Episode 333: #1 Concern
The HLS lawsuit wrapped up (almost) on time, and Blue Origin didn't win. Also, a Dragon swap, a mysterious bit of debris, and Chinese sample return.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight news
— Blue lawsuit (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Dragons Passing in the Night (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)
— Shijian-21 has a companion (spacenews.com)
— A Chinese Mars Sample Return Mission (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Ben Hallert: Speaking of expandable space stations... (twitter.com/chairboy)
This week in SF history
— 9 Nov, 1970: Launch of the Orbiting Frog Otolith (wiki) (skyrocket.de) (scribd.com)
— Next week (11/16 - 11/22) in 1973: I refuse to work under these conditions, at least my stomach does.