This is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, consider supporting Failure To Launch on Patreon.This week, Quinn, Chris, and Other Chris are joined by Josh Boerman and AJ Ditty of the Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast to talk about the famous 2000 flop of Titan AE - a showing so bad it killed Fox Animation Studios! We cover the movie itself, the time and atmosphere it was made in, and Roger Joseph Ebert's very horny (positive) review.
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Mittelwerk, Hitler's Rocket Factory: Part 1
HUGE CONTENT WARNING FOR THIS SERIESTo start our retelling of the story of the Mittelwerk death factory, we cover the early history of the Nazi military rocket program. The VfR amateur rocket club, Walter Dornberger, and the internal politics and squabbling that created the infamous Peenemunde rocket test site. SOURCES:Jean Michel & Louis Nucera, Dora: The Nazi Concentration Camp Where Modern Space Technology Was Born and 30,000 Prisoners DiedMichael Neufeld, The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile EraBenny Grunfeld, A Teenager in Hitler's Death CampsT D Dungan, V-2: A Combat History of the First Ballistic MissileAnnie Jacobsen, Operation Paperclip
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*PREVIEW* Capricorn One (1978)
This is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, consider supporting Failure To Launch on Patreon.
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Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (w. Joe Kassabian)
Since 1963, it has been illegal under international law to place nuclear weapons in orbit. But the Soviets were brave enough to ask: "What is orbit, really?". This week, we're talking to Joe Kassabian (@JoeKassabian), host of the Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast, about OGCh or FOBS, the Soviet superweapon attempt to beat America's missile shield. And a whole lot of OKB politics. Follow Lions Led By Donkeys here!Support FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and Discord accessSources:1. The Soviet Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, Asif Siddiqi2. http://www.astronautix.com/o/ogch.html 3. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ogch.htmTheme song by DJ Danarchy
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The Cosmology of Alex Jones (w. Dan Friesen)
As part of our ongoing series on space conspiracy theories, we brought in expert help to tackle one of the most virulent conspiracy theorists of our day. This week, Quinn, Chris, and Other Chris are joined by Dan Friesen of the Knowledge Fight podcast to talk about all the dumb things Alex Jones believes about space. What has happened in space, what will happen in space, and whether Alex will get his own planet.Follow Knowledge Fight here!Support FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and Discord access!Theme song by DJ Danarchy
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