STP152 - How To Use A Spacecraft - with Ed Rafacz - Creator of The Spacecraft Guide
This week to talk to Ed Rafacz, creator of the Spacecraft Guide. He’s trying to make sure that we can learn the function of any component of any spacecraft with just one click. A really fantastic thing which we hope you’ll take a look at.
Ed Rafacz:
The Spacecraft Guide: https://spacecraftguide.com/
Spacecraft Interactive Virtual Museum: https://www.patreon.com/SIVRMuseum
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shuttleguide
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@spacecraftguide7189
What’s Caught Our Eye This Week:
Pioneering NASA 'Hidden Figure' Evelyn Boyd Granville dies at age 99:
https://www.space.com/nasa-hidden-figure-evelyn-boyd-granville-mathematician-obituary
Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/webb-celebrates-first-year-of-science-with-new-image
Tom Weichel RIP:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/spacehipsters/permalink/6667716439939849/
NASA's Mars Sample Return in jeopardy after US Senate questions budget:
https://www.space.com/mars-sample-return-faces-senate-committee-cancellation
Image Credits: The Spacecraft Guide
Space and Things:
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Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings
Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com
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 now hosted by the National Space Society. In 2022 she started working as Content Director for Celestis – the first company to have successfully conducted Memorial Spaceflight Missions.
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 45,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
NSS Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/
Medium Blog: https://emilycarneyspace.medium.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarney
Threads: https://www.threads.net/emilycarneyspace
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilycarneyspace/
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
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgiles
Threads: https://www.threads.net/davejgiles
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgiles
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-giles-1286ab1a3/
