The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Episode 118: DOWNLINK--Louis Perna


  • This week in SF history
    • July 29 1971: Apollo 15 SIVB impacts moon
      • S-IVB article (wikipedia.org)
      • NASA's list of all Apollo objects that impacted the Moon (gsfc.nasa.gov)
  • Spaceflight news
    • Musk ISS R&D conference presentation (youtube.com)
  • Short & Sweet
    • Sierra Nevada and ULA announce Atlas V will be carrying the first two Cargo Dreamchaser to the ISS. (spaceflightnow.com)
    • DLR will fly two experiments later this year on New Shepard (spacenews.com)
  • Interview: Louis Perna, Accion
    • accion-systems.com
    • twitter.com/AccionSystems
    • Colloid thrusters are a predecessor to Accion’s electrospray thruster (wikipedia.org)
    • Current propellant is EMI-BF4 (sigmaaldrich.com)


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 July 26, 2017  1h17m