Failure To Launch Podcast
@failuretolaunch.bsky.social
A podcast for learning about all the bad things that happened to people who went up.
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We had to
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We had to
Incredible visual metaphor out of NASA Goddard
(not the Apple logo, but still)
(not the Apple logo, but still)
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Incredible visual metaphor out of NASA Goddard
(not the Apple logo, but still)
(not the Apple logo, but still)
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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency
First thought: Was this somehow the result of the space wings?
Second thought: Oh, this is actually, like, really bad. A manned spacecraft disabled by space debris. Even though they'll get home fine, this will only happen more as debris gets worse.
Second thought: Oh, this is actually, like, really bad. A manned spacecraft disabled by space debris. Even though they'll get home fine, this will only happen more as debris gets worse.
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
First thought: Was this somehow the result of the space wings?
Second thought: Oh, this is actually, like, really bad. A manned spacecraft disabled by space debris. Even though they'll get home fine, this will only happen more as debris gets worse.
Second thought: Oh, this is actually, like, really bad. A manned spacecraft disabled by space debris. Even though they'll get home fine, this will only happen more as debris gets worse.
Guess Isaacman's not an evil secret democrat anymore? Another move in the power struggle between Duffy and Musk over who gets to own NASA.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Guess Isaacman's not an evil secret democrat anymore? Another move in the power struggle between Duffy and Musk over who gets to own NASA.
New bonus movie review!
We're joined by Jacob of the @socialistshelf.bsky.social podcast to talk about Mickey 17 (2025) by director Bong Joon Ho! We talk the movie, cloning, and whether the Tailies in Snowpiercer should've just respected the cops more.
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We're joined by Jacob of the @socialistshelf.bsky.social podcast to talk about Mickey 17 (2025) by director Bong Joon Ho! We talk the movie, cloning, and whether the Tailies in Snowpiercer should've just respected the cops more.
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Mickey 17 (w. Jacob Dallas) | Failure To Launch
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October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New bonus movie review!
We're joined by Jacob of the @socialistshelf.bsky.social podcast to talk about Mickey 17 (2025) by director Bong Joon Ho! We talk the movie, cloning, and whether the Tailies in Snowpiercer should've just respected the cops more.
www.patreon.com/posts/mickey...
We're joined by Jacob of the @socialistshelf.bsky.social podcast to talk about Mickey 17 (2025) by director Bong Joon Ho! We talk the movie, cloning, and whether the Tailies in Snowpiercer should've just respected the cops more.
www.patreon.com/posts/mickey...
We're back and taking a brief break from the Mittelwerk series to talk with @miloedwards.bsky.social about something much more fun: Yuri Gagarin's post-Vostok life as a manosphere influencer, children's role model, and hard-partying apparatchik.
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Yuri Gagarin, The Soviet Andrew Tate (w. Milo Edwards)
Podcast Episode · Failure To Launch · 2025-10-28 · 1h 36m
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October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We're back and taking a brief break from the Mittelwerk series to talk with @miloedwards.bsky.social about something much more fun: Yuri Gagarin's post-Vostok life as a manosphere influencer, children's role model, and hard-partying apparatchik.
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We're back and continuing our series on Mittelwerk. In Part 2, we cover the successes of the A4 missile bringing unwanted attention, the use of concentration camp labour at the Peenemunde missile facility, and Operation Hydra, the British plan to destroy Peenemunde.
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Mittelwerk, Hitler's Rocket Factory: Part 2
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October 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We're back and continuing our series on Mittelwerk. In Part 2, we cover the successes of the A4 missile bringing unwanted attention, the use of concentration camp labour at the Peenemunde missile facility, and Operation Hydra, the British plan to destroy Peenemunde.
open.spotify.com/episode/67XZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/67XZ...
New bonus episode! We were joined by @bosh.worstpossible.world and @thefuzzymaskedman.bsky.social to talk about 2000's Titan AE, a weird animated scifi movie that flopped so badly it killed Fox Animation. Available on the FTL Patreon at any tier!
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Titan AE (w. Josh Boerman & AJ Ditty) | Failure To Launch
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October 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New bonus episode! We were joined by @bosh.worstpossible.world and @thefuzzymaskedman.bsky.social to talk about 2000's Titan AE, a weird animated scifi movie that flopped so badly it killed Fox Animation. Available on the FTL Patreon at any tier!
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We're starting up a new series on Mittelwerk, the Nazi concentration camp and factory complex that churned out Wernher Von Braun's V2 missiles. This week, we started off by looking at the early history of the Nazi rocket program and the Peenemunde army test site.
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Mittelwerk, Hitler's Rocket Factory: Part 1
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September 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We're starting up a new series on Mittelwerk, the Nazi concentration camp and factory complex that churned out Wernher Von Braun's V2 missiles. This week, we started off by looking at the early history of the Nazi rocket program and the Peenemunde army test site.
open.spotify.com/episode/4vQa...
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New episode! This week, we're talking to @jkass99.bsky.social from @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social about FOBS - the Soviet orbital superweapon project, the intense OKB rivalries that made it, and all the wonders of Space Law®.
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Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (w. Joe Kassabian)
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August 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
New episode! This week, we're talking to @jkass99.bsky.social from @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social about FOBS - the Soviet orbital superweapon project, the intense OKB rivalries that made it, and all the wonders of Space Law®.
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Red Alert!🚨
This week, we're joined by Dan from @knowledgefight.bsky.social to talk all about the weird and conflicting space beliefs of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones! How many nukes are currently in orbit, whether aliens are demons, and if Alex will get a planet.
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This week, we're joined by Dan from @knowledgefight.bsky.social to talk all about the weird and conflicting space beliefs of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones! How many nukes are currently in orbit, whether aliens are demons, and if Alex will get a planet.
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The Cosmology of Alex Jones (w. Dan Friesen)
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August 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Red Alert!🚨
This week, we're joined by Dan from @knowledgefight.bsky.social to talk all about the weird and conflicting space beliefs of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones! How many nukes are currently in orbit, whether aliens are demons, and if Alex will get a planet.
open.spotify.com/episode/4pBu...
This week, we're joined by Dan from @knowledgefight.bsky.social to talk all about the weird and conflicting space beliefs of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones! How many nukes are currently in orbit, whether aliens are demons, and if Alex will get a planet.
open.spotify.com/episode/4pBu...
New bonus episode on Sunshine (2007)! If you want to hear the rest of the episode, unlock more bonus content, and join the FTL Discord, consider supporting us at any tier on Patreon.
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July 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New bonus episode on Sunshine (2007)! If you want to hear the rest of the episode, unlock more bonus content, and join the FTL Discord, consider supporting us at any tier on Patreon.
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New FTL!
Today, we're looking at what NASA was up to in the months before Vostok 1, how the blew the chance to put a human in space first, and how Ham the chimponaut's flight wasn't nearly as happy as you might've been taught.
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Today, we're looking at what NASA was up to in the months before Vostok 1, how the blew the chance to put a human in space first, and how Ham the chimponaut's flight wasn't nearly as happy as you might've been taught.
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NASA Before Vostok 1
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July 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
New FTL!
Today, we're looking at what NASA was up to in the months before Vostok 1, how the blew the chance to put a human in space first, and how Ham the chimponaut's flight wasn't nearly as happy as you might've been taught.
open.spotify.com/episode/2dX8...
Today, we're looking at what NASA was up to in the months before Vostok 1, how the blew the chance to put a human in space first, and how Ham the chimponaut's flight wasn't nearly as happy as you might've been taught.
open.spotify.com/episode/2dX8...
