Jason and Stephen are joined by Eric Berger to discuss his new book *Liftoff,* which covers the origins of SpaceX. Eric is the Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and the book comes out on March 2. The guys also discussed the landing of Perseverance, the Starship test flights and who may be the next NASA Administrator.

Jason and Stephen are joined by Eric Berger to discuss his new book Liftoff, which covers the origins of SpaceX. Eric is the Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and the book comes out on March 2. The guys also discussed the landing of Perseverance, the Starship test flights and who may be the next NASA Administrator.


Guest Starring:

Eric Berger


Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX – HarperCollins Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) / Twitter NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Provides First Audio Recording on Mars | NASA The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover - YouTube Linux has made it to Mars - The Verge How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars - IEEE Spectrum The FAA is no longer concerned with SpaceX’s Starship SN9 and SN8 - The Verge Starship SN10 hopeful for launch "this week" - Super Heavy waiting in the wings - NASASpaceFlight.com A politician who said politicians shouldn’t run NASA wants to run NASA | Ars Technica Breaking Defense on Twitter on Nelson/Melroy Rumor Green Run Update: NASA Investigating Valve Performance Before Second Hot Fire – Artemis NASA sees “reasonable chance” of first SLS launch this year - SpaceNews

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