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A “Lunar Olympics” Almost Ended In Disaster For The Apollo 16 Astronauts
Manage episode 412787643 series 2922787
Today was the launch date in 1972 of Apollo 16, a mission that tried to pay tribute to that year's Summer Games with a "lunar Olympics"... only the astronauts almost had a disaster on their lunar-suited hands. Plus: for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's birthday, the story of why he took a role in a famous comedy movie.
An Apollo astronaut explains how he nearly killed himself 'horsing around' on the moon in 1972 (Business Insider)
Surely you can’t be serious: An oral history of Airplane! (AV Club)
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Manage episode 412787643 series 2922787
Today was the launch date in 1972 of Apollo 16, a mission that tried to pay tribute to that year's Summer Games with a "lunar Olympics"... only the astronauts almost had a disaster on their lunar-suited hands. Plus: for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's birthday, the story of why he took a role in a famous comedy movie.
An Apollo astronaut explains how he nearly killed himself 'horsing around' on the moon in 1972 (Business Insider)
Surely you can’t be serious: An oral history of Airplane! (AV Club)
Back our show on Patreon and we’ll make podcasts that are out of this world
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support1344 епізодів
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