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Artemis II has taken flight and there are now 4 people of their way around the moon!! On this episode Iain and Ethan break down the near flawless launch of SLS and highlight some funny and highly relatable issues the crew has faced in space. They also discuss some financial stuff regarding terrible budget cuts to NASA as well as the filing for IPO that SpaceX gave. NASA Budget cuts SpaceX IPOStarlink BreakupSpaceX files FCC complaint against AmazonNASA Artemis II trackerCall your congressional representatives and tell them to say "Hell no!" to NASA budget cuts! Heres how!

This week Iain and Ethan discuss everything around New Glenns second flight including a genius way of keeping the booster stable of the droneship. We also have a few updates to Firefly's mishap from September, the Baguette one is going orbital, and SES gave Relativity a contract. We wrap the week up with our launch roundup with the final non Amazon or Starliner Atlas V launch. Blue Origin Launches Escapade Shenzou 20 has safely returned to earthRelativity has signed a multi launch agreement with SESFirefly shares information on their test failureRocketLab Q3 2025 financial results Kuiper now Amazon LeoRaytheon and Lockheed Martin parter with Avio to provide solid rocket booster production in the USOur Links:⁠⁠max-q-news.space⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky Social⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠Have a question, a tip, or just want to chat about the latest in aerospace?For general inquiries, press releases, or feedback, drop us a line at [email protected].

This week Iain and Ethan discuss all things IAC which, shockingly, isnt much. They also talk about firefly's mishap during a test, a new reusable vehicle Avio is designing, and they discuss everyones favorite company Vantor! https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/after-another-fiery-setback-it-seems-fireflys-alpha-rocket-is-still-in-beta/https://europeanspaceflight.com/avio-wins-e40m-esa-contract-to-design-reusable-upper-stage-demo/https://vantor.com/https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/dismantling_discovery/https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/australian-space-institute-launches-at-iac-2025Our Links:⁠max-q-news.space⁠⁠Bluesky Social⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠TikTok⁠Have a question, a tip, or just want to chat about the latest in aerospace?For general inquiries, press releases, or feedback, drop us a line at [email protected].

This week Iain and Ethan discuss all the happenings at NASA, and boy was there a lot to talk about! First we congratulated the new class of astronaut candidates, then we discuss the Artemis two timeline. Blue Origin also got the VIPER contract and SpaceX could be the biggest delay in the Artemis program. Iain then goes on a lengthy rant about NASA leadership that he will someday regret. Then, to cap off the show they discuss some issues surrounding DreamChaser. NASA 2025 astronaut class -press release Artemis II gets a launch date -SpaceNewsBlue Origin receives VIPER contract -press releaseNASA safety panel concludes that HLS is "significantly challenged" -SpacePolicyOnlineJoseph Pelfrey resigns as the director of Marshal Space Flight Center -WHNTDream Chaser no longer allowed to dock to ISS -ars TechnicaOur Links:max-q-news.spaceBluesky SocialTwitter/XYoutubeTikTokHave a question, a tip, or just want to chat about the latest in aerospace?For general inquiries, press releases, or feedback, drop us a line at [email protected].

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In this weeks show Iain and Ethan discuss all the various new contracts and missions that got announced this past week, and boy, there are some very interesting things to note here!!Amentum secures a 4 billion dollar contract to revamp the range systems by the space force The UK Space Agency has been shut down and absorbed by the DSITESA announced a mission to asteroid Apophis SpinLaunch raised $30 million to develop their satellite communication networkFirefly announced that they would be adding a new launch site in japan

In homage to one of our past episodes, entitled "Nothing Went Boom", we talked about a very important boom this week. For a while. Actually, we talked about a couple of booms. What booms are those? Well, tune in and find out!Also, Beagle goes on a whole rant about funky astrophysicist naming schemes. They're... weird.

