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Mike Mongo

Mike Mongo

"Author of The Astronaut Instruction Manual, Mike Mongo is an 'Astronaut Teacher' and commercial astronaut trainee (Uplift Aerospace, 2022) who teaches STEAM and space careers to kids, and hosts Mike Mongo's Astronaut Adventures and The Wow! Signal Podcast.

Sep 29, 2026

A Heart For Space

A Heart For Space

The Astronaut Teacher | Mike Mongo

Sep 29 · 47m

Eiman Jahangir
Eiman JahangirHOST
3:48
Yeah.
Mike Mongo
Mike MongoGUEST
3:49
because it's been now here in the future.
Mike Mongo
Mike MongoGUEST
3:51
I understand that grownups don't know what to say to people who are children, who are students.
Mike Mongo
Mike MongoGUEST
3:57
They don't have any idea.
Mike Mongo
Mike MongoGUEST
3:58
So you would ask a three-year-old, so what do you want to be when you grow up? A tax lawyer? Yeah.
Mike Mongo
Mike MongoGUEST
4:02
So what's the plan? And I said, Batman.
Mike Mongo
Mike MongoGUEST
4:06
And then the grownup said to me, There's no such thing as superheroes.

7 MINS LATER

Eiman Jahangir
Eiman JahangirHOST
11:35
Yeah.

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