Dr. Brent D. Ziarnick serves as an assistant professor at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base. He is also author of ‘To Rule the Skies: General Thomas S. Power and the Rise of Strategic Air Command in the Cold War’.
\n\nIn this episode, he discusses the birth of the U.S. Space Force along with the military and economic implications of future space exploration and expansion.
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
When the formation of the U.S. "Space Force" was announced, the new military branch was the butt of many jokes but what role will it serve in the 21st century? Tensions are currently high between the United States, Russia, and China. Is a war in outer space inevitable or will this new frontier offer prosperity for all who join in the adventure? A new guest on the program helps us to answer this important questions.
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n'The Battle for the Soul of the Space Force'
\nby Brent Ziarnik, 'The Hill'
MUSIC:
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Outer space is the ultimate strategic high ground for the world's great powers. This is true for both spy satellites and ballistic missiles. During the Cold War, President Ronald Reagan proposed the creation of a technologically advanced, space-based defensive weapon system known as S.D.I.. But critics of the proposal dubbed it 'Star Wars' and said it would trigger a new arms race with the Soviet Union. What historical lessons can be learned from this episode in history?
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n"Adolf Hitler's Plot to Bomb New York" By David Robinson
\nhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/world/368490/Adolf-Hitler-s-plot-to-bomb-New-York
"The 1983 Military Drill that Nearly Sparked Nuclear War with the Soviets" by Francine Uenuma
\nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1983-military-drill-that-nearly-sparked-nuclear-war-with-the-soviets-180979980/
"Strategic Defense Initiative" State.gov
\nhttps://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/rd/104253.htm
MUSIC:
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
50 years ago today, the three Apollo 17 astronauts departed the Moon to return to Earth. It was the first time in human history that a scientist set foot on another world: geologist Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt. What lessons does this historic mission have to teach us in the coming years as humans finally return to the Moon with the Artemis program?
\n\nRECORDED BY: Jantzen Carter
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n'Apollo 17: Diary of the Twelfth Man' by Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt
\n\n'The Last Man on the Moon' by Eugene Cernan and Don Davis
\n\n'A Man on the Moon' by Andrew Chaikin
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The renowned and deeply insightful Andrew Chaikin joins the After Talk to share his views on space exploration along with his experiences interviewing the Apollo astronauts. Chaikin is the author of 'A Man on the Moon', 'Voices from the Moon', and 'A Passion for Mars'.
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The renowned and deeply insightful Andrew Chaikin joins the After Talk to share his views on space exploration along with his experiences interviewing the Apollo astronauts. Chaikin is the author of 'A Man on the Moon', 'Voices from the Moon', and 'A Passion for Mars'.
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Nearly half a century before the space age began in earnest, a few brilliant visionaries had the courage to look beyond their own time and see humanity’s future. From Russia to the United States, a few brilliant minds transformed science fiction into science fact, giving birth to the space age.
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n‘The Russian Cosmists: The Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai Fedorov and His Followers’
\nby George M. Young
‘The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility’
\nby Robert Zubrin
MUSIC:
\n\n"Ossuary 1 - A begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
“Tenebrous Brothers Carnival: Act Two” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Infinite Perspective" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Host and producer discuss the future of space travel and manned missions to Mars.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
REFERENCES:
\n\n"Scientists and Seaman" [article]
\nBy Ben Finney
"Humans Will Never Colonize Mars" [article]
\nBy George Dvorsky
"The Case for Space"
\nBy Robert Zubrin PhD
"Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism"
\nBy Robert Zubrin PhD
"Elon Musk: Telsa, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future"
\nby Ashlee Vance
Host and producer discuss the future of space travel and manned missions to Mars.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
REFERENCES:
\n\n"The Case for Space"
\nBy Robert Zubrin PhD
"Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism"
\nBy Robert Zubrin PhD
"Elon Musk: Telsa, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future"
\nby Ashlee Vance
Dr. Robert Zubrin joins the after talk for an in depth discussion on space exploration. He starts by telling us the story of his Mars Direct plan, the founding of the Mars Society, and his relationship with the young Elon Musk. We go on to discuss the technical and political challenges of sending human beings to Mars as well as his personal philosophyof human space exploration.
