Wed. 1/6 - The 60s Spy Satellite Helping Today's Environmental Scientists

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Space missions to keep your eye on in 2021. How satellites built to spy on the Soviets have helped unravel environmental mysteries. Why the dark ages aren’t considered so dark anymore. And a completely perplexing auction from David Hasselhoff and his 14 foot replica doll. Sponsors: Magic Spoon, Save $5 at magicspoon.com/kottke and use code KOTTKE NordVPN, Get 68% off plus an additional free month––at nordvpn.com/kottke or use coupon KOTTKE Links: Six space missions to look forward to in 2021 (The Next Web) It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It’s Solving Ecological Mysteries. (NY Times) Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth (NY Times) A Point in Time: The Corona Story (Public.Resource.Org, YouTube) Go read these stories about the use of spy satellite images in environmental studies (The Verge) Just How Dark Were the Dark Ages? (Discover) David Hasselhoff auctions off a terrifying 14-ft. replica of himself (A/V Club) For Auction: SPONGEBOB THE MOVIE "BIG DAVE" (#0112) (Live Auctioneers) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome to the cotkey ride home for Wednesday, January 6th, 2021.
0:41.0	I'm Jackson Bird.
0:42.7	Space missions to keep your eye on in 2021.
0:46.3	How satellites built to spy on the Soviets have helped unravel environmental mysteries.
0:53.0	Why the Dark Ages aren't considered so dark anymore, and a completely
0:58.8	perplexing auction from David Hasselhoff and his 14-foot replica doll. Here are some of the cool
1:05.5	things from the news today. As we look ahead at the new year, let's also look to space, where a number of planned
1:16.1	missions promise cool things for 2021.
1:19.6	Here are a few highlights.
1:21.4	First, Artemis 1.
1:23.2	So Artemis is NASA's program to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, including the first woman.
1:29.4	And Artemis 1 will be an uncrewed Orion spacecraft traveling around the moon,
1:35.1	reaching 450,000 kilometers from Earth.
1:38.2	The farthest a spacecraft designed to transport humans has ever gone.
1:42.6	It will also be launched by NASA's space launch system, or SLS, which will be the most powerful
1:48.2	rocket in operation.
1:50.1	The whole thing is a test run for how well the spacecraft will perform in deep space when it
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