Dare to Explore
Dare to Explore features interviews with friends of the Rocket Center, Space Camp Alum, engineers, scientists, and explorers of all types.
About the show
Dare to Explore is a podcast from the Space Camp Explorers Club featuring interviews with friends of the Rocket Center, Space Camp Alumni, engineers, scientists, and explorers of all types.
Episodes
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Episode 4: Suzanne Saltz
April 16th, 2021 | 33 mins 17 secs
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Episode 3: Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
March 16th, 2021 | 32 mins 37 secs
astronaut, galactic, science, space, space camp, stem
Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides is an alumni of Space Camp and author of The New Right Stuff: Using Space to Bring Out the Best in You. Co-founder of global space party Yuri’s Night, Whitesides is a Founder Astronaut with Virgin Galactic and creator of SpaceKind leadership training.
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Episode 2: Kenny Mitchell
March 16th, 2021 | 28 mins 46 secs
apollo, education, elon, elon musk, mars, moon, nasa, saturn, saturn 5, science, space, spacex, stem
Kenny Mitchell is a retired NASA engineer of 40 years. Mitchell worked at the Marshall Space Flight Center on the development of the Saturn V rocket that took man to the moon in 1969 and developed Environmental Control and Life Support Systems for Skylab and the International Space Station.
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Episode 1: Homer Hickam
March 15th, 2021 | 29 mins 22 secs
education, science, space, stem
Homer Hickam is a former NASA aerospace engineer, Vietnam veteran, and acclaimed author of 19 books. The 1999 film October Sky was based on his memoir, Rocket Boys. Hickam was responsible for training astronauts for Spacelab and the Hubble Space Telescope launch and repair, as well as serving as payload training manager for the International Space Station.