Off-Nominal

Mar 06 2025 192 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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187 - Amazon Basics Lunar Lander

Mar 06 2025 59 mins

Jake and Anthony talk about the Moon lander mania this week has been—Firefly’s Blue Ghost 1 and Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 missions.

186 - It’s Like the Cinnamon Challenge (with Casey Dreier)

Feb 27 2025 65 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the current era of Executive action, Congressional pushback (or not) against it, and the upcoming Day of Action.

185 - A Little Bit Like Mexico (with Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau)

Feb 20 2025 61 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau to talk about their new book, Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier. Supply! Demand! Subsidies! Probably dunking on the commercial space station market!

184 - Trickle Down Space News

Feb 13 2025 59 mins

Jake and Anthony catch up on some news, stories they haven’t covered yet like Rocket Lab’s Mars Sample Return architecture, and discuss the glory of Super Bowl LIX. It’s Anthony’s birthday, so he will not be stopped by Jake. Go Birds.

183 - Stumbling into Bridenstine Scoops (with Kristin Fisher)

Feb 06 2025 61 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Kristin Fisher to talk about her journey into independent journalism with her new YouTube channel, and we’ll probably kick around some news, too, because there’s been a lot, huh?

182 - Firmly Against Night Launches (with Stephen Clark)

Jan 23 2025 62 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Stephen Clark, space reporter at Ars Technica, to talk about Starship Flight 7, New Glenn Flight 1, and let’s be real, probably space policy.

181 - Down-Suggest (with Swapna Krishna)

Jan 16 2025 61 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Swapna Krishna to talk about the Mars Sample Return non-update…since they only gave it about 5 minutes of last week’s show. And hey, there are some big rockets on launch pads right now.

180 - Murgers Back on the Menu

Jan 09 2025 61 mins

Jake and Anthony take a look back at their 2024 predictions, make a few for 2025, and check in on Mars Sample Return announcements.

179 - Not Supposed to Poof (Presenting the 2024 Off-Nominees with Loren Grush)

Dec 19 2024 64 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to present the 2024 Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year.

178 - Weirdest Midlife Crisis (with Tim Fernholz)

Dec 12 2024 59 mins

Jake and Anthony are joined by journalist and author Tim Fernholz to talk about the election aftermath, the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA Administrator, and whether Anthony is a space warmonger.