web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:11:15 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Just Read The Instructions” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/just%20read%20the%20instructions Thu, 24 Aug 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 102: A Falcon Launch & R2-D2 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/102 c5c75671-3656-46f6-a057-755f9b356d45 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 102 A Falcon Launch & R2-D2 full 1 John Mulnix I can't believe that almost another week has flown by. I want to give a huge thank you to all of the new listeners! I appreciate all of you taking the time to listen and if you have any ideas for the show, shoot me a DM. I'm always up to chat! 4:25 no I can't believe that almost another week has flown by. I want to give a huge thank you to all of the new listeners! I appreciate all of you taking the time to listen and if you have any ideas for the show, shoot me a DM. I'm always up to chat! Episode Links: Check out this video for coverage of the launch. The link I'm including starts at T-Minus 10 seconds, and if you want to see the landing, skip forward to about 21 minutes. The landing video is pretty crazy, even though it cuts out due to vibrations from the rocket engine during landing. SpaceX Webcast- Formosat-5 (https://youtu.be/J4u3ZN2g_MI?t=11m47s) This article from Eric Berger is a great look at what SpaceX has done this year. Ars Technica- SpaceX makes it a dozen launches in 2017, passes Russia [Updated] (https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/spacex-seeks-to-pass-russia-today-for-most-launches-in-2017/) Formosat-5 Information (https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/f/formosat-5) SpaceX Formosat-5 Press Release (http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/formosat5presskit.pdf) drone ship landing, falcon, falcon 9, formosat 5, just read the instructions, rocket podcast, space, space history podcast, space podcast, space science, space shot, spacex, stem, stem podcast, the space shot, the space shot podcast, vafb, vandenberg, spacex podcast, I can't believe that almost another week has flown by. I want to give a huge thank you to all of the new listeners! I appreciate all of you taking the time to listen and if you have any ideas for the show, shoot me a DM. I'm always up to chat!

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Check out this video for coverage of the launch. The link I'm including starts at T-Minus 10 seconds, and if you want to see the landing, skip forward to about 21 minutes. The landing video is pretty crazy, even though it cuts out due to vibrations from the rocket engine during landing.
SpaceX Webcast- Formosat-5

This article from Eric Berger is a great look at what SpaceX has done this year.
Ars Technica- SpaceX makes it a dozen launches in 2017, passes Russia [Updated]

Formosat-5 Information

SpaceX Formosat-5 Press Release

]]> I can't believe that almost another week has flown by. I want to give a huge thank you to all of the new listeners! I appreciate all of you taking the time to listen and if you have any ideas for the show, shoot me a DM. I'm always up to chat!

Episode Links:

Check out this video for coverage of the launch. The link I'm including starts at T-Minus 10 seconds, and if you want to see the landing, skip forward to about 21 minutes. The landing video is pretty crazy, even though it cuts out due to vibrations from the rocket engine during landing.
SpaceX Webcast- Formosat-5

This article from Eric Berger is a great look at what SpaceX has done this year.
Ars Technica- SpaceX makes it a dozen launches in 2017, passes Russia [Updated]

Formosat-5 Information

SpaceX Formosat-5 Press Release

]]> Episode 42: The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/42 2ee26b80-fd6f-476d-a390-2673e310a647 Sun, 25 Jun 2017 16:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 42 The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything full 1 John Mulnix SpaceX and Iridium, Hermann Oberth, Progress-Mir collision, and STS-50. I’ve got a big episode for you today, so let’s get to it. 6:50 no Episode Links: 42 (https://www.quora.com/Why-and-how-is-42-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything) SpaceX Iridium Launch and Landing Video (http://www.spacex.com/webcast) SpaceX Launch Vehicle Core History (https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/wiki/cores) Elon Musk- Tweets about Titanium Grid Fins (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/878821062326198272) Elon Musk- Twitter Feed (https://twitter.com/elonmusk) Michael Foale Oral History (https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4225/oral-histories/foale.pdf) Michael Foale Biography (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/foale.html) NYT- Russian Space Station Damaged In Collision With a Cargo Vessel (http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/26/world/russian-space-station-damaged-in-collision-with-a-cargo-vessel.html) Hermann Oberth Biography (https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/rocketry/home/hermann-oberth.html) Star Trek- Oberth-Class Starship (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Oberth_class) NASA STS-50 Mission (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-50/mission-sts-50.html) drone ship, falcon, falcon 9, hermann oberth, history, hitchhikers guide, just read the instructions, mir, nasa, pop culture, reddit, science history, shuttle, space, space history, space shot, space shuttle, space station, spacex, star trek, the space shot, vafb, space history podcast, space podcast, space shuttle podcast, iss podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:

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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

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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

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