Ep 47: The Sheep in The Clouds

In 1783 a duck, a rooster and a sheep named Montauciel were heading straight for the sky.  How does their unlikely story change lead to three Billionaires ending up in space over 200 years later? 

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https://storytellershat.com/2016/08/30/montauctiel-the-flying-sheep/

https://time.com/3583782/hot-air-balloon-history/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hot-air-balloon-rooster-sheep-duck-first

Science Comics ROCKETS : Defying Gravity by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd

Stuff You Missed In History Class

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1780-1789/ 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Montgolfier-brothers

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/joseph-michel-and-jacques-etienne-montgolfier

The Measure Of Things 

 Intro and outro music is Tiptoe out the Back by Dan Liebowicz and interstitial music is by MK2. All additional music within the podcast is from Pixelbay.com, and sound effects are from freesound.org

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