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|caption = "An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon."&nbsp;<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68377730 BBC: Moon landing: US firm Intuitive Machines makes historic touchdown]</ref><br><br>"The Odysseus mission is funded by NASA as part of their program to develop private industry to send instruments and supplies to the Moon."&nbsp;<ref name=odysseus>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/odysseus-lands-on-the-moon/ Neurologica: Odysseus Lands on the Moon]</ref>


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SGU Episode 973
March 2nd 2024
973 Odysseus.jpg

"An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon." [1]

"The Odysseus mission is funded by NASA as part of their program to develop private industry to send instruments and supplies to the Moon." [2]

SGU 972                      SGU 974

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

Robert Coveyou, American research mathematician

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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Leap year, AI Willy Wonka party

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Special Discussion: Alabama SC Decision (7:28)

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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

First Private Landing on the Moon (19:39)


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Who's That Noisy? (1:10:10)

Answer to previous Noisy:
Half dollar pushed into dry ice (video in article)

New Noisy (1:13:49)

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J:...If you think you know what it is...

Announcements (1:14:58)

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Correction #1: _brief_description_

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Science or Fiction (1:31:08)

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Item #2: _item_text_from_show_notes_[9]
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Steve win
Rogue Guess

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Evan's Response

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Cara's Response

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Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:47:35)

The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

 – Robert Coveyou (1915-1996), American research mathematician who worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory 


E:... "Random number generation is too important to be left to chance [sic]." ...

Signoff

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[11]
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References

  1. ↑ BBC: Moon landing: US firm Intuitive Machines makes historic touchdown
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Neurologica: Odysseus Lands on the Moon
  3. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  4. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  5. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
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  7. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  8. ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  9. ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  10. ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  11. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

Vocabulary

  1. ↑ Wiktionary: scale
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