This week Iain and Ethan discuss all things IAC which, shockingly, isnt much. They also talk about firefly's mishap during a test, a new reusable vehicle Avio is designing, and they discuss everyones favorite company Vantor!
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This week Iain and Ethan discuss all the happenings at NASA, and boy was there a lot to talk about! First we congratulated the new class of astronaut candidates, then we discuss the Artemis two timeline. Blue Origin also got the VIPER contract and SpaceX could be the biggest delay in the Artemis program. Iain then goes on a lengthy rant about NASA leadership that he will someday regret. Then, to cap off the show they discuss some issues surrounding DreamChaser.
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In this weeks show Iain and Ethan discuss all the various new contracts and missions that got announced this past week, and boy, there are some very interesting things to note here!!
Amentum secures a 4 billion dollar contract to revamp the range systems by the space force
The UK Space Agency has been shut down and absorbed by the DSIT
ESA announced a mission to asteroid Apophis
SpinLaunch raised $30 million to develop their satellite communication network
Firefly announced that they would be adding a new launch site in japan
In homage to one of our past episodes, entitled "Nothing Went Boom", we talked about a very important boom this week. For a while. Actually, we talked about a couple of booms. What booms are those? Well, tune in and find out!
Also, Beagle goes on a whole rant about funky astrophysicist naming schemes. They're... weird.
This week Ethan and Iain discuss the politics surrounding NASA and the pulled nomination of Jared Isaacman. We also discuss the fallout between Musk and Trump and what that means for SpaceX contracts. After the political bit we talk about the Hakuto R mission and StarShip's ninth test flight.
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In this interesting episode Iain is on his own and he is less than enthused, however the news is very exciting so that helped.
Over the past month a lot has happened and we cover it all, which shockingly took only 20 minutes.
RocketLab had their quarterly review and it went quite well
IM-2 investigation is complete and it shows exactly what we expected
Dragonfly defies expectations and passes its CDR
The first satellite internet video call has been made
Stratolaunch completes the second flight of the Talon-A2
Varda completes their third mission
StarBase is now its own town despite the public backlash of six total people
New Horizons turned back on and Firefly Blue Ghost did not
Redwire and Ispace sign contract for lunar landers
ULA sponsors a coffee shop
Texas senators want Space Shuttle Discovery and so do we
Jared Isaacman faced a tough confirmation hearing.
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This week Butch and Suni come home after a 9 month stint on the ISS, ISRO gets approval for another lunar lander, and SpaceX breaks a turnaround record
Crew-9 return
Blue Ghost goes offline wish potential for revival on April 1st https://x.com/Firefly_Space/status/1901414669677449256 https://x.com/firefly_space/status/1902003622201745632
Chandrayaan 5 has received mission approval https://www.deccanherald.com/india/centre-has-accorded-approval-for-chandrayaan-5-mission-isro-chief-3448873
new suborbital rocket alert! NordSpace announces SHARP (Supersonic and Hypersonic Applications Research Platform) https://x.com/nord_space/status/1901978538711855184
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Why is a space podcast entitled "Oops, It's A Tesla"? Guess you'll just have to watch to find out!
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Welcome to season 3 of Max-Q News! This week we talk about Blue origins inaugural flight of New Glenn, Starships failed launch, and two lunar landers launching on the same rocket? that cant be right! listen to find out!
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This week Iain and Ethan have a wide ranging discussion about the new NASA nominee Jared Isaacman and what he will bring. We discuss about wether or not company towns are a good idea (hint: they arent). Blue Origin gets ready to fly New Glenn, the first aircraft incident report on Mars is finished, and Fleet Space company was awarded raised 100 million dollars to build their creepy robot!
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We spend a ton of time this episode looking into PLD Space's plans for their Miura rocket family, along with plenty of other news from this and last week!
and a few more things, just for good measure!
All this, on this week's Max-Q.
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This week Starship launched and what a catch that was. We have several thoughts we didn't even have time for a cold open! Europa Clipper also launched this past week and Iain has some controversial thoughts on it. Then Ethan talks about all of the contracts that were singed this week (note from Iain: there were a stupid amount of contracts). then to top it all off we cover IAC as well as some other miscellaneous news.
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Like the name suggests, we've got a double whammy in terms of anomalies this week -- one with a Falcon 9 (yes, again) and one with a Vulcan SRB... come give a listen to our analysis of what exactly happened and why only one of them is getting an FAA investigation.
What else do we have?
All this, on this week's Max-Q: The Podcast!
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Scott Manley's Magical Video on the Vulcan Anomaly
Helene Aid (this site is more of a general donation hub for areas across the region -- if you want to help specific cities like Asheville, look for local donation links.)
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This week, on the return of Max-Q (sorry 'bout that.):
We chat about
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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