I don't always feel like a hero, but I'm glad this is on a good path.
It's going to be called Lori Garver: Hero of the New Space Age. I rarely know what I'm going to title an episode of Planetary Radio till shortly before it's published, but I knew what to call this one when I was only a few pages into the book. It is such a pleasure always to talk to you, and to congratulate you this time on the publication of this absolutely terrific and very important book. Lori Garver, welcome back to Planetary Radio. The result has been dramatically cheaper access to orbit, that is now reaching out to our moon and beyond.
They were led by our guest this week, former NASA deputy administrator, Lori Garver, has now documented the fight for new space and much more in her new book, Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. Beginning in the late 2000s, these innovators and visionaries were supported by a small group of insurgents within NASA that dared to buck the establishment. It's not just advanced technology that has enabled the newbies to find their place among the older goliaths of aerospace. Several other companies, including Virgin Galactic, Virgin Orbit, and Rocket Lab have had impressive successes, yet only one of these companies has existed for over 20 years. Waiting in the wings is Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser spaceplane, while Blue Origin's big New Glenn is in development. Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft has visited 17 times. The crewed Dragon variant has made seven flights with people on board, with many more to come. SpaceX Dragon capsules have completed more than 20 cargo missions to and from the international space station. Check out Uranus and its rings resting comfortably in an earthly patio, planetary society member Christian Shek created this striking composition. Not every Downlink image is entirely real. Scroll a bit further down for a stunning photo of Mercury snapped by the European Space Agency's BepiColumbo, as it whizzed passed two weeks ago. We can thank the Cassini orbiter and the team for this nearly edge-on shot of rings, and four of Saturn's moons.
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A great example is at the top of the July 1st edition of The Downlink, our free weekly newsletter. There are images of our solar system that look way too good to be real. Later, you'll have the chance to win a copy when Bruce Betts arrives for What's Up. She'll join us in minutes to talk about Escaping Gravity. Now she's written a terrific book about those years of struggle, and much more. Lori Garver led the fight for commercial space transportation from inside the space agency. It may already be hard to believe that many in aerospace, in Congress, and even in NASA itself, tried to keep it and missions like it from happening. The first SpaceX Dragon mission reached the international space station just 10 years ago. I'm Mat Kaplan of The Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond. LightSail 2 has three torque rods or magnetotorquers, one to help control each axis of the spacecraft’s orientation.Ī hero of the new space age, this week on Planetary Radio. How many torque rods, also known as magnetotorquers, does LightSail 2 have? What are the names of the two cameras on the Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube probe that is part of the DART asteroid redirect mission? Be sure to include your name and mailing address. What star and what Brazilian state does it represent?Ī copy of Lori Garver’s new book “Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age"Ĭomplete the contest entry form at or write to us at no later than Wednesday, July 13 at 8am Pacific Time. Only one of these is displayed above the white band crossing the center of the flag. This Week’s Question: 27 stars are displayed on the national flag of Brazil.
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