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Episode 24: So Many Guests
- This week in SF history
- 19 Sep, 1965. Birth of Sunita “Suni” Williams
- Spaceflight news
- F9 update (nsf)
- Test stand 1 completed (fireflyspace.com)
- They also test fire an FRE-R1 (FFS.com)
- NASA wants to get Exploration Upper Stage going for SLS Block 1B, 2. (SFN)
- Indyspace wants to get kids excited about rockets (Patreon)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- Porkchop plots
- How SMAP radar works (Be sure to visit dontpanicgeocast.com)
- Ben Krasnow’s experiments with the Faraday Effect (YT)
- SMAP handbook (jpl.nasa.gov)
- SMAP general info (jpl.nasa.gov)
For reference: a porkchop plot
For further reference: an actual porkchop