The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library hosted an exhibit by NASA—the National Aeronautics & Space Administration. The highlight of the exhibit was a moon rock collected by Apollo 17—the final Apollo mission to the moon. In addition to the moon rock, NASA also exhibited renderings of the next generation spacecraft.
Al Worden belongs to a rarefied club—that small group of men who have flown to the Moon and back successfully. He’s also had the hardest landing since returning back to Earth. We discuss his “tell-all” book Falling to Earth in which he reveals his story for the first time in over 36 years.
My guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Tuesday, August 30, 2011 will be: Al Worden, Apollo 15 astronaut—one of only 24 men to have flown to the moon and back—tells all about his dismissal from NASA following his moon flight from his book Falling to Earth. Billy the Brain will entertain any and […]
Rod Pyle is a producer, writer and director of documentary programming for The History Channel and Discovery Communications. He is also an author of non-fiction books. Notable work includes Modern Marvels: Apollo 11 and In Their Own Words: The Space Race. Rod was formerly the Vice President of Communications for the World Space Foundation, a […]
Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 9 o’clock am Pacific time.
Tayna Stone explores the final frontier—women as astronauts. She examined the careers of 13 women who dared to show the “right stuff” in NASA’s space program, but who were washed out because of the times. We talk about the near-fame experience of these women from her book Almost Astronauts.