Latest Space policy Podcast Episodes
150 - Bullets and Cheetos
Off-Nominal - April 25, 2024 23:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsErin Edwards joins Jake and Anthony to talk about flying helicopters, making the leap from the military to space, and being a Canadian CAPCOM at NASA. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 150 - Bullets and Cheetos (with Erin Edwards) - YouTube The Space Suit – Puffin Drinkwear Bell CH-146 G...
149 - Bob from Valves, Inc.
Off-Nominal - April 19, 2024 02:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Aria Alamalhodaei, reporter at TechCrunch, to talk about valves, getting footage of Astra’s explosions, Mars Sample Return, and everything else that has been going on lately, including cursed eclipses. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 149 - Bob from Valves, ...
T+273: Mars Sample Return
Main Engine Cut Off - April 18, 2024 15:54 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsNASA is heading back to the drawing board for a Mars Sample Return architecture, and is accepting proposals for mission studies by May. I talk about a few takeaways from the communication of that plan, and ponder whether or not SpaceX is going to do the damn thing. This episode of Main Engine C...
T+272: Moon Rovers, Space Stations, and Starships
Main Engine Cut Off - April 12, 2024 11:27 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsNASA selected 3 teams to work on unpressurized rovers for Artemis, while Japan signed on officially to provide a pressurized rover in exchange for seats on Artemis landers. Elsewhere, Mitsubishi took a stake in Starlab, and I still needed to catch up on Starship’s 3rd flight and the ensuing upda...
148 - Keep the Meter Running
Off-Nominal - April 11, 2024 23:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony catch up after some travels, unfortunate events, clouds, news, and hijinks. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 148 - Keep the Meter Running - YouTube Jake Robins on X: "if you're about to have a bad eclipse experience like me, you can at least have a funny shirt" Nerd Ale...
147 - Bouncy Castle Payload Adapter
Off-Nominal - March 29, 2024 00:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake is joined my Simon Stähler from ETH Zürich to talk about the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube 147 - Bouncy Castle Payload Adapter - YouTube Eclipse 2024 Meetup - Off-Nominal Jake's new blog post on Mission Success Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to th...
146 - Stocking the Shelves
Off-Nominal - March 21, 2024 20:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to talk about the science side of CLPS. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 146 - Stocking the Shelves - YouTube Eclipse 2024 Meetup - Off-Nominal Commercial Lunar Payload Services - NASA Per...
T+271: Checking in on the Chinese Space Industry (with Andrew Jones)
Main Engine Cut Off - March 19, 2024 12:14 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsAndrew Jones returns to the show to catch up on the Chinese space industry—Tiangong, reusable launchers, constellations, and the Moon. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 35 executive producers—Tyler, Jan, Will and Lars from Agile Space, Benjamin, Warren, Pat, Russell, Crai...
145 - Space Elevator Jazz
Off-Nominal - March 15, 2024 00:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Michael Sheetz, space reporter from CNBC, to talk about Starship’s third flight, recent earnings calls, whatever Astra is up to, and…there’s way too much on our list. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 145 - Space Elevator Jazz (with Michael Sheetz) - YouTube ...
T+270: K2 Space (with Neel Kunjur, Co-Founder and CTO)
Main Engine Cut Off - March 14, 2024 18:28 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsNeel Kunjur, Co-Founder and CTO of K2 Space, joins me to talk about their vision for the future of satellites and the wider space industry, what they’ve been up to lately, and what their roadmap to the launch pad looks like from here. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 35 ...
144 - The Tube Man
Off-Nominal - March 08, 2024 00:53 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Swapna Krishna to catch up on space science news, and to talk about her projects like Ad Astra, Stargazing, and more. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 144 - The Tube Man (with Swapna Krishna) - YouTube Ad Astra Ad Astra - YouTube The Philly Mascots and Fi...
T+269: IM-1 and Beyond (with Tim Crain, Co-Founder and CTO of Intuitive Machines)
Main Engine Cut Off - March 07, 2024 17:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsTim Crain, Co-Founder and CTO of Intuitive Machines, joins me to talk about their recent IM-1 mission to land Odysseus on the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS program. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 36 executive producers—Russell, Chris, Josh from Impulse Space, Will and La...
T+268: IM-1, CLPS, NASA Budget (with Eric Berger)
Main Engine Cut Off - March 01, 2024 00:07 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsEric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about Intuitive Machine’s successful landing despite so many issues on the mission, the future of CLPS, and the tough questions facing NASA and its budget. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 36 executive producers—Tyler, Lee Hop...
143 - Maneuver Without Regret (feat. Warfighting Domain) (feat. Tim Fernholz)
Off-Nominal - February 29, 2024 22:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by journalist and author Tim Fernholz to talk about some of his recent stories on the Space Force, Kam Ghaffarian, and let’s be honest, we’ll probably get distracted by Intuitive Machine’s first lunar landing attempt. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 143 - Mane...
