Casual Space

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 55…

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:

Charles Pappas shares with Beth details from the stories within his new book, including;

• What kind of sandwich was snuck on board an early Gemini mission!!
• How Charles always wanted to be an astrono…

Friend of the show Rod Pyle returns to discuss his latest book, and all things Apollo with Beth AND…

• Receiving the foreword from Buzz Aldrin himself!
• Rod’s impressions and insights from speaking wit…

Introducing our RSE; Resident Space Expert Dean! Beth and Dean enjoy;

• Reminiscing about what each of thought when we looked through a telescope for the first time, and last year’s Great American Sol…

On this episode of Casual Space, Beth meets Ed Finn!

• Ed shares his origin story for how the Center for Science and Imagination got started at ASU when a great question is presented to the college pr…

On this episode, Beth and Astrobiologist Dr. David Warmflash discuss his new book, Moon: An Illustrated History; From Ancient Myths to the Colonies of Tomorrow.

Here are some highlights from both…

Show Notes for Lance Bush

In the aftermath of the Challenger accident, the crew’s families came together, firmly committed to the belief that they must carry on the spirit of their loved ones by cont…

Brian is an experienced test engineer in our nation’s space and defense industry. He’s worked to test and improve space suits, parachutes, and F-14’s. Which makes Brian pretty damn cool.

Beth and Bri…

Dr. Roden brings his Texas tales to share:

• His assessment whether or not Beth could be medically qualified for space flight
• Why increased exercise helps space travel
• How growing up on a west Texas r…

In this episode, Brian shares with Beth

• How his father took him to air shows, space museums and started the foundation of an influence in air and space exploration. Then Star Wars came out and chang…

Nick and Beth talk space specifics in this episode, including:

• Nick’s fascinating job working on composite structures- inner stage and the fearing (nose cone) and payload attachment structures 
• How …

Professor Kristen Thompson and Loras College student Audrey Miller share with Beth:

• Why there was a need to improve the Hientkamp Planetarium at Loras College 
• How a select group of honors students …

In this episode, Beth and Chad geek out about:

• Impressions from the  Star Wars Celebration event in Chicago- what it IS and what it was like to be among the 70,00+ attendees
• Chad shares an amazing s…

In this episode, Beth and Stuart laugh about:

• The stories from his family that helped inspire him to write “hard sci-fi” 
• Why going to the moon was really expensive and incredible
• How writing allows…

In this episode, Beth and Stu discuss:

The differences between the retired Space Shuttle and NASA’s (new) Orion spacecraft* What it was like to work as an engineer for the B52 bomber, the NASA shuttl…

In this episode, Beth and Stephanie discuss:

• Helping the astronauts communicate (and educate) through social media
• What happened when Stephanie gets a phone call direct from the International Spac…

In this episode, Beth and Chad review two astronaut lectures they attended this week:

• Working at NASA with astronaut coworkers.
• Captain Mark Kelly and Colonel Frederick Gregory.
• Following a mission …

Michael Wall joined Space.com in 2010 as a senior writer reporting on Mars exploration, exoplanet discoveries, astrophysics and space technology. For Space.com, Mike has wandered through California's…