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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 f…
9 years, 7 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-…
9 years, 8 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 ma…
9 years, 8 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 po…
9 years, 8 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 sign…
9 years, 8 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 …
9 years, 9 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…
9 years, 9 months ago
T+8: Masten’s Xodiac and XaeroB, Blue Origin’s Next Flight of New Shepard
Episode 8
Masten Space Systems released a video of test flights of their two latest vehicles. Blue Origin was awarded a NASA Flight Opportunities contract, is …
9 years, 9 months ago
T+7: Bezos and Musk at Code Conference, and a Hard Look at Vulcan’s Economics
Episode 7
Some interesting tidbits emerged from interviews with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk at Code Conference. And a hard look at the economics of United Launch …
9 years, 9 months ago
T+6: Orbital ATK’s Next-Gen Vehicle, Falcon 9 Proving Its Reusability, and ULA’s Tough Future
Episode 6
Orbital ATK shared some more details about their next-generation launch vehicle, SpaceX is working out their certification process for reflown stages…
9 years, 9 months ago