Episode 369: DOWNLINK--R. Matt Villarreal, Infinite Composites

Spaceflight News— Wentian launched (nasaspaceflight.com) — An array of new research facilities is onboard (twitter.com/CNSpaceflight) — CZ-5B may experience an uncontrolled reentry (twitter.com/TheSpaceGal)Short & Sweet— Impulse and Relativity announce joint mission to Mars (nasaspaceflight.com)— Nancy Grace has a ride to space (spacenews.com)— First private company to launch from French Guiana (isaraerospace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Gopal via Discord: BE-4 reuse plans (discordapp.com) (twitter.com)— Unc' Willy via Discord: Titan II bwooop (discordapp.com) (youtu.be)Interview – R. Matt Villarreal, Founder and CEO of Infinite Composites— infinitecomposites.com— twitter.com/infinite_c_t— twitter.com/mattvillarreal — linkedin.com/company/infinite-composites — linkedin.com/in/rmattvillarreal— instagram.com/infinitecomposites— facebook.com/infinitecompositesThis Week in Spaceflight History— July 28 1961: NASA invitation to bids for Apollo prime contract (astronautix.com) (PDF HT Mike Stewart: ia800308.us.archive.org VIA archive.org) — Ep 220 featured the LEM contract (thanks The Greek!) (theorbitalmechanics.com)— Next week (8/2 - 8/8) in 1993: Space is dangerous, and another word for space is gap.