The Intelsat Rocket Disaster of 1996 | Episode 43

In this very special return episode, we’re going to discuss the concept of “what goes up must come down”. They’re never really specific about where or in how many pieces.

On today’s episode: we’ll discuss the most blood-thirsty game of roulette ever. You’ll see what happens with 7,500 Dodge Caravans worth of fuel explodes within walking distance. And you’ll learn why you should never put your kids in a sewer, no matter how great of a parent you are.

The safety segment from today’s story is designed to teach you about rocket safety, but since I can’t teach you everything in one short podcast, my best advice is to relisten to every past episode, tell a friend, then quiz each other.

It's not everyday you get to watch a sideways rocket launch that performs an incomplete orbit over the countryside before landing nose first onto its own launch centre all in just 22 seconds. The safety segment from today’s story is designed to teach you about rocket safety, but since I can’t teach you everything in one short podcast, my best advice is to relisten to every past episode, tell a friend, then quiz each other.

Celebrity guests include missile designer Sergei Korolev, civilian astronaut Christa McAuliffe and some of the biggest testicles in Chinese State News history.


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