Episodios

  • NASA and the American South

    NASA and the American South
    Jul 5 2024
    Every major NASA center built after the agency’s inception is located in the American South. Why? Dr. Brian Odom, NASA’s chief historian, joins the show to discuss the cultural, political, and historical implications of NASA’s expansion into the South.
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    58 m
  • Is Human Spaceflight a Religion?

    Is Human Spaceflight a Religion?
    Jun 7 2024
    Holy texts and salvation ideology. Saints and martyrs. True believers and apostates. This isn’t a religion — this is human spaceflight, argues Roger Launius, the former Chief Historian of NASA.
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    1 h y 10 m
  • The power of the lunar sublime

    The power of the lunar sublime
    May 3 2024
    Should policymakers spend more time looking - really looking - at the Moon? Chris Cokinos thinks so. He’s the author of a new book, Still As Bright, which explores the evolving role of the Moon in our culture, our history, and our dreams of spaceflight.
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    1 h y 16 m
  • Real and Acceptable Reasons for Space Exploration

    Real and Acceptable Reasons for Space Exploration
    Apr 5 2024
    Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin discusses his claim that there is a tension between the so-called Real reasons that motivate spaceflight and the prosaic, Acceptable reasons used to justify space exploration within the public sphere.
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    54 m
  • The ahistorical era of commercial lunar exploration

    The ahistorical era of commercial lunar exploration
    Mar 1 2024
    Science historian Dr. Matt Shindell joins the show to discuss the unique era of commercial lunar exploration, and how planetary exploration has evolved and can continue to evolve on and around the Moon.
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    1 h y 6 m
  • Space isn’t black — it’s grey

    Space isn’t black — it’s grey
    Feb 2 2024
    Space policy expert Laura Delgado López joins the show to break down the new paper, “Clearing the Fog: The Grey Zones of Space Governance” by Jessica West and Jordan Miller.
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    1 h y 21 m
  • India’s growing space ambitions

    India’s growing space ambitions
    Jan 5 2024
    UK-based space writer Gurbir Singh, author of the book The Indian Space Programme: India’s Incredible Journey from the Third World towards the First, joins the show to help us understand India’s growing ambitions and capabilities in space.
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Was the Space Shuttle a policy failure?

    Was the Space Shuttle a policy failure?
    Dec 1 2023
    Though the Space Shuttle program lasted 30 years and built the ISS, it fell short of NASA's goals for cost, reusability, and reliability. Can a program be both a worldly success and a policy failure? In this Space Policy Edition, we dissect a classic space policy paper and debate its relevance today.
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    59 m