Episode 387: Big Bird and Friends
An Artemis I update and a history investigation. Also, China's solar project, Canada's solar project, and Gaganyaan's parachute test.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Artemis I progress (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasa.gov)
— NASA history report on Administrator James Webb released (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— China to test space-based solar power (spacenews.com)
— Canada to develop lunar rover for power generation (spacenews.com)
— ISRO tests Gaganyaan parachute system (isro.gov.in)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— Dec 5, 2014: The launch of EFT-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (collectspace.com)
— The clue was taken from an interview with Sesame Street’s Elmo (youtube.com)
— Orion suffered more MMOD damage than models had predicted, resulting in changes to the vehicle for Artemis I (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com)
— Next week (12/6 - 12/12) in 2010. Feeling salty.