In this episode, we’ll learn how John Charles became interested in the Manned Orbiting Laboratory in the first place, and then we’ll spend some time discussing the art of MOL.

Check out John's page with information on MOL, including articles he has written and a section devoted to MOL art:

http://www.astrocryptotriviology.com/mol-art

This is Part 1 of our Manned Orbiting Laboratory interview.

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John Charles was a long-time NASA life scientist and science manager with a life-long interest in spaceflight history. He retired from NASA on February 22, 2018, after nearly thirty-three years in a career that started as a cardiovascular investigator on Space Shuttle flights, spanned Mir missions and the Shuttle flight of John Glenn, included overseeing the joint US/Russian one-year mission on ISS and the Twin ...