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Episode 117: Brought to You By Questions, Comments and Correction Burns
- This week in SF history
- 21 July 1965: Bell announces Lunar Flying Vehicle (astronautix.com) (wired.com) (Follow-on study: nasa.gov)
- Don’t forget LLRV! (wikipedia.org)
- 21 July 1965: Bell announces Lunar Flying Vehicle (astronautix.com) (wired.com) (Follow-on study: nasa.gov)
- Spaceflight news
- “Incident” during TDRS-M Spacecraft closeout (nasa.gov)
- Moon Express unveils lunar lander trio of missions (spaceflightinsider.com)
- Our recent Evadot appearance (evadot.com)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- Ben Hallert via email
- APAS != CBM
- Bubbles can cause rapid ad-hoc self disassembly with fragmentation.
- Versvisa (first but not only): We got AMC-9 propulsion backwards. If it’s moving west, it’s in a higher orbit. (reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast)
- Ben Honey via DM: Become a flight controller! (sgt-inc.com)
- Neil Forrester via email: parameterized design
- Ben Hallert via email
Moon Express' “Lunar Scout” MX-1
An early sketch of LFV