web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:52:50 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Nuclear Weapons” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/nuclear%20weapons Sat, 05 Aug 2017 23:00:00 -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 83: Mars Missions, Nukes, and Jupiter https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/83 4bf3bcc5-0714-463e-a84d-d7a4b657bb99 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 83 Mars Missions, Nukes, and Jupiter full 1 John Mulnix It's a longer episode tonight and it's out later than I had hoped, but I couldn't pass up getting out with my coworkers for a delicious steak dinner. Subscribe today and never miss an episode. 10:45 no Episode Links: If you check out one link, make it the 7 Minutes of Terror video! The skycrane lander that was used is crazy to think about. Worth the 5 minutes or so to watch. 7 Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars (https://youtu.be/Ki_Af_o9Q9s) Curiosity Rover Home Page (https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/) Phoenix Lander In Depth (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/phoenix/indepth) Toxic Mars: Astronauts Must Deal with Perchlorate on the Red Planet (https://www.space.com/21554-mars-toxic-perchlorate-chemicals.html) ULA Atlas V Information Page (http://www.ulalaunch.com/products_atlasv.aspx) Juno- NASA Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html) Biography of Neil Armstrong (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html) Mariner Missions (https://mars.nasa.gov/files/mep/Mars-Mission-Mariner-Fact-Sheet.pdf) SpaceX- AsiaSat 8 Launch Webcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=essrkMGlw5s) Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (https://www.state.gov/t/isn/4797.htm) armstrong, cold war, curiosity rover, jfk, johnson space center, jovian system, jsc, juno, jupiter, mars, mars rover, mars spacecraft, mars weather, martian, moon, moon landing, neil armstrong, nuclear weapons, phoenix lander, rovers, space, space shot, the space shot, ula podcast, united launch alliance podcast, mars podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, cold war podcast, space race podcast, jsc podcast, Episode Links:

If you check out one link, make it the 7 Minutes of Terror video! The skycrane lander that was used is crazy to think about. Worth the 5 minutes or so to watch.
7 Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars
Curiosity Rover Home Page

Phoenix Lander In Depth
Toxic Mars: Astronauts Must Deal with Perchlorate on the Red Planet

ULA Atlas V Information Page
Juno- NASA Mission Page

Biography of Neil Armstrong

Mariner Missions
SpaceX- AsiaSat 8 Launch Webcast

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water

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If you check out one link, make it the 7 Minutes of Terror video! The skycrane lander that was used is crazy to think about. Worth the 5 minutes or so to watch.
7 Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars
Curiosity Rover Home Page

Phoenix Lander In Depth
Toxic Mars: Astronauts Must Deal with Perchlorate on the Red Planet

ULA Atlas V Information Page
Juno- NASA Mission Page

Biography of Neil Armstrong

Mariner Missions
SpaceX- AsiaSat 8 Launch Webcast

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water

]]> Episode 56: Starfish Prime & Tron https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/56 5a37beaa-573b-4c2e-bc81-f06db175d769 Sun, 09 Jul 2017 20:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 56 Starfish Prime & Tron full 1 John Mulnix Nukes in space and people in computers, a pop culture, and nuclear history episode. Subscribe today! 6:04 no Episode Links: Starfish Prime- CTBTO Website (https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/9-july-1962starfish-prime-outer-space) Starfish Prime Video (https://youtu.be/KZoic9vg1fw?t=12m45s) United States High-Altitude Test Experiences- Los Alamos Monograph (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015086460626) A "Quick Look" at the Technical Results of Starfish Prime (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a955411.pdf) Operation Dominic Test Sites- Google Maps (https://tools.wmflabs.org/wp-world/googlmaps-proxy.php?page=https:%2F%2Ftools.wmflabs.org%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DOperation_Dominic&output=classic) USS Agerholm (DD-826) (https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/agerholm.html) USS Agerholm Nuclear Test (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Asrocnuke1962.jpg) Operation Dominic- nuclearweaponarchive.org (http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Dominic.html) Tron- Disney.com (http://movies.disney.com/tron) Tron- Light Cycle Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BZxGhNdz1k) bikini atoll, light cycle, light cycles, master control program, nuclear, nuclear weapons, nukes, operation dominic, operation fishbowl, space, space shot, starfish prime, starfish prime test, the space shot, thor, thor missle, tron, uss agerholm, cold war podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, space race podcast, Episode Links:

Starfish Prime- CTBTO Website
Starfish Prime Video

United States High-Altitude Test Experiences- Los Alamos Monograph
A "Quick Look" at the Technical Results of Starfish Prime
Operation Dominic Test Sites- Google Maps
USS Agerholm (DD-826)
USS Agerholm Nuclear Test
Operation Dominic- nuclearweaponarchive.org

Tron- Disney.com
Tron- Light Cycle Battle

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Starfish Prime- CTBTO Website
Starfish Prime Video

United States High-Altitude Test Experiences- Los Alamos Monograph
A "Quick Look" at the Technical Results of Starfish Prime
Operation Dominic Test Sites- Google Maps
USS Agerholm (DD-826)
USS Agerholm Nuclear Test
Operation Dominic- nuclearweaponarchive.org

Tron- Disney.com
Tron- Light Cycle Battle

]]> Episode 49: Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/49 e9201d21-a3a5-4203-b704-4a384002aa3c Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 49 Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds full 1 John Mulnix Gamma-Rays, a Falcon 9, and some Lego Saturn V info. Subscribe to the episode today, especially so you don't miss the announcement tomorrow. 4:48 no Episode Links: Project Vela- Astronautix.com](http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html) Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/263145.pdf) DARPA- Project Vela (http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/timeline/vela) Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13 (http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/2002283188.pdf) What Is a Supernova? Space.com (https://www.space.com/6638-supernova.html) Gamma-Ray Astronomy (https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/gamma_ray_astronomy1.html) A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries (https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/history/) astronomy, cold war, falcon 9, gamma ray astronomy, gamma ray burst, gamma rays, gamma-rays, grb, history, intelsat, nasa, nuclear weapons, project vela, space, space shot, spacex, the space shot, vela, spacex podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, spacex podcast, elon musk podcast, cold war podcast, Episode Links:

Project Vela- Astronautix.com](http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html)
Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela
DARPA- Project Vela
Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13

What Is a Supernova? Space.com
Gamma-Ray Astronomy
A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries

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Project Vela- Astronautix.com](http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html)
Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela
DARPA- Project Vela
Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13

What Is a Supernova? Space.com
Gamma-Ray Astronomy
A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries

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