web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:43:41 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Virgin Galactic” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/virgin%20galactic Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500 Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot. en-us episodic A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed. John Mulnix Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot. no space, history, space history, nasa, science, stem, sci-fi, science fiction, space podcast, interviews, space interviews, John Mulnix johnmulnix@gmail.com Episode 387: Rod Pyle- Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/387 7d980eab-61b0-47bf-b25c-441ef5b53087 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 387 Rod Pyle- Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age full 2 John Mulnix This week we chat with author, historian, and all around great guy, Rod Pyle about his latest book, "Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age." I really enjoyed this conversation and I'm looking forward to having him on again in the future! 41:21 no This week we chat with author, historian, and all around great guy, Rod Pyle about his latest book, "Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age." I really enjoyed this conversation and I'm looking forward to having him on again in the future! Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Rod's latest books are: Space 2.0- I really enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it. You can buy it here. (https://www.benbellabooks.com/shop/space-2-0/) "Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration" Buy it here (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576991/interplanetary-robots-by-rod-pyle/9781633885028/#) His two upcoming books, "Heroes of the Space Age" (releasing May 2019) and "First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience" (releasing April 2019) are available for preorder at fine book sellers everywhere. Preorder "Heroes of the Space Age" here. (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604009/heroes-of-the-space-age-by-rod-pyle/9781633885240/#) Preorder "First on the Moon" here. (https://www.amazon.com/First-Moon-Apollo-Anniversary-Experience/dp/1454931973) Rod has quite the back catalogue of great books, that cover a variety of topics. Rod also writes for Space.com, Futurity, Caltech Engineering & Science, Popular Science, Huffington Post, WIRED, and Quest. He's been involved with various TV shows, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, to Modern Marvels, to a WWII documentary. Check out his website for more information on his books, articles, and more. www.pylebooks.com (https://www.pylebooks.com/) rod pyle, author interview, space, commercial space, commercial spaceflight, space 2.0, "space 2.0 how How Private Spaceflight a Resurgent NASA and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age, spaceflight, nss, nasa, space history, book review, space books, space history book, new space, new space age, sls, ula, spacex, blue origin, exploration, space podcast, space podcasts, nasa podcast, nasa podcasts, history podcast, history podcasts, This week we chat with author, historian, and all around great guy, Rod Pyle about his latest book, "Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age."

I really enjoyed this conversation and I'm looking forward to having him on again in the future!

Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

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Episode Links:

Rod's latest books are:

Space 2.0- I really enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it. You can buy it here.

"Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration" Buy it here

His two upcoming books, "Heroes of the Space Age" (releasing May 2019) and "First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience" (releasing April 2019) are available for preorder at fine book sellers everywhere.

Preorder "Heroes of the Space Age" here.

Preorder "First on the Moon" here.

Rod has quite the back catalogue of great books, that cover a variety of topics. Rod also writes for Space.com, Futurity, Caltech Engineering & Science, Popular Science, Huffington Post, WIRED, and Quest. He's been involved with various TV shows, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, to Modern Marvels, to a WWII documentary.

Check out his website for more information on his books, articles, and more. www.pylebooks.com

]]> This week we chat with author, historian, and all around great guy, Rod Pyle about his latest book, "Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age."

I really enjoyed this conversation and I'm looking forward to having him on again in the future!

Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

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Instagram

Twitter

Episode Links:

Rod's latest books are:

Space 2.0- I really enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it. You can buy it here.

"Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration" Buy it here

His two upcoming books, "Heroes of the Space Age" (releasing May 2019) and "First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience" (releasing April 2019) are available for preorder at fine book sellers everywhere.

Preorder "Heroes of the Space Age" here.

Preorder "First on the Moon" here.

Rod has quite the back catalogue of great books, that cover a variety of topics. Rod also writes for Space.com, Futurity, Caltech Engineering & Science, Popular Science, Huffington Post, WIRED, and Quest. He's been involved with various TV shows, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, to Modern Marvels, to a WWII documentary.

Check out his website for more information on his books, articles, and more. www.pylebooks.com

