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1651: "The NERVA Program"
Episode 1651
Interesting Things with JC #1651: "The NERVA Program" – A rocket engine fires in the Nevada desert without burning fuel the normal way, and a uranium…
1 week, 3 days ago
1650: "Ion Drives"
Episode 1650
Interesting Things with JC #1650: "Ion Drives" – An engine produces less force than a postcard weighs, yet it keeps pushing a spacecraft across billi…
1 week, 4 days ago
1649: "Ernst Stuhlinger"
Episode 1649
Interesting Things with JC #1649: "Ernst Stuhlinger" – A NASA engineer answers a nun asking why Mars missions matter while people are starving on Ear…
1 week, 5 days ago
1648: "Why Are Manhole Covers Round?"
Episode 1648
Interesting Things with JC #1648: "Why Are Manhole Covers Round?" – A heavy cover sits over a city access hole, but its shape keeps it from dropping …
1 week, 6 days ago
1647: "Fermilab"
Episode 1647
Interesting Things with JC #1647: "Fermilab" – Scientists send neutrinos through solid rock from Illinois to distant detectors without a tunnel, whil…
2 weeks ago
1646: "Electrostatic Propulsion"
Episode 1646
Interesting Things with JC #1646: "Electrostatic Propulsion" – A fixed-wing aircraft flies with no propeller, no combustion, and no exhaust while ele…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
1645: "The Gulf of Tonkin"
Episode 1645
Interesting Things with JC #1645: "The Gulf of Tonkin" – U.S. destroyers fired into the dark after reporting a second North Vietnamese attack, but th…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
1644: “Krafft Ehricke”
Episode 1644
Interesting Things with JC #1644: “Krafft Ehricke” - He is the rocket engineer who proposed lunar mining, orbital fuel depots, and space based solar …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
1643: “Why Are Stop Signs Octagons?”
Episode 1643
Interesting Things with JC #1643: “Why Are Stop Signs Octagons?” - Engineers choose an eight-sided stop sign for a reason! This episode explores the …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
1642: “Nedra Talley”
Episode 1642
Interesting Things with JC #1642: “Nedra Talley” — She helped create one of the most recognizable sounds in American pop music history as a founding …
2 weeks, 5 days ago