Episode 286: Rock Blade

Spaceflight news— SN8 follow-up (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (youtube.com) — Martyte is a ceramic-filled epoxy, used to coat the flame trench (ntrs.nasa.gov)— Vega launch failure linked to human error (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Russian spacewalk completed to prepare for science module. (space.com)— Loverro exit illuminated (washingtonpost.com)— Skyrora test fires third-stage engine (satnews.com)— Rocket Lab successfully recovers booster. (spaceflightnow.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Andy Z.: Moose, F9 delay for recovery zone weather by NASA or DOD, and Crew Dragon capacity (astronautix.com)— Ben Hallert: VIF at Vandenberg? (twitter.com/chairboy) (spacenews.com)— Don’t forget! 2800-2900 UTC, Dec 5, is the Hayabusa2 capsule reentry (smh.com.au) (hayabusa2.jaxa.jp) This week in SF history— 26 Nov, 1965. Launch of Astérix, the first French satellite (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week (12/1 through 12/7) in 1988: A quarter degree to spill the tea