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The Planetary Society Book Club: The Overview Effect with author Frank White

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By the time author and space philosopher Frank White published the expanded, fourth edition of his book in 2021, the Overview Effect had become how many astronauts returning from space described the profound and very personal changes in their thinking and goals. Now, nearly forty years since the appearance of the first edition, Frank joins the Society's Mat Kaplan for an intriguing and inspiring conversation about this hypothesis that has taken on a life of its own.