The Mission Readiness Review Episode 14: Looking for launch in all the wrong places

On today’s show: Seattle weather drives away space engineers Rocket Lab still hasn’t launched its commercial Electron rocket. Zimbabwe gets into the space business! You can find the latest podcast in the link below: https://tmrr.podbean.com/e/episode-14-looking-for-launch-in-all-the-wrong-places/ Rocket Lab is looking for another launch pad in US Rocket Lab, the company that has a launch pad in […]

July 13, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Aerospace startup Rocket Lab says it’s going to build a second launch site in the US Soon the company will be known for building launch pads, instead of launching rockets from them. I understand caution, but Rocket Lab is nearing the Virgin Galactic approach for launching things. I am also confused by this. One of […]

Defining the Space Force

A lot of news and comments have been made about Trump’s announcement of standing up a U.S. Space Force. One, which really hit home even though it was satire, was a bit by Trevor Noah and his team for The Daily Show. The show covers a Trump rally in which people are chanting positively for […]

July 6, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

China Looks to Build New Powerful Rocket and Leave NASA in Its Exhaust Plans for rockets in China are the same as plans for rockets in the United States–just plans. But this article is strange, because it seems to focus on NASA’s plans, which are continuously shifting further into the future than originally planned. China […]

The Mission Readiness Review Episode 13: Momo is NOT a Studio Ghibli Character!

On today’s show: A commercial Japanese rocket fails Rocket Lab still hasn’t launched its commercial Electron rocket And, RemoveDebris–orbital debris hunter You can find the latest podcast in the link below: https://tmrr.podbean.com/e/episode-13-momo-is-not-a-studio-ghibli-character/ Intro background music POD Dreams by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/56307 Ft: Debbizo, […]