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164 - Middle Finger to Entropy (with Casey Dreier)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to share the Good News about Human Spaceflight. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 164 - Middle Finger to Entropy (with Casey Dreier) - YouTube The Crusade to Reclaim Hubble - jakerobins.com Space Policy Edition: Is Human Spaceflight a… | The Planetary So…
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163 - COTS of JSC (with John Conafay)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by John Conafay, founder of Integrate, to talk about what they’ve been up to lately, his time at SmallSat, all the space news of late, our bizarre JSC theories, and probably a review of Salt Lake City favorites in advance of the conferences’s move next year. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 163 - COTS of JSC (with Jo…
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162 - falcon_9.mp3 (with Logan and Alan from MSI DFAT)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Logan and Alan from MSI DFAT to talk about blasting satellites and spacecraft with sound. Seriously, that is their job. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 162 - falcon_9.mp3 (with Logan and Alan from MSI DFAT) - YouTube MSI DFAT Photos | MSI-DFAT JWST suffers new problem during spacecraft testing - SpaceNews Surroun…
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161 - Ambassador Administrator Senator (with Christian Davenport)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Christian Davenport of The Washington Post to catch Jake up on what he missed while on vacation. Just a Falcon 9 failure, the ongoing Starliner saga, and a brand new Presidential race. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 161 - Ambassador Administrator Senator (with Christian Davenport) - YouTube Chris Bergin - NSF on…
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160 - Cut That Shit Out (with Lori Garver and Loren Grush)
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Anthony is joined by his two favorite LGs—Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, and Loren Grush of Bloomberg—to talk about an absolutely chaotic run of space news. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 160 - Cut That Shit Out (with Lori Garver and Loren Grush) - YouTube Boeing Flubbed Its Space Debut. NASA Isn’t Helping. - The Atlantic Boei…
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159 - The Budget Wedges are All Wedging (with Joey Roulette and Jacqueline Feldscher)
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Anthony is joined by Joey Roulette of Reuters and Jacqueline Feldscher of Payload to talk about the Falcon 9 failure and its fallout, and the ongoing communications debacle that is Starliner. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube SpaceX's Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink satellites | Reuters Chris Bergin - NSF on X: “Here are two minu…
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Jake and Anthony are back! We catch up mostly about spacesuits, space stations, spaceships, and probably Dragon XL. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 158 - Meant to F - YouTube NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station | Ars Technica DutchSatellites on X: “The USDV that SpaceX offered is indeed based off D…
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157 - Assuming States are Rational (with Laura Delgado López)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Laura Delgado López, Visiting Fellow at the Americas Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, to talk about Latin American space policy. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 157 - Assuming States are Rational (with Laura Delgado López) - YouTube Space security in the Americas can no longer go ove…
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156 - It’s All Muscle (with Mark Peller, VP of Vulcan Development at ULA)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Mark Peller, VP of Vulcan Development at United Launch Alliance, to talk about…well…Vulcan development! Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 156 - It’s All Muscle (with Mark Peller, VP of Vulcan Development at ULA) - YouTube United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First Next Generation Vulcan Rocket Tory Bruno on…
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155 - Unhinged Planetary Desire (with Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Peter Beck, Founder, President, and CEO of Rocket Lab, to talk about making rocket bikes, why he would do such a thing as make rocket bikes, what it was like to ride rocket bikes, and why he stopped making rocket bikes. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 155 - Unhinged Planetary Desire (with Peter Beck) - YouTube Ro…
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154 - They Ran Into Us (with Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium, to talk about what they’ve been up to lately, the state of the satellite communications industry, and to tell some stories from his career. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 154 - They Ran Into Us (with Matt Desch) - YouTube Iridium Satellite Communications | Your World. Our Network. Iri…
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Jake and Anthony catch up on the news, and Anthony returns from vacation with a few reviews of some recent Smithsonian Air and Space Museum changes. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 153 - YouTube NASA and Boeing moving ahead with Starliner test flight after propulsion issues - SpaceNews MDA Space joins Starlab Space commercial space station ven…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Caleb Henry (Director of Research) and Justin Cadman (Co-CEO) of Quilty Space, to talk about their financial analysis of Starlink. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 152 - Low ARPU Sub (with Caleb Henry and Justin Cadman) - YouTube Starlink Webinar Access Quilty Space on X: “Happy National Space(X) day! Get a peek i…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to figure out what’s up with the Orion heat shield, SLS layoffs, commercial Mars studies, and the ISS deorbit vehicle. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 151 - CanadLeg (with Eric Berger) - YouTube NASA's Readiness for the Artemis II Crewed Mission to Lunar Orbit - N…
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Erin Edwards joins Jake and Anthony to talk about flying helicopters, making the leap from the military to space, and being a Canadian CAPCOM at NASA. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 150 - Bullets and Cheetos (with Erin Edwards) - YouTube The Space Suit – Puffin Drinkwear Bell CH-146 Griffon - Wikipedia Follow Erin Erin M Edwards, CD, M.Sc. | …
