Episode 487: What's that smell?
Russia and Europe plan reusable launcher demo hoppers. Also, Oman's new spaceport, China's inflatable module, and Superheavy's aborted landing.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Global grasshoppers
— Russia’s hopper (arstechnica.com)
— EU’s hopper (europeanspaceflight.com)
Short & Sweet
— Omani spaceport looks to launch next month (www.thenationalnews.com)
— China tests inflatable spacecraft on orbit (news.cgtn.com) (space.com) (spacenews.com)
— Starship Test Flight Six (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Progress contamination (russianspaceweb.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— November 28, 1983: Launch of STS-9, Columbia (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (nasa.gov) (americaspace.com)
— Next week (12/3 - 12/9) in 2003: You’ve heard of the space banana, but what about the Banana River dunk?