The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Episode 61: Leaning Tower of Thaicom


  • This week in SF history
    • 10 June 1961, Lundin Committee publishes "A Survey of Various Vehicle Systems for the Manned Lunar Landing Mission" (hq.nasa.gov)
  • Spaceflight news
    • Leaning Tower of Thaicom (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)
      • Gridfin fire must be due to open loop (reddit.com/r/spacex)
        • /u/bornstellar_lasting suggests camera protection may be ablative (reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast) (reddit.com/r/spacex/)
    • ASTRO-H turns into a case study of corner cutting and accepting risks (spaceflight101.com)
    • Antares hotfire (spaceref.biz) (youtube.com)
  • Questions, Comments and Correction Burns
    • We're going to read Ignition! together. Get more info at theorbitalmechanics.com/bookclub

John Houbolt demonstrating the basics of LOR


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 June 7, 2016  54m