Episode 717: An Astronaut’s favorite key is the Space Bar

Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW:  If it came out that we were 100% living in a simulation, what would be the biggest indicator looking back? On This Day In History for July 12, 2023 This is the 193rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining in 2023. It was on this date in 1493, that Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, was published That same date in 1776, Captain James Cook began his third voyage It was on this date in 1962, that The Rolling Stones performed for the first time at London’s Marquee Club 28 years ago today, Chinese seismologists successfully predicted the 1995 Myanmar-China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11. It was 22 years ago today that Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: American essayist, poet, and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, born on this date in 1817. George Eastman, the American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak was born 169 years ago today. Born July 12, 1863, German physicist and academic Paul Drude. Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, born on this date in 1884. American director, producer, and songwriter, Oscar Hammerstein II was born 128 years ago today. American comedian and actor, Milton Berle, born on this date in 1908. James E. Gunn, the American science fiction author was born 100 years ago today. American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200, Victor Poo