EPISODE · Oct 6, 2021 · 49 MIN
Episode 328: Employee-Rich Combustion
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight news— Blue Origin’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week — Blue experienced morale issues related to remote work (cnbc.com) — An essay was published with sexism and safety allegations (lioness.co) (cnbc.com) — Eric Berger reports his sources say allegations of sexism go too far (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (wsj.com) — FAA say they take the Lioness essay seriously (spacenews.com) — Legal documents regarding Blue’s HLS bid were FOIA’d (theverge.com)Brief & Bitter— Shiyan 10 test satellite fails after launch (spaceflightnow.com)— SLS likely to slip to 2022 (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Kevin L via email: NASATV’s empty schedule is probably due to the potential government shutdown.— Ben Hallert via twitter: Blue engines are built in Kent Washington, and a factory is being staffed in Huntsville.This week in SF history— 10 Oct, 1967: Outer Space Treaty is put into force (en.wikipedia.org) (unoosa.org) (wiki.org)— Next week (10/12 - 10/18) in 1999: Strange shares half this with Down. All three accurately describe this event.
What this episode covers
Blue Origin's PR team had a pretty crummy week. So did the Shiyan-10 team. SLS' launch schedule isn't looking too hot.
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