Episode 321: Liftoff
Ben gets upset about slander, and Starliner heads back to the garage. Also, Astro-1 restoration, and xEVA/xEMU, GSLV failures.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight news
— 2018 Soyuz leak turns into a whodunnit (arstechnica.com) (HT DeltaV: arstechnica.com) (twitter.com/KathyLueders)
— Starliner Destacked (twitter.com/BoeingSpace) (twitter.com/EmreKelly) (twitter.com/BoeingSpace) (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Shuttle payload readied for restoration (space.com)
— xEVA falls behind schedule (spacenews.com)
— GSLV fails to reach orbit (https://spacenews.com/indian-gslv-launch-fails/)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Andrew Z. via email: Super Heavy landing nubs.
— Ireland’s Place in Space (podcasts.apple.com)
— From the intro: Tethers Unlimited (spacenews.com)
— Watch party! The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O’Neill. Friday Aug 27 3pm PT / 6pm ET (calendar.google.com)
This week in SF history
— 18 Aug, 1993: first flight of the DC-X delta clipper (nasa.gov) (youtube.com)
— Next week (8/24 - 8/30) in 1962: Hello, I live next door. Sorry I didn’t come and say hello sooner.