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Ben Etherington
July 17, 2018

Episode 167: Fifty Four Nozzles

Ben Etherington
July 17, 2018

An end for LC-17 and a beginning for Crew Dragon?

Ben Etherington
July 10, 2018

Episode 166: Chee or Kee?

Ben Etherington
July 10, 2018
Episode 166: Chee or Kee?

A single-instrument exoplanet telescope is preparing to launch, and a multi-use launch system is hoping to get there too.

Ben Etherington
July 3, 2018
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Episode 165: Red Foam

Ben Etherington
July 3, 2018
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Episode 165: Red Foam

LauncherOne readies for orbit while Momo-2 nopes out of a flight.

Ben Etherington
June 28, 2018
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Episode 164: Bye Bye Block 4

Ben Etherington
June 28, 2018
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Episode 164: Bye Bye Block 4

NASA is looking for a power and propulsion module for their mythical cis-Lunar space station.

Ben Etherington
June 19, 2018
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Episode 163: The Storm Looms

Ben Etherington
June 19, 2018
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Episode 163: The Storm Looms

Opportunity is digging in, and so are we.

Ben Etherington
June 12, 2018
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Episode 162: Regolith Nap

Ben Etherington
June 12, 2018
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Episode 162: Regolith Nap

NASA isn't grabbing ISS and heading to the nearest yard sale, SpaceX is expanding at KSC and *yikes* Opportunity is doing a Mark Watney impression.

Ben Etherington
June 5, 2018
Episode

Episode 161: DOWNLINK--TU Delft DARE

Ben Etherington
June 5, 2018
Episode

A team of engineering students at TU Delft are fighting to reclaim their rocketry altitude record.

Tagged: interview

Ben Etherington
May 29, 2018
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Episode 160: DOWNLINK--Eric Blood

Ben Etherington
May 29, 2018
Episode

Eric Blood worked on the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator, which does have a ballute, but not where we thought.

Tagged: interview

Ben Etherington
May 22, 2018
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Episode 159: DOWNLINK--Dr. Dmitry Savransky

Ben Etherington
May 22, 2018
Episode

I’m supposed to put an episode description here, but I’m just going to say “Modular Active Self-Assembling Space Telescope Swarms” and leave it at that.

Tagged: interview

Ben Etherington
May 15, 2018
Episode

Episode 158: Version F

Ben Etherington
May 15, 2018
Episode

SpaceX flew their first Falcon 9 v6! Or, no, wait, Falcon 9 Block VI. No, wait, Falcon 9 Block 5.

Ben Etherington
May 8, 2018
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Episode 157: Sunset Parafoil

Ben Etherington
May 8, 2018
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Episode 157: Sunset Parafoil

We discussed several topics, but I'm still just taken by that fairing recovery photo.

Ben Etherington
May 1, 2018
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Episode 156: Cracked and Canceled

Ben Etherington
May 1, 2018
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Episode 156: Cracked and Canceled

Mars 2020 needs a new heat shield, and the lunar Resource Prospector instruments need a new platform!

Ben Etherington
April 24, 2018
Episode

Episode 155: Party Balloon

Ben Etherington
April 24, 2018
Episode
Episode 155: Party Balloon

Elon Musk reveals a potential second stage reuse strategy, and Orbital ATK gives a new name to NGLS

Ben Etherington
April 17, 2018
Episode

Episode 154: DOWNLINK--Tess Caswell

Ben Etherington
April 17, 2018
Episode

Tess Caswell has done a lot of things, but today we're talking to her about her time sitting at the ETHOS desk in ISS MCC, controlling the life support systems on Station.

Tagged: interview

Ben Etherington
April 10, 2018
Episode

Episode 153: Falling with Style

Ben Etherington
April 10, 2018
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Episode 153: Falling with Style

We discuss Falcon 9 fairings falling out of the skies, the return of SpaceShipTwo to the skies, and a new launch company hoping to make it to the skies.

Ben Etherington
April 3, 2018
Episode

Episode 152: Waiting for Tiangong I

Ben Etherington
April 3, 2018
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Episode 152: Waiting for Tiangong I

Back before Tiangong I came crashing down, we passed the waiting time talking about other large uncontrolled objects that have re-entered, NOAA's camerashyness, and Blue Origin's new/old engine selection.

Ben Etherington
March 27, 2018
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Episode 151: Plans Underway

Ben Etherington
March 27, 2018
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Episode 151: Plans Underway

Dawn prepares to spiral down the drain (but with science!), and Astra prepares to peek their heads into daylight.

Ben Etherington
March 20, 2018
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Episode 150: The One With the Mystery Guest

Ben Etherington
March 20, 2018
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Episode 150: The One With the Mystery Guest

We're introducing a brand new segment, where we try and guess who a mystery guest is! Also, Fregat failure news, CRS-7 failure analysis and so much more.

Ben Etherington
March 13, 2018

Episode 149: Boosters All the Way Down

Ben Etherington
March 13, 2018
Episode 149: Boosters All the Way Down

Footage of the Falcon Heavy center booster, a discussion of the Hispasat booster, Stratolaunch as a spaceplane booster and Swarm Tech shouldn't have been on a booster.

Ben Etherington
March 6, 2018

Episode 148: Striking Distance

Ben Etherington
March 6, 2018
Episode 148: Striking Distance

JWST keeps falling out of striking distance, F9 B5 is within striking distance of its first flight, and Hyabusa 2 is about to pounce on Ryugu!

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