
Phil Mead
English cricketer
1
APPEARANCES
1
PODCASTS
012
DEC 30
JAN 6
JAN 13
JAN 20
JAN 27
FEB 3
FEB 10
FEB 17
FEB 24
MAR 3
MAR 10
MAR 17
MAR 24
MAR 31
APR 7
APR 14
APR 21
APR 28
MAY 5
MAY 12
MAY 19
MAY 26
JUN 2
JUN 9
JUN 16
JUN 23
JUN 30
JUL 7
JUL 14
JUL 21
JUL 28
AUG 4
AUG 11
AUG 18
AUG 25
SEP 1
SEP 8
SEP 15
SEP 22
SEP 29
OCT 6
OCT 13
OCT 20
OCT 27
NOV 3
NOV 10
NOV 17
NOV 24
DEC 1
DEC 8
DEC 15
DEC 22
DEC 29
JAN 5
JAN 12
JAN 19
JAN 26
FEB 2
FEB 9
FEB 16
FEB 23
MAR 2
MAR 9
MAR 16
MAR 23
MAR 30
APR 6
APR 13
APR 20
APR 27
MAY 4
MAY 11
MAY 18
MAY 25
JUN 1
JUN 8
JUN 15
JUN 22
JUN 29
JUL 6
JUL 13
JUL 20
JUL 27
AUG 3
AUG 10
AUG 17
AUG 24
AUG 31
SEP 7
SEP 14
SEP 21
SEP 28
OCT 5
OCT 12
Aug 4, 2026
When Great Cultures Make Dangerous Decisions
2:10
2:17
2:25
2:37
12:37

Cyndi WentlandHOST
So tell the audience a little bit about that before we dig into the questions for today.

Phillip MeadGUEST
NASA was a great organization, and they gave me lots of opportunities to move around within and do a variety of different things.

Phillip MeadGUEST
And a piece of that was I was able to kind of redefine myself instead of just narrowly thinking of myself as a particular type of engineer and think of myself more as a problem solver.

Phillip MeadGUEST
And I started out early on as being a payloads engineer, really trying testing and integrating the different types of experiments and satellites and payloads and things that went into the shuttle bay to make sure that they work before they got up on orbit.
10 MINS LATER

Cyndi WentlandHOST
So what's an example of that? What are some things that you discovered that were emerging from the experience?