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- Yesterday1h 8m
Soyuz-23: Ice Fishing for Cosmonauts (w. Matt Lowne)
A 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 Lowne to talk about Soyuz-23, the only water touchdown of a Soviet spacecraft and how it very nearly killed its entire crew. Check out Matt’s videos here!Find our merch store hereSupport FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and join our Discord communitySOURCES:- Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft, Rex Hall- Salyut-5: The Last Military Lab, Anatoly Zak- https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/soyuz-23-how-two-cosmonauts-almost-died-after-landing-back-on-earth/ FTL theme song by DJ Danarchy
- 5 days ago14 min
*PREVIEW* Tatsumaki Class (w. Tex Talks Battletech)
This 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 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. Randolph P. Checkers, one of the Periphery’s finest historians, to discuss one product of this program, the ill-fated Tatsumaki Class destroyer.
- 2 weeks ago1h 27m
Moon Tank 2: Lunokhod 2 (w. Victoria Scott)
The 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 Lunokhod 2, lives saved in the Chernobyl Disaster, and the post-Soviet desperation that led to a Moon rover being sold for $68,500. Check out Victoria’s work here and listen to Tran Girlismo!Find our merch store hereSupport FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and join our Discord communitySOURCES:- Unmanned Missions toward the Moon, Anatoly Zak- Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration, Brian Harvey- Tank on the Moon, 2007FTL theme song by DJ Danarchy
- 4 weeks ago1h 26m
Moon Tank: Lunokhod 1 (w. Victoria Scott)
In 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 Soviet Lunokhod rovers. In Part 1, we talk about the three-pronged Soviet lunar program, how they built the first space tank, and how you can stay warm in winter with a kilo of Polonium-210. Check out Victoria’s work here and listen to Tran Girlismo!Find our merch store hereSupport FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and join our Discord communitySOURCES:- Unmanned Missions toward the Moon, Anatoly Zak- Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration, Brian Harvey- Tank on the Moon, 2007FTL theme song by DJ Danarchy
- Jun 26, 20261h 56m
Burn Space Down: The Starfish Prime Shot
On 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 of the show Ian to talk about Starfish Prime, the largest nuclear test ever conducted in space, and all the satellites that test killed.Find our merch store hereSupport FTL on Patreon to get bonus content and join our Discord communitySOURCES:- Burning the Sky, Mark Wolverton- Dark Sun: Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, Richard RhodesFTL theme song by DJ Danarchy
- Jun 25, 202619 min
*PREVIEW* The Lesson (1987)
This 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 joined by Ani Mejlumyan of the Lions Led By Donkeys podcast to talk all about The Lesson, a strange Soviet-Armenian animated short about environmentalism. Or possibly John Lennon. Or being so relentlessly horny that you short-circuit a Soviet censor’s brain.
- Jun 11, 20261h 30m
Deep Sea & Space (w. Dr Alan Jamieson)
The 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 by Dr. Alan Jamieson, an accomplished marine biologist, veteran of many deep sea dives, and a host of the Deep Sea Podcast to compare our respective environments and see how they line up. Check out the Deep Sea Podcast here!Support FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and join our Discord community!FTL theme song by DJ Danarchy
- Jun 5, 20261h 1m
*UNLOCKED* Gleipnir (Ace Combat X)
More Ace Combat announcements are coming out and we're very excited about that, so we're unlocking our bonus episode from earlier this year on the Gleipnir flying stealthing aircraftlasermissilebattlecarrier. The final boss of superweapon development. A weapon worth double digits of the GDP of Laesath. The universe's most powerful Blue Angel. This time, we're tackling a fan request topic: Diego Gaspar Navarro's Folly, the Gleipnir.
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