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T+85: Support and Criticism for the Lunar Gateway
Episode 85
ESA has all but given its full support to the (newly renamed) Lunar Gateway, and Terry Virts threw some criticism its way during the third meeting of…
7 years, 9 months ago
T+84: The End of NASA Exploration Exclusivity
Episode 84
Last week, China opened up their future space station to other nations, and Blue Origin laid some hints about their lunar ambitions. Both of these st…
7 years, 9 months ago
T+83: Falcon 9 Block 5, RL10 on Centaur V
Episode 83
Two events worth discussing happened while I was on vacation—the first Block 5 Falcon 9 took flight, and ULA selected RL10 for Centaur V.
This episod…
7 years, 10 months ago
T+82: Jon Goff, Altius Space Machines
Episode 82
Jon Goff of Altius Space Machines joins me to talk about how he got to where he is today and what’s ahead for Altius—including satellite servicing wi…
7 years, 10 months ago
T+81: Resource Prospector Cancellation
Episode 81
Last week, we heard news that the Resource Prospector mission has been cancelled. I spend some time thinking through my initial reactions to the news…
7 years, 10 months ago
T+80: DARPA Launch Challenge
Episode 80
The DARPA Launch Challenge has been officially unveiled, so I spent some time breaking down the competition and speculating about who will enter and …
7 years, 11 months ago
T+79: Orbital ATK’s OmegA, NASA’s Bridenstine
Episode 79
Orbital ATK unveiled the name and additional technical details of their new launch vehicle, OmegA. Jim Bridenstine was finally confirmed as the new N…
7 years, 11 months ago
T+78: No Cost-Plus, But No Vision, Either
Episode 78
NASA had some interesting comments on the Lunar Gateway at a recent NASA Advisory Council meeting—the program is eschewing cost-plus contracting, but…
7 years, 11 months ago
T+77: Blue Origin Reconfigures New Glenn
Episode 77
Caleb Henry got a great scoop on some changes Blue Origin is making to New Glenn. I think through why these changes may have been made and what these…
7 years, 11 months ago
T+76: Caleb Henry
Episode 76
Caleb Henry of SpaceNews returns to talk Satellite 2018, megaconstellations, flat-panel antennas, and the current state of the satellite industry.
Th…
8 years ago