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Episode 146: Catcher's Mitt
This week in SF history
-- 22 February 1978. First GPS satellite (wikipedia.org)
-- Precursors
-- Transit satellite system (wikipedia.org)
-- Land-based Omega (wikipedia.org)
Spaceflight news
-- EVA-48 (spaceflightinsider.com) (youtube.com)
Short & Sweet
-- Stealth Space spotted (abc7news.com)
-- New ASDS (twitter.com/elonmusk)
-- Mr Steven has a net (twitter.com/nextspaceflight)
-- SpaceX gets science mission certification (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
-- Ben Hallert via email: Voyager was at 6 billion km, not 60.
-- /u/Ivebeenfurthereven: don’t forget titanium gridfins! (reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast)