Falcon Heavy gets a launch date for very soon, and SLS gets an even further away launch date, along with more in this jam packed Talking Space! On this episode we have a busy launch round-up featuring the Vega rocket, SpaceX, a new Minotaur-C, China bouncing back from failure, and more. We also have the upcoming penultimate flight of the Delta II, a classified SpaceX payload, a first launch from SLC-40 since the AMOS-6 failure last year, and AMOS returning back to SpaceX with a new satellite. We discuss all of this, along with the newly announced launch date for the long-anticipated SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from LC-39A. However, they also had a bit of a setback with a Merlin engine exploding on the test stand in McGregor, Texas.
We then go into the first hearing for NASA administrator candidate Jim Bridenstine and some of the bizarre questions asked of the controversial candidate. We then go into NASA pushing the launch of SLS most likely to mid-2020, and a report by the NASA OIG on how even that might be unreasonable. Then it's onto names on Mars and a KBO that needs a name. We also must sadly mention the passing of Gemini XI and Apollo XII veteran Richard "Dick" Gordon at age 88. We reminisce on our memories of one of the last of his kind.
Show recorded 11-8-2017
Host: Sawyer Rosenstein
Panelists: Gene Mikulka and Mark Ratterman
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Episode 224A: Sara Cs A S-IC
Episode 223: A True, American Hero
Episode 222A: Cosmopolicy
Episode 222: A Pain in the Asteroid
Episode 221: Space Your Face
Episode 220: The Eagle is Down and the Falcon is Up
Episode 219: Scott Had the Spirit to Accept Opportunity
Episode 218: Come Tweet Away
Episode 217: It's Raining 'Meteorite Men'
Episode 216: A Good Abort?
Episode 215: Theory of the Evolution of Shuttles
Episode 214: Houston, We Have a Plan
Episode 213: Is 17,500mph an Acceleration Problem?
Episode 212: Talking Shakes
Episode 211: The Wild, The Innocent, and the Talking Space Shuffle
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