In this episode:
We meet Dr. Kavya Manyapu, a Space Scientist working in Flight Crew Operations and Testing for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
Dr. Manyapu currently serves as the Regional Officer for a United Nations organization called Space Generation Advisory Council. She is passionate about human space exploration with a belief in the universal applicability of space research for the betterment of our planet.
Learn about the design and features of the new Boeing spacesuit and why it is blue. Dr. Manyapu explains the evolution of spacesuits and the steps she is taking to become astronaut.
Introductory and closing music: Paint the Sky by Hans Atom (c) 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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