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EPISODE · Aug 25, 2020 · 44 MIN

Episode 273: Jupiter via SLS?

from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just

Spaceflight news— Europa Clipper might not fly on SLS (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Ball Aerospace successfully completes green-fueled smallsat mission. (smallsatnews.com)— Blue Origin delivers its lunar lander mockup. (spacenews.com)— SpaceX sets a reuse record. (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Brian Kostka via email: there was an "iron lung" on Skylab!This week in SF history— 25 Aug, 2003. Launch of Spitzer Space Telescope (wikipedia.org) (irsa.ipac.caltech.edu)— Next week in 1977: Top-heavy but retired.

Europa Clipper might need modifications to fly on SLS, but they're keeping options open. Also GPIM, HLS mockups and Falcon9 reuse.

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Spaceflight news— Europa Clipper might not fly on SLS (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Ball Aerospace successfully completes green-fueled smallsat mission. (smallsatnews.com)— Blue Origin delivers its lunar lander mockup. (spacenews.com)— SpaceX sets a...

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