Main Engine Cut Off

While I’m away in Europe, Jake is joined by fellow space podcasters Matt and Jamie from the Interplanetary Podcast to discuss Jake’s trip to California to see InSight and what’s going on in the UK Space Industry.

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This language is surely the byproduct of ULA lobbying for funding that can be used for Centaur V and ACES, but I would absolutely support a program focused on upper stages.

“At four-months 20 days between Zuma and Iridium NEXT-6/GRACE-FO, this will be the fastest Falcon 9 first stage turnaround between flights to date.”

Alan Boyle, for GeekWire, with a handful of BE-4 updates, including some behind-the-scenes insight on ULA’s decision and the testing issue last year.

Chris Gebhardt, for NASASpaceflight, on a very cool aspect of the upcoming OA-9E mission.

The name “Taco Bell Space Station” would do a hell of a lot more to get public buy-in for a space program than “Lunar Orbiting Platform—Gateway,” that’s for sure.

Awkward and clunky. The name isn’t great, either.

Tanya Harrison joins Jake and I to discuss the James Webb Space Telescope delays, planetary missions and their ability to stay under budget and on time, and the benefits and drawbacks of decadal surveys.

Quieter than the SEPTA buses that drive by my front door here in Philadelphia. I’ll be keeping an eye on this.