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T+210: Ukraine, Russia, and the Space Industry (with Debra Werner)
Debra Werner of SpaceNews joins me to talk about Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the ways that it is affecting the space industry, how their last invasion had similar effects...
T+209: Off-Nominal 50 (with Michael Sheetz and Eric Berger)
A special feature of a very-MECO episode of my other podcast, Off-Nominal, that I did this week with Michael Sheetz of CNBC and Eric Berger of Ars Technica. If you have yet to chec...
T+208: The Polaris Program
Jared Isaacman, commander of Inspiration4, announced the Polaris Program—a privately-funded development program to “rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities” via flights on S...
T+207: 2022 Preview, Predictions, and Things to Watch (with Eric Berger)
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about what’s on our radar in 2022, to predict when the big new rockets will fly, and to generally catch up on what’s going on in the sp...
T+206: Going Independent
Last week I left my full-time gig at Big Cartel. I’m going independent to do more Main Engine Cut Off and Off-Nominal, and to make these space-focused projects the primary work tha...
T+205: Phil McAlister, Director of Commercial Spaceflight at NASA
Phil McAlister, Director of Commercial Spaceflight at NASA, joins me to talk about the history of and lessons learned from the Commercial Cargo and Crew programs, what things went ...
T+204: ISS Port Management (with Bill Spetch of NASA)
Bill Spetch, Manager of the ISS Vehicle Office at NASA, joins me to discuss the operational considerations of docking and berthing ports on the International Space Station, the rec...
T+203: Starlab with Marshall Smith, SVP of Space Systems at Nanoracks
Marshall Smith, Senior Vice President of Space Systems of Nanoracks, joins me to talk about Starlab, their commercial space station which recently won a contract award from NASA as...
T+202: The Geopolitics of ASAT Weapons and Space Debris (with Brian Weeden)
Brian Weeden of the Secure World Foundation joins me to talk about the technical and political fallout of Russia’s recent anti-satellite weapons demonstration, the history of anti-...
T+201: Russia’s Reckless and Awful Anti-Satellite Operation
Russia recklessly carried out an anti-satellite operation on a large, defunct satellite in one of the most heavily-used and most important sections of Earth orbit. I share my thoug...
T+200: Orbital Reef, Starlab, and the ISS Conundrum
Commercial space station mania! Blue Origin, Sierra Space, Boeing, and Redwire announced Orbital Reef, while Nanoracks and Lockheed Martin announced Starlab, all in the run up to t...
T+199: A Visit to the NASTAR Center (with Glenn King)
I took a half-hour ride out to the National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center to take a tour with Glenn King, (COO, Director of Advanced Pilot & Space Training, and r...
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