best gateway books/podcasts once you've burned through the apollo basics

Hugo Sánchez · 17 likes

the right answer depends on whether he likes rockets or space programs

Camila Rocha · 1 likes

Mostly rockets, with side interest in how adults somehow funded all this

Kabir Khan · 5 likes

For podcasts, try ones that focus on mission design and failures, not just headlines.

Mateo Cruz · 3 likes

Then definitely lean engineering stories. The bureaucracy books can wait

Silver Otter · 1 likes

A City on Mars is more colony-skeptical then hype-y, which might be fun after the usual stuff

Sara Ahmed · 0 likes

Ignition! if he can handle older writing style. Big chaotic chemistry energy