This week Ethan and Iain discuss the politics surrounding NASA and the pulled nomination of Jared Isaacman. We also discuss the fallout between Musk and Trump and what that means for SpaceX contracts. After the political bit we talk about the Hakuto R mission and StarShip's ninth test flight. Our Links:Max-Q News website: ⁠https://max-q-news.space/%E2%81%A0Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production%E2%81%A0Max-Q News Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e

In this interesting episode Iain is on his own and he is less than enthused, however the news is very exciting so that helped. Over the past month a lot has happened and we cover it all, which shockingly took only 20 minutes. RocketLab had their quarterly review and it went quite well IM-2 investigation is complete and it shows exactly what we expectedDragonfly defies expectations and passes its CDRThe first satellite internet video call has been madeStratolaunch completes the second flight of the Talon-A2Varda completes their third missionStarBase is now its own town despite the public backlash of six total peopleStarShip granted 20 launches per year out of starbase

New Horizons turned back on and Firefly Blue Ghost did not Redwire and Ispace sign contract for lunar landers ULA sponsors a coffee shopTexas senators want Space Shuttle Discovery and so do weJared Isaacman faced a tough confirmation hearing. No links available go check previous ep for links.

This week Butch and Suni come home after a 9 month stint on the ISS, ISRO gets approval for another lunar lander, and SpaceX breaks a turnaround record Crew-9 return Blue Ghost goes offline wish potential for revival on April 1st https://x.com/Firefly_Space/status/1901414669677449256 https://x.com/firefly_space/status/1902003622201745632Chandrayaan 5 has received mission approval https://www.deccanherald.com/india/centre-has-accorded-approval-for-chandrayaan-5-mission-isro-chief-3448873new suborbital rocket alert! NordSpace announces SHARP (Supersonic and Hypersonic Applications Research Platform) https://x.com/nord_space/status/1901978538711855184Max-Q News website: ⁠https://max-q-news.space/%E2%81%A0Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production%E2%81%A0Max-Q News Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7eMax-Q News Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/maxqnews.bsky.socialMax-Q News Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Maxq_News/membership

In which Iain & Beagle discussMoon landers! (Late congrats to Firefly, by the way. They nailed their landing Sunday morning!)Management changes at NASAAnother Falcon 9 second stage mishapTons from Rocket Lab's Q4 reportand more!Stay in touch with us:Patreon -⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/Maxq_News⁠Website -⁠https://max-q-news.space⁠BlueSky -⁠https://bsky.app/profile/maxqnews.bsky.social⁠Discord -⁠https://discord.com/invite/JTgxuvjY7e⁠X (Formerly Known As Twitter) -⁠https://x.com/MaxQ_production

Why is a space podcast entitled "Oops, It's A Tesla"? Guess you'll just have to watch to find out!Plus, we've got:- Lunar Lander recaps- Boeing's Organizational Failures- New NASA Admins (eventually)- and more!Follow Us!Patreon -https://www.patreon.com/c/Maxq_NewsWebsite -https://max-q-news.spaceBlueSky -https://bsky.app/profile/maxqnews.bsky.socialDiscord -https://discord.com/invite/JTgxuvjY7eX (Formerly Known As Twitter) -https://x.com/MaxQ_production

Welcome to season 3 of Max-Q News! This week we talk about Blue origins inaugural flight of New Glenn, Starships failed launch, and two lunar landers launching on the same rocket? that cant be right! listen to find out! Thank you all for your support over the past 3 years, none of this could be possible without you, our listeners. Our Links - Join and Interact with our Crew: Max-Q News website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://max-q-news.space⁠⁠⁠⁠ Max-Q News Patreon: https://patreon.com/Maxq_News Max-Q News Blue Sky Social: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/maxqnews.bsky.social⁠ Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production⁠⁠⁠⁠ Max-Q News Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e⁠⁠⁠ Legalese: Max-Q: The Podcast is a Max-Q News production, owned by KaiDem Group LLC. Any views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily that of either Max-Q News or our parent company and should not be interpreted as such unless expressly stated.

