Episode 350: DOWNLINK--Zachary Tong
When we obsessed over JWST's hexapod actuators, one maker rose to the challenge. We chat with Zach Tong about 3D design, lasers, and microscopes.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Astra LV0008/ELaNA 41 failure analysis (spacenews.com) (astra.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
Short & Sweet
— OSAM-1 completes critical design review (nasa.gov)
— China to commercialize Tiangong spacenews.com
— Soyuz embargo leaves many satellites grounded (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Gravitational submarines
— Matthew Bell (iopscience.iop.org)
— Andrew not-Z via email suggests Re-entry Vehicle Dynamics (google.com)
— Aaron Sawdey (twitter.com/sawdey) (en.wikipedia.org)
Interview – Zachary Tong, creator of Breaking Taps on Youtube
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 18 Mar, 2003. The authorization of Project Prometheus (everyspec.com, alt: web.archive.org)
— Next week (3/22 - 3/28) in 1961: Ghost beetroot calls home.