In this episode, Madeline chats with Mike Corcoran, a contract scientist for Goddard Spaceflight Center. During the course of their conversation, they discuss him growing up in NYC, studying physics at Cornell, grad school at University of Pennsylvania, working for Goddard Space Flight Center, his inspiration for becoming an astronomer, cosmology and dark energy, his career studying massive binaries in the UV and x-ray, his work with HEASARC, what a contract scientist is, stardust and the connection to Ash Wednesday, the importance of prayer, how it’s not the end of the world if prayers don’t get answered the way we want them to, it’s okay for our expectations to be overturned with God, the importance of both personal and communal prayer, the sign of peace, the importance of human connection in person, and much more!
During the course of their conversation, they make many references that you can further explore. They discussed 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, Dune by Frank Herbert, The Expanse by James S. A. Corey, the We Are Stars dome show, St. Joseph of Cupertino prayer, and The Chosen (specifically the season 3 finale).
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