In This week’s episode 183 in spaceRod Pyle and Tariq Malik join Mike Wall to discuss NASA’s goal of overtaking the Chinese in landing a human on the Moon.
With multiple refueling and landing tests required, there are concerns that SpaceX may not be able to meet its commitment before China’s announced landing date of 2030. Elon Musk responded to the announcement in his signature tone, with phrases like “Sean Dummy” and a double-digit IQ.
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About this week in space
This week in space covers the new space age. Every Friday we delve into a fascinating topic. What is happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX actually send people to Mars?
Join Space.com’s Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik as they tackle those questions and more each week on Friday afternoons. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcatcher.
Rod Pyle He is an author, journalist, television producer and editor-in-chief of advertisement-astra magazine. he has written 18 books on space history, exploration and development, including Space 2.0, NASA-style innovation, Interplanetary robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Amazing stories from the space age, first on the moonand Destination Mars
In a previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for The History Channel, Discovery Communications and Disney. He also worked on visual effects on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Galactic Battlestar reboot, as well as several sci-fi television pilots. His most recent television credit was with the NatGeo documentary about Tom Wolfe’s iconic book. The right thing.
Tariq Malik, responsible for Space.com’s editorial vision, has been editor-in-chief of Space.com since 2019 and has covered space news and science for 18 years. He joined the Space.com team in 2001, first as an intern and soon after as a full-time spaceflight reporter covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night sky. He became editor-in-chief of Space.com in 2009. As an on-air talent, he has presented space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR and others.
Tariq is an Eagle Scout (yes, he earned the Space Exploration merit badge), a veteran of Space Camp (four times as a child, once as an adult), and has last taken a “voke comet” trip while reporting on zero-gravity fires. Before joining Space.com, he served as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering city and education issues. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University.
