Episode 484: Runaway Ramp
A pile of space news out of China. Also, Orion's heat shield (no news), liquid water on Mars, and an air-breathing ion engine.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Shenzhou-19 reaches Tiangong (spaceflightnow.com)
— Mirror platform for Tiangong (news.cgtn.com) (youtube.com)
— Low-cost Tiangong cargo S/C (spacenews.com)
— “Kinetica-2 [selected] as top launcher choice” (twitter.com/cas_space)
— Crewed moon rover (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/YuqiiQian)
Short & Sweet
— Artemis heat shield chunks (spacenews.com)
— Liquid water on Mars (nature.com VIA nasaspaceflight.com) (news.berkeley.edu)
— California startup develops ABEP system (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— November 8, 2004: First launch of a Soyuz 2 carrier rocket (en.wikipedia.org) (v2rockethistory.com)
— Next week (11/12 - 11/18) in 1981: 40% of the mission, 90% of the objectives.