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Iain Dempsey
This week, on the return of Max-Q (sorry 'bout that.):
We chat about
- SLC-40 finally hosting crew
- Crew-9 (and a half), plus the future possibilities for the cut crew
- Deep Blue Space's Nebula-1 Vertical Testing Vehicle... and their drone pilot.
- Firefly gets paid
- The Office of Unhelpful and Redundant makes a return
- and more, only to be found here on the Max-Q Podcast!
Oh yeah, and we also discuss some recent back-end changes to the business -- we're officially incorporated! (mostly.)
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This week Iain goes solo for a retro style show with futuristic topics. There were many new things happening this week such as Stoke doing suction testing, a New Glenn at Port Canaveral, and a new satellite bus. There were also a few old topics such as Viper coming back from the dead and some Starliner updates.
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This week Iain and Beagle discuss old news, new news, and things that aren't news! For starters we provide some updates into what happened during Starlink 9-3, freak out about an asteroid that's way too close for comfort, and have a debate about whether free launch service is a good idea (Hint: It's not! -Iain (It totally is. -Beagle)). Dragon gets its very own "pimp my ride" type upgrade.
VIPER gets canned, Astra went private, and we say good riddance to Bill Weber!
Oh, and Beagle has a giggle fit about a rock named Innocent Bystander.
Falcon 9 updates: https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/07/16/spacex-requests-public-safety-determination-for-return-to-flight-for-its-falcon-9-rocket/
Firefly Leadership switch-up: (1) https://payloadspace.com/firefly-aerospace-investigates-ceos-alleged-inappropriate-relationship/
(2) https://fireflyspace.com/news/leadership-change-at-firefly/
New ESA mission to Apophis: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/Introducing_Ramses_ESA_s_mission_to_asteroid_Apophis
PLD offering FREE launch services on first two Miura 5 flights: https://spacenews.com/miura-5-spark-programme-presented-by-pld-space-offering-free-access-to-first-two-miura-5-flights-to-promote-space-innovation/
Dragon de-orbit vehicle: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1813632705281818671
VIPER gets canned (RIP): https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-ends-viper-project-continues-moon-exploration/
IM-2 landing site: https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/intuitive-machines-finalizes-landing-site-for-sold-out-im-2-lunar-prospecting-mission
Astra goes private: https://astra.com/news/closing-private/
Curiosity finds sulfur: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/curiosity-rover/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock/
SpaceX gets more money: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3844604/
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This has been a CRAZY week! Iain survived Beryl, but his fence did not. CHAPEA went much better than Biosphere 2.
We remember one of the all-time greats, Joe Engle, a veteran of the late Apollo and early Space Shuttle programs at NASA, and we rant about Europe's space industry.
Ani is forced to talk about Virgin Galactic's headquarters, Travis goes on a very detailed explanation of the Parker Solar Probe, and Iain has lots of thoughts on the Falcon 9 failure. Finally, we have a grand total of zero thoughts on Starship... or do we?
Oh, and this week on Where In The World is Beagle?, Beagle has found himself in Disneyland, and as such was not available for the show. He's having a great time, don't worry.
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In this episode, Beagle and Ani cover every corner of the globe, from a Japanese H3 launch and a runaway Chinese rocket to an American company expanding to international facilities and a rocket losing a payload — all this and more on this week’s episode!
Ethan and Ani (as well as Iain) discuss all things rocket lab and how peter beck started it. They also discuss Firefly, a UN council meeting, ESA's return to space with Ariane 6. they also briefly mention Chinas return to the moon (or rather their return to earth)
Ariane 6 to make its debut: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Ariane_6_pre-show_wet_dress_rehearsal_complete
Firefly making it back into the game: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/small-satellite-missions/nasas-elana-43-prepares-for-firefly-aerospace-launch/
UN conference: https://x.com/UNOOSA/status/1803008419437089235
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Love is in the air? Wrong, it's Starliner docked to the ISS.
