Purdue Space Podcast

The MRF team talks about their experiences and thoughts on the podcast so far, and welcomes on other members of Purdue Space Program to talk about their experiences. (Production of this episode was in accordance to the Protect Purdue Plan to combat COVID-19)

Jack talks with Tim Buzza, employee #5 at SpaceX, and Madison Telles, mission assurance engineer at Virgin Orbit, about the transformation of the commercial space industry and the challenges that come with bringing new rockets to operation. (Production of this episode was in accordance to the Protect Purdue Plan to combat COVID-19)

Brynne sits down with some of the original Purdue SEDS executive board members and discusses the chapter in the 90s and where they ended up in the aerospace industry and what they have been working on after leaving Purdue. (Production of this episode was in accordance to the Protect Purdue Plan to combat COVID-19)

Mark Paral continues the two-part series as we take a look between the rocket computers and electronics of the past and today. In the second part, he talks with Pádraig Lysandrou about current avionics and algorithms, along with his work at SpaceX in Guidance and Controls (GNC) as well as his personal projects. (Production of this episode was in accordance to the Protect Purdue Plan to combat COVID-19)

Mark Paral kicks off a two-part series as we take a look between the rocket computers and electronics of the past and today. The first part takes us back to the 60s and the days of Apollo as he talks with CuriousMarc, Mike Stewart, Carl Claunch, and Ken Shirriff, who took part in restoring an Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC). (Production of this episode was in accordance to the Protect Purdue Plan to combat COVID-19)