Episode 328: Employee-Rich Combustion
Blue Origin's PR team had a pretty crummy week. So did the Shiyan-10 team. SLS' launch schedule isn't looking too hot.
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Show Notes
Spaceflight news
— Blue Origin’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
— Blue experienced morale issues related to remote work (cnbc.com)
— An essay was published with sexism and safety allegations (lioness.co) (cnbc.com)
— Eric Berger reports his sources say allegations of sexism go too far (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (wsj.com)
— FAA say they take the Lioness essay seriously (spacenews.com)
— Legal documents regarding Blue’s HLS bid were FOIA’d (theverge.com)
Brief & Bitter
— Shiyan 10 test satellite fails after launch (spaceflightnow.com)
— SLS likely to slip to 2022 (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Kevin L via email: NASATV’s empty schedule is probably due to the potential government shutdown.
— Ben Hallert via twitter: Blue engines are built in Kent Washington, and a factory is being staffed in Huntsville.
This week in SF history
— 10 Oct, 1967: Outer Space Treaty is put into force (en.wikipedia.org) (unoosa.org) (wiki.org)
— Next week (10/12 - 10/18) in 1999: Strange shares half this with Down. All three accurately describe this event.