This week was wild. Starliner launched a crew for the first time ever and is (as of publishing) docked to the ISS, Starship flew flawlessly, and there was tons of other news around the world, ranging from launch dates being announced to the return of lunar samples.
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and the article discussing Sir Peter Beck: King’s Birthday Honours: Peter Beck, Theresa Gattung and Joan Withers receive top gongs - NZ Herald
Beagle runs rampant on a solo show, including doing far too little research, running into a lot of sixes, bemoaning Starliner scrubbing, but hey, at least we have Starship coming up!
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In this weeks show Iain and Ving (Max-Q News' News Team Director) discuss interstellar science missions such as Voyager 1 and Euclid. Apparently Tory Bruno and ULA think airships are a good idea (and we agree). Starship does some things and a raptor blew up. Its a fun episode, enjoy!
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In this weeks episode Iain and Beagle discuss Astrobotic, some more Astrobotic, and to top it all off even more Astrobotic. Interspersed in there is some Starliner discussion, Vulcan stuff, and some new policy. its been a fairly light week so its a shorter show, enjoy!X(formerly known as Twitter) : https://twitter.com/MaxQ_productionThreads: https://www.threads.net/@maxq_productionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxq_production/?next=%2FYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@Max-QNewsDiscord: https://discord.gg/Q2D6pa4wQWWebsite: https://max-q-news.space/
Iain and Beagle discuss FAA regulation bureaucracy as well as SES and Intelsat and Locked and Terran orbital in a whole will they wont they situation. SpaceX released a new suit that we think has a diaper. Ohh and Orion lost some big chunks of its heat shield.
Starliner is launching with crew for the first time tonight! Watch along with us on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/live/aYfk5gLTxc4?si=BNDmy35ydarLTqEM
Also live on Beagles Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/beagle_uah
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In this episode, Beagle and Ani go just a little loopy. We discuss all kinds of crazy things, like:
- Stoke’s completed first stage engine
- A radical new SSTO spaceplane by Radiant
- The mad scientists at DARPA funding a way to make a satellite orbit the Earth at nearly half of traditional orbital altitude
- The madness that will soon be space-based cell service
And, finally
- A bigger, better Starship!
All this and more in this week’s (late) episode!
Editor Beagle here. Sorry about being late. We ran into issues with our audio editing software, but be on the lookout for a big announcement in a bonus episode as soon as next week! Also, sorry about the chirping. That is Ani's smoke alarm. It's fine, don't worry, he just hadn't had time for someone to come out and fix it yet. Yes, he tried replacing the battery. No, I don't think you can turn off and on a smoke detector.
The Starship Presentation: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1776669097490776563
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Iain and Beagle discuss the past two weeks of news, riff on MLV and its terrible name, and talk about the two lunar landers that were on their side (hint: one of them survived). and then we become arm chair legal experts and make fun of a Boeing lawsuit. Stick around till the end for a special announcement! (or glance down two lines)
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In this weeks show: Ani and Iain talk all things starship and how well the flight went. Then they talk about Starliner and and FCC license. Then they talk about unicorns.. that cant be right? Then Ving joins Iain to talk about stuff that Iain doesn't understand. By which we mean The latest discovery by the JWST. To finish out Iain and Ving have a casual chat about starship and forks. Yes... you read that right! they talk about forks.
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This week Iain and Ani talk about all things budget wise except everything else other than what we know. Iain drags Astra through the mud and definitely gets himself on a shortlist of people not to hire. They both go into a deep dive on why astra has failed and finish out with some good tips on how to view the starship launch next week!
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In today's episode, Beagle and Iain roast Astra again, make two jokes stolen straight from Dr. Doofenshmirtz, discuss the NASA Office of the Inspector General (OIG), talk about Blue Origin and Starship testing, discuss a shattered rotor blade, and more!
...and Beagle gets a second nickel for us missing a second week since we came back. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice, right? (Make it 3 jokes!)
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- IM-1 launch
- Ingenuity's shattered rotor blades
- 300 Flights for Falcon 9
- New Glenn goes vertical
- H3 nails the second launch
- Launch of Progress MS-26 Resupply to ISS
- And bonus topics!
