In the latest instalment of the Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet, Iain talks about the first Terranauts. In this multi-episode track, Iain first discusses Wernher von Braun who could be considered the first Terranauts. von Braun's life and story is a complicated one. His work, which started in earnest in Germany shortly before World War II led to the first rockets that sent humans to space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 01, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Welcome to the Terranauts first episode of Season 2. On this episode we talk to long time Terranaut Colleen Merchant who worked on the international team that designed and built the Space Station and the international flight control team that continues to support it on orbit today. Her career has taken her from the Tropical heat of Houston summers to the frozen wasteland of Saint-Hubert, Quebec in January. She has worked for both NASA and the Canadian Space Agency in roles ranging from purely te...
Sep 17, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 1
As we pause before starting season 2 in September, we're playing remastered "Best of Terranauts" episodes. This is our Summer Series Best of episode 4, Apollo 13 and Stan Rogers in Tales From Mission Control. The latest Terranauts podcast happens to be the 13th episode and it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. So naturally Iain provides a unique and insightful look at the mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 03, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 24
As we pause before starting season 2 in September, we're playing remastered "Best of Terranauts" episodes. This is our Summer Series Best of episode 3, Tales from Mission Control. Host Iain Christie takes you on a journey through Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center during the 90’s with the first part of a this new series, Tales from Mission Control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 20, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 22
As we pause before starting season 2 in September, we're playing remastered "Best of Terranauts" episodes. This is our Summer Series Best of episode 2, Launch Day. Launch Day is a quintessentially Terranaut experience, and this is Iain's Launch Day story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 06, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 21
As we pause before starting season 2 in September, we're playing remastered "Best of Terranauts" episodes for the next three weeks. This week, host Iain Christie, recounts the story of when he realized what it meant to be what he now calls a Terranaut. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 23, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 20
It's hard to believe that we've come to an end of Season 1. Iain shares his thoughts including what he learned from his guests and in creating a podcast for the first time. He then provides a glimpse into Season 2 which is scheduled to launch on September 10. Between now and then you can expect a "best of season" to be published. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 09, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this episode of Terranauts , Iain Christie discusses the history of rocket science as part of a new series, a Terranauts guide to leaving the planet. Since the new series is about leaving the planet it only makes sense to talk about rockets, rocket science and its history. And you’ll be surprised at how how far back the history of rocket science began. This is the first of two parts on rocket science. Part one covers everything until the early 20th century. Part two starts in the 20th century...
Jun 25, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 18
His love for space was so strong that he joked that when he was interviewed to be one of the first people at a new space organization, that he was willing to work for free. That was what Gilles Leclerc told Iain Christie in this weeks Terranauts podcast. He was one of the first five employees at the Canadian Space Agency. Leclerc has been working at the Canadian Space Agency for almost as long as there has been a Canadian Space Agency. He has held, or acted in, just about every management positi...
Jun 11, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode of Terranauts , Iain Christie discusses the history of rocket science as part of a new series, a Terranauts guide to leaving the planet. Since the new series is about leaving the planet it only makes sense to talk about rockets, rocket science and its history. And you'll be surprised at how how far back the history of rocket science began. This is the first of two parts on rocket science. Part one covers everything until the early 20th century. Part starts in the 20th century and...
May 28, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Dr. David Williams is both a Terranaut and astronaut. He's been a pioneer at bringing medicine to space, helped construct the International Space Station, written popular children books on space, managed a hospital system with a larger budget than the Canadian Space Agency, began training astronauts as aquanauts and much more. Along the way he's come to understand the critical role thousands of Terranauts have played as on the path to the Moon and Mars. The Show Like the show? Support the show: ...
May 14, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 15
What is a Clandestine Terranaut? If you’re opening up New Space markets, albeit in the failing Soviet Union, and then Russia, and different parts of the US government either support you or don’t, how do you classify your work? After all, you’re being asked to transition a communist state to, in part, a capital state with a new venture. Today on the Terranauts podcast you’ll hear that story from someone who could have been labelled the “clandestine” Terranaut at the time. The Show Like the show? ...
Apr 30, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 15
The latest Terranauts podcast happens to be the 13th episode and it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. So naturally Iain provides a unique and insightful look at the mission. He also concludes the Stan Rogers story which was mentioned in the last episode. Oh, and did I mention there’s singing? Listen in. The Show Like the show? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364 Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to: podcast AT spaceq.ca Follow us on...
Apr 16, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this weeks Terranauts podcast, host Iain Christie takes you on a journey through Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center during the 90’s with the first part of a new series, Tales from Mission Control.The Show Like the show? Support the show:https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364 Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to:podcast AT spaceq.ca Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/canadainspace Subscribe to the SpaceQ Short Cuts Newsletter:https://eepurl.com/cTNNpf Hosted on ...