\n\nTo watch the video version of this interview, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4cWRQo2_Iw
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
REFERENCES:
\n\n"The Case for Space"
\nBy Robert Zubrin PhD
"Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism"
\nBy Robert Zubrin PhD
"Elon Musk: Telsa, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future"
\nby Ashlee Vance
Special Guest: Robert Zubrin.
","summary":"The Brilliant Dr. Zubrin discusses his career in aerospace engineering, Elon Musk, and his own personal philosophy of space flight.","date_published":"2020-04-20T11:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/7D2D9/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/5c737d2c-78fa-4d38-b319-aac5c25c3168/3e38dfc8-c9f7-4121-9b5d-c8f5d01188fb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":70434072,"duration_in_seconds":6198}]},{"id":"77e13c3e-3b16-48ef-bf49-b359994b8709","title":"Episode 15: Life on Mars","url":"https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/32","content_text":"Mars has captivated the human imagination for generations. Yet the question remains: is there organic life on the Red Planet? If so, how can we search for it and what would such life be like? And what will day-to-day life be like for the first astronauts to set foot on Mars? The brilliant Dr. Robert Zubrin joins us to help answer some of these questions. \n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw\n\nVOICE CREDIT: A very generous, anonymous Patreon contributor offered to act as the voice to Agustina Lusky because Lusky does not speak English as her first language. The words in the episode are entirely Lusky's words. \n\nREFERENCES:\n\n\"The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must\"\nBy Robert Zubrin PhD\n\n\"The Mars Underground\" [2007 Documentary]\nDir. Scott J. Gill\n\n\"From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement\"\nEdited by A.A. Harrison, Y.A. Clearwater, and C.P. McKay\n\n\"Strife and Despair at South Pole Illuminate Psychology of Isolation\"\nBy Robert Reinhold, New York Times\n\n\"A Brief History of Mars Missions\" Space.com\n\n\"Mars and Its Canals\" by Percival Lowell\n\nMUSIC:\n\n\"Nonstop\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Ossuary 6 - Air\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Infinite Perspective\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Thunderbird\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Perspectives\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Ossuary 1 - A begining\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Special Guest: Robert Zubrin.","content_html":"Mars has captivated the human imagination for generations. Yet the question remains: is there organic life on the Red Planet? If so, how can we search for it and what would such life be like? And what will day-to-day life be like for the first astronauts to set foot on Mars? The brilliant Dr. Robert Zubrin joins us to help answer some of these questions.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nVOICE CREDIT: A very generous, anonymous Patreon contributor offered to act as the voice to Agustina Lusky because Lusky does not speak English as her first language. The words in the episode are entirely Lusky's words.
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n"The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must"
\nBy Robert Zubrin PhD
"The Mars Underground" [2007 Documentary]
\nDir. Scott J. Gill
"From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement"
\nEdited by A.A. Harrison, Y.A. Clearwater, and C.P. McKay
"Strife and Despair at South Pole Illuminate Psychology of Isolation"
\nBy Robert Reinhold, New York Times
"A Brief History of Mars Missions" Space.com
\n\n"Mars and Its Canals" by Percival Lowell
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Infinite Perspective" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 1 - A begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Special Guest: Robert Zubrin.
","summary":"Will the first astronauts to set foot on Mars find life on the Red Planet? ","date_published":"2020-04-13T06:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/7D2D9/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/5c737d2c-78fa-4d38-b319-aac5c25c3168/77e13c3e-3b16-48ef-bf49-b359994b8709.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":51013220,"duration_in_seconds":3512}]},{"id":"5ff536c4-7686-4d1f-ac3c-4af96c40c0fb","title":"After Talk for Episode 14 w/Nick Conant ","url":"https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/31","content_text":"Nick Conant, a science communicator and Theater Manager of the Fiske Planetarium, sits down for an After Talk about: Native American astronomy, craters, comets as a (proposed) water source on Earth, and the ethics of asteroid mining. \n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw\n\nMUSIC:\n\n\"Slow Burn\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Special Guest: Nick Conant.","content_html":"Nick Conant, a science communicator and Theater Manager of the Fiske Planetarium, sits down for an After Talk about: Native American astronomy, craters, comets as a (proposed) water source on Earth, and the ethics of asteroid mining.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Special Guest: Nick Conant.
