Pam Melroy was just the second woman to command a space shuttle mission, and spent 38 days in space building the International Space Station.

Now she is second in command at NASA and has been in Australia visiting our Space Agency.

 In today’s deep dive, TDA journalist Tom Crowley asks Pam all about the politics of space, what role Australia has to play in the ‘golden era’ of space exploration, and how your perspective changes when you’re looking down on Earth.