Season IX | EP 2: Mike Weasner, Stargazer. Fighter Pilot. Beautiful Thinker.

About this episode

Mike Weasner shares his journey from fighter pilot to amateur astronomer, emphasizing how failure can fuel success.

What if failure isn't the opposite of success but the fuel for it? Mike Weasner's initials were written in the stars before he could spell them—and his path to those stars included medical disqualifications, career pivots, and his unheeded warnings about Challenger. From keeping private astronomy logs for 35 years to building one of the world's largest amateur astronomy websites, Mike reveals how craving the cosmos taught him to get back up when life knocked him down—and why sharing that crav...

People in this episode

Guest: Mike Weasner

Topics covered

• failure
• success
• astronomy
• career pivots

Keywords

• stargazer
• fighter pilot
• Challenger
• amateur astronomy

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Stargazer, Challenger, amateur astronomy website

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