Above This Week’s Space Episode 152Rod Pyle and Tarik Malik’s host, Dr. Robert O’Brien, director of the Space Nuclear Research Center at the University Space Research Association, has an attractive depth to nuclear propulsion technology for space exploration.
They discuss the history, current developments and future possibilities of nuclear and nuclear thermal propulsion systems. This could revolutionize the ability to explore Mars and beyond robotically alongside human crews.
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In space this week
Space this week Covers the new space age. Every Friday, we dive deep into fascinating topics. What’s going on with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX send people to Mars?
I’m joining Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik on Space.com to tackle those questions and more weekly on Friday afternoons. Subscribe today with your favorite podcatcher.
Rod Pile Author, journalist, television producer, editor-in-chief Advertising astra magazine. He wrote 18 books About the history, exploration and development of the universe Space 2.0, NASA Innovation, Interplanetary robot, Battlestar Blueprint, A wonderful story from the space age, First it’s the moonand Destination Mars
In his previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for History Channel, Discovery Communication, and Disney. He also worked in visual effects Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Battlestar Galactica Reboots, and various sci-fi TV pilots. His latest TV credits came in the NATGEO documentary about Tom Wolf’s iconic book The right thing.
Tariq Malik, editor-in-chief of Space.com, has been Space.com since 2019 and has been covering Space News and Science for 18 years. He joined the Space.com team in 2001. He first joined as an intern and soon as a full-time space flight reporter covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night sky. He became the managing editor for Space.com in 2009. On-air talents have released space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR and more.
Tarik is an Eagle Scout (yes, he won the Space Exploration Merit Badge), a space camp veteran (four times as an adult, once as an adult), and rides the ultimate “vomiting comet” while reporting on the Zero Gravity fire. Before joining Space.com, he served as a staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times, covering urban and educational beats. He holds degrees in journalism from the University of Southern California and New York University.
