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Telstar 1 - The Satellite That Changed the World - Patreon

It might look like a a prototype for the Death Star but Telstar 1 started the satellite TV age that we now have with the 24/7 rolling news and sports from anywhere in the world, so in this video we...

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How does Coronavirus (Covid-19) compare to Spanish flu?

A look at the similarities and differences between Covid-19 and Spanish Flu and why we wont have the same disastrous outcome that occurs in 1918.

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What happened to the British aircraft industry?

Considering the UK was at the forefront of aviation, the fall and rise of the British aircraft and defence industry is one of the lesser-known subjects even to us Britain's who often see the fall o...

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Merlin - The Engine that Won the War

The story of how one engine changed the course of WW2 and world events and enabled a range of iconic aircraft in the process.

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What Fossils Will We Leave Behind in 65 Million Years?

This is a thought experiment as much as anything looking backwards in time at the possibility of an advanced species evolving long before us and if there would be any evidence of there existence no...

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Is this the fastest thing in the universe?

After doing a couple of videos that touched on radiation and particles i though it would be interesting to look at the OMG particle, the fastest physical thing other than light in the known univers...

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Apollo's Forgotten Computer - The LVDC

Although many think its was the Apollo Guidance Computer or AGC that did everything there was another, the Launch Vehicle Digital Computer or LVDC.

This controlled and flew the Saturn and was...

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How safe are nuclear weapons?

Considering the number of nuclear weapons that have been created since 1945, it is something of a miracle that up to now there hasn't been a major nuclear explosion involving them, so how safe are ...

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Why is Project HAARP so controversial?

This started out as a simple video but ended up one of the longest I've done and even then i've just scratched the surface but the research has thrown up several ideas for future  videos, so w...

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What does it take to land on a comet?

This has been a bit of a while in getting done but finally, it's here and my first one working with the European Space Agency (ESA) on an official level. Hopefully, it will be the first of many.&nb...

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What happens to old spacecraft?

What happens to old spacecraft?. We know when new ones are launched and sometimes when they don't make it to where they are going but after that, they just seem to go quiet.

From the very fir...

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You Won't Believe How the First Spy Satellites Worked

When the first Spy satellites were put into orbit they were a long way from the type of reconnaissance satellites and even Google Earth that we are used to now and you won't believe what they did t...

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Why Did We Test Nukes in Space?

At a time when the game of nuclear chicken very nearly got out of hand the superpowers continued to test nuclear weapons in space with both surprising and frightening consequences. In this video we...

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What Happened to NASA's Gateway to Space - Launch Complex 39

Happy new year to everyone, this was a suggestion from our facebook group who wanted know more about the launchpads themselves. So here is a look at the most famous launchpads in the world at Cape ...

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What Were the Real Reasons Why We Stopped Going to the Moon?

New video time, this one looks at the real reasons why we stopped going to the moon.If you thought we sent Apollo to the purely to explore the moon and do the science then think again. 

Apollo ...

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The Rise and Fall of the British Rocket Jet Fighter - The SR-177

New video time, this one is about the british rocket jet fighter, yes rocket and jet powered and its fall from being the best to being forgotten.


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Can We Save Hubble and Where is the James Webb Space Telescope?

The Hubble Space Telescope has given us some of the most amazing views of the universe for 25 years and although it could go on for many years more, things are starting to go wrong but without the shu...

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SLAM - America's Big Stick & Doomsday Weapon

In this time we are looking at America's cold war doomsday weapon SLAM AKA Project Pluto, the virtually unstoppable nuclear powered cruise missile that proved so controversial it was cancelled before ...

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Could We Launch Spacecraft with a Giant Space Gun?

Although it sounds like a crazy idea it has been tried on several occasions and is seriously considered to be a way to put the less fragile raw materials like fuel, food and water into orbit, so in th...

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How Will We Save the Apollo & Other Lunar Landing Sites?

With the advent of a new wave of lunar explorers not so far off and probably not form NASA, how will we save the Apollo and other lunar landing sites from damage or treasure hunters in the future?

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Why Can't we Remake the Rocketdyne F1 Engine?

Ever wondered why NASA dont just bring back the F-1 engine when they want a big dumb but yet reliable, tried and tested booster engine, in this video we look at what happened when they tried exactly t...

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The Real Soviet Rocketmen

In the days of the space race three men in the Soviet Union led the way creating cutting-edge rockets that would be the match of the US in many ways but for all their genius they were also flawed and ...

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NASA's Big Mistake - The X-33 VentureStar

The X-33 was the prototype replacement for the Space Shuttle and would feature a range of cutting-edge technologies that would make much cheaper to operate and quicker to turn around with much less pe...

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Why is NASA so slow?

How is it that we could get to the moon in just 7 years but now it takes 20 years the build the SLS, here we look at why NASA is so slow these days.

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Questions for tomorrow's live stream

I've just setup the next live stream for tomorrow May 3rd at 2pm EST / 7pm UK time.

The subject is "The end of the Universe" with theoretical astrophysicist and science writer Ethan Siegal. ...

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Guest Posters wanted

I have just finished bringing the curious-droid.com website up to date, something that has needed doing for the past two years and as part of this of is to open it up to guest bloggers to write articl...

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Reusable Rockets & Flyback boosters

New video time and this one is about the reusable rockets not only by Spacex and Blue Origin but some of the others both past and present.

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Wonder where we could use these two in a video

Prototype cybermen ??

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What happened to the Ekranoplan? - The Caspian Sea Monster

This episodes video is looking at the Ekranoplan, more commonly known as the Caspian Sea Monster.

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1st Live Stream, your views and opinions

Firstly I'd like to thank all thoses who were moderators for the show and those who posted questions, I hope we answered them to your satisfaction.

I would also like to hear your views and opinions ...

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