web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:13:26 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Gamma Rays” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/gamma-rays Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0500 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, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot. en-us episodic A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed. 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, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot. no space, history, space history, nasa, science, stem, sci-fi, science fiction, space podcast, interviews, space interviews, John Mulnix johnmulnix@gmail.com Episode 49: Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/49 e9201d21-a3a5-4203-b704-4a384002aa3c Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 49 Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds full 1 John Mulnix Gamma-Rays, a Falcon 9, and some Lego Saturn V info. Subscribe to the episode today, especially so you don't miss the announcement tomorrow. 4:48 no Episode Links: Project Vela- Astronautix.com](http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html) Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/263145.pdf) DARPA- Project Vela (http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/timeline/vela) Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13 (http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/2002283188.pdf) What Is a Supernova? Space.com (https://www.space.com/6638-supernova.html) Gamma-Ray Astronomy (https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/gamma_ray_astronomy1.html) A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries (https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/history/) astronomy, cold war, falcon 9, gamma ray astronomy, gamma ray burst, gamma rays, gamma-rays, grb, history, intelsat, nasa, nuclear weapons, project vela, space, space shot, spacex, the space shot, vela, spacex podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, spacex podcast, elon musk podcast, cold war podcast, 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

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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 28: Gamma-rays, Gemstones, and the Fermi Space Telescope https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/28 ecb0a79e-159c-400b-a69d-a969ba9ddaf0 Sun, 11 Jun 2017 17:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 28 Gamma-rays, Gemstones, and the Fermi Space Telescope full 1 John Mulnix Today we are going to talk about Gamma rays. And no, not the kind that transformed Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk, but the kind that the Fermi Gamma Ray telescope is designed to observe. 5:06 no Episode Links: Fermi- Gamma-ray Space Telescope- NASA (https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/) Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141458.htm) Fermi Observations of High-Energy Gamma-ray Emission (Paywall) (http://science.sciencemag.org/content/323/5922/1688.full) NASA Press Release, Re-Naming Future Telescope Mission (https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/feb/HQ_08036_GLAST.html) Thunderstorms Beam Into Space- Infographic (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/three_panel_100dpi.jpg) NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/fermi-thunderstorms.html) NASA Budget Estimate for FY 2017 (Fermi mission on page 213) (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy_2017_budget_estimates.pdf) Gamma-ray Astronomy Timeline- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/main/timeline.html) An Introduction to Gem Treatments- Gemological Institute of America (https://www.gia.edu/gem-treatment) Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (http://www.columbianeurosurgery.org/conditions/gamma-knife-radiosurgery/) astronomy, bruce banner, fermi, gamma rays, gamma-rays, gems, gemstones, gia, hulk, incredible hulk, irradiation, light speed, lightning, nasa, radio astronomy, space, thunderstorms, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space science podcast, fermi paradox podcast, 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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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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