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Aria Alamalhodaei, reporter at TechCrunch, to talk about valves, getting footage of Astra’s explosions, Mars Sample Return, and everything else that has been going on lately, including cursed eclipses. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 149 - Bob from Valves, Inc. (with Aria Alamalhodaei) - YouTube Aria Alamalhodaei…
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Jake and Anthony catch up after some travels, unfortunate events, clouds, news, and hijinks. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 148 - Keep the Meter Running - YouTube Jake Robins on X: "if you're about to have a bad eclipse experience like me, you can at least have a funny shirt" Nerd Alert: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Lunar Eclipse - YouTub…
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147 - Bouncy Castle Payload Adapter
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Jake is joined my Simon Stähler from ETH Zürich to talk about the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube 147 - Bouncy Castle Payload Adapter - YouTube Eclipse 2024 Meetup - Off-Nominal Jake's new blog post on Mission Success Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to talk about the science side of CLPS. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 146 - Stocking the Shelves - YouTube Eclipse 2024 Meetup - Off-Nominal Commercial Lunar Payload Services - NASA Peregrine payloads returned useful data despite no lunar landin…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Michael Sheetz, space reporter from CNBC, to talk about Starship’s third flight, recent earnings calls, whatever Astra is up to, and…there’s way too much on our list. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 145 - Space Elevator Jazz (with Michael Sheetz) - YouTube Starship's Third Flight Test / X SpaceX Starship rocket f…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Swapna Krishna to catch up on space science news, and to talk about her projects like Ad Astra, Stargazing, and more. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 144 - The Tube Man (with Swapna Krishna) - YouTube Ad Astra Ad Astra - YouTube The Philly Mascots and First Responders From Engine 38 Re-Open I-95 - Crossing Broad …
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143 - Maneuver Without Regret (feat. Warfighting Domain) (feat. Tim Fernholz)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by journalist and author Tim Fernholz to talk about some of his recent stories on the Space Force, Kam Ghaffarian, and let’s be honest, we’ll probably get distracted by Intuitive Machine’s first lunar landing attempt. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 143 - Maneuver Without Regret (feat. Warfighting Domain) (feat. Tim…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the latest on Mars Sample Return, JPL layoffs, and everything space policy. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 142 (with Casey Dreier) - YouTube How layoffs at JPL can be traced to a stalemate in Congress | The Planetary Society The path for…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Elizabeth Frank to talk about the future of the CLPS program, JPL’s Mars-focused Commercial Services Studies, and a whole bunch more, including Elizabeth’s epic travel photos. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 141 - TRL Valley of Death (with Elizabeth Frank) - YouTube Astrobotic to begin formal investigation into f…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta of The Planetary Society to pour one out for Ingenuity, breakdown the epic SLIM landing, and do some eclipse planning. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 140 - Cultivating a Vibe (with Rae Paoletta) - YouTube SLIM moon lander revived after solar power setback - SpaceNews Dawoon Jung on X: “One of #SLIM …
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Jake and Anthony are joined by John Conafay to talk about what he’s been up to since founding Integrate, and we’ll probably dish out some hot takes, too. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 139 - Sourdough Software Starter (with John Conafay) - YouTube Integrate Cosma Schema • The New Space design & branding agency. Ingenuity Mars helicopter missi…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Will Francis, Chief Commercial Officer at Agile Space Industries, to talk about his path through the industry—from co-founding Roccor, to being acquired by Redwire, to joining Agile—and what he’s learned along the way. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Agile Space Industries Redwire Space | Heritage + Innovation Redwire Ac…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger to lay out our predictions for 2024! Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube After its impressive first flight, here’s what’s next for the Vulcan rocket | Ars Technica Jeff Bezos says what we’re all thinking: “Blue Origin needs to be much faster” | Ars Technica Four huge rockets are due to debut in 2020—will any make…
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136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to present The Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. We’ll debate what went the most comedically wrong this year, crown a winner, and also score some 2023 predictions. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace (with Joe Barnard) - YouTube Stars…
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135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company to talk about what they’re working on, spaceport operations, and the FAA licensing process. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine (with Tom Marotta) - YouTube NASA: Let’s Ketchup on International Space Station Tomato Research - NASA The Spaceport…
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Jake and Anthony check in on Starship, Artemis, spreadsheets, and a lost tomato on the ISS. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 134 - Artemis II.5 - YouTube ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space for 8 months (video) | Space SpaceX on X: At dawn from the gateway to Mars, the launch of Starship’s second flight test Artemis Timelines Spre…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by photographer Andrew McCarthy to talk about his journey into astrophotography, his process, and let’s be real, to gawk at his work. And also to convince Jake to buy telescopes. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 133 - I’m an Adult with a Job (with Andrew McCarthy) - YouTube PixInsight — Pleiades Astrophoto DeepSkySta…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Mueller, founder, CEO, and CTO of Impulse Space and former Propulsion CTO at SpaceX. We’ll talk about what Impulse Space is up to, including their literally-just-launched first mission to space. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 132 - Boneless Skineater (with Tom Mueller) - YouTube Access Any Orbit | Impulse Sp…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Tanya Harrison to talk about the Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada that she—along with very-recent guest, Dr. Gordon Osinski!—founded and announced just a few weeks back. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 131 - AAA for Science (with Dr. Tanya Harrison) - YouTube Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada Fol…
