Episode 442: Lunar Otamatone
Peregrine launched successfully, but quickly encountered problems on orbit. Also, layoffs at JPL, and insight into Starship's orbital failure.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Peregrine Failure (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/astrobotic)
Short & Sweet
— Lay-offs at JPL (spacenews)
— Starship’s second flight failure explained (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Early demo of a starship game, complete with engineering section (starshipsimulator.co.uk)
— Espen via email: F9 landing legs in episode 440
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 19 Jan, 1965. Launch of Gemini-Titan 2 (en.wikipedia.org) (nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov)
— Next week (1/23 - 1/29) in 1986: Cheaper by the almost dozen