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Space Business Podcast #111 - Loren Grush: The Six - The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts
My guest this week is Loren Grush. You may know her already as a space journalist, currently at Bloomberg and previously at The Verge. She also just published a book: “The Six” is telling the story of America’s first women astronauts - and that is what we’re talking about in this episode. Enjoy!
Loren's book "The Six": https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Six/Loren-Grush/9781982172800
SPACE ECONOMY BOOK: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO
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Learn more about space & the space economy:
- Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics.
Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Loren's background
2:53 Being a NASA kid
6:24 Support from the community
7:50 Loren's new book
9:02 Why this topic?
10:45 Challenges of women in the space sector
16:00 The Mercury 13
18:00 Surprising findings in research for the book
19:17 Competitiveness among The Six
22:20 A favorite one?
23:50 Legacy of The Six
25:21 Normalizing women in space
29:17 Female Astronauts
32:44 International Female Astronauts
34:10 Future books
36:17 How can we improve the gender imbalance in the space sector?
40:23 Final message for women looking to join the space sector
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My guest this week is Loren Grush. You may know her already as a space journalist, currently at Bloomberg and previously at The Verge. She also just published a book: “The Six” is telling the story of America’s first women astronauts - and that is what we’re talking about in this episode. Enjoy!
Loren's book "The Six": https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Six/Loren-Grush/9781982172800
SPACE ECONOMY BOOK: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO
Upcoming newsletter - sign up: https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Follow us:
Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/
Instagram - www.instagram.com/raphael_space/
Learn more about space & the space economy:
- Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics.
Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Loren's background
2:53 Being a NASA kid
6:24 Support from the community
7:50 Loren's new book
9:02 Why this topic?
10:45 Challenges of women in the space sector
16:00 The Mercury 13
18:00 Surprising findings in research for the book
19:17 Competitiveness among The Six
22:20 A favorite one?
23:50 Legacy of The Six
25:21 Normalizing women in space
29:17 Female Astronauts
32:44 International Female Astronauts
34:10 Future books
36:17 How can we improve the gender imbalance in the space sector?
40:23 Final message for women looking to join the space sector
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