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Episode 97: DOWNLINK--Ben Wilking
- This week in SF history
- 25 Feb 1969: Launch of Mariner 6 (wikipedia.org)
- Watch Tim Dodd recreate this mission in Kerbal Space Program (youtube.com)
- Spaceflight news
- ITS tank burst test complete (reddit.com/r/spacex)
- Tank looks to have torn along a longitudinal seam. (HT: Chris Radcliff twitter.com/wikkit/)
- Juno will stay in current orbit (nasa.gov)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- Ben Hallert via email: Looks like the NASA pads are LC and Air Force pads (CCAFS/Vandy) are SLC.
- Interview: Ben Wilking, Atec Inc.
- benwilking.com
A schematic of the new Li-Ion batteries, the adapter plate and an old H2 battery parked on the adapter.
Photos of the assembled adapter and battery
Adapter on-orbit, during installation