This Week In Space Podcast: Episode 135 – Space Pipeline

Space Pipeline – Preparing for a Career in Space – YouTube
Space Pipeline - Preparing for a Career in Space - YouTube

In episode 135 of This Week in Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik chat with Expanding Frontiers’ Dr. Rick Janet about how the space workforce of the future will be trained and, perhaps more importantly, recruited.

Based in Brownsville, Texas, just steps from SpaceX’s starbase, the expanding Frontiers works with underserved communities to attract them to 21st century space careers and encourage individual entrepreneurship. Dr. Janet also has a fascinating history: He attended MIT as an undergraduate and received a PhD in astrophysics from Caltech, then worked at various places including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory before founding Expanding Frontiers. Join us!

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Space news of the week

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About this week in space

This week in space is all about a new space age. Every Friday we dive into an interesting topic. What happens to the new race on the Moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars?

Join Space.com’s Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik as they answer these questions and more every week on Friday afternoon. You can subscribe to your favorite subcatcher today.

Host of This Week in Space on TWiT

Rod Pyle

Rod Pyle – writer, journalist, television producer and magazine editor-in-chief Hell Astra magazine. He wrote 18 books on the history, exploration and exploration of space, including Space 2.0, Innovation the NASA Way, Interplanetary robots, Star cruiser blueprint, Amazing stories from the space age, First time on the moonAnd Destination Mars

In his previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for The History Channel, Discovery Communications and Disney. He also worked on visual effects Star Trek: Deep Space Nine And Battlestar Galactica reboot, as well as various sci-fi series pilots. His most recent television work was in a NatGeo documentary about Tom Wolfe’s iconic book. The right things.

Co-host of “This Week in Space”

Tariq Malik

Tariq Malik, responsible for Space.com’s editorial vision, has been Space.com’s editor-in-chief since 2019 and has been covering space and science news for 18 years. He joined the Space.com team in 2001, first as an intern and soon as a full-time spaceflight reporter, covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night sky. In 2009, he became managing editor of Space.com. As a TV presenter, he presented space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR and others.

Tariq is an Eagle Scout (yes, he earned a merit badge in space exploration), a veteran of space camp (4 times as a child, once as an adult), and made the greatest flight on the “vomit comet” while talking about weightlessness. fires. Before joining Space.com, he worked as a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times, covering urban and education events. He holds degrees in journalism from the University of Southern California and New York University.

This Week In Space Podcast: Episode 135 – Space Pipeline

Space news of the week

Model Falcon 9!

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