T+148: Gerst to SpaceX, and Why Landing is Part of Mission Success
Long-time head of human spaceflight at NASA, Bill Gerstenmaier, has joined SpaceX as a consultant, but everyone is excited for the wrong reasons. And SpaceX missed a booster landing on their most rece...
19 Feb 202020min
T+147: Mike Suffredini, President & CEO of Axiom
Mike Suffredini, President and CEO of Axiom, joins me to talk about their recent announcement: Axiom has been selected by NASA for access to an ISS port. They will build out Axiom Station as an expans...
13 Feb 202046min
T+146: Loren Grush on Commercial Crew, Starlink, NASA Authorization, and More
Loren Grush of The Verge joins me to talk about a whole host of current topics—SpaceX’s in-flight abort test, Starliner’s shaky first test and its fallout, space traffic, Starlink, the NASA Authorizat...
31 Jan 202054min
T+145: Caleb Henry
Caleb Henry of SpaceNews joins me to talk about the recent happenings in the satellite industry, including new ITU milestones for megaconstellations, SpaceX’s big year for Starlink, OneWeb’s progress,...
25 Jan 202052min
T+144: 2019 Impacts
A look back at 2019 through the lens of “Who actually did something that matters this year?”This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 38 executive producers—Kris, Pat, Matt, Jorge, Brad...
31 Dec 201920min
T+143: Starliner, 2020 US Space Budget
Starliner’s flight test did not go as planned, and the US 2020 budget was passed, which creates Space Force and has big implications for NASA’s work.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to y...
23 Dec 201924min
T+142: T.S. Kelso, CelesTrak and AGI
Last week, I took a ride out to the AGI offices and sat down with Josh Poley and T.S. Kelso. We shot a handful of videos for AGI’s YouTube channel, the longest of which was this interview right here.I...
16 Dec 201941min
T+141: Dylan Taylor, Voyager Space Holdings
Dylan Taylor, Chairman and CEO of Voyager Space Holdings, joins me to talk about the new company, how it fits into the industry, his vision for space, and their first acquisition (and past MECO guest!...
13 Dec 201935min
