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5d ago
Jake and Anthony are joined by Aria Alamalhodaei, reporter at TechCrunch, to talk about valves, getting footage of Astra’s explosions, Mars Sample Return, and everything else that has been going on lately, including cursed eclipses.
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Episode 149 - Bob from Valves, Inc. (with Aria Alamalhodaei) - YouTube
Aria Alamalhodaei on X: “my most unpopular opinion is that I hated the eclipse, felt cursed”
Why valves are a spacecraft engineer’s worst nightmare | TechCrunch
Footage from 2020 shows Astra rocket exploding during prelaunch testing | TechCrunch
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1w ago
Jake and Anthony catch up after some travels, unfortunate events, clouds, news, and hijinks.
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Episode 148 - Keep the Meter Running - YouTube
Jake Robins on X: "if you're about to have a bad eclipse experience like me, you can at least have a funny shirt"
Nerd Alert: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Lunar Eclipse - YouTube
Solar and Lunar Eclipses Worldwide – Next 10 Years
Total Solar Eclipse on August 12, 2026
Total Solar Eclipse on August 2, 2027
NASA selects three companies to advance Artemis lunar rover designs - SpaceNews
Japanese astronauts to land on moon as ..read more
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3w ago
Jake is joined my Simon Stähler from ETH Zürich to talk about the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
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147 - Bouncy Castle Payload Adapter - YouTube
Eclipse 2024 Meetup - Off-Nominal
Jake's new blog post on Mission Success
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1M ago
Jake and Anthony are joined by Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to talk about the science side of CLPS.
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Episode 146 - Stocking the Shelves - YouTube
Eclipse 2024 Meetup - Off-Nominal
Commercial Lunar Payload Services - NASA
Peregrine payloads returned useful data despite no lunar landing - SpaceNews
NASA Releases PRISM Call for Potential Lunar Surface Investigations - NASA
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1M ago
Jake and Anthony are joined by Michael Sheetz, space reporter from CNBC, to talk about Starship’s third flight, recent earnings calls, whatever Astra is up to, and…there’s way too much on our list.
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Episode 145 - Space Elevator Jazz (with Michael Sheetz) - YouTube
Starship's Third Flight Test / X
SpaceX Starship rocket flies milestone third test flight
Intuitive Machines stock (LUNR) jumps after Odysseus moon landing
Space company Astra going private to avoid bankruptcy
Rocket Lab (RKLB) Q4 2023 results: Contract backlog grows
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1M ago
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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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 ..read more
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2M ago
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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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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2M ago
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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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 industr ..read more
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2M ago
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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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 o ..read more
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3M ago
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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Episode 139 - Sourdough Software Starter (with John Conafay) - YouTube
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Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights - SpaceNews
Awkward Cousins – A List Apart
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