This week Iain and Ethan have a wide ranging discussion about the new NASA nominee Jared Isaacman and what he will bring. We discuss about wether or not company towns are a good idea (hint: they arent). Blue Origin gets ready to fly New Glenn, the first aircraft incident report on Mars is finished, and Fleet Space company was awarded raised 100 million dollars to build their creepy robot! Our Links - Join and Interact with our Crew: Max-Q News website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://max-q-news.space⁠⁠⁠ Max-Q News Blue Sky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/maxqnews.bsky.social Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production⁠⁠⁠ Max-Q News Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e⁠⁠ Legalese: Max-Q: The Podcast is a Max-Q News production, owned by KaiDem Group LLC. Any views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily that of either Max-Q News or our parent company and should not be interpreted as such unless expressly stated.

We spend a ton of time this episode looking into PLD Space's plans for their Miura rocket family, along with plenty of other news from this and last week! Boeing: Selling Off Space? Gilmour: Going, Going, Finally! Blue Origin: Busted (by Water!) NEOWISE returns to Earth and a few more things, just for good measure! All this, on this week's Max-Q. Our Links - Join and Interact with our Crew: Max-Q News website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://max-q-news.space⁠⁠ Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production⁠⁠ Max-Q News Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e⁠ Legalese: Max-Q: The Podcast is a Max-Q News production, owned by KaiDem Group LLC. Any views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily that of either Max-Q News or our parent company and should not be interpreted as such unless expressly stated.

This week Starship launched and what a catch that was. We have several thoughts we didn't even have time for a cold open! Europa Clipper also launched this past week and Iain has some controversial thoughts on it. Then Ethan talks about all of the contracts that were singed this week (note from Iain: there were a stupid amount of contracts). then to top it all off we cover IAC as well as some other miscellaneous news. Our Links: Max-Q News website: ⁠https://max-q-news.space/%E2%81%A0 Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production%E2%81%A0 Max-Q News Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e Legalese: Max-Q: The Podcast is a Max-Q News production, owned by KaiDem Group LLC. Any views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily that of either Max-Q News or our parent company and should not be interpreted as such unless expressly stated.

Like the name suggests, we've got a double whammy in terms of anomalies this week -- one with a Falcon 9 (yes, again) and one with a Vulcan SRB... come give a listen to our analysis of what exactly happened and why only one of them is getting an FAA investigation. What else do we have? Hurricane Helene & Starlink (which, cool note to add, since we've recorded, Starlink and T-Mobile have officially activated Satellite Texting Beta for the impacted areas!!!!) Voyager 2 shuts down another scientific instrument to save power Voting from the Space Station and one very, very noisy alarm that went off at 5 AM for the entire state of Texas. Oopsies. All this, on this week's Max-Q: The Podcast! Our links: Max-Q News website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://max-q-news.space⁠⁠ Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production⁠⁠ Max-Q News Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e⁠ Other links: Scott Manley's Magical Video on the Vulcan Anomaly The American Red Cross Beloved Asheville Helene Aid (this site is more of a general donation hub for areas across the region -- if you want to help specific cities like Asheville, look for local donation links.) Legalese: Max-Q: The Podcast is a Max-Q News production, owned by KaiDem Group LLC. Any views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily that of either Max-Q News or our parent company and should not be interpreted as such unless expressly stated.

This week, on the return of Max-Q (sorry 'bout that.): We chat about SLC-40 finally hosting crew Crew-9 (and a half), plus the future possibilities for the cut crew Deep Blue Space's Nebula-1 Vertical Testing Vehicle... and their drone pilot. Firefly gets paid The Office of Unhelpful and Redundant makes a return and more, only to be found here on the Max-Q Podcast! Oh yeah, and we also discuss some recent back-end changes to the business -- we're officially incorporated! (mostly.) Our Links - Join and Interact with our Crew: Max-Q News website: ⁠⁠⁠https://max-q-news.space⁠ Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production⁠ Max-Q News Discord: ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e⁠

