Episode 19: Star Trek and actual space with Margaret Weitekamp

Published: Sept. 22, 2018, 2:10 a.m.

b"Henry is currently a visiting scholar at the Library of Congress, where he had the chance to speak about space with Margaret Weitekamp, curator of Space History department or the Air and Space museum. She curates the Museum's social and cultural dimensions of spaceflight collection, more than 4,000 artifacts that include space memorabilia and space science fiction objects. We talked about the relationship of imaginaries of science fiction with those of space planning, and the benefits of displaying them side by side in the museum. We also think of how to make the link between the fandom of Star Trek and contextualize it within larger socio-cultural contexts."