Off-Nominal

Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo

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Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.

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150 episodes

146 - Stocking the Shelves

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 __ __

59m
Mar 21
145 - Space Elevator Jazz

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 __ __

1h 4m
Mar 15
144 - The Tube Man

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 __ __

59m
Mar 08
143 - Maneuver Without Regret (feat. Warfighting Domain) (feat. Tim Fernholz)

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 __ __

1h 1m
Feb 29
142 - Multivariate Disaster

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 __ __

1h 8m
Feb 16
141 - TRL Valley of Death

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 __ __

1h 1m
Feb 09
140 - Cultivating a Vibe

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 __ __

1h 0m
Feb 02
139 - Sourdough Software Starter

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 __ __

1h 1m
Jan 26
138 - Double SPAC

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 __ __

1h 2m
Jan 19
137 - Daddy Space Force

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 __ __

1h 4m
Jan 12
136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace

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 __ __

1h 8m
Dec 21, 2023
135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine

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 __ __

1h 1m
Dec 15, 2023
134 - Artemis II.5

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 __ __

1h 1m
Dec 08, 2023
133 - I’m an Adult with a Job

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 __ __

1h 2m
Nov 30, 2023
132 - Boneless Skineater

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 __ __

1h 0m
Nov 17, 2023
131 - AAA for Science

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 __ __

59m
Nov 10, 2023
130 - Crossfire Between Scientists and Engineers

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 __ __

1h 1m
Nov 02, 2023
129 - Tier 1 Gifts

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 __ __

1h 1m
Oct 27, 2023
128 - These Were Bad Movies

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 __ __

1h 0m
Oct 20, 2023
127 - Hot Moon Takes

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 __ __

1h 0m
Oct 13, 2023
126 - Whatever, Russell

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 __ __

1h 0m
Sep 29, 2023
125 - The Ball Pit

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 __ __

58m
Sep 22, 2023
124 - Accidental Cadence

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 __ __

59m
Sep 15, 2023
123 - An Exciting Time

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 __ __

1h 2m
Sep 08, 2023
122 - Space.com Bubble

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 __ __

1h 0m
Sep 01, 2023
121 - Status: Future

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 __ __

1h 0m
Aug 25, 2023
120 - Big Dumb Satellites

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 __ __

1h 0m
Aug 17, 2023
119 - Don’t Train for the Nominal Shit

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 __ __

1h 2m
Aug 11, 2023
118 - Experienced Drunk Idiots

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 __ __

1h 10m
Aug 08, 2023
117 - ⅃ L

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Phil Metzger to talk about his research into launch and landing pad debris. TOPICS __ __ FOLLOW DR. PHIL METZGER __ __ FOLLOW OFF-NOMINAL __ __ FOLLOW JAKE __ __ FOLLOW ANTHONY __ __ OFF-NOMINAL MERCHANDISE __ __

59m
Jul 27, 2023