T+259: Tom Marotta, The Spaceport Company
Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company joins me to talk about what they’re working on, their vision for the future of spaceflight, spaceport operations, the demonstration they did in May, the FAA and it...
12 Sep 202356min
T+258: The Six, by Loren Grush (Off-Nominal 123 - An Exciting Time)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about her new book, The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you ...
8 Sep 20231h 5min
T+257: Chandrayaan-3, Luna-25, and the Deep Space Network (with Scott Tilley)
Scott Tilley joins me to talk about ISRO’s success with Chandrayaan-3, Roscosmos’ Luna-25 mission and the mystery behind it, and the state of the Deep Space Network.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off...
31 Aug 202354min
T+256: The Kuiper Logjam
Amazon moved their Project Kuiper prototypes from Vulcan to Atlas V. Between that and some recent conversations I’ve had, I thought it would be a good time to check in on Kuiper and to see how they’re...
25 Aug 202332min
T+255: NSSL Phase 3 Addendum
After the most recent show, I found a few nuggets of information in the NSSL Phase 3 documents, plus some more updates came out in a call that the Space Force had with some reporters.This episode of M...
20 Juli 202327min
T+254: Mars Sample Return, Vulcan, NSSL Phase 3 (with Eric Berger)
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about the budgetary threat facing Mars Sample Return, the latest issue with ULA’s Vulcan vehicle, and the ongoing tweaks to the National Security Space Lau...
18 Juli 202347min
T+253: The German and European Launch Industry (with Adrian Beil)
Adrian Beil of NASASpaceFlight.com (and a long-time beloved member of the Off-Nominal Discord) joins me to talk about the state of German and European launch, with new entrants Rocket Factory Augsburg...
14 Juni 202336min
T+252: NASA Selects Blue Moon for a Second Lunar Lander, But is Facing a Grim Budget Reality
NASA selected Blue Moon as the second human lunar lander for Artemis—which is awesome!—yet the budget outlook for the next few years is…not good. I think through what NASA can, should, and might do in...
31 Maj 202326min