142 - Multivariate Disaster
Off-Nominal - February 16, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the latest on Mars Sample Return, JPL layoffs, and everything space policy. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 142 (with Casey Dreier) - YouTube How layoffs at JPL can be traced to a ...
141 - TRL Valley of Death
Off-Nominal - February 09, 2024 02:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Elizabeth Frank to talk about the future of the CLPS program, JPL’s Mars-focused Commercial Services Studies, and a whole bunch more, including Elizabeth’s epic travel photos. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 141 - TRL Valley of Death (with Elizabeth Frank) ...
140 - Cultivating a Vibe
Off-Nominal - February 02, 2024 02:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta of The Planetary Society to pour one out for Ingenuity, breakdown the epic SLIM landing, and do some eclipse planning. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 140 - Cultivating a Vibe (with Rae Paoletta) - YouTube SLIM moon lander revived after solar ...
T+267: Vulcan, New Glenn, Peregrine, Artemis
Main Engine Cut Off - January 26, 2024 18:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsI catch up with a round up of stories from January: ULA’s first Vulcan launch, Blue Origin’s success with its BE-4 engines and what it means for their year, Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission, JAXA’s SLIM mission, and NASA’s announcement of Artemis delays. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is bro...
139 - Sourdough Software Starter
Off-Nominal - January 26, 2024 02:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by John Conafay to talk about what he’s been up to since founding Integrate, and we’ll probably dish out some hot takes, too. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 139 - Sourdough Software Starter (with John Conafay) - YouTube Integrate Cosma Schema • The New Spac...
138 - Double SPAC
Off-Nominal - January 19, 2024 03:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Will Francis, Chief Commercial Officer at Agile Space Industries, to talk about his path through the industry—from co-founding Roccor, to being acquired by Redwire, to joining Agile—and what he’s learned along the way. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Agile Space In...
137 - Daddy Space Force
Off-Nominal - January 12, 2024 00:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger to lay out our predictions for 2024! Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube After its impressive first flight, here’s what’s next for the Vulcan rocket | Ars Technica Jeff Bezos says what we’re all thinking: “Blue Origin needs to be much faster” | Ars Technic...
136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace
Off-Nominal - December 21, 2023 20:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to present The Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. We’ll debate what went the most comedically wrong this year, crown a winner, and also score some 2023 predictions. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 136 - A Little Bit B...
T+266: Alex Fielding, CEO and Chairman, Privateer
Main Engine Cut Off - December 15, 2023 03:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsAlex Fielding, CEO and Chairman of Privateer, joins me to talk about what they’re working on and what drives them as an organization. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 36 executive producers—Joel, The Astrogators at SEE, Chris, Joonas, Tyler, Bob, Craig from SpaceHappyHou...
135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine
Off-Nominal - December 15, 2023 02:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company to talk about what they’re working on, spaceport operations, and the FAA licensing process. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine (with Tom Marotta) - YouTube NASA: Let’s Ketchup on Intern...
134 - Artemis II.5
Off-Nominal - December 08, 2023 01:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony check in on Starship, Artemis, spreadsheets, and a lost tomato on the ISS. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 134 - Artemis II.5 - YouTube ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space for 8 months (video) | Space SpaceX on X: At dawn from the gateway to Mars, the lau...
T+265: Headlines, featuring Starship IFT-2, Dragonfly, and Ariane 6
Main Engine Cut Off - December 01, 2023 01:45 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsA special (free!) airing of this week’s episode of MECO Headlines. Starship IFT-2, Dragonfly, Ariane 6, ISS happenings, launches, and more. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 35 executive producers—Donald, Pat from KC, David, Theo and Violet, Dawn Aerospace, Steve, SmallSp...
133 - I’m an Adult with a Job
Off-Nominal - November 30, 2023 22:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by photographer Andrew McCarthy to talk about his journey into astrophotography, his process, and let’s be real, to gawk at his work. And also to convince Jake to buy telescopes. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 133 - I’m an Adult with a Job (with Andrew McCart...
132 - Boneless Skineater
Off-Nominal - November 17, 2023 02:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Tom Mueller, founder, CEO, and CTO of Impulse Space and former Propulsion CTO at SpaceX. We’ll talk about what Impulse Space is up to, including their literally-just-launched first mission to space. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 132 - Boneless Skineater (...
T+264: ESA’s Interest in Space Stations, Virgin Galactic Bails on VSS Unity
Main Engine Cut Off - November 13, 2023 19:06 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsESA is looking to start a commercial cargo program while looking further ahead to commercial space stations by signing an agreement with Airbus and Voyager. Virgin Galactic is laying off 20% of its staff and ending VSS Unity flights in just a few months. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is b...
131 - AAA for Science
Off-Nominal - November 10, 2023 00:07 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Tanya Harrison to talk about the Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada that she—along with very-recent guest, Dr. Gordon Osinski!—founded and announced just a few weeks back. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 131 - AAA for Science (with Dr. Tanya Harris...
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