Terranauts
By SpaceQ
TerranautsMay 13, 2021
Season 3 Update
Season 3 is almost here ...
Best of Season 2 - Sarah Gallagher Thinks Big
Season 2 has come to close and until Season 3 starts in September were playing some of our most popular episodes from the past year.
Meet Terranaut Sarah Gallagher, Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency, professor at Western University in London, Ontario, and supermassive black holes and galaxy researcher.
Best of Season 2 - Chris Hadfield and Iain Christie on NASA's Day Of Remembrance
Season 2 has come to close and until Season 3 starts in September were playing some of our most popular episodes from the past year. First up is Chris Hadfield and Iain Christie on NASA's Day Of Remembrance.
On January 28, 2021, NASA marked its Day Of Remembrance. It was a day set aside to honour the sacrifices of all astronauts who have died in the pursuit of the human exploration of space. In this episode of Terranauts, host Iain Christie sits down with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield to talk about those we have lost and what their sacrifices have meant.
Season Two Recap and Season Three Preview
Season 2 of Terranauts is a wrap! In this, the 40th episode, we take a quick look back at our second season and look forward to Season 3. While we won't be releasing new episodes over the summer, we will be keeping the feed active with some highlights of the past two seasons. We will also be busy with some other projects including starting a Terranauts facebook page. Search for us @TerranautsPodcast on Facebook. Thanks so much for listening this season... and we'll talk to you again soon.
The Flag is A One - Part 2
In part 2 of "The Flag Is A One" we pick up the story of the Communications Technology Satellite just as a perplexing and potentially mission ending failure is occurring. Mac Evans will take us through a few days of high drama in the Mission Operations Centre as the team tries to use a tiny little bit of data to diagnose the problem, and fix it. It's a classic Terranaut story.
The Flag is A One
In this episode of Terranauts we talk about a little known moment of high drama in the Canadian space program surrounding the crucial Communications Technology Satellite mission.
In 1976, Canada and the world were in the midst of a telecommunications revolution. Determined to use satellite communications, John Chapman led a bold effort to build and test a satellite that would become the prototype of what we now think of as a telecommunications satellite. But the Communications Technology Satellite mission almost ended before it began. Mac Evans, who was there, as the Mission Director - is here today to tell us the story. Note that this is part one of a two part story.
Punctuating The Equilibrium
There are times in the development of technology and society when things change only slowly. And then there are times when things change rapidly indeed. The 1960's were certainly one of those times, for a lot of reasons. In this episode of Terranauts however, we are going to talk specifically about how simultaneous revolutions in telecommunications and satellite technology came together to change the way we talk to one another forever.
35 Years of Space Robotics with Cameron Ower
Dr. Cameron Ower is the Chief Technology Officer at McDonald Dettwiler and Associates where he has been working for much of the last 35 years. When he started at MDA (then known as Spar Aerospace) he worked with and for the engineers who had designed and built the very first space robot, the original Space Shuttle Canadarm. His job, at the time, was to design the next generation of space robot - the space station arm and its special purpose dexterous manipulator known as DEXTRE. This would become the first robot to live and work permanently in space. Today, he is helping lead the team of engineers that is designing the Canadarm 3, the robot that will help humans work and live farther from home than we ever have before. Tune in to hear what has (and hasn't) changed in the last 35 years the world of space automation and robotics.
Connecting the World by Leaving the Planet
In this episode of Terranauts we talk about the beginnings of the other great endeavour in space. Instead of talking about leaving the planet to explore space, we're going to talk about the early efforts to work from space to understand the Earth and improve life here. Specifically, we are going to talk about the early efforts to literally connect the world, by sending satellites to space. Along the way we're going to introduce another first Terranaut. In this case, it's John H Chapman, Canada's first Terranaut, and one of the people that more or less invented the profession we now refer to as the "Space Scientist."
David Kendall is the Quintessential Terranaut (Part 2)
Today on Terranauts the second part of my conversation with the Quintessential Terranaut Dave Kendall. We talk about Dave's career managing increasingly larger and more international programs until he ended up as the chair of one of the United Nation's largest and most active committees. Not bad for a lad from Twickenham.
David Kendall is the quintessential Terranaut
This week on Terranauts we're taking a break from our regular run of the Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet to bring you a fascinating interview with David Kendall who could be described as the quintessential Terranaut.
On Terranauts we often talk about the fact that no gets to space alone. We are fond of saying that space is a team sport, not only for individuals but for countries as well. Over the course of the past season and a half we have certainly talked to our share of Terrantauts with extensive international experience. But I think It's pretty rare to have one with the pedigree of today's guest.
