Launch Pad Space Podcast – Episode 20 – Space Craze – Margaret A. Weitekamp The Launch Pad Space Podcast

Episode 20 – Space Craze – Margaret A. Weitekamp
Episode Summary
Margaret A. Weitekamp is the Smithsonian’s Space History Department chair and curator of the museum’s Cultural History of Spaceflight Collection. In this episode of the Launch Pad Space Podcast, I talk with her about the intersection of fictional space flight and the real-life adventures of explorers during the space race. Her new book “Space Craze: America’s Enduring Fascination with Real and Imagined Spaceflight,” offers a deep dive into a history that aspires to the better angels of our society, while still reflecting the problematic issues including sexism and racism.
Show Notes
Margaret A. Weitekamp Bio at Smithsonian Institution Website
“Space Craze” at Amazon.com
“Right Stuff, Wrong Sex” at Amazon.com
Buck Rogers at Wikipedia
Flash Gordon at Wikipedia
Space Shuttle at Wikipedia
Apollo Program at Wikipedia
Lost in Space (TV Show) at Wikipedia
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Show) at Wikipedia
Han Solo at Wikipedia
Firefly (TV Series) at Wikipedia
Joss Whedon at Wikipedia
Space Patrol (TV Series) at Wikipedia
Star Trek: The Original Series (TV Series) at Wikipedia
Spock at Wikipedia
Hikaru Sulu at Wikipedia
Nichelle Nichols at Wikipedia
Nyota Uhura at Wikipedia
Civil Rights Movement at Wikipedia
Womens Movement at Wikipedia
Gene Roddenberry at Wikipedia
Reruns at Wikipedia
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) at Wikipedia
Babylon 5 (TV Series) at Wikipedia
VHS Recording at Wikipedia
Star Trek: Voyager at Wikipedia
DVR Recording at Wikipedia
Michael Straczynski at Wikipedia G’Kar at Wikipedia
Londo Mollari at Wikipedia
John Sheridan at Wikipedia
Jadzia Dax at Wikipedia
Delenn at Wikipedia
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) at Wikipedia
The Outcast (TNG Episode) at Wikipedia
Rayguns at Wikipedia
Toys at Wikipedia
Cabbage Patch Kids at Wikipedia
Young Astronauts Program Website
501st Legion Website
Rhode Island Comic Con Website
Doctor Who (TV Series) at Wikipedia
The Fourth Doctor at Wikipedia
Tom Baker at Wikipedia
Emergency! (TV Series) at Wikipedia
Space Shuttle Operator’s Manual (Book) at Amazon.com
Space Shuttle Discovery at Wikipedia
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster at Wikipedia
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster at Wikipedia
Apollo 1 Fire at Wikipedia
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