Episode 327: DOWNLINK--Othniel C. Mbamalu, Advanced Rockets Corp.

Short & Sweet— Space Operations Mission Directorate and Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate split (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)— Starliner likely to slip to 2020 (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: New Glenn hardware! (HT Andy Z: floridatoday.com)Interview -- Othniel C. Mbamalu, Founder and CEO of Advanced Rockets Corporation— Airbreathing.space— twitter.com/RocketsAdvanced— othnielcreator.com— twitter.com/othnielcreatorThis week in SF history— 30 Sept, 2001. First orbital launch from Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (astronautix.com) — DeltaV: recommendation for VASTS, particularly Langley Experience (vsgc.odu.edu) — Launched on an Athena I rocket (wikipedia.org) — Starshine 3 was a hobby radio repeater/disco ball (en.wikipedia.org) — DoD Space Test Program sats included PICOSat and Sapphire (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org) — PCSAT was an APRS repeater operated by midshipmen (aprs.fi)— Next week (10/5 - 10/11) in 1967: This event in spaceflight history requires a total of 88 articles if you want the whole story.