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Episode 14: Get Inspired by NASA

Episode 14: Get Inspired by NASA

Update: 2025-04-07
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Professor Raja Roy of the Stevens Institute of Technology, an expert on NASA's achievements, joins Anita to discuss the Space Shuttle, the world’s first reusable spacecraft. NASA successfully orchestrated the involvement of multiple companies working on different elements of the design, knowing that they would both compete and collaborate. How did this government agency pull this off? 

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Episode 14: Get Inspired by NASA

Episode 14: Get Inspired by NASA

Anita McGahan