SpaceGeeks
SpaceGeeks Ep. 26: The Wind Rises at SpaceX
On this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Jeff Thornburg: a propulsion expert who just capped a five-year stint at SpaceX where he led development of the company’s methane-fueled Mars engine, Raptor.
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SpaceGeeks: The Biggest Little Rocket House In Texas
On this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to PJ King, who abandoned a degree in astronautics to become a tech entrepreneur, then returned the space world as co-founder of Firefly Space Systems: a two year-old company trying to…
SpaceGeeks: When Space Opera Meets Space Operations
On this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Keri Bean: a fresh face at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who enjoys dressing up like Han Solo, building lifelike replicas of Star Wars droids, and her day job operating real-life space robots Opportunity and Dawn.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 21: Of Paperclips and Paperwork
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Natalie Panek: space roboticist at MDA Corp., outdoorswoman, ITAR survivor.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 17: This is What a Space Botanist Looks Like
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Bruce Bugbee: a real-life space botanist who says a one-way trip to Mars means a one-way trip to a meatless diet. Not surprisingly, he also found a few nits to pick with "The Martian" and the greenness of fictional astronaut Mark Watney's thumb.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 15: What Dreams May (Possibly) Come
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Ryan Holmes: a young entrepreneur who was "never a space nerd," but is now kick-starting a virtual reality camera to capture astronaut's-eye images from the International Space Station.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 14: Custom Robots For Hire
On this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Jonathan Goff: head of a small, independent manufacturer of custom space robots.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 13: Dante’s Paradiso
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Dante Lauretta: Head of the Osiris-REx asteroid sample return mission, and tabletop game enthusiast.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 12: The Space Space
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Sunil Nagaraj: A Silicon Valley venture capitalist eager to blaze a trail in a new space sector that's starting to look an awful lot like the area's better-entrenched tech sector.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 11: Cold War Coda
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Ben Honey: A young flight controller for the International Space Station who has always known his Russian counterparts as colleagues, rather than communists.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 10: Cool Radio, Bro
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Mark Becnel: Co-founder of small space-electronics builder RadioBro. Mark barely waited for the ink on his aerospace engineering masters degree to dry before setting up shop in the corn fields outside Huntsville, Alabama.
SpaceGeeks Ep. 9: Gs and Noise and Redneck Toys
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Andrew Rush: one-time space-patent geek and current president of Made In Space, which sent a working 3D printer to the International Space Station last year.
