Off-Nominal

Off-Nominal episodes:

• 04.19.2024

  149 - Bob from Valves, Inc.

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Aria Alamalhodaei, reporter at TechCrunch, to talk about valves, getting footage of Astra’s explosions, Mars Sample Return, and everything else that has been going on lately, including cursed eclipses.

  
• 04.11.2024

  148 - Keep the Meter Running

  Jake and Anthony catch up after some travels, unfortunate events, clouds, news, and hijinks.

  
• 03.29.2024

  147 - Bouncy Castle Payload Adapter

  Jake is joined my Simon Stähler from ETH Zürich to talk about the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

  
• 03.21.2024

  146 - Stocking the Shelves

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to talk about the science side of CLPS.

  
• 03.15.2024

  145 - Space Elevator Jazz

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Michael Sheetz, space reporter from CNBC, to talk about Starship’s third flight, recent earnings calls, whatever Astra is up to, and…there’s way too much on our list.

  
• 03.08.2024

  144 - The Tube Man

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Swapna Krishna to catch up on space science news, and to talk about her projects like Ad Astra, Stargazing, and more.

  
• 02.29.2024

  143 - Maneuver Without Regret (feat. Warfighting Domain) (feat. Tim Fernholz)

  Jake and Anthony are joined by journalist and author Tim Fernholz to talk about some of his recent stories on the Space Force, Kam Ghaffarian, and let’s be honest, we’ll probably get distracted by Intuitive Machine’s first lunar landing attempt.

  
• 02.16.2024

  142 - Multivariate Disaster

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the latest on Mars Sample Return, JPL layoffs, and everything space policy.

  
• 02.09.2024

  141 - TRL Valley of Death

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Elizabeth Frank to talk about the future of the CLPS program, JPL’s Mars-focused Commercial Services Studies, and a whole bunch more, including Elizabeth’s epic travel photos.

  
• 02.02.2024

  140 - Cultivating a Vibe

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta of The Planetary Society to pour one out for Ingenuity, breakdown the epic SLIM landing, and do some eclipse planning.

  
• 01.26.2024

  139 - Sourdough Software Starter

  Jake and Anthony are joined by John Conafay to talk about what he’s been up to since founding Integrate, and we’ll probably dish out some hot takes, too.

  
• 01.19.2024

  138 - Double SPAC

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Will Francis, Chief Commercial Officer at Agile Space Industries, to talk about his path through the industry—from co-founding Roccor, to being acquired by Redwire, to joining Agile—and what he’s learned along the way.

  
• 01.12.2024

  137 - Daddy Space Force

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger to lay out our predictions for 2024!

  
• 12.21.2023

  136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to present The Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. We’ll debate what went the most comedically wrong this year, crown a winner, and also score some 2023 predictions.

  
• 12.15.2023

  135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company to talk about what they’re working on, spaceport operations, and the FAA licensing process.

  
• 12.08.2023

  134 - Artemis II.5

  Jake and Anthony check in on Starship, Artemis, spreadsheets, and a lost tomato on the ISS.

  
• 11.30.2023

  133 - I’m an Adult with a Job

  Jake and Anthony are joined by photographer Andrew McCarthy to talk about his journey into astrophotography, his process, and let’s be real, to gawk at his work. And also to convince Jake to buy telescopes.

  
• 11.17.2023

  132 - Boneless Skineater

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Mueller, founder, CEO, and CTO of Impulse Space and former Propulsion CTO at SpaceX. We’ll talk about what Impulse Space is up to, including their literally-just-launched first mission to space.

  
• 11.10.2023

  131 - AAA for Science

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Tanya Harrison to talk about the Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada that she—along with very-recent guest, Dr. Gordon Osinski!—founded and announced just a few weeks back.

  
• 11.02.2023

  130 - Crossfire Between Scientists and Engineers

  Planetary Scientist Stefano Nerozzi joins Jake and Anthony to talk about science on Mars, from Sample Return to mapping Mars’ Ice!

  
• 10.27.2023

  129 - Tier 1 Gifts

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Gordon Osinski from the University of Western Ontario and member of the Artemis 3 Geology team which will develop surface science plans for the first lunar EVAs since Apollo.

  
• 10.20.2023

  128 - These Were Bad Movies

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Stephen Hackett, co-founder of Relay FM and fellow space nerd, to talk about the ever-present SLS drama of the day, how Relay’s St. Jude fundraiser went, and partake in the first Terrible Space Movie...

  
• 10.13.2023

  127 - Hot Moon Takes

  Jason Davis of The Planetary Society makes his long-awaited return, to hang out with Jake and Anthony and talk about Psyche, OSIRIS-REx, solar eclipses, and surely a bunch of other stuff, too.

  
• 09.29.2023

  126 - Whatever, Russell

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, to talk about watching spaceships return to Earth, talking to astronauts, a change of leadership at Blue Origin, and what’s been up in the Florida...

