T+48: Rand Simberg
Rand Simberg joins me to talk about his recent trip to the Space Tech Expo, the dawning of the age of in-space manufacturing, the future of SLS and Orion, the National Space Council, and a lot more.
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- Rand Simberg
- Transterrestrial Musings
- Safe Is Not An Option: Overcoming The Futile Obsession With Getting Everyone Back Alive That Is Killing Our Expansion Into Space
- Safe Is Not An Option on Amazon
- Space Tech Expo USA
- Loser of ULA’s Vulcan engine downselect will likely lose Air Force funding - SpaceNews.com
- NASA inspector questions why agency built rocket test stands in Alabama | Ars Technica
- Virgin Orbit on Twitter
- The Long Space Age, by Alexander MacDonald
- DARPA selects Boeing for spaceplane project - SpaceNews.com
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