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    <title>The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Kennedy”</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2017 03:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
    <description>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. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed.</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>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. 
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  <title>Episode 192: First Contact</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2017 03:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <author>John Mulnix</author>
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  <itunes:episode>192</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>First Contact</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>"And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek." ;)</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>9:51</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>Please leave a review on iTunes; it takes just a minute to do that.  If you've got the Podcasts App on an iPhone, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate"  :) Thanks! 
Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. 
Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/)
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Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix)
Episode Links:
Star Trek: First Contact- IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117731/)
Star Trek: First Contact- Memory Alpha (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_First_Contact)
Amazon.com- Star Trek: First Contact (https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-VIII-First-Contact/dp/B000IZ8SD8)
Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs, 25 May 1961 (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx)
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  <itunes:keywords>borg, first contact, jfk, kennedy, pop culture, space history, space shuttle, star trek, star trek first contact, story musgrave, uss enterprise, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, </itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Please leave a review on iTunes; it takes just a minute to do that.  If you&#39;ve got the Podcasts App on an iPhone, just search &quot;Space Shot&quot; then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see &quot;Tap to Rate&quot;  :) Thanks! <br>
Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. <br>
<a href="https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Instagram</strong></a></p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/johnmulnix" rel="nofollow"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></p>

<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117731/" rel="nofollow">Star Trek: First Contact- IMDb</a></p>

<p><a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_First_Contact" rel="nofollow">Star Trek: First Contact- Memory Alpha</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-VIII-First-Contact/dp/B000IZ8SD8" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com- Star Trek: First Contact</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx" rel="nofollow">Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs, 25 May 1961</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Please leave a review on iTunes; it takes just a minute to do that.  If you&#39;ve got the Podcasts App on an iPhone, just search &quot;Space Shot&quot; then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see &quot;Tap to Rate&quot;  :) Thanks! <br>
Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. <br>
<a href="https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Instagram</strong></a></p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/johnmulnix" rel="nofollow"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></p>

<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117731/" rel="nofollow">Star Trek: First Contact- IMDb</a></p>

<p><a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_First_Contact" rel="nofollow">Star Trek: First Contact- Memory Alpha</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-VIII-First-Contact/dp/B000IZ8SD8" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com- Star Trek: First Contact</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx" rel="nofollow">Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs, 25 May 1961</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 52: We Choose to Talk About Presidential Speeches and Policy</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>John Mulnix</author>
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  <itunes:episode>52</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>We Choose to Talk About Presidential Speeches and Policy</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>From President Eisenhower to Presidents Obama and Trump, we have had speeches that cover American ambitions in space. Download this episode for a quick primer on some of these speeches and policies. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>7:44</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>Episode Links:
JFK Rice University Speech (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/MkATdOcdU06X5uNHbmqm1Q.aspx)
JFK Urgent National Needs (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx)
President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle (https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/stsnixon.htm)
Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech (https://youtu.be/Qa7icmqgsow)
President Obama's April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century (https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-15-2010-remarks-space-exploration-21st-century)
President Obama Speech Transcript (https://www.nasa.gov/news/media/trans/obama_ksc_trans.html)
NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-provides-coverage-of-vice-president-pence-s-visit-to-kennedy-space-center)
Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/30/presidential-executive-order-reviving-national-space-council)
On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit (https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/after-two-last-second-scrubs-spacex-will-try-again-wednesday/)
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  <itunes:keywords>apollo, bush, carter, challenger, challenger disaster, clinton, commercial cargo, commercial crew, commercial space, executive branch, falcon 1, falcon 9, ford, george bush, hw bush, iss, jfk, kennedy, launches, nasa, nixon, obama, politics, presidential policy, presidential speeches, shuttle, space, space shot, spacex, speeches, the space shot, w bush, we choose to go to the moon, space shuttle podcast, space race podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, </itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/MkATdOcdU06X5uNHbmqm1Q.aspx" rel="nofollow">JFK Rice University Speech</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx" rel="nofollow">JFK Urgent National Needs</a></p>

<p><a href="https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/stsnixon.htm" rel="nofollow">President Nixon&#39;s 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle</a></p>

<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Qa7icmqgsow" rel="nofollow">Challenger: President Reagan&#39;s Challenger Disaster Speech</a></p>

<p><a href="https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-15-2010-remarks-space-exploration-21st-century" rel="nofollow">President Obama&#39;s April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news/media/trans/obama_ksc_trans.html" rel="nofollow">President Obama Speech Transcript</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-provides-coverage-of-vice-president-pence-s-visit-to-kennedy-space-center" rel="nofollow">NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center</a><br>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/30/presidential-executive-order-reviving-national-space-council" rel="nofollow">Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council</a></p>

<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/after-two-last-second-scrubs-spacex-will-try-again-wednesday/" rel="nofollow">On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/MkATdOcdU06X5uNHbmqm1Q.aspx" rel="nofollow">JFK Rice University Speech</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx" rel="nofollow">JFK Urgent National Needs</a></p>

<p><a href="https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/stsnixon.htm" rel="nofollow">President Nixon&#39;s 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle</a></p>

<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Qa7icmqgsow" rel="nofollow">Challenger: President Reagan&#39;s Challenger Disaster Speech</a></p>

<p><a href="https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-15-2010-remarks-space-exploration-21st-century" rel="nofollow">President Obama&#39;s April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news/media/trans/obama_ksc_trans.html" rel="nofollow">President Obama Speech Transcript</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-provides-coverage-of-vice-president-pence-s-visit-to-kennedy-space-center" rel="nofollow">NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center</a><br>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/30/presidential-executive-order-reviving-national-space-council" rel="nofollow">Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council</a></p>

<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/after-two-last-second-scrubs-spacex-will-try-again-wednesday/" rel="nofollow">On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 13: JFK- Part 3</title>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 21:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>John Mulnix</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/ea1f749c-7812-45de-a906-c492077f53c2/856f540d-e23e-43c3-b909-bfe7b7ba99dc.mp3" length="9202084" type="audio/mp3"/>
  <itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>JFK- Part 3</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>The last of three episodes covering President Kennedy and the early days of the space race.  Also I've got a little bit about a SpaceX Falcon 9 landing that occured one year ago today.  Tomorrow Able &amp; Baker take a ride into space. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>6:17</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>Episode Links: 
Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon (http://spacepolicy.net/book-review-john-f-kennedy-and-the-race-to-the-moon/)
SpaceX THAICOM 8 Webcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYC4f79iXc)
SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Returns to Port (https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/26814484893/in/photolist-Hq2kSc-GAwM2y-HzUetZ-Hq2jRp-Hq2kuD-HzUe2X-HzUeiD-GRvfa4-GRmyX3-GRmoVj-HwRKcm-GRuQGx-HzUebp-HEPKk8-HJ8LQo-HwRJWG-GRmzLY-HM9adF-GRmzwj)
Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, November 22, 1963- Undelivered (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/JFK-Speeches/Austin-TX-Undelivered_19631122.aspx)
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  <itunes:keywords>apollo, drone ship, falcon 9, jfk, kennedy, landing, of course i still love you, soviet union, space race, spacex, thaicom 8, space podcast, space history podcast, apollo 50, apollo 50 podcast, apollo history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, jfk podcast, spacex podcast, </itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: <br>
<a href="http://spacepolicy.net/book-review-john-f-kennedy-and-the-race-to-the-moon/" rel="nofollow">Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon</a><br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYC4f79iXc" rel="nofollow">SpaceX THAICOM 8 Webcast</a><br>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/26814484893/in/photolist-Hq2kSc-GAwM2y-HzUetZ-Hq2jRp-Hq2kuD-HzUe2X-HzUeiD-GRvfa4-GRmyX3-GRmoVj-HwRKcm-GRuQGx-HzUebp-HEPKk8-HJ8LQo-HwRJWG-GRmzLY-HM9adF-GRmzwj" rel="nofollow">SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Returns to Port</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/JFK-Speeches/Austin-TX-Undelivered_19631122.aspx" rel="nofollow">Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, November 22, 1963- Undelivered</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: <br>
<a href="http://spacepolicy.net/book-review-john-f-kennedy-and-the-race-to-the-moon/" rel="nofollow">Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon</a><br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYC4f79iXc" rel="nofollow">SpaceX THAICOM 8 Webcast</a><br>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/26814484893/in/photolist-Hq2kSc-GAwM2y-HzUetZ-Hq2jRp-Hq2kuD-HzUe2X-HzUeiD-GRvfa4-GRmyX3-GRmoVj-HwRKcm-GRuQGx-HzUebp-HEPKk8-HJ8LQo-HwRJWG-GRmzLY-HM9adF-GRmzwj" rel="nofollow">SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Returns to Port</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/JFK-Speeches/Austin-TX-Undelivered_19631122.aspx" rel="nofollow">Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, November 22, 1963- Undelivered</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 12: JFK- Part 2</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2017 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>John Mulnix</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/ea1f749c-7812-45de-a906-c492077f53c2/06a23e85-ee5b-4c6c-a207-69bf626faf0e.mp3" length="10659930" type="audio/mp3"/>
  <itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>JFK- Part 2</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>The second part of three episodes covering President Kennedy's Urgent National Needs speech and the beginning of the Space Race. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>7:17</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>Episode Links: 
Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon (http://spacepolicy.net/book-review-john-f-kennedy-and-the-race-to-the-moon/)
Operation Paperclip- Rethinking von Braun’s Legacy (http://spacepolicy.net/hello-world/)
Kennedy, Before Choosing the Moon: 'I'm Not That Interested in Space' (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/kennedy-before-choosing-the-moon-im-not-that-interested-in-space/262287/) 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>explorer 1, jfk, kennedy, moon, operation paperclip, rockets, space race, sputnik, v-2 rocket, vanguard, space race podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, jfk podcast, space exploration podcast, </itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: <br>
<a href="http://spacepolicy.net/book-review-john-f-kennedy-and-the-race-to-the-moon/" rel="nofollow">Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon</a><br>
<a href="http://spacepolicy.net/hello-world/" rel="nofollow">Operation Paperclip- Rethinking von Braun’s Legacy</a><br>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/kennedy-before-choosing-the-moon-im-not-that-interested-in-space/262287/" rel="nofollow">Kennedy, Before Choosing the Moon: &#39;I&#39;m Not That Interested in Space&#39;</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: <br>
<a href="http://spacepolicy.net/book-review-john-f-kennedy-and-the-race-to-the-moon/" rel="nofollow">Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon</a><br>
<a href="http://spacepolicy.net/hello-world/" rel="nofollow">Operation Paperclip- Rethinking von Braun’s Legacy</a><br>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/kennedy-before-choosing-the-moon-im-not-that-interested-in-space/262287/" rel="nofollow">Kennedy, Before Choosing the Moon: &#39;I&#39;m Not That Interested in Space&#39;</a></p>]]>
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