Podcast Episodes

T+318: General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force

Episode 318

Yesterday, I had the chance to visit the Pentagon and sit down with General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations—the head of the United States Space Force. We talk about the service 6 years int…

Published on 5 hours ago

T+317: Isaacman Renomination Hearing, Starliner Flights Cut, Starship at SLC-37, Zhuque-3 Almost Sticks the Landing, and More (with Stephen Clark)

Episode 317

Stephen Clark of Ars Technica joins me to talk about a ton of stories in the news—Jared Isaacman was back in front of Congress, a few Starliner flights have been cut from the ISS manifest, Starship r…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

T+316: New Glenn’s Second Launch, First Landing, and Upgrade Roadmap

Episode 316

Blue Origin is fresh off an incredible few weeks—a successful second launch and first landing of New Glenn, followed by an exciting unveil of upgrades to the vehicle, including an enormous new versio…

Published on 3 weeks ago

T+315: Autonomy in Space (with Simone D’Amico, DJ Bush, and Al Tadros)

Episode 315

Simone D’Amico of Stanford and EraDrive, DJ Bush of NVIDIA, and Al Tadros of Redwire join me to talk about autonomy in space, to get into the specific details of what they’re working on and how it co…

Published on 1 month ago

T+314: Jockeying for the Artemis 3 Lander, and the NASA Administrator Position

Episode 314

Thinking through the chaos that has ensued over the NASA Administrator role, the Artemis 3 lander acceleration movement, the SpaceX Starship HLS update, and a bit on how we actually got here.

This epi…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 2 months 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 months, 1 week 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 2 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months ago