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Episode 196: This Engine's Got Gas
This week in SF history
— 7 February 2001: The launch of Destiny on Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-95
— WORF patch is awesome (collectspace.com)
Spaceflight news
— NASA Making Renewed Efforts to Contact Mars Rover Opportunity (spacenews.com)
Raptor update
— Scott Manley points out Merlin has come a long way (youtube.com) (b14643.de)
— Photos from Elon (twitter.com/elonmusk)
Short & Sweet
— Blue Origin gets another customer (spaceflightinsider.com)
— ABL Space Systems gets more competitive (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Chairboy: Starship nosecone wasn’t mounted when it blew over (twitter.com/chairboy)
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