Spaceships
Spaceships  
Podcast: SciShow Tangents
Published On: Tue Aug 02 2022
Description: 10....9.... Hey gang, Kids Month is about ready to blast off into space ....8....7....6 but before it does, we have one more topic exploring the childlike wonder of science to cover ....5....4...3 Spaceships! And wouldn't you know it? There's one more seat on our rocket! Climb in!  ....2...1.... Lift off!If you know a kid who loves science, have we go the show for you! It's called SciShow Kids, and it has all the great, rigorously-researched content you expect from SciShow, but for kids! Plus, it has puppets! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/scishowkids!SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsto find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley, Tom Mosner, Daisy Whitfield, and Allison Owen for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question]Ariane 5 launcheshttps://www.space.com/39811-bad-coordinates-led-ariane-5-rocket-astray.htmlhttps://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.htmlhttps://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#whyAriane5https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/all-hail-the-ariane-5-rocket-which-doubled-the-webb-telescopes-lifetime/https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_history/Ariane_5_the_story_behind_the_100_launches[Fact Off]Cataloging junk around the Moon from Biosphere 2https://news.arizona.edu/story/75m-effort-seeks-prevent-lunar-traffic-jamsArtificial gravity test during Gemini XIhttp://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-exploration/gemini/m-equals-1-all-up-mission-gemini-xi-part-2/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-081Ahttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/watch-the-first-artificial-gravity-experiment/https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/capsule-gemini-xi/nasm_A19680260000https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sept-14-1966-gemini-xi-artificial-gravity-experiment[Ask the Science Couch]Gyroscopes in spacecraft (Inertial Navigation Systems)https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/03/Gyroscopes_in_spacehttps://science.howstuffworks.com/gyroscope.htmhttp://www.aerostudents.com/courses/avionics/InertialNavigationSystems.pdfhttps://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20100021932https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/nmp/st6/TECHNOLOGY/mems.htmlhttps://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/propulsion/2-what-is-attitude-control.html[Butt One More Thing]Project Mercury butt moldshttps://www.wired.com/2009/08/astronautbutts/https://www.wired.com/2010/07/nasa-archive-astronaut-butt-mold-inspection/