO-2 explosion in detail: (phys.org)

Computer scientist Larry Smarr and osteopathic physician Michael Kurisu present a vision for healthcare that combines the best of allopathic and osteopathic medicine by using a more personalized, hands-on, systems-based approach to treating patients. They demonstrate this proof of concept with details on how Smarr diagnosed his own Crohn’s disease by using blood and stool tests to track changes in his body. And when the symptoms became too severe, Smarr collaborated with his surgeon, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, to plan the operation based on 3D images of his organs created at his research institute, Calit2 at UC San Diego. Kurisu then introduces Project Apollo, a group of patients inspired by Smarr who are collecting their own data to develop personalized treatments for their particular conditions. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33132]

Computer scientist Larry Smarr and osteopathic physician Michael Kurisu present a vision for healthcare that combines the best of allopathic and osteopathic medicine by using a more personalized, hands-on, systems-based approach to treating patients. They demonstrate this proof of concept with details on how Smarr diagnosed his own Crohn’s disease by using blood and stool tests to track changes in his body. And when the symptoms became too severe, Smarr collaborated with his surgeon, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, to plan the operation based on 3D images of his organs created at his research institute, Calit2 at UC San Diego. Kurisu then introduces Project Apollo, a group of patients inspired by Smarr who are collecting their own data to develop personalized treatments for their particular conditions. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33132]

Computer scientist Larry Smarr and osteopathic physician Michael Kurisu present a vision for healthcare that combines the best of allopathic and osteopathic medicine by using a more personalized, hands-on, systems-based approach to treating patients. They demonstrate this proof of concept with details on how Smarr diagnosed his own Crohn’s disease by using blood and stool tests to track changes in his body. And when the symptoms became too severe, Smarr collaborated with his surgeon, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, to plan the operation based on 3D images of his organs created at his research institute, Calit2 at UC San Diego. Kurisu then introduces Project Apollo, a group of patients inspired by Smarr who are collecting their own data to develop personalized treatments for their particular conditions. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33132]

Computer scientist Larry Smarr and osteopathic physician Michael Kurisu present a vision for healthcare that combines the best of allopathic and osteopathic medicine by using a more personalized, hands-on, systems-based approach to treating patients. They demonstrate this proof of concept with details on how Smarr diagnosed his own Crohn’s disease by using blood and stool tests to track changes in his body. And when the symptoms became too severe, Smarr collaborated with his surgeon, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, to plan the operation based on 3D images of his organs created at his research institute, Calit2 at UC San Diego. Kurisu then introduces Project Apollo, a group of patients inspired by Smarr who are collecting their own data to develop personalized treatments for their particular conditions. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33132]

The cloud-based practice management software, Clio, was launched nine years ago. During the fifth annual Clio Cloud conference, Clio CEO Jack Newton introduced in his keynote speech new projects and a future philosophical roadmap for the software, the company, and the way lawyers practice law. In this report from On the Road, Bob Ambrogi interviews Jack about his keynote speech. They discuss bringing law practice to the cloud, results from Clio’s Legal Trends Report, Project Hermes, Project Apollo, and the expanding future of Clio through API integrations. Tune in for a truly progressive picture of the future of law practice. Jack Newton is the founder of Clio, one of the pioneers of cloud-based practice management. Jack has spearheaded efforts to educate the legal community on the security-, ethics- and privacy-related issues surrounding cloud computing, and has become an internationally recognized writer and speaker on these topics.

Houston, we’ve had a problem here… In our fourth episode, Lauren enlightens us on the numerous Apollo missions planned and executed by NASA.  Find out how astronauts are like dads [and which ones are responsible for some lunar graffiti]. Then, enjoy a ten-question quiz on SPAAAACE! [Music: 1) Anonymous420, “I n t e r s t e l l a r   C a p i t a l i s m,” 2017. Courtesy of Anonymous420, CC0 1.0 Universal License; 2) Frau Holle, “Ascending Souls,” 2017. Courtesy of Frau Holle, CC BY-NC 3.0 license.]

Episode Links: STS-114 Video Highlights- National Space Society (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle114.htm) STS-114 Return To Flight- NASA Webpage (https://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/index.html) NASA Apollo 15 Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo15.html) Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.html) Syncom 2- NASA Satellite Information Page (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1963-031A) The Expanse Series- Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/The-Expanse-5-Book-Series/dp/B00ZQWOSG4) The Expanse- SyFy.com (http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse)

Episode Links: Apollo 11 Mission Overview (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html) Apollo 11 Mission Report (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11MIssionReport_1971015566.pdf) If you're wondering where I found the coffee related quotes, here is the document. It's definitely worth checking out the spacecraft commentary link. Apollo 11 Spacecraft Commentary (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/AS11_PAO.PDF) Apollo 11 Flight Plan (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11fltpln_final_reformat.pdf) 1202- Apollo 11 Program Alarms (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.1201-pa.html) Apollo 11 Pictures- NASA Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/albums/with/72157658666156148) Archive.org NASA Audio from Apollo 11 (https://archive.org/details/Apollo11Audio/938-AAG.wav) NASA Historical Audio Archive- Digital Audio File Metadata (https://ia801409.us.archive.org/5/items/Apollo11Audio/NASA-Audio-Archive_Digital-Audio-File_Metadata.pdf) Space.com- Elon Musk Calls for Moon Base (https://www.space.com/37549-elon-musk-moon-base-mars.html)

