STP64 - Hot Diggity Dog - Celebrating Ron Evans with Geoffrey Bowman
This week we take a look at Apollo 17 command module pilot Ron Evans as there is a brand new book which has been released all about his life. We're joined by the author of the book Geoffrey Bowman to discuss how the book came about and what he learnt about Evans.
‘A Long Voyage To The Moon - The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans’
https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496213198/
Emily’s Book Review:
https://space.nss.org/book-review-new-ron-evans-biography-illuminates-life-era-of-apollos-last-spacewalker/
Ron Evans’s Apollo 17 Spacewalk:
The video of Ron Evans which Emily and Dave talk about:
Episode 10: Rocket City: Huntsville, Alabama.
https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp-1-the-podcast-has-launched-d6e92-mpyzr-xswpe-5x8j3-3z645-xmxzf-a3ag7-5zrzp-rlrwg
This Week’s Launches:
Thu 11 Nov 2021: Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: SpaceX Crew-3:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4738
Sat 13 Nov 2021: Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 4-1:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5341
Tue 16 Nov 2021: French Giana: Arianespace: Vega: Ceres 1,2 &3:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/415
This Week’s News:
Chinese Satellite Debris:
https://www.space.com/chinese-satellite-debris-almost-hit-international-space-station
Astronauts Take Shelter:
https://www.space.com/space-debris-astronauts-shelter-november-2021
Bill Nelson’s Statement:
https://www.space.com/nasa-chief-condemns-russian-anti-satellite-test
Hall Of Fame Ceremony:
https://www.space.com/astronaut-hall-fame-ceremony-2020-in-2021
NASA’s Perseverance 3rd Rock Sample:
https://www.space.com/mars-rover-perseverance-collects-third-rock-sample
$93 Billion Spend on Artemis:
https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-moon-program-93-billion-2025
Northrop Grumman and Michelin Moon Buggy:
https://www.space.com/moon-buggy-nasa-artemis-program-northrop-grumman
Glen de Vries Killed in Plane Crash:
https://www.space.com/glen-de-vries-killed-plane-crash
Image Credits: NASA
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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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