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  • 254 - An Advocate of Crazy (with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen)

    254 - An Advocate of Crazy (with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen)
    2026/08/27

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Former Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and leader of ETH Zurich Space, to talk about the state of science missions at NASA.

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    • Episode 254 - An Advocate of Crazy (with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen) - YouTube
    • QuantumScape Co-Founder and CTO Sells His Trust's Entire Stake in the Company for $76,465 | The Motley Fool
    • NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities - NASA
    • The Cost of a PROMISE | The Planetary Society
    • Has NASA already found life on Mars? | Scientific American
    • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope - NASA Science

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  • 253 - Dome is Your Strategy

    253 - Dome is Your Strategy
    2026/08/20

    It’s time for actual stock tips. Jake and Anthony draft competing $100,000 space portfolios and lock them in for a year.

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    • 253 - Dome is Your Strategy - YouTube

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  • 252 - Paying Now and Later (with Eric Berger and Joe Barnard)

    252 - Paying Now and Later (with Eric Berger and Joe Barnard)
    2026/08/13
    Anthony is joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, and Joe Barnard to talk about crewed spaceflight in the 2030s, what options exist if and when Dragon stops flying, and what we should do about it. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 252 - Paying Now and Later (with Eric Berger and Joe Barnard) - YouTubeA "disaster waiting to happen"? Industry officials worry about Crew Dragon availability. - Ars TechnicaActually, Starliner might fly into space this year - Ars TechnicaSpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight - Ars TechnicaSpaceX on X: “View of Starship in space from a Starlink V3 satellite on Flight 13. This composite is made of imagery from four separate cameras on a single satellite. Six of the satellites were equipped with cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators…”I Built a Gyroscope Stabilized Rocket Camera with GPS - YouTube Follow Eric Author: Eric Berger - Ars TechnicaEric Berger (@SciGuySpace) / XReentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age | West Houston's Neighborhood Bookshop Follow Joe BPS.space - YouTubeJoe Barnard (@joebarnard) / TwitterBPS.SpaceI made my rocket nosecone too pointy - YouTube Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop
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  • 251 - Yada Yada Yada (with Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda)

    251 - Yada Yada Yada (with Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda)
    2026/08/06

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda—the sources of the heat shield discourse!—to talk about Starship Flight 13 and thermal protection systems overall.

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    • Episode 251 - Yada Yada Yada (with Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda) - YouTube
    • Some Thoughts on Starship V13 Flight — Starship’s Current TPS is a “Dead-end” to Full-and-Rapid-Reusability
    • Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse - Ars Technica
    • Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight. - Ars Technica

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  • 250 - Tile Enthusiast

    250 - Tile Enthusiast
    2026/07/31

    Jake and Anthony talk about Starship Flight 13, the heat shield discourse, Dragon beyond 2030, and shockingly, Jake was the one to say “Let’s talk about the National Security Space Launch program.”

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    • Episode 250 - Tile Enthusiast - YouTube
    • SpaceX on X: “The Starship Recovery team has continued gathering imagery of the vehicle, which is still afloat in the Indian Ocean”
    • Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse - Ars Technica
    • Some Thoughts on Starship V13 Flight — Starship’s Current TPS is a “Dead-end” to Full-and-Rapid-Reusability | LinkedIn
    • Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year - Ars Technica
    • A "disaster waiting to happen"? Industry officials worry about Crew Dragon availability. - Ars Technica
    • SpaceX wins $1.6 billion in launch orders for military satellite networks - SpaceNews

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  • 249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer)

    249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer)
    2026/07/24

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer, co-founders of Icarus Robotics, to talk about—what else?—robots in space!

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    • Episode 249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer) - YouTube
    • Icarus Robotics
    • Icarus raises $6.1M to take on space’s 'warehouse work' with embodied-AI robots | TechCrunch
    • Voyager and Icarus Team Up on ISS Robotics Demo
    • Astrobee - NASA
    • Orbital hopping maneuvers with Astrobee on-board the International Space Station - ScienceDirect
    • NASA: Let’s Ketchup on International Space Station Tomato Research - NASA
    • The Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes - YouTube

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  • 248 - Earth Quality (with Jason Dunn)

    248 - Earth Quality (with Jason Dunn)
    2026/07/17

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Outpost Co-Founder and CEO Jason Dunn to talk about their Earth return vehicles across national security, in-space manufacturing, and other industries.

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    • Episode 248 - Earth Quality (with Jason Dunn) - YouTube
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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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