In this episode:
We meet Emily Carney, a leading social media influencer, writer, and public speaker highly knowledgeable on a number of human spaceflight topics. She was formerly a nuclear propulsion mechanic for the U.S. Navy, and also a schoolteacher for a time. She was working as a freelance writer when she founded her blog This Space Available in 2010, which is was later picked up by the National Space Society, and then she created the hugely popular Space Hipsters Facebook group in 2011, which recently passed the 20,000-member mark. In addition to those ongoing endeavors, she is also cohost of the new Space and Things podcast.
In our conversation, Emily describes what sparked her interest in space, her time in the Navy, the ethos and community behind Space Hipsters, her favorite historical space figures and spaceflight programs, the recent successes in space that excite her the most, and whether she has ever considered any other roles in the space community.
Commenting on what she feels is a critical mindset for the future of spaceflight, Emily says, "I think it's important for us to go forward, and to be future-thinking and to think, 'Okay, what are we going to be doing in space 50 to 100 years from now? How are we going to expand our civilization, and are we going to expand it into space? How are we going to use this technology in a positive way?'"
Note: This podcast was recorded on December 14, 2020. Since the recording took place, the Space Hipsters Facebook group surpassed 20,000 members. Also, mentions of the SpaceX SN8 Starship launch are in reference to the first high-altitude test flight of that prototype, which occurred on December 9, 2020.
Introductory and closing music: Paint the Sky by Hans Atom © copyright 2015, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/50718 Ft: Miss Judged
Danny Jaques — Creator & Chief “Salsanaut,” Danny’s Rocket Ranch™ Space Salsa®
Kevin Rice – Former Director of Business Management for Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and NASA JPL
Laurie Orth — ‘Rocket Recorder’ Author, Composer, Educator
Steven Hawley — Former NASA Astronaut, Hubble Space Telescope & Chandra X-ray Observatory Missions
Dorit Donoviel — Director, Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Will Henry – Writer & Producer, “The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O‘Neill”
Garrett Harwood – Founder/CEO of Eagle Shield Inc.
Libby Jackson – UK Space Agency Human Exploration Programme Manager & “Space Explorers: 25 Extraordinary Stories of Space Exploration and Adventure” Author
Homer Hickam – Bestselling Author
Dr. Kathryn Thornton — Former NASA Astronaut
Jay Chattaway, longtime Star Trek series music and score composer
Frank Culbertson — former NASA astronaut, “The only US citizen not on Earth when the Sept. 11 attacks occurred”
Sam Mastovich – General Manager, Keystone Compliance
Robert Brumley – Cofounder/Chairman of CommStar Space Communications
Daniel Lockney – NASA Technology Transfer Program
Andrew Matthes & Leyton Torres – SystemsGo Curriculum Program
Trevor Bennett – Cofounder of Starfish Space
Tom Smokov & Craig Fairclough — Water Pure Technologies
Tracy Fanara – NOAA Scientist/Program Manager & ‘Inspector Planet’
Chris Carberry – Cofounder/CEO of Explore Mars, Inc.
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