Episode 322: DOWNLINK--John E Ward
It's the second half of our Réaltra spotlight! We talk to John E about the VIKI camera, systems engineering and even a bit of Irish history.
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Show Notes
Spaceflight news
— Blue Origin lawsuit, and exodus
— Lawsuit filed against NASA on Aug 19 (theverge.com) (spacenews.com)
— > 11 key employees left Blue (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)
— Lauren Lyons went to Firefly (https://spacenews.com)
— 10k bonus handed out at end of July (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)
Short & Sweet
— Japan tests new engine type (futurism.com) (PDF: nagoya-u.ac.jp)
— JAXA announces Phobos sample-return mission (apnews.com)
— Starlink satellites responsible for most close encounters in LEO (space.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Watch party! The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O’Neill. Friday Aug 27 3pm PT / 6pm ET (thehighfrontiermovie.com) (calendar.google.com)
— VAXHeadroom via Discord: Cygnus spacecraft is a Northrop Grumman vehicle.
Interview -- John E Ward, Senior Systems Engineer, Réaltra Space Systems Engineering
— VIKI (Independent VIdeo KIt) datasheet (PDF: realtra.space)
— linkedin.com/in/johnennisward
This week in SF history
— August 27, 1962: Launch of Mariner 2 to Venus (en.wikipedia.org) (space.com) (space.skyrocket.de)
— Next week (8/31 - 9/6) in 1968: It’s like being in space, but wetter und mit Braunschweiger