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 285: Trench-rich combustion
Spaceflight news
— Starship SN8 fires a second (and third) time. (space.com) (youtube.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk)
— Crew-1 certified (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (two parter: americaspace.com / americaspace.com)
Short & Sweet
— Upgraded version of Sherpa tug to fly in mid-2021. (spacenews.com) (satnews.com)
— Bridenstein expected to turn down a continued position. (spacenews.com) (aviationweek.com)
— Mars Sample Return may be delayed. (spacenews.com)
— First Falcon Heavy Extended Fairing sold. (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Ben Hallert: Gnome Chompski is 15 cm, not 15 mm (twitter.com/chairboy)
— From the intro: Congress does not authorize SOFIA sunset (spacenews.com)
This week in SF history
— 21 November 2000: Launch of EO-1, Earth Observing 1 (phys.org) (en.wikipedia.org) (earthobservatory.nasa.gov) (space.skyrocket.de)
— Lots of thanks to Emory Stagmer for presenting this week’s topic! (twitter.com/vaxheadroom)
— Next week (11/24 - 11/30) in 1965: Medaille de Bronze