Episode 85: Beyond the Known

Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 5:25 p.m.

Guest: Dr. Andrew Rader \n\nMike speaks to aerospace engineer, SpaceX mission manager, history geek, Trekkie, and author Dr. Andrew Rader about his new book, "Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars." This book is basically the Star Trek: Enterprise opening credits sequence spread out over 352 pages and jam-packed with extraordinary facts. Its fourth and final section is called "Becoming Star Trek" and takes an in-depth look at the technologies and incentives that could launch our civilization to the stars.\n\nPurchase your copy of "Beyond the Known": https://smile.amazon.com/Beyond-Known-Exploration-Created-Modern/dp/1982123532\n\nFollow us on Twitter!\nMike: @Miquai\nAndrew: @marsrader