This week Iain goes solo for a retro style show with futuristic topics. There were many new things happening this week such as Stoke doing suction testing, a New Glenn at Port Canaveral, and a new satellite bus. There were also a few old topics such as Viper coming back from the dead and some Starliner updates. Our Links: Max-Q News website: ⁠https://max-q-news.space/%E2%81%A0 Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): ⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production%E2%81%A0 Max-Q News Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e

This week Iain and Beagle discuss old news, new news, and things that aren't news! For starters we provide some updates into what happened during Starlink 9-3, freak out about an asteroid that's way too close for comfort, and have a debate about whether free launch service is a good idea (Hint: It's not! -Iain (It totally is. -Beagle)). Dragon gets its very own "pimp my ride" type upgrade. VIPER gets canned, Astra went private, and we say good riddance to Bill Weber! Oh, and Beagle has a giggle fit about a rock named Innocent Bystander. Falcon 9 updates: https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/07/16/spacex-requests-public-safety-determination-for-return-to-flight-for-its-falcon-9-rocket/ Firefly Leadership switch-up: (1) https://payloadspace.com/firefly-aerospace-investigates-ceos-alleged-inappropriate-relationship/ (2) https://fireflyspace.com/news/leadership-change-at-firefly/ New ESA mission to Apophis: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/Introducing_Ramses_ESA_s_mission_to_asteroid_Apophis PLD offering FREE launch services on first two Miura 5 flights: https://spacenews.com/miura-5-spark-programme-presented-by-pld-space-offering-free-access-to-first-two-miura-5-flights-to-promote-space-innovation/ Dragon de-orbit vehicle: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1813632705281818671 VIPER gets canned (RIP): https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-ends-viper-project-continues-moon-exploration/ IM-2 landing site: https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/intuitive-machines-finalizes-landing-site-for-sold-out-im-2-lunar-prospecting-mission Astra goes private: https://astra.com/news/closing-private/ Curiosity finds sulfur: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/curiosity-rover/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock/ SpaceX gets more money: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3844604/ / Our Links: Max-Q News website: https://max-q-news.space/ Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production Max-Q News Discord: https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e

This has been a CRAZY week! Iain survived Beryl, but his fence did not. CHAPEA went much better than Biosphere 2. We remember one of the all-time greats, Joe Engle, a veteran of the late Apollo and early Space Shuttle programs at NASA, and we rant about Europe's space industry. Ani is forced to talk about Virgin Galactic's headquarters, Travis goes on a very detailed explanation of the Parker Solar Probe, and Iain has lots of thoughts on the Falcon 9 failure. Finally, we have a grand total of zero thoughts on Starship... or do we? Oh, and this week on Where In The World is Beagle?, Beagle has found himself in Disneyland, and as such was not available for the show. He's having a great time, don't worry. Max-Q Links: Max-Q News website: https://max-q-news.space/ Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production Max-Q News Discord: https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e

In this episode, Beagle and Ani cover every corner of the globe, from a Japanese H3 launch and a runaway Chinese rocket to an American company expanding to international facilities and a rocket losing a payload — all this and more on this week’s episode! What, you expected our links here? Yeah, sorry, we forgot them this week. Oops.

Ethan and Ani (as well as Iain) discuss all things rocket lab and how peter beck started it. They also discuss Firefly, a UN council meeting, ESA's return to space with Ariane 6. they also briefly mention Chinas return to the moon (or rather their return to earth) Ariane 6 to make its debut: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Ariane_6_pre-show_wet_dress_rehearsal_complete Firefly making it back into the game: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/small-satellite-missions/nasas-elana-43-prepares-for-firefly-aerospace-launch/ UN conference: https://x.com/UNOOSA/status/1803008419437089235 Max-Q News website: https://max-q-news.space/ Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production Max-Q News Discord: https://discord.gg/JTgxuvjY7e

