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Ed Helms

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

They were like, oh, wow, we did so much damage we didn't expect.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

And we got so much useful data.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

Look at what we're learning.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

This is a win.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

Let's chalk it up to a win.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

Take the win, guys.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

In all, between 1958 and 1962, there were eight known nuclear tests in space, four by the U.S.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

and four by the USSR.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

But Starfish Prime was the highest, the most powerful, and the most consequential.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

And when U.S.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

satellites started falling, President Kennedy canceled the next high-altitude test, which had been planned to go three times higher.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

No, you don't need to.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

You just don't need to.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

I will be honest, and I'm curious what you guys think about this, but I have absolutely zero desire whatsoever to ever go to space.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

Like, I don't even understand the desire.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

Other kids wanted to be astronauts, and I said, I'm good here.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

I just was never interested in it.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

It terrified me.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

It always terrified me.

SNAFU with Ed Helms
S4E21: Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett - Starfish Prime

The idea of not having an exit is so scary to me.