Episode Links: Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962 (http://ethw.org/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962) Telstar, A History (http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm) John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories (http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/98/) AT&T Archives- Telstar! (https://youtu.be/uKH-GijnAGk) First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite (https://youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?t=16m41s) Genesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/web/20160629093633/http://bigelowaerospace.com/genesis) STS-104 NASA Mission Summary (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-104/mission-sts-104.html)

Dr Kevin Fong concludes his exploration of the boundaries between the medical profession and other industries for valuable lessons that might be of use to us all. In this final episode, Kevin talks to people who have spent their lives investigating what it takes to make high-performance, high-reliability systems work safely when lives are on the line. Since the days of Project Apollo, people have come to rely more and more heavily upon the digital computer. Whether it is aerospace, the automotive industry, medicine or even the financial sector, technology has become so central to the success of these complex systems, that it has become increasingly more difficult for the human to remain in control when these systems fail. Technology, some argue, is not just replacing us, it is displacing us. Is this situation inevitable or is there a way to better protect ourselves from the risks that opaque, complex technological systems create? (Photo: Kevin Fong and Paul Fjeld next to Lunar Module 2)

Dr Kevin Fong concludes his exploration of the boundaries between the medical profession and other industries for valuable lessons that might be of use to us all. In this final episode, Kevin talks to people who have spent their lives investigating what it takes to make high-performance, high-reliability systems work safely when lives are on the line. Since the days of Project Apollo, People have come to rely more and more heavily upon the digital computer. Whether it’s aerospace, the automotive industry, medicine or even the financial sector, technology has become so central to the success of these complex systems, that it’s become increasingly more difficult for the human to remain in control when these systems fail. Technology, some argue, isn’t just replacing us, it’s displacing us. Is this situation inevitable or is there a way to better protect ourselves from the risks that opaque, complex technological systems create?

Today, on Modern Notion Daily: we get a rare look at the manned space flights of Project Apollo. Our guests are John Bisney and J.L. Pickering, coauthors of Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo: A Rare Photographic Look (September 2015, University of New Mexico Press). For more than four decades, Pickering has been collecting 8″x10″…

www.oresonance.com Tom Taormina was a member of the Apollo 13 disaster recovery team at Mission Control in Houston. His experiences during his 14 years at NASA formed the foundation for his ability to rapidly analyze problems, diagnose solutions and work with enlightened business people to implement successful outcomes. This skill-set makes him a highly sought after consultant, frequent speaker and prolific author. His twelfth, "It WAS Rocket Science" was just released. Tom Taormina is now the Executive Director for The Center for Business Excellence, an organization looking to provide the infrastructure to help existing resources meet the challenges of the new Nevada business landscape while introducing world-class business tools and processes. Tom has a unique perspective from having worked with more than 600 companies in his 41-year career, bringing a rare talent for precision problem diagnosis and strategic thinking. The New Gold Rush Has Begun...This Time, We Can All be Winners! Tesla's 5 million square foot battery plant being built at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center has showcased the incredibly rich resources and potential of our region. A new migration of high-tech companies are descending on Northern Nevada both to supply services to Tesla, but also because TRI has finally been discovered as industry's next technology hub, but with unlimited real estate and infrastructure, and without burdensome taxes and bureaucracy. The relocating companies require business services, training and workforce development beyond current capacity. They also need best-in-class resources and services not previously available in Northern Nevada. www.CheriHillShow.com www.SageIntl.com www.NevadaRealEstateRadio.com

With the retirement of the Space Shuttle, members of the SpaceTaskForce went into the background - and went to work. One of the completed projects we're proud to present is a new book called Not Because It's Easy. Here's a preview of the book in trailer form! "Not Because It's Easy" is based on the history of Project Apollo - looking at the future of Space Exploration. Also included for our subscribers - a PDF - the first chapter of Not Because It's Easy! Not Because It's Easy A Novel by George C. Schellenger One part metaphorical autobiography, one part rollicking adventure story, and one part self-help guide, Not Because It's Easy is a trip to extremes you won't forget. For Agent Hunter Algier, it's anything but easy: saving a charter jet from crashing into the suburbs of Northern Virginia; escaping the evil clutches of his ex-wife; tracking down three artifacts from Roswell, New Mexico; listening to a possessed billionaire moonwalker talk about Project Apollo; surviving a shootout on a golf course at one of America's most prestigious country clubs; and coming face to face with a massive Tiger Shark at night. That's just the warm up. The real adventure begins in an underground cave full of poisonous spiders somewhere in the Cayman Islands, ending in orbit somewhere above the planet. Success or failure on his mission could be the difference between reaching his ultimate goal or unwittingly aiding in the destruction of the free world. Then again, for Agent Algier, it's a typical week on the job.

Episode 10 of the SpaceTaskForce. Tim is back in studio to talk about his recent space adventures. We also have a special guest from NASA's Ames Research Center to talk about the role you can play in the NASA CoLab website. My big question this week is - what if they'd had an iPhone during Project Apollo? Would we already be on Mars? That and a Shuttle Launch Experience on this week's SpaceTaskForce.

A second special Persuaders Marketing Podcast recorded at Day 2 of the ESOMAR Worldwide Multi-Media Measurement conference ( WM3) held in Dublin from 4-6th June, 2007. This podcast features speakers talking about the Project Apollo single source measurement project in the US and the Touchpoints project in the UK, as well as a conference summary by Chairperson Steve Harrison.

If you want a piece of space history, collectSPACE at collectSPACE.com is a good place to start. The site offers everything you need to know about artifacts - but also breaks news as well. The founder of collectSPACE, Robert Pearlman, stopped by to talk with us about everything from Project Apollo - to the Space Shuttle Launch Experience at the Kennedy Space Center.