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Apollo16 geologic training-exercises in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada July 7-9 1971 contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
forallmankind.de
July 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Apollo16 geologic training-exercises in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada July 7-9 1971 contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
forallmankind.de
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good headline
Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA
Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.
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July 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
good headline
New episode! We've unlocked a bonus episode we did with friend of the show and Tarkovsky connoisseur @nslayton.bsky.social!
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*UNLOCKED* Stalker (1979)
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July 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New episode! We've unlocked a bonus episode we did with friend of the show and Tarkovsky connoisseur @nslayton.bsky.social!
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After months of waiting, it's finally available outside the UK. The story of the Thatcher-era British spaceplane in all its weird glory.
June 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
After months of waiting, it's finally available outside the UK. The story of the Thatcher-era British spaceplane in all its weird glory.
New episode! This week, we're joined by @devononearth.bsky.social to talk about Egypt's Al-Kaher missile program and Operation Damocles, the Mossad attempt to stop them. Both sides failed.
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Nasser's Missile Program and Operation Damocles
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June 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
New episode! This week, we're joined by @devononearth.bsky.social to talk about Egypt's Al-Kaher missile program and Operation Damocles, the Mossad attempt to stop them. Both sides failed.
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We had a lot of fun with this one. It turns out we had a lot of repressed feelings after the Sibrel Moon Hoax episodes, and this accidentally became the outlet.
Thanks for having us on!
Thanks for having us on!
It’s #story time again! This week I recorded an episode with the guys from @failuretolaunch.bsky.social it was so much fun! Check it out here
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Ep 8: Moon Stories | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
The moon has been a source of curiosity and stories for as long as we've been human. Stories about werewolves, the man on the moon and fantastic voyages were popular long before we landed there. The s...
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June 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We had a lot of fun with this one. It turns out we had a lot of repressed feelings after the Sibrel Moon Hoax episodes, and this accidentally became the outlet.
Thanks for having us on!
Thanks for having us on!
New episode on that time Buzz Aldrin decked Bart Sibrel! This week, we're reviewing Bart's 2004 "documentary" Astronauts Gone Wild, in which he ambushes Apollo guys and screams at them until they swear on a bible that they went to the Moon.
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That Time Buzz Aldrin Decked Bart Sibrel (Astronauts Gone Wild)
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June 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New episode on that time Buzz Aldrin decked Bart Sibrel! This week, we're reviewing Bart's 2004 "documentary" Astronauts Gone Wild, in which he ambushes Apollo guys and screams at them until they swear on a bible that they went to the Moon.
open.spotify.com/episode/1t9X...
open.spotify.com/episode/1t9X...
New bonus episode on the Arkbird (Ace Combat 5)! If you want to hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, consider supporting Failure To Launch on Patreon.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New bonus episode on the Arkbird (Ace Combat 5)! If you want to hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, consider supporting Failure To Launch on Patreon.
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New episode! We're talking with space engineer Robin about the story of Soyuz T-10A, the first on-pad use of a launch escape system (LES) to save a spacecrew. And how they escaped with literal seconds to spare before their booster detonated.
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Soyuz T-10A
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May 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
New episode! We're talking with space engineer Robin about the story of Soyuz T-10A, the first on-pad use of a launch escape system (LES) to save a spacecrew. And how they escaped with literal seconds to spare before their booster detonated.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Vw8...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Vw8...
Not exactly a fun topic, but we talked about the 1980 Plesetsk Cosmodrome Disaster, probably* the 2nd deadliest disaster in space history, as well as the history of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome and how the Vostok rockets that carried Yuri Gagarin kept flying until 1991.
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1980 Plesetsk Disaster
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May 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Not exactly a fun topic, but we talked about the 1980 Plesetsk Cosmodrome Disaster, probably* the 2nd deadliest disaster in space history, as well as the history of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome and how the Vostok rockets that carried Yuri Gagarin kept flying until 1991.
open.spotify.com/episode/24UD...
open.spotify.com/episode/24UD...