EPISODE · May 5, 2020 · 59 MIN
Episode 259: Human Moon Landers
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight news— NASA selects companies to develop Human Landing System (HLS) for Artemis (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) — Source Selection Statement (PDF: beta.sam.gov) — Scott Manley’s summary (youtube.com) — Excellent scaled image of all HLS’s, and Apollo’s LEM (reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge) — Superheavy update (twitter.com/Kristennetten)— Prepping for Crew Dragon (spacenews.com) — Flag to be captured: (reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge)Short & Sweet— UAE Mars mission arrives at launch site (nasaspaceflight.com)— Starlink sun visor testing to begin. (spacenews.com)— OmegA is ready to go into production. (spacenews.com)— Rocket Lab tests at Wallops (spacenews.com)This week in SF history— May 8 1962: The First launch of Atlas-Centaur ends in an explosion (twitter.com/RocketRundown) (youtube.com) (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1987: Pew-pew boom
What this episode covers
NASA has selected three human moon landers, let's talk about each of them. Also, preparing for Crew Dragon, UAE's Mars mission, new Starlinks & Omega.
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