Episode 276: DOWNLINK--Baratunde Cola

Spaceflight news— Cause of ULA’s recent hot-fire abort has been identified. (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/torybruno) — A “routine, ongoing trade study” has resulted in the possibility of a three-core Vulcan Super Heavy (twitter.com/torybruno)— Astra’s Rocket 3.1 flight terminated during its first stage. (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/Astra)Short & Sweet— Juno eyes extended mission goals. (spacenews.com)— Boeing to be investigated by independent ethics probe. (foxbusiness.com)— NASA offers to buy commercially-obtained lunar samples. (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/mastenspace)— China’s mystery spacecraft returns to Earth. (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek)— Northrop Grumman cancels OmegA. (spacenews.com)Interview--Baratunde Cola, Founder and CEO of Carbice Corporation— A SBIR award was instrumental to getting the company up on their feet. (sbir.gov)— Thermal camera footage of Carbice Carbon (youtube.com)— Promo video (youtube.com)— Carbice.comSocials — linkedin.com — instagram.com/carbicemagic — twitter.com/baratundecola — twitter.com/carbiceThis week in SF history— 15 Sept, 1908. Birth of Abe Silverstein (en.wikipedia.org) — Improved Wright R-3350 engine cooling by inserting baffles (PDF: apps.dtic.mil)— Next week in 1999: What’s that in Pirate-Ninjas?