Off-Nominal
Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo
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153 - Gyros on the Butt
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05/31/24 • 60 min
Jake and Anthony catch up on the news, and Anthony returns from vacation with a few reviews of some recent Smithsonian Air and Space Museum changes.
Topics
- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 153 - YouTube
- NASA and Boeing moving ahead with Starliner test flight after propulsion issues - SpaceNews
- MDA Space joins Starlab Space commercial space station venture - SpaceNews
- SpaceX sets date for next Starship flight, explains what went wrong the last time | Ars Technica
- SatTrackCam Leiden (b)log: The NROL-146 payloads: observing the 'train' of 21 Starshield satellites
- NASA and ESA complete agreement for cooperation on Mars rover mission - SpaceNews
- Private mission to save Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails show : NPR
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120 - Big Dumb Satellites
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08/17/23 • 60 min
Jake and Anthony are joined by Karan Kunjur, Co-Founder of K2 Space, to talk about what they’re building, and what it means to build for a post-Starship future.
Topics
- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 120 - Big Dumb Satellites (with Karan Kunjur) - YouTube
- Space-based solar power is not a thing – Casey Handmer's blog
- New Solar Arrays to Power NASA’s International Space Station Research | NASA
- Gravitics
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142 - Multivariate Disaster
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02/16/24 • 68 min
Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the latest on Mars Sample Return, JPL layoffs, and everything space policy.
Topics
- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 142 (with Casey Dreier) - YouTube
- How layoffs at JPL can be traced to a stalemate in Congress | The Planetary Society
- The path forward for Mars Sample Return | The Planetary Society
- The U.S. Senate threatens to cancel Mars Sample Return | The Planetary Society
- The Planetary Exploration Budget Dataset | The Planetary Society
- The 2024 Day of Action | The Planetary Society
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149 - Bob from Valves, Inc.
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04/19/24 • 66 min
Jake and Anthony are joined by Aria Alamalhodaei, reporter at TechCrunch, to talk about valves, getting footage of Astra’s explosions, Mars Sample Return, and everything else that has been going on lately, including cursed eclipses.
Topics
- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 149 - Bob from Valves, Inc. (with Aria Alamalhodaei) - YouTube
- Aria Alamalhodaei on X: “my most unpopular opinion is that I hated the eclipse, felt cursed”
- Why valves are a spacecraft engineer’s worst nightmare | TechCrunch
- Footage from 2020 shows Astra rocket exploding during prelaunch testing | TechCrunch
- Internal pre-Starlink SpaceX financials show big spending on moonshot bets | TechCrunch
- Is NASA Actually Committed to Returning Samples From Mars? - jakerobins.com
- NASA to look for new options to carry out Mars Sample Return program - SpaceNews
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148 - Keep the Meter Running
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04/11/24 • 60 min
Jake and Anthony catch up after some travels, unfortunate events, clouds, news, and hijinks.
Topics
- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 148 - Keep the Meter Running - YouTube
- Jake Robins on X: "if you're about to have a bad eclipse experience like me, you can at least have a funny shirt"
- Nerd Alert: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Lunar Eclipse - YouTube
- Solar and Lunar Eclipses Worldwide – Next 10 Years
- Total Solar Eclipse on August 12, 2026
- Total Solar Eclipse on August 2, 2027
- NASA selects three companies to advance Artemis lunar rover designs - SpaceNews
- Japanese astronauts to land on moon as part of new NASA partnership - SpaceNews
- Space Exploration Vehicle - Wikipedia
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56 - Export Control is Like Fight Club
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04/07/22 • 62 min
Philip Sloss of NASASpaceflight joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the rollout and wet dress rehearsal for Artemis 1, and to go behind-the-scenes on how he does his incredibly-in-depth reporting and coverage of SLS.
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Topics
- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 56 - Export Control is Like Fight Club (with Philip Sloss) - YouTube
- Inside Artemis 1's complex launch windows and constraints - NASASpaceFlight.com
- Artemis 1 rollout timing remains uncertain as NASA leadership deliberates the schedule - NASASpaceFlight.com
- NASA moon rocket SLS rolls out to “rebuilt” LC-39B ahead of Artemis 1 rehearsal - NASASpaceFlight.com
- NASA working through wet dress rehearsal, final major pre-flight test for moon rocket - NASASpaceFlight.com
- Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System The First 100 Missions: Dennis R. Jenkins - Amazon.com: Books
- Josiah 🚀 on Twitter: Artemis 1 + Pad 39B + Lightning
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26 - Hungover on Reentry
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01/14/20 • 62 min
Jake and Anthony are joined by Chris Carberry of Explore Mars to discuss his new book Alcohol in Space, and pitch themselves as the perfect test subjects.
