Jason Thompson
@jasonjtt.bsky.social
Biochemist, Doctor Who fan, astronomer, model-maker... these are just some of the nicer terms used to describe me. Co-host of @robotsineyes podcast.
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Human Spaceflight: 27 Jan 1967. Apollo 1. At 6.31pm during a routine ground test, an electrical fault ignites a fire that quickly spreads across the spacecraft interior. Unable to escape due to the inward-opening hatch, the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffe are dead 30 seconds later.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Human Spaceflight: 27 Jan 1967. Apollo 1. At 6.31pm during a routine ground test, an electrical fault ignites a fire that quickly spreads across the spacecraft interior. Unable to escape due to the inward-opening hatch, the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffe are dead 30 seconds later.
Human Spaceflight: 27 Jan 1967. Apollo 1. At 6.31pm during a routine ground test, an electrical fault ignites a fire that quickly spreads across the spacecraft interior. Unable to escape due to the inward-opening hatch, the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffe are dead 30 seconds later.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Human Spaceflight: 27 Jan 1967. Apollo 1. At 6.31pm during a routine ground test, an electrical fault ignites a fire that quickly spreads across the spacecraft interior. Unable to escape due to the inward-opening hatch, the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffe are dead 30 seconds later.
Human Spaceflight: 14 Dec 1966. A second attempt at an uncrewed Soyuz launch goes badly wrong. At ignition the engines shut down. Just under half an hour later the automatic escape rockets fired, which led to a fire on the rocket that eventually blew it up. Three men lost their lives as a result.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Human Spaceflight: 14 Dec 1966. A second attempt at an uncrewed Soyuz launch goes badly wrong. At ignition the engines shut down. Just under half an hour later the automatic escape rockets fired, which led to a fire on the rocket that eventually blew it up. Three men lost their lives as a result.
Human Spaceflight: 28 Nov 1966. If you've been following these posts you may have noticed things have been quiet on the Russian front. While NASA forged ahead with Gemini, not a single Soviet launch occurred. On this day Kosmos 133 was launched, the significance of which was not known for decades.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Human Spaceflight: 28 Nov 1966. If you've been following these posts you may have noticed things have been quiet on the Russian front. While NASA forged ahead with Gemini, not a single Soviet launch occurred. On this day Kosmos 133 was launched, the significance of which was not known for decades.
The Care Bears seem to have let themselves go a bit in this trip into the magical realms...
✨New Episode!✨
Back to the magical realms, where we discover the importance of clear communication and understand a little more why one of the group is even friends with the rest. Not sure why the Care Bears' less cute cousins had to get involved, though....
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Back to the magical realms, where we discover the importance of clear communication and understand a little more why one of the group is even friends with the rest. Not sure why the Care Bears' less cute cousins had to get involved, though....
open.spotify.com/episode/4PA9...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The Care Bears seem to have let themselves go a bit in this trip into the magical realms...
Human Spaceflight: 15 Nov 1966. Project Gemini comes to an end as Gemini 12 splashes down. Often overlooked, this was an absolutely vital part of NASA's goal of landing men on the Moon in Project Apollo, and for spaceflight in general. The tools, techniques and technology were proved here.
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Human Spaceflight: 15 Nov 1966. Project Gemini comes to an end as Gemini 12 splashes down. Often overlooked, this was an absolutely vital part of NASA's goal of landing men on the Moon in Project Apollo, and for spaceflight in general. The tools, techniques and technology were proved here.
