The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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.

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Episode 122: Low-Enriched Uranium


  • This week in SF history
    • 27 August 1957: Plumbbob Pascal-B (wikipedia.org)
  • Spaceflight news
    • NASA looks into refining nuclear thermal propulsion. (spaceflightinsider.com)
      • RORSAT used highly enriched uranium in its reactor (wikipedia.org)
  • Short & Sweet
    • Another edition of TOM Reads Elon Musk Tweets (twitter.com/elonmusk)
    • TDRS is confirmed healthy! (spacenews.com)
    • The Google Lunar X-Prize has yet again extended its deadline. (spacenews.com)
    • Space Florida renovates SLC-46 for business. (parabolicarc.com)


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 August 22, 2017  33m