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Episode 274: DOWNLINK--Peter Beck
Spaceflight news
— Funding secured for NanoFEEP manufacturer Morpheus Space (spacenews.com) (HT Andrew Zdanowicz: defenseone.com)
— Liquid eyeliner demonstrates an effect similar to the Taylor Cones utilized in electrospray engines (HT Colin: hackaday.com)
Short & Sweet
— SLS takes a brief break. (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com)
— Starliner's schedule falls further behind Crew Dragon’s. (investors.com) (spacenews.com)
— Russian space station module arrives at Baikonur. (spaceflightnow.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— From the intro: InSight drills below the surface (twitter.com/NASAInSight)
Interview--Peter Beck, Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab
— twitter.com/rocketlab
— twitter.com/peter_j_beck
— rocketlabusa.com
This week in SF history
— 5 Sept, 1977. Launch of Voyager 1, and the final Titan IIIE launch (voyager.jpl.nasa.gov) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Next week in 1995: Centenarian