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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.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeBrendan Byrne on X: “What a sight! Crew-6 coming in hot over Orlando. First time seeing that for me–pretty incredible!”Jake Robins on X: “SpaceX Dragon #Crew6 returning home. Came screaming right over top of my house here in Yucatán.”A space for artistic inspiration with veteran astronaut Nicole StottPrivate space station astronaut John Shoffner speaks with WMFE from orbitJeff Bezos finally got rid of Bob Smith at Blue Origin | Ars TechnicaJeff Bezos Announces Plans To Build, Launch Rockets From Cape Canaveral : NPRNASA’s Psyche Moves Toward Liftoff – Psyche MissionTamaliensFollow BrendanBrendan Byrne (@SpaceBrendan) / Twitter90.7 WMFE - Public Radio for Central Florida – Primary provider of NPR and Classical MusicAre We There Yet? : NPRFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

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.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeOSIRIS-REx MissionOSIRIS-REx team completes final test before asteroid sample delivery - OSIRIS-REx MissionNASA gears up for return of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample - SpaceNewsNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is now on its way to asteroid Bennu - The VergeStunning images show NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft stirring up rocks on an asteroid - The VergeNASA’s OSIRIS-REx was so good at grabbing asteroid rocks that they’re overflowing - The VergeNASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe successfully stores small sample of asteroid rocks in its belly - The VergeFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

Entrepreneur and investor, Sara Mauskopf, joins Jake and Anthony to discuss human spaceflight, including Axiom-3, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, accidents, safety concerns, technical issues, enthusiasm for suborbital space flight, frustrations with gatekeeping, regulations and challenges in the commercial human spaceflight industry, space agencies and commercial flights, and a discussion about a Relay FM fundraiser for Saint Jude. They also mention the government's unveiling of real aliens, memes about aliens, and plans to review bad space movies.

Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about her new book, The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts.TopicsOff-Nominal Campaign for Relay FM/St. JudeOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 123 - An Exciting Time (with Loren Grush) - YouTubeThe Six | Book by Loren Grush | Official Publisher Page | Simon & SchusterThe Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy: a conversation with my parents who worked the accident - The VergeFollow LorenLoren Grush - BloombergLoren Grush (@grushcrush) • Instagram photos and videosLoren Grush (@lorengrush) / TwitterFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

The hosts discuss the stock market, financial struggles of space companies, favorite cocktails, a fundraising campaign for St. Jude, and the financial status of various companies in the space industry. They also explore the shifting market for imagery companies, the financial challenges of Axiom in developing space stations, the successes and failures of satellite launch programs, and the challenges in developing the next vehicle, Delta.

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.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeLuna-25 crashes into moon after orbit maneuver - SpaceNewsChandrayaan-3: India becomes fourth country to land on the moon - SpaceNewsISRO on X: “Here is how the Lander Imager Camera captured the moon's image just prior to touchdown.”ISRO on X: “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The image captured by the Landing Imager Camera after the landing. It shows a portion of Chandrayaan-3's landing site. Seen also is a leg and its accompanying shadow. Chandrayaan-3 chose a relatively flat region on the lunar surface”NASA Selects New Science Investigations for Future Moon DeliveriesFollow MarkMark Panning (@markpanning.bsky.social) - BlueskyJPL Science: Mark PanningFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeJake Robins (@jakerobins.com) - BlueskyWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

Jake and Anthony are joined by Karan Kunjur, Co-Founder of K2 Space, to discuss building for a post-Starship future, optimizing spacecraft design for cost, and the emergence of affordable large satellites with new use cases. They also talk about their plans to build a radar system, increase their online presence, and the challenges of landing on the moon's surface.

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.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 119 - Don’t Train for the Nominal Shit (with Paul Fjeld) - YouTubeList of Experiences -Paul FjeldThe Space Review: Saving Skylab the top secret wayFollow PaulSpace Art by Paul FjeldFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

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.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 118 - Experienced Drunk Idiots (with Jonathan Vaughters and Eric Berger) - YouTubeWatch Tour de France: Unchained | Netflix Official SiteEnter the Slipstream (2023) - IMDbKerbal Space Program – Create and Manage Your Own Space ProgramManayunk Wall: The climb every American bike racer knew - VeloThe legend of the Manayunk WallFollow Jonathan VaughtersJonathan Vaughters (@Vaughters) / XHome | EF Education-EasyPostOne-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels: Vaughters, Jonathan: Amazon.com: BooksOpinion | How to Get Doping Out of Sports - The New York TimesFollow Eric BergerEric Berger (@SciGuySpace) / XEric Berger | Ars TechnicaFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Phil Metzger to talk about his research into launch and landing pad debris.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 117 - ⅃ L (with Dr. Phil Metzger) - YouTubeNASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts (PDF, 3.3 MB)NASA drafts guidelines to preserve Apollo moon landing sites | collectSPACEDr. Phil Metzger on Twitter: “Thanks so much to the people who sent samples and pictures/videos of the particulate falling 5-6 miles from the Starship launch pad. We have analyzed the particle sizes and shapes and got an unexpected result.”Dr. Phil Metzger on Twitter: “Partial results on the analysis of the ejecta from the SpaceX Starship launch. The visible and infrared spectra of the fine particles that rained down on Port Isobel do not match the concrete or the Fondag that was picked up on the beach.”Dr. Phil Metzger on Twitter: “I guess I need to do simulations to see how sand can fly 5 miles from a Starship launch. I did the analysis for NASA for Mars landings, and the size of particle that went farthest in that super-thin Martian air was pea gravel (~3 mm diameter) and it only goes 725 meters.”Project Morpheus : HomeNASA Morpheus Lander Crash and Explosions - YouTubeFollow Dr. Phil MetzgerDr. Phil Metzger (@DrPhiltill) / TwitterPhilip Metzger – Space Mining, Space Settlement, and Space Science!Follow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop