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Opinion and analysis of spaceflight, exploration, policy, and strategy, by Anthony Colangelo.

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T+291: Axiom Updates Station Plans, Firefly Wins Another CLPS Mission

Axiom Space announced changes to their station build out plan, bringing free-flying capability forward in their timeline and switching to a berthing port at the ISS to avoid the US Deorbit Vehicle. Firefly won another CLPS task order, this time for a lander with a rover, and for quite a bit more money than the last few.

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T+290: Jared Isaacman Nominated NASA Administrator

Jared Isaacman, the man with a private space program, has been nominated NASA Administrator, to run the nation’s space program.

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T+289: Starship Flight 6, ABL’s Pivot, NS-26 (Headlines Preview)

A special preview of MECO Headlines, covering Starship Flight 6, ABL’s pivot to missile defense, and much more. Subscribe today to get Headlines regularly!

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T+288: The Return of President Trump

Donald Trump has been reelected President of the United States, and the main character of spaceflight, Elon Musk, is one of his top advisors. Some thoughts on where things may go from here, and a bit of my wishlist.

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T+287: Polaris Dawn (with Jared Isaacman)

Jared Isaacman of the Polaris Program joins me to talk about the Polaris Dawn mission, his EVA experience, the Hubble Space Telescope situation, how the Polaris Program and SpaceX approach tech development and flight planning, and the Philadelphia Eagles.

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