web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:48:57 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Monkeys” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/monkeys Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:00:00 -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 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

]]> Episode 14: Able & Miss Baker: The Monkeynauts https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/14 cb5ddabe-3d4e-450f-8622-64f76eef7b9c Sun, 28 May 2017 17:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 14 Able & Miss Baker: The Monkeynauts full 1 John Mulnix The first successful flight with two monkeys happened on this day in 1959. Able and Miss Baker were special little creatures, especially Miss Baker. Download episode 14 to hear more about her! 5:59 no Episode Links: NASA: A Brief History of Animals in Space (https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html) Miss Baker Gravesite (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10621868) NPR: After 50 Years, Space Monkeys Not Forgotten (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104578202) The Smithsonian: Able On Display (https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/monkey-able) Rome News Tribune: Monkeys wed at Huntsville (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wAUvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9jIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss%20baker%20monkey%20norman%20died&pg=6633%2C1780576) Youtube: Newsreel Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZOATIWNIsM) able and baker, apollo, beam, bigelow aerospace, iss, miss baker, monkeys, space, space monkeys, spacex, spacex podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:
NASA: A Brief History of Animals in Space
Miss Baker Gravesite
NPR: After 50 Years, Space Monkeys Not Forgotten
The Smithsonian: Able On Display
Rome News Tribune: Monkeys wed at Huntsville
Youtube: Newsreel Video

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NASA: A Brief History of Animals in Space
Miss Baker Gravesite
NPR: After 50 Years, Space Monkeys Not Forgotten
The Smithsonian: Able On Display
Rome News Tribune: Monkeys wed at Huntsville
Youtube: Newsreel Video

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