Drinks
- Olsen Pinotage
- Interstellar Fog - Captain Lawrence Brewing Company - Untappd
- Make Hay While the Sun Shines - Bridge Brewing Company - Untappd
Topics
- Alcohol in Space – McFarland
- Alcohol in Space: Past, Present and Future: Chris Carberry, Foreword by Andy Weir — Amazon
- #GoingPro - What's Next? - WeMartians Podcast
Picks
- For All Mankind on Apple TV+
- The Expanse, Season 4 | Prime Video
- The Creators of The Expanse | The Planetary Society
- The Deep Sea
- The David McCullough Collection
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10 - A Cafe in Milan
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07/10/18 • 65 min
Shannon Stirone joins Jake and Anthony for a deep dive into the history, present, and future of the Deep Space Network.
Beers
- La Fin du Monde - Unibroue - Untappd
- Lemon Gin Saison - Bridge Brewing Company - Untappd
- HopBack Amber Ale - Tröegs Independent Brewing - Untappd
Topics
- Welcome to the Center of the Universe
- Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 (The NASA History Series)
- NASA’s Management of the Deep Space Network
Picks
- When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong - The Atlantic
- Trouble On The HI-SEAS - Are We There Yet - 90.7 WMFE
- Surviving Mars | Paradox Interactive
- Surviving Mars on Steam
- Annihilation (2018) - IMDb
- SwRI scientists find evidence of complex organic molecules from Enceladus | Southwest Research Institute
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135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine
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12/15/23 • 61 min
Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company to talk about what they’re working on, spaceport operations, and the FAA licensing process.
Topics
- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine (with Tom Marotta) - YouTube
- NASA: Let’s Ketchup on International Space Station Tomato Research - NASA
- The Spaceport Company
- T+259: Tom Marotta, The Spaceport Company - Main Engine Cut Off
- The Spaceport Company- Full Length Launch ProRes HQ 4 - YouTube
- The Spaceport Company demonstrates offshore launch operations - SpaceNews
- Orbital Access Methodologies Part III: Pop-up TSTO | Selenian Boondocks
- FAA publishes streamlined commercial launch regulations - SpaceNews
- SpaceX violated launch license in Starship SN8 launch - SpaceNews
- Astra aborts launch attempt - SpaceNews
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136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace
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12/21/23 • 68 min
Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to present The Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. We’ll debate what went the most comedically wrong this year, crown a winner, and also score some 2023 predictions.
Topics
- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace (with Joe Barnard) - YouTube
- Starship | First Integrated Flight Test - YouTube
- The Last Seconds of the Van... Destroyed by Starship. - YouTube
- Starship | Second Flight Test - YouTube
- Elon Musk on X: "@FAANews @SpaceX What are the 63 items?" / X
- Apollo artifacts: NASA salvages parts from Alabama's rest stop Saturn IB rocket | collectSPACE
- ISRO on X: "TV D1 Test Flight Lift-off images https://t.co/oitmEa5Hza" / X
- The Case of the Missing Vega AVUM Propellant Tanks - European Spaceflight
- Axiom Space reveals next-generation spacesuit for astronauts returning to lunar surface — Axiom Space
- Axiom Space reveals next-generation spacesuit for astronauts returning to lunar surface — Axiom Space
- Progress cargo spacecraft at ISS suffers coolant leak - SpaceNews
- Russian spacewalkers dodge leaking coolant after pinpointing source of radiator damage - CBS News
- Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk Following Hardware Installs and Inspections – Space Station
- [New photo reveals extent of Centaur V anomaly explosion [Updated] | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/ula-continues-investigation-of-centaur-stage-anomaly/)
- NASA: Let’s Ketchup on International Space Station Tomato Research - NASA
- Space insurers brace for more claims after propulsion trouble on four GEO satellites - SpaceNews
- NOGUCHI, Soichi 野口 聡一(公式) on X: "#H3ロケット失敗 で叩かれてるけど #JAXA 頑張ろう。そもそも試験機に実用衛星載せる必然性は?H2八号機指令破壊の後のH2A初号機はダミー衛星だった。H3 50憶に対して #だいち3号 380憶だからリスクヘッジだよ。次は岡田さんにプレッシャー掛からないようゆっくり原因究明して「から打ち」にしては?" / X
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FAQ
How many episodes does Off-Nominal have?
Off-Nominal currently has 186 episodes available.
What topics does Off-Nominal cover?
The podcast is about News, Nasa, Space, Natural Sciences, Podcasts and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Off-Nominal?
The episode title '34 - Repeatedly Googling Area 51' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Off-Nominal?
The average episode length on Off-Nominal is 63 minutes.
How often are episodes of Off-Nominal released?
Episodes of Off-Nominal are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Off-Nominal?
The first episode of Off-Nominal was released on Oct 8, 2017.
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