STP28 - The Worst Space Movie Ever?
This week Emily teaches Dave about the existence of possibly the worst space movie of all time... We'd love to know if you've seen it, or if you have other films which would qualify for that title.
"Houston, We've Got A Problem" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUxm7KgD2cU&t=1404s
Emily's article on the film: https://space.nss.org/when-houston-is-the-one-with-a-problem-houston-weve-got-a-problem-1974/
Emily's article on the paper trail: https://space.nss.org/from-the-george-low-archives-the-1974-made-for-television-movie-that-irked-jim-lovell/
New's stories from the last two weeks:
24th February: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Launch: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6121
28th February: Indian Space Research Organisation Launch: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5651
28th February: Soyuz Launch: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/383
4th March: SpaceX Starlink Launch: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2672
Starship SN10 Test Launch: 3rd March: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5765
Official Video:
Everyday Astronaut video with Explosion:
Japanese Billionaire wants to talk you to the moon: https://www.space.com/yusaku-maezawa-dearmoon-contest-seeking-crewmembers\
Sign Up by March 14th: https://dearmoon.earth/
Space Walk 1: https://www.space.com/space-station-solar-array-upgrade-spacewalk-feb-28-2021
SLS Delays: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/02/24/stuck-propulsion-valve-delays-second-sls-test-firing/
Boeing's Starliner Delays: https://www.space.com/boeing-2nd-starliner-test-flight-launch-delayed
New Glenn Delays: https://www.space.com/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-first-launch-2022
Neutron from Rocket Labs: https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-neutron-peter-beck-interview
3D Printed Rocket: https://www.space.com/relativity-space-first-3d-printed-rocket-launch-2021
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Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
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Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
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