Dr. David Kendall has not only been at the forefront of major international collaborations for the last 40 years, he has also been a Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation AND for two years he was the Chair of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Project Mercury Opens a New Door for Humanity
Having completed a "textbook" mission with Wally Schirra's flight, it was now time to go for a full day on orbit with the flight of Mercury-Atlas 9 and Gordon Cooper. But this would be the final act of Project Mercury. The project had been a complete success, but its day was done as NASA and the world moved beyond simply wondering if a human could leave the planet - and started wondering what humans - and their inventions - would do when they were there.
Project Mercury Stretches Its Legs
If you can do something three times, doing it three more times doesn't sound like it should be that hard. Unless, of course, you're talking about orbiting the planet. In this episode we take a look at the third Project Mercury manned orbital flight - which doubled the number of orbits from 3 to 6 and we talk about why that was a lot more work for the Project Mercury Terranauts than you might have expected.
Project Mercury Comes of Age
In this episode we return to the story of Project Mercury. Having managed to achieve its original object of getting and American into orbit, Project Mercury, life was now changing as NASA's manned space activities expanded to include the new Gemini and Apollo programs. And, now that NASA had discovered it knew how to get a humans into orbit, they needed to start thinking about what they were going to do there.
Chris Hadfield and Iain Christie on NASA's Day Of Remembrance
Last week, on 28 January, NASA marked its Day Of Remembrance. It was a day set aside to honour the sacrifices of all astronauts who have died in the pursuit of the human exploration of space. In this episode of Terranauts, host Iain Christie sits down with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield to talk about those we have lost and what their sacrifices have meant.
Themistocles and Kennedy - The Power of the Big Idea
The need to do big things is a basic human urge. The need to do them together is an even more basic one. Going to space satisfies both those urges in fundamental and sometimes profound ways. But human beings have been captive to the Collective Power of The Big Idea for a long time. In this episode, Terranauts host Iain Christie muses on how the theme of working together to accomplish big things can be seen as far back as ancient Athens and how it expresses itself today.
Mercury Atlas 6 - John Glenn Makes American History
When we left Project Mercury they had finally managed to have a successful orbital flight. All of the technologies, techniques and procedures had been tested. The global tracking network was in place. There was only one thing left to do. Put an astronaut in the capsule and get him into orbit... and bring him home, of course. In this episode of a Terranauts Guide To Leaving The Planet, NASA finally makes it to the big leagues - getting to orbit and setting a course for the moon.
Project Mercury Gets Around
This week's installment of The Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet is called "Project Mercury Gets Around." When we left the Mercury Flight Control team they were just about to make their first attempt to get an American into space. Once they cleared that hurdle though, the game would change again, as they confronted all of the things they would need to learn in order not just to get to space, but to stay there for at least one orbit around the earth. Oh yes, and did we mention, the President was about to let the world know that he had much bigger plans for the American space program.
Getting NASA's Project Mercury off the Ground
In this episode of a Terranauts Guide to Leaving The Planet, we return to the story of First Terranaut Gene Kranz and the early days of NASA's Mercury Project which was supposed to get the first American into space. As we found out last time, though, Project Mercury was having trouble getting more than a few inches off the launch pad. In addition to that, they had some pretty big challenges to overcome. Most of which had nothing to do with getting to space, and everything to do with connecting places on Earth.
Avoiding Another Titanic - Des Power on Tracking Icebergs from Space
If you were going to spend some time on board a drilling rig in the North Atlantic, in the foggiest place on the planet where icebergs are common, you would probably want Des Power looking over your shoulder from space. Des and the team at C-CORE have been solving the problem of tracking icebergs from space for more than 20 years. Des didn't start out wanting to go to space, but that's where he spends a lot of his time these days and there are a lot of people who are glad he does.
Flight Director Gene Kranz
Today we have another instalment of the Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet. The guide is our exploration of spaceflight, the challenges that have been overcome in getting there, and the people who overcame them. Today's focus, a young engineer named Gene Kranz who would later become the NASA Apollo Flight Director, and who famously said of the rescue of Apollo 13, "failure is not an option."
Sarah Gallagher Thinks Big
Meet Terranaut Sarah Gallagher, Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency, professor at Western University in London, Ontario, and supermassive black holes and galaxy researcher.
Wernher von Braun - The First Terranaut
In the latest instalment of the Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet, Iain talks about the first Terranauts. In this multi-episode track, Iain first discusses Wernher von Braun who could be considered the first Terranauts. von Braun's life and story is a complicated one. His work, which started in earnest in Germany shortly before World War II led to the first rockets that sent humans to space.
