Episode 411: Cliff Confusion
HAKUTO-R's failure analysis is in, and simpler than we'd hoped. Also, the sale of Virgin Orbit, and a hot parasol from ESA.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— HAKUTO-R failure analysis (HT deltaV: twitter.com/DJSnM) (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (ispace-inc.com) (spacenews.com)
— Apollo software modeled terrain to avoid this exact issue (PDF HT Mike: ibiblio.org)
Short & Sweet
— Virgin Orbit assets sold off (spacenews.com)
— ESA folds out a new heat shield (HT Andrew Z: esa.int) (newatlas.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 1 Jun, 1970: Launch of Soyuz 9 (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com) (chessgames.com) (astronautix.com)
— Next week (6/6 - 6/12) in 2007: Chonky boi