Flight of the Alberts [5th Anniversary Special]

<p><strong>Capsule: check. Monkey: check. Downers: check. </strong></p><p>To celebrate our 5th anniversary as a show, Quinn, Chris, and Other Chris are going back to the well to talk about our first ever topic: Project Albert. Or “that time the US Government launched a half dozen doped-up monkeys on captured Nazi V-2s”. </p><p><a href="https://failuretolaunch.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Find our merch store here</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/failuretolaunch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Support FTL on Patreon</a> to unlock bonus content and join our Discord community</p><p><strong>SOURCES:</strong></p><p>- <em>Animals in Space</em>, Colin Burgess and Chris Dubbs</p><p>- <em>Packing for Mars</em>, Mary Roach</p><p>- <em>A Brief History of Animals in Space</em>, NASA</p><p>FTL theme song by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@djdanarchy/featured" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">DJ Danarchy</a><br></p>