This is what Alan Ladwig looked like before he retired from 40+ years as a space advocate (almost 18 of those at NASA). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Alan Ladwig: a retired NASA manager who wore many hats over a long advocacy career dedicated to bringing space to anyone … or anyone to space.

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SHOW NOTES:

Alan on Twitter. Retired = plenty of time to tweet!

Alan Ladwig rides a horse. Because he's a cowboy. Not really, but he was once offered a job on the bicentennial wagon train. Credit: Alan Ladwig
This is what Alan Ladwig would look like if he was really a cowboy. Point of interest: Alan was once offered a job on the bicentennial wagon train. Credit: Alan Ladwig

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Dan Leone is a SpaceNews staff writer, covering NASA, NOAA and a growing number of entrepreneurial space companies. He earned a bachelor’s degree in public communications from the American University in Washington.