  
• 09.22.2023

  125 - The Ball Pit

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Alec Maestas, OSIRIS-REx Systems Engineer and Real-Time Operations, to talk about the asteroid sample return mission on the eve(ish) of sample arrival.

  
• 09.15.2023

  124 - Accidental Cadence

  Jake and Anthony check in on human spaceflight with a bit of a roundup—Axiom-3, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and more.

  
• 09.08.2023

  123 - An Exciting Time

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about her new book, The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts.

  
• 09.01.2023

  122 - Space.com Bubble

  Jake and Anthony talk about recent financial news in the world of spaceflight and add some predictions to the 2023 list.

  
• 08.25.2023

  121 - Status: Future

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Mark Panning from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and PI of the Farside Seismic Suite to talk about the Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25 Moon landings and what we can look forward too from CLPS coming soon.

  
• 08.17.2023

  120 - Big Dumb Satellites

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Karan Kunjur, Co-Founder of K2 Space, to talk about what they’re building, and what it means to build for a post-Starship future.

  
• 08.11.2023

  119 - Don’t Train for the Nominal Shit

  Jake and Anthony are joined by space artist and illustrator Paul Fjeld to talk about his career and to hear some stories from interesting projects and programs he’s worked on.

  
• 08.08.2023

  118 - Experienced Drunk Idiots

  Anthony is joined by Jonathan Vaughters, Founder and CEO of EF Education-EasyPost, and Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about space and cycling, who knows in what amounts. Sorry, Jake.

  
• 07.27.2023

  117 - ⅃ L

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Phil Metzger to talk about his research into launch and landing pad debris.

  
• 07.21.2023

  116 - Hot NSSL Summer

  Jake is back, so Anthony will help get him caught up on the news, including the Mars Sample Return Hot Drama.

  
• 07.14.2023

  115 - I’m Getting a Twinkie Vibe

  Anthony is joined by Loren Grush (Bloomberg) and Rachael Zisk (Payload), to talk about Loren’s recent trip to see Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight, to catch up on some news, and to do a mid-year check in on our 2023...

  
• 07.07.2023

  114 - Starship Blue

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Adrian Beil of NASASpaceFlight.com (and a long-time beloved member of the Off-Nominal Discord) to talk about how he got his start via an epic spreadsheet, and to tell some stories from his trip to...

  
• 06.23.2023

  113 - AutoNav Road Rage

  Jake and Anthony check in on the ongoing planetary missions around the solar system.

  
• 06.16.2023

  112 - Big Microgravity

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Grant Bonin to talk about his new venture, gravityLab, focused on partial gravity research.

  
• 06.09.2023

  111 - Extended Warranty, New Fairings

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Joey Roulette of Reuters to talk about the state of NASA’s fixed-price contracts in the face of the Starliner situation and lunar lander awards.

  
• 06.02.2023

  110 - Big “I Made It in Blender” Energy

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to talk about what he’s up to and to engage in some alt-history what-ifs.

  
• 05.26.2023

  109 - Boil-off Truther

  Jake and Anthony catch up on the news, including Blue Origin’s Lunar Lander award!

  
• 05.19.2023

  108 - Super Secret about Plutonium

  Jake and guest host Casey Dreier are joined by Paul Byrne to talk about NASA’s planetary science budget and the trials and tribulations that it is experiencing today.

  
• 05.12.2023

  107 - He's Got a Butt

  Jake and guest host Debarati Das are joined by Jaime Green, author of the new book The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

  
• 05.05.2023

  106 - Main Menu

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Sarah Al-Ahmed, host and producer of Planetary Radio, to talk about her new gig running one of the longest-tenured space podcasts.

  
• 04.28.2023

  105 - There and Beck Again

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Ashlee Vance of Bloomberg to talk about his new book, When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach.

  
• 04.21.2023

  104 - Ricky Bobby Goes to the Moon (Live from Space Symposium 2023)

  Anthony cracks open a beer and talks about the news from Space Symposium with Jacqueline Feldscher of Payload and Jeff Foust of SpaceNews.

  
• 04.14.2023

  103 - Same Ice Cream Man

  Anthony is joined by Caleb Henry of Quilty Analytics to talk about his recent trip to India for a OneWeb launch, and to talk about all the acquisitions and mergers going on in the satellite communications market right now.

  
• 04.07.2023

  102 - Does Anyone Need SRBs?

  Anthony is joined by Eric Berger of Ars Technica and Matthew Russell of the The Interplanetary Podcast to talk about Starship, the future of European spaceflight, and the Artemis II crew.

  
• 03.31.2023

  101 - Tastes Like Fish

  Anthony is joined by Chris Carberry and Dr. Tanya Harrison to discuss Chris’ upcoming documentary version of his Alcohol in Space book, the upcoming Humans to Mars summit, and the state of humans to Mars in the Artemis era. Announcement: Off-Nominal...

  
• 03.24.2023

  100 - Astronaut Astronaut

  Jake and Anthony are joined by Christian Davenport of The Washington Post to catch up on all the space news, and to celebrate 100 episodes of Off-Nominal.