5/22/20 Open Phones Ahead of Astronaut Garrett Reisman

we start the hour with open phones. then at 954, astronaut Garrett Reisman joins Tim.

On May 27th, NASA and SpaceX will be launching astronauts from the US forthe first time since 2011, on SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. It will be the first crewed launch for Elon Musk’s  space company SpaceX and the first time ever NASA has launched astronauts in a commercially built craft, a crucial step towards civilian space travel.

SpaceX consultant (Senior Advisor) and former NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman is the only astronaut who helped build the program and design the actualrockets and new spacesuits.

We’ll find out some fun facts and when “space tourism” might be a reality.