728. THE REAL MCCOY w/ DR. DAVID ALEXANDER
20 March 2025

728. THE REAL MCCOY w/ DR. DAVID ALEXANDER

INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS

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THIS VOYAGE, the TREKSPERTS, MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, writer/producer, Pandora, Agent X, The Librarians, writer/producer Free Enterprise), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (showrunner; DOTA: Dragon's Blood, writer, X-Men: First Class, Thor) welcome DR. DAVID ALEXANDER, flight surgeon for NASA's Johnson Space Center as he talks about space medicine, being inspired by Leonard "Bones" McCoy and whether engineers really love to change things.

Dr. Alexander is a certified Flight Controller for the International Space Station and Shuttle. He served as Deputy Crew Surgeon for Shuttle Mission STS-123 and ISS Expeditions 11, 23, and 47. He was the Lead Crew Surgeon for Expeditions 14, 33/34, 42/43 and 52. He was also Lead Crew Surgeon for STS-128.

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