Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, joins me to talk about a whole host of space policy topics, including Artemis and lunar politics, the legacies of Commercial Cargo and Crew, the status of Commercial LEO Destinations, and also Lance Bass.

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Topics

• Lori Garver
• Lori Garver (@Lori_Garver) / Twitter
• Episode 66 - My Next One is “Fiction” - Off-Nominal
• Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age: Garver, Lori, Isaacson, Walter - Amazon.com: Books
• Escaping Gravity by Lori Garver | Audiobook | Audible.com
• Lance Bass To Host Space History Podcast Series ‘The Last Soviet’ – Deadline
• Brooke Owens Fellowship
• Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program
• Patti Grace Smith Fellowship

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