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Season 4, Episode 12. Talking Space History with Dwayne A. Day, Part 2
Welcome to Space 3D and part 2 of our wide-ranging interview with space historian and policy analyst Dwayne Day.
Day is a senior program officer for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, where he has served as a study director on studies concerning NASA's aeronautics flight research capabilities, the planetary exploration program, the size of the astronaut corps, the threat of asteroids striking Earth, NASA workforce skills, radiation hazards to astronauts on long duration spaceflights, U.S. Air Force astrodynamics standards, and other projects. He previously served as a program officer on the Space Studies Board and served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. He has also written extensively on the history of American satellite reconnaissance.
In this episode, Dwayne dashes our childhood fantasies about Bigfoot, the Bermuda Triangle and UFOs, but then we get to the story we’ve all been waiting for: The Origin Story of Boris the Space Chimp. We then conclude with Dwayne’s thoughts on some of his priorities for the future, including finishing a plethora of manuscripts, and delving into some alt-history speculation in the spirit of our favorite Apple TV show, For All Mankind.
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By Eleanor O'RangersWelcome to Space 3D and part 2 of our wide-ranging interview with space historian and policy analyst Dwayne Day.
Day is a senior program officer for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, where he has served as a study director on studies concerning NASA's aeronautics flight research capabilities, the planetary exploration program, the size of the astronaut corps, the threat of asteroids striking Earth, NASA workforce skills, radiation hazards to astronauts on long duration spaceflights, U.S. Air Force astrodynamics standards, and other projects. He previously served as a program officer on the Space Studies Board and served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. He has also written extensively on the history of American satellite reconnaissance.
In this episode, Dwayne dashes our childhood fantasies about Bigfoot, the Bermuda Triangle and UFOs, but then we get to the story we’ve all been waiting for: The Origin Story of Boris the Space Chimp. We then conclude with Dwayne’s thoughts on some of his priorities for the future, including finishing a plethora of manuscripts, and delving into some alt-history speculation in the spirit of our favorite Apple TV show, For All Mankind.