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Mel Croft

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Military History Inside Out

Brian Herskowitz

John Bisney

John Youskauskas

John F. Kennedy

Palgrave Macmillan

Jim Martin

Andy Weir

Josh Malerman

Keith Silverstein

Robert E. Lee

Donato Giancola

Somaiya Daud

Jon Sideriadis

Rod Serling

Jonathan Lethem

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Mel Croft and John Youskauskas are both space program enthusiasts who have previously written a book on the NASA space program. They recetly wrote another book on space shuttle payload specialists and we discussed this new book. 1:414 – They talk about how they got into writing on this subject. 2:27 – They talk about how they organized the book. 3:18 – They explain what the pauload specialist program is. 6:51 – They discuss some of the interesting aspects of the program. 9:58 – They talk about writing on STS-51L. 12:26 – They talk about the reactions people had to being chose as payload specialists. 29:47 – They talk about what they might do with all the information they obtained that didn’t end up in the book. 35:44 – They talk about what the specialists thought when they saw they Earth from orbit. 45:28 – They talk about how the DoD affected the shuttle design and missions. 48:38 -They talk about how payload specialists handle being called astronauts. 54:06 – They talk about the X-37B. 57:33 – They’re both on collectspace.com. They’re also on cmflywithusbook.com.   Links of interest https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803278929/ For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar1945 and on Instagram @crisalvarezswarscholar   Guests: Mel Croft and John Youskauskas Host: Cris Alvarez Tags: NASA, space program, shuttle, STS, challenger, accident, payload specialist, hunstville, space center, astronaut, X-37B, air force   The post Air Force and NASA history book – “Come Fly With Us” (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) – Mel Croft and John Youskauskas interview appeared first on WarScholar.

Mel Croft and John Youskauskas are both space program enthusiasts who have previously written a book on the NASA space program. They recetly wrote another book on space shuttle payload specialists and we discussed this new book. 1:414 – They talk about how they got into writing on this subject. 2:27 – They talk about how they organized the book. 3:18 – They explain what the pauload specialist program is. 6:51 – They discuss some of the interesting aspects of the program. 9:58 – They talk about writing on STS-51L. 12:26 – They talk about the reactions people had to being chose as payload specialists. 29:47 – They talk about what they might do with all the information they obtained that didn’t end up in the book. 35:44 – They talk about what the specialists thought when they saw they Earth from orbit. 45:28 – They talk about how the DoD affected the shuttle design and missions. 48:38 -They talk about how payload specialists handle being called astronauts. 54:06 – They talk about the X-37B. 57:33 – They’re both on <a href="http://collectspace.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collectspace.com</a>. They’re also on <a href="http://cmflywithusbook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cmflywithusbook.com</a>. Links of interest <a href="https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803278929/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803278929/</a> For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Warscholarorg-Military-History-News-and-Education-115795938127/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">warscholar</a>, on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/Warscholar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warscholar</a>, on youtube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/warscholar1945/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">warscholar1945</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crisalvarezwarscholar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@crisalvarezswarscholar</a> Guests: Mel Croft and John Youskauskas Host: Cris Alvarez Tags: NASA, space program, shuttle, STS, challenger, accident, payload specialist, hunstville, space center, astronaut, X-37B, air force The post <a href="http://warscholar.org/air-force-and-nasa-history-book-come-fly-with-us-university-of-nebraska-press-2019-mel-croft-and-john-youskauskas-interview-mhio-episode-67/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Air Force and NASA history book – “Come Fly With Us” (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) – Mel Croft and John Youskauskas interview</a> appeared first on <a href="http://warscholar.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WarScholar</a>.

Air Force and NASA history book – “Come Fly With Us” (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) – Mel Croft and John Youskauskas interview

Mel Croft and John Youskauskas are both space program enthusiasts who have previously written a book on the NASA space program. They recetly wrote another book on space shuttle payload specialists and we discussed this…Read More

Mel Croft and John Youskauskas are both space program enthusiasts who have previously written a book on the NASA space program. They recetly wrote another book on space shuttle payload specialists and we discussed this…<a href="http://crisalvarez.com/2019/04/21/nasa-space-program-history-book-come-fly-with-us-university-of-nebraska-press-2019-mel-croft-and-john-youskauskas-interview-sffio-episode-95/star-trek/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

NASA space program history book – “Come Fly With Us” (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) – Mel Croft and John Youskauskas interview