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Episode 122: Low-Enriched Uranium
Nuclear propulsion, a promise of new space suits, TDRS-M is healthy, the X-Prize will never be won, and another launchpad at KSC.
Episode 121: It's not their fault!
We learn more about the Rocket Lab's first flight failure, a minimalistic cubsat failure , and an H-IIA that was grounded (due to a failure)
Episode 120: DOWNLINK--Jason Seagram
Jason Seagram works at CSA, and was a major part of the recent MBSU RnR.
Episode 119: Myopia Runs in the Family
There are two MPLMs in storage right now... and one of them might be headed to the moon! Also, another short-sighted US space telescope.
Episode 118: DOWNLINK--Louis Perna
Accion Systems is an MIT spin-off that's developing a new type of electric propulsion, and a very promising one! Also, we heard a bit of Mars news from Elon Musk.
Episode 117: Brought to You By Questions, Comments and Correction Burns
TDRS-M got a little banged up during encapsulation, and Moon Express shows off a mockup! Also, lots of questions, comments and correction burns; let's all get smarter!
Episode 116: Overperformance and underperformance
XCOR is no mor, F9 overperformed, Chinasat made up for an underperformance.
Episode 115: DOWNLINK--Kam Bahrami
Kam Bahrami sits at the ROBO desk at ISS MCC. We have a quick discussion with him about robotics on Station and the Roll-out Solar Array experiment in particular.
Episode 114: Baseball Reference
ESA gears up for Prometheus and SpaceX busies itself getting payloads into space.
Episode 113: The Crowd Speaks
Orion gets an abort motor test, ROSA gets a deployment test and Pirs stays put.