How Do You Power A Space Station? (w/ Penni Dalton, Tracy Drain, Mikey Alfred)

A roughly 1-million pound space station orbits our planet every day. Wanna know how they keep the lights on? Battery Subsystem’s Manager Penni Dalton breaks down how it gets its power. Then, NASA engineer Tracy Drain returns to answer listener questions. We even get a question from actor Joel McHale! Plus, director Mikey Alfred sends us a math fact. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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How Do You Power A Space Station? (w/ Penni Dalton, Tracy Drain, Mikey Alfred) is an episode from Periodic Talks by Gillian Jacobs & Diona Reasonover.

This episode is 00:48:06 long.

This episode was published on Aug 24, 2021.

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