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🚀 What really keeps astronauts going in space?

It is not just rockets and math. It is psychology, teamwork, and human resilience.

In this episode of Future Tech, I sit down with Al Holland, NASA’s longtime senior operational psychologist, to explore the unseen human systems behind spaceflight. From astronaut selection and training to isolation, sleep disruption, and the mental demands of long duration missions, this conversation goes deep into what it really takes to survive and thrive beyond Earth.

We also dive into early training at places like the Johnsville Centrifuge and how Cold War research still shapes today’s missions to the ISS and future journeys to Mars.

This story is part of the ongoing work behind Before the Moon, documenting the hidden people and places that made spaceflight possible.

🎧 Podcast https://bit.ly/4jlbSKr