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May 17, 2025

Why Our Space Dreams Keep Getting Grounded

Let’s take a deep look at the relationship between spaceflight and politics, and see why our biggest space dreams have never come true.

Why Our Space Dreams Keep Getting Grounded

Amy Shira Teitel

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Apr 1

We’re being censored by ourselves

As always, this is the blogified version of the script for this YouTube video with minor edits and sources linked in the text. Also be…

We’re being censored by ourselves

Amy Shira Teitel

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Jan 30

Artemis doesn’t feel like the Apollo future we were promised (opinion)

As always, this is a blogified script from a YouTube video, in this case from my second channel where my op-ed type videos live. The videos…

Artemis doesn’t feel like the Apollo future we were promised (opinion)

Amy Shira Teitel

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Aug 3, 2025

How Did We Find the Atom?

Before the atomic bomb, we had to find the atom. But how did we find something too small to see?

How Did We Find the Atom?

Amy Shira Teitel

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Mar 9, 2025

Wernher von Braun’s Hugely Complicated Legacy

Wernher von Braun went from meetings with Hitler about Germany’s V-2 to lead architect behind the Saturn V in about 20 years.

Wernher von Braun’s Hugely Complicated Legacy

Amy Shira Teitel

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Oct 27, 2024

When Republicans Were Democrats: the Party Flip

Both the Republican and Democratic parties are unrecognizable from where they started. How did they start, and how did they flip?

When Republicans Were Democrats: the Party Flip

Amy Shira Teitel

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Dec 4, 2022

America’s History of Aggression Against Canada

Has the US really tried and failed to invade Canada mutiple times. Yes.

America’s History of Aggression Against Canada

Amy Shira Teitel

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Nov 8, 2022

Daylight Saving Time has Always Been a Mess

Twenty-three time changes in one state? Daylight Saving Time has been a mess for decades.

Daylight Saving Time has Always Been a Mess

Amy Shira Teitel

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Jun 7, 2022

When Tulips Were Worth More than Gold

Tulips were once worth more than gold making them a great analogy for the modern NFT market.

When Tulips Were Worth More than Gold

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Mar 28, 2022

Why Sweden Changed Driving Side

September 3, 1967, was Dagen-H. It was the day Sweden switched to right-side driving.

Why Sweden Changed Driving Side

Amy Shira Teitel

Amy Shira Teitel

Historian and author of Fighting for Space (February 2020) from Grand Central Publishing. Also public speaker, TV personality, and YouTuber. [The Vintage Space]

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