14: Tech in Space - Unconventional & Outlandish Space Vehicles, Launch Methods, and Power Sources

from The Sound of Space · host University of Toronto Aerospace Team

What happens when you put rocket boosters on an experimental airplane? How about slingshotting a satellite into orbit? Or using bacteria to power a spacecraft? In the fourteenth episode of The Sound of Space podcast, we take a look at the unique, weird, and crazy methods of space exploration. Join us as we discuss space planes, windbots, satellite ski lifts, atomic bomb rocket thrusters and much much more! Continue the conversation over on our Instagram account @_thesoundofspace or LinkedIn at The Sound of Space (TSOS) and let us know your thoughts on this episode! University of Toronto Land Acknowledgment TSOS is brought to you by the University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT). UTAT is an interdisciplinary student design team with four technical divisions. Visit utat.ca to learn more! CREDITS & TEAM Hosts: Theodora Girgis, Ketan Vasudeva Sound Engineer: Forrest McAdam Marketing & Graphics: Bonney Wu Research Team: Afrin Prio, Jillian Unruh, Lianne Choong

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