Date Aired: Friday 23 Jul 2021
Guest: Andrew (Andy) Chaikin: Topics: Andy's new Folio Society Two Volume Illustrated edition of his classic "A Man On The Moon," Artemis compared to Apollo, SpaceX, Mars, NASA, returning to the Moon, the Apollo 15 anniversary and the importance of this particular mission and more.
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Date Aired: Sunday 13 Jan 2013
Guest: Andrew Chaikin. Topics: Neil Armstrong & his One small step for man lunar comment, space policy, space media, and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own...
Date Aired: Sunday 05 Jul 2009
Guest: Andrew Chaikin. Topics: 40th anniversary of Apollo, return to the Moon, lunar astronaut comments and interviews. Andy Chaikin returned to The Space Show to discuss his two new books and the 40th anniversary of Apollo. His books that we discussed on the show were "Mission Control, This is Apollo" which is a children's book but the pictures and drawings are unbelievable. Much of the book's artwork consists of paintings by lunar astronaut and artist Alan Bean and they are incredible. When...
Date Aired: Monday 20 Oct 2008
Guest: Andrew Chaikin was the guest for this Space Show program. We talked about his new book, "A Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet," discussing inspiration, the pioneers that have explored Mars, and why exploration is so important for today and our future. We mentioned some of the fabulous pictures in the book including art from Carter Emmart and Chesley Bonestell and images from NASA which were sent to the White House to make the case to go to Mars decades ago. The...
Date Aired: Saturday 24 Nov 2007
Andrew Chaikin was the guest for this Space Show program. We began the interview discussing his well-known book, "A Man On The Moon" and his added new "Afterword" in honor of the 50th anniversary of our being in space. The discussion soon expanded to subject of our returning to the Moon and here Andy, the listeners, and I exchanged ideas about our prospects for getting back to the Moon, telling the space story as Andy does in his books, others getting to the Moon before the US and how Andy...
Date Aired: Sunday 28 Mar 2004
Andrew Chaikin, the author of "A Man on The Moon" was the guest for this edition of The Space Show. We started the discussion today with a look at the differences from the Apollo era to today within NASA, within our society, within the public and private sectors, and with the policy and law makers of both times. Mr. Chaikin explained why he believes the Apollo model is unique to when it happened given what was going on in the nation and the world at the time. He believes it is a mistake to...
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