web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:19:57 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Nixon” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/nixon Wed, 01 Jan 2020 21:00:00 -0600 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 406: The Week in Space History- December 30th to January 5th https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/406 1f8e3639-7b69-4744-97ef-871684681b42 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 21:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 406 The Week in Space History- December 30th to January 5th full 3 John Mulnix Happy New Year! This week we head out past Pluto, then return home for some Space Shuttle policy history. 19:55 no Happy New Year! This week we head out past Pluto, then return home for some Space Shuttle policy history. My top ten space movies episode is still coming, I've decided to watch some of these movies again so I can properly rank them. I also have a decade in review episode coming soon, it's going to be a retrospective of the big events of the 2010's and a look forward to what I'm excited for in the 2020's. Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Ultima Thule- New Horizons (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-spacecraft-returns-its-sharpest-views-of-ultima-thule) Luna 1- NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-012A) Luna 2- The Space Shot Episode 122 (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/122) Mars Polar Lander (https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/polar-lander/) Spirit Rover- NASA (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-exploration-rover-spirit-mer-spirit/) A Martian Sunset (nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_481.html) The Kepler mission may have ended last year, but the data gathered by this spacecraft is still being studied by astronomers. Check out the Kepler website. Kepler and K2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html) Statements from President Nixon and Administrator Fletcher on the Space Shuttle (https://history.nasa.gov/stsnixon.htm) nixon podcast, nixon and nasa, dr fletcher, nasa administrator podcast, space policy podcast, space policy, space history podcast, space podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa history, nasa podcast, history podcast, luna 2 podcast, luna 2, luna 1, ultima thule podcast, new horizons podcast, mars podcast, mars mission podcast, spirit podcast, spirit rover, spirit and opportunity, spirit and opportunity rovers, mars rovers, mars rovers podcast, Happy New Year! This week we head out past Pluto, then return home for some Space Shuttle policy history.

My top ten space movies episode is still coming, I've decided to watch some of these movies again so I can properly rank them. I also have a decade in review episode coming soon, it's going to be a retrospective of the big events of the 2010's and a look forward to what I'm excited for in the 2020's.

Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out!

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Ultima Thule- New Horizons

Luna 1- NASA

Luna 2- The Space Shot Episode 122

Mars Polar Lander

Spirit Rover- NASA

[A Martian Sunset](nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_481.html)

The Kepler mission may have ended last year, but the data gathered by this spacecraft is still being studied by astronomers. Check out the Kepler website.
Kepler and K2

Statements from President Nixon and Administrator Fletcher on the Space Shuttle

]]> Happy New Year! This week we head out past Pluto, then return home for some Space Shuttle policy history.

My top ten space movies episode is still coming, I've decided to watch some of these movies again so I can properly rank them. I also have a decade in review episode coming soon, it's going to be a retrospective of the big events of the 2010's and a look forward to what I'm excited for in the 2020's.

Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out!

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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Ultima Thule- New Horizons

Luna 1- NASA

Luna 2- The Space Shot Episode 122

Mars Polar Lander

Spirit Rover- NASA

[A Martian Sunset](nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_481.html)

The Kepler mission may have ended last year, but the data gathered by this spacecraft is still being studied by astronomers. Check out the Kepler website.
Kepler and K2

Statements from President Nixon and Administrator Fletcher on the Space Shuttle

]]> Episode 398: The Week in Space History- October 21st-27th https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/398 d2f13d9a-e6db-40da-aeb0-ec3347b9e74e Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 398 The Week in Space History- October 21st-27th full 3 John Mulnix The week in space history for October 21st to the 27th. Apologies for the delay in getting this out. I had some computer difficulties, the joys of an aging laptop, which put me behind. 17:17 no The week in space history for October 21st to the 27th. Apologies for the delay in getting this out. I had some computer difficulties, the joys of an aging laptop, which put me behind. Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Cosmo.org- Everything Under the Stars (https://cosmo.org/news-and-events/everything-under-the-stars) Penetrating the Iron Curtain- CIA.gov (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/cold-war/resolving-the-missile-gap-with-technology) Resolving the Missile Gap- Paywall (https://primarysources.brillonline.com/browse/cold-war-intelligence/leonard-f-parkinson-and-logan-h-potter-closing-the-missile-gap-studies-in-intelligence-may-1975-secret;b09019) STS-120 NASA.gov (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html) The Mississippi Test Facility (https://medium.com/@johnmulnix/the-mississippi-test-facility-a4224ddf8978) The Final Free Flight of the Enterprise (https://medium.com/@johnmulnix/the-final-free-flight-of-the-enterprise-14102c7a542d) Saturn I- First Flight (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/this-week-in-nasa-history-first-saturn-rocket-sa-1-launches-oct-27-1961.html) apollo, apollo 7, nasa history, sts-120, sts 120, space shuttle, missile gap, cold war, cold war history, history, space history, jfk, nixon, jfk nixon debate, LAGEOS, LAGEOS II, STS-52, STS 52, Peggy Whitson, Pamela Melroy, nedelin catastrophe, deep space 1, ion engine, mississippi test facility, john c stennis space center, shuttle enterprise, space shuttle enterprise, enterprise, USS Enterprise, astronauts, approach and landing tests, shuttle approach and landing tests, The week in space history for October 21st to the 27th. Apologies for the delay in getting this out. I had some computer difficulties, the joys of an aging laptop, which put me behind.

Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out!

