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Today in Space and Science History: May 10
Today in Space and Science History: May 10 May 10 1930 American physicist and Nobel prize winner George E. Smith born May 10 1958 American astronaut Ellen Ochoa born https://amzn.to/2Q6c1rV More Space and Science trivia collection As an Amazon Associate … Continue reading
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How astronomers can find extra-terrestrial life with Cesare Barbieri
Cesare Barbieri is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Padova, Italy. He and his teams have been involved in the construction of various astronomical instruments. He recently wrote a book on the methods to discover extra-terrestrial life. We … Continue reading
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Today in Space and Science History: May 8
Today in Space and Science History: May 8 May 8 1919 – Social psychologist Leon Festinger born https://amzn.to/3y7CZAC May 8 1991 – Sweden reached suborbital spaceflight for the first time https://amzn.to/3xZymZ0 More Space and Science trivia collection As an Amazon … Continue reading
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Today in Space and Science History: May 7
Today in Space and Science History: May 7 May 7 1770 – Botany Bay named by Captain Cook https://amzn.to/2RADDG0 May 7 1886 – Ernst A Lehmann, German captain of the ill-fated Hindenberg which crashed May 6, is born https://amzn.to/3h6dBVP May … Continue reading
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Today in Space and Science History: May 6
Today in Space and Science History: May 6 May 6 1851 John Gorrie recieved a patent for a machine to make ice https://amzn.to/2R2R0i2 May 6 1937 The LZ 129 Hindenburg crashed, the last great airship disaster https://amzn.to/3xTKOtm May 6 1968 … Continue reading
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Today in Space and Science History: May 5
Today in Space and Science History: May 5 May 5 1811 Scientist John William Draper born May 5 1961 Alan Shepard piloted the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission and became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space https://amzn.to/2SiHzLJ … Continue reading
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How Elon Musk and SpaceX overcame early problems to dominate the space industry – Interview with Eric Berger
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS How Elon Musk and SpaceX overcame early problems to dominate the space industry – Interview with Eric Berger Check out the book here https://amzn.to/2RjHgzS Interview Timeline Eric Berger is a … Continue reading
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Tagged books, manned space missions, NASA history, podcast, space book, space business, space history, space technology, William Morrow
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How astronomers can find extra-terrestrial life with Cesare Barbieri
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS How astronomers can find extra-terrestrial life with Cesare Barbieri Check out the book here https://amzn.to/3egUuVV Interview Timeline Cesare Barbieri is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Padova, Italy. … Continue reading
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How Aristotle was all the rage in Medieval and Renaissance times with Barbara Scalvini
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS How Aristotle was all the rage in Medieval and Renaissance times with Barbara Scalvini Check out the book here https://amzn.to/3ut6Hgu Interview Timeline Dr. Barbara Scalvini is an Early Books specialist … Continue reading
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How to discover volcanoes on Io before anyone else and other interesting stories from James Miller
I spoke with James Miller about his work on unmanned space missions for JPL. This is the video version of a previously posted podcast. space history, space technology, unmanned space missions, audio interviews, NASA history, videos, coding and computing, general … Continue reading
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