EPISODE · Nov 4, 2020 · 47 MIN
Episode 283: Sample Stowed
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight news— Direct lunar water observation (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nature.com)— OSIRIS-REx stores sample (spacenews.com) (asteroidmission.org) (asteroidmission.org)Short & Sweet— Launchspace to install debris collection payload on ISS. (spacenews.com)— Ariane 6 needs additional funding. (spacenews.com)— Falcon 9 launch abort conclusion. (spacenews.com) (cbsnews.com)— NASA faces tough choice due to SLS’s slow progress. (space.com)This week in SF history— 9 Nov, 1967. Launch of Apollo 4 (wikipedia.org) (drewexmachina.com) (space.skyrocket.de) — Ejectable film canisters were fairly complex machines (nasa.gov) — Apollo 8 press kit (PDF: nasa.gov) — Apollo 4 press kit (cdm16608.contentdm.oclc.org)— Next week (11/10 - 11/17) in 1982. It was a lovely trip, but we were stuck indoors the whole time.
What this episode covers
OSIRIS-REx has stowed its sample, and SOFIA saw water on the Moon. Also, debris collection on ISS, Ariane 6 funding, and red nail polish.
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