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
T+297: Firefly Blue Ghost 1, Intuitive Machines IM-2, SpaceX Starship Flight 8 (with Josh Dinner)
Josh Dinner of Space.com joins me to talk about a wild week in space—Firefly’s Blue Ghost 1, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2, SpaceX’s Starship Flight 8, Rocket Lab announcements, and more.This episode of Ma...
7 Mar 202552min
T+296: Jim Bridenstine on Space Policy
Former Congressman and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine joins me to talk space policy, then and now: CLPS, Commercial Space Stations, Artemis, international partnerships, and more.This episode of Ma...
3 Mar 202525min
T+295: The Economics of Space (with Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau)
Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau join me to talk about their new book, Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier. We talk about the economics driving the space industry today, how trad...
19 Feb 202541min
T+294: Elon Musk and the Trump Administration, Potential SLS Cancellation (with Eric Berger)
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about Elon Musk and the whirlwind start of the second Trump administration, and what the future may hold for SLS.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is bro...
10 Feb 202542min
T+293: Jonathan’s Space Report Library Transition (with Jonathan McDowell)
Jonathan McDowell—astrophysicist at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the namesake of the McDowell Line at 80 kilometers—joins me to talk about his fundraiser to move his epic space libr...
24 Jan 202514min
