Rod Pyle. Tariq Malik. They’re back.
This week on This Week In Space, episode 217, they’re looking at the USA’s footprint. Or maybe just the burn marks.
Since 1958 the United States has been in the game. And since the mid-sixties? Yeah, they led the pack. Mostly in the categories that actually matter. Sometimes it’s just about ego, but hey. Progress.
This episode dives into a specific calendar trick: every mission that launched or landed on July 4th. Fireworks, except real. Also a retrospective. The favorites. The ones you remember watching at 3 a.m. with your dad.
“We review which flights launched or landed on August 4.” — Wait. No. July.
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News junkie list
Stuff happened. Fast.
- NASA launched a rescue. The Swift space telescope is dragging. Too low. Too hot. It might burn up if they don’t nudge it now.
- Trump’s “alien hunter” is back. Harvard astronomer this time? He’s assuming UFOs are human-made. Right out the gate. Skeptics will smile.
- Roland Emmerich. Dean Devlin. Independence Day is 30. They talked about blowing up the White House. Again. It was fun the first time, apparently.
- Flag day. Flying high. The stars and stripes in orbit. Patriotic fluff, sure, but flags fly up there.
- America at 500. The year is 2276. Where will we be? Dead? Martians? Let’s hope not dead.
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Why do we listen?
It’s Friday. We dive deep.
What is the moon race? Is SpaceX actually going to Mars soon?
Nobody knows. That’s why we tune in.
