Scientists. Regularcience club our hangout, our main layer is in brooklyn but at secret science club north we are back your tonight in manhattan as part of our fifth miniseries here at symphony space. So we really like to thank all the people at symphony space, the staff, particularly kathy landau, joanna thompson, rebecca whites, james and zack and wiki for helping us to expand our universe and wehe hope yours al. [applause] bighand for them. A very big thank you to the bar. The bars to the back into the left. They have concocted our cocktail to your or however you say it, its called thehe atlantis. Its a fabulous blue glowing drink. Its thing for the Space Shuttle which our speaker was a crew member and its very tasty. We highly recommend it. To expand your universe further. Also thanks to cspan who is coming us here tonight. Want to give a shout out to dinner if you like to find more about the secret science club and Upcoming Events here in brooklyn or anywhere in the universe, some
Welcome to all of our regulars, for anyone who is a first timer the secret science club is at event series and we bring sciences of all disciplines out of their labs and onto the public stages. Here they can be part of the cultural life of new york city and people like you and me can come and be informed, energized and be engaged by scientific ideas and discovery and interact directly with some of the scientist. Secret science club, our regular hang out our main layers in brooklyn but secret science club north, we are back here tonight in manhattan as a part of our fifth miniseries at sympathy space. We would really like to thank all of the people at symphony space, the staff, particularly kathy led down Johanna Thompson Rebecca White mary mead, james lazio, and zach ricci for help us expand our showing. Began for them. [applause] very big special thank you to the bar, we have the bar actually to the back and left if youve not visited yet. They have concocted our cocktail does your or
And on sundays booktv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan2 comes from these Television Companies and more including comcast. Are you think this just may center . Its way more than a. Comcast is partnering with 1000 committed centers to quit wifi enabled lift zones substance and low income families and get the tools they need to be ready fornything. Comcast along with these Television Companies supports cspan2 as a public service. It is wonderful to be here today with loren grush, a new author of the recently released book called the six the untold story of americas first women astronauts. Welcome. Its great to talk to you. Is great to talk to you. I love, our roles are reversed the tiger normally im the one anything you. Thats right. I have been interviewed by you many times so we will feel like im sure a wonderful conversation, but you are more comfortable asking the questions and im probably more comfortable answering them. Im really interested in
Of a recently released book called the six the untold story of americas first women astronauts. Lauren, welcome. Its great to talk to you. Its great to talk to you, too. I love our our roles are reversed this time. Normally, im the one interviewing you. Thats. I have been interviewed by you many times. So well feel like. Im sure i. Wonderful conversation, but youre more asking the questions and im probably more comfortable answering them. Im sure im really interested in this discussion because as i have been and involved in nasa nasa as have you for a long time, i knew many of these original six women. All, all. But judy and i just say right off, i have an advance copy here of the book. I really enjoyed reading this book. I have known some of the history, but the way its been presented, i think people will find fascinating. And im interested in getting some of the back story and the highlights teased out in this conversation. So ill start right off by. Just, just asking you and i could
Its great to talk to you, too. I love our our roles are reversed this time. Normally, im the one interviewing you. Thats. I have been interviewed by you many times. So well feel like. Im sure i. Wonderful conversation, but youre more asking the questions and im probably more comfortable answering them. Im sure im really interested in this discussion because as i have been and involved in nasa nasa as have you for a long time, i knew many of these original six women. All, all. But judy and i just say right off, i have an advance copy here of the book. I really enjoyed reading this book. I have known some of the history, but the way its been presented, i think people will find fascinating. And im interested in getting some of the back story and the highlights teased out in this conversation. So ill start right off by. Just, just asking you and i could ask this a lot about a book i came out with last year. What motivated you to write this book that the timing, the what is it that you felt