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103 - How to Land on The Moon

Some of my favorite episodes ever have been in that little sliver of the Venn diagram where history and engineering overlap.  This felt like a TRIPLE SLIVER.  History, Engineering, and SPACE.  This is somewhat of a "holy" topic for me. After I discovered ApolloInRealTime.org I knew I had to show it to Matt.  A huge thank you to Ben Feist for joining us on the podcast!  Thank you very much for being a Winged Hussar and supporting us on the podcast.  We're extremely grateful for your support and we don't take it lightly!

-Destin

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I always love this type of episode. I loved the guest.

Richard Doyle

So, not to be disagreeable with Matt, but Destin's 'thing' is not rockets and flying, but investigating unknowns -- primarily with slow-motion cameras. So while the landing on the moon episode was great, and it is, you have a few things working against you. 1. It's not your normal programming. Generally Destin has some practical application or personal adventure he's investigating. This video is just history. 2. EverydayAstronaut and Scott Manley pretty much own the rocketry and space exploration field in YouTube. These guys are much more intensive and pedantic with their work than the high-level overview Destin provided. Don't get me wrong, Destin provided an original look that no one else has, but most people interested in this field want more and deeper, which is already being done by others, which is why I would think the episode wouldn't be a hit. The beginning of this episode of NDQ was kind of boring -- like Matt should just watch the video instead of trying to explain something that is visual over audio medium. He also needs to watch Veritasium's latest video covering gravity. I understand that other people may not be into this as much as I am and therefore you're hoping to get them in that direction, but gravity and general relativity is something highly covered on many mediums and we should all know about it already. apolloinrealtime is one of those bright stars of the Internet. Truly amazing and is on-par with the moon landing itself.


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