The Long-Forgotten History of the British Moon Spacesuit

The UK government’s space program began in 1952, and has always emphasized unmanned flight, mainly to launch satellites. But decades earlier, there was a private entity called the British Interplanetary Society that advocated for manned space travel. In the 1940s, they even produced a space suit for intrepid travelers to wear while collecting moon rocks! […]

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I changed the title to the latest video by Tom Scott, because the real title changes every time you load it. The number went up by at least 100,000 views between the time I first encountered it and when I posted it here. That’s one of those cool tricks that he takes only a few […]