May 21, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
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Another informative broadcast episode with Bob and John Batchelor. Like the chronicles of the moon race of the 1960s, fifty years from now there will histories written of this new ‘Mars Race’. When reviewing the PRC Zhurong, those who are brave will agree with Bob’s comment “They stole it”.
For these weekly broadcasts, we need to nominate Bob and John for a Science Media Award for Best Audio Science. Does anybody know of any institution that handles such awards?
Bob, I believe the movie you are thinking of is “Destination Moon” from 1950. Big steel rockets!
Steve–
That’s my cue….
Destination Moon (1950)
https://youtu.be/OfL0as0zrMc
1:29:09
–>very nice print!
a very nice print as well, can be found here:
https://archive.org/details/DestinationMoon1950
(stream or download, no commercials)
Can’t forget—-
https://archive.org/details/WhenWorldsCollide_201604
(great rocket-launch scene!)
Mark–
Oh yeah, John Batchelor is a national-treasure! (Not to mention our own Mr. Z.!)
Mr. Z.;
I think “reality television,’ is what you were thinking of. (personally, I only watch Gold Rush, pirated off the interweb, as I have no cable.)
related to the initial theme:
https://archive.org/details/pulpmagazinearchive
->Great science-fiction Pulp Magazine covers!
I find myself humming “Flash” by Queen whenever Starship launches.
Queen – Flash (Official Video) – 2:52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfmrHTdXgK4
Meanwhile from the world of Elon Musk:
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology
2:22 AM · May 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1396033766490087426
Steve Golson: Yup, that’s the movie. In trying to gently correct John, I goofed slightly myself, though I think if anyone wanted to find it, using our discussion as a guide, they can.
Wayne: You are the man to ask: Is there a viewable version of “When Worlds Collide” available anywhere on line?
Wayne: Heh. You answered my question before I asked it!
James-
Good stuff!
Starship looks a lot like…..
Fireball XL5 (1962)
Intro & Outro
https://youtu.be/6ifS2nP53Zs
2:29
If anyone wants to watch Fireball XL5, without utilizing youtube….
->
https://archive.org/details/FireballXL5.complete
(about 145MB’s per episode in .mp4)
Now watching “Destination Moon” (again) via Starlink (score!), having read the book many years ago. Heinlien’s prediction of Elon Musk is prescient beyond belief.
Concerning DESTINATION MOON: Archive.org hosts the 48 minute TV kinescope of “City at Night”—
“… (a) TV magazine show, hosted by Keith Hetherington and Dorothy Gardiner.
“Traveling to a different and unannounced location of interest every week, the program here presents a “live,” behind-the-scenes look at the shooting of the film “Destination Moon”.
“Based on information discussed within the program and program schedules published in the Los Angeles Times,” someone on the Internet has “deduced that it was telecast on October 11, 1949.”
https://archive.org/details/CityAtNight10111949
Heinlein makes his first appearance at the 12:00 minute mark.
The RAH collection “Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master” has three Destination Moon articles-
– RAH’s novelette ‘Destination Moon”
– RAH’s piece that appeared in the July 1950 Astounding Science Fiction called “Shooting Destination Moon”
– RAH’s Guest of Honor speech (1969 Rio de Janeiro Movie Festival) prior to a showing of DM
Requiem also has RAH’s 1940 first D. D. Harriman story, “Requiem”, but not the 1950 ‘Harriman’ short novel, “The Man Who Sold the Moon.”