Chapter 1: What are the Moon Dudes and their mission to the moon?
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They used the rocket, I guess, I don't know what you call them, like the... The balls? Yeah, the balls, the ball bearings, you know, the things that hang off... It's all about ball bearings. Yeah, it's all about balls. They used the nuts of the other one, you know, those things that hang off the back, the rocket things.
The boosters.
The boosters, yeah, the boosters, the things where the shit comes out, the fire comes out, right? They used three of them From the space shuttle. They just use them. They just repurpose them. That's nice. And the fourth one was rebuilt from the shuttle. I don't know. I'm going and they're not even sure I'm going to make it. And they're like, hey, we're using tires from the last car.
I mean, I don't know.
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Chapter 2: How do rocket boosters work in space travel?
This is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Kristen Joy Holdley. Best to you, Kristen. Best to you, Brian. And best to you out there in the podcast and streaming audience. I think there's none of you.
I did get the notification, though.
Yeah, sometimes people just pop right in, and then sometimes they pop in later. I don't know. I don't know how all that works. Whatever. Anyway, the moon dudes made the moon dudes go. Did you see it? They're alive. Did you see it?
Yeah. Did you watch it? Yes, I did. We watched it.
Two hours of the countdown. You know, that NASA channel.
It's really cool.
Yeah, it really is. Like, I've done this before. This isn't the first one I've watched on the NASA channel where they've got all of the people like, you know, three hours, four hours ahead of time. They've got the hosts who tend to be astronaut related or astronauts themselves. And they talk about all the experts. Yeah.
And then you're leading up to the actual launch, which is really a question mark until the very moment.
Right.
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Chapter 3: What challenges do astronauts face during launches?
They had trouble with the toilet. They had trouble with the battery. They had trouble with the sensor. They're talking about it the entire way. They're being really transparent about what's going on and how they're communicating. So we're watching this the entire time. And I am just like, the kids are talking and yelling. And my brother and I see everyone. And I'm like, shut up.
Let's watch that. Yeah.
Meanwhile, it's like, you know. Here's what's going on, right?
What happened? What? The kids. The kids. I'm going to kill them. Strike again with the megaphone. Oh, my God. They killed it. What? They're done for. These kids. They love that thing.
They do love this thing. You wouldn't even know. You don't even know. These kids love the megaphone.
Oh, yeah. They do. I would love it, too.
Of course. Here's how it goes. Ready?
Damn fucking kids.
I'm going to... I'm taking them out of school. I'm going to be sanding my deck for the next three weeks.
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Chapter 4: What are the kids' reactions to space exploration?
Yeah.
They're like... And I'm like, oh my God, they got a C1 sensor on the overload? Holy shit. And you're like, I don't know what they said, but it really sounded important. What it really means is... The shitter's backed up. Can we get a plunger? Plunger in the shitter. It's like a whole, they do a whole dance with, they say things in weird ways and I love it.
It just reminds me of all the movies that I just enjoy about space, like Apollo 11 and Apollo 13, excuse me, Apollo 11, Apollo 13. 11 went fine. 13, not so much.
Contact is one of my favorites.
Oh, contact is great. Contact is great. We're going to see tonight. We are going to go see Project Hail Mary.
Oh, yeah. I've been reading a lot about that.
I'm very excited about that. Yeah, we got some free tickets from a friend to go see a movie, which is a very kind gesture, knowing that we have so many children who can't ever go see a movie. But it's almost three hours long. But I really like the premise of this movie and I'm hearing it's super spectacular. But anyway, so I'm watching this whole thing. They're going back and forth.
You know, they got this bus B overload and the sensor two down and battery overheating and nominal and all this, all these words they're using. And I'm just glued to the TV. And it's just one image of this rocket just sitting there with smoke coming out of it.
I know. It's exciting.
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Chapter 5: How do the hosts feel about the upcoming movie releases?
It really was. When I got in the car yesterday after we finished the show, I happened to turn it on NPR, and they were talking all about it. And it was very interesting. It's fascinating. I mean, it's like a whole ā it's stages. Yeah. It's a whole thing that they ā they already did first stage.
Yep.
Now this is the second stage, and that's just to see if they can stay alive.
Just get there.
Yeah, go to the backside of the moon. As they circle around. Yeah, as they orbit. Yeah.
Yeah, I'm not volunteering for that job. Would you volunteer for stage two where we just want to see if we can keep you alive?
No, right? That's what I was listening to. I was like, really? And they're like, yeah, it's just to see if they can stay alive.
So I'm trying to explain this to the children, right? And two of them are older and one of them would have no idea what was going on. But one of them is really fascinated by the idea of space and space travel. And we always like to watch videos of shuttles blasting, old videos of rockets and shuttles blasting off. It's cool. I'm like, here, this is called the Challenger. Watch this one, kids.
Oh, no. It makes a big fireball.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of the Culinary Cup competition?