","summary":"Planetarium science communicator sits down for a chat about astronomy. ","date_published":"2020-02-13T05:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/7D2D9/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/5c737d2c-78fa-4d38-b319-aac5c25c3168/5ff536c4-7686-4d1f-ac3c-4af96c40c0fb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":75926831,"duration_in_seconds":5803}]},{"id":"eff2790e-0f09-4724-b6bb-4fa7073ec687","title":"Episode 14: Harbingers of Cataclysm","url":"https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/30","content_text":"Centuries ago, the work of Edmond Halley demonstrated to the world that comets were not evil omens as many superstitious Europeans believed but celestial bodies in outer space. Even so, comets and asteroids could pose a direct threat to all life on Earth. The real question is whether humanity has the tools to meet that threat?\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw\n\nPHOTO CAPTION: Comet Lovejoy near the constellation Ursa Major\nNASA/MSFC/Jacobs Technology/ESSSA/Aaron Kingery\n\nREFERENCES:\n\n'Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas'\nby Alan Cook \n\n'The Day the Mesozoic Died: How the Story of the Dinosaurs' Demise was Uncovered'\nby Sean B. Carrol \nhttp://nautil.us/issue/32/space/the-day-the-mesozoic-died \n\n'Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827) and the origins of modern meteorite research'\nby Ursula B. Marvin \n\n'Asteroid Apocalypse? Why Scientists Worry About 2036 'Planet Buster'. Newsweek.com\nby Michio Kaku \nhttps://www.newsweek.com/asteroid-apocalypse-why-scientists-worry-about-2036-planet-buster-63395\n\n'Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission', NASA.gov\nhttps://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart\n\nMUSIC:\n\n\"Shores of Avalon\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Perspectives\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Infinite Perspective\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Ossuary 1: A Begining\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Ossuary 6: Air\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/","content_html":"Centuries ago, the work of Edmond Halley demonstrated to the world that comets were not evil omens as many superstitious Europeans believed but celestial bodies in outer space. Even so, comets and asteroids could pose a direct threat to all life on Earth. The real question is whether humanity has the tools to meet that threat?
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nPHOTO CAPTION: Comet Lovejoy near the constellation Ursa Major
\nNASA/MSFC/Jacobs Technology/ESSSA/Aaron Kingery
REFERENCES:
\n\n'Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas'
\nby Alan Cook
'The Day the Mesozoic Died: How the Story of the Dinosaurs' Demise was Uncovered'
\nby Sean B. Carrol
\nhttp://nautil.us/issue/32/space/the-day-the-mesozoic-died
'Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827) and the origins of modern meteorite research'
\nby Ursula B. Marvin
'Asteroid Apocalypse? Why Scientists Worry About 2036 'Planet Buster'. Newsweek.com
\nby Michio Kaku
\nhttps://www.newsweek.com/asteroid-apocalypse-why-scientists-worry-about-2036-planet-buster-63395
'Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission', NASA.gov
\nhttps://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart
MUSIC:
\n\n"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Infinite Perspective" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 6: Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Host and producer recap a year of podcasting in a holiday after talk.
","summary":"Host and producer recap a year of podcasting in a holiday after talk.","date_published":"2019-12-31T10:15:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/7D2D9/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/5c737d2c-78fa-4d38-b319-aac5c25c3168/e8a695bf-0c22-42be-9af0-42781c11a140.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":62037404,"duration_in_seconds":5217}]},{"id":"444d045a-9417-4fbe-9408-caf44fe8bdee","title":"After Talk for Episode 13 w/Alex Roland PhD","url":"https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/28","content_text":"Professor Alex Roland discusses how he became a historian for NASA, the financial costs of the U.S. shuttle program, the concept of \"buying in\", and the enormous challenges of manned space travel. \n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw\n\nMUSIC:\n\n\"Slow Burn\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/","content_html":"Professor Alex Roland discusses how he became a historian for NASA, the financial costs of the U.S. shuttle program, the concept of "buying in", and the enormous challenges of manned space travel.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The space shuttle was a marvel of American ingenuity that ushered in a new era for the American space program. But the world would soon learn that reusable spacecraft were far from being perfect machines. Is the story of the U.S. shuttle program a tale of triumph for human space exploration? Or is the tale of a modern day Icarus?
