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Episode 231: Fewer gyros, more problems
Episode 231: Fewer gyros, more problems
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29 minutes
Released:
Oct 8, 2019
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This week in SF history— 2000 October 9: HETE-2, first orbital launch from Kwajalein (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1956: listen in for an audio clue.Spaceflight news— Plans in place to fix DSCOVR (spacenews.com) — We first reported on this on Ep 218 as a S&S (spacenews.com) — Faulty gyro? (twitter.com/simoncarn) — Triana engineers considered laser gyro failures (PDF: nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— NASA Mars 2020 tests descent stage separation (jpl.nasa.gov)— NASA issues request for information on xEMU. (nasaspaceflight.com)— New Shepard will likely not fly humans in 2019. (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— #TOMIAC2019 — Sunday: Off Nominal meetups (events.offnominal.space) — Monday: museum day — Udvar-Hazy and downtown Air and Space Museum — Thursday: Dinner meetup — mcgintyspublichouse.com — 911 Ellsworth Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20910 — Friday: IAC no-ticket open day
Released:
Oct 8, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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