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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

‘Good Night Opy,’ with director Ryan White

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Science, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.36K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Ryan White, director of the new documentary “Good Night Oppy.” The film follows Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years.

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My name is Joshua Topolsky and I have a new podcast called What Future.

0:04.5

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0:12.6

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0:26.6

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0:28.4

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1:32.9

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1:39.4

Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio.

1:46.4

Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lam and I just had the opportunity to chat with Ryan White, a director of the new documentary Good Night Hoppy.

2:03.4

The film follows opportunity, the Mars exploration rover that is affectionately dubbed Hoppy by her creators and scientists at NASA.

2:12.4

Hoppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days on the red planet, but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years.

2:20.4

The film is currently in limited release so you can catch it and select theaters, but it will hit Amazon Prime on November the 23rd.

2:28.4

This film is a real joy. You might not think you would be into watching a film about a Mars rover, but it is richly entertaining, it's emotional.

2:38.4

I think you're going to dig it. I think you're going to want to see it with your families. I'm planning to watch it again with my family when it hits Amazon Prime.

2:46.4

So without further ado, let's jump right into the interview.

2:51.4

Hi, Ryan. Thanks for coming on the show.

2:53.4

Thank you for having me.

2:54.4

So one question that I just had to ask, especially as the documentary was getting into some of the backgrounds on the various individuals involved in the project.

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