Episode

1649: "Ernst Stuhlinger"

Podcast: Interesting Things with JC
Published: May 11, 2026
Duration seconds: 401
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Summary

Interesting Things with JC #1649: "Ernst Stuhlinger" – A NASA engineer answers a nun asking why Mars missions matter while people are starving on Earth, and the answer comes from a former V-2 rocket scientist whose later work moves spaceflight away from explosive force and toward ion propulsion that pushes for years.