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Paul Ring talks to Air Force veteran, executive director of Harvard Business School Online Patrick Mullane. He is the son of Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane and the author of “The Father, Son and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s,” which is out now. Strap in for another Launch Pad Space Podcast.
Show NotesPaul Ring talks to Air Force veteran, executive director of Harvard Business School Online Patrick Mullane. He is the son of Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane and the author of “The Father, Son and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s,” which is out now. Strap in for another Launch Pad Space Podcast.
Further Reading:Patrick’s father Mike Mullane flew on STS-41D, STS-27 and STS-36.
Space Shuttle Atlantis suffered extensive damage when the nose cone of one of the SRBs broke off and hit the vehicle. Here’s a link to the damage report.
Patrick met Judy Resnik and Sally Ride during get-togethers held at his home.
STS-1 was the first flight of the Space Shuttle Program.
SRB frangible nuts look something like this.
The only father-son astronaut pair were Owen Garriott and his son, Richard Garriott. Although Owen was a NASA astronaut, Richard is technically a “space flight participant,” and not an astronaut. Richard is a video game designer who paid for his flight into space.
The only other astronaut offspring biography is Rosemary Rossa’s To the Moon: An Autobiography of an Apollo Astronaut’s Daughter.
Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut by Mike Mullane
The Father, Son and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s by Patrick Mullane
Sample chapters of Patrick Mullane’s book are available at his website: www.pjmullane.com.
Welcome PatronsWelcome to our latest Launch Support Crew-level Patron Kristina Fontes. Thank you so much for your support!
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Note: Some product links in the show notes are Amazon Associate links. The proceeds from purchases using these links will help fund the podcast.
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Episode 4 – Father, Son and Holy Shuttle – Patrick Mullane Episode Summary Twitter
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Paul Ring talks to Air Force veteran, executive director of Harvard Business School Online Patrick Mullane. He is the son of Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane and the author of “The Father, Son and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s,” which is out now. Strap in for another Launch Pad Space Podcast.
Show NotesPaul Ring talks to Air Force veteran, executive director of Harvard Business School Online Patrick Mullane. He is the son of Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane and the author of “The Father, Son and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s,” which is out now. Strap in for another Launch Pad Space Podcast.
Further Reading:Patrick’s father Mike Mullane flew on STS-41D, STS-27 and STS-36.
Space Shuttle Atlantis suffered extensive damage when the nose cone of one of the SRBs broke off and hit the vehicle. Here’s a link to the damage report.
Patrick met Judy Resnik and Sally Ride during get-togethers held at his home.
STS-1 was the first flight of the Space Shuttle Program.
SRB frangible nuts look something like this.
The only father-son astronaut pair were Owen Garriott and his son, Richard Garriott. Although Owen was a NASA astronaut, Richard is technically a “space flight participant,” and not an astronaut. Richard is a video game designer who paid for his flight into space.
The only other astronaut offspring biography is Rosemary Rossa’s To the Moon: An Autobiography of an Apollo Astronaut’s Daughter.
Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut by Mike Mullane
The Father, Son and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s by Patrick Mullane
Sample chapters of Patrick Mullane’s book are available at his website: www.pjmullane.com.
Welcome PatronsWelcome to our latest Launch Support Crew-level Patron Kristina Fontes. Thank you so much for your support!
Become a Patron
Follow Us:Our Website
Note: Some product links in the show notes are Amazon Associate links. The proceeds from purchases using these links will help fund the podcast.