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Global Suicide Prevention: 25,000 Nukes on Hair Trigger and the Miracle of Survival

Get a behind-the-scenes look at Bill Whittle’s new podcast series, “The Cold War: What We Saw”, from Esoteric Radio Theatre. With 25,000 nukes on hair trigger, the survival of the United States and the Soviet Union is a modern miracle. Heroic personal stories and high-stakes decisions provide a lesson in global suicide prevention. Bill Whittle […]

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Back to the Moon: Trump Appointee Fires NASA Veteran to Speed Lunar Mission

President Trump wants NASA to get Americans back to the moon in five years. To heighten the urgency, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine — a Trump political appointee — fires William Gerstenmaier, a well-respected 42-year NASA veteran in charge of human space exploration. Will this sudden move light a fire under the bureaucracy, or did we just lose four decades of institutional knowledge jeopardizing our safe return to the lunar surface? Should NASA get our of the business of human space transportation?

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Back to the Future: Elon’s Tourist Moonshot

Elon Musk’s SpaceX unveils plan to send a Japanese billionaire — and a dozen artists — ’round the moon and back. Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott consider the impact of private space tourism on this Right Angle. To become a citizen producer of this kind of content: https://billwhittlecom.wpengine.com/register Join the discussion in our […]