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Dutch started with NASA in 1961 and spent many years working with NASA in various technical capacities. He regularly writes about NASA history and space issues. We recently spoke about his latest book on NASA’s Artemis Lunar Program.
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0:44 – Dutch talks about his work in space starting with his part with the space Task Force in 1961.
2:23 – Dutch talks about what the book focuses on.
4:23 – Dutch talks about the gateway controversy in regards to Moon versus Mars.
8:05 – Dutch talks about the benefits of the Artemis program.
13:04 – Dutch talks about US difficulty in getting to the Lagrange points.
15:30 – Dutch talks about the Artemis budget and sequencing of projects.
19:38 – Dutch talks about advances in Positioning, Navigation and Timing.
21:25 – Dutch talks about government contracts in relation to technological change.
22:25 – Dutch talks about technological issues regarding space travel and NASA’s
conjunction long stay mission issues.
25:23 – Dutch talks about commercial space ventures.
26:39 – Dutch talks about private companies involvement with Artemis.
29:00 – Dutch talks about companies working on robots.
33:27 – Dutch talks about quality assurance and safety standard differences between NASA and private companies.
34:50 – Dutch talks about the conflict about protecting the moon from the earth and the earth from the moon as far as viruses and such.
36:38 – Dutch talks about his excitement for travel to Mars and the positive spinoffs from NASA projects.
38:28 – Dutch talks about changes between the space program from the 60s to now.
40:00 – Dutch talks about some of the dangers faced in the space program in the 1960s.
41:15 – Dutch talks about how impressive robotics have become as well as launch and reentry systems.
42:57 – Dutch talks about the first stage re-entry that was recently accomplished. Then he talks about the explosions he saw off Cocoa Beach.
45:28 – We touch on Soviet space program accidents.
47:41 – Dutch talks about seeing the old hardware he worked on in museums.
49:25 – Dutch talks about the amount of money devoted to the space program.
50:43 – Dutch talks about von Braun.
52:32 – Dutch talks about people who pushed the space program who aren’t talked about enough.
54:59 – Dutch talks about the current lack of enthusiasm for today’s space race as compared to the Apollo program.
56:25 – Dutch talks about China as a space competitor.
1:00:42 – Dutch can be found at dutch-von-ehrenfried.com.
Links of interest
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030385125
http://dutch-von-ehrenfried.com/
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Guests: Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: space, exploration, commercialization, science, artemis, springer, moon, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, gateways, mars, HALO, orbits, super heavy launch, International Space Station, Orion, regolith, in situ utilization, China, LEO, radiation, nanotubes, fule cell, solar power, cubesat, PNT, space mining, robotics, Carnegie-Mellon, Kennedy group, swamp works, thermal cindering, spacefest, von Braun, NACA, Jimmy Dolittle, The Day The Earth Stood Still
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Excellent interview. Dutch is an amazing individual and a really nice guy. Have known and worked with him over last 50+ year. They don’t make them like that anymore.