Episode 320: DOWNLINK--Danny Gleeson
Learn with us from Réaltra's CCO about a burgeoning space industry, COTS and custom system design, ESA contracts and more!
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight news
— Astra readies for next orbital launch (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/Astra) (spacenews.com)
— Super Heavy Starship stacked! (twitter.com/StarshipGazer) (twitter.com/ErcXspace) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos) (youtube.com)
— Perseverance’s first sampling attempt (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (twitter.com/PaulHammond51)
Short & Sweet
— China hops (spacenews.com)
— OFT-2 slipping from August? (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)
— Blue Origin developing reusable second stage (arstechnica.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Another Eric Berger interview on MECO (HT AZ: podcastaddict.com)
Dragonfly interview (HT AZ: forbes.com)
— Watch party! The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O’Neill. Friday Aug 27 6pm ET (calendar.google.com)
Interview -- Danny Gleeson, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Réaltra Space Systems Engineering
— linkedin.com/in/dannyjgleeson
This week in SF history
— 10 Aug, 1966. Launch of Lunar Orbiter 1, first U.S. spacecraft to orbit the Moon (en.wikipedia.org) (nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov) (history.nasa.gov)
— Next week (8/17 - 8/23) in 1993. Move that parking cone over there.