EPISODE · Jul 31, 2024 · 1H 24M
Episode 470: DOWNLINK--Martin Frederick
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight News-- Falcon 9 Return to Flight (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet-- ABL Static fire failure (spacenews.com)-- Starliner Debugging (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- The RAX bug was caused by differing clocks (youtube.com)Interview -- Martin Frederick, Northrop Grumman Corporate Director, Civil Space Programs-- linkedin.com-- Further reading: -- JWST (northropgrumman.com) -- TRMM (gpm.nasa.gov) (trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov)This Week in Spaceflight History-- July 31, 1992: Launch of Atlantis on STS-46 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) -- EURECA was also the subject of a TWSF about STS-57 (theorbitalmechanics.com) -- TSS-1 was also the subject of a TWSF about STS-75 (theorbitalmechanics.com)-- Next week (8/6 - 8/12) in 1992: The zeroth argonaut.
What this episode covers
Martin is Northrop Grumman's Corporate Director, Civil Space Programs. He's also been an engineer at NASA Goddard and HQ for decades.
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