April 30, 2024

Ep 188: The Rocket Equation and CubeSats — A Lesson in Putting Things Into Orbit (and not trusting the interwebs, AI, and other such things...)

38 minutes

A simple observation from a photo on the interwebs leads to a question, and then lots of Bufnagely discussion, about space and orbits and rockets and garage projects, marketing, and much, much more!

Harry and Rafe are joined by not one but TWO (!) Big Brain Smart Heads™: Bob Luzenski, America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™, and Dr Brian Donahue, America's Favorite Time-Traveling Ham Radio Anesthesiologist™, as they try to figure out how to get the Buf into orbit (and other similarly important things). Along the way, we will all learn not to trust (a) what's on the interwebs, (b) Rafe's ability to look things up on the interwebs, (c) AI, and (d) products without sufficient technical oversight. (Oh, and we will also be reminded to commit only to projects that require the purchase of new tools.)

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On this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that. Any little bit really helps! Thank you in advance!!!

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