Episode 382: DOWNLINK--Joel C. Sercel PhD, CEO of TransAstra
TransAstra is developing asteroid-spotting software and hardware, as well as solar-powered engines and mining equipment.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— ISS EVAs resumed (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)
— Back in March, Matthias Maurer had a leak in his suit (spacenews.com) (phys.org) (blogs.nasa.gov)
Short & Sweet
— Geotail in Jeopardy (space.com)
— ESA turns to SpaceX (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com)
— Tiangong nears completion (spacenews.com)
— Polaris Dawn mission scheduled for March 2023 (space.com)
— NASA orders three more Orion spacecraft (lockheedmartin.com)
Interview – Joel C. Sercel PhD, CEO of TransAstra
— TransAstra recently formed a partnership with Celestron (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— Oct 28, 2014: the failure of Cygnus Orb-3 (en.wikipedia.org) (everydayastronaut.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (youtube.com)
— Kunetsov saved 80 NK-33s (HT Csaba: youtu.be)
— Next week (11/1 - 11/7) in 2000: Making a new home, then pulling Dennis away from it.