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Show Notes Episode 414: “Admiral, It is the Enterprise!”
This week Host Dave Bledsoe boldly goes where he has never gone before! (Meaning a bar in Bayonne New Jersey where he hopes they’ve never heard of him!) On the show this week we open hailing frequencies and tell you about the time nerds convinced the President to name a space shuttle after a TV show (Dr Quinn Medicine Woman).
Along the way we learn about Dave’s fantasies. (Thank god we are talking about his CHILDHOOD fantasies not the sewer that they are today!) Then we dive right into the Big Dreams NASA had after going to the Moon! (We were gonna get Moon Bases!) and how reality, along with Dick Nixon, brought them back down to Earth. We then learn a little about the American Space Truck, the Flying Ford F-150! (Could have been worse, could have been a Chevy) Then we talk about how even the modest dreams of the shuttle program had to be dialed back in the face of harsh reality. (Do we mention Reagan? Sadly, we do.) Finally, we tell you how a group of very determined nerds used their powers of persuasion not to get someone to finally sleep with them, but convince Gerald Ford to name a shuttle after an imaginary spaceship. (Meaning their girlfriends would continue to be imaginary.)
Our Sponsor this week is the PodTrek Podcast, three middle aged white dudes doing five shows complaining about modern Star Trek being “woke”. We open with NASA unveiling the shuttle and close with the Firm boldly going forward because they can’t find reverse.
Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense
The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music:https://youtu.be/FCARADb9asE
We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/
Citations Needed:
THE POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM: DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/files/original/20/1632/Binder1_081110135224.pdf
Wikipedia: Space Shuttle program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program
Social, Cultural, and Educational Legacies
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/584743main_Wings-ch6a-pgs459-469.pdf
NASA NAMING COMMITTEES
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/app-d.htm
Grassroots Enterprise: How the Space Shuttle got its name
http://startrekdom.blogspot.com/2007/04/grassroots-enterprise-how-space-shuttle.html
Declassified Memos Reveal Debate Over Naming the Shuttle "Enterprise"
https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259
45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes its Public Debut
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/45-years-ago-space-shuttle-enterprise-makes-its-public-debut
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Show Notes Episode 414: “Admiral, It is the Enterprise!”
This week Host Dave Bledsoe boldly goes where he has never gone before! (Meaning a bar in Bayonne New Jersey where he hopes they’ve never heard of him!) On the show this week we open hailing frequencies and tell you about the time nerds convinced the President to name a space shuttle after a TV show (Dr Quinn Medicine Woman).
Along the way we learn about Dave’s fantasies. (Thank god we are talking about his CHILDHOOD fantasies not the sewer that they are today!) Then we dive right into the Big Dreams NASA had after going to the Moon! (We were gonna get Moon Bases!) and how reality, along with Dick Nixon, brought them back down to Earth. We then learn a little about the American Space Truck, the Flying Ford F-150! (Could have been worse, could have been a Chevy) Then we talk about how even the modest dreams of the shuttle program had to be dialed back in the face of harsh reality. (Do we mention Reagan? Sadly, we do.) Finally, we tell you how a group of very determined nerds used their powers of persuasion not to get someone to finally sleep with them, but convince Gerald Ford to name a shuttle after an imaginary spaceship. (Meaning their girlfriends would continue to be imaginary.)
Our Sponsor this week is the PodTrek Podcast, three middle aged white dudes doing five shows complaining about modern Star Trek being “woke”. We open with NASA unveiling the shuttle and close with the Firm boldly going forward because they can’t find reverse.
Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense
The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music:https://youtu.be/FCARADb9asE
We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/
Citations Needed:
THE POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM: DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/files/original/20/1632/Binder1_081110135224.pdf
Wikipedia: Space Shuttle program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program
Social, Cultural, and Educational Legacies
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/584743main_Wings-ch6a-pgs459-469.pdf
NASA NAMING COMMITTEES
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/app-d.htm
Grassroots Enterprise: How the Space Shuttle got its name
http://startrekdom.blogspot.com/2007/04/grassroots-enterprise-how-space-shuttle.html
Declassified Memos Reveal Debate Over Naming the Shuttle "Enterprise"
https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259
45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes its Public Debut
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/45-years-ago-space-shuttle-enterprise-makes-its-public-debut
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