Alan Ladwig is the chief of To Orbit Productions, an independent company that provides consulting services and lectures on space issues, and creates folk art based on space themes. He also serves on the board of directors of STAR HARBOR, a research and development, spaceflight training and education startup. In 2019 he published See You in Orbit? Our Dream of Spaceflight, a history and glimpse of the future of space tourism.
Alan served three terms at NASA Headquarters, including as head of Public Outreach under the Obama Administration and as associate administrator of the Office of Policy and Plans during the Clinton Administration. In this episode of the Astro Ben Podcast, Ben and Alan discuss predictions on space tourism, the overview effect community and the importance of storytelling beyond the "space choir".
What you will hear in this episode
Alan's career, from NASA to the Zero Gravity Corporation and Space.com
His book See You in Orbit?
Space tourism predictions, including SpaceX, Blue Origin, Axiom and Virgin Galactic
The overview effect community
Dear Moon
Future predictions for space tourism
Advice to young people
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