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With MLK Jr. Day and Barack Obama’s second Inauguration, leadership is on a lot of peoples’ minds this week.
When it comes to space and the Moon, that poses an interesting question....just what exactly makes someone a leader in space?
For examples, we’ve had a wide range of people who help make space happen. For Apollo, there was Neil Armstrong, the pioneer putting boots on the surface and the right face forward; Chris Kraft and Gene Kranz, running the show as Apollo Flight Directors; and John F. Kennedy, setting the goal. Who did the most?
And what about today? Are today’s space leaders the policy wonks getting the ball rolling; the eccentric billionaires like Elon Musk and Robert Bigelow getting things funded themselves; the Carl Sagans and Neil DeGrasse Tysons getting people excited; or the Felix Baumgartners and Mars “Mohawk Guy” making space go viral?
Who are your favorite leaders in space, and why?
Monday Jan-21-2013
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Nick A.
Tuesday Jan-22-2013
Yeah, I definitely have to love Carl & Neil D; I'm thrilled for the new Cosmos, 'specially since it's same producers/writers as the original (minus Sagan)!
They remind us why to go to space at all, and why these explorations matter.
I do have to give props to the billionaires, though---they show us we can be doing these explorations now. If there's a good way to spend bazillions of dollars, "furthering mankind" has to be it.
William K.
Tuesday Jan-22-2013
I agree with everything that both of you have said. However, my favorite leader in space has to be John F Kennedy. If it wasn't for him, I'm not sure our space program would be as far as it is.
But like both of you have mentioned, I'm excited for the new Cosmos as well. And I do think that it will be done in very good taste and will be a great show, that will hopefully push America forward in the Space Race again!
Dennis M J M.
Wednesday Jan-23-2013
Clarke and Assimov were dreaming up ways our future could look back-in-the-day even though they grew up at the end of an era where people used horses for transportation! In my opinion that visonary spirit has not been far surpassed by any modern advocates. Sagan is obviously a bright star in the field, Richard Branson and Paul Allen are two of my fave modern proponents. I recently bought Allens book IDEA MAN and his humble and quiet hunger for extra-planetary adventure reminds me very much of how Neil Armstrong chose to live out his life. Obviously he had great passion and was involved to a high degree, yet these men both maintain a quiet vigil over their passions and through their actions, much more than rhetoric, they inspire and pave the actual way forward through their achievements.
Kennedy is great, but I dont think the space initiatives were very much his idea. It was more a political decision to be sure, directly linked to the soviets and the cold war competition between the two superpowers. If Johnson or Nixon had been president I think the speech-writers would have still come up with largely the same material.
Demarcus B.
Sunday Jan-27-2013
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Michio Kaku are definitely the people that pushed my interest in Space or things unknown.
David Gump of Deep Space Industries looks like a pioneer of space after the announcement to mine asteroids near Earth.
I see some names from Abhimat and Dennis I should check into.
Dennis M J M.
Wednesday Jan-30-2013
well then I should include a *Isaac Asimov and *Arthur C. Clarke to mine ;) I'm sure you're already more familiar with these people than you realise :) Enjoy !
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Abhimat G.
Tuesday Jan-22-2013
Mine has to be Carl Sagan. At the time I was first getting interested in astronomy and what exists outside of the Earth, I found Sagan’s Cosmos TV show to be the best way to help me capture my feelings about the beauty of the universe.
Now with a Cosmos remake in the works with Neil deGrasse Tyson as host, I’m really curious to see how he adapts the show for a new generation and audience.