Episode 117 - Gerald Bull and the Space Cannon

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

Comedy

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Once upon a time there was a man who loved cannons. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/26/magazine/the-man-behind-iraq-s-supergun.html https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160317-the-man-who-tried-to-make-a-supergun-for-saddam-hussein https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/02/10/who-murdered-gerald-bull/bfce6e11-7dff-4964-864d-29db5e02753b/

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0:59.0	The lions led by artillery scientists.
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1:07.2	We're talking about artillery science.
1:08.9	Nick, if I was I was going to tell you about a space program what what comes to mind like the
1:20.9	the USR the United States, maybe like, I don't know, fucking France or India or something.
1:27.0	Space Nazis.
1:29.0	Nazis on the moon? Yeah, they made a whole series of movies about that actually the
1:35.6	UAE just like fired a probe towards Mars I think it was which is almost certainly
1:41.1	built by slave labor because it's the UAE.
1:43.7	Yeah, it's true.
1:45.7	When you think space programs, do you think Saddam Hussein?
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