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T+293: Jonathan’s Space Report Library Transition (with Jonathan McDowell)

January 23, 2025

Jonathan McDowell—astrophysicist at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the namesake of the McDowell Line at 80 kilometers—joins me to talk about his fundraiser to move his epic space library to a new, permanent home. Let’s help him out!

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T+292: New Glenn Flight 1, Starship Flight 7

January 21, 2025

Blue Origin flew New Glenn successfully for the first time, and SpaceX flew Starship for the seventh time. Both featured failures at different points of the flight, with the impacts on Starship being significantly bigger than those on New Glenn.

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

December 21, 2024

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

December 6, 2024

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)

November 22, 2024

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

November 13, 2024

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)

November 1, 2024

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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T+286: Starship Flight 5

October 17, 2024

SpaceX is entering a new era for Starship after the epic Flight 5, with its pinpoint ship reentry and staggeringly beautiful booster catch.

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T+285: The Public Dispute Between SpaceX and the FAA

September 30, 2024

SpaceX and the FAA have been going a few rounds back and forth in public over fines and delays. It’s weird and inscrutable but maybe helpful in the long run in a few ways.

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T+284: Stoke Space (with Andy Lapsa, CEO)

August 22, 2024

Andy Lapsa, Co-Founder and CEO of Stoke Space, joins me to talk about the company, their vision for the future, their approach to launch, the larger trends that are shaping the market, and how that all might come together in the next few years.

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