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Episode 105: DOWNLINK--SEDS UCF IREC
- This week in SF history
- 24 April 1990. Launch of Hubble aboard STS-31 (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com)
- Watch Tim Dodd recreate this mission in Kerbal Space Program live on Wednesday night at twitch.tv/everydayastronaut
- Spaceflight news
- Aerojet Rocketdyne performs hot fire tests on full-scale RL-10 thrust chamber (spaceflightinsider.com)
- Slightly old-school promotional video (youtube.com)
- Cupola window 7 scratch pane replaced (nasaspaceflight.com)
- Smarter Every Day talks about the through-holes allowing the exterior covers to be hand powered (youtube.com)
- Aerojet Rocketdyne performs hot fire tests on full-scale RL-10 thrust chamber (spaceflightinsider.com)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- Comments from Logan Kennedy and Michael Wooley about EM-1 being crewed
- Ben’s going on a JPL tour with a microphone in hand. Let us know if you have any people/topics you want covered!
- Interview: SEDS UCF IREC
- In case you missed it, those letters stand for
- Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
- University of Central Florida
- Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition
- Team
- Ryan Boehmer - Team Lead
- Cody Pike - Propulsion Lead
- Emily D'Elia - Payload Team Lead
- Steven Diebler - SEDS Director of Projects
- Derek Saltzman - Airframe lead
- Michael Wooley - payload team member
- gofundme.com/sedsucf
- http://mae.ucf.edu/mmae/seds/
- http://www.soundingrocket.org/2017-irec.html
- https://twitter.com/sedsucf
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/SEDSUCF
- In case you missed it, those letters stand for
Motor casing with a Cody for scale
Motor in the brand new test stand
The business end of the motor