EPISODE · Apr 28, 2020 · 32 MIN
Episode 258: Firefly Payday
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight news— Firefly signs Launch Services Agreement with Spaceflight, Inc. (spacenews.com) (spaceflight.com) — Originally autogenously pressurized tanks (space.stackexchange.com) — Fire in Jan due to misconfigured software (youtube.com/watch) — Spaceflight Industries In process of being bought by Mitsui and Yamasa (techcrunch.com)Short & Sweet— Starliner requires more than a reflight to be fit for crew (HT Sam in the chat twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)— Dream Chaser gets its wings. (nasaspaceflight.com)— Design narrowed for future Mars Ascent Vehicle. (spaceflightnow.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Stygarfield via Discord: Possible Starlink configuration (reddit.com/r/Starlink)This week in SF history— 1954 April 29: Launch of Nike Nike Deacon (space.skyrocket.de) (astronautix.com) — More info on Deacon (astronautix.com)— Next week in 1962: Don’t take your jacket off too early!
What this episode covers
Firefly Aerospace has secured their first launch contract after reorganizing. Also, Starliner update, Dreamchaser wings, and Mars sample return.
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