]]> Episode 386: Commercial Space Roundup https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/386 392fef50-ab92-45b9-8ea0-4567fcdfb18b Sun, 10 Mar 2019 21:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 386 Commercial Space Roundup full 2 John Mulnix This episode is coming out a bit later than I had hoped. I've been stretched a bit thin between work and home, so apologies for this being out a week later than planned. 12:53 no Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Chariots for Apollo- NASA History PDF Link (https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4205.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0XJa_JpX3gZ5vVgsL4Q8pVxDLIjendrHMISEHK_sPKZX_kiMF2B1xtSWY) Stratolaunch Layoffs (https://www.geekwire.com/2019/stratolaunch-layoffs/) Stratolaunch Main Website (https://www.stratolaunch.com/) Stratolaunch and SpaceX part ways (https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/stratolaunch-and-spacex-part-ways-379516/) Virgin Galactic Goes for Two, Helps NASA Mature Space Tech- NASA.gov (https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/image-feature/virgin-galactic-goes-for-two-helps-nasa-mature-space-tech) Bezos emphasizes altitude advantage of New Shepard over SpaceShipTwo- SpaceNews.com (https://spacenews.com/bezos-emphasizes-altitude-advantage-of-new-shepard-over-spaceshiptwo/) SpaceX- Crew Demo 1 Launch (https://www.spacex.com/news/2019/03/04/crew-demo-1-launch) SpaceX successfully returned Crew Dragon to Earth. At the time of recording this had not happened. Here's a link to the landing. Demo-1 Post-Splashdown Remarks from Benji Reed- NASA Commercial Crew Blog (https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/category/spacex/) Demo-1 Concludes With Crew Dragon Splashdown- NASA.gov (https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2019/03/08/demo-1-concludes-with-crew-dragon-splashdown/) nasa, spacex, spacex dragon, falcon 9, crew dragon, dragon, spacex crew, human spaceflight, crewed spaceflight, commercial crew, spaceflight, virgin galactic, blue origin, jeff bezos, stratolaunch, nasa news, space news, space history, apollo, commercial space Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

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Episode Links:

Chariots for Apollo- NASA History PDF Link

Stratolaunch Layoffs

Stratolaunch Main Website

Stratolaunch and SpaceX part ways

Virgin Galactic Goes for Two, Helps NASA Mature Space Tech- NASA.gov

Bezos emphasizes altitude advantage of New Shepard over SpaceShipTwo- SpaceNews.com

SpaceX- Crew Demo 1 Launch

SpaceX successfully returned Crew Dragon to Earth. At the time of recording this had not happened. Here's a link to the landing. Demo-1 Post-Splashdown Remarks from Benji Reed- NASA Commercial Crew Blog

Demo-1 Concludes With Crew Dragon Splashdown- NASA.gov

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Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

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Episode Links:

Chariots for Apollo- NASA History PDF Link

Stratolaunch Layoffs

Stratolaunch Main Website

Stratolaunch and SpaceX part ways

Virgin Galactic Goes for Two, Helps NASA Mature Space Tech- NASA.gov

Bezos emphasizes altitude advantage of New Shepard over SpaceShipTwo- SpaceNews.com

SpaceX- Crew Demo 1 Launch

SpaceX successfully returned Crew Dragon to Earth. At the time of recording this had not happened. Here's a link to the landing. Demo-1 Post-Splashdown Remarks from Benji Reed- NASA Commercial Crew Blog

Demo-1 Concludes With Crew Dragon Splashdown- NASA.gov

]]> Episode 331: Commercial Space Roundup https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/331 a6659b4d-5958-41da-b40f-4bd3fb56eeae Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 331 Commercial Space Roundup full 1 John Mulnix Happy Tuesday! The audio at the end of the episode has a little noise, apologies for the temporary issue. 6:12 no Happy Tuesday! The audio at the end of the episode has a little noise, apologies for the temporary issue. Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that! Episode Links: Check out this video from Virgin Galactic, it's got some awesome footage and pilot Dave MacKay, the Virgin Galactic's Chief Pilot. VSS Unity First Powered Flight (https://www.virgingalactic.com/articles/VSS-Unity-First-Powered-Flight/) Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says- Space.com (https://www.space.com/36654-virgin-galactic-fly-space-tourists-2018.html) NASA, Boeing May Evolve Flight Test Strategy (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-boeing-may-evolve-flight-test-strategy) Parachute Testing Lands Partners Closer to Crewed Flight Tests (https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2018/03/30/parachute-testing-lands-partners-closer-to-crewed-flight-tests/) CRS-8 Launch and Landing- SpaceX (http://www.spacex.com/news/2016/04/09/crs-8-launch-and-landing) CRS-8 Landing (From Webcast, starts at 27 minutes, 15 seconds (https://youtu.be/7pUAydjne5M?t=27m15s) beam module, boeing, commercial cargo, commercial crew, commercial resupply, crs8, dragon, drone ship landing, falcon, falcon 9, nasa, nasa commercial partnership, ocisly, spacex, starliner, virgin galactic, vss enterprise, vss unity, space podcast, space podcasts, Happy Tuesday! The audio at the end of the episode has a little noise, apologies for the temporary issue.

Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears!

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that!