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130 - Crossfire Between Scientists and Engineers
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Planetary Scientist Stefano Nerozzi joins Jake and Anthony to talk about science on Mars, from Sample Return to mapping Mars’ Ice! Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 130 - Crossfire Between Scientists and Engineers (with Stefano Nerozzi) - YouTube Joint ASI/CSA/JAXA/NASA Measurement Definition Team for the International Mars Ice Mapper Mission - …
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Gordon Osinski from the University of Western Ontario and member of the Artemis 3 Geology team which will develop surface science plans for the first lunar EVAs since Apollo. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube NASA Selects Geology Team for the First Crewed Artemis Lunar Landing - NASA Canadian Researcher Gordon Osinski …
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Stephen Hackett, co-founder of Relay FM and fellow space nerd, to talk about the ever-present SLS drama of the day, how Relay’s St. Jude fundraiser went, and partake in the first Terrible Space Movie Review Show™ in which we try to convince Stephen to watch our favorite of a bad batch of movies we watched. Topics Off-…
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Jason Davis of The Planetary Society makes his long-awaited return, to hang out with Jake and Anthony and talk about Psyche, OSIRIS-REx, solar eclipses, and surely a bunch of other stuff, too. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 127 - Hot Moon Takes (with Jason Davis) - YouTube The crew was never in any danger. Revealing the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sa…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, to talk about watching spaceships return to Earth, talking to astronauts, a change of leadership at Blue Origin, and what’s been up in the Florida space scene of late. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Brendan Byrne on X: “What a sight! Crew-6 coming in hot over Orlando. First …
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Alec Maestas, OSIRIS-REx Systems Engineer and Real-Time Operations, to talk about the asteroid sample return mission on the eve(ish) of sample arrival. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube OSIRIS-REx Mission OSIRIS-REx team completes final test before asteroid sample delivery - OSIRIS-REx Mission NASA gears up for return of O…
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Jake and Anthony check in on human spaceflight with a bit of a roundup—Axiom-3, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and more. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 124 - Accidental Cadence - YouTube Sara Mauskopf on X: “Companies that raised money in 2021 trying to raise again today” Sara Mauskopf on X: “When you’re in the arena trying stuff and t…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about her new book, The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts. Topics Off-Nominal Campaign for Relay FM/St. Jude Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 123 - An Exciting Time (with Loren Grush) - YouTube The Six | Book by Loren Grush | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schus…
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Jake and Anthony talk about recent financial news in the world of spaceflight and add some predictions to the 2023 list. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 122 - Space.com Bubble - YouTube Off-Nominal Campaign for Relay FM/St. Jude Relay FM for St. Jude - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Virgin Galactic forecasts limited revenues from initia…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Mark Panning from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and PI of the Farside Seismic Suite to talk about the Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25 Moon landings and what we can look forward too from CLPS coming soon. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Luna-25 crashes into moon after orbit maneuver - SpaceNews Chandrayaan-3: India becomes f…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Karan Kunjur, Co-Founder of K2 Space, to talk about what they’re building, and what it means to build for a post-Starship future. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 120 - Big Dumb Satellites (with Karan Kunjur) - YouTube Space-based solar power is not a thing – Casey Handmer's blog New Solar Arrays to Power NASA’s I…
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119 - Don’t Train for the Nominal Shit
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Jake and Anthony are joined by space artist and illustrator Paul Fjeld to talk about his career and to hear some stories from interesting projects and programs he’s worked on. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 119 - Don’t Train for the Nominal Shit (with Paul Fjeld) - YouTube List of Experiences -Paul Fjeld The Space Review: Saving Skylab the to…
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Anthony is joined by Jonathan Vaughters, Founder and CEO of EF Education-EasyPost, and Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about space and cycling, who knows in what amounts. Sorry, Jake. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 118 - Experienced Drunk Idiots (with Jonathan Vaughters and Eric Berger) - YouTube Watch Tour de France…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Phil Metzger to talk about his research into launch and landing pad debris. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 117 - ⅃ L (with Dr. Phil Metzger) - YouTube NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts (PDF, 3.3 MB…
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Jake is back, so Anthony will help get him caught up on the news, including the Mars Sample Return Hot Drama. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 116 - Hot NSSL Summer - YouTube NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag—and it’s colossal | Ars Technica NASA's FY 2024 Budget | The Planetary Society The U.S. Senate threatens to cancel Mars… | Th…
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Anthony is joined by Loren Grush (Bloomberg) and Rachael Zisk (Payload), to talk about Loren’s recent trip to see Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight, to catch up on some news, and to do a mid-year check in on our 2023 predictions. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 115 - I’m Getting a Twinkie Vibe (with Loren Grush and Rachael Zisk) - YouT…
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