38: NASA Successes from Failures, PART 1
In this two-part series, RSE Dean Mikolajczyk shares several examples of how NASA learned valuable lessons from manned spaceflight mistakes including:\xa0
(Part 2 will feature manned flights and will be posted January 2020)
- What we learned from the Surveyer Program (the very first unmanned lunar landers)
- Mars Polar Lander (just a bit of a fast landing)
- Mars Express (this lesson really hurts) and
- The most recent Moon lander mission: Israel\u2019s nearly-successful, almost first-ever private moon lander \u201cBeresheet\u201d
Show Highlights: As always, expect to enjoy the expertise and fun facts presented from Dean Mikolajczyk, the show\u2019s \u201cResident Space Expert\u201d as he shares powerful examples of what makes space exploration so challenging when it comes to unmanned missions. This \u201cback-to-school\u201d episode is all about the most difficult kind of learning- learning from our mistakes.
Even our nation\u2019s space agency, with more than 60+ years of missions, continues to learn valuable lessons from space exploration.
So pay attention! There will be a quiz.
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About Dean:
BS Technical Photography
MS Astrophysics\xa0
NASA MER Mars program
NASA Public Relations
Astronomy instructor & lecturer
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Where to find Dean: