web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:09:31 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Legos” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/legos Mon, 03 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 50: Lego Rockets, Comets, a Birthday, and the Soviet N-1 Rocket https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/50 943c4db0-a335-413c-babb-fc2c2e3f0e5c Mon, 03 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 50 Lego Rockets, Comets, a Birthday, and the Soviet N-1 Rocket full 1 John Mulnix The title says it all ;) Subscribe today and be sure to follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for the Lego Saturn V giveaway! 6:16 no Episode Links: SpaceX Statement On 7/3/17 Abort (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/882040096718897153) NASA Deep Impact Website (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html) Deep Impact- Impactor Video (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/HRIV_Impact.gif) Why Study Comets? (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/media/f_whycomets.html) Harrison "Jack" Schmitt- NASA Biography (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/schmitt-hh.html) apollo 17, comets, deep impact, falcon 9, geology, history, jack schmitt, lego, lego saturn v, legos, lunar soil, moon dust, moon landing, moon shot, n-1, nasa, soviet union, space, space history, space shot, spacex, tempel 1, the space race, the space shot, apollo podcast, space podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space history podcast, space race podcast, Episode Links:

SpaceX Statement On 7/3/17 Abort

NASA Deep Impact Website
Deep Impact- Impactor Video
Why Study Comets?

Harrison "Jack" Schmitt- NASA Biography

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SpaceX Statement On 7/3/17 Abort

NASA Deep Impact Website
Deep Impact- Impactor Video
Why Study Comets?

Harrison "Jack" Schmitt- NASA Biography

]]> Episode 31: Difference Engines, Albert II, and the V-2 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/31 069211b6-7e17-42c8-b4d0-852642231c2f Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 31 Difference Engines, Albert II, and the V-2 full 1 John Mulnix On this day in 1822, Charles Babbage introduced the idea for his Difference Engine, a computational device that he hoped would produce more accurate mathematical tables. Also on this day in 1949, Albert II died after reaching space. 5:24 no Episode Links: I forgot to mention this in the episode, here is a video of a working Lego Difference Engine! This is super cool and worth checking out! Lego Difference Engine (http://acarol.woz.org/difference_engine.html) Babbage's Difference Engine- Wired YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0anIyVGeWOI) Computer History Museum- The Babbage Engine (http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/) Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range- Amazon.com(Page 182 for quote in today's episode (https://www.amazon.com/Pocketful-Rockets-History-Stories-Missile/dp/1492773506/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497448930&sr=8-1&keywords=pocketful+of+rockets) A Brief History of Animals in Space (https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html) Hidden Figures- IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/) animals, difference engine, lego, legos, missiles, monkeys, nasa, otd, rockets, space, spaceflight, v-2, white sands, white sands missile range, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

I forgot to mention this in the episode, here is a video of a working Lego Difference Engine! This is super cool and worth checking out!
Lego Difference Engine

Babbage's Difference Engine- Wired YouTube Video
Computer History Museum- The Babbage Engine

Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range- Amazon.com(Page 182 for quote in today's episode

A Brief History of Animals in Space

Hidden Figures- IMDB

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I forgot to mention this in the episode, here is a video of a working Lego Difference Engine! This is super cool and worth checking out!
Lego Difference Engine

Babbage's Difference Engine- Wired YouTube Video
Computer History Museum- The Babbage Engine

Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range- Amazon.com(Page 182 for quote in today's episode

A Brief History of Animals in Space

Hidden Figures- IMDB

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