Episode 435: Purple Flame
Starship's second test flight achieved goals despite scattering steel across the gulf of Mexico. Also, SaxaVord bills, Sierra layoffs, and Ingenuity.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Starship Flight 2 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (twitter.com/thejackbeyer) (twitter.com/planet4589)
— Posted after recording: a quick analysis of Starships acceleration curves (twitter.com/Space_Josiah)
Short & Sweet
— SaxaVord struggles to pay contractors (europeanspaceflight.com)
— Sierra Space layoffs (cnbc.com)
— Mars Helicopter completes back-to-back flights (twitter.com/nasajpl)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 27 Nov, 1963: Launch of the first hydrolox rocket to orbit (en.wikipedia.org) (spacelaunchreport.com VIA web.archive.org)
— Next week (11/28 - 12/4) in 2015: Every journey of millions of kilometers starts with a couple meters.