Like-O-Rama 12 - Satellite Communications by Dan and Aaron Like-O-Rama

This week, Aaron tells us all about the history of satellite communications and we demonstrate that we are both the smartest guys in the world and the dumbest guys in the world. From Arthur C. Clarke's 1945 article that first proposed the idea through today's world of SpaceX and GPS, we discuss how it works and how it developed. It's fascinating stuff! Also, we crack each other with our usual goofery.

NOTES / DON'T @ US:
- This site has the Clarke article both as scans and plain text: http://lakdiva.org/clarke/1945ww/
- The second Aaron mentions Sputnik, Dan stops talking because he's looking up Ray Ellington singing "Beep Beep" about 19:20 into this episode of The Goon Show: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f6gsn
- We want to emphasize that it's true, Dan really did know an old dude whose uncle beat up Frank Sinatra in New Jersey before he was famous because he angered some mob guys
- And here's that awesome site where some guy named Gunter tracks upcoming space launches: https://space.skyrocket.de/