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In this week's episode, Beagle and Iain discuss Blue Origin, Firefly advances, JPL suffering, and make a few Super Bowl bets from Iain and Beagle (Yes, we know, the game's over now. But it was fun!)
We also got: "PHOOMPH", more acronyms, and Beagle refuses to pay taxes ("jokingly". I don't care who the IRS sends.)
Also, Beagle makes a few edits in a special post-show editor's note for things that I only realized after the fact, whoopsies!
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THE MAX-Q PODCAST IS BACK, BABY!
Beagle and Iain make their triumphant return to the scene with a fresh slate and new motivations to run this podcast!
Today we bid farewell to Ingenuity and LC-49, congratulate Sierra Space and Dynetics on jobs well done, and go on a talk about why you, dear viewer, should join our Discord -- and more, all contained within the first episode of the new season!
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A shorter episode this week, just to let you all know that we've not forgotten you! Iain and I (It's Beagle, hello!) have been super busy, but starting next weekend we should both be back on the show. Hope to see you there!
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Venezuela signs up for Chinas new Moon Base Initiative -SpaceNews
SpaceForce NSSL Phase 3 launch contracting -CNBC
Ship27 dome implosion (photo) -RGVAerialPhotography
Upcoming launches -Space Launch Now
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Starlink 5-13 Launch. Launch Recap
Ariane 5 Retires on Successful Final Flight. Article
Blue Origin Progress Update.
Daily Hopper Comic.
VEGA C Z40 Motor Failure. Article
ISS Orders Final 2 IROSAs. Redwire Article
Upcoming Launch Manifest.
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Rocket Lab Launches First HASTE Mission. Rocket Lab Twitter
HASTE Article
SpaceX Launches PSN Satria. SpaceX Twitter
SpaceX Launches Starlink 5-7. SpaceX Twitter
SpaceX Launches Starlink 5-12. SpaceX Twitter
ULA Launches NROL-68. ULA Twitter
ULA Announces Vulcan Delay. Statement
Arianespace Announces New Launch Date for VA261. Arianespace Twitter and Payload Information
India Signs the Artemis Accords. White House Press Release
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Starlink 5-11 Launch. SpaceX Twitter
Transporter-8 Launch. SpaceX Twitter
CZ-2D Launch. Per Cosmic Penguin on Twitter
PLD Space Miura 1 Abort. Raúl Torres on Twitter
Ariane 5 Rollout Postponed. Arianespace on Twitter
ULA Centaur V Details Update. Per Tory Bruno on Twitter
Virgin Galactic "Galactic 01" Announcement. VG Website Release
NASA Press Release Listing Seven Company Partnerships. Per NASA Blog
VAST Space Article Reference
Mega Bay 2 Assembly. Rendering of Progress on Twitter
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Starliner Delayed. Boeing Press Release
Windbreak demolished. NSF Live Clip
Senzhou-15 Returns to Earth. Live Coverage Recap
Vulcan completes Flight Readiness Firing. Nominal Run per Tory Bruno and ULA Twitter
Ursa Major Lays off 80 employees. Per Michael Sheetz cia CNBC
CRS-28 Success. NASA Blog
NROL-68 coming soon. NRO Twitter
NROL-22 Reference
Boeing Lawsuit Reference
Firefly Acquires Spaceflight, Inc. Per Firefly Twitter
ULA and SpaceX acquire 12 new USSF launch contracts. Per News Release
Stoke Space moving to Hopper SN2 after possible SN1 failure. Stoke Twitter
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Virgin Galactic returns to flight. Press Release
Virgin Orbit Sale Complete with Rocket Lab, Launcher, and Stratolaunch all purchasing assets. Per Filing and Rocket Lab Twitter
SpaceX completes first ever RTLS on a crew mission. SpaceX Twitter
Ship 25 on Pad B, awaiting 6 engine static fire. SpaceX Twitter
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Blue Origin wins NASA contract for Artemis V and VI lunar landers. Press release
Blue Origins Jarvis at launch pad. Tom McCool -Twitter
