STP35 - Do You Want To Live In Space? The Man Who Taught Us How.
This week we talk about a true unsung hero. Gerard K. O'Neill. His work about space colonies was truly ground breaking and his book 'The High Frontier' is one of the most inspiring there is. O'Neill is the subject of a new movie, 'The High Frontier - The Untold Story Of Gerard K. O'Neill' and we're joined by three members of the production team to discuss O'Neill and the movie: Director Ryan Stuit; writer and producer Will Henry; and executive producer Dylan Taylor.
First though, we were saddened to hear of the loss of Michael Collins as we were finishing up editing this podcast. We'll be doing a full tribute next week.
Family Statement: https://www.facebook.com/AstroMichaelCollins/posts/309533063877486
NASA Statement: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/statements-on-passing-of-michael-collins
The High Frontier Movie: https://thehighfrontiermovie.com/
Check the website to find out where to watch the movie and to find out more. Plus, all the merch!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HighFrontierDoc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/highfrontierdoc/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighFrontierDoc/
Trailer:
Ryan Stuit: https://twitter.com/RyanStuit
Will Henry: https://twitter.com/WillTHenry
Dylan Taylor: https://twitter.com/SpaceAdvisor
Emily's Review: https://space.nss.org/the-high-frontier-pays-much-overdue-tribute-to-dr-gerard-k-oneill/
Also mentioned.
For All Mankind Season 2 Trailer:
Krys Marshall's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KrysMarshall
This week's news:
Launches:
Fri 23rd April: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Crew-2: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4737
Video:
Space Junk Near Miss: https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-2-dragon-capsule-space-junk
Sun 25th April: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat: OneWeb #6: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1361
Video:
Mon 26th April: ULA: Delta IV Heavy: NROL-82: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/140
Video:
Tues 27th April: CASC: Long March 6: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4953
Video:
Other News:
Crew 1 Upcoming Return Mission: https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-1-astronaut-splashdown-delayed
Ingenuity 3rd Flight on Mars: https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-third-flight-success
Video:
SN15 Update: https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn15-static-fire
Blue Origin Protest: https://www.space.com/blue-origin-dynetics-protest-nasa-spacex-starship-moon-lander
'Taking Up Space' - Space Hipsters Event Tuesday 4th May:
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Image Credit: NASA, Artwork by Rick Guidice
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Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/
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Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
Full info: https://www.davejgiles.com
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