Episode 348: #0057B7 / #FFD700
We stand with the heroes of Ukraine. Also, the space effects of US sanctions, Terra structural testing, and a new Dream Chaser landing site.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (static1.squarespace.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Spaceflight news
— Sanctions on Russia
— Roscosmos pulled out of French Guiana (twitter.com/planet4589) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/nextspaceflight)
— NASA no longer involved in Venera-D? (spacenews.com)
— ISS is unlikely to be used as a pawn (reuters.com) (spacenews.com)
— ULA has enough RD-180s (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/torybruno) (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/planet4589) (twitter.com/torybruno) (spacenews.com)
— Starliner uses Russian power converters (HT Ben Hallert: spacedaily.com)
— Post-Crimea sanctions were likely more impactful on the space industry (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Relativity qualifies rocket with structural test (satnews.com)
— Dream Chaser looking at landing in Japan (spacenews.com)
— China says moon impactor not Chang’e-5 (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 2 Mar, 2004. Launch of Rosetta (books.google.com) (sci-hub.se) (harvard.edu) (esa.int) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Next week (3/8 - 3/14) in 2013: Watery potato