Episode Links:

Check out this video from Virgin Galactic, it's got some awesome footage and pilot Dave MacKay, the Virgin Galactic's Chief Pilot.
VSS Unity First Powered Flight

Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says- Space.com

NASA, Boeing May Evolve Flight Test Strategy

Parachute Testing Lands Partners Closer to Crewed Flight Tests

CRS-8 Launch and Landing- SpaceX

CRS-8 Landing (From Webcast, starts at 27 minutes, 15 seconds

]]> Happy Tuesday! The audio at the end of the episode has a little noise, apologies for the temporary issue.

Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears!

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that!

Episode Links:

Check out this video from Virgin Galactic, it's got some awesome footage and pilot Dave MacKay, the Virgin Galactic's Chief Pilot.
VSS Unity First Powered Flight

Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says- Space.com

NASA, Boeing May Evolve Flight Test Strategy

Parachute Testing Lands Partners Closer to Crewed Flight Tests

CRS-8 Launch and Landing- SpaceX

CRS-8 Landing (From Webcast, starts at 27 minutes, 15 seconds

]]> Episode 38: SpaceShipOne https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/38 c28326bf-2711-497b-acb3-cabe28d919f7 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 38 SpaceShipOne full 1 John Mulnix The first private crewed spaceflight, today on The Space Shot! Check out the show notes for video from the historic launch of SpaceShipOne. 4:28 no Episode Links: A quick note that I didn't include in the podcast because it wasn't directly related to today's content, Stratolaunch had at one time been planning to use an air-launched variant of a SpaceX developed rocket. SpaceShipOne Information Page (https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/spaceshipone) SpaceShipOne Scaled Composite Information Page (http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/) SpaceShipOne- Launch Video (https://youtu.be/LXNkUNP75-Q) Stratolaunch Website (http://stratolaunch.com/) NASA STS-57 Mission Page (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-57/mission-sts-57.html) burt rutan, nasa, scaled composites, space shuttle, spaceshipone, starship, virgin, virgin galactic, space shuttle podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, Episode Links:

A quick note that I didn't include in the podcast because it wasn't directly related to today's content, Stratolaunch had at one time been planning to use an air-launched variant of a SpaceX developed rocket.

SpaceShipOne Information Page
SpaceShipOne Scaled Composite Information Page

SpaceShipOne- Launch Video

Stratolaunch Website

NASA STS-57 Mission Page

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A quick note that I didn't include in the podcast because it wasn't directly related to today's content, Stratolaunch had at one time been planning to use an air-launched variant of a SpaceX developed rocket.

SpaceShipOne Information Page
SpaceShipOne Scaled Composite Information Page

SpaceShipOne- Launch Video

Stratolaunch Website

NASA STS-57 Mission Page

]]> Episode 7: Luke, I Am Your Podcast Host https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/7 e9bc95f9-bac0-4fe4-b25b-403d80083c39 Sun, 21 May 2017 20:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 7 Luke, I Am Your Podcast Host full 1 John Mulnix It's the 37th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back coming to theaters in the United States. There's also some coverage of private space industry firsts, since we are one month away from the anniversary of the first flight of SpaceShipOne. 5:01 no Episode Links: Definitely check out the videos that are available at the links below. The video of SpaceX landing the Falcon 9 for a second time after successfully launching that rocket is astounding. For a sense of scale, the rocket you see landing is about as tall as a 14 story building. Pretty nuts eh? http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/31/reusability-key-making-human-life-multi-planetary http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/virgins-space-flights-fully-booked-until-2021/news-story/5171757ae21cb9916f59e872a09624cf http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ https://www.blueorigin.com/#youtuberEdk-XNoZpA blue origin, spaceshipone, spacex, star wars, the empire strikes back, virgin galactic, commercial space, space news, Episode Links:
Definitely check out the videos that are available at the links below. The video of SpaceX landing the Falcon 9 for a second time after successfully launching that rocket is astounding. For a sense of scale, the rocket you see landing is about as tall as a 14 story building. Pretty nuts eh?
http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/31/reusability-key-making-human-life-multi-planetary
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/virgins-space-flights-fully-booked-until-2021/news-story/5171757ae21cb9916f59e872a09624cf
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/
https://www.blueorigin.com/#youtuberEdk-XNoZpA

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Definitely check out the videos that are available at the links below. The video of SpaceX landing the Falcon 9 for a second time after successfully launching that rocket is astounding. For a sense of scale, the rocket you see landing is about as tall as a 14 story building. Pretty nuts eh?
http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/31/reusability-key-making-human-life-multi-planetary
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/virgins-space-flights-fully-booked-until-2021/news-story/5171757ae21cb9916f59e872a09624cf
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/
https://www.blueorigin.com/#youtuberEdk-XNoZpA

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