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T+45: 2018 Air Force Launch Vehicle Contracts, and the Dim Future of Antares
Episode 45
As the award date approaches for the 2018 Air Force launch vehicle development contracts, we keep hearing from Congress about how they would like to …
8 years, 11 months ago
T+44: SpaceX and the Age of Reusability
Episode 44
SpaceX made history this week by launching SES-10 with a previously-flown first stage. I discuss implications of this achievement, the things we lear…
9 years ago
T+43: March Lightning Round
Episode 43
The last two weeks have been filled with a bunch of smaller stories—SpaceX’s GPS III bid win and upcoming SES-10 launch, ULA’s decision on Vulcan’s e…
9 years ago
T+42: Blue Origin Introduces New Glenn
Episode 42
This week, Blue Origin shed some more light on New Glenn—by way of an animation, launch agreements, and a talk by Jeff Bezos at Satellite 2017—and th…
9 years ago
T+41: EM-1 Follow-up, Dragon 2-Falcon Heavy to the Moon
Episode 41
This week is all about #hotdrama, with two surprise media briefings: one from NASA on a potential crewed EM-1, and one from SpaceX on a privately-cre…
9 years ago
T+40: The Potentially Infamous EM-1 Memo
Episode 40
Robert Lightfoot, the Acting NASA Administrator, sent a memo to the agency on the possibility of putting a crew on EM-1. I discuss the potential fall…
9 years, 1 month ago
T+39: Opportunities for Private Companies within Government Programs
Episode 39
This week, NASA officially announced that NanoRacks will be adding an airlock onto the International Space Station to add capabilities and capacity t…
9 years, 1 month ago
T+38: 2017 NASA Transition Authorization Act Speculation
Episode 38
Marcia Smith of SpacePolicyOnline.com saw a draft of the 2017 NASA Transition Authorization Act, and it contains some very interesting changes from t…
9 years, 1 month ago
T+37: Government Subsidies, Private Capability, and the 2010 National Space Policy
Episode 37
Four members of the House of Representatives sent letters to DARPA and the Pentagon this week to file a complaint about a program in conflict with th…
9 years, 2 months ago
T+36: Falcon 9 Flies with New Fueling Procedures, and the NASA-Boeing-Soyuz Saga
Episode 36
SpaceX is off to a strong start in 2017 with a very successful launch of Iridium-1 and a promising next few weeks. I also discuss the very interestin…
9 years, 2 months ago