EPISODE · Feb 12, 2025 · 1H 16M
Episode 497: Frustrating Frustum
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight News— The most amazing little rocket that will have ever built (spacenews.com) (aas.org) (aas.org) (aas.org) (PDF: hou.usra.edu)Short & Sweet— Starbase Update (nasaspaceflight.com)— Thales Alenia to build an airlock (europeanspaceflight.com)Vast reschedules Haven-1 (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: ThrustMe pushes into US market (spacenews.com) (thrustme.fr)— Unc’ Willy: Frustums, and NGLR (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 11 Feb, 2000: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission launched on STS-99 (en.wikipedia.org) (airandspace.si.edu VIA web.archive.org) (PDF: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)— Next week (2/18 - 2/24) in 1996: Goes where it says on the tin.
What this episode covers
Mars Sample Return still needs an MAV design. Also, a new Starbase pad, a new airlock contractor, and a new Vast schedule.
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