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This week we break away from our normal scheduling to bring you a panel to discuss how to best support woman in the space community. Next week we'll catch up on all the news we've missed this week, but we feel that this is a discussion worth having. If you have anything you'd like to contribute to the discussion please do get in touch.

We asked three time space shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane and astronaut wrangler Christina Korp to join us to discuss this topic. The full video can be seen on our facebook page.

Check out 'Riding Rockets' by Mike Mullane. A book we think everyone should read.

Christina Korp on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Xtina_Korp

Her Story 100: https://purposeentertainment.com/her-story-100

Articles Dave suggests reading:

https://time.com/79357/not-all-men-a-brief-history-of-every-dudes-favorite-argument/

https://medium.com/@KirstyStricklan/why-men-should-stop-saying-notallmen-immediately-f657e244f7a1

Safe Gigs For Woman: https://sgfw.org.uk/

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What a week. Two amazing stories this week which we hope will inspire you as much as they have us!

Perseverance Landing Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUqsH5y1j1M

Perseverance Audio File from the Surface: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/first-sounds-from-mars-filters-out-rover-self-noise/s-rnjGarHQjxB

Perseverance Highlight Real from Mission Control at JPL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6dx0pO5MSw

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This week we preview the brand new season of Apple TV's 'For All Mankind' which premiers on Friday 19th February. We were lucky to be able to talk to show's creator Ronald D. Moore and we hope you enjoy the interview. 'For All Mankind' is an alternative history show which starts with the idea that the Soviet Union were the first to walk on the moon.

Season 2 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzmrmjlESjQ

Ronald D. Moore on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonDMoore

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This month is well and truly Mars month with three separate missions from three different countries arriving at the red planet, so we asked Elizabeth Howell and Nicholas Booth to join us. The pair have recently released a fantastic book 'The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time' which is well worth checking out!

UAE Hope Mission: https://www.emiratesmarsmission.ae/

China's Tianwen-1 Mission: https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/tianwen-1

NASA's Perseverance Mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

The Search For Life On Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story Of All Time by  Elizabeth Howell and Nicholas Booth (Arcade, $27.99). The authors jointly tweet as @search_mars

ELIZABETH HOWELL: @howellspace

NICHOLAS BOOTH: @thievesbook

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An action packed show for you. Loads to talk about. Chinese rockets, bio fuel rockets, space walks, SN9, mission announcements, private astronauts, Ham the astrochimp, the Apollo 14 50th anniversary, the Apollo 11 Quarantine film, the Mobile Quarantine Facility and a new Apollo 16 movie.... how do we fit it in? Well we just about did it! We hope we've done everything justice here.

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This week we have a very special interview with Ben Feist, the technical consultant for the Apollo 11 movie and the new Apollo 11 Quarantine movie. He also started the Apollo Real Time website and now works for NASA. It's an amazingly inspiring interview. We hope you enjoy.

Apollo 11 Quarantine Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxMqsAbAAvY

Apollo 11 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Co8Z8BQgWc

Apollo in Real Time: https://apolloinrealtime.org/

Forum for points of interest: https://forum.apolloinrealtime.org/

Ben Feist:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenFeist

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bfeist/

http://benfeist.com/

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It's been another very busy week in the world of space flight and we do our best to bring you up to date, but we also pay tribute to Dr. William Thornton, former NASA astronaut who died aged 91 last week.

NASA Tribute to William Thornton: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-remembers-astronaut-william-thornton/

William Thornton Archives: https://utmb-ir.tdl.org/handle/2152.3/563

Full show notes including videos, articles and link to all things mentioned in the podcast: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp-1-the-podcast-has-launched-d6e92-mpyzr-xswpe-5x8j3-3z645-xmxzf-a3ag7-5zrzp-rlrwg-nfkpj-s6pl3-64ppm-2z4ah-g8522-cfjmh-ajc53-erjzt-td6xz-h5sga-tpmhp

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We love pondering what might have happened if events transpired slightly differently, and it turns out that there are plenty of great authors who have delivered us some fantastic pieces about these very ideas. So this week we have a talk about some of our favourite alternative space histories.

For All Mankind: https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/for-all-mankind/

Season 2 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U48vnfP0Rjo

Reading List:

Quest Magazine Volume 26 Issue 2 - https://spacehistory101.com/downloads/quest-vol-26-2/

Martin Caidin: 'Marooned' and 'The Cape'

Suzanne Roberts: 'Julie Jones Cape Canaveral Nurse'

James Michener: 'Space'

Stephen Baxter: 'Voyage', 'Titan' and 'Moonseed'

Gerald Brennan: 'Public Loneliness', 'Zero Phase', 'Island of Clouds' and to be released in April 'Infinite Blues'.

David S.F. Portree: https://www.wired.com/author/david-s-f-portree/

David Oakes: 'Apollo Rising'

Reece Emmitt: https://reece-emmitt.medium.com/

Donald A. Wollheim: Mike Mars books: https://www.goodreads.com/series/54220-mike-mars

Mike Jenne: 'Blue Gemini', 'Pale Blue' and 'Blue Darker Than Black'

Full show notes including videos, articles and links to all things mentioned in the podcast: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp-1-the-podcast-has-launched-d6e92-mpyzr-xswpe-5x8j3-3z645-xmxzf-a3ag7-5zrzp-rlrwg-nfkpj-s6pl3-64ppm-2z4ah-g8522-cfjmh-ajc53-erjzt-td6xz-h5sga

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In our first podcast of 2021 we spend some time talking about two people from the world of space who we think have been over looked. There are obviously thousands of people who fit this bill, but this podcast isn't going anywhere soon, so we'll do our best!

George Carruthers:

Looking Back: Dr. George Carruthers and Apollo 16 Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph:

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/looking-back-dr-george-carruthers-and-apollo-16-far-ultraviolet-cameraspectrograph

Washington Post obituary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-carruthers-dead/2020/12/31/ca5a366e-4acc-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html

Heather Couper:

Floella Benjamin Obituary:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/15/heather-couper-remembered-by-floella-benjamin

BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51562165

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp-1-the-podcast-has-launched-d6e92-mpyzr-xswpe-5x8j3-3z645-xmxzf-a3ag7-5zrzp-rlrwg-nfkpj-s6pl3-64ppm-2z4ah-g8522-cfjmh-ajc53-erjzt-td6xz

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Emily and Dave take a look back at what's happened in 2020 and pick out some highlights, they also look forward into 2021 and make some plans.

This show was pre-recorded before Christmas, normal news and updates will recommence in the next episode.

We hope you've had a great holiday season.

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A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.

In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.

Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/

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Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.

In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.

Full info: https://www.davejgiles.com

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