Episode 353: Golden Sample Retriever
Mars Sample Return hit a bump and split in half. Northrop considers an SLD bid. Also, no more Crew Dragons and a USSF contract for Slingshot.
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— MSR delayed and split in half (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov)
— Northrup Grumman eyeing its own SLD contract (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (HT Andrew Z: twitter.com/wapodavenport)
— NG received six additional CRS-2 missions last month (govconwire.com)
Short & Sweet
— Crew Dragon production is ending (teslarati.com)
— Slingshot Aerospace gets USSF contract (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Andrew Z via email: nautical miles are actually useful!
— From the intro: ISS seat swap negotiations (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 4 April, 1984: Launch of Challenger flight STS-41-C (youtube.com VIA nss.org) (nytimes.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (harvard.edu) (planet4589.org)
— A good book about Shuttle: The Space Shuttle Program: Technologies And Accomplishments by Davide Sivolella (vdoc.pub)
— MMU Users Guide indicates a proportional relationship between nominal “cruise” speed and length of travel (PDF p38: large.stanford.edu)
— Next week (4/12 - 4/18) in 1985: Swat that fly