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David W. Brown is a freelance writer who has written extensively for major publications. He’s also a former paratrooper and a veteran of Afghanistan. He recently published a major study of NASA’s Europa mission. We spoke about NASA, space and the book.

0:30 - David talks about how he got into covering the space program.
1:28 - David talks about the book and the Europa mission.
3:37 - David talks about when the mission and studies started.
4:45 - David goes into detail about how the spacecraft was developed.
6:33 - David talks about the science instruments chosen for the spacecraft.
9:47 - David talks about the budget battle for the mission.
13:08 - David talks about the balance between old and new instrumentation.
15:28 - David talks about the people who have worked on the mission.
17:24 - David talks about Mars missions.
19:51 - David talks about publicity for the Europa mission.
23:23 - David talks about how he organized the book.
27:46 - David talks about how he approached contentious issues within the program.
31:20 - David talks about representation of female engineers and scientists in NASA and the mission.
34:22 - David talks about how he did his research for the book.
37:13 - David talks about his credentials and ability to get access to material.
38:29 - David talks about his interviews.
40:42 - David talks about NASA's side studies for missions that may or may not happen.
43:15 - David talks about the uses of cancelled missions and studies.
44:39 - David talks about corporate sponsorship of NASA programs.
48:49 - David talks about being surprised by how difficult the book subject was for him initially.
57:06 - David talks about the personal emotional impact of his research.
59:36 - David talks about problems at NASA he identified.
1:04:12 - David talks about his sources for space science news.
1:10:39 - David talks about the book he's writing about current research on Antarctica and sea level rise.
1:15:27 - David can be found on instagram and twitter @dwbwriter and dwb.io.

Links of interest
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https://www.dwb.io/
https://twitter.com/dwbwriter/
https://www.instagram.com/dwbwriter/

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Guests: David W. Brown
Host: Cris Alvarez

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