Episode 327: DOWNLINK--Othniel C. Mbamalu, Advanced Rockets Corp.
ARC is designing air-breathing hybrid rockets. Come learn with us from their CEO and Founder about an engine that might actually make it to orbit!
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Short & Sweet
— Space Operations Mission Directorate and Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate split (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)
— Starliner likely to slip to 2020 (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— From the intro: New Glenn hardware! (HT Andy Z: floridatoday.com)
Interview -- Othniel C. Mbamalu, Founder and CEO of Advanced Rockets Corporation
This week in SF history
— 30 Sept, 2001. First orbital launch from Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (astronautix.com)
— DeltaV: recommendation for VASTS, particularly Langley Experience (vsgc.odu.edu)
— Launched on an Athena I rocket (wikipedia.org)
— Starshine 3 was a hobby radio repeater/disco ball (en.wikipedia.org)
— DoD Space Test Program sats included PICOSat and Sapphire (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org)
— PCSAT was an APRS repeater operated by midshipmen (aprs.fi)
— Next week (10/5 - 10/11) in 1967: This event in spaceflight history requires a total of 88 articles if you want the whole story.