Designing a Space Station and Other Stories
Welcome to the Terranauts first episode of Season 2. On this episode we talk to long time Terranaut Colleen Merchant who worked on the international team that designed and built the Space Station and the international flight control team that continues to support it on orbit today.
Her career has taken her from the Tropical heat of Houston summers to the frozen wasteland of Saint-Hubert, Quebec in January. She has worked for both NASA and the Canadian Space Agency in roles ranging from purely technical, to leading teams to strategic planning at the national level. She has developed new rendezvous procedures for the space shuttle and spent many hours in Mission Control watching those procedures play out on orbit.
About Season 2: This year on Terranauts we're going to offer a mix of interviews with Terranauts, people who go to space all the time without leaving the planet. In addition to our interviews we're also planning regular installments of the Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet where we explore the history of humankind's adventures off the planet.
Best of - Apollo 13 and Stan Rogers in Tales From Mission Control
As we pause before starting season 2 in September, we're playing remastered "Best of Terranauts" episodes. This is our Summer Series Best of episode 4, Apollo 13 and Stan Rogers in Tales From Mission Control.
The latest Terranauts podcast happens to be the 13th episode and it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. So naturally Iain provides a unique and insightful look at the mission.
Best of - Tales from Mission Control
As we pause before starting season 2 in September, we're playing remastered "Best of Terranauts" episodes. This is our Summer Series Best of episode 3, Tales from Mission Control. Host Iain Christie takes you on a journey through Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center during the 90’s with the first part of a this new series, Tales from Mission Control.
Best of - Launch Day
As we pause before starting season 2 in September, we're playing remastered "Best of Terranauts" episodes. This is our Summer Series Best of episode 2, Launch Day. Launch Day is a quintessentially Terranaut experience, and this is Iain's Launch Day story.
Best of - The Original Terranaut Story
As we pause before starting season 2 in September, we're playing remastered "Best of Terranauts" episodes for the next three weeks. This week, host Iain Christie, recounts the story of when he realized what it meant to be what he now calls a Terranaut.
Season One Recap and Season Two Preview
It's hard to believe that we've come to an end of Season 1. Iain shares his thoughts including what he learned from his guests and in creating a podcast for the first time. He then provides a glimpse into Season 2 which is scheduled to launch on September 10. Between now and then you can expect a "best of season" to be published.
Rocket Science Part 2
In this episode of Terranauts, Iain Christie discusses the history of rocket science as part of a new series, a Terranauts guide to leaving the planet.
Since the new series is about leaving the planet it only makes sense to talk about rockets, rocket science and its history. And you’ll be surprised at how how far back the history of rocket science began.
This is the first of two parts on rocket science. Part one covers everything until the early 20th century. Part two starts in the 20th century and covers what we would call modern rocketry.
This Terranaut would have worked for free
His love for space was so strong that he joked that when he was interviewed to be one of the first people at a new space organization, that he was willing to work for free.
That was what Gilles Leclerc told Iain Christie in this weeks Terranauts podcast. He was one of the first five employees at the Canadian Space Agency.
Leclerc has been working at the Canadian Space Agency for almost as long as there has been a Canadian Space Agency. He has held, or acted in, just about every management position all the way up to President. He has had a front row seat for just about all of Canada's big moments in space since the early 1990's. Join Iain for a conversation about what it has been like to be a self-described "ordinary person" that has spent a career going to space in extraordinary ways … without ever leaving the planet.
Rocket Science
In this episode of Terranauts, Iain Christie discusses the history of rocket science as part of a new series, a Terranauts guide to leaving the planet.
Since the new series is about leaving the planet it only makes sense to talk about rockets, rocket science and its history. And you'll be surprised at how how far back the history of rocket science began.
This is the first of two parts on rocket science. Part one covers everything until the early 20th century. Part starts in the 20th century and covers what we would call modern rocketry.
Footsteps on the path to the Moon and Mars
Dr. David Williams is both a Terranaut and astronaut. He's been a pioneer at bringing medicine to space, helped construct the International Space Station, written popular children books on space, managed a hospital system with a larger budget than the Canadian Space Agency, began training astronauts as aquanauts and much more. Along the way he's come to understand the critical role thousands of Terranauts have played as on the path to the Moon and Mars.
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The Clandestine Terranaut
What is a Clandestine Terranaut? If you’re opening up New Space markets, albeit in the failing Soviet Union, and then Russia, and different parts of the US government either support you or don’t, how do you classify your work?
After all, you’re being asked to transition a communist state to, in part, a capital state with a new venture.
