The Space Shot

John Mulnix
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The Space Shot

Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot.

  1. 1D AGO

    April in Orbit: Apollo 16 and What’s Ahead in 2025

    The Space Shot Links- Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. I'm currently on hiatus here, but I've got some plans for the future so please stay tuned. Check it out here Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Episode Links: Lunar Grand Prix- Cosmosphere Follow the CosmoShox via Wichita State's OpenXR Lab LinkedIn page. OpenXR Lab Check out the Wichita State CosmoShox page. The picture I was thinking about for the volume isn't online yet, but I'll make sure to share that in the future. Instead, here's a video about DUST. We'll have more details about what the CosmoShox team has been up to soon. NASA Lunar Terrain Visualization in Unreal Engine 5 | Unreal Fest 2022

    12 min

  2. 11/18/2024

    Skylab Reentry Live Recording

    This episode is jam-packed with awesome guests and Skylab reentry stories. Emily Carney, David Hitt, and Dwight Steven-Boniecki joined me to talk about all things Skylab, give it a listen! Emily Carney- Star Bound: A Beginner's Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard's Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything in Between By Emily Carney and Bruce McCandless III. Space and Things- https://spaceandthingspodcast.com Emily Carney- Medium.com https://emilycarneyspace.medium.com David Hitt- https://davidhitt.net Homesteading Space- Facebook David Hitt- Twitter Homesteading Space- Nebraska University Press- https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803236394/ Signed copies of _Homesteading Space _are available through the Cosmosphere's gift shop. Limited supplies available- https://ticketing.cosmo.org/GiftShopItem.aspx?I=90175 Dwight Steven-Boniecki- Check out Dwight's amazing documentary, Searching for Skylab- https://searchingforskylab.com/ Searching for Skylab- Twitter Taking Up Space Learn more about this awesome organization and the important work they are doing for Native American girls. Consider donating to them so they can continue to reach and inspire new generations of students! Taking Up Space

    52 min

  3. 07/04/2024

    Happy 4th of July!

    The Space Shot Links- Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. Check it out here Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Episode Links: The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought

    13 min

  4. 01/07/2024

    What I Read in 2023

    The Space Shot Links- Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. Check it out here Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Episode Links: After Babel Books- I forgot to mention it in the episode since the book is experienced more than it is read. Apollo Remastered by Andy Saunders is a visual delight. 1000% recommend picking up a copy. "Soviets in Space" by Colin Burgess "Space Craze" by Margaret Weitekamp "The Space Shuttle" by Roland Miller "Son of Apollo" by Christopher Roosa "The New Guys" by Meredith Bagby "The Map that Changed the World" by Simon Winchester "Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens" by Andrea Wulf "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business" by Neil Postman "Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America" by Brendan Ballou "Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World" by Marcia Bjornerud "Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology" by Neil Postman "Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives" by Siddarth Kara "Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945" by Thomas G. Mahnken "The Winged Gospel" by Joseph Corn "Wichita: Where Aviation Took Wing" by the Greteman Group "The Arsenal of Democracy" by A.J. Baime "Farnsworth's Classical English Style" by Ward Farnsworth "The Practicing Stoic" by Ward Farnsworth "The Daily Stoic" by Ryan Holiday "The Daily Dad" by Ryan Holiday "Code Red" by Vince Flynn/Kyle Mills "And on that Bombshell" by Richard Porter "Nuts and Bolts" by Roma Agrawal "Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of TWA" by Daniel L. Rust and Alan B. Hoffman "Hands of Time" by Rebecca Struthers

    31 min

  5. 10/29/2023

    Catching Up While Astrid Catches Some Z’s

    The Space Shot Links- I'd love it if you could support the work I do here by checking out my website, Starlight and Gleam. Thank you for listening and I appreciate the support! Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. Check it out here Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Episode Links: The Verge- Zuckerberg AI comment After Babel

    13 min

  6. 07/20/2023

    Skylab 50th Extravaganza!

    This episode is jam-packed with awesome guests and Skylab stories. Emily Carney, David Hitt, and Dwight Steven-Boniecki joined me to talk about all things Skylab, give it a listen! Emily Carney- Space and Things- https://spaceandthingspodcast.com Emily Carney- Medium.com https://emilycarneyspace.medium.com David Hitt- https://davidhitt.net Homesteading Space- Facebook David Hitt- Twitter Homesteading Space- Nebraska University Press- https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803236394/ Signed copies of _Homesteading Space _are available through the Cosmosphere's gift shop. Limited supplies available- https://ticketing.cosmo.org/GiftShopItem.aspx?I=90175 Dwight Steven-Boniecki- Check out Dwight's amazing documentary, Searching for Skylab- https://searchingforskylab.com/ Searching for Skylab- Twitter Skylab students article- https://www.issnationallab.org/skylab-first-students-space-experiments-changed-lives/#:~:text=What%20a%20fine%20selection%20of,and%20astronaut%20motor%2Dsensory%20adaptation. The Space Shot Links- I'd love it if you could support the work I do here by checking out my website, Starlight and Gleam. Thank you for listening and I appreciate the support! Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. Check it out here Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

    1h 12m

  7. 07/04/2023

    Coffee at the Cosmo- Skylab at 50: Part 2

    It was amazing to be back at the Cosmosphere for this event. I chatted with David and Emily after the Coffee at the Cosmo and we talked a bit more about Skylab and human spaceflight. This episode also includes audio from Skylab 1 and 2, so give it a listen! Cosmosphere Links- Check out the Cosmosphere's incredible library of online content at LaunchNext. LaunchNext.org! You can see all of the upcoming events and more by checking the Cosmosphere calendar. Cosmosphere Calendar You can contact the Cosmosphere's Box office at 620-665-9312 for more information on upcoming events.

    48 min

  8. 07/04/2023

    Coffee at the Cosmo- Skylab at 50: Blazing the Trail for ISS, Artemis and Beyond

    It was amazing to be back at the Cosmosphere for this event. Having the opportunity to join Jack, Milt, Emily, and David was a treat for me. I hope you enjoy this episode! Drop me a line if you're ever in Kansas, I'm always happy to drop by the Cosmosphere for tours. (As long as I'm not busy with our baby and our schedules align haha) In this episode we're joined by Emily Carney, David Hitt, John Mulnix, and via Zoom, astronaut and Skylab 3 pilot Jack Lousma and Mission Control Flight Director, Milt Windler, for “Skylab at 50: Blazing the Trail for ISS, Artemis and Beyond.” This live conversation will covered the history of Skylab and the effect its creation has had on the space program as a whole. Cosmosphere Links- Check out the Cosmosphere's incredible library of online content at LaunchNext. LaunchNext.org! You can see all of the upcoming events and more by checking the Cosmosphere calendar. Cosmosphere Calendar You can contact the Cosmosphere's Box office at 620-665-9312 for more information on upcoming events.

    1h 25m
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Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot.

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  • Creator
    John Mulnix
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    442
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 John Mulnix
  • Show Website
    The Space Shot

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