Legacy of the space shuttle (April 11, 2024) – Houston Public Media

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On Thursday’s present: Memorial Hermann Well being Techniques has halted a kidney transplant program days after abruptly saying in addition they stopped liver transplants. A public well being professional helps us perceive why and considers the impression the information may need on sufferers.

Additionally this hour: A brand new ebook referred to as House Shuttle Tales from veteran astronaut Tom Jones chronicles the historical past of the house shuttle program — its successes and failures — together with particulars, oral histories, and images from all 135 missions.

And Eddie Robinson talks with musician, composer, and filmmaker Samora Pinderhughes, who introduced his work, The Therapeutic Mission, to Houston final month. The multi-media challenge makes use of quite a lot of artistic works to look at policing, violence, and the U.S. jail system. We hear an excerpt of their hourlong dialog from this week’s version of I See U.

 

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