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nFor listener questions and comments, email us here:
\nshow@universeuniversity.space
PHOTO CAPTION: Computer generated simulation depicting the American space shuttle's thermal tiles displacing heat upon reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n'After Apollo?: Richard Nixon and the American Space Program'
\nby John M. Logsdon
'Accountability in the Public Sector: Lessons from the Challenger', Public Administration Review
\nby Barbara S. Romzek and Melvin J. Dubnick
'Remembering Roger Boisjoly: He Tried to Stop Shuttle Challenger Launch', NPR.org
\nby Howard Berkes
'For Parts, NASA Boldly Goes... on Ebay', The New York Times
\nby William J. Broad
'Pentagon Chief Assails Article on Shuttle Trip', The New York Times
\nby Alex S. Jones
'Prepared Statement of Dr. Michael D. Griffin: "The Future of Human Space Flight"
\nHouse Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
MUSIC:
\n\n"Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 6: Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Pepper's Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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An after talk discussion with Konner Blunt from the Blunt Report on Halloween celebrations around the world, weather control, S.E.T.I. research, anthropomorphizing extraterrestrials, sleep paralysis, and UFOs.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Special Guest: Konner Blunt.
","summary":"Host, Producer, and fellow science podcaster discuss the UFO phenomenon. ","date_published":"2019-10-31T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/7D2D9/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/5c737d2c-78fa-4d38-b319-aac5c25c3168/631d0840-2f09-4f94-8676-42a8e8839341.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":76135643,"duration_in_seconds":4450}]},{"id":"506e174d-539e-484f-aef0-8b44108be805","title":"Episode 12: The UFO Enigma","url":"https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/25","content_text":"In the late 1940s, the United States military began to take an interest in reports of unidentified flying objects or U.F.O.s which included multiple projects designed to investigate and evaluate the sightings. Despite the fact that many UFO sightings were cases of mistaken identity that could easily be explained away, a minority of them proved extremely perplexing to the U.S. government, leading some high level officials to consider the possibility that the Earth was being visited by extraterrestrials... and at the center of it all, there was one astronomer named J. Allen Hynek who struggled to bring his scientific expertise to bear on the mystery. \n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw\n\nREFERENCES: \n\n*'The UFO Phenomenon' *\nby George Constable, Time Life Books Inc.\n\n'The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs'\nby Mark O'Connell\n\n'Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base'\nby Annie Jacobsen \n\n'Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program', New York Times\nby Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumbenthal, and Leslie Kean\n\n*'Maj. Gen. John A. Samford's Statement on \"Flying Saucers\" *(7/31/1952)\nU.S. National Archives \n\n'Two Pilots Saw a UFO. Why Did the Air Force Destroy the Report?', History.com\nby Greg Daugherty \n\nMUSIC:\n\n\"Shores of Avalon\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Ossuary 1: A Begining\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Perspectives\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Tenebroud Brothers Carnival: Act Two\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Waltz of the Carnies\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Thunderbird\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/","content_html":"In the late 1940s, the United States military began to take an interest in reports of unidentified flying objects or U.F.O.s which included multiple projects designed to investigate and evaluate the sightings. Despite the fact that many UFO sightings were cases of mistaken identity that could easily be explained away, a minority of them proved extremely perplexing to the U.S. government, leading some high level officials to consider the possibility that the Earth was being visited by extraterrestrials... and at the center of it all, there was one astronomer named J. Allen Hynek who struggled to bring his scientific expertise to bear on the mystery.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n*'The UFO Phenomenon' *
\nby George Constable, Time Life Books Inc.
'The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs'
\nby Mark O'Connell
'Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base'
\nby Annie Jacobsen
'Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program', New York Times
\nby Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumbenthal, and Leslie Kean
*'Maj. Gen. John A. Samford's Statement on "Flying Saucers" *(7/31/1952)
\nU.S. National Archives
'Two Pilots Saw a UFO. Why Did the Air Force Destroy the Report?', History.com
\nby Greg Daugherty
MUSIC:
\n\n"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Tenebroud Brothers Carnival: Act Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Waltz of the Carnies" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Guest Beth Gordon chats about her wildly popular Instagram account (Spacewhippet), space museums around the country, the significance of Apollo 11, and the future of human space travel.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Special Guest: Spacewhippet.