Love is in the air? Wrong, it's Starliner docked to the ISS. This week was wild. Starliner launched a crew for the first time ever and is (as of publishing) docked to the ISS, Starship flew flawlessly, and there was tons of other news around the world, ranging from launch dates being announced to the return of lunar samples. X(formerly known as Twitter) : ⁠https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production⁠ Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.net/@maxq_production⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/maxq_production/?next=%2F⁠ Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Max-QNews⁠ Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/Q2D6pa4wQW⁠ Website:⁠ https://max-q-news.space/ and the article discussing Sir Peter Beck: King’s Birthday Honours: Peter Beck, Theresa Gattung and Joan Withers receive top gongs - NZ Herald

Beagle runs rampant on a solo show, including doing far too little research, running into a lot of sixes, bemoaning Starliner scrubbing, but hey, at least we have Starship coming up! X(formerly known as Twitter) : https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production Threads: https://www.threads.net/@maxq_production Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxq_production/?next=%2F Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Max-QNews Discord: https://discord.gg/Q2D6pa4wQW Website: https://max-q-news.space/

In this weeks show Iain and Ving (Max-Q News' News Team Director) discuss interstellar science missions such as Voyager 1 and Euclid. Apparently Tory Bruno and ULA think airships are a good idea (and we agree). Starship does some things and a raptor blew up. Its a fun episode, enjoy! X(formerly known as Twitter) : https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production Threads: https://www.threads.net/@maxq_production Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxq_production/?next=%2F Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Max-QNews Discord: https://discord.gg/Q2D6pa4wQW Website: https://max-q-news.space/

In this weeks episode Iain and Beagle discuss Astrobotic, some more Astrobotic, and to top it all off even more Astrobotic. Interspersed in there is some Starliner discussion, Vulcan stuff, and some new policy. its been a fairly light week so its a shorter show, enjoy! X(formerly known as Twitter) : https://twitter.com/MaxQ_production Threads: https://www.threads.net/@maxq_production Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxq_production/?next=%2F Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Max-QNews Discord: https://discord.gg/Q2D6pa4wQW Website: https://max-q-news.space/

Iain and Beagle discuss FAA regulation bureaucracy as well as the SES and Intelsat merger, and Lockheed and Terran Orbital in a whole "Will They, Won't They" situation. SpaceX released a new EVA spacesuit that we think has a diaper. Oh, and Orion lost some big chunks of its heat shield. Starliner is launching with crew for the first time (was supposed to be night of release, currently slated for May 17th)! Watch along with us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/live/aYfk5gLTxc4?si=BNDmy35ydarLTqEM (video currently private, check back closer to launch day!) Also live on Beagle's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/beagle_uah Follow the Max-Q Team! X: ⁠Max-Q News (@MaxQ_production) / X (twitter.com)⁠ Website: ⁠Max-Q Homepage – Maximum Aerodynamic News! (max-q-news.space)⁠ Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/Jk3fuNjwYt YouTube: Max-Q News - YouTube (coming soon!)

In this episode, Beagle and Ani go just a little loopy. We discuss all kinds of crazy things, like: Stoke’s completed first stage engine A radical new SSTO spaceplane by Radiant The mad scientists at DARPA funding a way to make a satellite orbit the Earth at nearly half of traditional orbital altitude The madness that will soon be space-based cell service And, finally A bigger, better Starship! All this and more in this week’s (late) episode! Editor Beagle here. Sorry about being late. We ran into issues with our audio editing software, but be on the lookout for a big announcement in a bonus episode as soon as next week! Also, sorry about the chirping. That is Ani's smoke alarm. It's fine, don't worry, he just hadn't had time for someone to come out and fix it yet. Yes, he tried replacing the battery. No, I don't think you can turn off and on a smoke detector. The Starship Presentation: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1776669097490776563 Follow the Max-Q Team! X: Max-Q News (@MaxQ_production) / X (twitter.com) Website: Max-Q Homepage – Maximum Aerodynamic News! (max-q-news.space) Discord: https://discord.gg/Jk3fuNjwYt

