A chat with Diaz
NOV 14, 2007
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021672
Wired Science : Retired NASA astronaut and scientist Franklin Chang- Diaz believes the next set of space-based science instruments should be launched by a cheaper rocket. Diaz is now the head of the Ad Astra Rocket Company which is building a new heavy-lift launcher to do just that. In tonight’s Wired Science on PBS, Diaz describes some of the new advances in rocket technology that is allowing entrepreneurs such as himself to attempt to compete with Lockheed and Boeing.
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