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That Time the Postal Service Tried Sending Mail Via Missile
In this episode of The BrainFood Show, we're looking at that time the
British tried to replace parachutes with rockets, that time the United
States tried sending U.S. Postal Service mail via missiles, and the
origins and interesting stories surrounding NASA's Steely Eyed Missile
Man expression, and why the rocket launch countdown is stupid.
Corrections- Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812. I
knew this. I do not know what I was thinking at the time. :-)
Hosts: Karl Smallwood and Daven Hiskey
Authors: Gilles Messier, Karl Smallwood, and Daven Hiskey
Producer: Daven Hiskey
Subscribe to the BrainFood Show:
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YouTube:
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Tangential Things Discussed in This Episode:
The German Rocket Fighter that Dissolved its Pilots Alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfAw4YvI_u0
How to Survive Falling from a Plane Without a Parachute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x64DFUo7R
The First Man to Walk in Space Almost Got Stuck Out There
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmXdWLWMTkg
How Much Did Top Gun: Maverick Cost the U.S. Taxpayer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w42bQrcu3aY
The Tale of the Man Who Nearly Drowned While Falling from the Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUCb4ERxt8
The Mysterious Death of Yuri Gagarin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP_QEmIsnKk
Pigeon Guided Missiles and Literal Bat Bombs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbPG8jSud14
The Chicken Heated Nuclear Land Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJuxpf-RE7k
A Wingtip and a Prayer: the Insane Way British Pilots Defeated Germany’s
Secret Weapon https://youtu.be/rb6Xa1acNDE
The US Military’s Obsessive World War II Ice Cream Crusade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOi_--kS4CE
Did NASA Spend Millions Developing a Pen When the Russians Used Pencils?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAJpzWUhuqM
0:00 Intro
2:37 That Time the British Navy Tried to Replace Parachutes with Rockets
26:19 Missile Mail
56:06 Steely Eyed Missile Man
1:15:55 Launch Countdown
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In this episode of The BrainFood Show, we're looking at that time the
British tried to replace parachutes with rockets, that time the United
States tried sending U.S. Postal Service mail via missiles, and the
origins and interesting stories surrounding NASA's Steely Eyed Missile
Man expression, and why the rocket launch countdown is stupid.
Corrections- Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812. I
knew this. I do not know what I was thinking at the time. :-)
Hosts: Karl Smallwood and Daven Hiskey
Authors: Gilles Messier, Karl Smallwood, and Daven Hiskey
Producer: Daven Hiskey
Subscribe to the BrainFood Show:
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brainfood-show/id1350586459
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36xpXQMPVXhWJzMoCHPJKd
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2MW1ZtxnfAIaM1Ax_q1WKm
RSS Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/brainfood
Tangential Things Discussed in This Episode:
The German Rocket Fighter that Dissolved its Pilots Alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfAw4YvI_u0
How to Survive Falling from a Plane Without a Parachute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x64DFUo7R
The First Man to Walk in Space Almost Got Stuck Out There
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmXdWLWMTkg
How Much Did Top Gun: Maverick Cost the U.S. Taxpayer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w42bQrcu3aY
The Tale of the Man Who Nearly Drowned While Falling from the Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUCb4ERxt8
The Mysterious Death of Yuri Gagarin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP_QEmIsnKk
Pigeon Guided Missiles and Literal Bat Bombs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbPG8jSud14
The Chicken Heated Nuclear Land Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJuxpf-RE7k
A Wingtip and a Prayer: the Insane Way British Pilots Defeated Germany’s
Secret Weapon https://youtu.be/rb6Xa1acNDE
The US Military’s Obsessive World War II Ice Cream Crusade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOi_--kS4CE
Did NASA Spend Millions Developing a Pen When the Russians Used Pencils?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAJpzWUhuqM
0:00 Intro
2:37 That Time the British Navy Tried to Replace Parachutes with Rockets
26:19 Missile Mail
56:06 Steely Eyed Missile Man
1:15:55 Launch Countdown
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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