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Lateral with Tom Scott

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The History of the US Spy Satellite Program

The US spy satellite program's Corona, Gambit and Hexagon missions used film to take photos. They probably de-orbited these satellites and then retrieved the film canisters that survived the fall or re-entry into the atmosphere. The only way to get frickin' film from outer space is to land it. And so this is the car I'm not exactly sure how it plays out.

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