NASA
American space and aeronautics agency
Episodes
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#5717: What It Takes to Land on the Moon AgainArtemis II flew by the Moon in 2026. Artemis IV plans to land in 2028. The gap between those two missions is enormous.Main topic -
#5716: One in 13 Million: What It Takes to Be an AstronautOnly 631–780 humans have ever reached space. Here's the training gauntlet — and the mental toll — behind that number.Main topic -
#5714: The Moon's Junkyard Has a Gift Shop150 tons of stuff sits on the Moon. Two objects on one square meter tell opposite stories: a $5.50 nylon flag and a silicon disc built for millennia.Main topic -
#5712: Can NASA Actually Build a Moon Base?NASA's Moon Base plan is a to-do list, not a physics wall — but the transport chain is the thing standing in the way.Main topic -
#5796: 900 Tonnes on Public Roads: The Weirdest Cargo Moves544 wheels, 66 hours on the road with three elephants, and a spaceship on Crenshaw Boulevard — the strange industry that moves the impossible. -
#5817: When Agents Don't Need Your Pretty ButtonsAgents are becoming major software users — and they prefer raw command-line tools to polished interfaces. What replaces UX when your user can't see? -
#5814: Who Remembers Where You Left Off?mpv remembers. MPRIS, GstPlay, and Media3 don't. There's no standard for playback history. -
#5797: How Many Nuclear Tests Have There Really Been?Three credible sources, three different numbers — and the gap isn't new explosions. It's what each one decided to count. -
#5680: The Teletubbies Were Engineered, Not AccidentalEvery strange thing about Teletubbies was a deliberate design choice — built around how two-year-olds actually perceive the world. -
#5555: Five Machines That Peaked at the Wrong MomentConcorde, Buran, Iridium: the finest machines ever built for a paradigm that vanished while they were still on the drawing board. -
#5440: What Does a Space Force Actually Do All Day?Rockets get the coverage, but the real work happens at consoles on the ground. What 15,000 Guardians actually do. -
#5435: When Your TTS Model Eats the NumbersNumbers, dates, and acronyms break text-to-speech in specific, documented ways. Here's where normalization lives — and why it depends on your model.