","summary":"Guest Beth Gordon discusses her visits to space museums around the country. ","date_published":"2019-07-19T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/7D2D9/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/5c737d2c-78fa-4d38-b319-aac5c25c3168/fc5d0cd8-d01d-4a8d-bd6f-5dfab781a8e0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":65321228,"duration_in_seconds":5096}]},{"id":"2cf39ec9-d3bd-4d0d-99f5-870b58d4ea85","title":"Episode 11: One Small Step: 50 Years Later ","url":"https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/23","content_text":"Half a century ago this week, Apollo 11 set out to land on the moon. It was the culmination of hundreds of thousands of brilliant engineers working to make science fiction into science fact. But who were the three men who went on the journey? What did they experience during their epic journey to an alien world? And what significance does their historic mission have for humanity 50 years later?\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw\n\nREFERENCES:\n\n*\"What You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Mission\" *\nby Charles Fishman \nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-you-didnt-know-about-apollo-11-mission-fifty-years-ago-180972165/\n\n'The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space'\nby Eugene Cernan and Don Davis\n\n'Somebody Else is on the Moon'\nby George H. Leonard\n\nSergei Korolev: the Rocket Genius Behind Yuri Gagarin\n(2011) Guardian article\nby Robin McKie\n\n'NOVA: To the Moon' (1997) PBS documentary \n\n'The Engines that Came in From the Cold' (2001) documentary \n\n'CuriousDroid' Youtube Channel \n\nMUSIC: \n\n\"Shores of Avalon\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Heavy Heart\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Perspectives\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Thunderbird\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Ossuary 1: A Begining\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Crossing the Divide\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/","content_html":"Half a century ago this week, Apollo 11 set out to land on the moon. It was the culmination of hundreds of thousands of brilliant engineers working to make science fiction into science fact. But who were the three men who went on the journey? What did they experience during their epic journey to an alien world? And what significance does their historic mission have for humanity 50 years later?
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n*"What You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Mission" *
\nby Charles Fishman
\nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-you-didnt-know-about-apollo-11-mission-fifty-years-ago-180972165/
'The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space'
\nby Eugene Cernan and Don Davis
'Somebody Else is on the Moon'
\nby George H. Leonard
Sergei Korolev: the Rocket Genius Behind Yuri Gagarin
\n(2011) Guardian article
\nby Robin McKie
'NOVA: To the Moon' (1997) PBS documentary
\n\n'The Engines that Came in From the Cold' (2001) documentary
\n\n'CuriousDroid' Youtube Channel
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Crossing the Divide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Michael Tremmel has a Bachelors Degree in physics and math from Northwestern University as well as a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Washington. He has written several publications in astrophysics journals about supermassive black holes and galaxy evolution. In this episode, he talks about popular misconceptions about black holes as well as the fabric of space-time itself.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nFor more content from guest Michael Tremmel, click here:
\nhttps://mtremmel.github.io/?fbclid=IwAR28u5BxUtzszdCv924Xm4gMKExL-VngRHkzwH20kJDuS6p6LUxDmfFnRcc
For listener questions and comments, email us here:
\nshow@universeuniversity.space
MUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Special Guest: Michael Tremmel.
