Podcast Episodes

T+313: Starlink, Kuiper, Project Bromo, and More (with Caleb Henry)

Episode 313

Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me (in studio!) to talk about Starlink V3, Starlink satellite relay, Kuiper’s rollout, the Airbus-Thales-Leonardo merger, and the future of Ir…

Published on 14 hours ago

T+312: Starship Flight 11, Space Policy, and Priorities (with Miles O’Brien)

Episode 312

Miles O’Brien, science correspondent for PBS News and CNN space analyst, joins me to talk about Starship Flight 11, the current space policy landscape including the ongoing government shutdown, the p…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

T+311: Phil McAlister on Commercial LEO and NASA’s Human Spaceflight Budget

Episode 311

Phil McAlister, former Director of NASA’s Commercial Space Division, joins me to talk about the Commercial LEO Destinations program, the budgetary issues facing NASA and its human spaceflight program…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

T+310: NASA’s “Prove It” Era

Episode 310

NASA selected Blue Origin to (maybe) deliver the once-cancelled VIPER rover, modified Sierra Space’s ISS resupply contract which likely puts the nail in the coffin of Dream Chaser, and released the d…

Published on 1 month ago

T+309: EchoStar’s Spectrum Sale, Starlink’s Financials (with Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space)

Episode 309

Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me to talk about EchoStar’s spectrum sales and constellation cancellation, SpaceX’s spectrum purchase, and the financials of Starlink.

This epi…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

T+308: Chatting with Casey Handmer

Episode 308

Casey Handmer, Founder of Terraform Industries, joins me to talk about the state of NASA in 2025, talent acquisition and retention, productivity, and so much more.

This episode of Main Engine Cut Off …

Published on 2 months ago

T+307: Executive Order on Regulatory Reform (with Tom Marotta)

Episode 307

Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company joins me to talk about the executive order this week focused on commercial space regulatory reform, what problems it seeks to solve, his experience on both sides …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

T+306: Lunar Outpost (with Michael Moreno, VP of Strategy)

Episode 306

Michael Moreno, VP of Strategy at Lunar Outpost, joins me to talk about what they’ve been up to at the company, the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract, the idea of services as a business on…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

T+305: The Starship 36 Explosion, and ESA Policy (with Adrian Beil, NASASpaceflight)

Episode 305

A special simulcast of this week’s Off-Nominal—the other show I do, if you somehow haven’t heard of it!—because it’s exactly the topic list with exactly the guest I had up next on my list. I’m joined…

Published on 4 months ago

T+304: The Musk/Trump Breakup, Jared Isaacman’s Withdrawn Nomination, and Starship Flight 9 (with Lori Garver)

Episode 304

Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, joins me to talk about the chaos of the last week: the withdraw of Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA Administrator, Starship Flight 9, and of course,…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago