John Mulnix

The Space Shot

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John Mulnix

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Episode 50: Lego Rockets, Comets, a Birthday, and the Soviet N-1 Rocket 04.07.2017 6:16

Episode Links: SpaceX Statement On 7/3/17 Abort NASA Deep Impact Website Deep Impact- Impactor Video Why Study Comets? Harrison "Jack" Schmitt- NASA Biography

Episode 49: Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds 03.07.2017 4:48

Episode Links: Project Vela- Astronautix.com]( http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html ) Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela DARPA- Project Vela Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13 What Is a Supernova? Space.com Gamma-Ray Astronomy A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries

Episode 48: Cassini Huygens 01.07.2017 7:00

Episode Links: SpaceNews.com- BREAKING | President Trump reestablishes National Space Council Space.com- SpaceX Test-Fires Rocket Ahead of Sunday Launch (Photo) Cassini Spacecraft Arrives at Saturn Cassini Overview Cassini Orbiter Cassini 10 Years at Saturn Top 10 Discoveries Enceladus Top 10 Science Highlights Cassini- About the Mission AT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network

Episode 47: Soyuz 11- The Mission & Apollo 13- The Movie 30.06.2017 7:48

Episode Links: Soyuz 11 Archive.org NASA Apollo Audio Archive Apollo 13- IMDB "Houston, We Have a Problem" Clip Apollo 13- NASA "Houston, We've Had a Problem" By James A. Lovell A.V. Club- http://www.avclub.com/article/apollo-13s-20th-anniversary-look-how-they-made-fil-221536

Episode 46: Angelo Secchi & Shuttle-Mir Part 2 30.06.2017 5:59

Episode Links: Charles Precourt Oral History Interview Charles Precourt Biography STS-71 Angelo Secchi Biography

Episode 45: Falcon 9 Is Go For Launch 28.06.2017 5:44

Episode Links: SpaceX CRS-7 Investigation Update NASA FAQ on CRS-7 Incident Eric Berger- Ars Technica. After nine launches in 2017, it’s tough to be an honest critic of SpaceX

Episode 44: Atlantis & Mir 27.06.2017 6:12

Episode Links: Connect with The Space Shot on Facebook here Mission Control Center STS-71 Status Report #1 NASA STS-71 Mission Overview STS-4 Mission Overview Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage Ken Mattingly NASA Biography

Episode 43: Messier & Seasat 26.06.2017 4:45

Episode Links: Messier Object 1- The Crab Nebula Messier Marathon- APOD Astronomy Clubs Near Me- Sky & Telescope Messier History Crab Nebula Sombrero Galaxy Seasat Launch Information (June 27th) Seasat Launch Informaiton (June 28th) Seasat NASA Spacecraft Database

Episode 42: The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything 25.06.2017 6:50

Episode Links: 42 SpaceX Iridium Launch and Landing Video SpaceX Launch Vehicle Core History Elon Musk- Tweets about Titanium Grid Fins Elon Musk- Twitter Feed Michael Foale Oral History Michael Foale Biography NYT- Russian Space Station Damaged In Collision With a Cargo Vessel Hermann Oberth Biography Star Trek- Oberth-Class Starship NASA STS-50 Mission

Episode 41: Meteors, UFOs, and MUOS 5 25.06.2017 4:30

Episode Links: MUOS 5 Launch Highlights MUOS Mission Information June 24, 1997 | The ‘Roswell Incident' Chicora Meteor

Episode 40: Digital Amnesia and Core B1029 24.06.2017 6:27

Episode Links: SpaceX BulgariaSat 1 Webcast Reddit SpaceX Core Tracker I forgot to mention this movie in the podcast, it is an interesting look into Digital Amnesia, and it's title is "Digital Amnesia" catchy ;) Digital Amnesia Documentary- 49 Minutes Democracy in America Excerpt

Episode 39: Film Cameras, Galileo, Charon, and Sally Ride 23.06.2017 6:43

Episode Links: Onyx Coffee Lab Sally Ride Oral History Interview Sally Ride NASA Biography Kodak Ektachrome Returns These 11 Images from NASA Were Shot on Kodak Ektachome Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History

Episode 38: SpaceShipOne 21.06.2017 4:28

Episode Links: A quick note that I didn't include in the podcast because it wasn't directly related to today's content, Stratolaunch had at one time been planning to use an air-launched variant of a SpaceX developed rocket. SpaceShipOne Information Page SpaceShipOne Scaled Composite Information Page SpaceShipOne- Launch Video Stratolaunch Website NASA STS-57 Mission Page

Episode 37: The V-2 21.06.2017 4:34

Episode Links: Marshall Space Flight Center- Notes Regarding History of V-2 Operations at White Sands Marshall Space Flight Center- Wernher von Braun The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missle Era- Amazon.com Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War- Amazon.com

Episode 36: The Cosmosphere 19.06.2017 4:17

Episode Links: The Cosmosphere Connect with The Space Shot on Facebook here

Episode 35: Sally Ride and The Best of Both Worlds 18.06.2017 3:37

Episode Links: Sally Ride- NASA Biography Star Trek- Memory Alpha SpaceX Statement for weekend launch

Episode 34: Royalty in Space and Mr. & Mrs. Pyle 17.06.2017 2:03

Episode Link: Sultan Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud- NASA Biography

Episode 33: Valentina Tereshkova & Roadtrip! 17.06.2017 4:48

Just one link today, but there will be a lot more tomorrow, so stay tuned! Challenge to Apollo- PDF

Episode 32: Is That a Clipper Ship? No, It Is a Starship 15.06.2017 5:14

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 Connect with The Space Shot on Facebook here

Episode 31: Difference Engines, Albert II, and the V-2 14.06.2017 5:24

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...

Episode 30: The Millennium and Peregrine Falcons 13.06.2017 4:52

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

Episode 29: Where Is Everybody? 13.06.2017 6:10

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

Episode 28: Gamma-rays, Gemstones, and the Fermi Space Telescope 11.06.2017 5:06

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 Timel...

Episode 27: The Spirit of Rovers Past 10.06.2017 5:02

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

Episode 26: The Not So Final Frontier 09.06.2017 6:13

Episode Links: Hypersonics Before the Shuttle- Part of the NASA Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 18, June 2000 NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet- X-15 Hypersonic Research Program The X-15, the Pilot and the Space Shuttle Star Trek V: The Final Frontier IMDB Armstrong Interview Kraft Marshmallow Dispenser Neptune In Depth- NASA