Failure To Launch
by Failure To Launch Podcast
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[UNLOCKED] Tatsumaki Class (w. Tex Talks Battletech)
[UNLOCKED] Tatsumaki Class (w. Tex Talks Battletech)
About this podcast
This is a podcast about all the mistakes, failures, and explosions that made space exploration possible.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 135 episodes
- [UNLOCKED] Tatsumaki Class (w. Tex Talks Battletech) · 1 h 29 minIn the wake of Operation:REVIVAL, House Kurita embarked on a crash WarShip development program to try and match the naval superiority of the Clans. Today, we are joined by Dr…
- Shirtsleeve Spaceflight and the Soyuz 11 Catastrophe (w. SYDDOYWTW) · 3 h 29 minWhat do you have to worry about? Skin's mostly airtight. We collaborated with Somehow You Didn't Die On Your Way To Work to talk about that period in the 60s when the Soviets got…
- Space Policy & the ISS (w. Nik Proxima) · 1 h 57 minThe ISS is the greatest product of international space cooperation ever achieved. It is also a product of happening at exactly the right time to actually be possible. Today…
- *PREVIEW* Second Sun (Modern Warfare 2) · 18 minThis is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, support Failure To Launch on Patreon at any tier. A formative game from our…
- The Trial of Georg Rickhey · 1 h 10 minIn 1947, Georg Rickhey, General Director of Mittelwerk, was charged with war crimes. He was acquitted for lack of evidence.Today, Quinn and Chris are talking about Operation…
- *PREVIEW* Ulysses 1994XF04 (Ace Combat) · 16 minThis is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, support Failure To Launch on Patreon at any tier. I do not much like the…
- Technofascism & Space · 1 h 13 minWhat with all the history talk, we haven't really yet tackled the space elephant in the room: that the space industry is increasingly run by billionaires and open fascists. So…
- *PREVIEW* The USSA Mars Shot Project (Fallout) · 16 minThis is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, support Failure To Launch on Patreon at any tier. In the months before the…
- Flight of the Alberts [5th Anniversary Special] · 1 h 22 minCapsule: check. Monkey: check. Downers: check. To celebrate our 5th anniversary as a show, Quinn, Chris, and Other Chris are going back to the well to talk about our first ever…
- Project 714 'Shuguang' (w. November Kelly) · 1 h 42 minIn the summer of 1966, work at China’s top-secret space program ground to a halt as every worker spent every day putting up posters, making denunciations, and murdering each…
- The Horrors of Early Space Food (w. Dr Kaveh Hoda) · 1 h 33 minThe first space food was made by veterinarians instead of dieticians and was so bad that many astronauts chose to fast through their missions. And it could've been *so* much…
- *PREVIEW* LDSS Nauvoo (The Expanse) · 20 minThis is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, support Failure To Launch on Patreon at any tier. Count the moons, duster!…
- Nuclear Rockets (w. Scooter) · 1 h 32 minWhile most of NASA was focused on the Apollo Moon Program, a separate division was hard at work building then deliberately blowing up nuclear rocket cores all over Nevada. This…
- Soyuz-23: Ice Fishing for Cosmonauts (w. Matt Lowne) · 1 h 8 minA secret military space station, a rookie crew, a flaky autopilot, insufficient batteries, a freak winter storm, and a frozen lake. We’re joined by space and KSP youtuber Matt…
- *PREVIEW* Tatsumaki Class (w. Tex Talks Battletech) · 15 minThis is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, support Failure To Launch on Patreon at any tier. In the wake of…
- Moon Tank 2: Lunokhod 2 (w. Victoria Scott) · 1 h 27 minThe guy who made the Ultima games owns a space tank. We’re back with auto journalist and podcaster Victoria Scott to keep talking Lunokhod. In Part 2, we go over the journey of…
- Moon Tank: Lunokhod 1 (w. Victoria Scott) · 1 h 26 minIn a desperate bid to one-up the American Apollo missions, the Soviets built nuclear Moon tanks. We’re joined by auto journalist and podcaster Victoria Scott for a series on the…
- Burn Space Down: The Starfish Prime Shot · 1 h 56 minOn July 9th, 1962, the US Navy lit space on fire from Hawaii to New Zealand and fried a quarter of all active satellites in orbit. This week, we’re joined by engineer and friend…
- *PREVIEW* The Lesson (1987) · 20 minThis is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, support Failure To Launch on Patreon at any tier. For June’s bonus, we’re…
- Deep Sea & Space (w. Dr Alan Jamieson) · 1 h 30 minThe earliest manned spaceflights were universally cramped, uncomfortable, and dangerous. What if your job was to do that multiple times a year underwater? This week, we're joined…