Apr 02, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 12
On the podcast we have talked to Terranauts who have been in on the early days of big programs and we have talked to Terranauts that are bringing new technology to space and to market. Today we're going to talk to a couple of Terranauts who have spent their careers watching and helping a technology through literally three generations in space. That technology is Synthetic Aperture Radar, or RADARSAT as it's known in Canada, and those Terranauts are Gord Rigby and Alan Thompson. The Show Like the...
Mar 19, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Cerys Goodall and Hugh Scholey are two pretty unlikely Terranauts. As two public relations professionals the last thing they ever thought they would end up doing was going to space. But that's what they did. In this episode of Terranauts we'll hear their stories and talk about how going to space changes your perspective, even if you never leave the ground. The Show Like the show? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364 Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to: podcast...
Mar 05, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Michael Lyon had a passion for space and when the opportunity to join Space Adventures came a long it was the beginning of several New Space businesses Michael would be involved in. The Show Like the show? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364 Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to: podcast AT spaceq.ca Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/canadainspace Subscribe to the SpaceQ Short Cuts Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/cTNNpf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Feb 20, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 9
What started as an internship, and could have been a very short career, instead led Ewan Reid to creating his own startup, Mission Control Space Services. In this weeks Terranauts podcast, Iain Christie talks to Ewan Reid the CEO of Mission Control Space Services who started as an intern at Neptec, a company Iain eventually led. The Show Like the show? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364 Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to: podcast AT spaceq.ca Follow us on T...
Feb 06, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode of Terranauts we feature Dr. Gordon Osinski, a professor at Western University and the director of the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration. Dr. Gordon Osinski is teaching the next generation of space explorers, which includes graduates students at Western University, while at the same time training them and astronauts who will one day explore the moon, and quite possibly Mars. The Show Like the show? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364 Email your th...
Jan 23, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Happy New Year and welcome to another episode of Terranauts where we interview people that go to space all the time, without ever leaving the planet. Today we're going international with Daniel Schulten who started his career in the Netherlands and ended up moving to Canada to work on projects like the RADARSAT Constellation Mission. Today he leads MDA's Launchpad initiative which aims to create new Terranauts. Listen in. The Show Like the show? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron...
Jan 09, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This week, host Iain Christie, recounts the story of when he realized what it meant to be what he now calls a Terranaut. The Show Like the show? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364 Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to: podcast AT spaceq.ca Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/canadainspace Subscribe to the SpaceQ Short Cuts Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/cTNNpf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 12, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Today we’ve got something special for you. Iain Christie, the host of Terranauts, was the Gala speaker at the recent Canadian Space Summit. His talk was titled, Launch Day. This is the live recording of that speech. As Iain puts it, Launch Day is a quintessentially Terranaut experience, and this is his Launch Day story. But as you’ll hear, we want to hear about your Launch Day story. If we get enough stories, we’ll put together a special podcast. Send your stories to podcast@spaceq.ca. The Show ...
Nov 28, 2019•24 min
This week on the Terranauts podcast we have a very special guest, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Hadfield, as a former astronaut, provides his perspective on Terranauts and as you'll hear, now that he's a retired astronaut, he's become a Terranaut himself. The stories you'll hear today are not your typical astronaut stories, so listen in. The Show Like the show? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364 Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to: podcast AT spaceq.ca ...
Nov 14, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In the last episode we had a bit of history lesson from Mac Evans about the beginnings of Canada's current space program. We talked about the creation of the Canadian Space Agency and the negotiation of the international treaty for what eventually became the International Space Station. Today's guest Bill Mackey is going to help us continue that story and learn about the building of both the International Space Station and the international team that had to manage and run it. The Show Like the s...
Oct 31, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Last week on the Terranauts podcast we talked about what it takes to build your own satellite. This week we think a little bigger and talk about what it takes to build a space program. Our guest this week is Mac Evans, a former president of the Canadian Space Agency and a current member of Canada's Space Advisory Board. Mac is also one of the architects of Canada's space program. We talk about that and about what it has been like to go to space for the last 50 years... without ever leaving the p...
Oct 17, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 2
When most people think about space they think of astronauts, names like Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Chris Hadfield are familiar to an awful lot of people. But for every astronaut that makes it to space there are legions of smart, dedicated, and interesting people who plan, design, build and operate the mission, spacecraft and instruments that make up the space program. Terranauts is about those people. The ones that go to space all the time, without ever leaving the planet. These are their ...
Oct 03, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 1
