Episode 289: Fierce Flip

Spaceflight news— SN8 high-altitude flight (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) — SNM analysis/discussion (youtube.com) — Accomplished all four main goals (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/elonmusk) — Reduced goal altitude due to high atmosphere winds (HT Mike Stewart: nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— Artemis astronauts announced! (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— Two smallsats selected for 2025 NASA mission. (americaspace.com)— Space RIDER’s construction contracts awarded. (spacenews.com)This week in SF history— 21 Dec, 2004. Maiden flight of Delta IV Heavy (spacedaily.com) (spaceref.com) (PDF: ulalaunch.com) (space.com) — Launch footage (youtube.com)— Next week (12/22 - 12/28) in 2003: 11 years and 5 kilometers.