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EPISODE · Sep 1, 2020 · 1H 29M

Episode 274: DOWNLINK--Peter Beck

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

Spaceflight news— Funding secured for NanoFEEP manufacturer Morpheus Space (spacenews.com) (HT Andrew Zdanowicz: defenseone.com) — Liquid eyeliner demonstrates an effect similar to the Taylor Cones utilized in electrospray engines (HT Colin: hackaday.com)Short & Sweet— SLS takes a brief break. (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com)— Starliner's schedule falls further behind Crew Dragon’s. (investors.com) (spacenews.com)— Russian space station module arrives at Baikonur. (spaceflightnow.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: InSight drills below the surface (twitter.com/NASAInSight)Interview--Peter Beck, Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab— twitter.com/rocketlab— twitter.com/peter_j_beck— rocketlabusa.comThis week in SF history— 5 Sept, 1977. Launch of Voyager 1, and the final Titan IIIE launch (voyager.jpl.nasa.gov) (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1995: Centenarian

Peter Beck wanted to work for a space company, but no one was doing what he hoped. In 2006, he founded Rocket Lab, and now they're headed to Venus.

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