Talk History To Me Alexis Fenton & Christian Behrend

Christian's choice - this episode will cover the unique legacy of the super guppy aircraft, an aircraft that Christian had the pleasure of working in for a brief period of time.

https://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/guppy.html#photogallery
http://www.allaboutguppys.com/
https://www.air-and-space.com/guppies.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYl8zPW9Gho
https://books.google.com/books?id=D5hUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=Norman+Mansdorf&source=bl&ots=tvp-HyC8nI&sig=ACfU3U3ItFwmvu6rvwl3_ZxroAokGV7zAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDub2pg7TqAhVEba0KHXIBAh8Q6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Norman%20Mansdorf&f=false
http://www.allaboutguppys.com/pg/377pgf.htm
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/ch10.htm
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2019/orion-spacecraft-arrives-in-ohio-aboard-the-super-guppy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNCvCGf9DEuWntC5Pkq0wA/videos

Alexis' choice of a topic, The Batavia was a Dutch ship in the 1600s that shipwrecked off the coast of Australia with 340 people onboard. What followed was nothing short of a horror story which involved murder and mutiny.

The majority of the episode content comes straight from the Commander's journal:

http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._136_pelsaertjournal.pdf

Other Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dutch-East-India-Company
https://www.sea.museum/2016/06/04/barbarism-and-brutality-surviving-the-batavia-shipwreck
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Pages/media_archive/Restoration-under-way-at-Abrolhos-Batavia-site.aspx

The daunting and mysterious mountain with an infamous past.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Everest
https://explorerspassage.com/chronicles/history-mount-everest/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalangur_Himal
http://www.surveyhistory.org/sir_george_everest1.htm
https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/tallest-mountain-world/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo
https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers
http://www.alexlowe.org/projects/kcc/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Troubled-2014-Everest-Climbing-Season-The-1994985
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2013/may/23/mount-everest-first-successful-ascent-in-pictures
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/death-on-mount-everest
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sherpa-facts/index.html
https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba_Tashi
https://www.redbull.com/us-en/everest-world-records

Captain James cook was an ambitious explorer who is famous for his three voyages which included him travelling to places Britain had never been before. 

https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/charles-green-astronomer-1
https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/learning-center/articles/wheat-rust-diseases#phcontent_4_divAccordion
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Banks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml
https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-second-voyage-of-james-cook
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/furneaux-tobias-12932
https://cdn.britannica.com/21/144721-050-88F2E4A9/James-Cook-Pacific-voyages.jpg
https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/library_exhibitions/schoolresources/exploration/southerncontinent
http://zeehaen.tripod.com/pub_4/did_clauptolemy_ab_australia.htm
https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-third-voyage-of-james-cook
https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Laka
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Montagu-4th-Earl-of-Sandwich

One of the oldest operating prisons in the world, this prison has a rich history starting in the early 1600s up until its closure in 2013. With such a long history, there are so many stories to tell and so many skeletons to uncover.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-England-and-Scotland
https://tinyurl.com/yxygv5eq
https://tinyurl.com/rmduyyx
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Howard-British-philanthropist-and-social-reformer
Disney, Francis (1992). Shepton Mallet Prison (2nd Ed). Published by the author. ISBN 978-0951147023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pierrepoint
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hanging2.html
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sheptonm.html
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1417744
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sheptonm.html
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058425
https://tinyurl.com/rfw8mf7
https://tinyurl.com/svvzczk
https://peoplepill.com/people/richard-carver-architect/
https://tinyurl.com/rmduyyx
https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111221130823603
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-33518071
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9959808/Shepton-Mallet-Prison-If-these-walls-could-speak....html
http://fireheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/spring-2016.pdf
https://www.sheptonmalletprison.com/history

The man who fought for Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) and played a critical role in the Apollo missions

Sources:
https://wehackthemoon.com/bios/john-c-houbolt
https://www.nasa.gov/langley/hall-of-honor/john-c-houbolt
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/vonbraun/bio.html
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/ch8.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit_rendezvous
https://www.space.com/25570-nasa-moon-pioneer-john-houbolt-obituary.html
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/739934923/meet-john-houbolt-he-figured-out-how-to-go-to-the-moon-but-few-were-listening
https://www.nasa.gov/content/john-c-houbolt-unsung-hero-of-the-apollo-program-dies-at-age-95
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atM5lmX5tPk
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19880069339.pdf