Episode 479: VIPER Sting
Everyone's still sore about VIPER getting cut. Also, a Chinese lunar spacesuit, another F9 grounding, and a small launcher in French Guiana.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
-- VIPER opinions (spacenews.com) (sam.gov)
Short & Sweet
-- Chinese lunar spacesuit revealed (cgtn.com) (space.com)
-- Upper stage anomaly grounds Falcon 9 (space.com) (spacenews.com)
-- MaiaSpace moves in (spacenews)
This Week in Spaceflight History
-- 2 Oct, 1921. Birth of Scott Crossfield (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: govinfo.gov) (magazine.washington.edu)
-- Next week (10/8 - 10/14) in 2012: A boxy box delivery