What does butter have to do with collecting a piece of space trash? Everything. In this buttery edition of Mike Heath’s Orbital Garbage Project, we churn through 9,000 years of dairy history — from accidental Mesopotamian butter-making, to Napoleon III’s desperate search for a cheaper alternative, to the birth of margarine and the iconic “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!” ad campaigns.
Along the way, we connect it all back to the mission: bringing real butter into orbit for the first time ever while collecting a piece of space trash. Plus, a shout-out to our new listener in Australia, calls for NFL player recruits to join the Space Trash Force, and an outrageous space-cleaning robot fish idea.
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Breakdown:
00:00 - Opening Tidbits
00:42 – Today's Topic
01:30 – origins of the slab
02:23 – nomadic herders
03:49 – egyptians
04:12 – Indian Butter
04:44 – Roman Greek Butter skin care
05:25 – fall and rise of butter
08:21 – americans want real butter
09:31 – butter in space
10:40 – i cant believe its not space butter
11:08 – fabio butter spokesman
12:19 – a force of good
12:56 – going global
13:08 – land down under
14:58 – aussie potential
15:28 – an apology
15:58 – nothing more exciting
17:54 – encouraging comments
23:55 – space news
24:49 – space eagle
25:47 – 117 days left
