Jake and Anthony are joined by Swapna Krishna to talk about the Mars Sample Return non-update…since they only gave it about 5 minutes of last week’s show. And hey, there are some big rockets on launch pads right now.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 181 - Down-Suggest (with Swapna Krishna) - YouTube
• New Glenn Mission NG-1 | Blue Origin
• New Glenn reaches orbit on first launch - SpaceNews
• Mars Sample Return: Will NASA’s ambitious mission ever happen? - YouTube
• Will Mars Sample Return ever happen?
• NASA isn't fixing the heat shield on Artemis II - YouTube
• What will billionaire Jared Isaacman do as NASA Administrator? - YouTube
• NASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars - NASA
• NASA to study two alternative architectures for Mars Sample Return - SpaceNews
• Mars Sample Return | Rocket Lab

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