11 - That’s a Peach

Jake and Anthony are joined by Swapna Krishna to catch up on space science news, and to talk about her projects like Ad Astra, Stargazing, and more.

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• Episode 144 - The Tube Man (with Swapna Krishna) - YouTube
• Ad Astra
• Ad Astra - YouTube
• The Philly Mascots and First Responders From Engine 38 Re-Open I-95 - Crossing Broad
• Final NASA 2024 spending bill defers decision on MSR funding - SpaceNews
• Dragonfly: NASA And The Crisis Aboard Mir: Burrough, Bryan: 9780887307836: Amazon.com: Books
• Starship Flight 3 - SpaceX - Launches
• Jonathan McDowell on X: “Estimated Starship IFT-3 planned trajectory”
• NASA Socials - NASA

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Jake and Anthony are joined by journalist and author Tim Fernholz to talk about some of his recent stories on the Space Force, Kam Ghaffarian, and let’s be honest, we’ll probably get distracted by Intuitive Machine’s first lunar landing attempt.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 143 - Maneuver Without Regret (feat. Warfighting Domain) (feat. Tim Fernholz) - YouTube
• Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Saying Goodbye to IM-1 - Payload
• Kam Ghaffarian’s Moonshots - The New York Times
• Meet True Anamoly, the startup working to win America’s space race against Russia - Vox
• Harry Stranger on X: “A very high resolution satellite image of Blue Origin's 98 meter tall New Glenn pathfinder standing on the pad at Launch Complex 36 on Friday.”
• Can Space Force Stop Somali Rocket Pirates? | Guest: Anthony Colangelo | Ep 101 - YouTube

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the latest on Mars Sample Return, JPL layoffs, and everything space policy.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 142 (with Casey Dreier) - YouTube
• How layoffs at JPL can be traced to a stalemate in Congress | The Planetary Society
• The path forward for Mars Sample Return | The Planetary Society
• The U.S. Senate threatens to cancel Mars Sample Return | The Planetary Society
• The Planetary Exploration Budget Dataset | The Planetary Society
• The 2024 Day of Action | The Planetary Society

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Elizabeth Frank to talk about the future of the CLPS program, JPL’s Mars-focused Commercial Services Studies, and a whole bunch more, including Elizabeth’s epic travel photos.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 141 - TRL Valley of Death (with Elizabeth Frank) - YouTube
• Astrobotic to begin formal investigation into failed Peregrine mission - SpaceNews
• Moon Manifest | Astrobotic Technology
• First Intuitive Machines lunar lander mission set for Feb. 14 launch - SpaceNews
• Exploring Mars Together: Commercial Services Studies
• For the first time NASA has asked industry about private missions to Mars | Ars Technica

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta of The Planetary Society to pour one out for Ingenuity, breakdown the epic SLIM landing, and do some eclipse planning.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 140 - Cultivating a Vibe (with Rae Paoletta) - YouTube
• SLIM moon lander revived after solar power setback - SpaceNews
• Dawoon Jung on X: “One of #SLIM main engines fell off during landing”
• SLIM_JAXA on X: “Communication with SLIM was successfully established last night, and operations resumed! Science observations were immediately started with the MBC, and we obtained first light for the 10-band observation. This figure shows the “toy poodle” observed in the multi-band observation.”
• More SLIM Rocks
• After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends
• Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights - SpaceNews
• Experience the Total Solar Eclipse | The Planetary Society
• Nerd Alert: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Lunar Eclipse - YouTube

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Jake and Anthony are joined by John Conafay to talk about what he’s been up to since founding Integrate, and we’ll probably dish out some hot takes, too.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 139 - Sourdough Software Starter (with John Conafay) - YouTube
• Integrate
• Cosma Schema • The New Space design & branding agency.
• Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights - SpaceNews
• Awkward Cousins – A List Apart

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Will Francis, Chief Commercial Officer at Agile Space Industries, to talk about his path through the industry—from co-founding Roccor, to being acquired by Redwire, to joining Agile—and what he’s learned along the way.

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• Agile Space Industries
• Redwire Space | Heritage + Innovation
• Redwire Acquires Roccor, a Manufacturer of Critical Systems for the Satellite Industry | Redwire Space

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger to lay out our predictions for 2024!

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• After its impressive first flight, here’s what’s next for the Vulcan rocket | Ars Technica
• Jeff Bezos says what we’re all thinking: “Blue Origin needs to be much faster” | Ars Technica
• Four huge rockets are due to debut in 2020—will any make it? | Ars Technica
• Citing “crew safety,” NASA delays upcoming Artemis missions by about a year | Ars Technica
• The situation with Astrobotic’s lunar lander appears to be quite dire | Ars Technica
• SpaceX completes static fire test in push toward third Starship launch | Ars Technica

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to present The Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. We’ll debate what went the most comedically wrong this year, crown a winner, and also score some 2023 predictions.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace (with Joe Barnard) - YouTube
• Starship | First Integrated Flight Test - YouTube
• The Last Seconds of the Van... Destroyed by Starship. - YouTube
• Starship | Second Flight Test - YouTube
• Elon Musk on X: "@FAANews @SpaceX What are the 63 items?" / X
• Apollo artifacts: NASA salvages parts from Alabama's rest stop Saturn IB rocket | collectSPACE
• ISRO on X: "TV D1 Test Flight Lift-off images https://t.co/oitmEa5Hza" / X
• The Case of the Missing Vega AVUM Propellant Tanks - European Spaceflight
• Axiom Space reveals next-generation spacesuit for astronauts returning to lunar surface — Axiom Space
• Axiom Space reveals next-generation spacesuit for astronauts returning to lunar surface — Axiom Space
• Progress cargo spacecraft at ISS suffers coolant leak - SpaceNews
• Russian spacewalkers dodge leaking coolant after pinpointing source of radiator damage - CBS News
• Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk Following Hardware Installs and Inspections – Space Station
• [New photo reveals extent of Centaur V anomaly explosion [Updated] | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/ula-continues-investigation-of-centaur-stage-anomaly/)
• NASA: Let’s Ketchup on International Space Station Tomato Research - NASA
• Space insurers brace for more claims after propulsion trouble on four GEO satellites - SpaceNews
• NOGUCHI, Soichi 野口 聡一（公式） on X: "#H3ロケット失敗 で叩かれてるけど #JAXA 頑張ろう。そもそも試験機に実用衛星載せる必然性は？H２八号機指令破壊の後のH2A初号機はダミー衛星だった。H3 50憶に対して #だいち3号 380憶だからリスクヘッジだよ。次は岡田さんにプレッシャー掛からないようゆっくり原因究明して「から打ち」にしては？" / X

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company to talk about what they’re working on, spaceport operations, and the FAA licensing process.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine (with Tom Marotta) - YouTube
• NASA: Let’s Ketchup on International Space Station Tomato Research - NASA
• The Spaceport Company
• T+259: Tom Marotta, The Spaceport Company - Main Engine Cut Off
• The Spaceport Company- Full Length Launch ProRes HQ 4 - YouTube
• The Spaceport Company demonstrates offshore launch operations - SpaceNews
• Orbital Access Methodologies Part III: Pop-up TSTO | Selenian Boondocks
• FAA publishes streamlined commercial launch regulations - SpaceNews
• SpaceX violated launch license in Starship SN8 launch - SpaceNews
• Astra aborts launch attempt - SpaceNews

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