Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about the latest Starliner situation, LEO beyond Dragon, and NASA’s commercial LEO policy.

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• Episode 261 - I am the LEO Economy (with Eric Berger) - YouTube
• NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations - Ars Technica
• NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers - Ars Technica
• Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation - Ars Technica
• Eric Berger on X: "The next spacecraft to land humans on the Moon will be:" / X
• The Commercial LEO Roast During Ignition

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Scott Edwards, Director and Executive Producer of To the Black, a documentary chronicling Firefly’s journey from bankruptcy to almost bankruptcy again to international drama to orbit and all the moments in between.

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• Episode 260 - Launching on Thursday (with Scott Edwards) - YouTube
• To the Black – Movie
• Firefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO - SpaceNews
• Feds who forced Ukrainian investor to sell rocket company backtrack years later - Ars Technica

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Astra founder and CEO Chris Kemp to talk about the company’s road back from the brink, Rocket 4, and why he still sees a path for it today.

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• Episode 259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp) - YouTube
• Astra Rocket 4.0 | Private Space Launch Company
• Astra is Poised to Rewrite the 'Commercial' Rocket Equation with its 2027 Rocket 4 Launch - The Debrief
• Astra Launches NASA's ELaNa 41 Mission - YouTube

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