The Space Shot

The Space Shot

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  • Episode 440: Happy 4th of July!

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    Episode Links:

    The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought

    14 min
  • Episode 439: What I Read in 2023

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    Episode Links:

    After Babel

    Books-

    I forgot to mention it in the episode since the book is experienced more than it is read. Apollo Remastered by Andy Saunders is a visual delight. 1000% recommend picking up a copy.
    "Soviets in Space" by Colin Burgess
    "Space Craze" by Margaret Weitekamp
    "The Space Shuttle" by Roland Miller
    "Son of Apollo" by Christopher Roosa
    "The New Guys" by Meredith Bagby
    "The Map that Changed the World" by Simon Winchester
    "Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens" by Andrea Wulf
    "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business" by Neil Postman
    "Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America" by Brendan Ballou
    "Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World" by Marcia Bjornerud
    "Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology" by Neil Postman
    "Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives" by Siddarth Kara
    "Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945" by Thomas G. Mahnken
    "The Winged Gospel" by Joseph Corn
    "Wichita: Where Aviation Took Wing" by the Greteman Group
    "The Arsenal of Democracy" by A.J. Baime
    "Farnsworth's Classical English Style" by Ward Farnsworth
    "The Practicing Stoic" by Ward Farnsworth
    "The Daily Stoic" by Ryan Holiday
    "The Daily Dad" by Ryan Holiday
    "Code Red" by Vince Flynn/Kyle Mills
    "And on that Bombshell" by Richard Porter
    "Nuts and Bolts" by Roma Agrawal
    "Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of TWA" by Daniel L. Rust and Alan B. Hoffman
    "Hands of Time" by Rebecca Struthers

    31 min
  • Episode 438: Catching Up While Astrid Catches Some Z’s

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    Episode Links:

    The Verge- Zuckerberg AI comment

    After Babel

    13 min
  • Episode 437: Skylab 50th Extravaganza!

    This episode is jam-packed with awesome guests and Skylab stories. Emily Carney, David Hitt, and Dwight Steven-Boniecki joined me to talk about all things Skylab, give it a listen!

    Emily Carney-

    Space and Things- https://spaceandthingspodcast.com
    Emily Carney- Medium.com https://emilycarneyspace.medium.com

    David Hitt-

    https://davidhitt.net
    Homesteading Space- Facebook
    David Hitt- Twitter
    Homesteading Space- Nebraska University Press- https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803236394/
    Signed copies of _Homesteading Space _are available through the Cosmosphere's gift shop. Limited supplies available-
    https://ticketing.cosmo.org/GiftShopItem.aspx?I=90175

    Dwight Steven-Boniecki-

    Check out Dwight's amazing documentary, Searching for Skylab- https://searchingforskylab.com/
    Searching for Skylab- Twitter

    Skylab students article- https://www.issnationallab.org/skylab-first-students-space-experiments-changed-lives/#:~:text=What%20a%20fine%20selection%20of,and%20astronaut%20motor%2Dsensory%20adaptation.

    The Space Shot Links-

    I'd love it if you could support the work I do here by checking out my website, Starlight and Gleam. Thank you for listening and I appreciate the support!

    Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. Check it out here

    Let me know if you have any questions, email me at [email protected]. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out!

    Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or [email protected] and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 436: Coffee at the Cosmo- Skylab at 50: Part 2

    It was amazing to be back at the Cosmosphere for this event. I chatted with David and Emily after the Coffee at the Cosmo and we talked a bit more about Skylab and human spaceflight. This episode also includes audio from Skylab 1 and 2, so give it a listen!

    Cosmosphere Links-

    Check out the Cosmosphere's incredible library of online content at LaunchNext. LaunchNext.org!

    You can see all of the upcoming events and more by checking the Cosmosphere calendar.

    Cosmosphere Calendar

    You can contact the Cosmosphere's Box office at 620-665-9312 for more information on upcoming events.

    48 min
  • Episode 435: Coffee at the Cosmo- Skylab at 50: Blazing the Trail for ISS, Artemis and Beyond

    It was amazing to be back at the Cosmosphere for this event. Having the opportunity to join Jack, Milt, Emily, and David was a treat for me. I hope you enjoy this episode! Drop me a line if you're ever in Kansas, I'm always happy to drop by the Cosmosphere for tours. (As long as I'm not busy with our baby and our schedules align haha)

    In this episode we're joined by Emily Carney, David Hitt, John Mulnix, and via Zoom, astronaut and Skylab 3 pilot Jack Lousma and Mission Control Flight Director, Milt Windler, for “Skylab at 50: Blazing the Trail for ISS, Artemis and Beyond.” This live conversation will covered the history of Skylab and the effect its creation has had on the space program as a whole.

