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.

125 - The Ball Pit

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

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to figure out what’s up with the Orion heat shield, SLS layoffs, commercial Mars studies, and the ISS deorbit vehicle.

151 - CanadLeg

Erin Edwards joins Jake and Anthony to talk about flying helicopters, making the leap from the military to space, and being a Canadian CAPCOM at NASA.

150 - Bullets and Cheetos

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.

149 - Bob from Valves, Inc.

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

148 - Keep the Meter Running

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

125 - The Ball Pit

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