A Hero of the New Space Age: Lori Garver and Escaping Gravity

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Technology, Science

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🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Lori Garver went up against powerful forces inside and outside NASA to create the hugely successful commercial cargo and crew programs.

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0:00.0	A hero of the new Space Age, this week on Planetary Radio.
0:10.4	Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure
0:15.2	across our solar system and beyond.
0:18.6	The first SpaceX Dragon mission reached the International Space Station just 10 years
0:24.5	ago.
0:25.5	It may already be hard to believe that many in aerospace, in Congress, and even in NASA
0:31.8	itself tried to keep it and missions like it from happening.
0:36.0	Laurie Garver led the fight for a commercial space transportation from inside the Space
0:41.2	Agency.
0:42.2	Now, she's written a terrific book about those years of struggle and much more.
0:47.4	She'll join us in minutes to talk about escaping gravity.
0:51.2	Later you'll have the chance to win a copy when Bruce Betts arrives for what's up.
0:56.7	There are images of our solar system that look way too good to be real.
1:00.9	A great example is at the top of the July 1st edition of the downlink, our free weekly newsletter.
1:08.5	We can thank the Cassini Orbiter and the team for this nearly-edge-on shot of rings and
1:14.4	four of Saturn's moons.
1:16.7	Scroll a bit further down for a stunning photo of Mercury snapped by the European Space
1:22.1	Agency's Beppy Columbo as it whizzed past two weeks ago.
1:26.9	Not every downlink image is entirely real.
1:30.6	Check out Uranus and its rings resting comfortably in an earthly patio.
1:36.8	Planetary Society member Christian Shek created this striking composition.
1:42.2	While this and more are at planetary.org slash downlink.
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