David W. Brown discusses NASA’s Europa exploration mission in “The Mission” (Custom House, 2021)

David W. Brown discusses NASA’s Europa exploration mission in “The Mission” Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/3aiVeI9 Interview Timeline David W. Brown is a freelance writer who has written extensively for major publications. He’s also a former paratrooper and a … Continue reading →

David W. Brown discusses NASA’s Europa exploration mission in “The Mission”

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Interview Timeline

David W. Brown is a freelance writer who has written extensively for major publications. He’s also a former paratrooper and a veteran of Afghanistan. He recently published a major study of NASA’s Europa mission. We spoke about NASA, space and the book.

(THE AUDIO PLAYER IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST.)

0:38 – David talks about how he got into covering the space program.

1:35 – David talks about the book and the Europa mission.

3:37 – David talks about when the mission and studies started.

4:48 – David goes into detail about how the spacecraft was developed.

6:41 – David talks about the science instruments chosen for the spacecraft.

9:53 – David talks about the budget battle for the mission.

13:50 – David talks about the balance between old and new instrumentation.

16:10 – David talks about the people who have worked on the mission.

18:06 – David talks about Mars missions.

20:33 – David talks about publicity for the Europa mission.

23:50 – David talks about how he organized the book.

28:13 – David talks about how he approached contentious issues within the program.

32:31 – David talks about representation of female engineers and scientists in NASA and the mission.

35:33 – David talks about how he did his research for the book.

38:24 – David talks about his credentials and ability to get access to material.

39:40 – David talks about his interviews.

41:53 – David talks about NASA’s side studies for missions that may or may not happen.

44:26 – David talks about the uses of cancelled missions and studies.

45:50 – David talks about corporate sponsorship of NASA programs.

50:00 – David talks about being surprised by how difficult the book subject was for him initially.

58:17 – David talks about the personal emotional impact of his research.

1:00:47 – David talks about problems at NASA he identified.

1:05:23 – David talks about his sources for space science news.

1:11:50 – David talks about the book he’s writing about current research on Antarctica and sea level rise.

1:16:38 – David can be found on instagram and twitter @dwbwriter and dwb.io.

Links of interest

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https://www.dwb.io/

https://twitter.com/dwbwriter/

https://www.instagram.com/dwbwriter/

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Guests: David W. Brown

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, space history, space technology, unmanned space missions, audio interviews, space book, NASA history, podcast, Custom House

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