","summary":"The author of multiple papers on supermassive black holes talks physics with host Chris Grant. ","date_published":"2019-06-28T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/7D2D9/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/5c737d2c-78fa-4d38-b319-aac5c25c3168/59b6ce11-d40c-4f18-a941-b145b9e27ae1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":40418209,"duration_in_seconds":3252}]},{"id":"ee4d71b6-4298-45b0-96b7-c3f0c53c48e2","title":"Episode 10: Black Holes: Windows to Oblivion ","url":"https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/21","content_text":"A European patent clerk with an overactive imagination revealed to the world the very fabric of space and time. But decades later, the discovery of black holes would reveal far more challenging facts about the nature of our universe: gaping holes in the very fabric of reality itself. Within the depths of black holes, we might find the keys to a comprehensive and unifiying understanding of quantum mechanics and General Relativity... or we might find a window to oblivion. \n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw\n\nPHOTO CAPTION: X-ray emissions as captured by the orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory.\n\nREFERENCES: \n\n\"The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity was Lost and Then Found Again\" by Jean Eisenstaedt \n\n\"Cygnus X-1\" StarDate.org\nhttp://blackholes.stardate.org/objects/factsheet-Cygnus-X-1.html\n\n\"Case Study: John Michell and Black Holes\" amnh.org\nhttps://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/cosmic-horizons/case-study-john-michell-and-black-holes\n\nMUSIC: \n\n\"Ossuary 6 - Air\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Heavy Heart\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Perspectives\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Americana\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Ossuary 1: A Begining\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Ossuary 5: Rest\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/","content_html":"A European patent clerk with an overactive imagination revealed to the world the very fabric of space and time. But decades later, the discovery of black holes would reveal far more challenging facts about the nature of our universe: gaping holes in the very fabric of reality itself. Within the depths of black holes, we might find the keys to a comprehensive and unifiying understanding of quantum mechanics and General Relativity... or we might find a window to oblivion.
\n\nIf you would like to make a contribution to the program, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/universeuniversity?fbclid=IwAR0GJjAwa3C1f8KKxDi7aeGVEO-Ou3dL10vmf1kQHjssQu5eEgmCkyNFMgw
\n\nPHOTO CAPTION: X-ray emissions as captured by the orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n"The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity was Lost and Then Found Again" by Jean Eisenstaedt
\n\n"Cygnus X-1" StarDate.org
\nhttp://blackholes.stardate.org/objects/factsheet-Cygnus-X-1.html
"Case Study: John Michell and Black Holes" amnh.org
\nhttps://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/cosmic-horizons/case-study-john-michell-and-black-holes
MUSIC:
\n\n"Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Americana" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Ossuary 5: Rest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Guest Konner Blunt joins Chris and Blake for the after talk to discuss Pluto, the discipline of science, and life on Mars.
\n\nPlease listen to his shows at:
\n\niTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-blunt-report/id1396353716
\n\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUAxZDojccGJFJVcvYHUXPw
\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/blunt_report
\n\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluntreport/
\n\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebluntreport/
\n\nFor listener questions and comments, email us here:
\nshow@universeuniversity.space
MUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Special Guest: Konner Blunt.
","summary":"Guest Konner Blunt joins the after talk to discuss Pluto, the discipline of science, and life on Mars.","date_published":"2019-04-19T03:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/7D2D9/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/5c737d2c-78fa-4d38-b319-aac5c25c3168/17793d09-9a45-424f-95c9-bd8a093e623b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74602085,"duration_in_seconds":4786}]},{"id":"69f98ab8-ba18-4e5a-90ec-7c80c76b4232","title":"Episode 9: Pluto: God of the Underworld ","url":"https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/19","content_text":"Discovered by an American farm boy in his early 20s, Pluto has captivated us for quite some time... but astronomers would later discover many other strange worlds within the outer boundaries of the solar system. And the mere existence of these worlds led to one of the greatest controveries in the history of astronomy. \n\n*PHOTO CAPTION: *\nPluto's mountain range (11,000 foot elevation) at sunset. \n\n*REFERENCES: *\n\n*\"Out of Darkness: The Planet Pluto\" *\nClyde Tombaugh \n\n*\"How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming\" *\nMichael E. Brown \n\n*MUSIC: *\n\n\"Nonstop\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Shores of Avalon\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Perspectives\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Americana\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Act Two\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\n\n\"Infinite Perspective\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/","content_html":"Discovered by an American farm boy in his early 20s, Pluto has captivated us for quite some time... but astronomers would later discover many other strange worlds within the outer boundaries of the solar system. And the mere existence of these worlds led to one of the greatest controveries in the history of astronomy.
\n\n*PHOTO CAPTION: *
\nPluto's mountain range (11,000 foot elevation) at sunset.
*REFERENCES: *
\n\n*"Out of Darkness: The Planet Pluto" *
\nClyde Tombaugh
*"How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming" *
\nMichael E. Brown
*MUSIC: *
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Americana" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Act Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Infinite Perspective" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
In a longer than average after talk; Host and Producer discuss the famous 'face' on Mars, the Space Exploration Initiative under President Bush, NERVA nuclear rockets, the problem of space junk, finding life on other planets, and the options for traveling to Mars.
