STP78 - A Man On The Moon - with Andrew Chaikin
This week, we have a very special guest, Andrew Chaikin, science and space journalist and the author of one of our favourite books, A Man On The Moon.
Andrew Chaikin:
https://www.andrewchaikin.com/
https://twitter.com/andrewchaikin
As discussed, Andrew’s teaching to NASA About leadership:
Principles of Success in Spaceflight (click on the link and scroll down to the video):
https://appel.nasa.gov/2019/06/24/apollo-historian-discusses-anecdotes-key-lessons-in-vpmc/
The International Association of Astronomical Arts:
https://iaaa.org/
Books by Andrew Chaikin:
A Man On The Moon
https://www.andrewchaikin.com/books/a-man-on-the-moon/
Folio Society Version: https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/a-man-on-the-moon.html
A Passion For Mars:
https://www.andrewchaikin.com/books/a-passion-for-mars/
Air and Space:
https://www.andrewchaikin.com/books/air-and-space/
Apollo (with Alan Bean):
http://www.andrewchaikin.com/books/apollo/
Mission Control This Is Apollo (Childrens book illustrated by Alan Bean):
http://www.andrewchaikin.com/books/mission-control-this-is-apollo/
Voices From The Moon (with Victoria Kohl)
http://www.andrewchaikin.com/books/voices-from-the-moon/
This Week’s Launches:
Sat 19 Feb 2022: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia: Northrop: Antares 230+: CRS NG-17:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5660
Mon 21 Feb 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 4-8:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5336
This Week’s Other News:
China says moonbound rocket stage was not from 2014 lunar mission:
https://www.space.com/china-denies-moonbound-rocket-stage
Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures huge eruption on the sun:
https://www.space.com/solar-orbiter-huge-solar-eruption-february-2022
NASA successfully retests Artemis 1 moon rocket core stage engines after fault:
https://www.space.com/artemis-i-moon-rocet-engine-tested
Wales' new strategy could boost economy by £2bn:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60433763
Signs of 'Significant' Brain Rewiring Have Been Found in Space Travellers:
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-brains-of-space-travelers-get-rewired-to-adapt-to-their-new-environments
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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.
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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.
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