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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Cosmo.org- Everything Under the Stars

Penetrating the Iron Curtain- CIA.gov

Resolving the Missile Gap- Paywall

STS-120 NASA.gov

The Mississippi Test Facility

The Final Free Flight of the Enterprise

Saturn I- First Flight

]]> The week in space history for October 21st to the 27th. Apologies for the delay in getting this out. I had some computer difficulties, the joys of an aging laptop, which put me behind.

Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out!

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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Cosmo.org- Everything Under the Stars

Penetrating the Iron Curtain- CIA.gov

Resolving the Missile Gap- Paywall

STS-120 NASA.gov

The Mississippi Test Facility

The Final Free Flight of the Enterprise

Saturn I- First Flight

]]> Episode 236: Space Horizons at the end of Apollo https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/236 4dfb4b9e-5e8f-4ab8-8839-6e0cd577206a Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 236 Space Horizons at the end of Apollo full 1 John Mulnix Happy Friday! 12:33 no Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Just one link for today! President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle (https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/stsnixon.htm) apollo, fletcher, james fletcher, nixon, richard nixon, shuttle, space policy, space shuttle, nasa history, space politics, Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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Just one link for today!

President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle

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President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle

]]> Episode 184: Apollo 12- Lightning Strikes Twice https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/184 fd13fbdf-aac4-4705-b072-58250443c934 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 14:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 184 Apollo 12- Lightning Strikes Twice full 1 John Mulnix Happy Apollo 12 launch anniversary! I'd appreciate it if you could share the podcast with your friends! 8:30 no Note I forgot to mention the static you hear in the mission audio is a result of the lightning striking the vehicle. I left it in to give a sense of when the lightning hit Apollo 12, not to kill your ears or anything. John Happy Apollo 12 launch anniversary! I'd appreciate it if you could share the podcast with your friends! Be sure to connect with me online, find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: There will be more Apollo 12 content over the next ten days or so. Apollo 12 Mission Audio (https://archive.org/details/Apollo12Audio/358-AAA.wav) Apollo 12 Mission Page- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo12.html) Apollo 12 Press Kit- PDF (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/A12_PressKit.pdf) John Aaron Oral History (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/AaronJW/AaronJW_1-18-00.htm) apollo, apollo 12, john aaron, lightning, nixon, rocket launch, apollo podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, Note I forgot to mention the static you hear in the mission audio is a result of the lightning striking the vehicle. I left it in to give a sense of when the lightning hit Apollo 12, not to kill your ears or anything.
John

Happy Apollo 12 launch anniversary! I'd appreciate it if you could share the podcast with your friends!

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There will be more Apollo 12 content over the next ten days or so.

Apollo 12 Mission Audio

Apollo 12 Mission Page- NASA

Apollo 12 Press Kit- PDF

John Aaron Oral History

]]> Note I forgot to mention the static you hear in the mission audio is a result of the lightning striking the vehicle. I left it in to give a sense of when the lightning hit Apollo 12, not to kill your ears or anything.
John

Happy Apollo 12 launch anniversary! I'd appreciate it if you could share the podcast with your friends!

Be sure to connect with me online, find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below.
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There will be more Apollo 12 content over the next ten days or so.

Apollo 12 Mission Audio

Apollo 12 Mission Page- NASA

Apollo 12 Press Kit- PDF

John Aaron Oral History

]]> Episode 160: The Missile Gap https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/160 5ddeea13-cbbf-46e4-b150-6bda86f0f72d Sat, 21 Oct 2017 22:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 160 The Missile Gap full 1 John Mulnix That was one crazy Saturday. I've done a lot of reading about the "missile gap" over the past few days and didn't have time to record today's episode until this evening. Have a great weekend! 7:42 no Be sure to connect with me online, find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: 4th Presidential Debate- October 21st, 1960: C-SPAN (https://www.c-span.org/video/?33219-1/1960-presidential-candidates-fourth-debate) Penetrating the Iron Curtain: Resolving the Missile Gap with Technology (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/cold-war/resolving-the-missile-gap-with-technology/missile-gap.pdf) CORONA (http://www.nro.gov/history/csnr/corona/index.html) "Program for Aquatone Coverage of the USSR" (https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/1957-10-09a.pdf) Future Plans for Project Aquatone (https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000743239.pdf) What was the Missile Gap? CIA.gov (https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/collection/what-was-missile-gap?page=1) cia, cold war, corona, debate, icbm, jfk, missile gap, missile gap debate, nixon, ussr, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, space race podcast, Be sure to connect with me online, find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below.
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4th Presidential Debate- October 21st, 1960: C-SPAN

Penetrating the Iron Curtain: Resolving the Missile Gap with Technology

CORONA

"Program for Aquatone Coverage of the USSR"

Future Plans for Project Aquatone

What was the Missile Gap? CIA.gov

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4th Presidential Debate- October 21st, 1960: C-SPAN

Penetrating the Iron Curtain: Resolving the Missile Gap with Technology

CORONA

"Program for Aquatone Coverage of the USSR"

Future Plans for Project Aquatone

What was the Missile Gap? CIA.gov

]]> Episode 52: We Choose to Talk About Presidential Speeches and Policy https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/52 83fc2bfa-50a1-45d3-b32e-59ce8c5f1d83 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 52 We Choose to Talk About Presidential Speeches and Policy full 1 John Mulnix 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. 7:44 no 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/) 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, Episode Links:

JFK Rice University Speech
JFK Urgent National Needs

President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle

Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech

President Obama's April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century
President Obama Speech Transcript

NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center
Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council

On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit

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JFK Rice University Speech
JFK Urgent National Needs

President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle

Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech

President Obama's April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century
President Obama Speech Transcript

NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center
Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council

On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit

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