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Join host Mike Massimino, former NASA astronaut and Columbia Engineering professor, in conversations with innovators, researchers, alumni, and students exploring the ideas shaping our world. Inspired by his book, “Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible,” this podcast examines the career highs and lows that happen from space to Earth. What Mike learned in orbit turns out to apply almost anywhere, and we get an inside look at what drives people to achieve the impossible. We also learn from guests: “What’s your next moonshot?”
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
30 minutes
English
United States
2 episodes
since Oct. 29, 2026
episodic
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Can machines be creative? In this first episode of Moonshot, host Mike Massimino talks with Hod Lipson, a Columbia Engineering roboticist whose work includes robots that learn and adapt. Lipson, the James and Sally Scapa Professor of Innovation in Columbia’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, ex…
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