Guest: Andrew Rader. Topics: We discussed his videos, aerospace engineering lectures and much more from his website. 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 use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Dr. Andrew Rader to the show to discuss his aerospace engineering lectures and other material on his website, www.andrew-rader.com as well as his YouTube channel. You can access all his material, his YouTube channel and his book through his website. During our one segment one hour discussion, Andrew talked about his Mars cooking video regarding his eating bugs. We had quite the discussion about this. Crickets anyone? Next, we talked about going to Mars and he introduced us to his YouTube channel which has 74 videos and more on it. His aerospace engineering class lectures are there too and very popular with students, especially those wanting to see if aerospace engineering might be the path for their studies. Joe asked our first email question about the necessity for a flyby or human orbital mission of Mars prior to humans landing on Mars. We then discussed Mars, why a one way mission, and the Moon vs. Mars. Other topics included spacecraft and rockets in general, Apollo, robotic missions, and more about human spaceflight. At one point I asked Andrew how he stated the purpose for our going into space. Bethany asked Andrew to explain what was meant by the term ecliptic. In response, Andrew offered a short explanation using basic orbital mechanics. We talked about several specific videos on his YouTube channel including the Sagan Darkness video, the Ambien Space Music videos and the Star Trek and Darth Vader videos. I asked him what he liked best and he said it was systems engineering because he liked putting and seeing how everything works together. Human factors came up and he made an interesting statement to the effect that if we require 21st century medical care on our space missions, the technology itself may be an impediment to the mission. We talked about the multi-systems failure risk being the biggest risk in his opinion and the steps taken to mitigate this risk. I also asked about crew failure risks including medical and psychological issues. Andrew offered us interesting observations about crew risks and issues so don't miss what he said. As the show was drawing to a close, we talked about his introduction to spacecraft videos. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can reach Andrew through his website or me.
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