Episode 450: Propane Rocket Accessories
Stoke Space adopts LNG for the first stage of their newly revealed Nova rocket. Also, a Chinese spacewalk, a Talon flight, and Starship prep.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Stoke Space focusing on first stage (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtu.be)
Short & Sweet
— Tianhe’s solar arrays patched (space.com)
— Stratolaunch tests Talon (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)
— Starship Flight 3 on its way (spacenews.com) (space.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 16 Mar, 1966. Recovery of Veterok and Ugolyok, who to this day hold the record for longest canine spaceflight (Kosmos 110) (en.wikipedia.org) (ru.wikipedia.org) (veterok-ugolyok.gmik.ru) (astronaut.ru)
— Next week (3/19 - 3/25) in 2017: Dry, wet, and lumpy