<p>It’s Mars or the highway for Jon. His license plate, emblazoned with “Go2Mars”, has been bolted on his truck since 1993, serving as a red planet expedition campaign on wheels. He says the best things in space haven’t happened yet—so what’s ahead?</p><p>From sitting in the commander’s seat in Atlantis to managing “a company <em>called SpaceX</em>” in a new ‘commercial crew’ program back in 2011, Jon stresses the importance of maintaining that forward momentum into the next big leap towards Mars.</p><p>Join your host Danielle and retired NASA engineer and project manager Jon Cowart in a conversation about the “amazing orchestra of things” that make up NASA’s past and present, and how it shapes future space history.</p><p>Have any questions? Message us on social at @ExploreSpaceKSC on X and @kennedyspacecenter on Facebook and Instagram. Go beyond and discover somethingreal at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.</p><p></p>