• The Launch Pad Space Podcast

  • By: Paul Ring
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The Launch Pad Space Podcast

By: Paul Ring
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  • Come along as the former aerospace journalist Paul Ring discusses space exploration in history and science fiction with some of the best and brightest in the business.
    © 2019 by Paul Ring. This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
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  • Launch Pad Space Podcast - Episode 24 - Christopher Roosa

    Launch Pad Space Podcast - Episode 24 - Christopher Roosa
    Jun 7 2023
    Episode 024 – Son of Apollo – Christopher Roosa Episode Summary Christopher Roosa is a retired colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and a combat veteran. He is also the son of Apollo 14 Command Module pilot Stuart Roosa. In his book “Son of Apollo: The Adventures of a Boy Whose Father Went to the Moon,” He tells the story of his father’s humble beginnings growing up in Oklahoma. From there the elder Roosa became a smoke jumper, fighter pilot and test pilot before being chosen to become an astronaut in 1966.  In this episode of The Launch Pad Space Podcast, host Paul Ring talks to Christopher Roosa about his father, and growing up as a Son of Apollo. Show Notes Christopher A. Roosa Stuart Roosa “Son of Apollo” Joint Base Langley-Eustis Edwards Air Force Base Apollo Program Saturn V Apollo 1 Apollo 11 Apollo 13 Apollo 14 The White House Richard Nixon Tricia Nixon Cox Camp David Ed White Elvis Presley Apollo 16 Apollo 17 Alan Shepard Ed Mitchell John Young Space Shuttle Welcome Patrons Become a Patron No new patrons this time around, but please consider helping us out. And thank you to the generous patrons who have been supporting the podcast! o   Kristina Fontes o   Jimzilla1701 Follow Us: Our website: www.launchpadshow.com Twitter: @launchpadspace1 Instagram @launchpadspace1 Facebook @Launch Pad Space Podcast YouTube @LaunchPadSpacePodcast Email launchpadspacepodcast@email.com Links You can listen to this, or any episode of the podcast by using these links, or searching wherever you get your podcasts. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-launch-pad-space-podcast/id1521502726 Android: https://podcasts.google.com/search/launch%20pad%20space%20podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XddmhYfLuXFwMGkpxK33v YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@launchpadspacepodcast5558
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    57 mins
  • Launch Pad Space Podcast - Episode 23 - Anna Fisher

    Launch Pad Space Podcast - Episode 23 - Anna Fisher
    Jun 7 2023
    Episode 023 – First Mom – Anna Fisher Episode Summary  Anna Fisher is one of the first women chosen by NASA to become astronauts. She flew on STS-51A, one of the most technically demanding missions in the Space Shuttle program. She also helped develop the International Space Station and the Orion spacecraft that will return astronauts to the Moon. In this episode of The Launch Pad Space Podcast, host Paul Ring talks to Anna Fisher about her career and her contributions over 40 years to NASA’s human space exploration program. Show Notes Anna Fisher 1978 Astronaut Class Harbor UCLA Medical Center Space Shuttle Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Challenger Disaster STS-51A Rick Hauck Lloyd’s of London International Space Station (ISS) Columbia Disaster Orion The New Guys Meredith Bagby Welcome Patrons Become a Patron No new patrons this time around, but please consider helping us out. And thank you to the generous patrons who have been supporting the podcast! o   Kristina Fontes o   Jimzilla1701 Follow Us: Our website: www.launchpadshow.com Twitter: @launchpadspace1 Instagram @launchpadspace1 Facebook @Launch Pad Space Podcast YouTube @LaunchPadSpacePodcast Email launchpadspacepodcast@email.com Links You can listen to this, or any episode of the podcast by using these links, or searching wherever you get your podcasts. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-launch-pad-space-podcast/id1521502726 Android: https://podcasts.google.com/search/launch%20pad%20space%20podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XddmhYfLuXFwMGkpxK33v YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@launchpadspacepodcast5558    
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Launch Pad Space Podcast - Episode 22 - Meredith Bagby

    Launch Pad Space Podcast - Episode 22 - Meredith Bagby
    Apr 11 2023
    Episode 022 – The New Guys – Meredith Bagby Episode Summary Meredith Bagby is the author of an incredible new book, “The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel.” This new release has been the talk of space aficionados, as Bagby tells the story of the first group of Space Shuttle astronauts. She focuses on the first 10 minority astronauts, while telling the story of all 35 “new guys.” In this episode of The Launch Pad Space Podcast, host Paul Ring talks to the author about her investigation into this lightly studied era of spaceflight, and the group of men and women who helped usher the Shuttle program into reality. Show Notes Meredith Bagby The New Guys 1978 Astronaut Class Challenger Disaster Teacher in Space Program Christa McAuliffe Sally Ride George Abbey Anna Fisher STS-51A International Space Station (ISS) The Astronaut’s Wife Columbia Disaster Ron McNair Rhea Seddon Commercial Crew Program Artemis Program Guy Bluford Challenger Salvage Ellison Onizuka Judy Resnick Shannon Lucid Kathy Sullivan Rick Hauck Steve Hawley Robert “Hoot” Gibson Judy Resnick – Tom Brokaw Interview Welcome Patrons Become a Patron No new patrons this time around, but please consider helping us out. And thank you to the generous patrons who have been supporting the podcast! o   Kristina Fontes o   Jimzilla1701 Follow Us: Our website: www.launchpadshow.com Twitter: @launchpadspace1 Instagram @launchpadspace1 Facebook @Launch Pad Space Podcast YouTube @LaunchPadSpacePodcast Email launchpadspacepodcast@email.com Links You can listen to this, or any episode of the podcast by using these links, or searching wherever you get your podcasts. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-launch-pad-space-podcast/id1521502726 Android: https://podcasts.google.com/search/launch%20pad%20space%20podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XddmhYfLuXFwMGkpxK33v YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@launchpadspacepodcast5558    
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    57 mins
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