Off-Nominal

By Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo

Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.... more

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April 04, 2025191 - It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere…at a Rocket Lab Facility (with Richard French)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Richard French, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Space Systems at Rocket Lab, to talk about their Mars Sample Return architecture, the way they’ve been putting the word out on it, and to hear what’s been up with their space systems side of the business lately.
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Episode 191 - It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere…at a Rocket Lab Facility (with Richard French) - YouTube
Rocket Lab | The Space Company | Rocket Lab
Mars Sample Return | Rocket Lab
NASA Installs Heat Shield on First Private Spacecraft Bound for Venus - NASA
NASA selects seven companies for MSR studies - SpaceNews
NASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Return - SpaceNews
Varda Space capsule lands in Australia with critical data for hypersonic vehicles - SpaceNews
Rocket Lab to expand into laser communications with Mynaric acquisition - SpaceNews
Rocket Lab on X: “Stage 2's qualification campaign tests…”
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March 28, 2025190 - Poolonauts (with Jason Snell)
Jake and Anthony are joined by writer and podcaster Jason Snell, to talk about Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA, what’s been up in the NASA CFO scene, what astronauts really want to be doing, and so much more. Also, this episode completes the Lifoff-Nominal crossover spectacular, AND makes 10 year old Anthony very happy that he’s podcasting with Jason friggin’ Snell.
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Episode 190 - Poolonauts (with Jason Snell) - YouTube
Anthony on CNN Last Week
Momentum seems to be building for Jared Isaacman to become NASA administrator - Ars Technica
White House nominates Autry to be NASA’s chief financial officer - SpaceNews
Trump White House drops diversity plan for Moon landing it created back in 2019 - Ars Technica
Episode 128 - These Were Bad Movies - Off-Nominal
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March 20, 2025189 - Glow in the Dark Plants (with Awais Ahmed)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Awais Ahmed, Founder and CEO of Pixxel, to talk about building a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. Honestly, we mostly try to help Jake get his head around the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Pixxel | Hyperspectral Imagery and Space Data Company
Google leads $36 million funding round for Pixxel - SpaceNews
SpaceX launches 131 payloads on Transporter-12 rideshare mission - SpaceNews
Flatland - Wikipedia
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March 14, 2025188 - Barry Up the Street (with Jonathan McDowell)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the namesake of the McDowell Line at 80 kilometers, to talk about his fundraiser to move his epic space library to a new, permanent home.
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Episode 188 - Barry Up the Street (with Jonathan McDowell) - YouTube
Fundraiser by Jonathan McDowell : Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition
Jonathan's Space Report
The edge of space: Revisiting the Karman Line - ScienceDirect
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March 07, 2025187 - Amazon Basics Lunar Lander
Jake and Anthony talk about the Moon lander mania this week has been—Firefly’s Blue Ghost 1 and Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 missions.
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Episode 187 - Amazon Basics Lunar Lander - YouTube
Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Firefly Aerospace
AstroForge | Earning the Learnings: The Launch of Odin
NASA still working to restore contact with Lunar Trailblazer - SpaceNews
IM-2 lunar lander on its side after touchdown - SpaceNews
Virgin Galactic to start assembly of first new spaceplane in March - SpaceNews
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February 28, 2025186 - It’s Like the Cinnamon Challenge (with Casey Dreier)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the current era of Executive action, Congressional pushback (or not) against it, and the upcoming Day of Action.
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Episode 186 - It’s Like the Cinnamon Challenge (with Casey Dreier) - YouTube
The Day of Action | The Planetary Society
The Space Advocate Newsletter, February 2025 | The Planetary Society
House hearing debates ways to improve Artemis - SpaceNews
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1h 6min
February 21, 2025185 - A Little Bit Like Mexico (with Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau to talk about their new book, Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier. Supply! Demand! Subsidies! Probably dunking on the commercial space station market!
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Episode 185 - A Little Bit Like Mexico (with Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau) - YouTube
Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier: Weinzierl, Matthew, Rosseau, Brendan: 9781647827168: Amazon.com: Books
Economics of Space | Economics of Space
Quirks & Compulsions
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1h 2min
February 14, 2025184 - Trickle Down Space News
Jake and Anthony catch up on some news, stories they haven’t covered yet like Rocket Lab’s Mars Sample Return architecture, and discuss the glory of Super Bowl LIX. It’s Anthony’s birthday, so he will not be stopped by Jake. Go Birds.
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Episode 184 - Trickle Down Space News - YouTube
Chiefs vs Eagles | Super Bowl LIX Highlights - YouTube
Mars Sample Return | Rocket Lab
Space Policy Edition: Mars Sample Return, but… | The Planetary Society
Citing too much “bureaucracy,” Blue Origin to cut 10 percent of its workforce - Ars Technica
Boeing has informed its employees of uncertainty in future SLS contracts - Ars Technica
DOGE to examine NASA payments - SpaceNews
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February 07, 2025183 - Stumbling into Bridenstine Scoops (with Kristin Fisher)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Kristin Fisher to talk about her journey into independent journalism with her new YouTube channel, and we’ll probably kick around some news, too, because there’s been a lot, huh?
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The Endless Void - YouTube
Biden Administration “Certainly” Supports Artemis Program – SpacePolicyOnline.com
Forbes on X: “JUST IN: Jen Psaki highlights Artemis Program: We will send “another man and another woman to the moon.”
Trump administration removes moon rock from White House Oval Office | collectSPACE
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January 24, 2025182 - Firmly Against Night Launches (with Stephen Clark)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Stephen Clark, space reporter at Ars Technica, to talk about Starship Flight 7, New Glenn Flight 1, and let’s be real, probably space policy.
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Episode 182 - Firmly Against Night Launches (with Stephen Clark) - YouTube
Starship’s Seventh Flight Test - SpaceX - Launches
SpaceX Catches Booster 14 but loses Ship 33 on Ascent - NASASpaceFlight.com
Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space - Ars Technica
Here’s what NASA would like to see SpaceX accomplish with Starship this year - Ars Technica
The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space - Ars Technica
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