Episode 399: DOWNLINK--D. Geoff Carter, PE
Learn with us from the noted cheese machine designer about testing flextures, aligning space lasers, and roll-up solar arrays.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— TROPICS-1 mishap investigation (HT Mike Stewart: astra.com)
Short & Sweet
— HST impacted by satellite trails (nature.com)
— China’s secret spacewalk (spacenews.com)
Interview -- D. Geoff Carter, PE
This Week in Spaceflight History
— Mar 9, 2008: The launch of the first ATV: Jules Verne (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: esa.int) (PDF: esa.int)
— Next week (3/14 - 3/20) in 1986: Slap a renaissance painter.