The Space Madness Podcast
The Space Madness Podcast
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A series of personal conversations about how we explore the universe and our place in it.
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Focuses on themes related to space exploration, personal narratives, and historical connections with episodes featuring topics like deafness in microgravity, the intertwining of war history with space missions, and the evolution of private capital in space exploration. Specific episodes include interviews with Eric Shear discussing deafness in space and Peter Laitin reflecting on Apollo 8's historic speech.
A series of personal conversations about how we explore the universe and our place in it.
Today host Jeff Nosanov speaks with Les Johnson, a man of many hats in the space exploration world. During his career he led research on various advanced space propulsion technologies at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. During his career at NASA, he served as the center’s Chief Technology Officer, the Manager for the Space Science Programs and Projects Office, the In-Space Propulsion Technology Program, and the Interstellar Propulsion Research Project. He is also a prolific science fiction author and speaker, and a committed Christian. In this episode we discuss all of these items and especially Les’ faith which supports and drives them all.
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