Space Policy Edition #19: When did the private space age begin? Much earlier than you think.

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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🗓️ 1 December 2017

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. Richard Branson. These are the names we tend to associate with the current era of private space exploration. But what about John Quincy Adams, James Lick, or Charles Yerkes? Space economist and historian Dr. Alex MacDonald joins us to discuss his book, "The Long Space Age," which chronicles the history of private investment in U.S. space exploration all the way back to the 18th century.
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0:00.0	Hello again everyone this is the space policy edition of planetary radio. I'm Matt Kaplan of of Planetary Radio.
0:12.8	I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society.
0:15.4	Proud to join you once again with my colleagues
0:18.2	from the Advocacy and Space Policy side of the house,
0:21.8	Casey Dreyer and Jason Callahan. Casey is our
0:24.6	director of space policy. Jason is our space policy advisor there within the
0:30.2	beltway in Washington DC. Gentlemen, welcome back.
0:34.0	Hey Matt, welcome to my fellow space advocates here and let's say abroad too,
0:38.0	because people listen to us abroad.
0:40.0	Hey guys, good to be back again.
0:42.0	We have something very special to present for people in a few minutes, Casey.
0:46.6	Give us a little 20 second tease of this big feature interview that's coming up in the show,
0:52.0	but we do have some other things to talk about first. feature interview
0:55.0	today is when did the private space age begin.
0:58.0	The big question that we're going to talk about with our interview today is when did the private space age begin?
1:02.0	A lot of people, and I would even say myself included, really think of private space exploration
1:07.8	is happening right now, right around us.
1:10.8	But Alex McDonald, who is an economist and a historian working out of NASA's office of the
1:16.2	administrator right now, has published a book about the history of private investment in
1:21.4	space exploration.
1:22.6	And if you just consider step back and say,
1:26.2	you know, the action of exploring, learning new things about space,
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