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Episode 98: Rockets for Everyone!
- This week in SF history
- 2 March 1968. Launch of Zond-4
- Watch Tim Dodd recreate this mission in Kerbal Space Program live on Wednesday night on twitch.tv/everydayastronaut
- Spaceflight news
- Energia/Boeing/SDO Yuzhnoye/Sea Launch (spacenews.com)
- CRS-10 ISS approach abort (nasaspaceflight.com)
- Longer RS-25 hotfire (spacenews.com)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- Michael Wooley to introduce SEDS-UCF IREC
- Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
- Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition
- mae.ucf.edu/mmae/seds
- /u/CapMSFC with some great corrections
- At IAC, Elon said “ We managed to build the first tank. Initial tests with cryogenic propellant actually look quite positive. We have not seen any leaks or major issues.” (Timestamp: youtu.be)
- On the other hand, this was referred to as “full cryo testing” (twitter.com)
- Michael Wooley to introduce SEDS-UCF IREC
Apollo reentry diagram, simplified to not show the second lift period
LN2 tankers surrounding ITS tank before it heads out to sea