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The Secret Mine That Took Us To Space

The Space Race, the Cold War, and the Moon Landing all have an origin story connected to a small, obscure silver iron mining operation in the mountains of Lower Saxony in Germany – and it’s such a complex, unbelievable tale that it exposes our most dangerous intersections of science and morality. 14 tons of buried…

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March 22, 2024

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14 tons of buried paper determined the fate of the world and kicked off humanity’s exploration of space.

We already know the end of the story: we know about Sputnik and Apollo 11, we know about Werner von Braun, and we know about Operation Paperclip. But pulling the threads of NASA and the Soviet Union’s Vostok program unravels an unknown World War II race between trucks and time, a struggle of secrets and survival, and a twist-filled tale of man, mind, and morality.

What you need to know is that story’s beginning – and if you don’t know it already, that’s because they never told you.

#spacerace #coldwar #science #history

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@BeenDownSoLong...

March 22, 2024 at 12:21 pm

In my opinion, you should have said the cache also contained documents pointing out that the end justifies the means. Or at least they were making the case for a Machiavellian justification for their behavior. Oh, and that was a nice “Fine-tuning” argument at the end there. To what purpose?

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@JohnJones-oy3md

March 22, 2024 at 12:35 pm

I was assured that it was a bunch of sassy black ladies crunching numbers that got us to the moon.

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- @Conrad500
  
  March 23, 2024 at 2:45 pm
  
  It is! As well as many other moving parts just as vital to the process. There’s a reason the saying is “it’s not rocket science,” because when it is, it really is.
  
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@Conrad500

March 22, 2024 at 12:40 pm

Ok, now tell me where they hid non paper treasure

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@Pieceoreece

March 22, 2024 at 4:42 pm

Ok i’ll bite…

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@Matpatfan101

March 22, 2024 at 8:14 pm

You’ve earned a sub!

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@Xxvier123

March 22, 2024 at 8:14 pm

You’ve earned a sub!

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@KoenZyxYssel

March 23, 2024 at 2:02 pm

Never heard about this but I did figure the german scientists that defected during/after the war had a lot to do with the scientific advances in the US after the war, and having people that actually understand the subject matter is probably more valuable than having technical documents you don’t fully understand. And yeah, I’m not surprised that the US was only looking out for its own best interest before and during the war. It’s what nations do (in so far as the US is a nation, that’s another topic) and nazi germany was no different: they were left bankrupt after the first world war so they decided to reject that reality and substitute their own. Wars are pointless things that make perfect sense, especially when you take into account that people do pointless things (like going to the moon).

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@ddturnerphd

March 24, 2024 at 5:46 am

Awesome!

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@noooosleepp

March 27, 2024 at 5:54 am

Love the content and so glad I found the channel. Interesting and different discussions. Great work.

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@MB-st7be

April 9, 2024 at 8:46 am

Yeesh who wrote this script? Way too incoherent

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@caramelsensation6943

May 29, 2024 at 4:30 pm

This story has been done to death on youtube, representing a name like Popular Science, you should really be doing some original videos.

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The Sonic Hedgehog protein (SHH) is an integral part of making your body what it is… seriously.

Sonic Hedgehog plays a role in forming your brain, central nervous system, lungs, digits, and limbs — because you need limbs when you gotta go fast.

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The Trash Computer That Became Your Phone

Popular Science Store: Popular Science Prints: Use code YOUTUBE for 10% off. Journeying down the path of vintage tech and retro computers is a good time even when it’s full of twists and turns… which it always is. But what happens when you’ve got a proto-portable computer that fits in your pocket, that struggles to…

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Journeying down the path of vintage tech and retro computers is a good time even when it’s full of twists and turns… which it always is. But what happens when you’ve got a proto-portable computer that fits in your pocket, that struggles to function, that runs into incompatibility issues at every stage, and that was made by a leather company who decided to get into the home electronics business?

That’s the Tandy TRS-80 Pocket Computer, sold exclusively through Radio Shack. And there’s a reason why the portable TRS-80 and its desktop companion were dubbed the ‘Trash-80.’

Charles Tandy built an empire so sprawling that the federal government had to break it up, and the TRS-80 line was one of his crowning achievements before his death. Everything was looking great for both Tandy and Radio Shack – but the TRS-80 Pocket Computer revealed the vulnerabilities of both businesses, the volatility of the hyper-evolving personal computer market, and the risks of market leadership in one of the most uncertain, unstable technological eras humanity has ever seen.

The TRS-80 Pocket Computer was one of the earliest forerunners to Apple’s iPhone and to smartphones in pockets around the world. But it was also a cautionary tale for the entire tech industry… and it continues to serve as a warning for anyone interested in vintage computer restoration.

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Do Animals Have Consciousness?

We know that many different animals have shockingly high levels of intelligence — but how many truly have consciousness? A group of scientists and academics thinks that it just might be… all of them. “The ‘smart’ animal club keeps getting bigger,” Popular Science: #science #sciencefacts #animalshorts #animals

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