We have the co-ordinates for Star One and we are plunging out into infinity, the space between the island galaxies. Well, the line between Kent and London, anyway. We shall rendezvous with a fan flotilla at the BFI to stand against the alien fleet…
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
We have the co-ordinates for Star One and we are plunging out into infinity, the space between the island galaxies. Well, the line between Kent and London, anyway. We shall rendezvous with a fan flotilla at the BFI to stand against the alien fleet…
Human Spaceflight: 13 Nov 1966. Buzz Aldrin climbs out of Gemini 12 and spends over two hours testing tools, restraints and techniques for EVA. In contrast to the previous attempts, he manages a highly successful set of activities and does not get excessively fatigued or have to cut the EVA short.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Human Spaceflight: 13 Nov 1966. Buzz Aldrin climbs out of Gemini 12 and spends over two hours testing tools, restraints and techniques for EVA. In contrast to the previous attempts, he manages a highly successful set of activities and does not get excessively fatigued or have to cut the EVA short.
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Porridge - Disturbing the Peace (7th November 1975). Fletch is less than pleased to run into an old nemesis - 'Napper' Wainwright (Peter Jeffrey).
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Porridge - Disturbing the Peace (7th November 1975). Fletch is less than pleased to run into an old nemesis - 'Napper' Wainwright (Peter Jeffrey).
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"Durkhim, no-one knows where Star One is. No-one at all!"
According to our interrogation teams it's at the BFI, Supreme Commander. The fans can be there tomorrow at 11:00 hours.
Very well. Interrogate Justin Johnson and Dick Fiddy just to make sure, and try not to kill them!
According to our interrogation teams it's at the BFI, Supreme Commander. The fans can be there tomorrow at 11:00 hours.
Very well. Interrogate Justin Johnson and Dick Fiddy just to make sure, and try not to kill them!
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"Durkhim, no-one knows where Star One is. No-one at all!"
According to our interrogation teams it's at the BFI, Supreme Commander. The fans can be there tomorrow at 11:00 hours.
Very well. Interrogate Justin Johnson and Dick Fiddy just to make sure, and try not to kill them!
According to our interrogation teams it's at the BFI, Supreme Commander. The fans can be there tomorrow at 11:00 hours.
Very well. Interrogate Justin Johnson and Dick Fiddy just to make sure, and try not to kill them!
"Durkhim, no-one knows where Star One is. No-one at all!"
According to our interrogation teams it's at the BFI, Supreme Commander. The fans can be there tomorrow at 11:00 hours.
Very well. Interrogate Justin Johnson and Dick Fiddy just to make sure, and try not to kill them!
According to our interrogation teams it's at the BFI, Supreme Commander. The fans can be there tomorrow at 11:00 hours.
Very well. Interrogate Justin Johnson and Dick Fiddy just to make sure, and try not to kill them!
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"Durkhim, no-one knows where Star One is. No-one at all!"
According to our interrogation teams it's at the BFI, Supreme Commander. The fans can be there tomorrow at 11:00 hours.
Very well. Interrogate Justin Johnson and Dick Fiddy just to make sure, and try not to kill them!
According to our interrogation teams it's at the BFI, Supreme Commander. The fans can be there tomorrow at 11:00 hours.
Very well. Interrogate Justin Johnson and Dick Fiddy just to make sure, and try not to kill them!
Human Spaceflight: 11 Nov 1966. Astronauts Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin climb aboard Gemini 12 to undertake the last crewed flight of the Gemini programme. Rendezvous and docking is old hat now, but EVA remains a concern, with all previous astronauts who tried it finding it excessively exhausting.
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Human Spaceflight: 11 Nov 1966. Astronauts Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin climb aboard Gemini 12 to undertake the last crewed flight of the Gemini programme. Rendezvous and docking is old hat now, but EVA remains a concern, with all previous astronauts who tried it finding it excessively exhausting.
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Plenty of time to catch up with Penelope Pitstop and her various Perils brought about by the convoluted connivances of the evil Hooded Claw....
✨New Episode!✨
Welcoming special guest @whorod.bsky.social to the podcast to talk about the sublime 'Perils of Penelope Pitstop', a series full of absurd antics and convoluted contrivances. Heyulp!
open.spotify.com/episode/1fgE...
