STP6 - No Scrubs

Space and Things

English - October 08, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 93.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Science History nasa space space flight space travel space exploration space race apollo gemini mercury space shuttle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: STP5 - Apollo 13 on stage?

Next Episode: STP7 - The Right Stuff and The Start of NASA

Another week where there were many scrubs... We did eventually get two launches, but it really does feel like there has been a curse, so this week Dave and Emily look more at scrubs and aborts. There's been some crazy ones that is for sure.

Onward/Upward at the Cosmosphere: https://cosmo.org/blog/view/onward-upward

Northrup Grumman Antares Launch 2nd October: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQW_2qtBDfY

Space X Starlink Launch on Falcon 9, 6th October: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0MGgQZIYNk

Delta IV Scrub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssnh8KznSeM

Historic Scrubs and Launch Aborts:

Gemini VI 12th December 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htmd4BrNJ5k

Drew Ex Machina (Andrew LePage) Article: https://www.drewexmachina.com/2014/11/18/a-brief-history-of-launch-aborts/

STS-93: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1_wKb4iL1M

STS-51F: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSbMs_OnE4c

The Right Stuff Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koptJPPOXJE

Space and Things:

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1