In the late 80s, the Soviet Union attempted to dominate the commercial launch market. Their principal success was launching the most miserable salaryman into orbit. Today, we're joined by Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast to talk about Glavkosmos, the Soviet private space program.
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Source:
- Soyuz TM-11, Spacefacts.de
- Soviet Efforts To Enter the Launch-Services Market, CIA
- Akiyama Toyohiro: The Japanese Astronaut Who Hated Space, Unseen Japan
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1:42:22
Part 2: Nikolai Kibalchich, the Rocket Pioneer Who Blew up the Tsar
𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎. This week, we're back talking to Kelly from Canuck Is A Slur to finish up our series on Nikolai Kibalchich, the rocket visionary who blew up Tsar Alexander II.
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Source:
- Nikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich: Terrorist Rocket Pioneer, Lee B Croft
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Part 1: Nikolai Kibalchich, the Rocket Pioneer Who Blew up the Tsar
A travelling clown, a socialist revolutionary, an assassin, an edgelord. Today, we talked to Kelly from Canuck is a Slur about the strange life of one of the first men to theorize manned rockets and also blew up Tsar Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Come back for Part 2, where we cover the assassination and how he factors into space history.
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Source:
- Nikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich: Terrorist Rocket Pioneer, Lee B Croft
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*PREVIEW* Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
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The DLR and the Art of Satellite Operations (w. Jake)
A communications satellite is a bundle of computers (all made by different people) the size of a minivan. Coordinating all these systems to work together, send info to Earth, and accept new commands is nightmarish. This week, we're joined by Jake, a software engineer at the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) to learn a little bit about spacecraft operations.
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