Space Café Podcast - Navigating Our Interplanetary Ambitions
Markus Mooslechner
143 episodes
5 days ago
The Episode Frank White has spent decades unpacking something astronauts struggle to describe — the instant you see Earth not as a place you stand on but as the vessel carrying all of us through space. In this first part, Frank traces the roots of the space age — Sputnik, Apollo, Earthrise — and how those shocks and images rewired our sense of ourselves. He shows how global conflict, national pride, and scientific leaps all converge in that fragile blue sphere rising over the lunar horizon. T...
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The Episode Frank White has spent decades unpacking something astronauts struggle to describe — the instant you see Earth not as a place you stand on but as the vessel carrying all of us through space. In this first part, Frank traces the roots of the space age — Sputnik, Apollo, Earthrise — and how those shocks and images rewired our sense of ourselves. He shows how global conflict, national pride, and scientific leaps all converge in that fragile blue sphere rising over the lunar horizon. T...
Who Needs Legs in Space? The Incredible Journey of John McFall
Space Café Podcast - Navigating Our Interplanetary Ambitions
1 hour 3 minutes
2 months ago
Who Needs Legs in Space? The Incredible Journey of John McFall
John McFall — surgeon, Paralympic medalist, father of three, and ESA parastronaut selectee — joins Markus to explore how human spaceflight changes when we design for ability, not assumptions. From winter survival in the Pyrenees to EVA realities and cosmic radiation, John shares what it takes to open space to everyone. Cosmic Timeline [00:00:00] Squeezing life’s juice — John’s credo [00:03:00] Coffee breaks as medalist, surgeon, astronaut [00:06:00] Accident at 19 → sport, surgery, ESA call [...
Space Café Podcast - Navigating Our Interplanetary Ambitions
The Episode Frank White has spent decades unpacking something astronauts struggle to describe — the instant you see Earth not as a place you stand on but as the vessel carrying all of us through space. In this first part, Frank traces the roots of the space age — Sputnik, Apollo, Earthrise — and how those shocks and images rewired our sense of ourselves. He shows how global conflict, national pride, and scientific leaps all converge in that fragile blue sphere rising over the lunar horizon. T...
