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  • 247 - RTGs Don’t Grow on Trees

    247 - RTGs Don’t Grow on Trees
    2026/07/10

    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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  • 246 - Stock Tips

    246 - Stock Tips
    2026/06/26

    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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  • 245 - Polar Bears and Penguins (with Jonathan Goff and Mike Loucks)

    245 - Polar Bears and Penguins (with Jonathan Goff and Mike Loucks)
    2026/06/12

    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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    • Home - Space Exploration Engineering

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  • 244 - Helen from Everywhere (with Lindy Elkins-Tanton)

    244 - Helen from Everywhere (with Lindy Elkins-Tanton)
    2026/06/05

    Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Principal Investigator of Psyche, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Leadership on big NASA missions in her new book Mission Ready.

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    • Episode 244 - Helen from Everywhere (with Lindy Elkins-Tanton) - YouTube
    • Mission Ready by Lindy Elkins-Tanton | Hachette Book Group
    • NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
    • Psyche Mission Gallery - Images & Videos | Psyche Mission
    • Psyche IRB (PDF)

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  • 243 - Ducktricity (with Miles O’Brien)

    243 - Ducktricity (with Miles O’Brien)
    2026/05/29

    Miles O’Brien joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Starship Flight 12, the NASA Moon Base updates on LTVs and landers, and Miles’ trip to Antarctica.

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    • Episode 243 - Ducktricity (with Miles O’Brien) - YouTube
    • NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a "perimeter" - Ars Technica
    • SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight - Ars Technica
    • Selenian Boondocks | Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen
    • AAS Paper Review: RAAN Agnostic 3-Burn Departure Methodology for Deep Space Missions from LEO Depots (Part 1 of 2) | Selenian Boondocks
    • AAS 18-447: RAAN-Agnostic 3-Burn Departure Methodology for Deep Space Missions from LEO Depots

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  • 242 - Jared Propulsion Laboratory

    242 - Jared Propulsion Laboratory
    2026/05/22

    Jake and Anthony kick around the SpaceX IPO filing, upcoming first flight of Starship V3, and reorganization at NASA.

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    • Off-Nominal - YouTube
    • Episode 242 - Jared Propulsion Laboratory - YouTube
    • A Message From Administrator Jared Isaacman - NASA
    • NASA Announces Realignment to Accelerate Mission Delivery - NASA
    • NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management - NASA
    • Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time - Ars Technica
    • Jack Kuhr on X: “Alright, I pulled 24 tidbits from SpaceX's S-1. Here they are, ranked”

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  • 241 - Maybe the Denver Airport (with Andrew Rush)

    241 - Maybe the Denver Airport (with Andrew Rush)
    2026/05/15

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Andrew Rush, Co-founder and CEO of Star Catcher, to talk about building a power grid in space, their upcoming in-space demonstration, their big fundraising round announced this week, and where they go from here.

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    • Episode 241 - Maybe the Denver Airport (with Andrew Rush) - YouTube
    • Star Catcher
    • Star Catcher | Star Catcher raises $65 million to build the first power grid in space
    • Star Catcher raises $65 million for space power grid - SpaceNews
    • T+281: Star Catcher (with Andrew Rush, President & CEO) - Main Engine Cut Off

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  • 240 - Canada’s NASA (with Trevor Kjorlien)

    240 - Canada’s NASA (with Trevor Kjorlien)
    2026/05/08

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Trevor Kjorlien of Plateau Astro to talk about making and running a mobile planetarium, his time at the Canadian Space Agency, and a whole lot more.

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    • Episode 240 - Canada’s NASA (with Trevor Kjorlien) - YouTube
    • Plateau Astro | Astronomy workshops, presentations, and mobile planetarium shows in Montréal
    • Stellarium Astronomy Software
    • Gaia Sky | Gaia Sky
    • Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium - lipsymposium.org

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