The Space Shot

By John Mulnix

Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, scienc... more

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The podcast currently has 446 episodes available.

The Space Shot episodes:

June 19, 2017 Episode 36: The Cosmosphere
Episode Links:
The Cosmosphere
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5min
June 18, 2017 Episode 35: Sally Ride and The Best of Both Worlds
Episode Links:
Sally Ride- NASA Biography
Star Trek- Memory Alpha
SpaceX Statement for weekend launch
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4min
June 17, 2017 Episode 34: Royalty in Space and Mr. & Mrs. Pyle
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Sultan Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud- NASA Biography
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3min
June 17, 2017 Episode 33: Valentina Tereshkova & Roadtrip!
Just one link today, but there will be a lot more tomorrow, so stay tuned!
Challenge to Apollo- PDF
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5min
June 15, 2017 Episode 32: Is That a Clipper Ship? No, It Is a Starship
Episode Links:
SpaceFlight Now- Robotic Russian resupply freighter on the way to space station
SpaceX Eutelsat/ABS Mission Hosted Webcast
SpaceX- EUTELSAT/ABS MISSION IN PHOTOS
Star Trek: Time's Arrow Part 1. Season 5, Episode 26
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6min
June 14, 2017 Episode 31: Difference Engines, Albert II, and the V-2
Episode Links:
I forgot to mention this in the episode, here is a video of a working Lego Difference Engine! This is super cool and worth checking out!
Lego Difference Engine
Babbage's Difference Engine- Wired YouTube Video
Computer History Museum- The Babbage Engine
Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range- Amazon.com(Page 182 for quote in today's episode
A Brief History of Animals in Space
Hidden Figures- IMDB
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6min
June 13, 2017 Episode 30: The Millennium and Peregrine Falcons
Episode Links:
JAXA Hayabusa Mission Website
Pioneer 10 and 11 NASA Mission Archives
NASA Pioneer Program Homepage
Pioneer 10 Website- Wayback Machine Internet Archive Version
The Empire Strikes Back- Asteroid Field Scene
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5min
June 13, 2017 Episode 29: Where Is Everybody?
Episode Links:
The Drake Equation
Winston Churchill’s essay on alien life found
Zookeepers, Alien Visitors, Or Simple Life
Sir David Gill
Tsiolkovsky - Russian Cosmism and Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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7min
June 11, 2017 Episode 28: Gamma-rays, Gemstones, and the Fermi Space Telescope
Episode Links:
Fermi- Gamma-ray Space Telescope- NASA
Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever
Fermi Observations of High-Energy Gamma-ray Emission (Paywall)
NASA Press Release, Re-Naming Future Telescope Mission
Thunderstorms Beam Into Space- Infographic
NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space
NASA Budget Estimate for FY 2017 (Fermi mission on page 213)
Gamma-ray Astronomy Timeline- NASA
An Introduction to Gem Treatments- Gemological Institute of America
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
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6min
June 10, 2017 Episode 27: The Spirit of Rovers Past
Episode Links:
Mars Exploration Rover- NASA PDF
Mars Sunset
Challenges of Getting to Mars
Spirit and Opportunity NASA Website
Mars Exploration Rovers Computers
Mars Mission Log
Spirit Rover Rendering
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6min

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