Today on the Terranauts podcast you’ll hear that story from someone who could have been labelled the “clandestine” Terranaut at the time.
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Apollo 13 and Stan Rogers in Tales From Mission Control
The latest Terranauts podcast happens to be the 13th episode and it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. So naturally Iain provides a unique and insightful look at the mission.
He also concludes the Stan Rogers story which was mentioned in the last episode. Oh, and did I mention there’s singing?
Listen in.
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The RADARSAT program and Synthetic Aperture Radar
On the podcast we have talked to Terranauts who have been in on the early days of big programs and we have talked to Terranauts that are bringing new technology to space and to market. Today we're going to talk to a couple of Terranauts who have spent their careers watching and helping a technology through literally three generations in space. That technology is Synthetic Aperture Radar, or RADARSAT as it's known in Canada, and those Terranauts are Gord Rigby and Alan Thompson.
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Two unlikely Terranauts
Cerys Goodall and Hugh Scholey are two pretty unlikely Terranauts. As two public relations professionals the last thing they ever thought they would end up doing was going to space. But that's what they did. In this episode of Terranauts we'll hear their stories and talk about how going to space changes your perspective, even if you never leave the ground.
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Meet Terranaut Michael Lyon a Space Adventurer and New Space Lawyer
Michael Lyon had a passion for space and when the opportunity to join Space Adventures came a long it was the beginning of several New Space businesses Michael would be involved in.
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Ewan Reid: From Shuttle and Space Station Support to Creating Mission Control Space Services
What started as an internship, and could have been a very short career, instead led Ewan Reid to creating his own startup, Mission Control Space Services. In this weeks Terranauts podcast, Iain Christie talks to Ewan Reid the CEO of Mission Control Space Services who started as an intern at Neptec, a company Iain eventually led.
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Teaching and Training the Next Generation of Space Explorers
In this episode of Terranauts we feature Dr. Gordon Osinski, a professor at Western University and the director of the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration. Dr. Gordon Osinski is teaching the next generation of space explorers, which includes graduates students at Western University, while at the same time training them and astronauts who will one day explore the moon, and quite possibly Mars.
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International Terranaut Daniel Schulten
Happy New Year and welcome to another episode of Terranauts where we interview people that go to space all the time, without ever leaving the planet. Today we're going international with Daniel Schulten who started his career in the Netherlands and ended up moving to Canada to work on projects like the RADARSAT Constellation Mission. Today he leads MDA's Launchpad initiative which aims to create new Terranauts. Listen in.
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The Original Terranaut Story
This week, host Iain Christie, recounts the story of when he realized what it meant to be what he now calls a Terranaut.
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Launch Day
Today we’ve got something special for you. Iain Christie, the host of Terranauts, was the Gala speaker at the recent Canadian Space Summit. His talk was titled, Launch Day. This is the live recording of that speech. As Iain puts it, Launch Day is a quintessentially Terranaut experience, and this is his Launch Day story. But as you’ll hear, we want to hear about your Launch Day story. If we get enough stories, we’ll put together a special podcast. Send your stories to podcast@spaceq.ca.
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Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut on Terranauts
This week on the Terranauts podcast we have a very special guest, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Hadfield, as a former astronaut, provides his perspective on Terranauts and as you'll hear, now that he's a retired astronaut, he's become a Terranaut himself. The stories you'll hear today are not your typical astronaut stories, so listen in.
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Bill Mackey an Original Canadian Space Station Flight Controller
In the last episode we had a bit of history lesson from Mac Evans about the beginnings of Canada's current space program. We talked about the creation of the Canadian Space Agency and the negotiation of the international treaty for what eventually became the International Space Station. Today's guest Bill Mackey is going to help us continue that story and learn about the building of both the International Space Station and the international team that had to manage and run it.
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Mac Evans and Building a National Space Program
Last week on the Terranauts podcast we talked about what it takes to build your own satellite. This week we think a little bigger and talk about what it takes to build a space program. Our guest this week is Mac Evans, a former president of the Canadian Space Agency and a current member of Canada's Space Advisory Board. Mac is also one of the architects of Canada's space program. We talk about that and about what it has been like to go to space for the last 50 years... without ever leaving the planet.
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Terranauts Inaugural Podcast with Stephane Germain
When most people think about space they think of astronauts, names like Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Chris Hadfield are familiar to an awful lot of people. But for every astronaut that makes it to space there are legions of smart, dedicated, and interesting people who plan, design, build and operate the mission, spacecraft and instruments that make up the space program. Terranauts is about those people. The ones that go to space all the time, without ever leaving the planet. These are their stories.
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