Jake and Anthony talk about the PROMISE rover, the state of decisions in NASA’s Isaacman era, Rocket Lab buying Iridium, and they give Jeremy Hansen a clap out.

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• Episode 247 - RTGs Don’t Grow on Trees - YouTube
• NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon - Ars Technica
• NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities - NASA
• We managed to glean some interesting details about the Artemis III mission - Ars Technica
• NASA chief praises progress Blue Origin is making after launch failure - Ars Technica
• Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital - Ars Technica
• In a bold move, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium Communications - Ars Technica
• There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend - Ars Technica

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Jake catches Anthony up on the news he missed while on vacation, and also how expensive stage adapters have become.

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• Episode 246 - Stock Tips - YouTube
• Did Rocket Lab's Suborbital Rocket Reach Orbit?
• SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next? - Ars Technica
• 13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations. - Ars Technica
• With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit - Ars Technica
• Ars Live: What's the latest in the aftermath of the New Glenn catastrophe? - Ars Technica

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Jonathan Goff, Director of Advanced Concepts at Gravitics, and Mike Loucks, CEO at SEE, to talk about where to put orbital depots, trajectories from there to the Moon and Mars, and to otherwise set the record straight on their papers after Anthony’s poorly-remembered-and-even-more-poorly-explained mention.

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• Episode 245 - Polar Bears and Penguins (with Jonathan Goff and Mike Loucks) - YouTube
• AAS Paper Review: RAAN Agnostic 3-Burn Departure Methodology for Deep Space Missions from LEO Depots (Part 1 of 2) | Selenian Boondocks
• AAS Paper Review: Practical Methodologies For Low Delta-V Penalty, On-Time Departures To Arbitrary Interplanetary Destinations From A Medium-Inclination Low-Earth Orbit Depot | Selenian Boondocks
• An Updated Propellant Depot Taxonomy Part V: Human Spaceflight Fixed Depots (Low-Orbit) | Selenian Boondocks

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