Tory Bruno talks about Vulcan testing. Tory Bruno -Twitter
Kathy Lueders goes to SpaceX. Michael Sheetz -CNBC
Astra financial results. Jeff Foust -Twitter
Upcoming launches. Space Launch Now
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Sources
Starbase live 24/7 cameras: HoopCam Dome -Epic Spaceflight, Lab Padre, Starbase live -NasaSpaceFlight
DearMoon website
S24 static fire -Space.com
Space Launch Now
About Artemis 1 -NASA
Soyuz Leak -Space.com
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Starbase Live cams- LabPadre NasaSpaceFlight Artemis 1 Nasa.gov
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Starship news
24/7 live cam of pad 39A -SpaceFlightNow
Hwy 4 road closures -Cameron County
SKY Perfect JSAT SuperBird 9 contract -SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings inc
Launches
Starlink 4-27 -Rocket Launches Today
General news
SLS rollout (live cam at pad 39B) -Space Flight Now
Rocket Lab Photon to Venus -ARS Technica
Russia EVA suit Malfunction -Gizmodo
Firefly Alpha static fire -Space.com
NASA identifies places to land on moon -NASA
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Starship news
Starbase 24/7 live cams: Lab Padre NasaSpaceFlight
lc39a hight document
Launches
Rocket Launches Today
General news
ISRO rocket failure -Space.com
Northrup Grumman and Firefly space deal -Northrup Grumman Newsroom
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show notes
live 24/7 camera feeds of starbase: LabPadre NSF
russia pulls out of ISS -NPR
Chinese booster re-entry live updates -ABC News
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FAA Mitigated FONSI -FAA website
Capstone press release -NASA
Capstone coms issue -SPACENEWS
SpaceX 24/7 live cams -LabPadre youtube channel
Booster 7 anomaly -LabPadre
All previous launches -Rocket Launches Today
JWST images -JWST website
Ingenuity taking a break -Space.com
Saudi Arabia signs Artemis Accords -NASA
ROSCOSMOS reconstruction -ARS Technica
NASA Russia deal -Reuters
Episode 4
Sources:
Starship news:
Starbase 24/7 live cams: LabPadre YouTube channel | NSF Starbase live 24/7 (youtube)
New SpaceX addition on Roberts road (St. Johns River water management district website)
Launches:
Falcon 9 Nilesat-301 launch (Rocket Launches Today)
Space news:
SLS rolled to pad 39b (SpaceFlightNow)
SLS block 1b tower budget (NASA OIG final report NASA's management of the mobile launcher 2 contract)
BluShift Aerospace MAREVL 2.0 static fire test (BluShift aerospace youtube channel)
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List of sources:
Starship news: LabPadre 24/7 live cams (youtube.com) | NSF Starbase live 24/7 (youtube.com) | Section 4(f) (txdot.gov)
Launches: Soyuz Progress MS-20 (rocketlaunchestoday.space) | New Shepard Ns-21 (rocketlaunchestoday.space)
Space news: NASA selects Artemis EVA suits (nasa.gov) | Axiom Space (axiomsace.com) | Collins Aerospace (collinsaerospace.com)
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FAA PEA progress (section 106 review) -FAA website
Booster cryoproof tests -Teslarati
RocketLab catches booster -SPACENEWS
Boeing safety issues -Rueters
New photo of black hole -ESO
Astras new rocket 4 -SPACENEWS
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Axiom 1 crew splashes down safely Ax-1 crew returns safely to Earth, successfully completing first all-private astronaut mission to ISS SLS Roll Back NASA’s moon rocket rolls back to Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs Crew 4 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Launch to International Space Station
PEA Delay Project Updates
Starlink Starlink Group 4-16 launch to break SpaceX turnaround records
Wreckage of propulsion unit for perseverance NASA's Mars Helicopter Spots Gear That Helped Perseverance Rover Land
Jwst mirror fully aligned James Webb telescope completes optical alignment, ready for final instrument calibration phase of commissioning
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