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Rod Pyle has written dozens of books on the history of space exploration and commercialization. He’s currently editor of the National Space Society magazine Ad Astra. He’s interviewed many of the top names in the field and we talk about his latest book on the subject, Space 2.0. Check out the book here.
0:53 – Rod mentions some of his Star Trek memories.
4:33 – Rod talks about his book Space 2.0 and the companies that were involved in the early days of private space flight.
5:53 – Rod talks about space and investments.
9:16 – Rod talks about the challenges in space commercialization.
12:28 – Rod talks about the increase in interest in space commercialization.
24:36 – Rod talks about some of the solutions that could help advance space exploration especially with a focus on helping private companies.
29:35 – Rod talks about large companies versus small ones in the space launch market.
35:18 – Rod talks about what NASA should be focused on going forward.
38:46 – Rod talks about future advances he’s heard about.
45:00 – Rod talks about combining private industry with government initiatives.
49:07 – Rod has a website pylebooks.com and a podcast called “Cool Space News” on iheart radio.
Links of interest
https://www.benbellabooks.com/shop/space-2-0/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/85-cool-space-news-with-rod-py-28165074/
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Guests: Rod Pyle
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: space, JPL, space, enterprise, star trek, okuda, launch, spacex, blue origin, united launch alliance, russia, china, european space agency, japan, NASA, ITAR, soviet union, buzz aldrin, apollo, star wars, artemis, infrastructure, outland, skylab, bezos, mars 2020, 2001, propulsion, robotics, cubesats
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