Off-Nominal

Nov 14 2024 180 ep. 62 mins 1.6k

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

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175 - Hijinks on the Moon

Nov 14 2024 59 mins

Jake and Anthony sit down for an election-week palate cleanser and explore some fun discussion prompts from Anomalies just like you!

174 - Burning Bridges Together (with Eric Berger)

Nov 07 2024 59 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and author of Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age, to talk about the 2024 US elections, the return of President Trump, Musk’s role in the next administration, and what space policy looks like over the next four years.

173 - A Bigger Diaper (with Scott “Kidd” Poteet)

Oct 31 2024 61 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Scott “Kidd” Poteet, Mission Pilot of Polaris Dawn, retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, and former Thunderbird #4 Demonstration Pilot, to talk about his recent flight to space.

172 - Culberson Always Talked About Shrimp

Oct 24 2024 62 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Former Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and leader of ETH Zurich Space, to talk about some of the big stories in science at NASA—Mars Sample Return, cost growth in missions across the board, and more. Note: Dr. Z cited the Europa Clipper solar arrays at 100 yards across, as in one football field,

171 - Stiletto Starship (with Jack Beyer)

Oct 17 2024 61 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Jack Beyer, Content Manager for NSF, to talk about SpaceX doing the dang thing! They caught the booster!

170 - Luckily, We Did All the Math (with Casey Handmer)

Oct 10 2024 62 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Handmer, Founder of Terraform Industries, to talk about Mars Sample Return, and the general state of government projects, NASA, and so much more.

169 - Sexy Atlantis

Oct 03 2024 59 mins

Jake arrives sad about space, and Anthony tries to cheer him up. We talk ISS, Artemis, budgets, and government strategy and goals.

168 - Elon Munch (with Joe Barnard)

Sep 26 2024 62 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to air their grievances with the FAA.

167 - Bechtold (with Eric Berger)

Sep 19 2024 62 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and author of Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX, to talk about his newest book, Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age.

166 - General Five Year Old (with Tanya Harrison and Emma Louden)

Sep 12 2024 59 mins

Jake is joined by Emma Louden and Tanya Harrison to talk about their new children's book Mia and the Martians and how distilling space down to a child's level is a fascinating and challenging topic.