Ep 4: How Apollo transformed the world - Lessons beyond America

On the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, we welcomed New-York Times Best Selling Author Charles Fishman (@cfishman), who wrote the book 'One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that flew us to the moon'. ‍

We talk about:

​- the factors that led to the success of one of the largest government-funded deep-science technology projects.

- spinoff technologies and effects of Apollo on hardware and software we do today

- communist management style vs democratic leadership

- privatisation of space economy, decreasing costs, similarities to internet economy and opportunity for emerging market countries.

- climate change, poverty vs space investment priorities?

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Here are the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players, you should be able to click the timestamp for the episode.

(00:00) - Intro

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(09:08)  - Key factors that made a major technology project like Apollo successful

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(17:25) Evolution of Soviet centralized vs American decentralized management systems

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(23:12) - Apollos systemic impact on software

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(28:35) - Apollo as a global trust-building exercise for software

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(29:02) - Some of the defining spinoff technologies from Apollo

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(37:52) - How the context of 50s and 60s defined America and the Apollo mission

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(43:03)  - Is space travel affordable?

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(44:39) - Investing in space technologies vs investing in climate change and poverty

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(47:06) - How does space science reinforce climate science?

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(48:00) - Is there a new space race on the horizon?

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(53:29) - Opportunities for developing nations in the space domain

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(58:02) - Space applications within the local context

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(64:24) - Outro

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