Comments on: Ep. 92: Missions to Mars, Part 1

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By: slashnull

slashnull — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:18:15 +0000

I actually really enjoyed this show – I love getting the historical context for the various missions, and the image of the poor soviet scientists getting given cookies was priceless. I can see the point of the above commentators, but personally I thought this was a fun show,albeit less full of sciencey goodness than normal.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:06:52 +0000

I have to agree with Marie's comment above. This was a very difficult episode to listen to. It would have been a much better program had Frasier brought in an engineer with some background in the early space exploration programs. Despite all the mishaps and failures it was a very exciting time. But the impression given by Dr. Gay was of a bunch of hapless incompetents here and elsewhere. Given the tools and knowledge of the time, what they accomplished is all the more amazing to me. I think you really spoiled one of the great periods of American science and engineering.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:46:49 +0000

Normally I don't comment much. I send my introductory astronomy students here all the time. It's a great place for them to start before they seek out other references. Your science is balanced and of high quality. I found this current episode very hard to listen to. Perhaps there just wasn't much science in it…

The early space program contains a history of many unsuccessful attempts. Modern ones still do. I'd rather have heard more in this episode on how big science and the exploration of unknown worlds really work. It's truly awe inspiring when all the minute details are correct to the specifications they need to be (with the technology current at the time of the design) and we get the sought-after images and data from the surface of another planet or from probing the planet from orbit. Our success completely amazes me.