I’m guessing many if not most of you are aware of the dearMoon project. Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, or MZ, is inviting 8 artists to join him on a circumlunar flight on Starship. One of the 8 selected crew is American documentary filmmaker Brendan Hall. He is our guest on this episode and we discuss everything from his motivation to apply, over the selection process, to his objectives for the mission, and even some of the things he may take along. dearMoon has everyting to be one of the most fascinating human spaceflight missions ever and this episode is our first look at it – don’t miss it.

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Brendan's website: http://www.brendanhall.com/

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro 3:02 Where Brendan was when he found out he was selected as a crew member 5:30 Mindset through the selection process 6:55 Weighing risks and responsibilities 13:39 Where to point the camera lens 16:21 Microgravity 18:10 Initial selection process 23:15 Further steps of the process 26:21 Crew synergies 29:57 Ideal outcome of the mission 32:18 National parks 36:06 The night sky and the Moon 38:42 Special places on Earth 41:00 Humanity's future on the Moon 42:27 Sci-Fi 44:08 What Brendan has been up to since finding out he was on the crew 46:40 Things to bring along on the mission

Space Business Podcast #88 dearMoon crew: Brendan Hall