Welcoming special guest @whorod.bsky.social to the podcast to talk about the sublime 'Perils of Penelope Pitstop', a series full of absurd antics and convoluted contrivances. Heyulp!
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Penelope Pitstop - The Laws of Physics Have Gone for a Burton
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Plenty of time to catch up with Penelope Pitstop and her various Perils brought about by the convoluted connivances of the evil Hooded Claw....
Human Spaceflight: 06 Nov 1966. Continuing a more detailed examination of the lunar surface for possible landing sites, Lunar Orbiter 2 is launched today. Among the 800 images it captures is a stunning oblique view of the crater Copernicus, one of the most prominent near-side features.
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Human Spaceflight: 06 Nov 1966. Continuing a more detailed examination of the lunar surface for possible landing sites, Lunar Orbiter 2 is launched today. Among the 800 images it captures is a stunning oblique view of the crater Copernicus, one of the most prominent near-side features.
If you ask me the rot set in when they started making TVs and DVD players without any actual controls on them, thus making us dependent on the remote (and its batteries) rather than the remote being a convenient extra tool or an accessibility aid.....
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
If you ask me the rot set in when they started making TVs and DVD players without any actual controls on them, thus making us dependent on the remote (and its batteries) rather than the remote being a convenient extra tool or an accessibility aid.....
Human Spaceflight: 03 Nov 1966. On this day the Gemini 2 spacecraft, having been refurbished and modified as part of the US Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory programme, was sent into space on a Titan IIIC rocket on the programme's one and only test flight.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Human Spaceflight: 03 Nov 1966. On this day the Gemini 2 spacecraft, having been refurbished and modified as part of the US Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory programme, was sent into space on a Titan IIIC rocket on the programme's one and only test flight.
When did 'close' on a desktop window stop meaning close the programme and become close the window but keep the programme running somewhere you can't see it? Drives me absolutely spare. Why do designers feel the need to take a perfectly simple system and assume we want it to do something else?
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
When did 'close' on a desktop window stop meaning close the programme and become close the window but keep the programme running somewhere you can't see it? Drives me absolutely spare. Why do designers feel the need to take a perfectly simple system and assume we want it to do something else?
Human Spaceflight: 14 Sep 1966. The final full day of Gemini 11 saw a number of experiments with the spacecraft and Agena connected by a 50-foot tether. By moving to stretch the tether and setting the whole assembly spinning, a tiny amount of artificial gravity was detected in the spacecraft.
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Human Spaceflight: 14 Sep 1966. The final full day of Gemini 11 saw a number of experiments with the spacecraft and Agena connected by a 50-foot tether. By moving to stretch the tether and setting the whole assembly spinning, a tiny amount of artificial gravity was detected in the spacecraft.
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✨New Episode!✨
Welcoming special guest @whorod.bsky.social to the podcast to talk about the sublime 'Perils of Penelope Pitstop', a series full of absurd antics and convoluted contrivances. Heyulp!
open.spotify.com/episode/1fgE...
Welcoming special guest @whorod.bsky.social to the podcast to talk about the sublime 'Perils of Penelope Pitstop', a series full of absurd antics and convoluted contrivances. Heyulp!
open.spotify.com/episode/1fgE...
Penelope Pitstop - The Laws of Physics Have Gone for a Burton
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November 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
✨New Episode!✨
Welcoming special guest @whorod.bsky.social to the podcast to talk about the sublime 'Perils of Penelope Pitstop', a series full of absurd antics and convoluted contrivances. Heyulp!
open.spotify.com/episode/1fgE...
Welcoming special guest @whorod.bsky.social to the podcast to talk about the sublime 'Perils of Penelope Pitstop', a series full of absurd antics and convoluted contrivances. Heyulp!
open.spotify.com/episode/1fgE...
Human Spaceflight: 13 Sep 1966. The second day of Gemini 11 saw Dick Gordon perform an EVA. He was to leave the spacecraft and attach a 50-foot tether to the docked Agena, then proceed to the rear and use the manoeuvring unit that Gene Cernan had been unable to use on Gemini 9.
