Episode 337: Oh, Craptor…
SpaceX faces a bottleneck that might be the end of the company as we know it. Also, Neutron (2050), space tourists, SLS contract, and ISS not-debris.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight news
— Raptor issues (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (spaceexplored.com)
— Neutron, a 2050 rocket (youtube.com) (spacenews.com)
— Electron thermal protection system is aerogel/graphite composite! (HT Andrew Z: twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck)
Short & Sweet
— ESA tests tanks for its reusable launch vehicle (esa.int)
— Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin select future astronauts (spacenews.com)
— Northrop Grumman wins SLS booster contract (spacenews.com)
— Fatigue, debris, and rumors of debris (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Pangea tests an aerospike! (HT Andrew Z: youtube.com)
This week in SF history
— 10 Dec, 1974. Launch of Helios A, a West German/NASA collaboration (en.wikipedia.org) (bernd-leitenberger.de)
— Next week (12/14-12/20) in 1976: Two tickets, I mean, just one ticket to space, please!