The idea of living and working in space has acted as inspiration for stories for thousands of years. Dr. Margaret Weitekamp is a curator and chair of the space history department at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. She joins host Sean Mobley to explore the many ways culture draws from the stars.
The Museum of Flight is a proud Smithsonian Affiliate.
Full shownotes and transcript: https://blog.museumofflight.org/flightdeck/the-pop-culture-of-space
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The idea of living and working in space has acted as inspiration for stories for thousands of years. Dr. Margaret Weitekamp is a curator and chair of the space history department at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. She joins host Sean Mobley to explore the many ways culture draws from the stars.
The Museum of Flight is a proud Smithsonian Affiliate.
Full shownotes and transcript: https://blog.museumofflight.org/flightdeck/the-pop-culture-of-space
Cover image: National Air and Space Museum
Museums are places where history is presented and interpreted, and presenting and interpreting the stories of LGBTQ+ people in aerospace brings with it unique challenges for the people doing the interpreting. Isaac Fellman and Tony Pankuch, two thinkers in the museum and archives world whose focus is on LGBTQ+ stories, join host Sean Mobley to consider people like Sally Ride, Amelia Earhart, Josephine Baker and others from aviation and space history whose stories have much more to say than what typically gets recorded on museum walls.
Full shownotes -> https://tmof.click/3NeI3vU
The Flight Deck
The idea of living and working in space has acted as inspiration for stories for thousands of years. Dr. Margaret Weitekamp is a curator and chair of the space history department at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. She joins host Sean Mobley to explore the many ways culture draws from the stars.
The Museum of Flight is a proud Smithsonian Affiliate.
Full shownotes and transcript: https://blog.museumofflight.org/flightdeck/the-pop-culture-of-space
Cover image: National Air and Space Museum
