Episode 660: To Fill a Star Cruiser




Technorama show

Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1yv">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> QOTW: What was your highlight of 2021?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/photos/a.10151218397851671/10158159313561671">Technorama</a><br> <br> <br> Shout out to John Miller Jr. He leveled up and completed College! He Earned Masters of Information Systems Degree. Earned Cyber Security certificate. <br> <br> On This Day In History for January 12, 2022<br> This is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining in 2022.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1866, that The Royal Aeronautical Society was formed in London<br> January 12, 1932, Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate.<br> It was on this date in 1967, that Dr. James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation<br> 36 years ago today, Congressman Bill Nelson lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on Space Shuttle mission STS-61 -C as a payload specialist<br> It was on this date in 1997, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-81 to the Russian space station Mir, carrying astronaut Jerry M. Linenger for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut John E. Blaha.<br> Nineteen European nations agreed to forbid human cloning on this date in 1998<br> January 12, 2001, Downtown Disney opened to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California<br> On January 12, 2004, The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage<br> It was 17 years ago today, that Deep Impact launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.<br> January 12, 2007, Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), the largest comet ever measured, was at its zenith, visible during the day<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> Flemish chemist and physician, Jan Baptist van Helmont, born on this date in 1577.<br> Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic was born on that same date in 1792.<br> Born January 12, 1822, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine Étienne Lenoir.<br> Italian mathematician, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, born on this date in 1853.<br> American novelist and journalist, Jack London was born 146 years ago today.<br> Born January 12, 1892, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation Mikhail Gurevich.<br> Paul Hermann Müller, the Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 123 years ago today.<br> Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic was born on that same date in 1903.<br> Born January 12, 1905, American archeologist and academic James Bennett Griffin.<br> Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer was born on that same date in 1907.<br> Born January 12, 1916, American chemist and inventor Ruth R. Benerito.<br> Rush Limbaugh, the American talk show host and author was born 71 years ago today.<br> Also turning 71 today is American actress and producer Kirstie Alley.<br> American radio host, actor, and author, Howard Stern, born on this date in 1954.<br> Also turning 65 today is American animator, director, and producer John Lasseter.<br> Also born on that same date in 1964,  American computer scientist and businessman, founded Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos.<br> American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director, Rob Zombie is 57 today.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 3 – Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast)<br> 6 – Steve Therrien (Canada)<br> 8 – Elvis!<br> 9 – Lingo from the Brit &amp; Yankee pubcast<br> 14 – Glynne Tolar<br> 15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka GoofyRalph)<br> 17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) originally from Canada bu...