\n\nFor listener questions and comments, email us here:
\nshow@universeuniversity.space
MUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Young entrepreneur Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the hopes of building his own rockets and sending human beings to Mars. In the 21st century alone, we have seen startling revelations about the red planet. But Musk would soon find out that rocketry is a tedious and difficult business. Today, he has plans to send human beings to Mars... but just making the journey there, let alone landing on its surface, could prove to be the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.
\n\nFor listener questions and comments, email us here:
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*REFERENCES: *
\n\n"The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must "
\nby Robert Zubrin
"Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future"
\nBy Ashlee Vance
*MUSIC: *
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Ossuary 1 - A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Infinite Perspective" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Guest Vera Demchenko joins the after talk to discuss her work at the famous Green Bank Observatory, life on Mars, Elon Musk, and the value of space exploration.
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\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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For some time now, human beings have been fascinated by the planet Mars, from its earthlike features to its potential for alien life. This world may hold vital clues as to whether or not human beings are alone in the universe. We've sent robots to explore the red planet, yet human beings have never set foot on its surface. If humans ever make it to this remote planet, it will be due to the dedicated efforts of a few bold and brilliant figures in our recent history.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Elon Musk's signature in the sand of another world.
\n\n*REFERENCES: *
\n\n"The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must "
\nby Robert Zubrin
"Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future"
\nBy Ashlee Vance
"A Brief History of Mars Missions" Space.com
\n\n"Mars and Its Canals" by Percival Lowell
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Infinite Perspective" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Ossuary 1 - A begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Host and Producer discuss space stations (including China's national space station), nuclear technology used for peaceful purposes, and Orion starships.
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CORRECTIONS:
\n\nThe "Colorado Skies" series still exists at the Fiske Planetarium. "A Closer Look" is just a separate series.
\n\nOur Mars episode will likely be released in February, not January.
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MUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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REFERENCE:
\n\n"Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship"
\nBy George Dyson
Since the dawn of the space age, the governments and militaries of the world have prepared for war in outer space: from the early days of the Cold War to America's Air Force in the 21st century... from anti-satellite weapons to Soviet military space stations. One military space vehicle was even designed that could carry human beings to the stars... or annihilate the entire human race.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Sketch of a Project Orion spacecraft
\n\n*REFERENCES: *
\n\n"Astrospies" NOVA, 2008 (Documentary)
\n\n"Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship"
\nBy George Dyson
*MUSIC: *
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Not As It Seems" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Ossuary 1 - A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Egmont Overture Finale" composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
\nKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Pepper's Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Crossing the Divide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Host and producer discuss Giordano Bruno's mystical beliefs, Neil deGrasse Tyson's politics, star gazing, light pollution, paradigm shifts in science, and the bible.
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MUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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REFERENCES:
\n\n'The Great Myths 3: Giordano Bruno was a Martyr for Science' by Tim O'Neill
\nhistoryforatheists.com
'A Burning Obsession: Cosmos and its Metaphysical Baggage' by Peter Hess
\nncse.com
'Copernicus and His World' (documentary)
\nOpen University (OU) and BBC London
For centuries, humanity concieved of a cosmos with a fixed earth at its center with stars and planets orbiting around it. Then one day, an obscure Polish priest proposed an outlandish new theory. But it was Galileo and his telescope that would provide the ultimate proof for this radical theory when he bore witness to the universe as it truly existed. Galileo boldly challenged the Catholic Church's view of the universe... in the process, he gave birth to modern astronomy.
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PHOTO CAPTION: The first known diagram to depict a heliocentric (sun centered) universe.
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Hidden Past" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Ossuary 1 – A Beginning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Americana" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Crossing the Divide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Suite Number 4 in D Minor, Sarabande" George Frideric Handel
\n\nREFERENCES:
\n\n*'Copernicus and His World' *(documentary)
\nOpen University (OU) and BBC London
'Galileo' by J.L. Heilbron
\n\n'The Stories Behind the Voyager Mission: Linda Morabedo Kelly'
\nby A.J.S. Rayl and Linda Morabedo Kelly
\nplanetary.org
For over a millenium, our understanding of the universe and our place within it had been deeply flawed. A few pioneers in astronomy concieved of the universe in a different way, challenging the established order. Yet one of them was more brazen than all the others. His name was Galileo and he is considered the father of modern science... but in the eyes of the Catholic Church, he was also a heretic.
