Mike Mongo is the author of The Astronaut Instruction Manual, host of Mike Mongo’s Astronaut Adventures and director of The Humannaires Initiative, a partnership with United Launch Alliance. As Mike Mongo, Astronaut Teacher, he fosters enthusiasm and supports the training of students for tomorrow’s jobs in space. In this Astro Ben Podcast interview, Mike talks about space education and Mike Mongo’s Astronaut Job Camp, a virtual summer camp staged in summer 2021 at Shetland Space Centre, the UK’s first vertical launch facility, in Unst, Scotland.
They also cover Inspiration4 and Dr. Sian Proctor, Alyssa Carson, the Artemis generation, cosmic perspective and whether Mike would go to space.
What you will hear in this episode
What Mike does for a living
Inspiration4 and Dr. Sian Proctor
Alyssa Carson, and who might be the youngest astronaut in space
Mike Mongo’s Astronaut Job Camp at Shetland Space Centre
The UK Space Agency
How to attend the job camp
The Artemis generation
Why Mike would trade the Moon
Cosmic perspective
Whether Mike would go to space
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