    Cosmosphere Links-

    Check out the Cosmosphere's incredible library of online content at LaunchNext. LaunchNext.org!

    You can see all of the upcoming events and more by checking the Cosmosphere calendar.

    Cosmosphere Calendar

    You can contact the Cosmosphere's Box office at 620-665-9312 for more information on upcoming events.

    1 hr 25 min
  • Episode 434: Gemini 4: America's First EVA (Mission Audio)

    In this episode, we catch up on life and what I've been reading/doing the past few months, then we climb into a Gemini capsule to listen to mission audio from Gemini 4. Enjoy!

    I'd love if you could support the work I do here by checking out my website, Starlight and Gleam. Thank you for listening and I appreciate the support!

    Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. Check it out here

    Let me know if you have any questions, email me at [email protected]. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out!

    Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or [email protected] and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

    You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

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    42 min
  • Episode 433: Coffee at the Cosmo- The Making of a Podcast Part 2

    Here's part 2 of the conversation between Emily Carney, Dave Giles, and John Mulnix.

    Emily Carney is a historian, writer, and United States Navy veteran. Dave Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Carney and Giles co-host "Space and Things" a weekly podcast devoted to the exploration of space, covering the past, present, and future of space flight. John Mulnix launched "The Cosmosphere Podcast" in 2017, a digital journey into history and science where listeners discover the inspiration that can only be found at the Cosmosphere. He is also creator and host of "The Space Shot," a concentrated dose of space awesomeness, including space history, pop culture, science, and more.

    Cosmosphere Links-

    Check out the Cosmosphere's incredible library of online content at LaunchNext. LaunchNext.org!

    You can see all of the upcoming events and more by checking the Cosmosphere calendar.

    Cosmosphere Calendar

    You can contact the Cosmosphere's Box office at 620-665-9312 for more information on upcoming events.

    45 min
  • Episode 432: Coffee at the Cosmo- The Making of a Podcast Part 1

    Join us for the first Coffee at the Cosmo of 2023!

    Emily Carney is a historian, writer, and United States Navy veteran. Dave Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Carney and Giles co-host "Space and Things" a weekly podcast devoted to the exploration of space, covering the past, present, and future of space flight. John Mulnix launched "The Cosmosphere Podcast" in 2017, a digital journey into history and science where listeners discover the inspiration that can only be found at the Cosmosphere. He is also creator and host of "The Space Shot," a concentrated dose of space awesomeness, including space history, pop culture, science, and more.

    Cosmosphere Links-

    Check out the Cosmosphere's incredible library of online content at LaunchNext. LaunchNext.org!

    You can see all of the upcoming events and more by checking the Cosmosphere calendar.

    Cosmosphere Calendar

    You can contact the Cosmosphere's Box office at 620-665-9312 for more information on upcoming events.

    55 min
  • Episode 431: My God, It’s Full of Books

    We're back and it's 2023. Let's kick off the year with an episode discussing some of my favorite books I read last fall. There's a bit of SpaceX news at the beginning too, so give it a listen.

    I'd love if you could support the work I do here by checking out my website, Starlight and Gleam. Thank you for listening and I appreciate the support!

    Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. Check it out here

    Let me know if you have any questions, email me at [email protected]. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out!

    Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or [email protected] and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

    You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

    Facebook

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    Twitter

    Episode Links:

    The Age of Radiance by Craig Nelson The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era

    Wingless Flight by R Dale Reed. Give the full PDF a read via NASA History.

    R Dale Reed NASA Biography- https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/X-Press/50th_anniversary/driving_forces/driving_forces_p-r.html

    Mayday Over Wichita by D.W. Carter Mayday Over Wichita: The Worst Military Aviation Disaster in Kansas History (Hardcover)

    Piatt St. Park- https://www.wichita.gov/ParkandRec/CityParks/Pages/Piatt.aspx

    The Age of Eisenhower- by William Hitchcock The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

    Uravan Colorado- http://www.uravan.com/

    Project Orion-

    Death of a Project, by Freeman Dyson- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.149.3680.141
    Book- Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
    Nuclear Pulse Propulsion: Orion and Beyond- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20000096503

    25 min

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