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 276: DOWNLINK--Baratunde Cola
Spaceflight news
— Cause of ULA’s recent hot-fire abort has been identified. (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/torybruno)
— A “routine, ongoing trade study” has resulted in the possibility of a three-core Vulcan Super Heavy (twitter.com/torybruno)
— Astra’s Rocket 3.1 flight terminated during its first stage. (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/Astra)
Short & Sweet
— Juno eyes extended mission goals. (spacenews.com)
— Boeing to be investigated by independent ethics probe. (foxbusiness.com)
— NASA offers to buy commercially-obtained lunar samples. (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/mastenspace)
— China’s mystery spacecraft returns to Earth. (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek)
— Northrop Grumman cancels OmegA. (spacenews.com)
Interview--Baratunde Cola, Founder and CEO of Carbice Corporation
— A SBIR award was instrumental to getting the company up on their feet. (sbir.gov)
— Thermal camera footage of Carbice Carbon (youtube.com)
— Promo video (youtube.com)
— Carbice.com
Socials
— linkedin.com
— instagram.com/carbicemagic
— twitter.com/baratundecola
— twitter.com/carbice
This week in SF history
— 15 Sept, 1908. Birth of Abe Silverstein (en.wikipedia.org)
— Improved Wright R-3350 engine cooling by inserting baffles (PDF: apps.dtic.mil)
— Next week in 1999: What’s that in Pirate-Ninjas?