In this episode:
We meet Will Henry, award-winning filmmaker, producer and writer of the documentary film The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill, released on September 15th of this year. Will is the Creative Director and Senior Producer at Multiverse Media, a media company focusing on space exploration and science and technology. He is also currently producing an eight-part television series in association with NASA, and is the writer and producer of The Legendary Podcast, a monthly podcast dedicated to sharing stories of perseverance and glory from the world’s top athletes.
In our conversation, Will discusses how he ended up working on the film, how long it took to take it from concept to release, how difficult it was to encapsulate a 30-year period of O’Neill’s eventful life into documentary film length, how they were able to round up Gerry’s family and associates to participate, and how much O’Neill’s work then has inspired today’s commercial space travel efforts.
Discussing O’Neill’s inventiveness, Will says, “He was a prolific inventor. He invented the particle accelerator; he invented the chambers that made that work. He also invented the precursor to GPS, and he predicted a lot of what we use today, you know — things like the Kindle to self-driving cars. And it’s just incredible how way ahead of his time he was.”
To learn more about the documentary, visit thehighfrontiermovie.com. To learn more about Will and his projects, visit willhenryfilm.com or catch him on Twitter @WillTHenry.
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
Jason Held – Saber Astronautics
Danielle Dallas Roosa – Back to Space
Jill Johnson and Allen Platek — Tempur-Pedic
Paul Lockhart – Former NASA Astronaut
Rachel Lyons – Space for Humanity
Peter Beck – Rocket Lab Founder
Kevin DeBruin – The Fit Rocket Scientist
Peter Freer & Rita McKinnish – Play Attention
José Morey - Intergalactic Doctor
Brad Poorman and Jim Hind — Clean Textile Technology
Athena Brensberger - Founder and CEO of Astroathens, LLC
Laura Forczyk - Space Consultant
Will Pomerantz – Virgin Orbit
Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj – Science in the Wild Founder
Bill Gattle – President of Space Systems, L3Harris Technologies
Dr. Tanya Harrison - Professional Martian
Judy Cara - Planetarium & STEM Director
Alan Ladwig - Author, Part Two
Alan Ladwig - Author, Part One
Paul Francis – Inventor
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