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 322: DOWNLINK--John E Ward
Spaceflight news
— Blue Origin lawsuit, and exodus
— Lawsuit filed against NASA on Aug 19 (theverge.com) (spacenews.com)
— > 11 key employees left Blue (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)
— Lauren Lyons went to Firefly (https://spacenews.com)
— 10k bonus handed out at end of July (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)
Short & Sweet
— Japan tests new engine type (futurism.com) (PDF: nagoya-u.ac.jp)
— JAXA announces Phobos sample-return mission (apnews.com)
— Starlink satellites responsible for most close encounters in LEO (space.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Watch party! The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O’Neill. Friday Aug 27 3pm PT / 6pm ET (thehighfrontiermovie.com) (calendar.google.com)
— VAXHeadroom via Discord: Cygnus spacecraft is a Northrop Grumman vehicle.
Interview -- John E Ward, Senior Systems Engineer, Réaltra Space Systems Engineering
— VIKI (Independent VIdeo KIt) datasheet (PDF: realtra.space)
— twitter.com/astro_ward
— twitter.com/RealtraSpace
— realtra.space
— linkedin.com/in/johnennisward
This week in SF history
— August 27, 1962: Launch of Mariner 2 to Venus (en.wikipedia.org) (space.com) (space.skyrocket.de)
— Next week (8/31 - 9/6) in 1968: It’s like being in space, but wetter und mit Braunschweiger