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Rocket LaunchPod

by Nate Ray

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Whether you are a casual space observer, a fanatic, or a skeptic, the Rocket LaunchPod is your guide to how the American space program got to where it is today -- and where it's going in the future. Why haven’t we been to the moon since 1972? What happened to the space shuttle program? Is Mars colonization really possible? Join Nate Ray as he talks with astronauts, NASA scientists, and space journalists to get to the bottom of American space exploration.

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Move Over Hubble

When the James Webb Space Telescope launches into space later this year to succeed the Hubble Space telescope, it will symbolize the culmination of over two decades of wo

Aug 20 2021
24 min

A Conversation with David W. Brown, Part 2

Nate reviews The Mission and is joined once again by its author, David W. Brown - a science journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Th

Aug 20 2021
23 min

A Conversation with David W. Brown, Part 1

What influence do presidents have over NASA? How has Mars shaped American objectives in space? Are we really going back to the moon? Join Nate Ray for Part 1 of his two-p

Aug 20 2021
24 min

Mission to Mars

Elon Musk says he’s going to put humans on Mars before the end of the decade. How much of what he promises is feasible? Investigate the boundary between science fiction a

Jul 6 2021
26 min

Go for Launch!

Hear from astronaut and billionaire Gregory Olsen, an American entrepreneur who self-funded a trip to the International Space Station in 2005, as host Nate Ray delves int

Sep 30 2020
21 min

Take A Journey Through Space...

Whether you are a casual space observer, a fanatic, or a skeptic, the Rocket LaunchPod is your guide to how the American space program got to where it is today -- and whe

Sep 23 2020
2 min

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