While the Manhatten project was working on the first fission bombs Edward Teller began working on a fusion powered 'Super' device. Fission devices were 1000 times as powerful as conventional explosives, and fusion devices could be 1000 times more powerful than the early fission devices. Background music is Tranquility Base by Kevin Macleod http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=tranquility+base ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihO9abE9EEc

Sign up for an extended free trial: https://secure.eveonline.com/trial/?invc=5e220162-831d-4e3b-b6cc-09a8bd191d30&action=buddy At the time Skye was 4 and Orion was 3. Spaceships! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gF01TPJe6s

On Crawford Hill in Holmdel, New Jersey there's a collection of old scientific radio antennae which were built decades ago but are now abandoned. One of these is a Hogg Horn Antenna built for project Echo, the first proper demonstration of realtime satellite communication. It needed to be large and exceptionally sensitive because the satellite was a passive reflector rather than an active relay. This sensitivity later lead to it being used as a scientific instrument to study the skies in radio waves, but the scientists using it, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson struggled to eliminate radio noise which was creeping in. They worked hard to get rid of this until they eventually discovered a scientific explanation for this and ultimately were credited for their work in discovering the cosmic microwave background radiation. The site is currently abandoned, but the horn antenna is registered as a historic place, hopefully this will result in the preservation of the antenna for future generations. You can read a lot more about NASA's balloon satellites in this book about NASA's history: https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/ch6.htm Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RFRRRJxLmk

I redesign my launch system to stop the random rotations and finally get a rocket up to orbital velocity. Shame it's pointing the wrong way. Check out Kerbal Space Program at http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com - and thanks to the developers for encouraging these videos. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNaBIVcbuj0