Jake is joined my Simon Stähler from ETH Zürich to talk about the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to talk about the science side of CLPS. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Michael Sheetz, space reporter from CNBC, to talk about Starship’s third flight, recent earnings calls, whatever Astra is up to, and…there’s way too much on our list. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW Michael __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Swapna Krishna to catch up on space science news, and to talk about her projects like Ad Astra, Stargazing, and more. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW SWAPNA __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by journalist and author Tim Fernholz to talk about some of his recent stories on the Space Force, Kam Ghaffarian, and let’s be honest, we’ll probably get distracted by Intuitive Machine’s first lunar landing attempt. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW TIM __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the latest on Mars Sample Return, JPL layoffs, and everything space policy. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW CASEY __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Elizabeth Frank to talk about the future of the CLPS program, JPL’s Mars-focused Commercial Services Studies, and a whole bunch more, including Elizabeth’s epic travel photos. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW ELIZABETH __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta of The Planetary Society to pour one out for Ingenuity, breakdown the epic SLIM landing, and do some eclipse planning. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW RAE __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by John Conafay to talk about what he’s been up to since founding Integrate, and we’ll probably dish out some hot takes, too. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW JOHN __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Will Francis, Chief Commercial Officer at Agile Space Industries, to talk about his path through the industry—from co-founding Roccor, to being acquired by Redwire, to joining Agile—and what he’s learned along the way. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW WILL __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger to lay out our predictions for 2024! TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW ERIC BERGER __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to present : the most bizarre space news stories of the year. We’ll debate what went the most comedically wrong this year, crown a winner, and also score some 2023 predictions. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW JOE __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company to talk about what they’re working on, spaceport operations, and the FAA licensing process. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW TOM __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony check in on Starship, Artemis, spreadsheets, and a lost tomato on the ISS. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by photographer Andrew McCarthy to talk about his journey into astrophotography, his process, and let’s be real, to gawk at his work. And also to convince Jake to buy telescopes. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW ANDREW __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Mueller, founder, CEO, and CTO of Impulse Space and former Propulsion CTO at SpaceX. We’ll talk about what Impulse Space is up to, including their literally-just-launched first mission to space. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW TOM __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Tanya Harrison to talk about the Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada that she—along with very-recent guest, Dr. Gordon Osinski!—founded and announced just a few weeks back. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW TANYA __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Planetary Scientist Stefano Nerozzi joins Jake and Anthony to talk about science on Mars, from Sample Return to mapping Mars’ Ice! TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW STEFANO __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Gordon Osinski from the University of Western Ontario and member of the Artemis 3 Geology team which will develop surface science plans for the first lunar EVAs since Apollo. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW GORDON __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Stephen Hackett https://512pixels.net/, co-founder of Relay FM https://www.relay.fm/ and fellow space nerd, to talk about the ever-present SLS drama of the day, how Relay’s St. Jude fundraiser https://relay.experience.stjude.org/ went, and partake in the first Terrible Space Movie Review Show™ in which we try to convince Stephen to watch our favorite of a bad batch of movies we watched. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW STEPHEN __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jason Davis of The Planetary Society makes his long-awaited return, to hang out with Jake and Anthony and talk about Psyche, OSIRIS-REx, solar eclipses, and surely a bunch of other stuff, too. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW JASON __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, to talk about watching spaceships return to Earth, talking to astronauts, a change of leadership at Blue Origin, and what’s been up in the Florida space scene of late. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW BRENDAN __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Alec Maestas, OSIRIS-REx Systems Engineer and Real-Time Operations, to talk about the asteroid sample return mission on the eve(ish) of sample arrival. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony check in on human spaceflight with a bit of a roundup—Axiom-3, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and more. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about her new book, . TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW LOREN __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony talk about recent financial news in the world of spaceflight and add some predictions to the 2023 list. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Mark Panning from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and PI of the Farside Seismic Suite to talk about the Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25 Moon landings and what we can look forward too from CLPS coming soon. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW MARK __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by Karan Kunjur, Co-Founder of K2 Space, to talk about what they’re building, and what it means to build for a post-Starship future. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW KARAN __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Jake and Anthony are joined by space artist and illustrator Paul Fjeld to talk about his career and to hear some stories from interesting projects and programs he’s worked on. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW PAUL __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __
Anthony is joined by Jonathan Vaughters, Founder and CEO of EF Education-EasyPost, and Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about space and cycling, who knows in what amounts. Sorry, Jake. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW JONATHAN VAUGHTERS __ __ FOLLOW ERIC BERGER __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __