On Episode 139 of This Week In House, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss with seasoned house reporter and journalist Leonard David to cowl a broad swath, from the selection for the following NASA Administrator to new delays for the Artemis lunar program to UFOs/UAPs!
President-Designate Donald Trump’s decide for NASA, billionaire and personal astronaut Jared Isaacman, got here as a shock to house watchers, and his identify was not simply lacking from the shortlist however from *any* checklist making the rounds. Nonetheless, he’s extensively supported and will deliver renewed vitality to the house company.
Then, after discussing this week’s NASA press convention about Artemis — through which extra delays have been introduced (no shock to any of us) — we discuss to Leonard about current disclosures about UFO/UAP authorities information and the general consideration of why individuals assume they stroll amongst us (and in the event that they do, Musk might be certainly one of them).
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This Week in House covers the brand new house age. Each Friday we take a deep dive into an enchanting matter. What’s occurring with the brand new race to the moon and different planets? When will SpaceX actually ship individuals to Mars?
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Rod Pyle is an creator, journalist, tv producer and Editor-in-Chief of Advert Astra journal. He has written 18 books on house historical past, exploration, and growth, together with House 2.0, Innovation the NASA Method, Interplanetary Robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Wonderful Tales of the House Age, First On the Moon, and Vacation spot Mars
In a earlier life, Rod produced quite a few documentaries and quick movies for The Historical past Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He additionally labored in visible results on Star Trek: Deep House 9 and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, in addition to numerous sci-fi TV pilots. His most up-to-date TV credit score was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe’s iconic guide The Proper Stuff.
Answerable for House.com’s editorial imaginative and prescient, Tariq Malik has been the Editor-in-Chief of House.com since 2019 and has lined house information and science for 18 years. He joined the House.com staff in 2001, first as an intern and shortly after as a full-time spaceflight reporter masking human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night time sky. He grew to become House.com’s managing editor in 2009. As on-air expertise has introduced house tales on CNN, Fox Information, NPR and others.
Tariq is an Eagle Scout (sure, he earned the House Exploration benefit badge), a House Camp veteran (4 instances as a child, as soon as as an grownup), and has taken the last word “vomit comet” trip whereas reporting on zero-gravity fires. Earlier than becoming a member of House.com, he served as a workers reporter for The Los Angeles Instances masking metropolis and training beats. He has journalism levels from the College of Southern California and New York College.