Iain and Beagle discuss the past two weeks of news, riff on MLV and its terrible name, and talk about the two lunar landers that were on their side (hint: one of them survived). and then we become arm chair legal experts and make fun of a Boeing lawsuit. Stick around till the end for a special announcement! (or glance down two lines) Max-Q News youtube channel SUBSCRIBE!!! max-q-news.space Max-Q News X (formerly Twitter) Max-Q News Instagram Max-Q News Threads NOTE** Google podcast listeners!!! please follow us on your second favorite podcast platform as Google Podcasts is going away!

In this weeks show: Ani and Iain talk all things starship and how well the flight went. Then they talk about Starliner and and FCC license. Then they talk about unicorns.. that cant be right? Then Ving joins Iain to talk about stuff that Iain doesn't understand. By which we mean The latest discovery by the JWST. To finish out Iain and Ving have a casual chat about starship and forks. Yes... you read that right! they talk about forks. Max-Q News Website: max-q-news.space Max-Q News Discord: Join here!! Max-Q News X/Twitter: @MaxQ_Production

This week Iain and Ani talk about all things budget wise except everything else other than what we know. Iain drags Astra through the mud and definitely gets himself on a shortlist of people not to hire. They both go into a deep dive on why astra has failed and finish out with some good tips on how to view the starship launch next week! Twitter/X: Max-Q News (@MaxQ_production) Discord: Max-Q News Max-Q News: max-q-news.space

In today's episode, Beagle and Iain roast Astra again, make two jokes stolen straight from Dr. Doofenshmirtz, discuss the NASA Office of the Inspector General (OIG), talk about Blue Origin and Starship testing, discuss a shattered rotor blade, and more! ...and Beagle gets a second nickel for us missing a second week since we came back. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice, right? (Make it 3 jokes!) X/Twitter: Max-Q News (@MaxQ_production) / X (twitter.com) Discord: https://discord.gg/Jk3fuNjwYt Website: Max-Q

IM-1 launch Ingenuity's shattered rotor blades 300 Flights for Falcon 9 New Glenn goes vertical H3 nails the second launch Launch of Progress MS-26 Resupply to ISS And bonus topics! Max-Q News Website Twitter/X Discord

In this week's episode, Beagle and Iain discuss Blue Origin, Firefly advances, JPL suffering, and make a few Super Bowl bets from Iain and Beagle (Yes, we know, the game's over now. But it was fun!) We also got: "PHOOMPH", more acronyms, and Beagle refuses to pay taxes ("jokingly". I don't care who the IRS sends.) Also, Beagle makes a few edits in a special post-show editor's note for things that I only realized after the fact, whoopsies! X/Twitter: Max-Q News (@MaxQ_production) / X (twitter.com) Website: https://max-q-news.space/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Jk3fuNjwYt

THE MAX-Q PODCAST IS BACK, BABY! Beagle and Iain make their triumphant return to the scene with a fresh slate and new motivations to run this podcast! Today we bid farewell to Ingenuity and LC-49, congratulate Sierra Space and Dynetics on jobs well done, and go on a talk about why you, dear viewer, should join our Discord -- and more, all contained within the first episode of the new season! Twitter: https://x.com/MaxQ_production?s=20 Website: Max-Q Homepage – Maximum Aerodynamic News! (max-q-news.space) Discord: https://discord.gg/Jk3fuNjwYt

A shorter episode this week, just to let you all know that we've not forgotten you! Iain and I (It's Beagle, hello!) have been super busy, but starting next weekend we should both be back on the show. Hope to see you there! Website: Max-Q Homepage – Maximum Aerodynamic News! (max-q-news.space) Twitter/X: Max-Q News (@MaxQ_production) / X (twitter.com) Discord: https://discord.gg/Jk3fuNjwYt Thank you all for all of your patience, we couldn't do it without you guys! <3

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