\n\nJoin us for Episode 5: The Heretic on November 19th.
\n\n"Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Host and producer talk about moon landings, review the film 'First Man', Space X, talk recent news about the Soyuz, and look forward towards future episodes.
\n\nCORRECTION: In reality, Neil Armstrong did not bring a bracelet from his deceased daughter along with him to the moon, as portrayed in the film 'First Man'.
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MUSIC:
\n\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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In the thrilling conclusion to our three part series, the space race comes to a conclusive end with the first attempts to send human beings to the moon. In the late 1960s, the Soviet Union's once unstoppable space program suffered a serious setback but they were determined to press on. In America, Von Braun's Saturn V rocket was completed and tested. After the Apollo 1 tragedy, NASA decided to make a bold move to save the space program. Yet even as the Soviet Union lagged behind in the space race, they still had a few tricks up their sleeve.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Universe University's producer Blake stands next to a Saturn V F-1 rocket engine at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Crossing the Divide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Infinite Perspective" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Americana" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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REFERENCES:
\n\n'Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin'
\nby Piers Bizony and Jamie Doran
'The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space'
\nby Eugene Cernan and Don Davis
'Somebody Else is on the Moon'
\nby George H. Leonard
Sergei Korolev: the Rocket Genius Behind Yuri Gagarin
\n(2011) Guardian article
\nby Robin McKie
'NOVA: To the Moon' (1997) PBS documentary
\n\n'The Engines that Came in From the Cold' (2001) documentary
\n\n'CuriousDroid' Youtube Channel
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\n\nCORRETION: B.C. actually does stand for "Before Christ". It is a common misconception that A.D. stands for "After Death" rather than "Anno Domini".
\n\nFor listener questions and comments, email us here:
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Intro Music By
\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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America continued to strive to take the lead in the space race with Project Gemini but the Soviet Union's brilliant Chief Designer seemed to be ahead of them at every turn. America's efforts during this time resulted in some great victories in the space race but the price of this progress proved to be quite high.
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MUSIC:
\n\n"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Waltz of the Carnies" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Act Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Malicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Host (Chris) and producer (Blake) discuss the physical rigors of space travel, roller coasters, Nazi ethics, and the first human spaceflight.
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Intro Music By
\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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In mankind's most brutal and barbaric century, we witnessed the dawn of a new era: the space age. Born of wartime conflict, the modern rocket would become the chariot that carried human beings outside of the atmosphere and into outer space. But no human could have made the journey if not for the dedicated engineers that transformed science fiction into science fact. These men changed the course of world history and shifted the balance of power between superpowers.
\n\nToday, we begin our three-part series on the space race, from the murderous V-2 rockets of Nazi Germany to Cold War era spacecraft... from the earliest satellites to the first man in space. Join us at Universe University as we leave the earth and step out into the great wide open.
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Anguish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Intermission" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Host (Chris) and producer (Blake) have a discussion on E.T.s, quantum physics, H.G. Wells, and how human beings panic during a disaster.
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Intro Music By
\n"Slow Burn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Astronomers are already searching for signs of microscopic alien life on Mars and elsewhere but is there intelligent life in the universe? Are there advanced, technological civilizations like our own on other planets? Many astronomers believe the answer is yes and we may be on the verge of discovering it. Some scientists even think we may have discovered it already! Radioastronomy offers us a chance to listen for alien signals in the cosmos. But how will we prepare for a call from E.T.? And when E.T. does call, should we call back?
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\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Ossuary 1 - A Beginning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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At Universe University, former planetarium presenter Chris Grant will be taking listeners on an adventure through astronomy, theoretical physics, and the history of human spaceflight. Each new episode will include an aftertalk with discussion as well as Q&A about the content of the episode.
\n\nLook for Episode One: 'When E.T. Calls' coming out on Monday, October 1st!
\n\nMUSIC:
\n\n"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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