Every week we cover the latest spaceflight news, discuss past, current and future exploration efforts, and take a look at upcoming events. Tune in to hear about how humans get to space, how they stay in space and how unmanned craft reach farther and farther into the universe around us.
https://theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/
Episode 99: A Dang Moon Thing
- This week in SF history
- 14 March, 1928. Birth of Frank Borman
- Watch Tim Dodd recreate this mission in Kerbal Space Program live on Wednesday night on twitch.tv/everydayastronaut
- 14 March, 1928. Birth of Frank Borman
- Spaceflight news
- SPX will do a dang moon thing (spacex.com)
- Eric Berger outlines the hurdles to overcome (twitter.com/SciGuySpace)
- China flys new ascent vehicle (nasaspaceflight.com)
- Quick tidbit: MAVEN was predicted to be within 7 seconds of Phobos next week (spaceflightnow.com)
- SPX will do a dang moon thing (spacex.com)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- Maia Weinstock’s Women of NASA LEGO set approved! (ideas.lego.com)
- /u/Jakesparklechicken found The Big Book of Rendezvous (reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast)
- Be sure to join us next week for episode 100!
Click through to learn more about the famous Earthrise image! NASA recreated it digitally, and that's pretty awesome.
He orbit too low for he gotdang parent body radius