Watch out, astrophobes! Martin "Sword of the Stars" Cirulis joins the Caustic Soda crew as we venture into the final frontier and fight things we find there! We talk about Reagan’s Star Wars plan to put lenses in front of bombs; Lasers on 747s; Maneuvering fighters in zero G; Mutual Assured Destruction; EMP Tests & the Outer Space Treaty; Satellite "accidents"; the shrapnel zone; X-37 unmanned spaceplane PLUS all related pop culture. Music: "Frogstar" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
Caustic Soda: Space Warfare
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