T+209: Off-Nominal 50 (with Michael Sheetz and Eric Berger)
A special feature of a very-MECO episode of my other podcast, Off-Nominal, that I did this week with Michael Sheetz of CNBC and Eric Berger of Ars Technica. If you have yet to check out Off-Nominal, f...
25 Feb 20221h 2min
T+208: The Polaris Program
Jared Isaacman, commander of Inspiration4, announced the Polaris Program—a privately-funded development program to “rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities” via flights on SpaceX’s Dragon and S...
14 Feb 202214min
T+207: 2022 Preview, Predictions, and Things to Watch (with Eric Berger)
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about what’s on our radar in 2022, to predict when the big new rockets will fly, and to generally catch up on what’s going on in the space industry.This ep...
21 Jan 202253min
T+206: Going Independent
Last week I left my full-time gig at Big Cartel. I’m going independent to do more Main Engine Cut Off and Off-Nominal, and to make these space-focused projects the primary work that I do. I’m also goi...
23 Des 20216min
T+205: Phil McAlister, Director of Commercial Spaceflight at NASA
Phil McAlister, Director of Commercial Spaceflight at NASA, joins me to talk about the history of and lessons learned from the Commercial Cargo and Crew programs, what things went well and not so well...
16 Des 20211h 1min
T+204: ISS Port Management (with Bill Spetch of NASA)
Bill Spetch, Manager of the ISS Vehicle Office at NASA, joins me to discuss the operational considerations of docking and berthing ports on the International Space Station, the recent traffic jams we’...
14 Des 202122min
T+203: Starlab with Marshall Smith, SVP of Space Systems at Nanoracks
Marshall Smith, Senior Vice President of Space Systems of Nanoracks, joins me to talk about Starlab, their commercial space station which recently won a contract award from NASA as part of their Comme...
7 Des 202128min
T+202: The Geopolitics of ASAT Weapons and Space Debris (with Brian Weeden)
Brian Weeden of the Secure World Foundation joins me to talk about the technical and political fallout of Russia’s recent anti-satellite weapons demonstration, the history of anti-satellite weapons an...
30 Nov 202143min
