Episode 5: The Shuttle, A Centennial, and Schupannzigh
 
Join me as I speak about a happy day for technology, a sad one for space exploration, and the difficulties of being Beethoven’s friend. 
 
Arlington’s website describing the Challenger memorial:
https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Monuments-and-Memorials/Space-Shuttle-Challenger
 
Richard Feynman’s memoir where he discusses the investigation into the Challenger disaster:
https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393355642
 
Wikipedia page on RUR author Karel Čapek:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Čapek
 
Canadian Space Agency information page about DEXTRE:
https://asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/dextre/default.asp
 
Lyrics to Beethoven’s song about Schupannzigh
"Schuppanzigh ist ein Lump.
Wer kennt ihn nicht,
den dicken Sauermagen,
den aufgeblasnen Eselskopf?
O Lump Schuppanzigh,
o Esel Schuppanzigh,
wir stimmen alle ein,
du bist der größte Esel,
o Esel, hi hi ha."
"Schuppanzigh is a scoundrel
Who doesn't know him
the fat sour-belly
the puffed up ass's head?
O rogue Schuppanzigh
O donkey Schuppanzigh
We all agree
that you're the biggest ass
O ass, hee-haw"
 
Jan Swafford’s Beethoven Biography:
https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/beethoven/9780618054749
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