Episode 473: DOWNLINK--Rocket Lab's EscaPADE Team

Spaceflight News-- First polar-orbiting crewed mission announced (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet-- New solid rocket game in town (breakingdefense.com) (spacenews.com)-- Spaceport Rundown (flyingmag.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (cnbc.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From Espen Urkedal via email: Raptor 3 is not as incomplete as it looks (twitter.com/gwynne_shotwell)Interview -- Rocket Lab’s Cristophe Mandy and Sarah Blyde-- There’s also a brief appearance by Lane Cook, Senior Program Manager-- Thank you so much to the Rocket Lab team for making their time and facility available to us!-- rocketlabusa.comThis Week in Spaceflight History-- 24 Aug, 1958: The failed launch of Explorer 5 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov)-- Next week (8/27 - 9/2) in 1985: Big Astronaut, Little Astronaut