Boeing Starliner Drama, Rivian's Amazon Delivery Truck, and Nobel Prizes Announced - Ep 105

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about Amazon's new electric delivery van, a bunch of dramatic changes for Boeing Starliner, and Nobel Prizes being announced. Read more from the articles we referenced: Chris Furgeson will not command Starliner CFT-1 - https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/7/21505912/boeing-astronaut-nasa-chris-ferguson-withdraws-starliner-flight https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-boeing-announce-crew-changes-for-starliner-crew-flight-test https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-boeing-announce-astronaut-changes-for-upcoming-starliner-crew-flight-test/ New Russian Amur rocket - https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/russian-space-corporation-unveils-planned-amur-rocket-and-it-looks-familiar/ Nobel Prize announcements: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/ Amazon Electric Delivery made by Rivian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJJNTVy62PU Rivian/Amazon Unveil - https://electrek.co/2020/10/08/amazon-rivian-electric-delivery-van-unveil-interior/ Seen a diff version of this already - https://twitter.com/bensullins/status/1212881756493205505?lang=en Modec Electric Van - The First Electric Van - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modec Model Y in Europe Getting New Batteries - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1313855469719560192 - https://electrek.co/2020/10/07/elon-musk-tesla-structural-battery-cells-model-y-giga-berlin/ The Falcon 9 is getting ripped off. A lot. - https://youtu.be/wAJ6cwDEme8 https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/russian-space-corporation-unveils-planned-amur-rocket-and-it-looks-familiar/?amp=1 https://youtu.be/aflsUfmFQPY RapVac survives its first test - https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1309317126130339845?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1309385646033842176?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1309401999121801217?s=21 Starlink used for first responders and will be ready for beta in a few months and beautiful latest launch - https://twitter.com/waemd/status/1310660332512190464?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1313949241744805895?s=21 https://twitter.com/erdayastronaut/status/1313707880995065856?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1311923618679607298?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1311880821377175552?s=21 Starship and Super Heavy updates - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1313858597428826120?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1313948554784800768?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1313844207757537281?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1313448952499367936?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1311928474479792129?s=21 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1311538413938438144?s=21 https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1314101163592122369?s=21 Tesla Dissolves PR Team - https://electrek.co/2020/10/06/tesla-dissolves-pr-department/ Why Don't They Just by @endigo - https://twitter.com/endigo/status/1311319099335639040