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Jake and Anthony run through the news to talk about MMX and its Phobos sample return, the return of Venus missions, and the always-talked-about-dearth-of-launch-vehicles.
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Episode 262 - Barely Moons - YouTube
Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos - Ars Technica
Things are finally looking up for NASA's first missions to Venus in a generation - Ars Technica
Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket - Ars Technica
Does anyone actually want to win the medium-lift race in the United States? - Ars Technica
SpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, with eye on rapid cadence increase - Ars Technica
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about the latest Starliner situation, LEO beyond Dragon, and NASA’s commercial LEO policy.
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Episode 261 - I am the LEO Economy (with Eric Berger) - YouTube
NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations - Ars Technica
NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers - Ars Technica
Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation - Ars Technica
Eric Berger on X: "The next spacecraft to land humans on the Moon will be:" / X
The Commercial LEO Roast During Ignition
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Scott Edwards, Director and Executive Producer of To the Black, a documentary chronicling Firefly’s journey from bankruptcy to almost bankruptcy again to international drama to orbit and all the moments in between.
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Episode 260 - Launching on Thursday (with Scott Edwards) - YouTube
To the Black – Movie
Firefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO - SpaceNews
Feds who forced Ukrainian investor to sell rocket company backtrack years later - Ars Technica
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Astra founder and CEO Chris Kemp to talk about the company’s road back from the brink, Rocket 4, and why he still sees a path for it today.
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Episode 259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp) - YouTube
Astra Rocket 4.0 | Private Space Launch Company
Astra is Poised to Rewrite the 'Commercial' Rocket Equation with its 2027 Rocket 4 Launch - The Debrief
Astra Launches NASA's ELaNa 41 Mission - YouTube
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Daniel Drew of the University of Hawaiʻi to talk about SPARK, his concept for exploring Titan’s caves with aerobots powered by solid-state atmospheric ion thrusters. Seriously.
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Episode 258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew) - YouTube
SPARK
This Crazy Robot Could Explore the CAVES of Titan [NIAC 2026] - YouTube
Huygens's descent to Titan's surface - YouTube
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