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Episode 93: DOWNLINK--Chris Hofmann
- This week in SF history
- January 25, 2004, 05:05 UTC: Opportunity lands on Mars
- Watch Tim Dodd recreate this mission in KSP (youtube.com)
- Spaceflight news
- More activity requested for BEAM (http://spacenews.com/bigelow-aerospace-seeking-additional-use-of-experimental-iss-module/)
- Galileo GPS satellites suffer clock failures left and right (http://spacenews.com/rash-of-galileo-clock-failures-cast-doubt-on-timing-of-upcoming-launches/)
- MS-04/65P failure followup (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/01/roscosmos-causes-progress-ms-04-failure/)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- /u/Neoforce and /u/CapMSFC (https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceX/wiki/asds)
- Interview: Chris Hofmann
- The tweet that lead to this interview (https://twitter.com/Foximus05/status/812693151806697476)
- Masten.aero
- Photos of the Masten shop floor, shown below (https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/753677259374927872)
/u/Mr_Monkeypants wearing our shirt, posing in front of an MER model