Christina Korp is the former manager of the Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin. In recent years she has been COO & CMO of Aldrin Family Foundation. A veteran of the mainstream entertainment and media industry, she used her experience to develop and execute global marketing campaigns, brands and activations. She co-produced the Emmy-nominated and Webby-winning "Buzz Aldrin's Cycling Pathways to Mars" VR Experience with 8i and TIME LIFE VR.

Christina now works with other astronauts to keep the space inspiration going. These include former NASA astronauts Apollo 16 Moon Walker Charlie Duke, ISS astronaut Nicole Stott and Shuttle Commander Greg Johnson. In this episode we hear what it was like to be the "fly on the wall" in Buzz's life and how Christina is committed to bringing the Apollo-era perspective to generation Artemis!

00:17 Intro to episode – who is Christina Korp?

02:45 Bringing on Christina

03:44 How Christina found herself in a room with Buzz Aldrin and Barack Obama.

06:06 Ben meeting Buzz

07:48 What was it like working for Buzz?

11:40 What does Buzz think about private companies accessing space?

16:13 How has Christina’s view of space changed?

20:44 Challenges with raising profile of Artemis

25:30 Making rockstars around astronauts

28:35 What would Christina change about the US educational system?

33:26 What Christina learnt from Buzz

37:32 Interested in Zero G flights? check out www.allforabetterworld.com

38:28 Outro/Socials

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