Episode 363: A Surfeit of Hypergols
A Cargo Dragon leaked and Ingenuity's still plugging along. Also, a Korean rocket in Brazil, a NASA rocket in Australia, and a rock in JWST.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Cargo Dragon leak (cnet.com) (space.com)
— Ingenuity’s woes (cnet.com) (mars.nasa.gov) (PDF: arc.nasa.gov)
— Martian winter is dustier due to heat gradients (HT Csaba: space.com)
Breaking Madness
— Astra TROPICS-1 failure (space.com) (spaceflightnow.com)
Short & Sweet
— Korean startup targets launch from Brazil later this year (smallsatnews.com)
— NASA to launch from Australia (phys.org)
— JWST struck by micrometeoroids (space.com) (HT Colin: (theverge.com) (HT DeltaV: blogs.nasa.gov)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Spinlaunch’s sabot (twitter.com/djsnm)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 16 Jun, 1961: The Final Fleming Committee Report submitted (hq.nasa.gov) (hq.nasa.gov) (PDF HT Mike Stewart: ntrs.nasa.gov)
— Saturn C-3 and Nova were the main options at this point (wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Next week (6/21 - 6/27) in 1982: Enjoy the extra leg room while it lasts!