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 127: Not-Quite-So-Big Falcon Rocket


  • This week in SF history
    • 7 October, 1969. Birth of Karen Nyberg
    • Stuffed dinosaur (space.com)
  • Spaceflight news
    • IAC SPX presentation (youtube.com)
      • Cost calculations of point-to-point BFR travel (reddit.com/r/spacex)
    • Parker Solar Probe in integration testing (nasaspaceflight.com)
      • Trajectory animation (youtube.com)
  • Short & Sweet
    • JWST delayed (spaceref.com)
    • Airbus joins the on-orbit satellite servicing market. (spacenews.com)
    • Lockheed Martin reveals new details about its Mars Base Camp architecture. (lockheedmartin.com)
  • Questions, comments, corrections
    • Donation matching for Puerto Rico
      • How bad is it? Here are examples in terms of US cities. (twitter.com/AJVicens)
      • We highly recommend donating to United for Puerto Rico (unidosporpuertorico.com)
    • RPG night!
      • Will take place on Friday, October 20 around 9/12pm PT/ET
      • Everyone is welcome to join us on roll20.net.
      • One page of rules (PDF: onesevendesign.com)

Karen Nyberg's fantastic stuffed dinosaur


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 October 4, 2017  1h10m