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Lucy in the Sky: The New Age of Space Travel

By: Lucy Hawking
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Children's author and science communicator Lucy Hawking, daughter of Professor Stephen Hawking, invites listeners to the launch of a new space age. Fuelled by commercial finance and looking for new horizons, this is a revolutionary change from the old era in which superpowers competed for supremacy in space.

Lucy is accompanied by Peter Diamandis, founder of the XPRIZE, which kickstarted the privatised space, and Kellie Gerardi, a spaceflight industry professional and trainee astronaut, as well as visionaries at the forefront of this new age of space travel.

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Episodes
  • Ep 1: Privatisation and Prizes

    Ep 1: Privatisation and Prizes
    Dec 8 2020

    Lucy, Peter and Kellie discuss how private industry and wealth has kickstarted the space race in the 21st Century and identify who the players are.

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    32 mins
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  • Ep 2: Space Tourism

    Ep 2: Space Tourism
    Dec 8 2020

    Seven tourists have booked a visit to the International Space Station, at huge cost. Lucy discovers who will take us to space, where we can go and when might prices fall.
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    34 mins
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  • Ep 3: Mars

    Ep 3: Mars
    Dec 8 2020

    When will humans eventually reach Mars? Lucy hears predictions about how people will get there, what they will experience and whether travellers will ever come back.
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    31 mins
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Assumes no knowledge of each topic and yet reaches the frontier of current knowledge rapidly without getting bogged down. Lucy is a very good science communicator notwithstanding who her dad was. Fascinating range of episodes which progress at a satisfying pace. I could definitely listen to more from Lucy and this style of production.

Sets a high standard for Audible freebies

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Really interesting listen with some interesting facts, however a bit naive of earth politics though.

Enlightening

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These podcasts are amazing and especially this one moderated by Lucy Hawkins is brilliantly narrated and executed

Brilliant

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loved the way they are good quality product I will be using audio book more often.

brilliant thank you. audio book is a great way to

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Really interesting and inspiring, really easy to follow needing no prior knowledge. Highly recommended for our next generation of bright minds and for older generations in need of a lift

Interesting and inspiring

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