Aug 29, 2019
In this two-part series, RSE Dean Mikolajczyk shares several examples of how NASA learned valuable lessons from manned spaceflight mistakes including:
(Part 2 will feature manned flights and will be posted January 2020)
- What we learned from the Surveyer Program (the very first unmanned lunar landers)
- Mars Polar Lander...
Aug 22, 2019
Ed shares with Beth:
- Becoming a Space Camp Hall of Fame Honoree and meeting his childhood hero astronaut Charlie Duke
- Details regarding the many job responsibilities the NASA Mission Control Flight Director has, getting to crew to space safely and back home safely is always the first priority.
- Big and small success...
Aug 15, 2019
Beth Meets Airline Captain Mark Hardcastle and learns:
- How the air force academy put Mark on the path to a future in aviation.
- What’s Mark’s favorite plane? (It’s the Cadillac of planes)…
- Mark explains “The magic of the 4th”
- How do we respond when things challenge us? Mark’s got 60+ years of inspirational...
Aug 8, 2019
Robert explains…
- While the Swedes may not be very braggadocios, they’ve launched more than 650 balloon missions with NASA, JAXA, and others to test things in 50+ kilometer altitudes…and more than 550 rocket launches! They go straight up, 400-700 kilometers, and come right back down, (often in the snow).
- Launching...
Aug 1, 2019
This week, Beth gains a deeper understanding & appreciation on how COMPUTERS help NASA explore the cosmos with her returning guest and Resident Space Expert Dean Mikolajczyk. Here are the highlights:
- Dean shares his insights from his days as programmer for the MARS rovers Spirit and Opportunity!
- Dean explains how a...