John McFall, Tim Peake and how to build a spaceport

Former paralympic athlete, surgeon and European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut, John McFall joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to share his experiences of the Fly study to investigate whether people with physical disabilities could become astronauts. Also on the show, astronaut Tim Peake, who now has a new role at Axiom Space, Saxa Vord CEO, Frank Strang, and director of operations, Scott Hammond, discuss how they are building a spaceport in Shetland... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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John McFall, Tim Peake and how to build a spaceport is an episode from Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists by Dr Chris Smith.

This episode is 01:03:25 long.

This episode was published on Aug 28, 2024.

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