T+273: Mars Sample Return
NASA is heading back to the drawing board for a Mars Sample Return architecture, and is accepting proposals for mission studies by May. I talk about a few takeaways from the communication of that plan...
18 Apr 202424min
T+272: Moon Rovers, Space Stations, and Starships
NASA selected 3 teams to work on unpressurized rovers for Artemis, while Japan signed on officially to provide a pressurized rover in exchange for seats on Artemis landers. Elsewhere, Mitsubishi took ...
12 Apr 202430min
T+271: Checking in on the Chinese Space Industry (with Andrew Jones)
Andrew Jones returns to the show to catch up on the Chinese space industry—Tiangong, reusable launchers, constellations, and the Moon.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 35 execut...
19 Mar 202444min
T+270: K2 Space (with Neel Kunjur, Co-Founder and CTO)
Neel Kunjur, Co-Founder and CTO of K2 Space, joins me to talk about their vision for the future of satellites and the wider space industry, what they’ve been up to lately, and what their roadmap to th...
14 Mar 202437min
T+269: IM-1 and Beyond (with Tim Crain, Co-Founder and CTO of Intuitive Machines)
Tim Crain, Co-Founder and CTO of Intuitive Machines, joins me to talk about their recent IM-1 mission to land Odysseus on the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS program.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is...
7 Mar 20241h 3min
T+268: IM-1, CLPS, NASA Budget (with Eric Berger)
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about Intuitive Machine’s successful landing despite so many issues on the mission, the future of CLPS, and the tough questions facing NASA and its budget....
1 Mar 202443min
T+267: Vulcan, New Glenn, Peregrine, Artemis
I catch up with a round up of stories from January: ULA’s first Vulcan launch, Blue Origin’s success with its BE-4 engines and what it means for their year, Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission, JAXA’s SLIM...
26 Jan 202436min
T+266: Alex Fielding, CEO and Chairman, Privateer
Alex Fielding, CEO and Chairman of Privateer, joins me to talk about what they’re working on and what drives them as an organization.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 36 executi...
15 Des 20231h 13min
