Episode 386: DOWNLINK--Margaret Weitekamp, Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum
The book Space Craze illustrates humanity's fascination with space, and how science fiction has impacted the way we go there.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Artemis I Launch (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (planetary.org) (HT MCC: twitter.com/derekdotspace)
— SLS suffered slight hurricane damage prior to launch (spacenews.com)
— SLS still had LH2 leaks (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/ZachSellinger)
— A bad ethernet switch took down range assets (HT deltaV: twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)
— Post-launch photo opportunities were limited (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (twitter.com/wapodavenport)
— Artemis I Ride-alongs and little ‘uns (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (parabolicarc.com)
— CAPSTONE arrives at the Moon (spacenews.com)
— Orion completes TLI (spacenews.com) (youtu.be)
Short & Sweet
— Hermeus completes key test towards hypersonic aircraft (HT Czarified, Csaba: defenseone.com) (HT Czarified: youtube.com)
— Busy week of spacewalkin’ (space.com) (space.com) (space.com) (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Japan formalizes its commitment (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Cygnus array jam photo (twitter.com/Space_Pete)
— Csaba: Real-time Artemis I tracker (nasa.gov) (eyes.nasa.gov)
— DeltaV: Rocket 4 Payload User’s guide (twitter.com/Astra)
Interview -- Margaret Weitekamp, Curator and Chair of the Space History department at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
— facebook.com/margaret.weitekamp.12
— Buy the book: (amazon.com) (barnesandnoble.com) (smithsonianbooks.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 27 Nov, 2012. The end of Falcon 9 Air’s development (flightglobal.com VIA 12ft.io) (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Orbital designed Pegasus II “Thunderbolt” as a replacement (space.com)
— Next week (11/29 - 12/5) in 2014: [Audio clue]