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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 exac…
9 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T+304: The Musk/Trump Breakup, Jared Isaacman’s Withdrawn Nomination, and Starship Flight 9 (with Lori Garver)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 NAS…
9 months, 3 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 s…
10 months, 3 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…
10 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.
This episode of Main Engin…
10 months, 4 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…
11 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 ou…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
T+298: Eric Schmidt Takes Over at Relativity, Rocket Lab Plans Mynaric Acquisition
Episode 298
Eric Schmidt has taken a majority stake in Relativity and will serve as its CEO, so this is a good time to check in on their plans. Rocket Lab is pla…
1 year ago
T+297: Firefly Blue Ghost 1, Intuitive Machines IM-2, SpaceX Starship Flight 8 (with Josh Dinner)
Episode 297
Josh Dinner of Space.com joins me to talk about a wild week in space—Firefly’s Blue Ghost 1, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2, SpaceX’s Starship Flight 8, Ro…
1 year ago
T+296: Jim Bridenstine on Space Policy
Episode 296
Former Congressman and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine joins me to talk space policy, then and now: CLPS, Commercial Space Stations, Artemis, inte…
1 year ago