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T+18: Robert Zubrin on Mars Exploration and Colonization Internationally, within NASA, and at SpaceX
Episode 18
Dr. Robert Zubrin, President of The Mars Society, creator of Mars Direct, and author of The Case for Mars is on the show this week to discuss Mars exploration and colonization internationally, within…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
T+17: NextSTEP Habitat Prototypes, and the Zombie Centaur
Episode 17
NASA selected six companies, as part of the NextSTEP program, to develop ground prototypes of deep space habitats, and the Centaur could live on as a wet workshop. Orbital ATK pushed OA-5 to late Sep…
Published on 9 years, 4 months ago
T+16: Moon Express Licensing, and NASA’s Disdain for Artificial Gravity
Episode 16
Moon Express gained government approval for their upcoming mission to win the Google Lunar X Prize. And I go on a rant about artificial gravity and how NASA shrugs it off as unnecessary.
Moon Expres…Published on 9 years, 4 months ago
T+15: More SLS Roadmap Details, and Landed Falcon 9 Static Fires
Episode 15
The roadmap for SLS got a little murkier this week thanks to some additional details in the GAO report regarding its cost and schedule. SpaceX test fired a landed core three times in three days last …
Published on 9 years, 4 months ago
T+14: The Post-EM-1 Roadmap for SLS, and Potential Uses for SpaceX’s BFR
Episode 14
Before Mars and exploration-centric talk, I talk about Orbital ATK’s agreement for exclusive use of LMP-103S. Then I take a hard look at the post-EM-1 roadmap for SLS, and theorize some potential use…
Published on 9 years, 4 months ago
T+13: SpaceX’s CRS-9 Success, Senate Hearing Recap, and US-Russian Plans for the Moon
Episode 13
SpaceX had a great night launching the CRS-9 mission, and it’s all good signs for their future. The Senate hearing, as I predicted, was focused on maintaining the status quo. US and Russian engineers…
Published on 9 years, 4 months ago
T+12: The Competition of Reusability Between Falcon 9, Vulcan, and Ariane 6
Episode 12
Ted Cruz called a hearing on NASA’s space exploration policy in the next president’s administration. The president of France’s CNES discussed some policy statements, and I went on a rant about his th…
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
T+11: SpaceX’s LZ-1 Expansion, Dream Chaser’s UN Ambitions, China and ESA’s Growing Relationship
Episode 11
SpaceX printed a public notice in Florida Today on July 3rd outlining plans for LZ-1 expansion. Sierra Nevada Corporation and the United Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding future …
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
T+10: Logan Kamperschroer on the Current State and Near Future of Storable Propellants
Episode 10
This week I talked to Logan Kamperschroer, a Graduate Research Assistant at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. Logan’s research focuses on hypergolic rocket fuels—specif…
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
T+9: ExoMars 2016 and 2020, Chinese Partnerships and Policy
Episode 9
The ExoMars 2020 rover received a funding boost and a reassessed schedule, the 2016 orbiter/lander set its sights on Mars, NASA and ESA coordinated a practice communication session, and China opens u…
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago