Episode 329: DOWNLINK--Kevin Rice

Spaceflight news

— Artemis funding (spacenews.com)

— Starliner stuff

— Valves (spacenews.com)

— Reassigned crew (spacenews.com) (spacepolicyonline.com)

Short & Sweet

— Taiwan launch company to attempt orbital launch again (spacenews.com)

— Planetary Protection might be revised (spacenews.com)

— UAE announces plans for next interplanetary mission (cnet.com)

Interview -- Kevin Rice, Director of Project Business Management JPL ret., Lockheed Martin ret.

— Kevin can be found on LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

— thebusiness.space

— thebusiness.space/consulting

This week in SF history

— 12 Oct, 1999: Final flight of Rotary Rocket’ Roton ATV (en.wikipedia.org) (web.archive.org) (youtube.com) (HT Mike Stewart: web.archive.org) (hobbyspace.com) (sfgate.com)

— Next week (10/19 - 10/25) in 2014: Duck and cover.