John Logsdon on the Dawn of the Space Age

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The Dean of space policy, John Logsdon, returns with stories and a new book of original documents that shaped the US space program from the birth of NASA to SpaceX. Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye reports in from this year’s International Astronautical Congress in German, while Senior Editor Emily Lakdawalla wraps up a working tour of New Zealand. Then join Bruce and Mat for this week’s What’s Up. Learn and hear more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/1003-2018-john-logsdon-outer-space-exploration-book.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Dawn of the Space Age, this week on Planetary Radio.
0:04.0	Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society,
0:12.0	with more of the human adventure across our solar system
0:15.3	and beyond.
0:16.7	John Logston is back.
0:18.2	The Dean of Space Policy historians and authors has a new book that includes the many Magna Cartas of American human
0:26.0	spaceflight.
0:27.0	We'll talk with John about this great read and some of the most fascinating and most surprising
0:32.3	milestones on the road to Apollo 11 and beyond.
0:36.2	Bruce Batts will take us back into the black, but I have other Cosmos Crossing colleagues
0:40.8	this week.
0:41.8	Okay, slight exaggeration. Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye, the
0:46.2	Science Guy is in Germany. We'll hear a report from him right after we check in
0:50.7	with the Society Senior Editor,
0:52.8	Emily Lockwala, who is closing out
0:54.7	a working tour of New Zealand.
0:57.0	Emily has joined us by phone from, where are you?
1:00.6	In Hobbiton by any chance? I'm not in Hobbiton though I was there a couple of days ago.
1:05.9	I'm currently in Auckland, New Zealand wrapping up a six city tour where I was giving
1:11.2	talks about planetary science but also taking advantage of the trip to do just a wee bit of sightseeing.
1:16.0	Tell us about some of those talks and the reception you're getting from Kiwis.
1:20.0	I gave three talks in New Zealand, three different talks that is. There's one that I
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