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Human Spaceflight: 13 Sep 1966. The second day of Gemini 11 saw Dick Gordon perform an EVA. He was to leave the spacecraft and attach a 50-foot tether to the docked Agena, then proceed to the rear and use the manoeuvring unit that Gene Cernan had been unable to use on Gemini 9.
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A new episode is out tomorrow but there's still time to drop in on the 31st century before then...
✨New episode!✨
Another pair of trips in the 31st century, in which we wonder what Ulysses has against birds, and how he fails to notice that he's just run into two guys with the same name.
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Another pair of trips in the 31st century, in which we wonder what Ulysses has against birds, and how he fails to notice that he's just run into two guys with the same name.
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Ulysses Fired First!
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November 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A new episode is out tomorrow but there's still time to drop in on the 31st century before then...
Human Spaceflight: 12 Sep 1966. Astronauts Pete Conrad, on his second Gemini flight after Gemini 5, and Dick Gordon, a rookie, lift off on Gemini 11. Their first objective was a direct ascent rendezvous with an Agena target vehicle launch about 90 minutes prior.
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Human Spaceflight: 12 Sep 1966. Astronauts Pete Conrad, on his second Gemini flight after Gemini 5, and Dick Gordon, a rookie, lift off on Gemini 11. Their first objective was a direct ascent rendezvous with an Agena target vehicle launch about 90 minutes prior.
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NEWS: Toby Hadoke Podcast
Toby Hadoke, plus a host of Doctor Who luminaries, have recorded a very special podcast about missing episodes. Fantasy Film Cans (Part One) is, as Toby states: ‘Pure fantasy: a parlour game turned into a podcast.’ But what great fun!
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Toby Hadoke, plus a host of Doctor Who luminaries, have recorded a very special podcast about missing episodes. Fantasy Film Cans (Part One) is, as Toby states: ‘Pure fantasy: a parlour game turned into a podcast.’ But what great fun!
x.com/tobyhadoke/s...
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
NEWS: Toby Hadoke Podcast
Toby Hadoke, plus a host of Doctor Who luminaries, have recorded a very special podcast about missing episodes. Fantasy Film Cans (Part One) is, as Toby states: ‘Pure fantasy: a parlour game turned into a podcast.’ But what great fun!
x.com/tobyhadoke/s...
Toby Hadoke, plus a host of Doctor Who luminaries, have recorded a very special podcast about missing episodes. Fantasy Film Cans (Part One) is, as Toby states: ‘Pure fantasy: a parlour game turned into a podcast.’ But what great fun!
x.com/tobyhadoke/s...
The clouds parted tonight just long enough to capture the Moon. Taken using an iPhone SE pointed down the eyepiece of my trusty almost 25-year-old Skywatcher EQ2 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope from Woodchurch Memorial Hall car park. Sinus Iridum was particularly prominent.
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The clouds parted tonight just long enough to capture the Moon. Taken using an iPhone SE pointed down the eyepiece of my trusty almost 25-year-old Skywatcher EQ2 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope from Woodchurch Memorial Hall car park. Sinus Iridum was particularly prominent.
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I’m amazed at the number and quality of folk who contributed to this podcast (a Doctor! 3 companions! Writers! Actors! Lost Episode Finders! Fans of Yore!)
It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch:
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It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch:
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8epk3...
Indefinable Magic MISSING EPISODES SPECIAL - Fantasy Film Cans (Part One)
With all this missing episodes speculation in the air, your Host With The Most (that is "Most Patience For Wrangling Arcane Facts and Stats Because He's A Very Boring Man") Toby Hadoke has found the t...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m amazed at the number and quality of folk who contributed to this podcast (a Doctor! 3 companions! Writers! Actors! Lost Episode Finders! Fans of Yore!)
It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch:
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8epk3...
It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch:
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8epk3...