What will it take for Project Gemini to reach its goals of long duration flight? And in 1965 that meant trying to make it to eight days.
Read More »The Funder of Feast – Part 3 of An Entrepreneurial Space Series
So far in this series of articles discussing the state of the Entrepreneurial space sector we have set the stage for our little space opera, and we have talked about the hero of the piece - The Founder of the space start-up company. As we discussed in the last article, founding a company is normally a journey that starts out with a great idea for …
Read More »Project Gemini and the Apollo Moon Deadline
Project Mercury led to Project Gemini and this is where we continue our historical series of the Apollo program on the Terranauts podcast.
Read More »The Founder’s Journey – Part 2 of An Entrepreneurial Space Series
This is the second installment of this series on the "New Space" economy. In this article we are going to talk about the central player and (usually) the hero of the piece, The Founder. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Terranauts is Back for Season 4 – Mother Nature and GO for Launch
Terranauts is back for season 4. This season we are planning to follow Gemini as it accelerates off the launch pad on the way to putting NASA firmly on a course for the Moon.
Read More »An Introduction to Entrepreneurial Space
A few years ago, or a lifetime ago in COVID years, I wrote an article for SpaceQ discussing the difference between "New" Space and "Old" Space in which I argued that they really weren't different ways of addressing a single space market. I argued instead that they were actually different business models that happened to share space as the medium through which services were delivered …
Read More »Terranauts Season 3 Wrap Up
Well Terranauts listeners, that is, in fact, going to be a wrap for season 3 of Terranauts. We will have to pick up the story of the Gemini program after the summer break. Never fear, over the summer we will be posting some of our favourite episodes from the past three seasons of Terranauts for your continued listening enjoyment.
Read More »Terranauts – Getting “Up” To Work
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we continue the story of NASA’s Gemini program including yet another pair of critical first ever attempts at something in space.
Read More »Gemini Powers Up
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we continue the story of the Gemini program, and finally, NASA is ready to move forward with the programs mission.
Read More »A new era for NASA – Gemini 3 crewed launch
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast it’s time to continue the story of the Gemini program from the point after the successful launch of Gemini 2.
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