Episodios

  • How NASA remembers—and forgets

    How NASA remembers—and forgets
    May 2 2025
    No one person knows how to build a spaceship. What happens to NASA’s collective knowledge when thousands of employees lose their jobs?
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    1 h y 19 m
  • Lies, damned lies, and space data

    Lies, damned lies, and space data
    Apr 4 2025
    The space sector is data-rich but insight-poor. Jack Kuhr of Payload talks about how he turns raw numbers into real narratives.
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    1 h y 10 m
  • Locke, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (in space)

    Locke, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (in space)
    Mar 7 2025
    Can classical liberalism provide fresh insights to guide humanity’s activities in space? Philosopher Rebecca Lowe explains how it can.
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    1 h y 18 m
  • Mars Sample Return, but at what (fixed) price?

    Mars Sample Return, but at what (fixed) price?
    Feb 7 2025
    Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck outlines a $4B fixed-price plan for Mars Sample Return — and reveals new Venus mission details — before VP Richard French explains how a single, integrated team cuts costs and ensures success.
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    1 h y 20 m
  • The Challenges of Change at NASA

    The Challenges of Change at NASA
    Jan 3 2025
    Marcia Smith, founder of Space Policy Online, joins the show to discuss the motivations and risks of pursuing change at NASA - and how much change can ultimately happen with Congress holding the purse strings.
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    1 h y 8 m
  • The Myth of Presidential Leadership

    The Myth of Presidential Leadership
    Dec 13 2024
    We revisit a classic book on the limits of presidential power in setting the nation’s space agenda and explore how the increasingly powerful executive branch might be rewriting those expectations.
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    47 m
  • NASA at a Crossroads

    NASA at a Crossroads
    Nov 1 2024
    Norm Augustine, the distinguished aerospace industry veteran behind numerous influential studies, joins the show to discuss NASA at a Crossroads, the new report that raises alarm bells for NASA’s workforce, infrastructure, and technology capabilities.
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    56 m
  • The space policies of a Harris Administration

    The space policies of a Harris Administration
    Oct 4 2024
    Space expert Lori Garver joins the show to explore Kamala Harris’ space policy priorities, the major issues facing NASA in the next four years, and Garver’s thoughts on the evolution of Elon Musk and NASA’s increasing reliance on the commercial space industry.
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    58 m
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