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Back to SearchT+185: Bill Nelson Nominated as NASA Administrator
Episode 185
President Biden nominated Bill Nelson to be the new NASA Administrator, so I check in on some of my past thoughts on NASA Administrators and Jim Brid…
5 years ago
T+184: Jake Robins on the 2021 Mars Fleet and Future Exploration
Episode 184
Our good friend Jake Robins, host of WeMartians and my cohost on Off-Nominal, joins me to talk about the arrival and early operations of the 2021 Mar…
5 years ago
T+183: Peter Beck on Neutron, Going Public, and Eating Hats
Episode 183
Peter Beck, Founder, CEO, and CTO of Rocket Lab, joins me to talk about going public, their new, bigger launch vehicle, Neutron, updates to their Ele…
5 years ago
T+182: Rocket Lab Neutron, Relativity Terran R
Episode 182
Relativity sorta-announced a bigger launch vehicle, Terran R. A few days later, Rocket Lab really announced a bigger launch vehicle, Neutron. I hate …
5 years ago
T+181: Falcon 9 Fleet, ABL in the UK, Firefly to the Moon
Episode 181
SpaceX broke their turnaround record and is racking up quite the flight history across their Falcon fleet. Lockheed selected ABL for a launch from th…
5 years, 1 month ago
T+180: Christian Davenport, The Washington Post, on the SLS Green Run, Axiom Ax-1, Virgin Orbit
Episode 180
Christian Davenport, reporter at The Washington Post, joins me to talk about the aborted SLS Green Run hot fire, the space policy landscape as we ent…
5 years, 2 months ago
T+179: Meagan Crawford, SpaceFund
Episode 179
Meagan Crawford, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SpaceFund and host of the Mission Eve podcast, joins the show to talk about the financing side of…
5 years, 2 months ago
T+178: Andrew Jones, on China’s Chang’e-5, 2021 Plans, and More
Episode 178
Andrew Jones returns to the show for the third time to talk about China’s current missions and future plans, including Chang’e-5, Tianwen-1, the Chin…
5 years, 2 months ago
T+177: NASA VCLS 2, Relativity, Astra, and Firefly
Episode 177
NASA awarded Venture Class Launch Services contracts to Astra, Firefly, and Relativity. Astra almost made orbit with its most recent test flight of R…
5 years, 3 months ago
T+176: The Flight of Starship SN8
Episode 176
Starship SN8 took flight last week on a mostly-successful mission to test its final descent phase. I share some thoughts on the test, the state of St…
5 years, 3 months ago