Crew Dragon Deep Dive with Astronaut Garrett Reisman
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Engineer and former astronaut Garrett Reisman spent four months on the International Space Station before moving to SpaceX. Ten years of work at the company are about to climax when a Crew Dragon capsule carries astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the ISS. Garrett shares his excitement and inside knowledge about the mission and the groundbreaking spacecraft. We’ve also got headlines from The Downlink, and a night sky update as part of this week’s What’s Up. Great links, including the Crew Dragon ISS manual approach simulation app, are at https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2020/0513-2020-garrett-reisman-crew-dragon.html
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| 0:00.0 | The SpaceX Crew Dragon readies for launch this week on planetary radio. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome, I'm Ad Kaplan of the the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar |
| 0:15.6 | system and beyond. |
| 0:17.5 | Garrett Reisman lived on the International Space Station and flew the space shuttle there |
| 0:22.4 | and back. |
| 0:23.0 | Then he left NASA for SpaceX, |
| 0:26.0 | where he would help guide creation of the spaceship |
| 0:29.0 | that is about to carry two Americans to the ISS. |
| 0:32.0 | He'll tell us why Crew Dragon has his full content. two Americans to the ISS. |
| 0:32.6 | He'll tell us why Crew Dragon has his full confidence |
| 0:35.5 | and admiration in a great interview. |
| 0:38.2 | Later we'll check in with Bruce Betts |
| 0:39.9 | for another fun tour of the current night sky and your chance to win Bruce's newest |
| 0:44.7 | spacebook for kids and other space fans. Remember my recent conversation with |
| 0:50.4 | Deborah Fisher and Joe Lama about the 100 Earth's Exoplanet project, |
| 0:55.0 | Deborah, Joe, and Bruce join me over the weekend |
| 0:58.0 | for a live update on this effort |
| 1:00.0 | shared with Planetary Society members. |
| 1:02.0 | Remember, or not, you can now watch the on-demand video recording. |
| 1:06.0 | It's at Planetary.org. |
| 1:08.0 | TV. |
| 1:09.0 | Let's go to headlines from the most recent edition of the Down Lake, the Planetary Society's Weekly |
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