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title: 'Jay O’Callahan and the NASA Story'
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date: '2009-12-17'
description: 'THIS is what I’ve been waiting for. Yesterday I received wonderful news in my e-mail. Jay O’Callahan will tell his NASA Story on PRI’s Living on Earth the weekend after Christmas. This is a well-written and well-told story of NASA’s first 50 years. You should all mark your calendars and drop everyt…'
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# [Jay O’Callahan and the NASA Story](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/jayocallahan)

   17th Dec 2009   [people](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:people#body-wrapper)  

THIS is what I’ve been waiting for. Yesterday I received wonderful news in my e-mail. Jay O’Callahan will tell his NASA Story on PRI’s Living on Earth the weekend after Christmas.

This is a well-written and well-told story of NASA’s first 50 years. You should all mark your calendars and drop everything for it.

I heard this story at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific meeting in September, and Jay moved the audience to tears.

Not often do I believe this vehemently that everyone should watch/listen/or read a certain thing. I may say “You gotta see…” or “This is the best ever…” but it is often hyperbole. This though, this you should hear. I assume a recording will come out at some point, but there has been no noise about such and I have not heard of motions in that direction. So, as it stands this MAY be your only chance to hear this story – sometimes things get lost in the sands of time. Tune in, turn it up, and imagine an grey-haired man with graceful hands beginning to spin a tale in for you.

### The e-mail:

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| [![Click here to edit this image](http://image01.netatlantic.com/zoom/22/1-JayLogo.jpg)](http://www./) |  |
| **Jay’s NASA Story on NPR!**      Jay recorded a 48-minute “broadcast” version of his NASA story, Forged in the Stars, before a lively audience for NPR\*’s Living on Earth. It will air on Living on Earth the weekend after Christmas. To find out when Living on Earth is broadcast on your local NPR station, go to [www.loe.org](http://www.loe.org), click on WHERE TO TUNE IN, then click on your state or go directly to your local NPR station.    [![Click here to edit this image](http://image01.netatlantic.com/zoom/22/ForgedintheStars.jpg)](http://www./)    You may already have heard a segment of this story called The Eagle Soars on Living on Earth. The upcoming broadcast is the complete “broadcast” version of Forged in the Stars.    [**www.loe.org**](http://loe.org)    **Be sure to tune in! Happy Holidays!** | [![Forward To A Friend](http://www.netatlantictemplates.com/images/fwd-to-a-friend.jpg)](http://http//list.ocallahan.com/subscribe/forwardtoafriend.tml?m=65091672.aea5ba7c5c97a4a421851229d04dcd7e&o=8561933)  [![Subscribe](http://www.netatlantictemplates.com/images/subscribe.jpg)](http://http//list.ocallahan.com/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=jayocallahan)      **Read about my journey of the creation of [Forged in the Stars](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/jayocallahan/ocallahan.com/nasa/index.html)**    **[Visit Jay’s](javascript:void(0);/*1261086684756*/) [blog](http://jayocallahan.wordpress.com/) and [Facebook](javascript:void(0);/*1261088852089*/)**    [**![Click here to edit this image](http://image01.netatlantic.com/zoom/22/JayatCapCanaveral.JPG)**](http://www./)    **Visit Jay’s [Website](http://ocallahan.com)** |
| Jay O’Callahan, PO Box 1054, Marshfield, MA 02050  800-626-5356, <jay@ocallahan.com>, [www.ocallahan.com](http://www.ocallahan.com) |  |

\*As pointed out later, Living on Earth is produced by PRI, not NPR.

![](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/user/pages/blog/jayocallahan/Mars.png)~ A l i c e !

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