T+305: The Starship 36 Explosion, and ESA Policy (with Adrian Beil, NASASpaceflight)
A special simulcast of this week’s Off-Nominal—the other show I do, if you somehow haven’t heard of it!—because it’s exactly the topic list with exactly the guest I had up next on my list. I’m joined ...
27 Jun 20251h 6min
T+304: The Musk/Trump Breakup, Jared Isaacman’s Withdrawn Nomination, and Starship Flight 9 (with Lori Garver)
Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, joins me to talk about the chaos of the last week: the withdraw of Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA Administrator, Starship Flight 9, and of course, ...
7 Jun 202549min
T+303: The Trump 2024 Transition (with Mark Albrecht)
Mark Albrecht joins me to talk about his time on the Trump 2024 Transition Team, the thinking behind some of the policy decisions we’re starting to see in the space and national security spheres, and ...
7 Mai 202553min
T+302: A Tour of Marotta Controls
We take a tour of Marotta Controls in Montville, New Jersey, to see how they work, how they develop, produce, and test products at rate, and we learn about the most feared topic in space—valves!This e...
5 Mai 20251h 35min
T+301: Hypersonics and Constellations (with Caleb Henry)
Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me to talk megaconstellations, the hypersonics industry, and more.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 33 executive produce...
2 Mai 202542min
T+300: Isaacman’s Confirmation Hearing, NASA and NOAA Budgets, NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 Awards
Jared Isaacman was in Congress for a confirmation hearing for his nomination as NASA Administrator, which was followed up by reports of huge proposed budget cuts at NASA and NOAA. And as expected, Spa...
18 Apr 202526min
T+299: Starliner, According to Butch and Suni (with Eric Berger)
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about his recent interviews with Butch and Suni in the aftermath of their flight, the update NASA put out about Starliner, and how it all lands from where ...
3 Apr 202528min
T+298: Eric Schmidt Takes Over at Relativity, Rocket Lab Plans Mynaric Acquisition
Eric Schmidt has taken a majority stake in Relativity and will serve as its CEO, so this is a good time to check in on their plans. Rocket Lab is planning to acquire Mynaric, and I have a theory I fel...
14 Mar 202520min
