Episode 505: Confirming Isaacman
A lunar rover prototype sitting on red carpet. It has lots of blue LEDs lighting up the shadows, and white LED strips lining almost every edge. The overall effect is very Transformers.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Confirming Isaacman (spacenews.com) (law.cornell.edu) (aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org)
— One of the Lunar Terrain Vehicles unveiled (lunaroutpost.com)
Short & Sweet
— New addition to DSN (space.com)
— DOD hires Astroscale (satellitetoday.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Jonathan McDowell retiring (archive.ph)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 18 Apr, 2001. Maiden flight of GSLV Mk. I (a.k.a GSLV-D1) (isro.gov.in) (astronautix.com) (PDF: sci-hub.se) (planet4589.org)
— Next week (4/22 - 4/28) in 1970: Is the national anthem really 20 days long?