Mike Mongo: Author and Astronaut Teacher

In the 10th episode of the Astro Ben Podcast, we hear from Mike Mongo, author of The Astronaut Instruction Manual, host of Mike Mongo's Astronaut Adventures, and director of The Humannaires Initiative, a partnership with United Launch Alliance. As Mike Mongo, Astronaut Teacher, he fosters enthusiasm and supports the training of students for tomorrow's jobs in space. "Tomorrow's jobs are in space," says Mr Mongo. "Giving students today permission to imagine themselves living, working, and playing in space tomorrow is essential. We solve all the challenges we face on earth–health, energy, sustainability, equity, even the illusion of scarcity–by solving for space." In the summer of 2021, he is staging Mike Mongo's Astronaut Job Camp virtual summer camp at Shetland Space Centre, the UK's first vertical launch facility, in Unst, Scotland. (Apologies for slight technical problems - improvements coming!) 0:18 Intro 01:06 Last week on The Astro Ben Podcast – Kevin J De Bruin 02:41 Introducing Mike Mongo 03:50 Mike comes on 05:51 Why are Mikes glasses on upside down? 10:54 What Mike does for a living? Educator/Author? 11:50 Inspiration 4 – Dr. Sian Proctor 14:48 Loretta Whiteside’s Space Kind 16:40 Alyssa Carlson – future youngest astronaut in space? 18:40 Mike Mongo's Astronaut Job Camp virtual summer camp at Shetland Space Centre, the UK's first vertical launch facility, in Unst, Scotland. 22:57 UK Space Agency 23:30 How to attend Mike Mongo’s job camp https://www.astronautjobcamp.com/ 25:37 Artemis Generation 31:00 Why Mike would trade the moon? 35:00 Cosmic perspective 36:10 Would Mike go to space? 37:40 Thanks to Mike for coming on the podcast 39:00 Mikes socials Social Media Twitter: @MikeMongo Instagram: @mikemongoastronautteacher Facebook/Youtube: @MikeMongoAstronautTeacher Mentions Space Diversity Education Satellites Astronomy space exploration running rockets LEO NASA career interplanetary Earth SpaceX Science Near-Earth Rockets Science Education Public speaking JPL Mars Robotic Diversity Inclusivity Engineer Masters Space Rocket Science Space Educator Rockets Rocketry NASA School students astronaut astronauts exploration dr proctor JEDI justice equity postgrad postgraduate Purdue Inspiration Thunderbird jets SpaceKind Apollo Mission Neil Armstrong Blue Origin teacher ULA Shetland Scotland UK Space Lockheed Martin Conservationauthor United Launch Alliance Launch Facility Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us Please subscribe and rate - Ad Astra!