So I'm trying to explain. And they say, well, they're going to the moon for 10 days. And I said, they're not going to the moon for 10 days. It's going to take them 10 days to get there and back. And he said, well, no. My teacher told me it's going to take 10 days. And I said, no, they're not going to be on the moon. They're actually not going to the moon. No. They're going very close to the moon.
They're going to be within 30,000 or 40,000 feet, which is really close, right? That's like an airplane flies. Yeah.
And they're going to see a part of the moon no one has seen before.
The dark side of the moon. And they're going to scan it. Someone explained this on the NASA channel. I thought that was a good one. If you're going to go camping in a new spot, you've never gone camping before. You're not going to show up there at night and just hope everything turns out okay. You're going to look at Google Maps.
You're going to hope that you're going to make sure there's water near or there's the things that you need. They are going to get prepared for the big, let's go to the dark side of the moon and see if we can find water, which then we can use for hydrogen, which then we can use for fuel so we can stop on the way to Mars, which is the whole goal. Mm-hmm. Love it. I love the idea of this.
And while the moon feels like something you can reach out and touch when you're looking at it at night, it is four fucking days away, traveling at 15,000 miles per hour, like a bullet. It's crazy.
Yeah, that's so true. And it's been a full moon. Yeah, it was like yesterday and today, full moon.
So it makes me wish I had a fucking telescope that I could but I couldn't see anything anyway. I'm too close to the city. But it makes me wish I had a telescope because I'm sure some people I should look on YouTube. I bet there's people out there.
There's gonna be a stream of something.
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Chapter 7: How do reality shows like Top Chef differ from the Culinary Cup?
Everything has a white guy. Every podcast, every space travel, it's all going to have a white guy. Keep things in line. You know, we've got to keep that weird hierarchy going on. So the white guy is going to go there. But the moon dudes and the moon chick, they are on their way. And I am super excited about it. I didn't think I'd be so excited, but I was really excited.
I know, me too. And I started following the woman on Instagram. There was a news story I was reading and it was like, here's her Instagram. So I started following her to see if she's going to be posting anything. They're taking their phones and they're using the cameras.
They're using the cameras. And they're going to use, I think, Starlink to relay some of that information down. They're going to use some of those spy satellites that I'm sure we don't know about. They say Starlink, but I'm sure it's spy satellites that they're using because I don't think they're going to let photos of the dark side of the moon go through Starlink.
But I will say this, that rocket that they had, that fucking Artemis rocket that's on that thing is just incredibly powerful. I mean, biggest rocket ever built, ever blasted off. And the crazy thing is, and that I didn't know, is that they used the tires from the last rocket. Did you know that? No, I didn't. They used the rocket, I guess, I don't know what you call them, like the... The balls?
Yeah, the balls, the ball bearings, you know, the things that hang off. It's all about ball bearings. From the space shuttle. They just use them. They just repurpose them. That's nice. And the fourth one was rebuilt from the shuttle. I don't know. I'm going and they're not even sure I'm going to make it. And they're like, hey, we're using tires from the last car. I mean, I don't know.
I might be a little bit nervous.
I like the idea of recycling, so...
I agree with you. Well, they're trying to save some money. Almost every continent on Earth participated in making this happen. Almost every country on Earth in some way, shape or form had a hand in making this happen. Hundreds of thousands of people. And you can imagine how many years of hard work and preparation. And this just it excites me in this sense.
You know, they talk about the great space generation, like the 60s and 70s, when these guys and girls were doing things that just seemed impossible on computers that have no more computing power than your average calculator. And they were getting people to the moon and they were saving them. Yeah, think about that. I know.
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Chapter 8: What humorous anecdotes do the hosts share about their experiences?
I went to the Houston Space Center with my kids when I went and visited Gustavo, who's living there right now, in L.A., And we went there. And I did not think ā I mean, I thought it was going to be interesting. But I didn't think I'd be as interested as I ended up being. And I am interested in space. But we went to ā we went and took a tour of the campus, which is huge.
And there are hundreds of buildings. I'm sure. And that Capcom, like the Houston Space Center, like where they actually direct the ā you know, we're all ā the things happen, like they're driving the ship and they're paying attention to it. All that happens in Houston. They take off in Florida and there is a communication center there, but once it gets in the air, it all goes to Houston.
Right.
And it's always been that way, by the way.
Well, that's where you get the Houston. We have a problem.
Houston. We have a problem.
They're always communicating with Houston.
Building in and of it. And they do have launch pads out in Houston, too. And when you see the size of those things and how far away you have to be from one to be safe, it's miles. I mean, you're not even pretend close. And they're huge. But the building in and of itself is a feat of engineering. It's fantastic. 30 stories in the air.
It's huge that, you know, where they can put the rockets and pay attention to them. That's fascinating. This is a, this is really a testament to mankind and how cool we can be when we want to be. How we can come together and do something.
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