Podcast Episodes

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.

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Published on 10 hours 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 1 week, 4 days 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 weeks, 5 days 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 2 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T+304: The Musk/Trump Breakup, Jared Isaacman’s Withdrawn Nomination, and Starship Flight 9 (with Lori Garver)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 2 months, 2 weeks ago

T+303: The Trump 2024 Transition (with Mark Albrecht)

Episode 303

Mark Albrecht joins me to talk about his time on the Trump 2024 Transition Team, the thinking behind some of the policy decisions we’re starting to see in the space and national security spheres, and…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

T+302: A Tour of Marotta Controls

Episode 302

We take a tour of Marotta Controls in Montville, New Jersey, to see how they work, how they develop, produce, and test products at rate, and we learn about the most feared topic in space—valves!

This …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

T+301: Hypersonics and Constellations (with Caleb Henry)

Episode 301

Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me to talk megaconstellations, the hypersonics industry, and more.

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Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

T+300: Isaacman’s Confirmation Hearing, NASA and NOAA Budgets, NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 Awards

Episode 300

Jared Isaacman was in Congress for a confirmation hearing for his nomination as NASA Administrator, which was followed up by reports of huge proposed budget cuts at NASA and NOAA. And as expected, Sp…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

T+299: Starliner, According to Butch and Suni (with Eric Berger)

Episode 299

Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about his recent interviews with Butch and Suni in the aftermath of their flight, the update NASA put out about Starliner, and how it all lands from where…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago