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My Dad Built Spaceships Nicholas W Fuller
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- 科學
Many people start their evening by asking their loved ones how their day was. I’ve always loved asking that to my Dad. Hearing Dad talk about work is especially fascinating to me because his 9 to 5 was fairly unique - his job, was keeping astronauts alive.
Eventually, I decided to start recording some of his best work stories. Here are those stories as - My Dad Built Spaceships.
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#2 on STS-1
Despite being a 33 year old adult, I am still a little child that laughs entirely too much at poop jokes. One of my favorite types of work stories to hear from Dad are the ones that involve the space toilet. As such, this episode is filled with crappy jokes.
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Designing an Icon
The Space Shuttle is arguably one of the most iconic spacecraft ever. But why does it look the way it does? There were lots of different goals and we talked about a lot. One in particular was a Department of Defense mission idea that Dad and I agreed sounded quite... fanciful.
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Background & Beginnings
How Dad went from milking cows as a boy, to being one of the most knowledgable Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Engineers in his company. And, a bit about the very first Space Shuttle which you've probably never heard of - the Enterprise.
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Car Crashes & Death Chambers
How do you test a new spacecraft to make sure it's safe for people to be in it? As it turns out, there's some specially built facilities for that, but those places will kill you.
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My Dad Built Spaceships: Trailer
When your Dad's 9 to 5 is keeping astronauts alive, asking "How was work?" is always interesting!